For real, you'd have thought that these ATM companies would've been knowing the debt situation in Greece for quite a while now and would've planned accordingly. Not saying Cyprus caused the junior bull run in the spring of 2013 but the impending perception of the dynamics there surely helped the outward-in look. And, Greece is way bigger of a deal at this point especially as the market seems to be turning around.

Splendid as the more areas w/ large populations that can get aboard the next train should make for record breaking profits.

Perhaps, this is just what we need to provide the next spark to get the ball moving in the northernly direction. Gaming is a full time job for many and very time consuming for the average.

I would think that if this type of money laundering was really going on we'd be seeing a lot more of a market cap. The ledger is probably why this kind of thing won't happen to any large degree until more anonymity measures come on board.

So, pretty much the main point of the article is that Bitcoin's chain is going no where and there is no serious competition going on at this point. Check

Interesting development but it doesn't sound like they're ready just yet to begin taking deposits. I wonder what kind of interest they'll be paying out.

Lawsky made up this 31 page application knowing full well that he was going to go into the consulting business and be paid by these same companies to understand and comply w/ this process. This bureaucrat essentially made his own laws to profit of them in the aftermath. Not to mention the upfront $5k payment that is non-refundable.

Grabbing a bigger reach of the existing bitcoin buying community down there doesn't really do anything to expand the market as a whole, tho.

The amount of time and dedication these gamers have toward their games, I can see plenty of these bits being earned on a regular basis. Hopefully, this will create a wave of newer interest by these gamer types.

People aren't just gonna buy bitcoins to pay medical bills unless the incentive to accept it as a payment form is passed on to the user. Furthermore, most US hospitals charge outrageous rates for things and I surely wouldn't give them my coins to make their lives easier the way things are shaping up here.

Prior to Ron Paul getting more libertarian republicans into the GOP, I would've voted for the libertarian party candidate. Assuming Rand makes it as the GOP nominee, I will definitely be supporting him in the general election.

New Hampshire Primary Source: Rand Paul rolls out 50 supporters; many backed his Dad

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign Thursday will release the names of 50 supporters, bringing its total to about 100 endorsements by public officials, business leaders and activists.

The list includes many former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign town chairs and supporters. The Rand Paul campaign says that especially with such a crowded field, it is important for him to hold his father’s base. The elder Paul drew 56,872 votes in 2012, good enough to finish second in the New Hampshire Primary.

Included on Rand Paul’s list are former state Reps. Robert Malone of Alton and Paul Harrington of Nashua, Craig Haynie of Manchester, Irena Goddard of Concord, Leah Wolczko of Goffstown, Linda Lagana of Nashua, Kevin Verville of Deerfield, Eric Catman of Berlin and Anthony Nino of Amherst.

For the full list, click here.

“By expecting members of Congress to read their bills and insisting that we protect our constitution, combined with bold proposals like his recent Fair and Flat Tax plan, Rand is helping us build the strongest grass roots team in the first-in-the-nation primary,” state campaign chief strategist Mike Biundo said.

More...http://www.wmur.com/politics/new-hampshire-primary-source-rand-paul-rolls-out-50-supporters-many-backed-his-dad/33759838

6-3, Supreme Court upholds Obamacare
Rand Paul says his piece on the disaster towards Wolf Blitzer on CNN aka "Rand Paul: The Supreme Court 'Missed An Opportunity Here'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-FmEbLBGM4

Rand Paul reacts to Obamacare ruling on Fox News

Rand says his piece about O-care health care option s at this point. Pretty interesting, I must say coming from a Senator's point of view. A few million witness this show for the record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rps8TEfAYlY

NH WMUR/CNN Granite State poll (main pre-election poll out of the first in the nation primary) 6/25

Jeb Bush 16%
Donald Trump 11%
Rand Paul 9%
Scott Walker 8%
Marco Rubio 6%
Carly Fiorina 6%
Ben Carson 5%
Chris Christie 5%
Rick Perry 4%
Ted Cruz 3%
Mike Huckabee 2%
1%: George Pataki, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham

Poll of 402 likely Republican primary voters conducted June 18-24; error margin +/- 4.9ppts

EXCLUSIVE – RAND PAUL ON OBAMATRADE: ‘NO SANE REASON FOR MAKING THE TRADE TREATY CLASSIFIED’

I welcome Senator Cruz to the battle against giving more power to President Obama. My consistent opposition to the Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, stems from my belief that Congress has already given too much power to the Presidency.

In fact, the single worst thing President Obama has done to our Republic is to further the collapse of the separation of powers. As our Founding Father James Madison wrote, the Constitution was intended to pit ambition against ambition. The ambition of the Congress to retain its power was to be pitted against the ambition of the President to accumulate power. But for more than a hundred years now, Congress has ceded power again and again to the President.

With TPA, Congress gives up the power to amend or filibuster trade legislation. While I think trade is a net positive, I don’t believe Congress should cede more power to this or any other President.

I oppose TPA because I oppose secrecy. There is no sane reason for making the trade treaty classified. I went to the secure room to read the trade treaty, but the 100-plus page document needs to be released to the public, to the media, and to scholars. In fact, several elected officials have yet to even read the TPA in its entirety. This is a major problem.

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/24/exclusive-rand-paul-on-obamatrade-no-sane-reason-for-making-the-trade-treaty-classified/

YouGov poll: Rand tied for first at 11%

Rubio, Trump, Paul round out the top at 11% each, w/ Walker, Carson and Bush at 10%,; Cruz at 9% and Huckabee at 6%. Check the link at you'll see the full picture.

https://today.yougov.com/news/2015/06/24/Donald-Trump-joins-crowded-GOP-top-tier-but-many/

Rand Paul's Flat And Fair Tax: Even Better Than Reagan Plan

Overnight, Rand Paul changed the dynamics of the Republican presidential race when he released his "Fair and Flat" tax plan a week ago.

As he said when he unveiled the plan on video, this is the boldest rewrite of the income tax system in 100 years. Even Ronald Reagan — who dramatically improved the federal tax system — didn't perform such a sweeping cleanup of the tax code.

For full disclosure, I spent the last several months helping design this plan with Sen. Paul — so I'm biased. But there is no doubt that this plan, which reduces income tax rates from as high as 40% and business taxes from 35% down to a flat 14.5%, can only be described as explosively pro-growth and pro-jobs.

The 14.5% tax would apply to wages, salaries, capital gains, rents and dividend income. It eliminates the estate tax, telephone taxes, Internet taxes, gift taxes and all customs and duties.

This plan would take America from being one of the nations with the highest income tax rates in the world to having one of the lowest. It would suck capital and jobs from the rest of the world almost immediately to these shores.

America would move from a nation offshoring jobs to one that would start in-sourcing millions of them. It gives U.S. workers a fair advantage.

Under the current tax system, the IRS taxes what is produced in America and sold overseas. Under Rand's plan, when goods are produced on these shores and sold abroad, no tax is applied. But when China brings goods into the U.S. for sale, a 14.5% tax at the border is applied.

This will reward production and jobs here — big time. Industrial unions should love this plan because the business tax is a GATT-legal tariff on all imported goods.
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Perhaps the strongest case for the Fair and Flat tax is that it eliminates all of the special interest loopholes and carve-outs in the tax code.

Tax lobbyists in Washington would become an endangered species — and it couldn't happen to a nicer group of people. The richest 1% get the preponderance of the tax write-offs, so getting rid of the big deductions would increase their taxable income while lowering the rate.
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http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-viewpoint/062415-758831-rand-paul-flat-and-fair-tax-a-history-making-game-changer.htm

'Neoconfederates' Who Rand Paul Pals Around With

Today, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) came out against the Confederate flag, calling it “a symbol of human bondage and slavery.” But Paul has a long track record of embracing and defending neo-Confederate, white supremacists.

Here is a list of five:

1. Thomas Woods

In April of this year, Rand Paul listed a book by Thomas Woods on his since-deleted “recommend reading list.” Woods is a founding member of the League of the South, a white supremacist group that advocates for secession of southern states. A police officer in Alabama was fired on Friday because of his affiliation with the group.

In 2012, Paul sat down for an interview with Woods, a regular defender of the junior senator from Kentucky’s political career.

2. Greg Brannon

In 2014, Paul put the weight of his endorsement behind Greg Brannon, running for U.S. Senate out of North Carolina. Brannon has an extensive history of going on the record to lobby for a Confederate revival.

Paul could hardly have been ignorant of Brannon’s racist baggage when he went to bat for the candidate last year. In 2012, Jamelle Bouie at the Daily Beast wrote up a comprehensive history of Brannon’s stated belief in white supremacy.

Wrote Bouie:

“[Brannon] opposes public education, rejects the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over national law, and has lent his support to a pro-nullification rally held by the League of the South, a self-described ‘Southern nationalist’ organization that is an obvious vehicle for neo-Confederate and white supremacist ideas.”

3. Cliven Bundy

Also in the spring of 2014, Paul was one of the earliest defenders of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher whose protest against federal grazing fees drew in a large number of supporters enthusiastic about taking up arms against the government.

But when Bundy mused on camera that the American “negro” might be better off in the antebellum south “pickin’ cotton,” Paul and other conservatives quickly distanced themselves from the apparent proponent of enslaving black people; the senator clarified to the media that he does not support slavery.

4. Jack Hunter

Hunter resigned from his position on Paul’s staff in 2013 after media identified him as the “Southern Avenger,” a pro-secessionist radio host.


In character, Hunter wore a superhero costume in the pattern of the Confederate flag. Hunter is on record praising John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated then president Abraham Lincoln, apparently for formally ending the legal practice of black enslavement in the United States.

“The Founding Fathers most likely would have snatched Lincoln up by his beard and hung him from the nearest tree,” Hunter said.

Questioned about Hunter by the press, Paul defended his former employee. Hunter’s remarks were “stupid,” Paul admitted. As for whether Hunter’s embrace of Confederate philosophy was racist? “I see no evidence of that,” Paul told the Huffington Post. “Are we at a point where nobody can have had a youth or said anything untoward?”

5. Chris Hightower

In 2009, Paul spokesperson Chris Hightower resigned after the media revealed the staffer had — for two years — kept the words “Happy N***** Day!” (an apparent reference to the national holiday honoring assassinated civil rights icon Martin Luther Kind) on his MySpace Page, accompanied by a photo of a lynching.

In an interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader, Paul denied Hightower had even done anything wrong. “I have never heard a single utterance of racism from this staffer,” Paul said, “nor do I believe him to have any racist tendencies.”

www.rawstory.com/2015/06/pallin-around-with-racists-five-neo-confederates-rand-paul-employed-or-embraced-since-2009/

No linky because of the hit piece nature of the article. I won't reward funding towards the chumps that want to diminish Rand which is why I'll quote their entire piece so yall can read in full w/o giving them linkage.

No doubt, bro. Rand has to do things that other GOP candidates don't to run the media in his direction. The entire establishment of both parties and the whole media knows that he is the only one that would unravel the status quo which is why they will attempt to ignore his candidacy. He saw what his dad went through and realized that he had to take a different approach to reach a similar goal of smaller government. This is something to not only follow and enjoy, but to also support in whatever way you can.