Check out this great video by Stefan Molyneux. This video discusses the dangers of Bitcoin for central banks, governments, and also Bitcoin users as well.
Must see.
Showing posts with label Liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberty. Show all posts
Monday, November 10, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Darkmarket crackdown: Onymous
On Thursday the FBI along with other law enforcement agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and Europol announced that it had seized the Silk Road 2, perhaps the most well-known drug market to appear on the Dark Web since the takedown of the original Silk Road last year. What it didn’t announce is that at least two other drug market sites have also been busted, and more takedowns are likely coming. The drug markets Hydra and Cloud 9 now both display the same “This Hidden Site Has Been Seized” notices as the Silk Road 2, emblazoned with the logos of the FBI and Europol. Several other popular dark net markets were down Thursday morning, as well, though they didn’t display that banner. An FBI spokesperson tells WIRED that there will be more than three market seizures in total, with the full extent of the operation set to be revealed by Friday."--from Wired
The control freaks just can't stand the fact that people are using technology to liberate themselves and circumvent prohibitionist measures in a way that reduces violence and provides better quality products. That scares them because it refutes some of the largest reasons for the drug war; the secondary effects of violence and theft that is often correlated with use.
Dark markets are removing this, and the statists can't stand it. They are losing control and losing the argument, simultaneously.
Despite this large push, a few darkmarkets are still operating. And just like the last push, I expect Silk Road 3.0 to be up and running in no time. People will always try to get what they want.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Ron Paul on the Ebola outbreak
Ron Paul: "Liberty, Not Government, Is Key To Containing Ebola"
TLDR: "Limiting government at home and abroad is the best way to protect health and freedom."
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Kind of sad...
Trying to convince the new hipster bar in town of why they should take bitcoin. I hoped they got it already.....
Shit.
Shit.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Brigitta Jonsdottir and Iceland's Pirate Party
I'm quite impressed with the political movements in Iceland and their ability to achieve results.
I knew that they kept their government from approving a banker bailout like the TARP program here in the U.S. I've also heard a bit about the Pirate Party but I guess I need to do some more research.
I'd like to see peaceful political change along these lines here but, after the disappointment of both the Tea Party and the Occupy movement it appears that we are missing something.
I hold out hope that what's missing isn't 2nd amendment remedies.
Maybe we just need more folks like Birgitta Jonsdottir.
Check out this Motherboard article on Brigitta and the Pirate Party's stance that Iceland should be a safe haven for data. Interesting stuff.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-pirate-partys-poetician-plans-to-make-iceland-a-data-haven
Friday, July 25, 2014
Great articles
Two from WRSA.
On the Open Source Revolution.
And on lessons from a deep-web drug dealer.
Both are worth a read and your consideration.
I know Dylan said it in the 60's but it's as true now as then.
On the Open Source Revolution.
And on lessons from a deep-web drug dealer.
Both are worth a read and your consideration.
I know Dylan said it in the 60's but it's as true now as then.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Breaking News
Millennials think both political parties suck.
"Millennials don’t have much confidence in either of the two major political parties. When asked who they trust most to handle a series of issues, neither Democrats nor Republicans receive a majority of support on any of the 15 issues surveyed. Instead pluralities say they trust “neither” party to handle 12 of the 15 issues."
To read the full article and see the results of the Reason-Rupe poll follow the link to the Hit and Run blog post.
I think this is good news in the sense that perhaps this generation will begin the process of seeking solutions to problems outside of politics, because these institutions are obviously failing to deliver.
"Millennials don’t have much confidence in either of the two major political parties. When asked who they trust most to handle a series of issues, neither Democrats nor Republicans receive a majority of support on any of the 15 issues surveyed. Instead pluralities say they trust “neither” party to handle 12 of the 15 issues."
To read the full article and see the results of the Reason-Rupe poll follow the link to the Hit and Run blog post.
I think this is good news in the sense that perhaps this generation will begin the process of seeking solutions to problems outside of politics, because these institutions are obviously failing to deliver.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Could Cody Wilson and Amir Taaki's Dark Wallet help fulfill Second Realm Strategy?
If you are not familiar with these characters and their project, Dark Wallet, read this excellent Wired article.
"Wilson and Taaki intend Dark Wallet to be the most user-friendly method yet to spend bitcoins under the cover of anonymity’s shadow—without switching to a niche alternative coin or trusting any shady middleman.
Every coin spent through the program, an add-on to Google’s Chrome browser, gets matched up and merged with another transaction in a process called CoinJoin. The trick is a bit like Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, who agree to murder each other’s victims: When Dark Wallet combines two transactions on behalf of two users, their coins are spent simultaneously. The blockchain only records one movement of money, and since the CoinJoin negotiation is encrypted, there’s no way to tell whose coins end up where. As Dark Wallet’s user base grows—today it’s already in the low thousands despite still being in development—those CoinJoins will grow to combine three or even more transactions. Add enough users and the system becomes “a magnificent layer of uncertainty” over “a massive confusion of addresses,” as one early tester describes it.
Dark Wallet also offers what it calls “stealth addresses” that allow a user to receive bitcoins at an encrypted address, where only he or she can retrieve them using a private key. When a coin passes through either a CoinJoin transaction or a stealth address, it becomes vastly more difficult to track, making taxation, regulation, and prosecution virtually impossible. “We want a bitcoin that laughs at the regulatory pageantry,” Wilson says. “We’re going to permanently problematize bitcoin’s reputation.”"
Seriously, though, read the whole thing because it is excellent. With this article and the implications of Dark Wallet in mind, read(or re-read) the Second Realm Strategy paper.
Wilson and Taaki may have developed the tool to bring about crypto-anarchists' greatest wish.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Encryption for dummies
This is something I've been hoping to see for some time.
"Encryption is hard. When NSA leaker Edward Snowden wanted to communicate with journalist Glenn Greenwald via encrypted email, Greenwald couldn’t figure out the venerable crypto program PGP even after Snowden made a 12-minute tutorial video.
Nadim Kobeissi wants to bulldoze that steep learning curve. At the HOPE hacker conference in New York later this month he’ll release a beta version of an all-purpose file encryption program called miniLock, a free and open-source browser plugin designed to let even Luddites encrypt and decrypt files with practically uncrackable cryptographic protection in seconds."
Read more at Wired.
On cash and black markets
"The fact that cash enables black market transactions is one of its greatest benefits to the poor and undercapitalized. The poor cannot afford to navigate regulatory thickets installed by bored bureaucrats on behalf of the powerful. The choice, then, is to set up an informal, cash-based business, or none at all. Recent debates over Uber’s taxi-services or Mom-and-Pop hair braiding remind us of the never-ending roadblocks placed in the way of entrepreneurs, and especially small entrepreneurs, by government. Indeed, without government who would harass small business? Government definitely built that."
Read more at Mises.org.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
3-D printed 10/22
"Published at LiveLeak by Buck O'Fama (just possibly a pseudonym) is this video demonstration of a 3D-printed pistol version of a Ruger 10/22—a popular semiautomatic .22 rifle. The receiver is 3D printed and glued together, with metal parts added, including what appears to be the bolt (and, I assume, a synthetic after-market stock*).
The text reads: The pistol version of the popular Ruger 10/22 rifle, the Ruger Charger comes standard with 10-round flush magazines and can accept high-capacity mags holding 30 rounds or more. As demonstrated, making one with a cheap small-format 3D printer and some parts purchased on the internet (with no paperwork) is trivially easy."
Read more and check out the embedded video at Reason.com.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Kenny`s 4th of July Post
The Fourth has always been a special day for me. Anybody that knows me knows I’m not big on holidays. Christmas and Thanksgiving are a pain as far as preparations go and having to deal with family that doesn’t want anything to do with me the rest of the year, Easter – I’m surprised they still celebrate Easter seeing as it’s offensive to muslims and liberals, Veteran’s and Memorial day always rubbed me wrong because those are days for memories that should be thought of everyday, Labor Day is just an excuse for a barbecue, but the Fourth to me was always special because of the anniversary it represents.
Not anymore. The Fourth is nothing but a reminder of what a mess our Nation has become. Our Founding Fathers and the Citizens of that period sacrificed everything to ensure Freedom for their descendants and immigrants coming here to seek a better life for themselves and their families. There were provisions in the Constitution to prevent the new government from becoming what they were trying to get out from under. The Bill of Rights came later naming our basic human rights so that future generations wouldn’t pervert the Yellowed Paper in order to grant them powers that weren’t theirs to begin with.
Now I get up in the morning and read what the government wants me to read. If the press isn’t in lockstep with the president then they aren’t allowed in his press corp. If you file for something under the Freedom of Information Act, you see only what the government wants you to see, everything else is blacked out.
My weapons of self defense are government approved but they say if I don’t have a permit for them then they must stay at home, but at the same time the government says the police have no obligation or duty to protect me or mine.
My food has to be approved by the government. I can no longer drink raw milk or eat cheese that hasn’t been homogenized or pasteurized because evidently I don’t know what’s good for me. Even homeopathic medicines have to be government approved if I want to buy them instead of growing and harvesting them myself.
Our children are wards of the State. If they attend a public school, they learn what the government wants them to learn. The government has changed history to suit their views, not what really happened. You are not allowed to discipline your children with your own hand under threat of law. The government determines if your children are eating healthy lunches or not – not lunches from school but what Mom has packed for them.
We’re under constant surveillance. Every time I walk out of my house I have to assume I’m on somebody’s camera. Traffic cams, security cams, dash cams, you name it. My emails are being monitored by the government. My website is being monitored by the government. Every piece of mail – every piece – passing through the post office is photographed and recorded. Every phone call we make, every text we send is monitored by the NSA. Boxes on the side of the roads log in bluetooth information from passing cars to determine who’s in what car traveling down the road, where you got on the road and where you left it. Radar is monitoring our speed.
Our public lands are no longer public. The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service determine what we can and cannot do on our own public lands and reserve the right to charge us fees for their use. If you resist you will be arrested, fined and possibly imprisoned.
Everything has to be registered. Our vehicles are registered, our animals are registered, our firearms are registered, our watercraft is registered. By the way, you can read that as taxed.
Our police have gone from being peace officers to law enforcement officers. They have the right by decree of government to search you simply by stating they believe you may have committed a crime. In some cities they can search you just because they want to. They burst into our homes, kill our dogs and search our personal belongings with only the simplest of causes. SWAT teams – a concept that was designed for hostage situations – conduct an average of 124 raids every day. Now they raid barber shops for unlicensed (read that untaxed) barbers, they’re raiding dairies suspected of selling raw milk and they’re raiding mom and pop marijuana growers.
With the NDAA and “Patriot” Act, we no longer have a right to an attorney or a Right to a speedy trial in front of a jury of our peers, in fact we no longer have a Right to a trial at all. Indefinite detention is the Plan of the Day at the pleasure of the government.
The tax man takes between 30 and 50% of our paychecks, most of it outright theft. We support, out of our paychecks and from the sweat of our brow, cash and food for those that won’t work, medical and child care for those same deadbeats, organizations through federal and state grants that we don’t morally support or agree with, wars that we may not agree with, and anything else that the government feels is necessary.
Any mention of God has been removed from our schools and government buildings even though this once-great Nation was founded on Christian principles. We can no longer pray before meetings nor can our children while at school. Our churches are regulated as far as mentioning politics. The entire “Separation of Church and State” has been twisted from not allowing the State to force a religion on us to not wanting to offend anybody by asserting our personal beliefs.
Our Nation is presently being overrun with illegal immigrants and our government who swore an oath to obey the Constitution and the Law of the Land is ignoring the law by not defending our borders. In fact, they’re encouraging these illegals to come by rewarding them with promises of a better life and citizenship. If you think this bothers you, think about the immigrants that came here legally and got pushed to the back of the line because of promises that our politicians have made to the illegals.
Our politicians truly believe they are above us, forgetting that they serve us and not the other way around. We have politicians that carry firearms and surround themselves with bodyguards, yet they deny us the very basic human Right to defend ourselves by outlawing us commoners to own and carry firearms and other weapons. They break laws with impunity, yet imprison us for doing the same. They refuse to listen to the People’s desires and instead enact laws they want. We have a president that says we must conserve energy and cut down on pollutants, yet he and his family fly on Air Force One for their many vacations every year. Our fuel prices have been above $3 a gallon for a record breaking 1200 days because our president refuses to cut our dependency on foreign oil and use our own natural resources which would also provide much needed jobs for us. Our president bows to foreign Heads of State, showing them that he believes we are subservient to them. Our government has done everything it can to make sure that we, as a Nation, serves it instead of the other way around.
My weapons of self defense are government approved but they say if I don’t have a permit for them then they must stay at home, but at the same time the government says the police have no obligation or duty to protect me or mine.
My food has to be approved by the government. I can no longer drink raw milk or eat cheese that hasn’t been homogenized or pasteurized because evidently I don’t know what’s good for me. Even homeopathic medicines have to be government approved if I want to buy them instead of growing and harvesting them myself.
Our children are wards of the State. If they attend a public school, they learn what the government wants them to learn. The government has changed history to suit their views, not what really happened. You are not allowed to discipline your children with your own hand under threat of law. The government determines if your children are eating healthy lunches or not – not lunches from school but what Mom has packed for them.
We’re under constant surveillance. Every time I walk out of my house I have to assume I’m on somebody’s camera. Traffic cams, security cams, dash cams, you name it. My emails are being monitored by the government. My website is being monitored by the government. Every piece of mail – every piece – passing through the post office is photographed and recorded. Every phone call we make, every text we send is monitored by the NSA. Boxes on the side of the roads log in bluetooth information from passing cars to determine who’s in what car traveling down the road, where you got on the road and where you left it. Radar is monitoring our speed.
Our public lands are no longer public. The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service determine what we can and cannot do on our own public lands and reserve the right to charge us fees for their use. If you resist you will be arrested, fined and possibly imprisoned.
Everything has to be registered. Our vehicles are registered, our animals are registered, our firearms are registered, our watercraft is registered. By the way, you can read that as taxed.
Our police have gone from being peace officers to law enforcement officers. They have the right by decree of government to search you simply by stating they believe you may have committed a crime. In some cities they can search you just because they want to. They burst into our homes, kill our dogs and search our personal belongings with only the simplest of causes. SWAT teams – a concept that was designed for hostage situations – conduct an average of 124 raids every day. Now they raid barber shops for unlicensed (read that untaxed) barbers, they’re raiding dairies suspected of selling raw milk and they’re raiding mom and pop marijuana growers.
With the NDAA and “Patriot” Act, we no longer have a right to an attorney or a Right to a speedy trial in front of a jury of our peers, in fact we no longer have a Right to a trial at all. Indefinite detention is the Plan of the Day at the pleasure of the government.
The tax man takes between 30 and 50% of our paychecks, most of it outright theft. We support, out of our paychecks and from the sweat of our brow, cash and food for those that won’t work, medical and child care for those same deadbeats, organizations through federal and state grants that we don’t morally support or agree with, wars that we may not agree with, and anything else that the government feels is necessary.
Any mention of God has been removed from our schools and government buildings even though this once-great Nation was founded on Christian principles. We can no longer pray before meetings nor can our children while at school. Our churches are regulated as far as mentioning politics. The entire “Separation of Church and State” has been twisted from not allowing the State to force a religion on us to not wanting to offend anybody by asserting our personal beliefs.
Our Nation is presently being overrun with illegal immigrants and our government who swore an oath to obey the Constitution and the Law of the Land is ignoring the law by not defending our borders. In fact, they’re encouraging these illegals to come by rewarding them with promises of a better life and citizenship. If you think this bothers you, think about the immigrants that came here legally and got pushed to the back of the line because of promises that our politicians have made to the illegals.
Our politicians truly believe they are above us, forgetting that they serve us and not the other way around. We have politicians that carry firearms and surround themselves with bodyguards, yet they deny us the very basic human Right to defend ourselves by outlawing us commoners to own and carry firearms and other weapons. They break laws with impunity, yet imprison us for doing the same. They refuse to listen to the People’s desires and instead enact laws they want. We have a president that says we must conserve energy and cut down on pollutants, yet he and his family fly on Air Force One for their many vacations every year. Our fuel prices have been above $3 a gallon for a record breaking 1200 days because our president refuses to cut our dependency on foreign oil and use our own natural resources which would also provide much needed jobs for us. Our president bows to foreign Heads of State, showing them that he believes we are subservient to them. Our government has done everything it can to make sure that we, as a Nation, serves it instead of the other way around.
This is not the Nation our Founding Fathers wanted for us. I know that if they could see what we’ve turned into, they would be appalled. I know I am, and that’s the reason the Fourth holds no special place in my heart anymore.
-Kenny Lane (Wirecutter)
www.knuckledraggin.com
Ceres, CA.
-Kenny Lane (Wirecutter)
www.knuckledraggin.com
Ceres, CA.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tying it all together
I'd like to tie together a few things that recently came to my attention. I assume you read the previous blog post. If not please do so at this time. http://normorweird.blogspot.com/2014/05/but-at-least-you-won-die-in-drone-strike.html
Caught up? Ok. Now did you see last night's NBC interview with Edward Snowden?
No? Here it is then.
Next, I just finished listening to Dan Carlin's latest podcast (episode 275 if you are reading this in the future) and I really think anyone who is following recent events would find rather compelling. In it he draws some very good parallels with the tone and climate of the late 60's and early 70's and modern times. I've seen some strong similarities for several years as well, and they get stronger all the time. God forbid it flashes over to the riots and assassinations like then.
If so...well remember that Zerohedge article from the previous post?
Not a pretty picture when you take all these things together. The gripes of the TEA party and OWS crowd were never addressed. In fact, nearly all those problems are worse now. How long will people quietly put up with the illusion of democracy? How long will they watch their standard of living fall and prospects of hope for future generations dwindle?
I have no answer for that, but it appears that those in DC are making moves like they expect not too much longer. I think it is prudent if you plan accordingly as well.
Caught up? Ok. Now did you see last night's NBC interview with Edward Snowden?
No? Here it is then.
Next, I just finished listening to Dan Carlin's latest podcast (episode 275 if you are reading this in the future) and I really think anyone who is following recent events would find rather compelling. In it he draws some very good parallels with the tone and climate of the late 60's and early 70's and modern times. I've seen some strong similarities for several years as well, and they get stronger all the time. God forbid it flashes over to the riots and assassinations like then.
If so...well remember that Zerohedge article from the previous post?
Not a pretty picture when you take all these things together. The gripes of the TEA party and OWS crowd were never addressed. In fact, nearly all those problems are worse now. How long will people quietly put up with the illusion of democracy? How long will they watch their standard of living fall and prospects of hope for future generations dwindle?
I have no answer for that, but it appears that those in DC are making moves like they expect not too much longer. I think it is prudent if you plan accordingly as well.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Tiny Houses
This is a pretty good little article about a college architecture program experimenting with small, affordable house design. I like it.
I think we will see more of this in the future as we run into two problems, that are of the same source; resource depletion and debt serfdom.
I think the tiny house movement and the reassessment of consumerist behavior in general can go a long way on addressing both problems.
How's that for function stacking?
H/T Claire Wolfe
Monday, May 19, 2014
The Sharing Economy
It sounds like free market reforms to me. And I tend to believe that free markets allocate scarce resources in the most efficient ways possible because innovation is encouraged.
So, lefties and libertarians unite!
http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/13/all-hail-the-sharing-economy-a-mushy-phr
Sunday, May 18, 2014
The Vacuum
"The Vacuum, or, Calling the Cops on the Cops
It’s been a little over a month since the showdown at the Bundy Ranch. The many details of this event have been thoroughly discussed and analyzed throughout the patriot/Liberty community. To say that the Bundy Ranch Incident (sounds like a prog-rock band name, doesn’t it?) represents a paradigm shift in the relationship between American citizens and the federal government is an understatement. A lot of commentators in the patriot/Liberty community have looked at it from the perspective of resistance to a tyrannical government. I’ve recently begun looking at it from another angle."
Read more at the link below.
http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/a-reader-sends-5/
For those of you out there thinking that legislation and law are the same thing...I suggest you do your home work. Study about Natural Law. Read some Bastiat.
Just because 535 ass clowns + 1 say a thing is so doesn't make it so.
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