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961  Other / Politics & Society / Re: ISIS is nothing compared to U.S. cops. on: August 21, 2016, 11:57:49 AM
No, there's a big difference between IS and US cops. The first mostly kills white guys, the second mostly kills black guys. If you're white, clean-cut with a white shirt and a tie, you have nothing to fear from US cops. It's not racism, it's profiling, you know...
962  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russia's sinking: Spain is now richer on: August 21, 2016, 11:50:23 AM
OK.. here are the stats:

Russian national debt: 14.92% of the GDP ($148 billion)
Spanish national debt: 100.14% of the GDP ($1.18 trillion)

The Spanish economy is like an inflated balloon... It can burst at anytime. 

This clearly shows Spain is much richer. It can borrow money easily whereas no banker wants to put into money in Russia. New car registrations give a good indication of a country's wealth, and both markets are now equal. That is quite incredible, considering the population's difference...

No. It means that Spain is living on borrowed time (and money). Russia is behaving much more responsibly to the future generations of the Russians.


Well, this is the first time ever I'm reading that Russia is behaving responsibly. Note for the future generations that the spanish population is growing faster than the russian one. I believe the spaniards have more faith in the future, but they're richer so that helps to be more optimistic.
963  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What do you think would happen if all drugs became legal? on: August 21, 2016, 11:40:23 AM
It would be the end of the world.  Crime here crime there crime everywhere.  Those drugs were illegal because of what it can do to its host.  Humans can do outrageous things as they see the world as an imagination.  It would be the end of humans as everyone will just kill just like that.

I shall remind you that drugs were legal once.
It was legal to buy and smoke pot, and even opium was legal. There were places were you could legally smoke opium in many big cities, but governments have chosen to close down all those businesses instead of regulating them.
964  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Impending Global Negative Interest Rate Regime Bodes Well for Bitcoin on: August 21, 2016, 11:36:52 AM
Negative interest rates are only a consequence. The real trouble is in unlimited money supply and quantitative easing. If the central banks and the whole financial system weren't creating money out of thin air, interest rates would be positive again in no time.
965  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russia's sinking: Spain is now richer on: August 19, 2016, 06:16:49 PM
OK.. here are the stats:

Russian national debt: 14.92% of the GDP ($148 billion)
Spanish national debt: 100.14% of the GDP ($1.18 trillion)

The Spanish economy is like an inflated balloon... It can burst at anytime. 

This clearly shows Spain is much richer. It can borrow money easily whereas no banker wants to put into money in Russia. New car registrations give a good indication of a country's wealth, and both markets are now equal. That is quite incredible, considering the population's difference...
966  Other / Politics & Society / Forget Brexit, the UK will get mass surveillance instead on: August 19, 2016, 06:06:22 PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37130455

Nearly 2 months after the Brexit referendum, nothing has changed, but Theresa May is very active in another field: mass surveillance of all british citizens. Theresa May wants to read your emails! I guess she wants to make it easier to spot political activists, BTC users, maybe some terrorists too, inadvertantly.


967  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What do you think would happen if all drugs became legal? on: August 18, 2016, 10:42:49 PM
I would like all drugs to be legal, but that change cannot come alone. We also need the demise of all public medical insurance to make people fully responsible if something bad happens after they've had drugs.
968  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What are you opinions on Iceland’s Pirate Party? on: August 18, 2016, 10:41:28 PM
Any link to their political program? Their agenda? Their manifesto? Iceland is a very special case, the people there were so disillusioned by the entire political class, which was all corrupt, that they want new people.
969  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Bitfinex HACKED - funds stolen ! on: August 18, 2016, 10:31:25 PM
I find it really disturbing that more than 2 weeks after the hack, bitfinex is still totally unable to give an explanation on what happened. I guess it can happen again next week, then.
970  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russia's sinking: Spain is now richer on: August 17, 2016, 10:43:02 PM
Spain's economy is a lie.

Have you been to Spain recently? I'm going there at least 6 weeks each year, and it's a strong economy. Both Madrid and Barcelona airports are very busy places, among the busiest in Europe, and my last time in Barcelona, all the shopping centers I went to were crowded. Also Spain's manufacturing a lot of cars, bringing billions to the country. I was surprised when I found that info, but the more I think of it, the more I believe it.

I was in Barcelona last month.

Good, I was there last February. I always try to avoid Spain during summer time, as it gets too crowded. Wasn't it crowded while you were there? Weren't the restaurants packed? Weren't the hotels fully booked? I was in Barcelona in mid June of 2015. We went to the placa Reial on a weekday, and it was still crowded at midnight.
971  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Olympic games should be abolished on: August 17, 2016, 10:34:54 PM
Say a guy from Italy always won and a guy from Britain always comes fourth..The guy from Italy because of no nation will always have the support..
Now because the guy from Britain who always comes fourth will be the best in his nation he will get support other wise he will get no support..

No adverts in is nation no sponsor's no one would care only for the winner..
When it's for your nation then your nation cares no matter how good you are..

So if we done it your way not much money would float around the sport world..
Like sponsors from big businesses for the athletes to do it full time to be the best at what they do..

Athletes try to be the best to make themselves RICH Get paid fast..
Not working for 50 years in a dead end job for 35k a year scraping by..Be famous and get rich quick..THEN YOUR COUNTRY  Grin

I'd love that! Less money and less advertising in sports. It would probably be less professional but what's wrong with that?
You shall also think of all the people without a country, and those who don't like their country. To millions olympics is a show between foreigners without any interest.
972  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: OpenBazaar , a failure ? on: August 17, 2016, 10:25:51 PM
I don't see any failure, what I see is lack of growth, which is very different. OB is a small stable market and it's just waiting for some killer product to get to a new stage. The sad point is that as of today nobody knows what that could be.

Also, ergonomics could be improved.
973  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Olympic games should be abolished on: August 16, 2016, 10:33:52 PM
Once we remove the politics from Olympics, everything will be fine. It is the political interference which is destroying the Olympics.

Thanks, I like to see I'm not the only one. What unites all of us here is BTC, which doesn't have any kind of link to any country or nation. Sports should be like that too, just like everything else.
974  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Theresa May says Article 50 will NOT be triggered this year on: August 16, 2016, 10:31:34 PM
Amazing, we voted out, and we get a remainer as PM...meanwhile, as if to show who's side she's really on ((as if we didn't know)
https://brasshorncommunications.uk/about/


Whose fault is it? Bojo said he didn't want to be prime minister. Farage left. It was to be a revolution but the leaders have gone of a fishing trip. It's bad because besides the economy of Britain, it's also democracy in the UK which is failing.

May said she was looking for Brexit experts fut that's BS at its best. Since it never happened before, there can't be any Brexit expert.
975  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russia's sinking: Spain is now richer on: August 16, 2016, 10:26:55 PM
Spain's economy is a lie.

Have you been to Spain recently? I'm going there at least 6 weeks each year, and it's a strong economy. Both Madrid and Barcelona airports are very busy places, among the busiest in Europe, and my last time in Barcelona, all the shopping centers I went to were crowded. Also Spain's manufacturing a lot of cars, bringing billions to the country. I was surprised when I found that info, but the more I think of it, the more I believe it.
976  Economy / Economics / Re: Soros is shorting on: August 16, 2016, 10:19:37 PM
Hey, not so fast! Soros is good, but there's no direct link between the SP500 and BTC. One going down doesn't mean the other one will automatically go up.
977  Other / Politics & Society / Russia's sinking: Spain is now richer on: August 15, 2016, 10:56:19 PM
I was checking countries by their gross domestic product (GDP), here and I was shocked to discover that the latest estimates put Spain in front of Russia. With less than one third of the people!

I knew Russia was a mess, but it's really surprising. I hadn't imagined it was so bad. One single spaniard is now richer than 3 russians. I can't understand why russians are not starting another revolution. Since last one was 99 years ago, maybe next year would be appropriate.


978  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Olympic games should be abolished on: August 15, 2016, 10:47:39 PM
If they banned any athletes then we would not know what their potential would of been in the games. That is a pity to say the least. Embarrassed

That's my wish. I don't want to see athletes competing at the olympics in front of their country's flag, I want to see them competing against each other, without anyone knowing the citizenship of the others. Sports without politics...
979  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many people use/hold bitcoin in 2016 on: August 15, 2016, 10:42:46 PM
blockchain.info wallet claims they have over 7 million users, right on the wallet homepage.

As you already told, one person can have several accounts, but I believe it is safe to assume at least 3-5 million users tried Bitcoin for short amount of time. Coinbase has at least million accounts as well, and these are verified by government isued ID - so pretty much these numbers represents real people.

I have 3 blockchain.info wallets. I guess they should tell how many of them are actually active. I have 2 accounts which I've emptied and another one which I haven't used for maybe 2 years (there's only satoshis there). Everybody I know has several wallets and has used several exchanges. So... We may not be that many.
980  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin daily technical analysis on: August 15, 2016, 10:37:59 PM
That graph doesn't look technical to me, it's financial. I guess it can be useful to people doing day-trading.
A technical graph would show things like last block sizes or transactions per hour...
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