An interesting way to look at the organizing of societies. Anarchy or statelessness is seen as a regression or barbaric in nature. But is this the correct viewpoint? Is statelessness for every human? Do some people just need to be in an organized state?
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major campaign finance decision, striking down some limits on federal campaign contributions for the first time. The ruling, issued near the start of a campaign season, will change and most likely increase the already large role money plays in American politics.
The decision, by a 5-to-4 vote along ideological lines, with the Court’s more conservative justices in the majority, was a sequel of sorts to Citizens United, the 2010 decision that struck down limits on independent campaign spending by corporations and unions. But that ruling did nothing to affect the other main form of campaign finance regulation:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Thursday that the United States was willing to discuss how the criminal case against Edward J. Snowden would be handled, but only if Mr. Snowden pleaded guilty first.
Mr. Holder, speaking at a question-and-answer event at the University of Virginia, did not specify the guilty pleas the Justice Department would expect before it would open talks with Mr. Snowden’s lawyers. And the attorney general reiterated that the United States was not willing to offer clemency to Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has leaked documents that American officials have said threaten national security.
“Instead,” Mr. Holder said in response to a question at the university’s Miller Center, “were he coming back to the U.S. to enter a plea, we would engage with his lawyers.”
The Silk Road made a small fortune during its two and a half years as the web’s biggest anonymous black market for illegal drugs. As of Friday, at least one $28.5 million chunk of that fortune now belongs to the FBI.
An FBI official tells me that the bureau has located and seized a collection of 144,000 bitcoins, the largest seizure of that cryptocurrency ever, worth close to $28.5 million at current exchange rates. It believes that the stash belonged to Ross Ulbricht, the 29-year-old who allegedly created and managed the Silk Road, the popular anonymous drug-selling that site was taken offline by the Department of Justice after Ulbricht was arrested earlier this month and charged with engaging in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy as well as computer hacking and attempted murder-for-hire.
The FBI official wouldn’t say how the agency had determined that the Bitcoin “wallet”–a collection of Bitcoins at a single address in the Bitcoin network–belonged to Ulbricht, but that it was sure they were his. “This is his wallet,” said the FBI official. “We seized this from DPR,” the official added, referring to the pseudonym “the Dread Pirate Roberts,” which prosecutors say Ulbricht allegedly used while running the Silk Road.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On the Record
RFK has never held office, therefore no voting record exists. The following are interviews, tweets and statements .
About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Rumble
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rand-paul-puts-mike-johnson-on-blast-lost-all-his-principles/ar-BB1lBQfS?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=513505a4cd2c4d1ea8f0bab681686870&ei=26
"As I see it now, I'm not so sure there's a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and Democrats being in charge," he said. "The debt, the deficit this year will be $1.5-2 trillion, and that's Mike...
Biden Administration Stonewalls COVID-19 Investigations
Dr. Rand Paul Grills USAID Administrator Power at Senate Foreign Relations Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on the agency’s inability to turn over...
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HANNAH BLEAU 8 Aug 2022
While the violence they commit gets posted often, I think it's now clearly become a big enough threat to people it deserves it's own thread. I'll start;
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I was killing time watching this video of random car crashes, and pondering how, with all the government mandated safety $#@! that is festooned on cars to prevent crashes, how is it that highway deaths in the US have been trending upward over the last few years.
Then I took a look at many of the drivers, and had a hunch.
And then I checked.
And sure enough, not only are we allowing an...
NPR Editor Speaks Out: How National Public Radio Lost Americans' Trust
https://open.spotify.com/episode/11Y0Vvo32LgObGKAmNhKhM
{Honestly with Bari Weiss @ Spotify | 09 April 2024}
Uri Berliner is a senior business editor at NPR. In his 25 years with NPR, his work has been recognized with a Peabody Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Society of Professional...
If they are admitting a 5% jump, the true number is probably more like 15%-20%
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/business/consumer-price-index-may-2021.html
(This thread should have been titled "Destruction of the FRN global standard" but I was in the early stages of learning this stuff. Dollar and FRN are not necessarily the same.)
UPDATE: Some of the links are dead but the texts of the deleted articles are still in this thread.
We have ongoing threads that chronicle the progression of the downward spiral of things like the Friday bank...
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=87809&sn=Detail
Zimbabwe considering gold-backed currency - Gono
The country is looking for an alternative to its hyperinflation-ravaged Zimbabwean dollar that was replaced by multiple currencies in January
Author: Nelson Banya (Reuters)
Posted: Thursday , 20 Aug 2009
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Zimbabwe's central bank governor Gideon...
I've heard a lot of people say the problem with free trade is that it only works when both countries are allowing trade. That's wrong. For example even if China sells to us but doesn't allow us to sell to them, it still benefits us (and hurts China).
Suppose in the US, a strange new volcano started spewing perfectly formed free high grade steel. Should the US ban the free steel because it...
NYC - Woman locks out squatters in her home, gets arrested for changing the locks]
Published February 8, 2024
By: Jealie Dacanay
As a landlord, understanding squatters’ rights and regulations is crucial to protecting your property and ensuring a smooth tenancy. Squatting is an often misunderstood property ownership aspect, but in this guide, I provide a roadmap for landlords to safeguard...
I know there's been a lot of talk about secession or a national divorce, but I wonder if there's ever been discussion around two separate systems of governance for urban and rural communities. To me, this is where the real division lies.
It seems clear that the traditional values of rural communities will never be appreciated in the cities. And the violations of liberty in the cities will...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On The Record
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