The Snowden leaks have moved me to restrict my comms. And I now routinely use software to make it harder to spy on me. If they try harder to violate my civil rights, I will redouble my efforts as well. It is our obligation to resist criminal acts, like the NSA's domestic spy program.

I haven't checked in months, but I think I have been able to maintain my "un-scorable" position. For me it is a sort of protest to not participate in the credit market. So many people take on credit without ever doing the math or understanding the crappy terms they are obligating themselves to. They seem to just be interested in getting what they want now.

Just look at the payday loan places. Their adds say things like "your money, to do the things you want, is waiting for you!" WTF? It's not your money, you are signing a preposterously expensive contract that will put you further under water. I prefer to save and wait. When I do buy, there is no B.S. Just a price and a bag of cash that is far less than some financed arrangement that take years to play out.

As far as I'm concerned, cash is king and credit is the court jester.

IMO He's right that regulation could severely hurt bitcoin. But it wont go away. I will continue to use it for the rest of my life and, assuming I'm not the only one, it will survive in some way.   

It may be flawed, But I look at it like this. If the internet goes down then basically bitcoin goes down. That's OK, because BTC is mostly a currency for online transactions. i don't really need it until the network is back up. If the net is down and gone forever, I assume we have far bigger problems than the economy.

Such rules may be a disadvantage to traders in NYC, but so what? Their lawmakers did something stupid and they will pay for it by pushing some traders out of the area.
If I were buying from an NYC exchange and had to put up with additional B.S. and regulation, I would want a discounted price.  

Nice job killing the golden goose.  

Dear God, no one should eat this. 

You may as well tear it up and shove it directly into your arteries.

Unless your computer looks like this...



I would forget about mining. As pictured above, bitcoin mines are now reaching industrial scale.

+1
This is important!
The S#!+ really hits the fan when the health pros stop showing up for work. It is already starting to happen at some hospitals.

Translation: "I'm scared. Maybe I will do it if I a bigger boy says it is ok." 

My skepticism is because there is so little detail. It does not say when or where he received training, or for what purpose. It does not even say why they think it is him or how they would know it's him. His name is not Abu-Bakr Al-Bagdadi. That is the name he went by when he was the head of AQI. Which means something like "Abu, the guy from Baghdad".

It also makes no sense. He was likely a cleric from Iraq who became radicalized after the U.S. invasion. Before that he was a complete unknown. Why would he work with us or us with him? He is a religious zealot and they don't bend. It would be a sin against God to have anything to do with the west.

I visit the mid east a lot and these sorts of conspiracy theories abound. Sometimes there is a grain of truth. For example, Osama Bin Laden did receive some training and maybe equipment from the CIA in the 80's. At that time we had a common enemy in the USSR. 
Later he became radicalized against the west during the first gulf war.

Tarot cards don't teach you anything about the future, but you learn a hell of a lot about the human mind. It's the same as reading tea leaves or examining the liver of a freshly killed sacrifice. It is really just people thinking through their problems within a comforting framework.

There is a lot of confusion about this. It has been noted that some of the fertility / estrogen control drugs seem to provide some prophylaxis in mice. It may lead to something, but right now there is no specific treatment for ebola. Sadly patients receive only palliative care.

Fingers crossed. Let's hope something can be developed in the next 5-10 years.

I would take in families from other countries and send back the racists.   

Because there isn't any?

If you want to win at gambling, you need to buy a casino.  

 

I only use it as a currency. In fact I have never sold a bitcoin. I buy them, then spend them when I shop online. Why? Because it is the fastest, safest, and cheapest way to buy anything from anyone, anywhere on the planet.

Have any news sources said this? Those links are to crackpot nonsense sites, not news sites. I see nothing but a claim with no supporting documents. They didn't even seem to know his name, referring to him by his Nom de guerre. What a load of crap.

Got Randi's money yet? I thought not.

I like Randi's idea. It is a good counter argument to anyone who believes in super natural B.S. So if you think your psychic or able to move things with your mind, your in luck!! The money is just waiting for you to demonstrate your ability.
Guess how many have been paid.... That's right, zero. Never has anyone been able to show such powers when science is watching. A few have taken the challenge and failed. They give excuses like "the psychic energy is being blocked by"...bla bla bla.

I think in the case of falling he is doing an entertaining gag. At least I read it for entertainment.  Eventually we will have another crash (there will always be another). When it happens falling will be seen as a guru for a week or so. That's how it works on Wall street anyway. 

Amen.
People seem unwilling to accept that their lives are little and boring. They always want to be part of some grand cosmic battle with arch villains and secret plans. Alex Jones knows that "giving them what they want" sells.