Their nationality is revealed in that list?

Anyway, some of the rebel sources were talking about 100 casualties, so it's to early to tell.

But, as stated, my only sources are the news, I don't know what is going on.

Price increases make bitcoin even more popular, so if the price keeps going up, that can trigger a reaction from the Chinese Government.

I doubt they would ban bitcoin, that could be a fiasco and they would end bad in the picture. But they might decide to ban the chinese exchanges.

The financial times is also reporting but in the middle of another news and with the title calling attention to rebel attacks on border posts and new attempts of infiltration of military support from Russia:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b86e8ca4-ea23-11e3-afb3-00144feabdc0.html

Anyway, even if these bombings are condemnable, I wouldn't call them a "carpet bombing".

He basically seems to think that the US has to be managed like a family that can go bankrupt and end up selling the house. Many people seems to agree with him.

But the FED has only the necessary independence to do what the state really needs. If the FED had to buy half of the US debt to save the Government, the FED would do it. And if that takes inflation to 10%, so be it, inflation is a good way to erode the debt.

The regulation on drugs remember me the American alcohol prohibition. It was a complete failure and developed organized crime, like the mafia.

But it seems we can't learn from our past mistakes. The only lesson we learn from history is that history repeats it self time and time, we just forget it and do it all again.

The ounce of gold in 10 years went from 470 in 2004 to about 1890 usds. Now, stands much lower.

Bitcoin went from 13 usds in January of 2013 to 1160 (Bitstamp) in just one year. It stands at 670.

You can open an account at Bitfinex and lend your bitcoins at good rates allowing others to leverage. The coins can't leave the exchange, so they can't default on you. The only serious risk is a problem with the exchange.

Be very careful with the places you sent your coins. There are lot of scammers promising high returns. Never send any, before doing serious searches on the site.

But basically, by having bitcoins, you are already investing.

Someone willing to buy 10% of a coin is there for the long-term. He can't just dump them, even slowly, without losing a lot.

This people really take matters related to their coins personally. Not even in the political forum I'm used to see so many personal attacks.

Even if the author of the text isn't you, since the site seems to be yours (have your nick), why not just paste the text here? Are you looking to increase the traffic of your site?

People usually don't like to click links to obscure sites, especially if they have an wallet in their computer.

On the issue of the thread being self-moderated and on apparent religious issues, I already posted: This is a bitcoin forum, supposedly here "No one expects the (spanish) inquisition". (for the young ones, this is a famous quote from the comedians Monty Python).

Yes, even in the XVI-XVII centuries, curvy women were the model. We can see that in so many paintings, like from Botticelli, Rubens, etc.

But this lady is clearly above that.

The enlargement of the current social functions of the state is a consequence of the enlargement of voting: everyone can vote, including the poor; the poor want social protection, therefore, high taxes.

In reality, the State doesn't have that much power, but the state serves the majority of the people, that decides who wins elections.

Anyone wanting to attack the social functions of the state must attack universal democracy. Therefore, this kind of discourse ends in fascism very easily

Gold has the trust of maybe 5000 years of world tradition.

Actually, since gold is very rare also in the universe (as other heavy elements, can only be produce in supernovas or even perhaps only on the collision of neutron stars), if there are other intelligent species out there, I bet they will also consider gold as precious.

However, I would chose clearly bitcoin. Unless there is huge inflation, Gold has little to promised. Bitcoin is full of possibilities.

I already bashed on the so-called immorality of taxation, even when we can't perceive a direct service by the State: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=617895.msg6931130#msg6931130

I also have issues with calling capitalism the only moral system of government.

Because it's an economic system, not a political one, and has only some consequences on the political system, mainly protection of property and some economic freedoms. Says nothing about political freedom, elections, division of powers, etc.

Because it can have real immoral consequences, especially if unregulated. Actually, completely unregulated, ends up killing it self, because of monopolies.

Sorry, but I have to disagree: as long as technology can't replace human work completely, as technology develops, productivity increases, and as this happens, slavery would be even more cost saving.

It's not by chance that industries go to where labor cost is cheaper.

For instance, "invention of the cotton gin in 1793 gave slavery a new life in the United States": http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0131_030203_jubilee2_2.html

The only reason slavery ended was moral. And it was because of this that wars, international pressure or revolutions were necessary to end it.

But I accept that you argue that it was thanks to economic prosperity that some influential people had the time and inclination to start to think in moral terms.

Those conspiracies about the Rothschild have no foundation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family#Conspiracy_theories

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4311

I couldn't care less for any kind of drugs, but if I had to buy in a street, I guess that could be an adventure.

Anyway, everyone knows about himself. I have serious doubts about the legitimacy and wiseness of State control of these things.

Your answer is rhetoric.

There are millions of dollars leaving Russia every day.

If you were smart enough to profit with it, you know well that your fellow citizens won't be.

Now, think about it lasting for decades. Economic relations shattered because of this.

Those reports you have no evidence about are just imagination. Would Putin stay quiet about them?

Powerful people do stupid mistakes for no reason beyond their own ego.

Those numbers are numbers of the pro-Moscow administration in Chechnya, not from any unbiased or scientific entity.

Do you really believe that russians were the major part of the dead (I know they were discriminated and even persecuted by the chechens)?

The links I posted give numbers completely different of those.

No one knows, how many were killed.

What is the point of tossing out some numbers without presenting any justification?

I don't care if the numbers are optimistic, or not, they have no value whatsoever.

There was indeed a run up on bitcoin price. The increase in its price wasn't only (or even mostly) because of a depreciation of the value of the dollar.

That depreciation would have to be confirmed not only against bitcoin but in front of any other currency or good.