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I had some very bizarre and disturbing dreams last night. The first one I remember I must've been coming out of REM sleep after about 7 hours involved struggling with someone for their black 9mm handgun at a party. The people that were around me were people I went to high school with and their faces looked the same as they did my Senior year of high school (2007). Anyways, in the first dream, I knew that one of my good friends at the party was a killer and when I saw him take his gun out, I took it away from him and saw the magazine had been loaded incorrectly. I ejected the magazine, inserted it, cocked the slide back...put the gun to the back of his head, said, "I'm sorry, Chris, but I can't let you kill anyone else," and fired. Immediately after this, spotlights shown bright and everyone else at the party disappeared including the site of the party itself. I was on some sort of glass-enclosed theater stage and there were people commenting about how quickly I passed the first test. I couldn't see their faces, only shadows. I think I woke up briefly after this but immediately went back to sleep and started dreaming again. The second dream involved me living in a New York City apartment. I was just walking around the apartment with a glass of what I remember to be Johnny Walker Blue Label scotch (something I can't afford, it's like $700 a bottle) when I noticed my smoking hot Anatomy & Physiology teacher from last semester in college undressing behind a glass screen door that led to a separate room in my apartment. Initially, I approached her but stopped short and just kept watching her until she was completely naked. It was like she couldn't see me even though the apartment was mine and she was behind nothing more than a see-through glass screen door, not a one-way mirror. Finally, a voice shouted, "Why don't you act on your urge?" I replied, "Because I know this isn't real." Again, curtains down, lights up, I'm on the same glass-enclosed stage and people in the shadows are whispering, "He's able to distinguish reality from our program's encoding simply by observing his surroundings." I briefly woke up again and had several more very violent dreams I don't even wish to type because they involve family members and more killing. I can describe this process of dreams only as a twisted cross between The Matrix, Inception and The Cube (because of the glass-enclosed stage). The only movie I've seen recently was The Matrix which was on TV a few days ago. Finally, after the last violent dream "test" I forced myself to get out of bed even though I really wanted to go back to sleep. I go into the kitchen to turn on the light and the bulb blows out. I replaced it, went outside for a cigarette, heading to the 7-11 across the street to get a fountain drink when I am confronted by two Jehovah's Witnesses. They wouldn't shut up and finally I had to interject, "Do you believe that Jesus Christ in the Son of God?" This being my go to line for any JH I ever see because it's not so much that I vehemently believe that statement as much as it is that I know for a fact they do not believe that, they thought of Jesus only as a prophet and any JH I've ever talked to has said, "Well, no...," and it stops the conversation dead in its tracks. That's usually when I would say, "Have a nice day, goodbye" Anyways, the black lady fires back, "YES, I do." I was baffled, they shouted some website at me and I told them I needed to go across the street. It has been a very weird morning so far. Prior to falling asleep, I had been up for 24-30 hours and had smoked only a little cannabis a few hours before hitting the sack. I met up with 2 friends I hadn't seen in a long time yesterday, we had a really nice time catching up. I don't see how any of this accounts for the dreams I had or the seemingly confused JH I literally just about ran into. I'm still very tired but I'm not going back to sleep.  |
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The following post is a bit lengthy, and was also posted in the politics forum, but I wanted to post it here to get more exposure so I can get feedback on it from a wider audience. As a 24 year-old interested in covert military affairs, I started a new topic in this forum dealing exclusively with the efforts of managing the drone/UAV operations over Yemen and Pakistan that has now been unofficially delegated to two agencies, one which operates in an unconditionally covert capacity, (CIA), and one whose directive is to acknowledge the results of any drone strikes regardless of the results, no matter how disastrous or successful they may be, the Pentagon. At least, that is their official mandate. I know many on these forums, both citizens of the United States and those abroad, have passionate views on drone strikes taking place globally by the U.S. and I would appreciate any responses you might have, both those furthering the discussion and those that strongly disagree with me. Please, don't hold back.
The 15 people killed in Yemen via a recent U.S. drone strike is a tragic situation, but you must remember that Yemen is a war zone. Its government struggles daily against the possibility of a coup d'état from at least three individual extremist entities. The place is lawless, comparable to the tribal areas (Waziristan) in Pakistan, except on a larger scale. AQAP has access to highly-trained soldiers as well as Hezbollah-trained commandos in its arsenal. These specialized Hezbollah units are small but are experts in guerilla tactics, kidnapping, and full-on intrusion. They are not the same Hezbollah grunts fighting in Syria. They may even have their own copycat form of extraordinary rendition in executing kidnappings for ransom, which would be useful when capturing the President of Yemen or other political leaders.
That being said, Yemen is no place for a wedding convoy that, at first glance, cannot be distinguished from a militant convoy spotted by a drone flying at 15,000 feet. It breaks my heart that this happened, but if I was a Yemeni or even an American participating in the convoy, perhaps as a security detail (hypothetically speaking)
THE LAST THING I WOULD DO IS JOIN A WEDDING CONVOY, LIKELY MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS WITH HIGH-QUALITY VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RENTED FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION (after all, how many people drive in Yemen?) THE PRESENCE OF A CONVOY THAT FITS THESE CRITERIA IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE U.S. WOULD CONSIDER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR TRANSPORTING AN HVT (high-value target).
Perhaps, the Pentagon saw this happening and pulled the trigger, thinking that this might be Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the most technically experienced bomb-maker in Al-Qaeda's arsenal. He is believed to be hiding in Yemen. I'll explain this in detail further down in this post, but a similarly important target, albeit with a different skill set, was taken out under the same circumstances in Yemen, in a convoy. However, the latter target was taken out with no collateral damage after extensive confirmation of intelligence while the former attack seems to have been carried out on a whim, with minimal intelligence. The CIA was responsible for the successful attack, while I believe the Pentagon is responsible for the recent killing of innocent people with no militant threats present among them .
One might think, oh, well, if the American's been invited to a Yemeni wedding, this will offer us protection in the convoy as he may have made the U.S. aware of his presence. Unfortunately, if it was established that there was an American in a convoy of Yemenis, he might immediately be considered an American-born terrorist leader. Think, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was an American citizen killed without hesitation in a drone strike in Yemen in a similar convoy. He was a communications and propaganda expert for Al-Qaeda. The possible illegality of this action is not relevant as CIA had control of this particular drone strike (al-Awlaki’s) IMO, this guy presented an emerging national security threat. His charismatic personality and his youth, combined with the fact that he spoke perfect English (no accent) as well as fluent Arabic made him one of greatest persuasive speakers Al-Qaeda ever had. This ability allowed him to subtlety manipulate middle-eastern people, Americans, British and European citizens through twisted interpretations of Islam, compelling them to wage Jihad against the West. The ACLU (an organization that I believe is necessary) must've drank a little too much liquid courage when they vowed to argue that U.S. citizens are exempt from attacks by their home country while abroad. I'm not sure if the ACLU knew they would eventually be hearing from CIA or not, but they eventually settled down.
I SAY ALL OF THIS TO PREFACE THE SITUATION AT HAND.
It is my firm belief that CIA was NOT responsible for the latest drone strike. Any intel gathered for supporting the execution of the latest wedding-convoy attack that killed 15 civilians was either inaccurate or was disregarded by the PENTAGON. Any intel should have been analyzed further by the intelligence officers on-hand or at least shared with CIA. IMO, CIA would've gathered enough intel to know the schedule of the wedding procession before-hand from assets on the ground.
Drone strikes in Pakistan, while not popular, seem to have considerably more strategic intelligence available to aid these operations. It is likely the Pakistani equivalent of CIA, the ISI, is working with them to eliminate dangerous targets in tribal areas of Pakistan. Yes, this is the very same ISI who knew OBL’s location in their country for months if not years beforehand. Intelligence gained by the U.S. was likely being shared with the ISI and they are an agency who has a long history of reciprocating when dealing with tribal areas like Waziristan, an area they cannot control. It is an area stuck in a time period comparable to the time of the wild-west in American history, only with much bigger guns and inhabited by people relishing an opportunity to become martyrs using ANFO, Semtex, C4, and sealed artillery shells left over from the failed Soviet invasion in the 1980’s. These shells make devastating IEDs. ANFO bombs, as a refresher, were used by Tim McVeigh when he committed the Oklahoma City bombing in, I can't remember exactly, either '94 or '95. However, a large enough ANFO based IED can penetrate ANY armor in existence today, the limiting factor being only the amount of ANFO produced. A 200 lb. ANFO IED would disable the tracks on an Abram’s M1, but a 2,000lb IED has successfully penetrated the hull of a British Stryker APC, which was previously thought to be bomb proof. It killed everyone inside.
In deciding whether or not a target is an enemy combatant involves making real-time decisions based on evolving intelligence such as the point-of-attack, whether or not the target is on his way to a larger group of militants, his identity and the limiting of collateral damage.
At least, it used to be this way.
Recently, within the last 8-12 months or so, CIA has unofficially and reluctantly begun the transition of the drone strike directorate to the Pentagon (AKA DoD, Department of Defense). This was not their decision and I’d venture to say they are furious about it. Some of these duties are further delegated to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the very same group responsible for orchestrating the successful SEAL Team 6 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that eliminated Osama-bin-Laden. This massive success was made possible by CIA’s intel. JSOC wouldn’t have any idea of his location otherwise.
It seems to me that that there has been an undeniable trend in the increasing incidence of civilian kills since this transition began; especially the civilian kills in Yemen over the past few months. The ratio of militant to civilian kills in Yemen this year I'll conservatively estimate at 8.5-1, respectively, including this latest event. This is an unacceptable rate of collateral damage. Complete figures are hard to come by as the U.S. govt. has until recently, completely denied the existence of any drone strikes conducted due to the fact that CIA was responsible for them and is legally not required to disclose their activities to any of your typical Senate Intelligence Committees, let alone any the American people. Furthermore, because the Pentagon has not officially taken control of the UAV program, the blame for these reckless attacks is still falling on CIA, even though the Pentagon is the party fucking shit up.
The CIA is protected, which makes them a perfect scapegoat for situations like the most recent blunder. This became a problem as drone strikes in Yemen began to mount In October, when events seemed to indicate that the Pentagon had been in control, unofficially, of the Yemeni drone program. The results seem to indicate they have taken over the Yemeni program completely without any regard for CIA’s concerns. Almost 70% of the 80 documented kills in the month of October 2013 turned out to be civilians, roughly 57 innocent people. The CIA has killed civilians in Pakistan, sure, but on a minimal basis compared to their success rate in taking out HVTs.
This latest event provides some insight into why drone strikes seem to be executed more recklessly. The CIA resents the fact that they are no longer in control of the drone strike program in Yemen. The Pentagon (DoD, JSOC) has decided they can handle it all by themselves. The DoD is likely not cooperating with CIA and CIA likely resents the fact that their duties have been transferred to an agency which has limited experience and capabilities in utilizing drones responsibly and limiting collateral damage, in addition to gathering raw intelligence. The fact that they’re supposedly shouldering the burden of any failed missions publicly doesn’t affect them in any way, especially given that they won't have to worry about that until the transition is publicly announced. They are simply too large an agency, protected by CIA and the President. FISA courts are the only entity that could possibly stifle their incompetence and require that they change. The CIA, when aided by CIA, operates at a level above all government agencies, including the executive branch, limited only by the FISA court, which decides what capabilities they may or may not utilize, PRIVATELY.
Congressional outrage over CIA and NSA serve only to distract the American people from the fact of their abysmal performance in all aspects of duties they were elected to perform. The NSA saves thousands of lives here and abroad every year.
Like I mentioned in a post previously when PRISM had been leaked, this program is fodder compared to what programs are really in play. Ed Snowden was only a third-party contractor for CIA, he has no knowledge of what's really happening there. He's not a hero but I don't think he should be jailed either. If he really had serious classified data, the plane he took to Russia would've suffered engine failure and crashed, as is a common occurrence there. Any information he leaks seems to cause a weakening of trust between our allies, but let's be honest here, those countries are only jealous they couldn't gather data to the extent we're able to and, believe me, they've tried to.
Sorry for the text-wall, but in summation, the Pentagon and the overgrown bureaucracy they have become is to blame for what happened in Yemen, not CIA nor CIA. If the Yemeni and Iraqi government were any stronger, this situation would look more like the conflict in Syria. Maybe CNN would cover it then. The Arab Spring was the best thing that could have happened for Al-Qaeda post bin-Laden. If the Syrian government ever falls, it will become just like Iraq and Yemen, with or without U.S. intervention.
If that does happen, Israel will be forced to act and us with them. That's when you'll witness the true power of Mossad, CIA, and CIA working together in a way which will redefine the way America's and Israel's capabilities are looked at, with fear and awe instead of suspicion. That's for another time and a new topic, though.
Thanks for reading and if you like what you read, donations are always accepted, no matter how small.
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P.S. If you're wondering why I didn't preface CIA or NSA with the word "the" ex. "the CIA" it's because when you pray, do you begin by saying, "Dear, the God?"  The Pentagon doesn't deserve this distinction. |
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The following post is a bit lengthy, but as a 24 year-old interested in covert military affairs, I started a new topic dealing exclusively with the efforts of managing the drone/UAV operations over Yemen and Pakistan that has now been unofficially delegated to two agencies, one which operates in an unconditionally covert capacity, (CIA), and one whose directive is to acknowledge the results of any drone strikes regardless of the results, no matter how disastrous or successful they may be, the Pentagon. At least, that is their expected official mandate which has not yet been officially announced but is clearly already happening. I know many on these forums, both citizens of the United States and those abroad, have passionate views on drone strikes taking place globally by the U.S. and I would appreciate any responses you might have, both those furthering the discussion and those that strongly disagree with me. Please, don't hold back.
The 15 people killed in Yemen via a recent U.S. drone strike is a tragic situation, but you must remember that Yemen is a war zone. Its government struggles daily against the possibility of a coup d'état from at least three individual extremist entities. The place is lawless, comparable to the tribal areas (Waziristan) in Pakistan, except on a larger scale. AQAP has access to highly-trained soldiers as well as Hezbollah-trained commandos in its arsenal. These specialized Hezbollah units are small but are experts in guerilla tactics, kidnapping, and full-on intrusion. They are not the same Hezbollah grunts fighting in Syria. They may even have their own copycat form of extraordinary rendition in executing kidnappings for ransom, which would be useful when capturing the President of Yemen or other political leaders.
That being said, Yemen is no place for a wedding convoy that, at first glance, cannot be distinguished from a militant convoy spotted by a drone flying at 15,000 feet. It breaks my heart that this happened, but if I was a Yemeni or even an American participating in the convoy, perhaps as a security detail (hypothetically speaking)
THE LAST THING I WOULD DO IS JOIN A WEDDING CONVOY, LIKELY MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS WITH HIGH-QUALITY VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RENTED FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION (after all, how many people drive in Yemen?) THE PRESENCE OF A CONVOY THAT FITS THESE CRITERIA IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE U.S. WOULD CONSIDER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR TRANSPORTING AN HVT (high-value target).
Perhaps, the Pentagon saw this happening and pulled the trigger, thinking that this might be Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the most technically experienced bomb-maker in Al-Qaeda's arsenal. He is believed to be hiding in Yemen. I'll explain this in detail further down in this post, but a similarly important target, albeit with a different skill set, was taken out under the same circumstances in Yemen, in a convoy. However, the latter target was taken out with no collateral damage after extensive confirmation of intelligence while the former attack seems to have been carried out on a whim, with minimal intelligence. The CIA was responsible for the successful attack, while I believe the Pentagon is responsible for the recent killing of innocent people with no militant threats present among them .
One might think, oh, well, if the American's been invited to a Yemeni wedding, this will offer us protection in the convoy as he may have made the U.S. aware of his presence. Unfortunately, if it was established that there was an American in a convoy of Yemenis, he might immediately be considered an American-born terrorist leader. Think, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was an American citizen killed without hesitation in a drone strike in Yemen in a similar convoy. He was a communications and propaganda expert for Al-Qaeda. The possible illegality of this action is not relevant as CIA had control of this particular drone strike (al-Awlaki’s) IMO, this guy presented an emerging national security threat. His charismatic personality and his youth, combined with the fact that he spoke perfect English (no accent) as well as fluent Arabic made him one of greatest persuasive speakers Al-Qaeda ever had. This ability allowed him to subtlety manipulate middle-eastern people, Americans, British and European citizens through twisted interpretations of Islam, compelling them to wage Jihad against the West. The ACLU (an organization that I believe is necessary) must've drank a little too much liquid courage when they vowed to argue that U.S. citizens are exempt from attacks by their home country while abroad. I'm not sure if the ACLU knew they would eventually be hearing from CIA or not, but they eventually settled down.
I SAY ALL OF THIS TO PREFACE THE SITUATION AT HAND.
It is my firm belief that CIA was NOT responsible for the latest drone strike. Any intel gathered for supporting the execution of the latest wedding-convoy attack that killed 15 civilians was either inaccurate or was disregarded by the PENTAGON. Any intel should have been analyzed further by the intelligence officers on-hand or at least shared with CIA. IMO, CIA would've gathered enough intel to know the schedule of the wedding procession before-hand from assets on the ground.
Drone strikes in Pakistan, while not popular, seem to have considerably more strategic intelligence available to aid these operations. It is likely the Pakistani equivalent of CIA, the ISI, is working with them to eliminate dangerous targets in tribal areas of Pakistan. Yes, this is the very same ISI who knew OBL’s location in their country for months if not years beforehand. Intelligence gained by the U.S. was likely being shared with the ISI and they are an agency who has a long history of reciprocating when dealing with tribal areas like Waziristan, an area they cannot control. It is an area stuck in a time period comparable to the time of the wild-west in American history, only with much bigger guns and inhabited by people relishing an opportunity to become martyrs using ANFO, Semtex, C4, and sealed artillery shells left over from the failed Soviet invasion in the 1980’s. These shells make devastating IEDs. ANFO bombs, as a refresher, were used by Tim McVeigh when he committed the Oklahoma City bombing in, I can't remember exactly, either '94 or '95. However, a large enough ANFO based IED can penetrate ANY armor in existence today, the limiting factor being only the amount of ANFO produced. A 200 lb. ANFO IED would disable the tracks on an Abram’s M1, but a 2,000lb IED has successfully penetrated the hull of a British Stryker APC, which was previously thought to be bomb proof. It killed everyone inside.
In deciding whether or not a target is an enemy combatant involves making real-time decisions based on evolving intelligence such as the point-of-attack, whether or not the target is on his way to a larger group of militants, his identity and the limiting of collateral damage.
At least, it used to be this way.
Recently, within the last 8-12 months or so, CIA has unofficially and reluctantly begun the transition of the drone strike directorate to the Pentagon (AKA DoD, Department of Defense). This was not their decision and I’d venture to say they are furious about it. Some of these duties are further delegated to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the very same group responsible for orchestrating the successful SEAL Team 6 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that eliminated Osama-bin-Laden. This massive success was made possible by CIA’s intel. JSOC wouldn’t have any idea of his location otherwise.
It seems to me that that there has been an undeniable trend in the increasing incidence of civilian kills since this transition began; especially the civilian kills in Yemen over the past few months. The ratio of militant to civilian kills in Yemen this year I'll conservatively estimate at 8.5-1, respectively, including this latest event. This is an unacceptable rate of collateral damage. Complete figures are hard to come by as the U.S. govt. has until recently, completely denied the existence of any drone strikes conducted due to the fact that CIA was responsible for them and is legally not required to disclose their activities to any of your typical Senate Intelligence Committees, let alone any the American people. Furthermore, because the Pentagon has not officially taken control of the UAV program, the blame for these reckless attacks is still falling on CIA, even though the Pentagon is the party fucking shit up.
The CIA is protected, which makes them a perfect scapegoat for situations like the most recent blunder. This became a problem as drone strikes in Yemen began to mount In October, when events seemed to indicate that the Pentagon had been in control, unofficially, of the Yemeni drone program. The results seem to indicate they have taken over the Yemeni program completely without any regard for CIA’s concerns. Almost 70% of the 80 documented kills in the month of October 2013 turned out to be civilians, roughly 57 innocent people. The CIA has killed civilians in Pakistan, sure, but on a minimal basis compared to their success rate in taking out HVTs.
This latest event provides some insight into why drone strikes seem to be executed more recklessly. The CIA resents the fact that they are no longer in control of the drone strike program in Yemen. The Pentagon (DoD, JSOC) has decided they can handle it all by themselves. The DoD is likely not cooperating with CIA and CIA likely resents the fact that their duties have been transferred to an agency which has limited experience and capabilities in utilizing drones responsibly and limiting collateral damage, in addition to gathering raw intelligence. The fact that they’re supposedly shouldering the burden of any failed missions publicly doesn’t affect them in any way, especially given that they won't have to worry about that until the transition is publicly announced. They are simply too large an agency, protected by CIA and the President. FISA courts are the only entity that could possibly stifle their incompetence and require that they change. The CIA, when aided by CIA, operates at a level above all government agencies, including the executive branch, limited only by the FISA court, which decides what capabilities they may or may not utilize, PRIVATELY.
Congressional outrage over CIA and NSA serve only to distract the American people from the fact of their abysmal performance in all aspects of duties they were elected to perform. The NSA saves thousands of lives here and abroad every year.
Like I mentioned in a post previously when PRISM had been leaked, this program is fodder compared to what programs are really in play. Ed Snowden was only a third-party contractor for CIA, he has no knowledge of what's really happening there. He's not a hero but I don't think he should be jailed either. If he really had serious classified data, the plane he took to Russia would've suffered engine failure and crashed, as is a common occurrence there. Any information he leaks seems to cause a weakening of trust between our allies, but let's be honest here, those countries are only jealous they couldn't gather data to the extent we're able to and, believe me, they've tried to.
Sorry for the text-wall, but in summation, the Pentagon and the overgrown bureaucracy they have become is to blame for what happened in Yemen, not CIA nor CIA. If the Yemeni and Iraqi government were any stronger, this situation would look more like the conflict in Syria. Maybe CNN would cover it then. The Arab Spring was the best thing that could have happened for Al-Qaeda post bin-Laden. If the Syrian government ever falls, it will become just like Iraq and Yemen, with or without U.S. intervention.
If that does happen, Israel will be forced to act and us with them. That's when you'll witness the true power of Mossad, CIA, and CIA working together in a way which will redefine the way America's and Israel's capabilities are looked at, with fear and awe instead of suspicion. That's for another time and a new topic, though.
Thanks for reading and if you like what you read, donations are always accepted, no matter how small.
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P.S. If you're wondering why I didn't preface CIA or NSA with the word "the" ex. "the CIA" it's because when you pray, do you begin by saying, "Dear, the God?" The Pentagon doesn't deserve this distinction. |
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Hello again,
If you don't feel like reading the story of how I came to acquire these locks, Here's the eBay auction of the item that will be ended if I receive a decent offer in BTC for it on BitcoinTalk:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=231109673545
Also, if you have an eBay account, whether or not you intend to buy, do me a favor and click "Add to Watch List" link located under the price of this item. I'd prefer to receive an offer on the forums, but if I don't, the more watchers an eBay auction has, the more attention it attracts via eBay's search engine.So, a while ago I helped a friend of mine again who runs a small, local, computer repair business. He only has one employee that works full-time. When this employee gets sick, he sometimes calls me in to help clear his backlog of PC's with various software issues. Also, I usually end up doing some assessments on computers brought in to the store recently where the customer had already given the OK to reformat the computer if necessary. Some of these systems are so chock full of trojans/malware/viruses/keyloggers that it's just more time efficient to format the drive and install preventative and real-time AV tools then to try to sift through the tens of thousands of infections that are on some of these comps. Anyway, at first the guy just paid me cash for my trouble. Then for a while, if I saw some item I thought I could sell, I'd ask him if I could take it instead. That worked for a little while but eventually he stopped letting me do that and started paying cash again. Recently, however, I got him to agree that I would be paid a certain amount (0.18) of BTC for any future work in lieu of cash, the amount staying locked-in regardless of any market fluctuation. He is interested in Bitcoin, but has always been skeptical that it would last. The last time I helped him he was short on the 0.18BTC he owed me and asked if I wanted cash. I politely refused and asked if I could take something from the store instead. He initially balked but mentioned he did have a surplus of some notebook locks and other (lame) accessories that he hadn't sold enough of and rather than returning all of them to his supplier he would let me take as many as I wanted. He owed me like roughly $180 in BTC at the time of the agreement, plus I didn't want a fuckload of notebook locks laying around in my car or house that look as if they had just "fallen" off the back of a semi-truck. Having only a general idea of what I could sell them for, I asked if I could just take 7-8 of the locks as a month's interest until he sends me the BTC, since I figured he didn't have any BTC at the moment. The other thing is I know he prefers to do cash-in-the-mail trades with someone on LocalBitcoins.com, and it takes time for those trades to happen. I really just wanted 3-4 of the locks, I thought he would counter my initial offer but he thought for a few seconds and agreed. If I hadn't known this guy for 10 years there's no way I'd set up such an agreement, but I trust him, plus I'm hoping the 0.18 BTC total we agreed to at the time will appreciate although I haven't been liking what I've been seeing in the last 24 hours. He's set to pay me back at the beginning of next week, so we'll see what happens. I mentioned all that to say this: I'm currently selling a few of the locks in a combo listing on eBay. Just as I offered with the Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitors, I'd rather sell them on here to establish more trust in the user base. The headphones ended up selling for $61 + shipping, but even if I'd get more money on eBay for it, I'd take a hit on the final price just to keep the transaction in BTC and build trust within the BitcoinTalk community. Also, I figured if I just plopped down an offer to sell 4 of the same item it might arouse some suspicion that these goods once resided on an 18-wheeler that recently had its destination switched in a way Robert Deniro's character in Goodfellas is familiar with. Now that I've realized I've typed a wall of text intended to reassure any potential buyers, I think I may have done more harm than good. I can't wait for the first, "Try the Silk Road, we're not criminals here." reply.  |
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Yes, I'm sure an MI6 spy padlocked himself in a duffle bag while in his bathtub because he was tired of life. I think invoking a national security clause and shutting down the investigation would've been more appropriate than this lame cover up story. I am by no means a conspiracy theorist, but this is just ridiculous. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24927078The death of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, whose body was found in a padlocked sports bag, was probably an accident, police have said.
Last year, a coroner said it was likely Mr Williams, 31, from Anglesey, had been unlawfully killed in August 2010.
But the Metropolitan Police said an evidence review had found "it was more probable" no other person was present when he died in his London flat.
Mr Williams's family said they stood by the coroner's findings.
In a statement, they said: "We are naturally disappointed that it is still not possible to state with certainty how Gareth died and the fact that the circumstances of his death are still unknown adds to our grief.
"We consider that on the basis of the facts at present known, the coroner's verdict accurately reflects the circumstances of Gareth's death."
'Unlawfully killed'
Mr Williams's body was found naked at his flat in Pimlico on 23 August 2010 after colleagues raised concerns for his welfare.
He had been on a secondment with MI6 from his job as a communications officer at the GCHQ "listening post" in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Police discovered his body inside a zipped-up red sports holdall, in the empty bath of his bathroom.
It had taken a week for MI6 to investigate the code-breaker's disappearance, and a post-mortem examination carried out by a Home Office pathologist failed to determine the cause of death.
During a seven-day inquest in May 2012, the question of whether Mr Williams could have padlocked himself into a bag in a bath was central.
Pathologists said he would have suffocated within three minutes if he had been alive when he got inside it.
Coroner Fiona Wilcox concluded that "most of the fundamental questions in relation to how Gareth died remain unanswered".
But she said he was, "on the balance of probabilities", unlawfully killed.
At a briefing on Wednesday, the Met Police announced the conclusion of its three-year investigation into the incident.
'Naturally disappointed'
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said he was satisfied it was "theoretically possible" Mr Williams could have padlocked the bag from the inside, although "many questions remain unanswered" as to the circumstances of his death.
But he said there was no evidence that the MI6 officer had intended to take his own life or that his death was connected to his work.
And he insisted it was "beyond credibility" that he had been misled.
"I do not believe that I have had the wool pulled over my eyes. I believe that what we are dealing with is a tragic unexplained death," he said.
There were about 10 to 15 traces of DNA in the flat from which it had not been possible to gain full DNA profiles, but all other DNA profiles and fingerprints had been eliminated, said DAC Hewitt.
He also said there was no evidence that Mr Williams' flat had been forensically cleaned, adding it was a "fallacy" that it had been deep-cleaned in such a way that only certain DNA was left in the premises.
DAC Hewitt acknowledged that the coroner, having studied "all the evidence available at that stage" had made "the logical inference that it was more likely someone else was involved in Gareth's death".
"However, she also recognised that there has been endless speculation but little real evidence and it was her view [that] 'it is unlikely that his death will ever be satisfactorily explained'," he said.
"Now at the end of our investigation, based on the evidence, or where we have been unable to find positive evidence, we believe that it is a more probable conclusion that there was no other person present when Gareth died.
"But the reality is that for both hypotheses, there exist evidential contradictions and gaps in our understanding."
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the police's new findings were likely to fuel theories of a successful cover up by the intelligence agencies - but that DAC Hewitt had said it was "beyond credibility" that he, as an experienced investigator, had had the wool pulled over his eyes. |
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Hey, Well, I just placed a bet w/ a non-BTC sportsbook for the Mayweather-Alvarez fight on Saturday for Mayweather to end the fight before round 11.5. I think Floyd is much too fast, even for Canelo, and his unconventional defensive techniques are a system that few fighters have been able to figure out. Even if they succeeded in figuring out his defense, it was much too late for them at that point in the fight. I think people tend to overlook this. Mayweather is 44-0. Canelo is 42-0-1. The bet I placed was that Alvarez would go down before the 11th and a half round.
Risk To Win Short Description
$50.00 $120.00 Boxing - 24811 Saul Alvarez/Floyd Mayweather Jr under 11½ +240 for Game Regardless, it'll be a great boxing match. |
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I have a out-of-box new EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 2048 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card, 02G-P3-1559-KR. It was going to go into a system I built for a customer, but he only had an old VGA monitor and couldn't use the card, he used onboard graphics instead. I tested it with a monitor of my own and it worked fine. It's just been sitting around for a few months.
Price: 0.6 BTChttp://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Mini-HDMI-Graphics-02G-P3-1559-KR/dp/B004XUCCS6 |
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Hello, I have a lightly used piece of Point-of-Sale equipment that I'd like to sell. It's an Etekcity® Mini DX3 3T Portable MSR Magnetic Stripe Card Reader Collector MiniDX3 that I'm interested in selling for 1BTC or best offer. This price includes the specialized USB cable. The unit is in perfect working order and in excellent cosmetic condition. The software for this device is freely available online. I'll be using BitcoinLabels.com to print a domestic USPS Priority shipping label, which will be included in the price. I'd like to use John K. for escrow and I'd prefer that the interested buyer have some previous transactions. This item was previously listed on the boards but the eBay buyer that bought the item never paid for it. I've taken the item off eBay and would prefer to sell to a trusted user here. It would be easy to sell this item for $40-$75 USD above the price I'm asking if you have a buyer in mind or an eBay account, but I prefer to stay away from reversible transactions for now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1SK0S73525Specifications:
ISO Standard
Track 1
210 bpi, 79 Alphanumeric Characters
Track 2
75 bpi, 40 Numeric characters
Track 3
210 bpi, 107 Numeric characters
Time stamp
Date: YY/MM/DD ( 2007/03/25 => Mar. 25, 2007 )
Time: HH:MM:SS (19:08:35 => 7:08:35pm)
Week: Sun.=>1, Mon.=>2, Tue.=>3 Wed.=>4,
Thurs.=>5, Fri.=>6, Sat.=>7
Example: 2002/04/12 19:08:35 6 =>
May 12, 2002, 7:08:35pm, Friday
Interface
Half-Duplex. 8N1, 9600 bps
Speed
Battery Power
3.7v 220 mAH Rechargeable Battery
Environment
Working Temp
0~55 Deg. C
Storage Temp
-10~55 Deg C
Humidity
10~90% Relative
Physical
Dimensions
L 1.6 x W 0.8 x H 1.2 inch ( L 4.7 x W 2.2 x H 3.1 cm ) |
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Hello, I have a lightly used piece of Point-of-Sale equipment that I'd like to sell. It's an Etekcity® Mini DX3 3T Portable MSR Magnetic Stripe Card Reader Collector MiniDX3 that I'm interested in selling for 1BTC. This price includes the specialized USB cable. The unit is in perfect working order and in excellent cosmetic condition. The software for this device is freely available online. I'll be using BitcoinLabels.com to print a domestic USPS Priority shipping label, which will be included in the price. I'd like to use John K. for escrow and I'd prefer that the interested buyer have some previous transactions. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1SK0S73525Specifications:
ISO Standard
Track 1
210 bpi, 79 Alphanumeric Characters
Track 2
75 bpi, 40 Numeric characters
Track 3
210 bpi, 107 Numeric characters
Time stamp
Date: YY/MM/DD ( 2007/03/25 => Mar. 25, 2007 )
Time: HH:MM:SS (19:08:35 => 7:08:35pm)
Week: Sun.=>1, Mon.=>2, Tue.=>3 Wed.=>4,
Thurs.=>5, Fri.=>6, Sat.=>7
Example: 2002/04/12 19:08:35 6 =>
May 12, 2002, 7:08:35pm, Friday
Interface
Half-Duplex. 8N1, 9600 bps
Speed
Battery Power
3.7v 220 mAH Rechargeable Battery
Environment
Working Temp
0~55 Deg. C
Storage Temp
-10~55 Deg C
Humidity
10~90% Relative
Physical
Dimensions
L 1.6 x W 0.8 x H 1.2 inch ( L 4.7 x W 2.2 x H 3.1 cm )This item was previously listed on the boards but the eBay buyer that bought the item never paid for it. I've taken the item off eBay and would prefer to sell to a trusted user here. It would be easy to sell this item for $40-$75 USD above the price I'm asking if you have a buyer in mind or an eBay account, but I prefer to stay away from reversible transactions for now. |
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Started a rep thread for future use.
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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born December 25, 1954, or April 4, 1957 is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was initially formed. Known as "El Chapo Guzmán" ("Shorty Guzmán", pronounced: [el ˈtʃapo gusˈman]) for his 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) stature, he became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel, and is now considered "The most powerful drug trafficker in the world," by the United States Department of the Treasury.
Guzmán Loera has been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the most powerful people in the world every year since 2009; ranking 41st, 60th and 55th respectively.He was also listed by Forbes as the 10th richest man in Mexico (1,140th in the world) in 2011, with a net worth of roughly US$1 billion. Forbes also calls him the "biggest druglord of all time", and the DEA strongly believes he has surpassed the influence and reach of Pablo Escobar, and now considers him "the godfather of the drug world." The Chicago Crime Commission has named Guzmán "Public Enemy Number One" even though he's never been there. The last person to receive that notoriety was Al Capone in 1930.
Guzman Loera's Sinaloa Cartel smuggles multi-ton cocaine shipments from Colombia through Mexico to the United States, and has distribution cells throughout the U.S. The organization has also been involved in the production, smuggling and distribution of Mexican methamphetamine, marijuana, and heroin. The U.S. offers a $5 million USD reward for information leading to his capture. The Mexican government offers a reward of 30 million pesos for such information. Sources disagree on the date of birth of Guzmán Loera, with some stating he was born on December 25, 1954, while others report he was born on April 4, 1957. He was born to a poor family in the rancho of La Tuna near Badiraguato, Sinaloa, where he sold oranges as a child. He had two sisters, Armida and Bernarda; and four brothers: Miguel Ángel, Aureliano, Arturo and Emilio. Little is known about Guzmán's early years. His father was supposedly a cattle rancher, as were most in the area; it is believed, however, that he also grew opium poppy.
Food for thought.
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Hello, I have a lightly used MiniDX3 magnetic stripe card reader that I'm interested in selling for 1.2 BTC. This price includes the USB cable. I am a new member and have no problems using a escrow service. I'm sorry for the double post in Computer Hardware, but I think this is a more appropriate place for the topic.
Specifications:
ISO Standard
Track 1
210 bpi, 79 Alphanumeric Characters
Track 2
75 bpi, 40 Numeric characters
Track 3
210 bpi, 107 Numeric characters
Time stamp
Date: YY/MM/DD ( 2007/03/25 => Mar. 25, 2007 )
Time: HH:MM:SS (19:08:35 => 7:08:35pm)
Week: Sun.=>1, Mon.=>2, Tue.=>3 Wed.=>4,
Thurs.=>5, Fri.=>6, Sat.=>7
Example: 2002/04/12 19:08:35 6 =>
May 12, 2002, 7:08:35pm, Friday
Interface
, Half-Duplex. 8N1, 9600 bps
Speed
Battery Power
3.7v 220 mAH Rechargeable Battery
Environment
Working Temp
0~55 Deg. C
Storage Temp
-10~55 Deg C
Humidity
10~90% Relative
Physical
Dimensions
L 1.6 x W 0.8 x H 1.2 inch ( L 4.7 x W 2.2 x H 3.1 cm )
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Hello,
I have a lightly used MiniDX3 magnetic stripe card reader that I'm interested in selling for 1.2 BTC. I am a new member and have no problems using a escrow service. The USB cable is also included with the device.
Specifications
ISO Standard
Track 1
210 bpi, 79 Alphanumeric Characters
Track 2
75 bpi, 40 Numeric characters
Track 3
210 bpi, 107 Numeric characters
Time stamp
Date: YY/MM/DD ( 2007/03/25 => Mar. 25, 2007 )
Time: HH:MM:SS (19:08:35 => 7:08:35pm)
Week: Sun.=>1, Mon.=>2, Tue.=>3 Wed.=>4,
Thurs.=>5, Fri.=>6, Sat.=>7
Example: 2002/04/12 19:08:35 6 =>
May 12, 2002, 7:08:35pm, Friday
Interface
, Half-Duplex. 8N1, 9600 bps
Speed
Battery Power
3.7v 220 mAH Rechargeable Battery
Environment
Working Temp
0~55 Deg. C
Storage Temp
-10~55 Deg C
Humidity
10~90% Relative
Physical
Dimensions
L 1.6 x W 0.8 x H 1.2 inch ( L 4.7 x W 2.2 x H 3.1 cm )
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Hello,
I have a 7-month old Silk Road vendor account that I'd like to sell. There is currently no feedback on the account and I'm willing to negotiate the price point.
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Hello,
I'm a new member but am experienced with the usage of btc currency. I have both a buyer and vendor account on the Silk Road. My vendor account is 7 months old with no feedback and I'm currently interested in selling it. I'm aware this should be on the marketplace sub-forum but at the moment I'm unable to post there. Vendor accounts on SR require a $500 commitment but I'm willing to part with my account for a fraction of that price. Please PM me if interested.
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