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That is very weird and interesting.

Yeah, strange, but kind of a good thing, the lack of naval battles.

It wasn't me. I'm still alive, but, I wouldn't call it livin'.

Maybe not "weird", but certainly off the wall ... street

Winklevoss Twins Win Approval to Open Bitcoin Exchange
NY Times - NATHANIEL POPPER - OCT. 5, 2015

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After a long buildup, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have won approval to open
their Bitcoin exchange, Gemini, later this week. The twins, famous from their legal battles
with Facebook’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Monday that they
had received approval for their exchange from the New York State
Department of Financial Services, the state’s top financial regulator.

The agency, which has taken the lead in regulating the new virtual currency industry,
had already approved another company, ItBit, to operate under a
similar regulatory framework as a banklike trust company.

…The Winklevoss twins have been actively working with Bitcoin since 2012.
The first company they backed, BitInstant, did not survive.
They quickly began working on a Bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund,
which is expected to trade on the Nasdaq exchange.
That fund is still waiting for regulatory approval.

I don't know much about trading in bitcoins, but I did start following headlines about them
back a few months ago when there were a lot of shenanigans(sp ?) going on.
The idea of who has the fastest computer with the best algorithm
wins the $ is interesting for me, not the evasion of authorities, etc.

I read a lot of articles about Bit-Coins. The more I read, the more confused I get. It's just as confusing as the stock market, securities, or banking, like they don't want you to know too much. But the whole, if you have a good computer, you can create Bit-Coins from the ether tells me, no, no thank you.

Shoot the brown deer but don't shoot the white deer? Brown deer matter? :p:

Ridiculous.
We have to worry about the children and what they might be exposed to.
We have to worry about old people and how they might not be able to get out of the way of kangaroos (okay, only in Australia.)
Now we have to worry about criminals? Because although I am definitely NOT against people smoking dope, as far as I'm aware it's still illegal for recreational purposes.

Also, although I love animals, I heartily approve of culling. For me, it's along the same lines as treating farm animals well; even when I'm eating critters, I don't want them to have lived a miserable life. The only better solution (possibly untenable) for me would be to cull and then eat. Make some venison burgers for the stoners, maybe?

Oh, I know no-one was supporting the nutter in the article. At least not thus far.
I'm just waffling on.

It is now legal to carry a concealed handgun without a permit in Maine.

Also, in Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, to some extent.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 942132)

Also, in Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, to some extent.

Many of those states are now in the top ten list of most gun deaths per capita.

Good, if more states get with it, we can control over population, so there won't be a too many immigrants problem, less demand will drive down the price of food and gas, although the down side is the price of ammo will rise.

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Originally Posted by tw (Post 942185)

Many of those states are now in the top ten list of most gun deaths per capita.

Please cite evidence.

http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Articl...m2XgWDkPsFV.99

Are you fucking kidding me? Cite, evidence? From tw? :lol2: :smashfrea:mock::bolt: