That's true enough there could be cheap reserves that are accessible in countries that are underdeveloped, in that case one needs to stabilize those countries to get access to those reserves.
The other option would be to destabilize the country and then buy the cheaper oil from the groups fighting that need funding.

Yep since indirect investment in Datatank can be had by buying AM shares due to Chip Sales
Also hope that we do get an update sooner than later although learning of more suppliers and chips being used is always nice.

True Cryptx Should publish a list on google docs with obfuscated e-mails as well that show how people voted
It's all about transparency

Correct but there are worse ones out there
I just couldn't find a good screenshot for one
Here is a moderately harder one although I recall that a few sites don't do show underlying url links

No problem, ah and don't forget cavirtex
That one is easier to track just 30 dollars in fiat linked to BTC as the price haha and NO on the chart lol.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=218435.msg3998459#msg3998459
The share price will be fixed at $30 CAD per share (due to our Canadian dollar valuation) but priced in BTC. At the time of this writing [March 18, 2013] using an exchange rate of $46.875 CAD/BTC one share will cost 0.64 BTC. The BTC price will change on Havelock every hour as the BTC/CAD exchange rate changes."

Hmm how does that work

Not really sure thought it couldn't be done due to timestamping

True a user can also add also accepting Bitcoin to whatever they are selling on Craiglist without causing to much headache.
If someone bites its awesome if not well some people might go what the heck is a Bitcoin and learn about it

^_^ Ah you guys crack me up I kind of have to agree
The songs are pretty bad sometimes but I have grown a taste for them

Much Wow
But if I had to guess a reason its called the Winklevoss Twins  

It's also kind of funny that one can consider them as donations to the government
They have a nice little balance growing although it does make for a nice place to put a dedicated advertisement that targets Bitcoin users

Canada they are one of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Exchanges
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CaVirtEx
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=218435.msg5571194#msg5571194

Launched June 8, 2011

http://rt.com/op-edge/170492-bitcoin-revolution-wins-world/

Inserts theses real comments
When the lights go out in the city...
ANY database is vulnerable to hacking and Bitcoin will be NO different. I hope that many wicked A-holes lose big $ with this financial misadventure.
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Ask anyone in Iceland about their adventures with Bitcoin style crypto currency.
Only those who are vested in making fast money in this pyramid style fast money data mining scheme are the only winners.
So verign states and countries should not be have to be the victims of a pipe dream that has demonstrated more losses than gains.
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Washington accepts Bitcoin and sells it on ebay.
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It's just another bubble thing controlled by others. The small fish drive up the price till a ceiling is reached and when the bubble bursts the small fish end up paying the bills and the big fish profit again from it.
Large amounts of coins are being kept out of the loop by the big fish to drive up the price again too.
Nothing new and perfect here. Just different people filling their pockets with other peoples misery.
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Bitcoin is what will make one world government . Called AntiChrist. The next thing will be chip that has to be implanted into anyones hand in order to trade.
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Bitcoin is a fake, a fraud, and a scam. Find it interesting this article does not mention bitcoins recent wild gyrations in value. In fact, speculation remains the main impetus behind bitcoin as there are traditional coins that provide what bitcoin does but with greater liquidity and absolutely proven safety. Want to play with coins - do so with something like the Maple Leaf, U.S. Eagle, etc - you can't go wrong with those.
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Following a 3 month investigation by various Obama agencys to find Bitcoin attack vectors and vulnerabilitys, Obama has also enlisted his goons to setup and trap Bitcoin sellers under the guise of 'Money Laundering'.

Undercover agents have succeeded in entrapping Bitcoin sellers by telling them they either intended to use the Bitcoins they purchased for criminal use or the undercover Obama goons deliberately pushed the Bitcoin sellers into going over a Federal or State currency exchange limit ( varies State to State).

Tho se latest Obama victims were charged with 15+ yr prison sentences, no laughing matter
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Currency with no real backing by real commodities is always a pyramid scam. They need backing. And check out the competition if you've freat need to move money this way. Trick is don't hold it. There's something like 50 services available easily listed on Wiki. The title for this article does baffle me though. Did Bitcoin write it and submit? There's no revolution and Bitcoin is just one of many and not the best for most people's needs anyway. Reads like a Bitcoin ad. I'll never use it.
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Bitcoin is very elaborate and Ponzi-like scam that will eventually collapse. once it does do not come crying home to your mommy.
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I couldn't choose one I'm sorry they were so bad  

Mumble I think that would turn me off from voting if I was an American
Oh yah I voted for Hillary cause shes gay me ... hmm I don't have many choices in this political system do I lol.

Well hopefully by the time the legal cases are done this specter will be forgotten for a while
In the meantime bitcoin will have grown even stronger

Peak oil has been a BS since M.King Hubbert came out with it he did his calculations without accounting for the Unconventional's
Fracking and Off-Shore Drilling and coal to oil to name a few.

To be more accurate we have been finding new supplies of oil consistently and a Mckelvey Box is the true way to measure oil supplies
With Commercial Oil - Profitable
Non-Commercial - Not profitable
And Undiscovered reserves



The real problem is that the cost of getting this new oil is increasingly expensive as the easy reserves are found and depleted the base price for the new oil increases as well.
These higher prices make non-commercial oil commercially profitable to acquire and lead to the higher oil prices.

True although considering that keeping it one unified country was such a mess in this case having smaller countries might help stabilize the region
Basically those three groups have not been able to get along as a country better to have them each have one besides the Kurds have the army to back their forces unlike the weaker Iraq part.

Personally the Kurds probably have the strongest roots to the Persian empire and deserve the chance to make their own country and nation and not third class citizens
http://www.voanews.com/content/kurdish-president-conditions-are-favorable-for-independence/1949439.html

“This is a natural right that must be achieved,” Barzani said, adding that he hopes to conduct a referendum within months. “ I believe now the conditions are also favorable for independence. … Once achieved, we will help our brethren in Iraq, within our capabilities, to help Iraq maybe surmount the current crisis.

Pretty much translated as we bail Iraq out they rather not betray us and remember they owe us one here for saving their sorry asses and for trying our best to live as one nation for years. ^_^.

Barzani said that for years, Kurds have been treated as “second- and third-class citizens. That is why, from now on, we will not accept such treatment," adding that this is another reason he is pushing for independence for the Kurdish people.

Cough Development Politics
Tell that to all of Latin America who were raped pretty badly by the industrialization process
A system built on the backs of others through monopolization and trade restrictions
That is why they are moving to socialism systems the same with the Chinese who went from Commy --> Socialist because they were subjected to 100 years of shame and exploitation by the Colonial powers, and had to fight very hard to get out of that dependency. (opium wars etc)

Also known as the Global South
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_divide

In economic terms, the North—with one quarter of the world population—controls four fifths of the world income. 90% of the manufacturing industries are owned by and located in the North. Inversely, the South—with three quarters of the world populations—has access to one fifth of the world income. It serves as a source for raw material as the North, “eager to acquire their own independent resource bases[,]…subjected large portions of the global South to direct colonial rule” between 1850 and 1914. As nations become economically developed, they may become part of the "North", regardless of geographical location, while any other nations which do not qualify for "developed" status are in effect deemed to be part of the "South".

Because the monetary base of bitcoins cannot be expanded, the currency would be subject to severe deflation if it becomes widely used. Keynesian economists argue that deflation is bad for an economy because it incentivises individuals and businesses to save money rather than invest in businesses and create jobs. The Austrian school of thought counters this criticism, claiming that as deflation occurs in all stages of production, entrepreneurs who invest benefit from it. As a result, profit ratios tend to stay the same and only their magnitudes change. In other words, in a deflationary environment, goods and services decrease in price, but at the same time the cost for the production of these goods and services tend to decrease proportionally, effectively not affecting profits. Price deflation encourages an increase in hoarding — hence savings — which in turn tends to lower interest rates and increase the incentive for entrepreneurs to invest in projects of longer term.

From https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply

Simply put people invest because they expect a greater return than deflation can bring in the long term, therefore the economy is grown at a rate of development greater than the price decrease and promotes long term over short term investments on a balance sheet, second bitcoin is still inflationary this concern is not to be addressed for a few more decades.

262500    2    25.00    2014    11812500    1312500    13125000    11.11%    62.500%
315000    2    25.00    2015    13125000    1312500    14437500    10.00%    68.750%
367500    2    25.00    2016    14437500    1312500    15750000    9.09%    75.000%
420000    3    12.50    2017    15750000    656250    16406250    4.17%    78.125%
472500    3    12.50    2018    16406250    656250    17062500    4.00%    81.250%
525000    3    12.50    2019    17062500    656250    17718750    3.85%    84.375%
577500    3    12.50    2020    17718750    656250    18375000    3.70%    87.500%
630000    4    6.25    2021    18375000    328125    18703125    1.79%    89.063%
682500    4    6.25    2022    18703125    328125    19031250    1.75%    90.625%
735000    4    6.25    2023    19031250    328125    19359375    1.72%    92.188%
787500    4    6.25    2024    19359375    328125    19687500    1.69%    93.750%

I came here to snicker at your title 
But went on to read your post as well and yes governments didn't used to be so bi-polar politics made them like that but rational actions based on what is best is how all political systems should be.
It's not a political thing it's what is best for all people in society, saving money or developing new technologies they may disagree but it should be civil.

True when I talk to people about Bitcoin the tinge of Mtgox and the exchange crash is still fresh in their memories
But the fact it is not Bitcoin is becoming more common
Also when I used the term Virtual currency people were confused but when I said Digital Currency and payment systems people went AH that is fascinating instead so it's all about trying to determine the proper way to explain it to people.
Starting to see more people wanting to support it.