You can't be against securing the vote, and be for securing the vote at the same time. But leave it to the democrats to suddenly change their tune when they actually lose the election.
Does that include the Hillary campaign conspiring to rig the election and getting caught by "Russian Hackers" ?
Or the Hillary Health Scare Issues.
Or the DNC conspiring with the MSM to rig the debates in favor of Hillary?
Because of all the News Stories, these were probably the actual ones that affected the election of Trump. This "Fake News" driven by the "Russians" is the latest attempt to drive the "Russian hacked the election" Narrative. And if you want to keep doing it, that is fine by me. But to a lot of people, it just shows how lame the Democrat party and MSM collaborators actually are. Keep it up, and keep losing elections.
x86 is a perfect example of backwards compatibility both helping and hindering.
It helps adoption, and hinders progress. In the process, it is a stagnation of a large installed base. Eventually, progress happens anyways, and the large installed base misses out on advancements elsewhere and eventually goes away.
My main PC isn't running x86, it is running ARM(my Phone). I have an x86 PC, but it is fairly specialized to doing tasks built around x86 legacy stuff.
He has every chance to pay "his fair share", because there is a nice line item on the 1040 form. I have yet to see a progressive socialist rich person tax themselves at the 80% they are suggesting.
More to the point, Bernie Sanders got rich on government salary. And you don't see the problem. That says enough to me.
Yes, all caused by Tax n Spend that sends money to DC, and then to the big D and R donor corporations who get special treatment and laws and bailouts.
Regulation, Taxes all are regressive. And your solution is... likely... more regulation and taxes. Pretty soon, you end up like Venezuela. And I am the retard. Got it.
The KKK was a function and part of the Democrats. As late as the 1970's. The transfer of the KKK to the "republicans" was a slight of hand magician's trick by the Media and the Democrats. The greatest hate group in America continues to be the Democrat Party, they just haven't gotten around to banning themselves.
As opposed to what? Trickle up Poverty? Taxing everyone to the point of poverty? I bet you're in love with the 1% Bernie who became "Rich" while working on the public dole for his whole life. No Hypocrisy there at all... nope.
Republians yelling Impeachment during Obama years was... idiocy of the republicans. Yelling it for the next few years by the Democrats is idiocy. The difference is that Obama had the whole "Racist Republican" cry to refute any attempt, while Trump doesn't.
But if you think, that "high crimes and misdemenors" for some unnamed, unsupported claims of "obstruction" or "Love Trumps Hate", I wonder how you feel about the idea that no matter who won the election this year, there was going to be "impeachment cries" from either side.
I would suggest to you, that t he GOP would be actually impeaching Clinton and have a much better shot than the cries starting in November about Trump. After all, he hadn't taken office when the cries started.
Obstruction of Justice when the FBI guy has said there wasn't any obstruction?
You listened to a different testimony than I did. But lets ASSUME you're side is correct.
James Comey, being obstructed was obliged to report it immediately to the Department of Justice. It is a legal requirement, one that is a felony for not reporting it. So, what you're saying, is that there was obstruction, and James Comey committed a felony for not reporting it and should be arrested and removed from office for not reporting it.
The problem here is, that in order for your version to be true, James Comey should be charged with a Felony. Are you saying James Comey should be arrested and charged with a Felony? Otherwise, you've discounted your own opinion. I'll let you pick which one is more accurate.
If Freedom of Religion means Freedom "From" Religion, then by that same logic...
Freedom of Speech means Freedom "From" Speech, so shut up and don't speak.
And I would suggest to you that Statism is far more deadly than all religions (including Islam) combined. In fact, you are more likely to die by your own government than by all religions combined. Yes, some states are currently safer than others, but the all-powerful state is the most dangerous "religion" in the world.
Free society means having the ability to have free thought and free will. To turn an Atheist argument, Atheistic states banning religions are exactly the same as religious totalitarian states that ban all but one, just one more. And I would suggest to you, that individual freedom hurts far less than elite thinking statism does;)
Impeach him for what. First you have to have a crime. Since people like yourself have been crying "Impeach" since... November, it just comes across as lame hate.
Second, the best thing for Democrats is to leave Trump in office. But the Democrats aren't the brightest people in the world, they tried twice to foist Hillary on us, and that has worked out well now... twice.
Third, the Democrats hate Pence as much, maybe even worse than Trump.
Fouth, Fifth and Sixth, you have no idea how hard it is to actually impeach a president... on purpose. House has to bring charges(where's the crime?) (Republican, not likely), the Senate has to have a have the trial (Republican, not likely) and convict (Republican, not likely ).
So, fanciful thinking on your part. Just suck it up cupcake, you can take your shot in 3.5 years. Perhaps with Pocahontas and Bernie.
Not to defend, or attack Comey, his notes were a kind of "Diary" and not property of the US Government. As such, the Government has no jurisdiction over those notes.
The biggest problem I see so far, is that the MSM has totally discredited itself terribly, to the breaking point (IMHO) in its mishandling of information and continuing attacks on Trump, even when there is no "there" there.
Look I get that Trump is kind of an ass. But going over the top, and making shit up isn't helping your (MSM / Trump Hater's) cause, it is actually going to bite you in the ass.
Washington is a fickle place, the Democrats, who were crying for Comey to be fired, tried and executed six months ago, are now lining up to protect him. The doublemindedness of it all is mind numbing.
It is easy now. Just not convenient. As it becomes more universally available, the ease of use increases.
What are the transaction costs?
Those are also quite "knowable" because it is either "free" (done gratis by miners) or you can have your transaction processed by a preferred processor for a known cost (varies by processor). That is actually built into BitCoin.
How easy is it to track?
THAT depends on who's coins you're using. Are you using new Wallets every transaction, are you using a BitCoin Washing service (10.1 bitcoins in, 10 bitcoins out washed). How easy YOUR transactions are tracked, is entirely up to how paranoid you are, and how willing you are to being inconvenienced to keep your privacy pure.
There are more and more services coming online, that offer some of the services you're asking about, for a fee. I'm sure that the nature of competition will create a series of resting points for certain types of transactions.
government enforces law regarding the crytocurrency,
How does a government control a free people? Cypto Currencies are great liberators of the oppressed.
The only way to oppress / control Crypto Currencies is to oppress those that use them.
If you steal my money from the bank, the law gets involved. If you steal my bitcoins, do they care?
No. But government doesn't care if people steal money out of your house either. And the banks steal money all the time, and that is why they are "heavily regulated" and yet are able to steal Trillions leaving the taxpayer's holding the empty bag.
why would I store my wealth in bitcoins instead of dollars?
You probably don't. You probably store them in convertible documents (Stocks, bonds, treasury notes) or in bank accounts like 401K, 403B, ROTH, which are tied to some ETF or something. I doubt you have an CDs used for much of your wealth. Currencies are assets, but not generally wealth building. You don't hold actual Dollars for wealth, that would be stupid. However, all your wealth is easily convertible into Dollars, and the same CAN be had for Crypto Currencies.
well then it is going to end up as taxed and encumbered as the dollar is
Unless the Currency is taxed as it is processed on the blockchain, there is no way for the government to know anything about, or control, the currency. The government is going to have to change how it taxes people. All taxes are regressive, this will simply prove it beyond a shadow.
Lets assume for a moment, that you have two currencies, ByteCoin and FOLLAR (Fiat Dollar).
Lets further assume, that both are at some sort of equilibrium at some point, where ByteCoin and Follar are trade one for one.
The Follar, is controlled by a private bank, under the control of a Government, the ByteCoin is controlled by the worker units put in to process transactions.
The Follar has all sorts of currency controls used to spy on and control the citizens of the Country, where the ByteCoin has non of those restrictions.
I would postulate that over the course of time, without collaborative effort by FIAT currency Countries, the ByteCoin will present a greater flow of goods and services, providing more value over time. Since both are fiat currencies, the one with least restrictions will become the preferred currency.
The greatest liberty generator is that where anyone can be or do anything they want, without restriction.
I watch Shark Tank and the Profit for business. I watch Forged in Fire, and car restoration shows for old school craftsmanship I like American Pickers. I like certain cooking shows that show of skill-sets of chefs put in bad situations. Many a good dinner came from bad ingredients.
Interesting read, and you end up with Tactical Listening skills. Changes how you view negotiation situations completely. And everything is a negotiation in life.;)
Being Ethical means it doesn't matte which party is doing it. Both (R) and (D) excuse unethical behavior of their people all the time. Being Ethical doesn't include being selectively ethical.
Bill Clinton meeting Lynch on the tarmac was a gross violation of all sorts of ethics. But way too many on the left doesn't care.
And for the record, confiscatory taxes aren't ethical, which every progressive seems to enjoy promoting.
Meeting someone's husband, whom your dept is investigation, on a tarmac "by chance" is not ethical. The bullshit excuse of talking "kids and family" was probably accurate.
It would be a shame if something happened to your kids... and family
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You can't be against securing the vote, and be for securing the vote at the same time. But leave it to the democrats to suddenly change their tune when they actually lose the election.
Does that include the Hillary campaign conspiring to rig the election and getting caught by "Russian Hackers" ?
Or the Hillary Health Scare Issues.
Or the DNC conspiring with the MSM to rig the debates in favor of Hillary?
Because of all the News Stories, these were probably the actual ones that affected the election of Trump. This "Fake News" driven by the "Russians" is the latest attempt to drive the "Russian hacked the election" Narrative. And if you want to keep doing it, that is fine by me. But to a lot of people, it just shows how lame the Democrat party and MSM collaborators actually are. Keep it up, and keep losing elections.
x86 is a perfect example of backwards compatibility both helping and hindering.
It helps adoption, and hinders progress. In the process, it is a stagnation of a large installed base. Eventually, progress happens anyways, and the large installed base misses out on advancements elsewhere and eventually goes away.
My main PC isn't running x86, it is running ARM(my Phone). I have an x86 PC, but it is fairly specialized to doing tasks built around x86 legacy stuff.
He has every chance to pay "his fair share", because there is a nice line item on the 1040 form. I have yet to see a progressive socialist rich person tax themselves at the 80% they are suggesting.
More to the point, Bernie Sanders got rich on government salary. And you don't see the problem. That says enough to me.
Yes, all caused by Tax n Spend that sends money to DC, and then to the big D and R donor corporations who get special treatment and laws and bailouts.
Regulation, Taxes all are regressive. And your solution is ... likely ... more regulation and taxes. Pretty soon, you end up like Venezuela. And I am the retard. Got it.
The KKK was a function and part of the Democrats. As late as the 1970's. The transfer of the KKK to the "republicans" was a slight of hand magician's trick by the Media and the Democrats. The greatest hate group in America continues to be the Democrat Party, they just haven't gotten around to banning themselves.
Are you saying, you need to buy DirectTV and ATT service, having NO CHOICE at all?
NO Cable, No Dish, No Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile ? No Netflix, not Hulu, no going without?
Everyone is acting like DirectTV and ATT are pointed a gun at your head, threatening your kids with slavery and raping your wife/husband/dog/cat.
As opposed to what? Trickle up Poverty? Taxing everyone to the point of poverty? I bet you're in love with the 1% Bernie who became "Rich" while working on the public dole for his whole life. No Hypocrisy there at all ... nope.
Rigging an election
Hiding Emails on a Private server
Uranium One Deal
Podesta ties to Russian Banks
Seth Rich's death
Wikileaks
Gawd, you'd think the Democrats were saints listening to your view of things. Hillary is a scandal. And that is the best the DNC could foist upon us.
Republians yelling Impeachment during Obama years was ... idiocy of the republicans. Yelling it for the next few years by the Democrats is idiocy. The difference is that Obama had the whole "Racist Republican" cry to refute any attempt, while Trump doesn't.
But if you think, that "high crimes and misdemenors" for some unnamed, unsupported claims of "obstruction" or "Love Trumps Hate", I wonder how you feel about the idea that no matter who won the election this year, there was going to be "impeachment cries" from either side.
I would suggest to you, that t he GOP would be actually impeaching Clinton and have a much better shot than the cries starting in November about Trump. After all, he hadn't taken office when the cries started.
Obstruction of Justice when the FBI guy has said there wasn't any obstruction?
You listened to a different testimony than I did. But lets ASSUME you're side is correct.
James Comey, being obstructed was obliged to report it immediately to the Department of Justice. It is a legal requirement, one that is a felony for not reporting it. So, what you're saying, is that there was obstruction, and James Comey committed a felony for not reporting it and should be arrested and removed from office for not reporting it.
The problem here is, that in order for your version to be true, James Comey should be charged with a Felony. Are you saying James Comey should be arrested and charged with a Felony? Otherwise, you've discounted your own opinion. I'll let you pick which one is more accurate.
If Freedom of Religion means Freedom "From" Religion, then by that same logic ...
Freedom of Speech means Freedom "From" Speech, so shut up and don't speak.
And I would suggest to you that Statism is far more deadly than all religions (including Islam) combined. In fact, you are more likely to die by your own government than by all religions combined. Yes, some states are currently safer than others, but the all-powerful state is the most dangerous "religion" in the world.
Free society means having the ability to have free thought and free will. To turn an Atheist argument, Atheistic states banning religions are exactly the same as religious totalitarian states that ban all but one, just one more. And I would suggest to you, that individual freedom hurts far less than elite thinking statism does ;)
Impeach him for what. First you have to have a crime. Since people like yourself have been crying "Impeach" since ... November, it just comes across as lame hate.
Second, the best thing for Democrats is to leave Trump in office. But the Democrats aren't the brightest people in the world, they tried twice to foist Hillary on us, and that has worked out well now ... twice.
Third, the Democrats hate Pence as much, maybe even worse than Trump.
Fouth, Fifth and Sixth, you have no idea how hard it is to actually impeach a president ... on purpose. House has to bring charges(where's the crime?) (Republican, not likely), the Senate has to have a have the trial (Republican, not likely) and convict (Republican, not likely ).
So, fanciful thinking on your part. Just suck it up cupcake, you can take your shot in 3.5 years. Perhaps with Pocahontas and Bernie.
Not to defend, or attack Comey, his notes were a kind of "Diary" and not property of the US Government. As such, the Government has no jurisdiction over those notes.
The biggest problem I see so far, is that the MSM has totally discredited itself terribly, to the breaking point (IMHO) in its mishandling of information and continuing attacks on Trump, even when there is no "there" there.
Look I get that Trump is kind of an ass. But going over the top, and making shit up isn't helping your (MSM / Trump Hater's) cause, it is actually going to bite you in the ass.
Washington is a fickle place, the Democrats, who were crying for Comey to be fired, tried and executed six months ago, are now lining up to protect him. The doublemindedness of it all is mind numbing.
You can pay to have priority processing. There are places that do that.
Why didn't you blame Obama when this happened? Because he did shit for the American Worker.
Obama's legacy is being written right now, and it is going to be not so kind to him.
How easy it is to use?
It is easy now. Just not convenient. As it becomes more universally available, the ease of use increases.
What are the transaction costs?
Those are also quite "knowable" because it is either "free" (done gratis by miners) or you can have your transaction processed by a preferred processor for a known cost (varies by processor). That is actually built into BitCoin.
How easy is it to track?
THAT depends on who's coins you're using. Are you using new Wallets every transaction, are you using a BitCoin Washing service (10.1 bitcoins in, 10 bitcoins out washed). How easy YOUR transactions are tracked, is entirely up to how paranoid you are, and how willing you are to being inconvenienced to keep your privacy pure.
There are more and more services coming online, that offer some of the services you're asking about, for a fee. I'm sure that the nature of competition will create a series of resting points for certain types of transactions.
government enforces law regarding the crytocurrency,
How does a government control a free people? Cypto Currencies are great liberators of the oppressed.
The only way to oppress / control Crypto Currencies is to oppress those that use them.
If you steal my money from the bank, the law gets involved. If you steal my bitcoins, do they care?
No. But government doesn't care if people steal money out of your house either. And the banks steal money all the time, and that is why they are "heavily regulated" and yet are able to steal Trillions leaving the taxpayer's holding the empty bag.
why would I store my wealth in bitcoins instead of dollars?
You probably don't. You probably store them in convertible documents (Stocks, bonds, treasury notes) or in bank accounts like 401K, 403B, ROTH, which are tied to some ETF or something. I doubt you have an CDs used for much of your wealth. Currencies are assets, but not generally wealth building. You don't hold actual Dollars for wealth, that would be stupid. However, all your wealth is easily convertible into Dollars, and the same CAN be had for Crypto Currencies.
well then it is going to end up as taxed and encumbered as the dollar is
Unless the Currency is taxed as it is processed on the blockchain, there is no way for the government to know anything about, or control, the currency. The government is going to have to change how it taxes people. All taxes are regressive, this will simply prove it beyond a shadow.
Lets assume for a moment, that you have two currencies, ByteCoin and FOLLAR (Fiat Dollar).
Lets further assume, that both are at some sort of equilibrium at some point, where ByteCoin and Follar are trade one for one.
The Follar, is controlled by a private bank, under the control of a Government, the ByteCoin is controlled by the worker units put in to process transactions.
The Follar has all sorts of currency controls used to spy on and control the citizens of the Country, where the ByteCoin has non of those restrictions.
I would postulate that over the course of time, without collaborative effort by FIAT currency Countries, the ByteCoin will present a greater flow of goods and services, providing more value over time. Since both are fiat currencies, the one with least restrictions will become the preferred currency.
The greatest liberty generator is that where anyone can be or do anything they want, without restriction.
I watch Shark Tank and the Profit for business.
I watch Forged in Fire, and car restoration shows for old school craftsmanship
I like American Pickers.
I like certain cooking shows that show of skill-sets of chefs put in bad situations. Many a good dinner came from bad ingredients.
I recommend variety of different topics.
Some people even think consensus is science!
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Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Interesting read, and you end up with Tactical Listening skills. Changes how you view negotiation situations completely. And everything is a negotiation in life. ;)
Being Ethical means it doesn't matte which party is doing it. Both (R) and (D) excuse unethical behavior of their people all the time. Being Ethical doesn't include being selectively ethical.
Bill Clinton meeting Lynch on the tarmac was a gross violation of all sorts of ethics. But way too many on the left doesn't care.
And for the record, confiscatory taxes aren't ethical, which every progressive seems to enjoy promoting.
Meeting someone's husband, whom your dept is investigation, on a tarmac "by chance" is not ethical. The bullshit excuse of talking "kids and family" was probably accurate.
It would be a shame if something happened to your kids ... and family