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FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
reminds me of http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-answers-prayers-of-paralyzed-little-boy,475/

the onion posted:

God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy
'No,' Says God
News • God • ISSUE 34•19 • Dec 9, 1998

SAN FRANCISCO–For as long as he can remember, 7-year-old Timmy Yu has had one precious dream: From the bottom of his heart, he has hoped against hope that God would someday hear his prayer to walk again. Though many thought Timmy's heavenly plea would never be answered, his dream finally came true Monday, when the Lord personally responded to the wheelchair-bound boy's prayer with a resounding no.

"I knew that if I just prayed hard enough, God would hear me," said the joyful Timmy, surrounded by stuffed animals sent by well-wishing Christians from around the globe, as he sat in the wheelchair to which he will be confined for the rest of his life. "And now my prayer has been answered. I haven't been this happy since before the accident, when I could walk and play with the other children like a normal boy."

God's response came at approximately 10 a.m. Monday, following a particularly fervent Sunday prayer session by little Timmy. Witnesses said God issued His miraculous answer in the form of a towering column of clouds, from which poured forth great beams of Divine light and the music of the Heavenly Hosts. The miraculous event took place in the Children's Special Care Ward of St. Luke's Hospital, where Timmy goes three times a week for an excruciating two-hour procedure to drain excess fluid from his damaged spinal column.

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funeral home DJ
Apr 21, 2003


Pillbug

:stare:

more than a quarter of a loving million dollars and he didn't get in

e: this is :vince: worthy I'm not sorry for the edit

funeral home DJ fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Jan 13, 2015

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


trucutru posted:

Because he didn't want to pay taxes.

So, when he wanted to visit the US, US immigration kindly reminded him to pay his taxes before they could process his visa... so he did! Then they kindly told him to gently caress off.

always is funny watching libertarians slam headfirst into the concept that just because the government may do something doesn't mean that they are required to do so. it conflicts with their idea of government agents being beep-boop mindless robots.

Alliterate Addict
Jul 10, 2012

dreaming of that face again

it's bright and blue and shimmering

grinning wide and comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

Boxturret posted:

"In what country is there a place for people like me?"
                                        -Roger Ver

no kings, no gods, only satoshi

VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE
Aug 1, 2004

whoa, what just happened here?







College Slice

this is a thing to preserve for the ages

probably one of the all time best libertarian/sovcit smackdowns

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
the way he threw away his one bit of leverage (his ability to settle his back tax bill) in exchange for nothing makes him a true captain of industry

FMguru fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Jan 13, 2015

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Erenthal posted:

well, no surprise about new hampshire, but utah?

what you're surprised that a state full of mormons is also full of libertarians

VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE
Aug 1, 2004

whoa, what just happened here?







College Slice

My Linux Rig posted:

what you're surprised that a state full of mormons is also full of libertarians

at first i read 'morons'

still checks out

rly low hanging fruit tho i am ashamed

well, more than usual

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

FMguru posted:

it is the best thing

i also like how miffed he is that us government wont even give him the time of day. imagine, the us government not giving a poo poo about a foreigner living abroad! especially a foreigner who explicitly renounced his us citizenship in order to evade taxation.

if you renounce and it's deemed to be for tax avoidance I believe the IRS still claims tax jurisdiction.

I have a note in my US immigration file because I was once asked to come back with more documentation for a visa I was granted, and I get asked about it by about 25% of the time I talk to a human. even if he gets in once, he better make the most of it.

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug
there is so much happening right now but

Dren posted:

I mean at some point when they haven't paid the bill for 120 days doesn't the power company shut them down and the repo man show up? Even the endless optimism of bitcoiners can't stop the power company from turning off the power.

you all poo-poo'd me

cointerra

also


5

Subjunctive posted:

are any of the trading platforms that handle short sales of BTC reputable?

what does your heart tell you?

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

did you know? pirateat40 is a VIP donator to bitcointalk (which is currently down)

https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

FCKGW posted:

did you know? pirateat40 is a VIP donator to bitcointalk (which is currently back up thx thermos)

e:ROBERT SHILLER: Bitcoin Is An Amazing Example Of A Bubble whoa

unpacked robinhood fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 13, 2015

Magrov
Mar 27, 2010

I'm completely lost and have no idea what's going on. I'll be at my bunker.

If you need any diplomatic or mineral stuff just call me. If you plan to nuke India please give me a 5 minute warning to close the windows!


Also Iapetus sucks!

quote:

[–]conchoso -2 points an hour ago

Hey Erik, before you pump out another one of these 2,600 word diatribes calling out someone for accusing bitcoin of being a scam, why don't you stop by your thread on bitcointalk and address your former FeedZeBirds shareholders, where you raised 2,452 BTC (illegally), did essentially nothing, promised a (partial) refund, and then disappeared:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82866.msg1741669#msg1741669

While it's great that someone wants to stand up and defend bitcoin from these kind of attacks, when the person doing the defending himself is accused of scamming it just makes you and the rest of us look dumb.

quote:

[–]evoorhees [S] 6 points 52 minutes ago

The money raised for FeedZeBirds totaled about $15,000 (and yes, it was converted to USD back then because there were costs to build, run, and market the site). The business failed, and GLBSE fell apart, so there was no way to know who the shareholders were. SEC commandeered $15,000 from me... I would've preferred to give that $15k back to the shareholders of FZB (if they could be found, which they can't), but the SEC didn't give me that option, and while I was struggling with the SEC I was advised not to discuss anything publicly, thus the lack of updates, which I apologize for. If anyone would like to start a campaign to get the money back from the SEC, I'd love to signup. Edit: feel free to read the SEC settlement as well:

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2014/33-9592.pdf

i'd tottally give back the money i scammed from investors, but the evil government commandeered it.

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

who's posting the funny from the ulbricbht trial

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


PleasureKevin posted:

who's posting the funny from the ulbricbht trial

calm your tits. we're almost on overload here. we don't have enough miners to log everything into the laughchain.



Attempted murder is a victimless crime!

dont skimp on the shrimp
Apr 23, 2008

:coffee:

Magrov posted:

i'd tottally give back the money i scammed from investors, but the evil government commandeered it.
that logic though.

he says himself that he can't repay the investors since they can't be found, so what did he expect?

"no sure, you keep it for now"

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Powershift posted:

Attempted murder is a victimless crime!

i'd fell bad for him if there weren't the retarded hits & torture thing on his resume

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


unpacked robinhood posted:

i'd fell bad for him if there weren't the retarded hits & torture thing on his resume

Yeah, that's my sticking point too. Drugs need to be decriminalized, drug use treated as a medical issue, stop puttin non violent people in prison, yadda yadda yadda.

But this dude paid to have someone tortured and killed, and said that the hitman might have to deal with his wife and children if they witness it. I hope they throw virtually every book at him.

Sir DonkeyPunch
Mar 23, 2007

I didn't hear no bell

Zom Aur posted:

that logic though.

he says himself that he can't repay the investors since they can't be found, so what did he expect?

"no sure, you keep it for now"

how uh, how was he going to pay them profits if he didn't know how to find them?

in the fantasy land where non scam bitcoin investment opportunities exist, I mean

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫
I know, I know I've let you down,
I've been to the moon and back,
I thought I'd never have my wallet hacked,
But now, through all the Ponzi schemes,
It's time for me to respect
The ones that steal and ruin all my dreams,
So this sadness in my heart,
I feel the best thing I could do,
Is cash out now, and leave for fiat,
What's done is done, it feels so bad,
What once was happy now is sad,
I'll never buy again, my world is ending,

I wish that I could turn back time,
And start my own private mine,
And keep all of the coins I get just for myself,
I know we cant forget the past,
You cant forget Mt. Gox died,
Because of Mark, it's killing me inside,

It all returns to nothing,
It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down,
It all returns to nothing,
I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down
In my heart of hearts, I know I could never buy again,
I've lost everything, everything,
Everything that matters to me matters in this world,

I wish that I could turn back time,
And start my own private mine,
And keep all of the coins I get just for myself,
I know we cant forget the past,
You cant forget Mt. Gox died,
Because of Mark, it's killing me inside
♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

dont skimp on the shrimp
Apr 23, 2008

:coffee:

Sir DonkeyPunch posted:

how uh, how was he going to pay them profits if he didn't know how to find them?

in the fantasy land where non scam bitcoin investment opportunities exist, I mean
gonna guess by sending bitcoins to the adresses he was paid from1, and that the sec wouldn't accept him trying to pay back through bitcoins and secondly wouldn't trust him to handle the refunding process either way

1well you know

assuming he ever planned to pay anything back

fermun
Nov 4, 2009

Ripoff posted:

:stare:

more than a quarter of a loving million dollars and he didn't get in
he failed to show he has ties to another country that he would return to at the end of his visa period. he is a citizen of st. kitts who is living in a rented apartment in japan and runs an online business out of the us with all his family being in the us. he also has a felony conviction for sending 50 pounds of explosives (which he advertised as firework reports with 20 times the legal powder load) through the post office. immigration denied him because they didn't think he'd provided enough evidence to show that he would return to his country of residence, they didn't even get to the screening about how he's a felon.


silk road trial courtroom sketches by susie cagle as part of the forbes coverage (there are more and a bunch will be turned into full illustrations, these are just sketches taken during the trial)



dont skimp on the shrimp
Apr 23, 2008

:coffee:
lol

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
does the US allow a way to get your citizenship back or if ver wanted to would he have to start from scratch? i know as a uk born citizen even if i were to renounce it there's a system in place where i can go back to my government and say "im sorry I didn't really mean it" and have my citizenship reinstated

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


fermun posted:

he failed to show he has ties to another country that he would return to at the end of his visa period. he is a citizen of st. kitts who is living in a rented apartment in japan and runs an online business out of the us with all his family being in the us. he also has a felony conviction for sending 50 pounds of explosives (which he advertised as firework reports with 20 times the legal powder load) through the post office. immigration denied him because they didn't think he'd provided enough evidence to show that he would return to his country of residence, they didn't even get to the screening about how he's a felon.



Actually, he only sent about 15 pounds of explosives through the post office, the 50 pounds he stored in his residential apartment.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
aren't the us one of the few countries where citizens have to pay some form of income tax even if they're living and working abroad ?

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


FCKGW posted:

did you know? pirateat40 is a VIP donator to bitcointalk (which is currently down)

https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

off the top of my head, the scammers

List of VIP Donators (50 BTC)

smart1985
Canaca
casascius
mndrix
Als Pawnshop
btcx
Brian DeLoach
zhoutong
Metabank.ru
BTC_Bear
pirateat40
znort987
jorgen
Graet
gigavps
cryptoxchange
BitAvenue
Goat
Btc4Domains
mrbrown
01BTC10
imsaguy
cablepair
BitcoinBaltar
usagi
BCB
eb3full
MemoryDealers
augustocroppo
buzzdave
Dustin D. Trammell a.k.a. I)ruid
XMLGold
bitconexfoier
johnascii
Hexadecibel
mLiberty
lixiaolai
TradeFortress

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


big scary monsters posted:

does the US allow a way to get your citizenship back or if ver wanted to would he have to start from scratch? i know as a uk born citizen even if i were to renounce it there's a system in place where i can go back to my government and say "im sorry I didn't really mean it" and have my citizenship reinstated

Nope. if you formally renounce it after your 18th birthday, you can never get it again. He could probably get a green card through family members, but he'll never be a citizen again.

really forward thinking move there.

surebet posted:

off the top of my head, the scammers

List of VIP Donators (50 BTC)

smart1985
Canaca
casascius
mndrix
Als Pawnshop
btcx
Brian DeLoach
zhoutong
Metabank.ru
BTC_Bear
pirateat40
znort987
jorgen
Graet
gigavps
cryptoxchange
BitAvenue
Goat
Btc4Domains
mrbrown
01BTC10
imsaguy
cablepair
BitcoinBaltar
usagi
BCB
eb3full
MemoryDealers
augustocroppo
buzzdave
Dustin D. Trammell a.k.a. I)ruid
XMLGold
bitconexfoier
johnascii
Hexadecibel
mLiberty
lixiaolai
TradeFortress

somebody should ammend this list with the scam each of them pulled off

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


americanpegasus really is dank 2.0


Spent some time assembling "Game of Money" book last night. What do you want to see? I'm thinking 1/3rd cryptocurrency/behavioral finance, 1/3rd dating advice, 1/3rd board/dice/video games. It's going to be a fun and entertaining book. (self.gameofmoney)
submitted 1 day ago by americanpegasus
I am creating a very strange non-fiction book. Slightly autobiographical, but mainly filled with games and RPGs I've created, explorations of behavioral finance/game theory to markets, discussions and history of cryptocurrencies, and dating advice as well.
I don't think anything like it has ever existed, and I know it will be quite entertaining.
Most of it will be brand new material, and some stuff will be edited from my posting history.
I'd like to ask you though, what would you want to see in such a book? If offered in .pdf and a full color print edition, what would make you buy such a book at a reasonable price point?
I have my own vision, but user input is always good.

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

big scary monsters posted:

does the US allow a way to get your citizenship back or if ver wanted to would he have to start from scratch? i know as a uk born citizen even if i were to renounce it there's a system in place where i can go back to my government and say "im sorry I didn't really mean it" and have my citizenship reinstated
he will have to apply from scratch

he will be competing for slots against people who do not have us felony records and who have not previously renounced their citizenship

his application will be put at the very bottom of the stack where it will likely undergo proton decay before anyone looks at it

i think his best bet is to marry an american woman

l
m
a
o

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007


ahahah

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug
it's no big deal. roger ver is just a temporarily embarrassed citizen

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

Dren posted:

it's no big deal. roger ver is just a temporarily embarrassed citizen

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


isn't there a pledge to the flag ceremony or something like that involved when you get your citizenship? before processing any paperwork they should see if he'd be willing to say [thing] without mumbling about gold fringes on the flag or just spontaneously combusting

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

unpacked robinhood posted:

aren't the us one of the few countries where citizens have to pay some form of income tax even if they're living and working abroad ?

Yes, though you can deduct the taxes you paid to your country of residence from what you owe the U.S., more or less, so you don't wind up paying more than if you stayed at home.

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-

Dren posted:

it's no big deal. roger ver is just a temporarily embarrassed citizen

lmbo

please bitcoin satan, i don't ask much of you but let japanese immigration deny roger ver a visa too and force him to actually live permanently on st. kitts

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

big scary monsters posted:

lmbo

please current bitcoin jesus, i don't ask much of you but let japanese immigration deny roger ver a visa too and force him to actually live permanently on st. kitts

Haven't the people of St. Kitts suffered enough?

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug
has anyone collected the tale of roger ver anywhere? i know a guy who got his citizenship recently i bet he would laugh his rear end off

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Dren posted:

i know a guy who got his citizenship recently i bet he would laugh his rear end off
out of curiousity, how long did it took him?

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a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

"temporarily embarrassed citizen" would be a good thread title JUST SAYIN

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