Somewhere, sitting in the USPTO, signing off on useless "Do X on the Internet" patents, there is an individual for whom all of this stuff is trivially simple. We would do science a great service to facilitate this person's access to such material.
Even if only to provide a distraction and keep a number of useless patents off the books.
It is stupid to try and synopsize a very complex situation into a slogan like this.
Not really. There is no place else in the world where the persecution of Jews is tolerated other than in those Middle East countries who have some political skin in the Palestinian-Israeli territorial dispute. Outside of that region, the idea that Jews are still victims elsewhere is ludicrous. And many Jews residing in other parts of the world are getting tired of being held responsible for that pissing match. This isn't a judgment about who's right or who's wrong or who started it. Just don't come crying when you kick a dog and then get bit.
Because they haven't had the generations of being told that they are worthless. Same reason Obama is president. He didn't have to sit around and listen to racist b.s. at school and then come home to parents who had similarly been beaten down as kids. His dad, coming here from Kenya to study, was probably an elite in that society (not that Kenyans are less capable in school, just not economically able). So he could come home, tell dad about the crap he had heard and dad could tell him, "Don't listen to the riff-raff, kid. we're better then they are."
1. Jews are *still* getting murdered around the world for being Jewish.
More like Israelis are still being murdered for taking Palestinian land.
Iran never had a problem with Jews in particular. But what they are doing is jockeying for position as the seat of the Shi'ite religion in the Middle East, Iraq being the other contender after Hussein was removed. And at this time, to build political support, they are siding with Hezbollah. In fact, during the Iran-Iraq war, Israel supplied Iran with weapons and spare parts for old US planes. After that, Israel decided that they would be ahead politically if they could stir up the pissing match between Sunis and Shiites.
As far as Israel defending itself, we'll see how well that goes when the US pulls its military subsidies.
And the right to speak anonymously is protected. Since spending or contributing money has already been determined to be speech, the anonymous transfer of money should be protected.
In fact, the currently-held test for whether an expression is protected is whether it directly causes lawless action.
But evidently not for money laundering. That is ipso facto illegal activity even absent other crimes. There are plenty of good (and legal) reasons to anonymize financial transactions. Interestingly enough, a major one is to keep other parties 'front running' transactions by the use of inside information. And one significant group of front runners (with a legal exemption from trading on inside information) happens to be Congress.
I want to keep the government's nose out of my financial business because I don't want to give a bunch of Senators a cut of my business.
didn't even try to pretend they didn't know they're dealing with Silkroad.
Before Silkroad was shut down? So the fuck what? Until charges are brought and a court decision is handed down, Silkroad is a business just like Walmart. Are we asking banks to make extralegal moral judgments about the sorts of businesses they or their customers do business with? Do they have a list of people they don't like, who they expect the banks to rat out? Who controls it? To whom must I make a campaign contribution to keep my name off or put my competitions on? You can see where this is going.
After the judgment, continuing to do business with them is a moot point. So just use the legal process to stop criminal activity and stop expecting private citizens to report their neighbors. That went out with the Soviet Union.
I own 100 shares of Offshore Inc. and they just declared a really big dividend.
Unless I own controlling interest in a foreign enterprise (>10% of the equity, IIRC) I don't have to report that to the IRS. And many foreign enterprises will reply to inquiries regarding their shareholders by US authorities with a polite, "Fuck off!"
The one difference between the Jews and the so-called "black people" is that the Jews do not dwell on how oppressed they were, in the hand of the others.
Holy crap! Its a part of their culture. Listen to a few of the last generation's Jewish comedians. Its true that many younger US Jews don't buy into the whole victim psychology like their elders did. But there is an active propaganda campaign generated in Israel to continually remind the diaspora of their past suffering and, oh yea, keep sending that money and voting the homeland's political interests. So you'll all have someplace to go when 'they' turn on us again.
Other nationalities and races don't have to put up with the same crap that blacks still do. Jim Crow laws were still in place within the lifetimes of many African Americans. And there is still a racist movement in this country that keeps the propaganda going. Jews, Vietnamese and others have an internal meme of their oppression. Blacks keep having it shoved on them from the outside. And that's the primary difference between the success/failure of their groups within this country.
Whichever side your country doesn't like. And these days, the USA, and by extension its lap dog Britain, have skin in every game around the world. There are no more situations like the Spanish Civil War, where volunteers could go and fight for whichever side they chose. And then return home free from prosecution.
You can still go overseas and support the politically correct side. But be forewarned that our government has a position on practically every conflict on this planet. So you can haul suitcases of money or export technology to Israel, for example. But try to volunteer some resources to help Palestinians in Gaza or the est Bank and be prepared for the third degree when you get home.
Nobody is going to put up with a long term, high intensity war similar to WW II anymore. We will go to war with the resources we have and hope to win it, or at least force a stalemate and negotiations fast. Because if we don't, someone will get desperate and escalate to nukes.
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Somewhere, sitting in the USPTO, signing off on useless "Do X on the Internet" patents, there is an individual for whom all of this stuff is trivially simple. We would do science a great service to facilitate this person's access to such material.
Even if only to provide a distraction and keep a number of useless patents off the books.
We all descended from aliens anyway.
Like this?
-- Lavrentiy Beria, Stalinâ(TM)s head of the secret police
I was thinking along the lines of a Cessna 172 with pilot and observer. Or a couple to fly in shifts if 27 hours is important.
But its just a PC with a joystick. Turning my PC off and then back on always fixes it.
Lets host all of the world's conflicts on EVE Online. In the real world, we can't even dent an M2 Bradley without running up a bigger bill than that.
It is stupid to try and synopsize a very complex situation into a slogan like this.
Not really. There is no place else in the world where the persecution of Jews is tolerated other than in those Middle East countries who have some political skin in the Palestinian-Israeli territorial dispute. Outside of that region, the idea that Jews are still victims elsewhere is ludicrous. And many Jews residing in other parts of the world are getting tired of being held responsible for that pissing match. This isn't a judgment about who's right or who's wrong or who started it. Just don't come crying when you kick a dog and then get bit.
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Because they haven't had the generations of being told that they are worthless. Same reason Obama is president. He didn't have to sit around and listen to racist b.s. at school and then come home to parents who had similarly been beaten down as kids. His dad, coming here from Kenya to study, was probably an elite in that society (not that Kenyans are less capable in school, just not economically able). So he could come home, tell dad about the crap he had heard and dad could tell him, "Don't listen to the riff-raff, kid. we're better then they are."
1. Jews are *still* getting murdered around the world for being Jewish.
More like Israelis are still being murdered for taking Palestinian land.
Iran never had a problem with Jews in particular. But what they are doing is jockeying for position as the seat of the Shi'ite religion in the Middle East, Iraq being the other contender after Hussein was removed. And at this time, to build political support, they are siding with Hezbollah. In fact, during the Iran-Iraq war, Israel supplied Iran with weapons and spare parts for old US planes. After that, Israel decided that they would be ahead politically if they could stir up the pissing match between Sunis and Shiites.
As far as Israel defending itself, we'll see how well that goes when the US pulls its military subsidies.
Free speech is the right to express any opinion.
And the right to speak anonymously is protected. Since spending or contributing money has already been determined to be speech, the anonymous transfer of money should be protected.
In fact, the currently-held test for whether an expression is protected is whether it directly causes lawless action.
But evidently not for money laundering. That is ipso facto illegal activity even absent other crimes. There are plenty of good (and legal) reasons to anonymize financial transactions. Interestingly enough, a major one is to keep other parties 'front running' transactions by the use of inside information. And one significant group of front runners (with a legal exemption from trading on inside information) happens to be Congress.
I want to keep the government's nose out of my financial business because I don't want to give a bunch of Senators a cut of my business.
didn't even try to pretend they didn't know they're dealing with Silkroad.
Before Silkroad was shut down? So the fuck what? Until charges are brought and a court decision is handed down, Silkroad is a business just like Walmart. Are we asking banks to make extralegal moral judgments about the sorts of businesses they or their customers do business with? Do they have a list of people they don't like, who they expect the banks to rat out? Who controls it? To whom must I make a campaign contribution to keep my name off or put my competitions on? You can see where this is going.
After the judgment, continuing to do business with them is a moot point. So just use the legal process to stop criminal activity and stop expecting private citizens to report their neighbors. That went out with the Soviet Union.
Investment income.
I own 100 shares of Offshore Inc. and they just declared a really big dividend.
Unless I own controlling interest in a foreign enterprise (>10% of the equity, IIRC) I don't have to report that to the IRS. And many foreign enterprises will reply to inquiries regarding their shareholders by US authorities with a polite, "Fuck off!"
Well played.
The one difference between the Jews and the so-called "black people" is that the Jews do not dwell on how oppressed they were, in the hand of the others.
Holy crap! Its a part of their culture. Listen to a few of the last generation's Jewish comedians. Its true that many younger US Jews don't buy into the whole victim psychology like their elders did. But there is an active propaganda campaign generated in Israel to continually remind the diaspora of their past suffering and, oh yea, keep sending that money and voting the homeland's political interests. So you'll all have someplace to go when 'they' turn on us again.
Other nationalities and races don't have to put up with the same crap that blacks still do. Jim Crow laws were still in place within the lifetimes of many African Americans. And there is still a racist movement in this country that keeps the propaganda going. Jews, Vietnamese and others have an internal meme of their oppression. Blacks keep having it shoved on them from the outside. And that's the primary difference between the success/failure of their groups within this country.
Which side are the "terrorists" though?
Whichever side your country doesn't like. And these days, the USA, and by extension its lap dog Britain, have skin in every game around the world. There are no more situations like the Spanish Civil War, where volunteers could go and fight for whichever side they chose. And then return home free from prosecution.
You can still go overseas and support the politically correct side. But be forewarned that our government has a position on practically every conflict on this planet. So you can haul suitcases of money or export technology to Israel, for example. But try to volunteer some resources to help Palestinians in Gaza or the est Bank and be prepared for the third degree when you get home.
Just try traveling to North Korea for a nice pickup game of basketball and see what happens to you when you get back.
Scenario 2:
Nobody is going to put up with a long term, high intensity war similar to WW II anymore. We will go to war with the resources we have and hope to win it, or at least force a stalemate and negotiations fast. Because if we don't, someone will get desperate and escalate to nukes.
Because our Germans are better than their Germans.
I heard she was in rehab.
Further I have never met anyone, no matter how uneducated, who did not know what Europe was.
Easy. Its Germany after 1945.