Bankruptcy artist and the front runner for the United States presidential nomination from that state's other socialist party Donald Trump is now stumping for legislation that would expand libel torts available for use against news outlets (archived). This comes as Trump's campaign rival Marco Rubio today began raising concerns about Trump's business failures, his endorsement of blatant scams, and his advanced age. If Trump wins the presidency he would be 70 years old when sworn in to office making urinary incontinence a serious risk with substantial potential for national embarrassment if it manifested when meeting with foreign dignitaries. Hillary Clinton, the front runner for the nomination from the United States' primary socialist party, is one year younger than Trump, but has given birth to a child. This according to population trends means it is a near certainty she already has substantial experience handling urinary crises during public appearances.
Bridges Suspected Of Having Unknown Accomplices As Sound Money Undermines Fiat Loyalties
The saga of Shaun Bridges who was turned from the fiat order by the power of sound money, and who was rearrested the day before he was to surrender to prison has gotten more interesting. Behold, prosecutors are refusing to allow the unsealing of their latest warrant aimed at Bridges because they claim unknown allies of Bridges remain at large. It appears the investigation into the Silk Road by United States Government agents has been far more damaging to the USG's cause than any operation of the Silk Road has. Witness: Continue reading
US Farmers Shift To Complete Loss Control Mode As Corn Belt Keeps Fraying
The already bleak picture for United States agriculture is only getting bleaker as 2016 continues. Farmers are now openly talking about this year's planting as an exercise in minimizing their losses instead of profit seeking with agricultural commodity prices in the toilet. The surplus of agricultural products is so great that prices remain depressed even with minimal product entering the market from storage. The consumption of products derived from staple crops is substantially increasing as evidenced by mayo gendered obeasts becoming a substantial political bloc trending to become the majority of the population, yet even the transmayo can not accelerate their consumption enough to adequately stimulate demand. Secondary effects of the agricultural industry's malaise are starting to be felt as manufacturers of heavy equipment are suffering the double whammy of slumping farms and an agonal energy industry. Sorry for your loss.
Software Company Shuttered By Trade Dispute
Antiguan software firm Slysoft announced its closure today due to "regulatory requirements" requiring the firm cease operations. This comes several days after a loud lobbying campaign pushing the United States Trade Representative to place Antigua on a watch list came to light. Their former website slysoft.com has been reduced to:
closed :-(
Due to recent regulatory requirements we have had to cease all activities relating to SlySoft Inc.
We wish to thank our loyal customers/clients for their patronage over the years.
This is yet another case of the Unite States Government's pretense of universal jurisdiction materially interfering with productive business activity.
Silk Road 2.0 Case Confirms FBI And CMU Tor Attack Collaboration
Judge Richard A Jones of the Western District of Washington has confirmed the collusion between the FBI and Carnegie Mellon University in carrying out an attack on the Tor network. This disclosure occurred in Jone's denial of a motion to compel discovery put forth by attorneys representing Brian Farrell who is alleged to be DoctorClu of the Silk Road 2.0 according to prosecutors. The revelation settles the mystery surrounding the "lead" on Farrell's IP address received on July 30th of 2014 by the department of Homeland Security. This previously uncertain lead enabled by Carnegie Mellon's collaboration lead to months of surveillance of Farrell's residential address before Farrell was raided and arrested on January 2nd, 2015.
This entry into the public record confirms that the United States government is selectively treating domestic law enforcement cases as a military problem while precious few citizens of the United States are treating the defense of their liberty with comparable severity. This entry into the record would make Farrell's case promising in appellate courts maintained by righteous judges, but there is a poverty of actual justice in the United States court system. The full text of the order is presented below: Continue reading
Hemorrhaging Zynga Seeks Bezzle Buck Bolus From HQ Sale
Hemorrhaging social gaming "company" Zynga is seeking to top up on its diminishing funds by doing a sale and leaseback on its headquarters in San Francisco's Design district. This bezzle buck bolus should allow Zygna to continue bleeding well into the future. Zynga paid 340 United States dollars for each of the building's 670,000 square feet of floor space and may make up to 800 dollars per square foot in the sale based on local pricing trends (archived). This is a situation which could have created an opportunity to liquidate the firm and minimize losses for everyone, but it seems Zynga leadership has decided the bleeding must continue.
Numerous Sites Explicitly Open To Cross Site Scripting
A survey of top websites has revealed many including unnamed Bitcoin holding websites have a header set which explicitly allows third party javascript to be run on their pages without any checks on the code's origin (archived). Web stack security is exactly as bad as you thought it was. Unless you didn't think it was this bad, in which case it is far worse than you think. Of course, Coinbase would never be the same if they removed their Gravatar integration.
US "National Security" Crippling Business Opportunities
News emerged today that Western Digital's planned acquisition of SanDisk has hit a snag with Chinese giant Unis withdrawing its potential investment in the deal over concerns about a United States "National Security" probe. Unis was set to bring 3.775 billion dollars to the table through an investment in Western Digital before the United States government introduced this friction. An optimistic press release was issued today asserting that Western Digital is still committed to making the deal, but without the additional money from Unis resources to make the synergy as sweet as possible may be lacking.
Asus Complaint Opens Door To Torts For Internet Of Shit Insecurity
Asus recently settled with the United States Federal Trade Commission over complaints related to the appalling security and security related instructions of its wireless home network routers. The complaint was sparked by an incident in February 2014 where numerous parties discovered a text file disclosing their router's status as open to exploitation by anyone were placed on hard drives attached to the routers for the purpose of shared storage. The attached hard drives serving as shared cloud storage for the entire world was contrary to expectations set in marketing literature for the devices. The action following the complaint which lead to this settlement creates a precedent for civil suits against various Internet of Shit device makers for their security lapses and negligent instructions provided to users. The potential for these torts to collide with backdoors created for "law enforcement"when those backdoors fall into public use is an exciting legal frontier. The full text of the consent order is presented below: Continue reading
British Pound Falling
Airstrip One's currency the pound, long detached from the sterling that is frequently mentioned in association with it, has fallen ~2% against the embattled United States dollar in today's trading. This would otherwise not be particularly notable as the pound has been falling against the United States dollar in the seven decades following the Bretton Woods accords, but this latest drop comes amid news that London mayor Boris Johnson have moved support the United Kingdom independence movement which advocates Airstrip One divorcing the failing European Union. Like other fiat powers Airstrip One and its entrenched order have been struggling in the face of Bitcoin's proposition of sound money. Airstrip One has also experienced increasing internal tension with northern portions of the archipelago seeking independence from London.