I am surprised by a belligerent reaction to what is essentially building a floating house.
Not sure that I understand this.
Me either. What's the difference between that and an anchored sailboat? Probably the question of rules and regulations, as usual. https://www.facebook.com/patri.friedman/posts/101572650036947662) Even the actual "high seas" (roughly 200+ nm from land) are not a magical realm of freedom where you can just plant a flag and be an independent polity. There are many rules and regulations that apply - including the need to plug into international law through the flagging system (for a vessel) or coastal state approval (for a fixed structure). |
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https://i.imgur.com/aQX7O7S.gifvGREAT NEWS! I got contact from Chad Elwartowski (AKA Elwar) via PM earlier this morning notifying me that he and his girlfriend have been able to escape to nearby Vietnam via boat. They are in good spirits, but still are not out of the woods yet as they still need to leave the region for fear of local intergovernmental relations leading to his potential extradition back to Thailand. As a result for their own safety they will not be posting again until they are home, but he wanted me to thank all of you on his behalf for your kind words and well wishes, and said he hopes to be back on the forum posting soon. He didn't give me much other information for obvious reasons, but at least we know he has made it out of the country, which is very good news. Hopefully we can help bring awareness to this issue so others do not find themselves in a similar situation in the future. Godspeed Elwar. Awesome! |
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Third attack on 5300 - successful.
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I don't you about you folk, but I'm lookin' forward to see how $5,300 plays out. Any time now by the looks of it.
Often we would have 2 unsuccessful attacks followed by a successful one. Will see what happens in 1-2 hours... |
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A traditional Golden Cross happens on the daily chart when the 50 day simple moving average crosses over the 200 MA. We are not quite there yet:
Looks like it's 1 week away. |
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Damn it. Manhunt launched“Mr Chad’s visa has now been revoked. His actions have impacted the nation. His name has been added to the immigration blacklist, he is banned from staying in or re-entering Thailand,” Phuket Immigration Chief Lt Col Kathatorn Kumthien told The Phuket News.
“His right to stay at in the Kingdom of Thailand has ended,” Col Kathatorn said.
“We believe he is still in Phuket. I am searching for him so talk with him and to enforce to law,” Col Kathatorn added.
Provincial Police Deputy Commander Col Witoon Kongsudjai confirmed to The Phuket News, “Right now we are preparing to get evidence against the entities responsible for building the seastead.
Immigration have already been to the house where Mr Chad was registered as living – but both he and Ms Supranee were not at home.
“We are continuing our search for the couple,” he added. Nadia on FacebookPolice went to my house 8 of them.. 2-3 times for the last 2 days and that makes my mom and my son scared of them. Just a kid and grandma please stop scaring them.. |
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Of course he'll try to get her out.
Still, it could make her pretty unhappy. And I think I read in some article she has a child.
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OMG that's terrible. Hopefully they're able to get out of there safely.
Elwar is a pretty cagey motherfucker, I suspect a change of jurisdiction is underway as we ponder. For some people, leaving their country is easy. For some, it could be pretty hard. Nadya seems to have strong ties to Thailand. It could be difficult for her. |
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OMG that's terrible. Hopefully they're able to get out of there safely.
Elwar is a pretty cagey motherfucker, I suspect a change of jurisdiction is underway as we ponder. For some people, leaving their country is easy. For some, it could be pretty hard. Nadya seems to have strong ties to Tailand. It could be difficult for her. |
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/world/2019/04/16/bitcoin-trader-chad-elwartowski-seasteading-thailand-coast-faces-death-penalty/3480748002/He said his pursuit of liberty was not an attempt to avoid taxes.
"As a U.S. citizen, I have to pay taxes no matter where I live in the world. We do not get to stop paying U.S. taxes just because we leave the U.S.," he said.
He said his main concern right now was for his girlfriend and that he wishes he'd never gotten her involved.
"She would still be in Bangkok right now, enjoying her life if not for me. I hope to get her someplace nice so we can live a quiet life away from the insanity and perhaps capture, once again, a small fraction of the freedom we had on the seastead." Life can be pretty cruel. Best wishes to Elwar and Nadya.
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But still like the reasoning of it  What if I'm looking to eliminate the maximum amount of people, because this planet is being raped of its resources ? Are you saying I should keep my original position, and not flip the switch ? Or should I flip the switch, which will lead to my goal of eliminating the most number of people  I saw a video where the father recreated the problem with toys for his son. The kid only hesitated for a second, then moved one little guy next to other five, and rammed the toy train over all six. Makes sense. |
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The poll... 100% votes wrong.   |
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Do you want a monthly statistic in WO?
It's ok. But you'll need to figure out a way to visualize the numbers. |
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They would do this to Satoshi if they could, but they cant
Or maybe they did. At least I'm 100% sure they know his real name. |
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Stamp is the recognized WO datum of record.
You have to pick something or else price discussions become meaningless. And Stamp is the least bullshit exchange. jbreher is big on disambiguation, I'm sure he'll understand. |
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I, for one, will not party poop even a little bit.
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