Argentina actually has a lot of foreign currency reserves. They have much more then they need to pay back their holdout creditors, they simply do not want to pay them as they have a history of being a deadbeat nation

The cheapest type energy by far is nuclear power. It is also one of the cleanest forms of energy.

I really do not understand why the "green lobby" does not push nuclear power more

I think the OP should rephrase his question to be something to the effect of "what is easier to buy using BTC verses using fiat to buy the same item"

Another reason why people hold bitcoin (and not spend it) is because it is a deflationary currency. People hope that it's price will rise in the future. Why would you spend coins today when they will be worth more tomorrow?

Would this be funded with ad revenue or would users need to put up their own coins to bet and the winner would get to keep them all?

I would doubt that you can actually make a living off localbitcoins. You could likely make "something" if you were to treat it somewhat like a 2nd job.

It would not be the criminal case that they need a judgment for, it is a separate civil case over the coins that he owns. Since no one claimed to own the SR coins the government was simply able to win a default ruling. Ross had claimed ownership in his coins so the matter will need to be litigated. 

There is no such thing as a free lunch (no pun intended)

When people are given "free" money for food or other forms of welfare it must be ultimately be paid for by other people.

He seems to be much more immature then his father was. I sometimes wonder how it is that he stays in power and why his people do not overthrow his government with how he treats his people and how outrageous he acts.

Much of europe is too small to have individual companies for each country for every industry. The companies would simply not be able to reach an economy of scale that is necessary to be profitable.

I would say that your 32 trillion figure would likely be a little bit off as the US GDP is only ~15-16 trillion.

austerity measures can often lead to deflation which is much harder to control then inflation. Deflation often will lead to much less economic activity which is bad for an economy. 

If you know that it is a ponzi because you have inside information then yes you are acting unethically. You are using information that is not available to others (you use it by getting out of the ponzi earlier then you otherwise would).

It you know that it is a ponzi only because you can use logic to conclude that it is a ponzi based on publicly available information then you are fine. I would say shame on others for not making the same conclusion.

The death penalty is very much a deterrent. IMO it should be used a little bit less then it is now. It should only be used for the most heinous crimes and when there is little to no chance that they could be rehabilitated via prison.    
I would disagree with you on this one. A mother is risking a lot when she is pregnant. Every time a women is pregnant there is a possibility that she could die as a result of the pregnancy (the chances are lower for some), why should she be forced to take this risk? This also opens the debate as to what is and is not considered to be "alive" IMO something is considered to be alive when it can survive on it's own outside of the womb (even with help from "medicine/medical technology" while others could argue that individual sperm cells are "alive"
This is simply not true. AFAIK most/a good number of people turned gay after being straight for part of their life. The opposite is true as well that some people turn straight after being gay. How can you be born a certain way and then change like that?
Banning and/or restricting the use of most guns is a very bad idea.
Most of the 1% got to be as rich as they are because they are very smart and hardworking and had a little bit of good luck/timing. There is no reason to think someone is evil simply for being successful.

There have been several articles/reports that BFL would use their customer's miners to mine at their pool for their own account. It is almost like they were secretly charging their customers higher prices in the form of delayed shipments.

leaserigs and betarigs (I believe the are both ".net) are both reputable (IMO) sites, however the prices are usually above the expected value of the hashrate. The high prices will always be an issue as noone will want to rent for less then the expected value

with it being this small miners have the issue of a large amount of variance.

You have a couple of issues with this.

1 -If the key to decrypt the file is held on your computer then in the event that your computer crashes (all data lost) then you would lose your file.

2 -If all you need is a password to decrypt the file (similar to a brain wallet) then all an attacker would need would be the password instead of the private key. The attacker could simply brute force the password instead of brute forcing the private key to decrypt the file.

Using tor alone would not be probable cause for law enforcement to get a warrant as there are several legit reasons to use it.

both the marketplace section and local bitcoins are nothing more then a venue that people can meet at that have similar goals (trade bitcoin). It would be no different then if a certain park or restaurant was a common place that people met at to trade .

He has little ways of being able to cash out of his bitcoin holdings. So while he may have a lot of assets (bitcoin) he has no way of exchanging them for goods/services that he needs.