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461  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [BOUNTY] Frontpage headline Bitcoin ad on http://libertarian.reddit.com on: February 29, 2012, 11:55:55 PM
So, $5 a day from one person? That's kinda pricey. Plus aren't those ads mostly ignored? Can you post a regular Reddit post and just ask everyone here to upvote it?
That's against the terms of service.

I find myself reading the ads when they are relevant. I bought a product once or twice.
462  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Ron Paul is the Bitcoin candidate: not Barack Obama, not standard candidates. on: February 29, 2012, 11:50:09 PM
can we have a US forum to discuss stuff like this?
its kinda annoying having your local politics all over the forum again and again.

The US dollar is the world reserve currency. That's not local.
463  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The message of liberty in less than one minute. on: February 29, 2012, 11:40:58 PM
I enforce my property rights with my owned hired men, weapons and structures. Am I a state?

They are not property rights in that you control any item you want off anyone with less armaments than you.
So do the current police protect us from people with more arms sufficiently? Do they have an obligation to protect you?
464  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The message of liberty in less than one minute. on: February 29, 2012, 10:10:56 PM
I enforce my property rights with my owned hired men, weapons and structures. Am I a state?

Are various independent contractors offering security states? Is ADT a state? Is a man with a single gun a state?
465  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [BOUNTY] Frontpage headline Bitcoin ad on http://libertarian.reddit.com on: February 29, 2012, 09:56:28 PM
Wow! you're donating one whole bitcoin yourself - you truly are a generous person who's willing to put your money where your mouth is.
Yep. Only 5 more to go.
466  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / [BOUNTY] Frontpage headline Bitcoin ad on http://libertarian.reddit.com on: February 29, 2012, 09:27:40 PM
I would like to see Bitcoin acknowledged and used within a active political sub-culture; libertarians. Libertarians are known to like the idea of sound currency such as gold, silver and other private currencies. They will certainly like the crytpographic scarcity honed by Bitcoins and its decentralized nature. In order to get this group to fully adopt Bitcoin, we first have to tell them about.

One of the main online portals for libertarians is http://libertarian.reddit.com . I intend to use the following bounty to place a Bitcoin ad on the top of this webpage.

Bounty:

https://pay.reddit.com/ad_inq/

After using Reddit's create an ad feature to make a Bitcoin ad advertising the headline "Bitcoin & The End of State-Controlled Money: See bitcoin.reddit.com" and linking it to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYTqvYqXRbY, I will award you all of the donations in the bitcoin address below. The total value of making an ad for one day is $30.

*removed*

If you wish to make this happen, please help reach the goal of $30 or more in Bitcoins to the address above by donating Bitcoins. I will make a donation of 1 Bitcoin myself (this will remain a pledge until I get a wallet out of cold-storage).

Related links:

http://libertarian.reddit.com

http://bitcoin.reddit.com

Thanks for reading!
467  Other / Politics & Society / The message of liberty in less than one minute. on: February 29, 2012, 08:46:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5lhkNUtkBA&

Enjoy, those who are uninitiated.
468  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Ron Paul is the Bitcoin candidate: not Barack Obama, not standard candidates. on: February 29, 2012, 08:26:57 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-is-putting-on-a-great-show-right-now-in-front-of-bernanke-2012-2?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=clusterstock

He is the only candidate, the only near-mainstream candidate, standing up for the repeal of legal tender laws and making competing currencies like Bitcoin legal for trade in contract and beyond.

If you want Bitcoin adopted, vote for candidates that will make it happen. That means voting for people like Ron Paul.
469  Economy / Auctions / Re: Silent Auction: $10 Federal Reserve Note on: February 28, 2012, 11:14:00 PM
I say we all team up and not bid, then we all split the $10 with the person who won the bill at 0.1 BTC

Prisoner's dilemma. I could make a buck this way by splitting the $10 with you lot. Or I could bid 0.10000001 BTC and make almost 10 bucks.

And what if someone else is thinking like me?

And someone could be a dick to you as well. 0.10000002 BTC

Which is playing into OPs hands.

Not to mention OP could be playing us pretty easily. He could send himself .01 coins more than the winner.

I won't be doing such a thing but that would simply mean this auction has a hidden reserve. That's not fraudulent in my perspective.
470  Other / Off-topic / Re: If Atlas's thread titles were songs... on: February 28, 2012, 08:02:36 PM
"What a shame." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6PommZKWQ
471  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Department of Homeland Security Hurts the American People on: February 28, 2012, 06:45:04 AM
Oh, and don't forget that while vaccines save thousands of lives, they might cause occasional, mild, mental problems.  Roll Eyes

My doctor doesn't look at me the same way after I told her that I see no need for me to take the vaccines. All most people do is serve as immunized barriers to the small few that can get infected.

I would have no problem volunteering if these vaccines were to be approved by independent, accountable agencies rather than the FDA who just pre-approves the stuff without even looking at it.

...but no, I am just a paranoid conspiracy theorist. I should blindly trust the FDA even when its blatantly controlled by pharmaceutical monopolies and tyrants.

Look, enjoy Big Pharma and its products but keep me out until I can use a system I can trust.

Yeah, for good measure: Fuck the FDA and I love unregulated raw milk.
472  Other / Off-topic / Re: I met a girl today... on: February 28, 2012, 06:37:01 AM
I met a girl today that said she lived on this planet for only herself and that laws and rules had no bearing on what she chose to do.

I think I am in love.

Go volunteer at a women's penal facility -- if you want a wider pool of "eligible ladies" with your listed qualities.

Alright, I'll bite.

I don't believe in laws nor rules. I believe one acts according to the powers they have and what can stop them. To you, I can only be a destructive individual? That there is no way I can value life even when one can value life through their own selfish desires?
473  Other / Off-topic / Re: I met a girl today... on: February 28, 2012, 06:25:49 AM
You met a girl. The rest is redundant.  Tongue
My friends are only women. Actually, the last time I had a irl guy friend was in the 8th grade, heh.

Whatever the opposite of misogynistic is... Yeah, I might be that.

Women actually talk about themselves. They actually have emotion. Men tend to be too reserved for my tastes.
474  Other / Politics & Society / The Department of Homeland Security Hurts the American People on: February 28, 2012, 06:10:00 AM
http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Homeland_Security_Dept_Pays_General_Dynamics_to_Scour_Internet_for_Criticism_of_its_Policies_120227

So, since they are now monitoring our communications, I will now say the following. *clears throat*

The Department of Homeland Security is a waste of taxpayer's money, is tyrannical in its use of power and needs to be dismantled.

9-11 was an inside job. America should go into Civil War. The Federal Reserve is a private organization that should be dismantled and Goldman Sachs is one of its major shareholders. Let's revolt against the US government. The FDA pre-approves bad medicine and food. Ron Paul 2012

I hate the government. FEMA CAMPS FEMA CAMPS FEMA CAMPS. Sovereign Citizen. Anarchy. Terrorists win. Janet Napolitano is a corrupt politician. The underwear bomber was placed on the plane by government officials. Fluoride hardens the thyroid gland. Corn syrup is linked to obesity and corn production is under a government-granted monopoly.

Also, again, I hate the Department of Homeland Security and it should be dismantled.

Fuck the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland is operated by domestic terrorists. Janet Napolitano should not be assassinated.

Yeah, I think that ought to do it.
475  Other / Off-topic / I met a girl today... on: February 28, 2012, 05:42:42 AM
I met a girl today that said she lived on this planet for only herself and that laws and rules had no bearing on what she chose to do.

I think I am in love.
476  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unions Explained on: February 27, 2012, 07:27:24 PM
At least in the first-world, not many people are willing to negotiate to wages that entail border-line starvation, Hawker. You can't honestly believe otherwise.

In a truly free market, where there is no union, wages will be pushed down and down.  

To put this in context, since 1980, the US private sector has been de-unionising.  The result is that US workers have seen a real terms fall in their standard of living during a 30 year period of huge economic growth.  

Wages have increased. Employment has decreased.

The cost-of-living has gone sky high. It's not wages to be blamed but our whole controlled economic paradigm and the restrictions placed upon innovation. It's not a problem to work for only $50 a month, if your food costs are only $10 or so a month.

In a truly free market, businesses will compete for the best workers with rising wages that contrast with lower-quality workers that will work for less.

Please keep in mind that truly poor and starving people don't buy much. That creates little profit for businesses. You're implying people are irrational animals and that only a wise, virtuous elite can show us the way.
477  Other / Politics & Society / Metal Gear Solid 2 Predicts Online Censorship on: February 27, 2012, 07:23:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo1qzjC_5xI

Apparently it's also known as the Selection for Societal 'Sanity'
478  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unions Explained on: February 27, 2012, 07:15:15 PM
At least in the first-world, not many people are willing to negotiate to wages that entail border-line starvation, Hawker. You can't honestly believe otherwise.
479  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unions Explained on: February 27, 2012, 07:00:26 PM
...snip...

My best interest is having employment. If I can take the job of an organized worker and put money in my pocket, why should I be forced to only work at a higher wage and remain unemployed?

To me that's truly being screwed over.

Don't do it then.  Take all the extra money you don't want and give it to your boss. 

You're failing to understand that employment is a scarce resource. Under sustainable circumstances, unless I offer a competitive wage, I will not have a job. The employer has to make profit to sustain.

Do you believe a organized worker is entitled to their job even if somebody can offer the same quality of workmanship for a lower rate?
480  Economy / Auctions / Re: Silent Auction: $10 Federal Reserve Note on: February 27, 2012, 06:57:34 PM
I will say there is at least one bid on this auction.
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