Network Archives

Regulation Means The Bitcoin Gold Rush Will Not Happen In The US, Say Experts

"Europe is better positioned as a better place to create Bitcoin-based startups than the US. That was the message coming out of Bitcoin London today, the first major conference in London to cover startups, investors and business models. Covering the broad sweep of Bitcoin businesses, technologists and institutions, the conference heard that the US may have made a fatal strategic mistake in classifying Bitcoin as if it were money. Bitcoin is being treated in many different ways: as money, as an asset class, as the first highly secure P2P global information exchange, as a technology platform and even as a if it were a startup entity in its own right." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingRegulation Means The Bitcoin Gold Rush Will Not Happen In The US, Say Experts

Gold price falls fuel ‘record’ bullion sales at UK’s biggest internet gold dealer

"BullionByPost said its sales hit £87m in the year to April, presenting a rise of 58pc on the previous year. Founder Rob Halliday-Stein said the plunge in the price had increased enthusiasm, describing Friday as a 'record' day with over £1m sales. 'For every seller, there’s a buyer,' he said. 'The sellers tend to be big and fast and the buyers smaller and slower. The reason they are buying has not changed - it is because they are worried about the medium to long term outlook for the economy, and QE.' He set up the internet delivery business in 2008 after he found it difficult to buy physical gold after inheriting money following the death of his mother." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingGold price falls fuel ‘record’ bullion sales at UK’s biggest internet gold dealer

“Big Health” At Medicaid Expansion Committee Hearing, You Need to Be Also!

Just received this email. Big Health pushing the Expansion is asking, “Please plan to attend the meeting to show your support for Medicaid reforms. Even if you don’t plan to testify, we encourage you to fill out and submit a card to the committee indicating your support for Medicaid reform and expansion.”   We NEED …

Continue reading »

Continue Reading“Big Health” At Medicaid Expansion Committee Hearing, You Need to Be Also!

Egypt: What a Shame

"When was the last time you saw a Jiffy Lube tear gas everyone who refused to stop in? Have you ever seen a Chiropractor driving down the street shooting water cannons at people who refused his services? Every single person could make a decision that 'I'll never go to Jiffy Lube as long as I live,' and Jiffy Lube could do nothing about it. Should that decision be made by everyone, it would have no choice but to close its doors. No pickets....No chants....No fairy tales like 'making your voice heard' or 'the will of the people'. No injuries, arrests or tanks trampling over bodies. Just a simple decision not to interact...not to exchange...not to associate." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingEgypt: What a Shame

Humorless Ohio AG mugs ‘prescription’ coffee cup

"Has Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine helped get a potentially dangerous product off the shelves or does he just have no sense of humor? Maybe he should be heeding Alcoholics Anonymous’ famous Rule No. 62: 'don’t take yourself too damn seriously.' Here’s the issue: does a coffee mug that mimics a prescription bottle and says 'Prescription Coffee, RX#: VRY-CAF-N8D, Drink one mug by mouth, repeat until awake and alert' make fun of prescription drug abuse? DeWine thinks so. May was when DeWine and 22 other state attorneys general asked the company to pull the Prescription Line of glasses, coasters, mugs and drink holders." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingHumorless Ohio AG mugs ‘prescription’ coffee cup

Florida woman charged with felony battery for kissing cop’s nose

"A Florida woman is in jail on Tuesday after being charged with felony battery for allegedly kissing a police officer on the nose. According to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the home of 62-year-old Peggy Hill on Saturday after a dispute with a neighbor about a fence between their properties. The report claimed that Sgt. Randy Lamb was speaking to Hill when 'she approached him and kissed him on the nose against his will.'" Continue reading →

Continue ReadingFlorida woman charged with felony battery for kissing cop’s nose

Missouri woman faces jail for recycling tires into flower planters

"A Missouri woman says that she is prepared to go to jail after authorities in Sugar Creek threatened her over a recycling project that turns tires into flower planters. 'I was just really interested in recycling and I’m really big on self-sufficiency,' she explained. Sugar Creek, however, claimed the number of tires she was storing could attract mosquitos and lower property values. Shelton was issued a citation, but she said she was refusing to pay the fine based on principle." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingMissouri woman faces jail for recycling tires into flower planters

Georgia required woman to get vaginal exam to correct birth certificate error

"A 37-year-old Georgia woman says that she was humiliated when the state told her she would need to have her vagina probed to prove she was a woman before she could renew her driver’s license. Nakia Grimes told WAGA that she never had a reason to notice that her birth certificate had incorrectly listed her gender as male. But because of new rules at the Georgia Department of Driver Services, Grimes was required to go to Vital Records Services to obtain a copy of her birth certificate before she could renew her driver’s license. That’s when the mother noticed that the document listed her as a male." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingGeorgia required woman to get vaginal exam to correct birth certificate error

IRS FBAR forms no longer accepted by postal mail

"The IRS and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Nework (FinCen) announced on Friday that paper FBARs will no longer be acceptedas of today, July 1, 2013. If you have not filed your 2012 FBAR yet and you intend to file it yourself, you will need to create an account at FinCen’s Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) e-filing website http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/main.html to file your FBAR. Professional tax software programs are not yet capable of e-filing FBARs so professional tax preparers must manually enter your FBAR data into the FinCen website. Tax software companies are frantically working on a solution to allow professional tax preparers to e-file the FBARs." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingIRS FBAR forms no longer accepted by postal mail