[2015-04-04] cointelegraph: 'Obama Effect' - 200 Bitcoin Donations to Swoden

[Carlton Banks]

You're being willfully ignorant now, aren't you?

I did not ignore your claim, but it comes without any evidence and argument.

Ah, wilful ignorance is more problematic than comprehending basic sentences.

Accept my apologies, I had no idea how serious your condition was.

[bryant.coleman]

Mr. Carlton Banks, do you need any (credible) evidence to prove that Barack Obama is the POTUS right now? Don't fry others brain with silly arguments. 

[Carlton Banks]

If you believe every uncorroborated story from intelligence assets, then you'd also believe in the actual existence of James Bond and Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

A highly crucial aspect of the work of the intelligence agencies is managing public perception. When a news story relating to the intelligence agencies appears in every media outlet the world over, the probability is very high that this is coming with their blessing (and certainly some interference, and possibly they could have contrived it all themselves).

Why were the US Justice department and/or the media not interested in all the other NSA whistleblowers that came before Snowden? What they revealed was just as classified and just as damning. And they didn't engage in a hugely dramatic international manhunt, defecting to Russia in the supposed confusion. They chilled out on US soil, unmolested by prosecution (with only one notable exception), and there are several NSA whistleblowers like this.

Honestly, if this all passes your BS meter, then I will extend my invitation to anyone: shut. the fuck. up.

[JJB]

'Obama Effect' Results in 200 Bitcoin Donations to Edward Snowden

In light of a sudden “executive order” issued by Barack Obama in America, many Bitcoin redditors surmised that it's now illegal to donate money to people like Edward Snowden.

Haha. First thing that came to my mind was 'fuck da police'. This is just another way or trying to cripple people financially so they often cannot afford legal fees or even to survive. Bunch of cunts they are.

[darkmule]

Because cryptos cannot be traced easily and transactions are not reversible. They seize the coins without prior warning. It is like freezing your bank accounts. They will return your cryptos (unfreeze you bank account) when you are proven to be innocent.

They can say they have the legal authority to seize without warning.  That doesn't mean they can actually do it.

[Kprawn]

Obama and his government still have the power to over regulate or Ban crypto currencies in the USA. Why do we need to through gas on a open flame, by doing this?

I normally do not get involved into politics, and I appreciate what some people want to do with this, but it's in my opinion counter productive to do this with Bitcoin. They say, when the USA cough, the rest of the world gets the cold and this is true for Bitcoin too.... If they BAN Bitcoin in the USA, we will all suffer.

If you want to support him, use the US Dollar... they can BAN that any day, and it will be good for Bitcoin.