I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic or not, but the $100 value stamped on US coins is a relic from the time when Federal Reserve Notes could be exchanged for them, prior to the Nixon Shock. Not even the US Mint will sell you one for $100 in Federal Reserve Notes.
As far as I know, there have been a number of people who were quite mad that weak cases were prosecuted and strong ones weren't, but I've never once heard of a DA being in any legal trouble at all for the choices in cases taken
And I remember the court cases where the police sued to have "discretion" mean that they don't have to apply the law, ever.
The Supreme Court has ruled that police can't be held civilly liable for failure to enforce the law. They can, of course, lose their jobs though. Which would naturally lead most to err on the side of over-zealous enforcement.
I was under the impression that there were statutes that said so explicitly. But I didn't find any with a quick search.
Rather, what I am referring to may just be based on judicial procedure, and a (common) misinterpretation of it. It's so common, in fact, that I've been taught this by two different lawyers, and never really had any reason to doubt it. Basically, it is the rule that certain "questions of fact" are "for a jury to decide". This leads prosecutors (and even police) to mistakenly believe that their duty is just to collect evidence and pass it along to an eventual jury, instead of using any type of discretion. In actuality, of course, this rule only exists due to abuses like those of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, who had a habit of denying defendants the right to a jury trial. The defendant has the right to have a jury decide the question, but it's not an absolute requirement like many apparently believe.
"The truth hurt me in this case," said Williams, who expressed no surprise at the verdict.
"They were bringing a lot of violence to this defendant. It's tough to put yourself in that guy's shoes and say he didn't act appropriately. It's really tough."
Ultimately, Williams said, the self-defense issue was one for the community, not prosecutors, to determine.
If the cops presumed you innocent, they'd never arrest you. If the prosecutor presumed you innocent, they'd never file charges. If the judge presumed you innocent, he'd not let the trial proceed.
That's not at all true. Cops and prosecutors are agents of the state. Their discretionary powers are limited. In some cases, even if they believe a person to be innocent, cops are bound by statue to arrest, and prosecutors are bound by statute to prosecute.
A billion new middle-class consumers are the cause of rising food prices. Monetary inflation is just one method through which Chimerica transfers that food from where it is grown to where it is consumed.
Of course non full-time workers, teachers and seasonal workers aren't counted.
The data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey and consider full-time, full-year workers ages 25 to 64 whose highest degree is a bachelor’s.
Interesting place. It's at the confluence of two rather steep rivers. I imagine there's a decent amount of hydroelectric available. Very much a small town. There was an attendant at the gas station. I remember seeing lots of well-maintained public infrastructure. The whole place had sort of a creepy Stepford Wives feel. 17% unemployment makes me wonder what the deal is.
Are you really saying that Bitcoin (or Paypal or Linden Dollars for that matter) would be more valuable to you if someone threatened you into using it? You would pay extra for someone to threaten you with violence?
...and how has that economy been created? What, exactly, have merchants been told that has convinced them that Bitcoin currency has actual value?
An economy is created through individuals specializing, trading with each other, and investing the resultant savings. Merchants haven't been "told" anything other than the Bitcoin exchange rate, which they can easily see for themselves just as with any other currency.
Velocity is just how often a currency is exchanged. This is an indirect measure of the value of goods and services produced by an economy. Those who trade more often tend to be more highly specialized, and thus produce higher value products. But this is not necessarily always true, so there are caveats. Specialization and trading more often also creates risk, which is bad. Velocity can be built in by confiscating money via force (taxes) and then re-distributing it. Some delusional retards think this is a good thing for some reason.
Any currency that has built in deflation is a really. really, bad idea.
It doesn't have built-in deflation. It has built-in inflation. It's just that the rate of Bitcoin inflation is less than the economy's growth rate / birth rate / technological innovation rate / usual money printing rate.
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I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic or not, but the $100 value stamped on US coins is a relic from the time when Federal Reserve Notes could be exchanged for them, prior to the Nixon Shock. Not even the US Mint will sell you one for $100 in Federal Reserve Notes.
As far as I know, there have been a number of people who were quite mad that weak cases were prosecuted and strong ones weren't, but I've never once heard of a DA being in any legal trouble at all for the choices in cases taken
Really? You haven't been paying attention.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RCITJ00&show_article=1
And I remember the court cases where the police sued to have "discretion" mean that they don't have to apply the law, ever.
The Supreme Court has ruled that police can't be held civilly liable for failure to enforce the law. They can, of course, lose their jobs though. Which would naturally lead most to err on the side of over-zealous enforcement.
I was under the impression that there were statutes that said so explicitly. But I didn't find any with a quick search.
Rather, what I am referring to may just be based on judicial procedure, and a (common) misinterpretation of it. It's so common, in fact, that I've been taught this by two different lawyers, and never really had any reason to doubt it. Basically, it is the rule that certain "questions of fact" are "for a jury to decide". This leads prosecutors (and even police) to mistakenly believe that their duty is just to collect evidence and pass it along to an eventual jury, instead of using any type of discretion. In actuality, of course, this rule only exists due to abuses like those of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, who had a habit of denying defendants the right to a jury trial. The defendant has the right to have a jury decide the question, but it's not an absolute requirement like many apparently believe.
This is a good example:
http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/2007/06/self-defense-and-prosecutors.html
"The truth hurt me in this case," said Williams, who expressed no surprise at the verdict.
"They were bringing a lot of violence to this defendant. It's tough to put yourself in that guy's shoes and say he didn't act appropriately. It's really tough."
Ultimately, Williams said, the self-defense issue was one for the community, not prosecutors, to determine.
If the cops presumed you innocent, they'd never arrest you. If the prosecutor presumed you innocent, they'd never file charges. If the judge presumed you innocent, he'd not let the trial proceed.
That's not at all true. Cops and prosecutors are agents of the state. Their discretionary powers are limited. In some cases, even if they believe a person to be innocent, cops are bound by statue to arrest, and prosecutors are bound by statute to prosecute.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/Images/226299-1210036921678/grain_prices050508_400.jpg
A billion new middle-class consumers are the cause of rising food prices. Monetary inflation is just one method through which Chimerica transfers that food from where it is grown to where it is consumed.
US Army complains about stupid crackers destroying things.
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Of course non full-time workers, teachers and seasonal workers aren't counted.
The data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey and consider full-time, full-year workers ages 25 to 64 whose highest degree is a bachelor’s.
http://www.portlandgeneral.com/our_company/generation_transmission/crooked_river/default.aspx
http://www.centraloregonian.com/archives/story.aspx/12547/facebook-can-expand-with-approval-of-power-lines
Yeah I suppose it's not much, but it is undeveloped at the moment. And the hydro would just be used for peaking anyways.
Interesting place. It's at the confluence of two rather steep rivers. I imagine there's a decent amount of hydroelectric available. Very much a small town. There was an attendant at the gas station. I remember seeing lots of well-maintained public infrastructure. The whole place had sort of a creepy Stepford Wives feel. 17% unemployment makes me wonder what the deal is.
Choose your own adventure.
Of Tyranny.
So you pay extra just to threaten others with violence?
The point is that there's no legitimate way to turn a Bitcoin "debt claim" into new Bitcoins, unlike some less-scrupulous currency systems.
Well, then it's a good thing no one consumes resources there.
It's Megawatts, at least. But it is nothing compared to the wasted generated by the current financial system.
What in the fuck are these cycles being used for? Is there some problem being solved?
Yes, you are basically verifying transactions. This ensures the cryptographic integrity of Bitcoins.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Mining
How many resources do you think are wasted by US dollar inflation?
Are you really saying that Bitcoin (or Paypal or Linden Dollars for that matter) would be more valuable to you if someone threatened you into using it? You would pay extra for someone to threaten you with violence?
An economy is created through individuals specializing, trading with each other, and investing the resultant savings. Merchants haven't been "told" anything other than the Bitcoin exchange rate, which they can easily see for themselves just as with any other currency.
Velocity is just how often a currency is exchanged. This is an indirect measure of the value of goods and services produced by an economy. Those who trade more often tend to be more highly specialized, and thus produce higher value products. But this is not necessarily always true, so there are caveats. Specialization and trading more often also creates risk, which is bad. Velocity can be built in by confiscating money via force (taxes) and then re-distributing it. Some delusional retards think this is a good thing for some reason.
Any currency that has built in deflation is a really. really, bad idea.
It doesn't have built-in deflation. It has built-in inflation. It's just that the rate of Bitcoin inflation is less than the economy's growth rate / birth rate / technological innovation rate / usual money printing rate.
You can buy silver, and gold. And I live near Cushing so for the right price and volume I'd sell you barrels of crude oil.
The right to mint money is exclusively granted to Congress
First of all, it's not a right. Please learn what a right is.
Secondly, nowhere does it say that the power to print money is exclusive.
What facts would you put in categories 3 and 4, given that they're unknown by their very nature?
Easy, that's where we put the army of nuclear-powered Mooslim jihadi supermen living underground waiting to emerge and destroy our freedoms.
At best you could have 3.
You sound like a terrorist.