My "tax resistance" has been restricted to Income Tax which I fundamentally oppose by definition of my status as a Human. As for use tax, I don't have absolutes. The other tax I object to is inflation. Except when it comes to the number of dollars I'm able to buy because bankers have hijacked the narrative on the "value of bitcoin" obfuscating the intrinsic qualities of p2p, permissionless and private speech packets with plausible deniability as the chief cornerstone.
That begs the question why he didn't in the first place.
He was not promised a pardon but a commutation. And that still leaves Murder for Hire charge on the table.
I was at Ross's trial the first day. I did not return at the request of Ross's mother who had received notice of a threat by Katherine Forrest to sequester the jury if the civil disobedience activists who were outside the court educating the public on Jury Nullification and declaring that owning a website is not a crime. Ross's defense threw him under the bus day 2 essentially doing The State's job by admitting to Ross's guilt. The Defense always should have presented "Bitcoin is speech packets and therefore protected under 1st and 4th Amendments" narrative. I believe Dratel was compromised.
War of Attrition is a game played by those with nothing to lose and everything to gain. I'd rather know than just think or hope.
One could argue that "if you haven't . . ." you are one of the Big Hands that receives wealth straight from the printer.
#DishonestScales
Well, I am a Bible believing Christian, and do not believe in swearing by anything as the Bible says not to and to "let your yes be yes, and your no be no. That said, I think it's"classier" to use a Bible that was meaningful to his Christ-devoted grandmother than a mass produced one bearing his own name.
Trump has not promised to pardon him, but rather to commute his sentence. So his sentence was: 2 consecutive life sentences for the 5 charges plus 2 Kingpin charges carrying 20 years each. So the commutation does not declare him Not Guilty but rather acknowledges his guilt but exercises mercy on the sentence.
Double Jeopardy precludes The State from retrying a case after a verdict, but it does not prevent The State from bringing new charges. Given the charge was dropped, not dismissed, and it was used in sentencing, I'd bet on The House to win.
It's all so fucking gross. I'm glad I've never put a cent toward any of it from the fruit of my labor. I am innocent.
Unless he is granted a full pardon for all potential charges related to past offense, it will hang over his head like a noose. The fact this is not on the forefront of everyone tweeting #FreeRoss with hopes Trump commutes sentence (NOT a pardon) tells me people have learned nothing from the pain of people whose names they've never heard of, but without whom, they'd never know of Bitcoin.
There is no statute of limitations for the crime of Murder for Hire. A charge can be reinstated.
There is zero chance, in my mind, that The State will allow Ross to live outside the walls of prison. The Murder for Hire charge in Maryland was dropped after Ross's sentencing in NYC. Unless it is included in a pardon, the commutation could be a set-up for the murdering of a spirit as the charge will undoubtedly be reinstated.
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#BitcoinLore.
In 2014, the cry by socialist Andreas Antonnopolus for more "women in Bitcoin" despite #FACTS, ushered in #HarpyShrews such as Blythe Masters, Kathryn Haun, and Katherine Forrest. Those 3 women did more harm than any three-cord strand of men you can think of from the same time.
Also, The State never charged #RossUlbricht with murder for hire. So that is still on the table. Considering Forrest used the accusation for sentencing despite Ross never having been indicted, much less convicted, I would suggest a pardon for any potential charges associated with past relationship to Silk Road to go along with the commuting of the sentence.
Though I'm not a fan of his, I think it's like when an Aspie kid said to me 40 years ago, "You're really pretty even though your teeth are orange." 😆
Lol So we have been calling it that since 2012. So you're using the wrong tense.
Bits have had an established meaning prior to bitcoin. And we needed a word for discussions rather than speaking in terms of millionths of a bitcoin and a H/T to the creator seemed appropriate. Are you okay with referring to 10 btc as a Finney?