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Bitcoin arrives on the property scene
By REBECCA THISTLETON, Financial Review It hasn’t moved in next door, but it’s checking out the neighbourhood: online currency Bitcoin has arrived on the property market scene. In Melbourne, buyer’s agent Paul Osborne has started accepting payments in the currency. “I see potential for Bitcoins to be used in house sales, but only when it [...]
The Bitcoin Money Myth
by Frank Shostak, Mises.org, April 18, 2013 Many economists and financial commentators believe that in the unregulated market of the internet economy, new forms of money can be created that bypass central-bank and government supervision. The latest development is the emergence of a new electronic means of exchange, Bitcoin (BTC). Bitcoin was launched on January 3, [...]
4/20 Surprise: Proposed Colorado Marijuana Rules Will Make It Easier to Get a Mile-High High
Bill vaporizes ‘vertical integration,’ one-year monopoly proposals By STEVEN NELSON, April 19, 2013, US News Colorado legislators announced legislation for regulating legal marijuana businesses Friday as ecstatic potheads flocked to Denver to light up in public Saturday in celebration of the first “4/20″ since Coloradans voted to legalize the drug in November. The proposed legislation would allow out-of-state residents [...]
Ron Paul Isn’t Worried About Falling Gold Prices
By David Weigel, Slate, April 18, 2013 It was the steepest two-day decline in gold prices in 33 years, a 13 percent fall in two days of trading. After years of surging value, of investors hedging against inflation, there was a sudden sell-off that might have been a reaction to… well, to inflation not actually increasing. Over at Business [...]
World Privacy Forum’s Top Ten Opt Outs
from http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt [...]
US Supreme Court Limits Front Door Drug Dog Sniffs
by Phillip Smith, Information Liberation, March 26, 2013 The US Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a drug dog’s sniff of a residence’s front door is search under the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and that police must therefore obtain a search warrant before unleashing the hounds. The case was Florida v. Jardines. While the high court has [...]
Survival Gun Selection, By James Wesley, Rawles
By James Wesley, Rawles In my survivalist novel “Patriots”, I included lots of descriptions of firearms used in various situations in order to illustrate that there is no single “perfect survival gun.” Different situations are best handled by using different firearms. There are several requirements that must be considered in selecting guns for use on a [...]
British Children set up “Soda Speakeasies” after their private school bans all drinks other than water
by Pavan Amara and Mark Blunden, 21 January 2013 A School is believed to be the first in London to become “water only” and ban fizzy drinks for pupils. Acland Burghley in Camden is setting out to improve health — but has even banned fruit juice and diet drinks. The school hopes its water-only policy will [...]
Need Bitcoins? This ATM takes dollars and funds your account
New Hampshire entrepreneurs have created a dollar-converting anonymous Bitcoin ATM, which they hope to sell to bars, restaurants, and other retail locations nationwide. by Declan McCullagh February 23, 2013 NASHUA, N.H. — Zach Harvey has an ambitious plan to accelerate adoption of the Internet’s favorite alternative currency: installing in thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores ATMs [...]
Control Your Local Police
by Dave Hummels, Center for a Stateless Society, Feb 18, 2013 While reflecting on recent episodes of police misconduct in my community and beyond, I began to think about how much law enforcement agencies resemble the Catholic Church. And no, this is not a pre-St. Patrick’s day Irish joke. Consider the following: The Church and police departments have [...]
Idaho, Arizona Schools Go Into Full Prison Mode
School kids in Yuma are taken into “protective” custody by William Grigg, LRC Blog, February 14, 2013 03:54 PM Schools in Meridian, Idaho went into full “prison mode” after a student who brought a folding shovel to Heritage Middle School in Meridian, Idaho prompted the school’s “resource officer” to call for a full lockdown. Deputy Chief Tracy Basterrechea [...]
