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Julian Assage Taunts US Government For Forcing Wikileaks To Invest In Bitcoin (facebook.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the prisoner's-dilemma dept.

Saturday's tweet from Julian Assange says it all: "My deepest thanks to the US government, Senator McCain and Senator Lieberman for pushing Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, AmEx, Moneybookers, et al, into erecting an illegal banking blockade against @WikiLeaks starting in 2010. It caused us to invest in Bitcoin -- with > 50000% return."
Assange's tweet was accompanied by a graph showing the massive spike in the price of bitcoin -- though most of that growth occurred in the last year.

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  1. ASSSANGGGE!!!! by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screamed yet another agitated U.S. President at the sky.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    1. Re:ASSSANGGGE!!!! by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      And, BTW, I wonder how much the UK still spends each year pretending that they just want to deport him to answer some questions about a sexual assault that even the victims admit never happened. "ASSAAAAGE!" screams yet another Prime Minister too.

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. I may not have any Bitcoin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but I can leave my house

  3. Re:Mooning the giant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    +100 for novel use of the Greengrocer's apostrophe!