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...
This is an excerpt from a opinion piece written by Michael Harriot published 11 July 2023 and titled:
Take things from white people
In the piece he goes on to say how, because of white supremacy and violent white people maiming and killing decent black folks, there is no choice to but to take everything from from white people:
Lets examine some of these claims:
The Pro Israeli Lobby "AIPAC" had donated to Mike Johnson $95,000 after Mike Johnson had lead the House passage of extra $14 Billion for Israel and separately Ukraine.
After the House passage of the support aid package for Israel and Ukraine refereed Putin, Xi, Iran as part of the new axis of evil.
Mike Johnson has betrayed his own supporters and voters, MEGA voters who are anti war.
...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters on Friday that she filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accusing him of having "betrayed" the "confidence" of the House GOP Conference by ushering through a bipartisan $1.2 trillion federal funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Johnson won the gavel in late October after his predecessor was ousted by a...
Swordsmyth keeps repeating the false claim that Trump had to appoint swamp critters like William Barr, who had ties to Jeffrey Epstein, to be Attorney General, Mike Pompeo to be Secretary Of State, and John Bolton to be National Security Advisor as a "compromise" with Mitch McConnell to avoid impeachment. Here's the problem. William Barr was nominated to be attorney general BEFORE Trump made...
I'm starting this thread separate from Anti Federalist's "violent transgenders" because some of these people are actually victimized by the very people claiming to support them. For example the trans reality start Jazz Jennings who seems to have been physically abused (sexually as well?) by Jazz's "gender affirming" mother who encouraged Jazz to transition at 17 and then would wake Jazz up in...
(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...
GameStop (GME) was expected to go bankrupt, so some Wall St. hedge funds (notably Melvin Capital) put down some serious short sells on their stock.
Reddit took notice, and coordinated an attack and have driven the price of Gamestop (GME) up from about $40 a week ago to $209 currently.
Some of the firms, notably Melvin Capital, have doubled down and gone to investors for billions in...
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
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
HARARE (REUTERS) -
Zimbabwe's central bank governor Gideon...
“The record of the Waco incident documents mistakes. What the record from Waco does not evidence, however, is any improper motive or intent on the part of law enforcement.”
Joseph Biden, U.S. Senator, Delaware (D) and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which issued the Waco Investigation Report
The siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, is an important event in...
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'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...
Whatever else I disagree with him about (and I disagree with him about a lot), this is absolutely spot-on:
https://twitter.com/dbenner83/status/1780663467130716472
1780663467130716472
Guns In America: Debate on Gun Control with David Hogg and Spike Cohen
The Dartmouth Political Union welcomes David Hogg and Spike Cohen to debate gun-related issues in the United States.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/guns-in-america-debate-on-gun-control-with-david-hogg-and-spike-cohen-tickets-862269460167
{Dartmouth Political Union @ Eventbrite | undated}
Date and time:
Wednesday, April...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On The Record
Thread Starter: PAFRobert 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
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