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1  Economy / Economics / Trump: The United States could soon become a large-scale Spain or Greece on: May 15, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
http://www.moneynews.com/Archives/Trump-Aftershock-American-Economy/2012/11/06/id/462985
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Billionaire Tells Americans to Prepare For 'Financial Ruin'
Tuesday, 06 Nov 2012 12:14 PM
By Newsmax Wires

The United States could soon become a large-scale Spain or Greece, teetering on the edge of financial ruin.

That’s according to Donald Trump, who painted a very ugly picture of where this country is headed. Trump made the comments during a recent appearance on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”

According to Trump, the United States is no longer a rich country. “When you’re not rich, you have to go out and borrow money. We’re borrowing from the Chinese and others. We’re up to $16 trillion in debt.”

He goes on to point out that the downgrade of U.S. debt is inevitable.

“We are going up to $16 trillion [in debt] very soon, and it’s going to be a lot higher than that before he gets finished. When you have [debt] in the $21-$22 trillion, you are talking about a downgrade no matter how you cut it.”

Ballooning debt and a credit downgrade aren’t Trump’s only worries for this country. He says that the official unemployment rate of 8.2 percent “isn’t a real number” and that the real figure is closer to 15 percent to 16 percent. He even mentioned that some believe the unemployment rate to be as high as 21 percent.

“Right now, frankly, the country isn’t doing well,” Trump added, “Recession may be a nice word.”

While 15 percent to 16 percent unemployment, a looming credit downgrade, and ballooning debt are a bleak outlook for the United States, they are hardly as alarming as the scenario laid out by another economist.

Without earning celebrity status or having his own television show, Robert Wiedemer did something else that grabbed headlines across the country: He accurately predicted the economic collapse that almost sank the United States.

In 2006, Wiedemer and a team of economists foresaw the coming collapse of the U.S. housing market, equity markets, private debt, and consumer spending, and published their findings in the book America’s Bubble Economy.

Editor’s Note: See the disturbing interview with Wiedemer.

But Wiedemer’s outlook for the U.S. economy today makes Trump’s observations seem almost optimistic.

Where Trump sees ballooning debt and a credit downgrade, Wiedemer sees much more widespread economic destruction.

In a recent interview for his newest book Aftershock, Wiedemer says, “The data is clear, 50% unemployment, a 90% stock market drop, and 100% annual inflation . . . starting in 2012.”

When the host questioned such wild claims, Wiedemer unapologetically displayed shocking charts backing up his allegations, and then ended his argument with, “You see, the medicine will become the poison.”

The interview has become a wake-up call for those unprepared (or unwilling) to acknowledge an ugly truth: The country’s financial “rescue” devised in Washington has failed miserably.

Shocking Footage: See the eerie chart that exposes the ‘unthinkable.’

The blame lies squarely on those whose job it was to avoid the exact situation we find ourselves in, including current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Chairman Alan Greenspan, tasked with preventing financial meltdowns and keeping the nation’s economy strong through monetary and credit policies.

At one point, Wiedemer even calls out Bernanke, saying that his “money from heaven will be the path to hell.”

But it’s not just the grim predictions that are causing the sensation; rather, it’s the comprehensive blueprint for economic survival that’s really commanding global attention.

The interview offers realistic, step-by-step solutions that the average hard-working American can easily follow.

The overwhelming amount of feedback to publicize the interview, initially screened for a private audience, came with consequences as various online networks repeatedly shut it down and affiliates refused to house the content.

Bernanke and Greenspan were not about to support Wiedemer publicly, nor were the mainstream media.

“People were sitting up and taking notice, and they begged us to make the interview public so they could easily share it,” said Newsmax Financial Publisher Aaron DeHoog, “but unfortunately, it kept getting pulled.”

“Our real concern,” DeHoog added, “is what if only half of Wiedemer’s predictions come true?

“That’s a scary thought for sure. But we want the average American to be prepared, and that is why we will continue to push this video to as many outlets as we can. We want the word to spread.”


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2  Local / Новички / Bitcoin в оффлайне on: June 14, 2012, 07:11:35 PM
Перевел на русский страницу "Real world shops" в вики: https://ru.bitcoin.it/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8B

Есть что туда добавить по России и другим странам где используется русский язык?
3  Economy / Trading Discussion / Mass demand for bitcoins in China? on: May 27, 2012, 05:53:01 AM
Did anyone notice how much the volume on btcchina went up lately?
See: http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/btcnCNY.html

That affected CNY rates already ( see https://btcchina.com/ ), I wonder if this will affect USD and other rates as well somehow...
4  Other / Meta / Email notifications stopped working on: June 13, 2011, 02:46:56 AM
After the downtime a few hours ago email notifications stopped working (I do not receive emails when someone PMs me anymore).
5  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Generalizing bitcoin to improve democratic process? on: June 12, 2011, 07:53:51 PM
I know that there is a topic on generalization of bitcoin already but this is much more broad.
I've posted this elsewhere but I think it is important that developers read this.
So, here goes:

It is true that each jurisdiction does have different legal definitions and requirements. But Bitcoins are so new they almost need a new way of refering to them and a new legal definition.

Could we come to some sort of agreement here as a community of what bitcoins are and how they should legally be treated, and then go to our individual jurisdiction governments and make them all adopt a common legal treatment? It would require alot of work, but I think the future would thank us. It may be like herding cats, though, I do not have much faith in us coming to a common definition.

I've been thinking about this lately. A much better thing would be if we could build a totally new and independent "distributed governing body"/"direct democracy" functioning on similar principles as bitcoin (being p2p/decentralized, based on "proof of work" - or "peer vouching" term could be more appropriate in this case) or being a part of bitcoin infrastructure.

What I mean is that besides monetary transactions' information floating inside bitcoin network we could also have a sort of identity information, polls/votes information etc.

For example, suppose you want to establish an identity for yourself (which can consist of arbitrary credentials/id-elements like your name, address, ebay-like feedback etc). So you "declare" the specific credentials and then ask people who can confirm them to vouch for you. The more people vouched for your credentials the more "trusted" those credentials are, obviously. (think of number of confirmations for btc transactions)

The identity elements should be stored in encrypted form on the network but should be verifiable via asymmetric encryption. So if someone initiated a vote (see below) for residents of Southpark only those who have an identity with confirmed "city" element which is "Southpart" should be able to cast votes.

Then anyone who has any kind of identity can initiate any kind of vote on anything ("Shall we consider bitcoin legal money", "Is it OK to build a nuclear plant in Southpark?" etc.), specify it's parameters like "only Southpark residents can vote - those with 20+ confirmations of residency in Southpark", only members with 50 confirmations of their name (but names are not revealed) can vote etc.

The enforcement of the votes etc. might be difficult at first but if/when massive amounts of people will vote for something it will become easier.

Interesting side effects/advantages:
You can choose any name you want as long as enough people agree to call you that Smiley You can even have no name if you are not interested in participating in processes (votes etc.) that require it.
This system would not depend on existing political constructs/notions/establishments. (countries/citizenships etc.) Rather that that people will group (by participating in certain processes/votes) by all kinds of criteria.
No need for representative democracy anymore. Cast your votes directly Smiley Same goes for other institutions like courts of law etc. Do not want to participate directly in certain matters or do not feel competent enough? Delegate your vote (on specific matters) to someone. Became unhappy how they use your delegated voice? Revoke it immediately!

Problems to be resolved:
1. How to motivate people to distribute this information? Bitcoin transaction distribution is sustained by mining, but what about non-monetary information? Shall we pay "miners" a "transaction fee" for it?
2. We need a way to deal with identity theft/loss (think of an identity as a wallet). Perhaps rules for some kind of restoration process should be established (through the same "vouching" process described above).
3. The math behind this might be probably even more robust then bitcoin's.
4. What to do with multiple identities? Perhaps we should just let them be (it would be more difficult to get it's elements confirmed anyway), or this should be resolved via a vote at some point.
5. What else did not I think of?
6  Economy / Trading Discussion / Withdraw your mtgoxUSD to PayPal, NEGATIVE fee (you get paid +1%) on: June 11, 2011, 11:04:28 PM
I want to buy $500 or more of MtGox USD for PayPal.
Terms: You transfer MtGoxUSD first, I adsorb paypal fees + add 1% on top of the amount.
I have a solid track record on BCM and also some reputation on this forum (see https://www.bitcoinmarket.com/market/members/view/?market_memberID=413 and http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14014.0 )

I prefer to send EUR (bit if you want USD it is OK too) at xe.com's exchange rate to avoid losses from PayPal's extortionate exchange rates.

PM me if interested.
7  Economy / Trading Discussion / Get paid for signing up with TradeHill (the new Mt. Gox competitor) on: June 09, 2011, 01:32:53 PM
Update: This offer is CLOSED but you still can register directly via this link and get 10% discount on fees.

I'll pay 0.05 BTC to anyone who registers with my refcode. Plus you get 10% off of TradeHill's fees.
As there are no way to track who registers with what refcode you'll have to give me your email address and I'll have to perform registration for you.

No more users with 0 posts. You must have 5+ posts on this forum to be considered. (I reserve the right to reject anybody, you can still register directly anyway and get 10% discount on fees)
So PM me:
1. your email and
2. your bitcoin address where you want me to send the payment to.

I'll PM the password of the created account back to you and will send bitcoins to you.
You should  go to your account at TradeHill (after logging in click your email address at the top right corner of the screen) and change your password right away to make sure I do not have access.

If you just want to use my refcode and get 10% on fees, here it is: TH-R1805 Smiley or just use mu referral link to register: http://www.tradehill.com/?r=TH-R1805
8  Local / Português (Portuguese) / Novo câmbio on: June 09, 2011, 08:22:30 AM
Novo câmbio.
Registe-se aqui:https://www.tradehill.com/User/Register
Referral Code: TH-R1805
9  Local / Italiano (Italian) / Nuovo cambio on: June 09, 2011, 08:19:10 AM
Nuovo cambio
Registrazione https://www.tradehill.com/User/Register
Referral Code: TH-R1805
10  Local / Барахолка / [продано] Google AdWords за биткоины on: May 19, 2011, 04:17:26 PM
См. http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8946.0

Эта тема здесь для вопросов на русском языке. Биды кидайте в тему по ссылке выше.
11  Other / Obsolete (selling) / [SOLD] $200 worth of Google AdWords ads on: May 19, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
I have a couple of $100 coupons/gift cards from Google for sale.
These are for NEW AdWords accounts ONLY (although if you already have an AdWords account, I guess you can still create another one in spouse's/friend's/relative's/company's name etc.).
Both of them must be used until June 30. This only means that you must use them by that date to have your adwords account credited, but when you spend this credit is up to you.

-- SOLD --

Coupon #1 will be provided promptly upon payment (scan of the coupon). Coupon #2 will be mailed (USPS) from New York (it is sealed and stored at www.earthclassmail.com , see the second picture below) worldwide within 1 working day upon payment.

Here is a link to my profile/ratings at BCM: https://www.bitcoinmarket.com/market/members/view/?market_memberID=413
Feel free to PM me there to make sure the account is in fact mine.

Coupon #1:


Coupon #2:
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