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If aggression is normally used by murderers, robbers, and tyrants, and that is normally "not okay" -- do you believe there are cases where it IS okay, as long as we voted on it first?

The bottom line is, these tech companies all heavily support the Democratic party and Democratic causes.

Therefore it's cosmic justice that they should be subject to Democratic policies.

Put your money where your mouth is!

There's no need to store the credentials -- you can just ask the Apple keychain to store them instead.

As far as I understand, WhatsApp is not conducting any activities in Brazil.

There are people in Brazil who have downloaded the application, and those people are connecting OUT to WhatsApp, which is operating in America.

So all the Brazilian government can do, is BLOCK its own people from accessing WhatsApp through the Internet.

The question is, should the Brazilian government have the right to block websites that it doesn't want its people to be able to see?

Ultimately that's a problem for Brazilian domestic politics, and also a greater issue of human rights. After all, that's how we describe it when discussing the Great Firewall of China.

He wouldn't owe any taxes. At least, not any income tax. The coins were worthless when he first mined them, and so there wouldn't have been any tax due.

If he were to sell the coins now, he might incur a capital gains tax, depending on where he lives.

Spooner's essays on the Jury representing the whole people (not merely the majority), and the criminal intent, are among the most important political writings. Comparable to Bastiat's "The Law." I recommend "The Lysander Spooner Reader" -- and make sure you read it all.

Frankly I don't really believe anyone is educated enough to even have an informed discussion on politics if they aren't familiar with the arguments presented in those two books.

I think the big injustice is that people don't have a right to a jury in tax court.

Therefore judgments are enforced without the consent of the people.

Therefore taxation in the USA today is extortion.

All the quibbling about the ridiculous bureaucratic rules and forms just makes it even more clear just what a leviathan our tax system has become.

First, law enforcement catches and successfully prosecutes pedophiles all the time. It's called "good old fashioned police work" and it doesn't require violating our 1st, 4th, and 13th amendment rights.

Second, how on earth is Obama going to force me to stop using crypto, except to threaten me with violence for using it? Perhaps the government will start to license programmers, and prosecute those caught writing software without a license? (Don't laugh -- they already license hairdressers, marriages, and dogs.)

Who the hell was PRAISING the TPP?

Why are the establishment mouthpieces trying so hard to create a new Cold War?

Is it because the Terror War isn't enough to justify the elites' desired levels military spending?

Same reason no one can stop cryptocurrencies.

So far I don't see any reason why Bitcoin's exponential adoption rate would suddenly grind to a halt.

VISA is still living in the 20th century.

These kinds of problems don't happen in a free market.

I just got onto Twitter to post this article along with a tweet saying something like:

"Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but then actually they'll use it to censor ordinary Germans talking about New Year's Eve."

I WAS UNABLE TO TWEET IT!

Whenever I started typing "New Year's Eve" the character limit would turn red, even though I was within the limit.

Then I realized: my VPN was in Europe! They were already censoring my tweet!

I had to switch my VPN out of Europe, AND clear my cookies, before I was able to tweet about it.

This is no joke -- it was a really creepy feeling. And the White House is moving now to impose the same censorship in the USA?

It's torch-and-pitchfork time. We need P2P social media immediately.

Before Uber and Lyft, it was nearly impossible to catch a cab from downtown to South Austin, since everyone was fighting over the cabs and the cabbies would refuse to drive to South Austin. It was a nightmare.

Those city council members trying to make things difficult for Uber and Lyft need to be tarred and feathered.