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On July 9, the Secretary of State of South Dakota asked a U.S. District Court to dismiss the ballot access case that had been filed by the Libertarian and Constitution Parties on June 15. The case is Libertarian Party of S.D. v Krebs, 4:15cv-4111. The lawsuit challenges the March 1 petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties. The state says that because the voters will be voting on whether to repeal that deadline, and the other parts of SB 69, the case should be dismissed, because no one can predict whether the law will be repealed.
The response of the …read more

Tampa, FL — Bill McIntyre was a hard-working retired Army veteran who built fences for living. Because of the negligent actions of a Tampa cop, this 60-year-old man is now dead. He left behind his wife, three sons, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
On the night of June 28, McIntire was on his way home when a Florida detective was on his way to a call of about a robbery. On the way to the call, the officer struck McIntire, decapitating him, and then sped off. He never stopped to help nor did he report striking anything with his cruiser.
Witnesses described …read more

With the recent turn of economic events in Greece and China, it has become ever more apparent that we live in increasingly globalized world in which economies are inextricably linked.
This begged the question; are national drug economies linked in a similar manner?
In this informative video, BuzzFeed shows you how much coffee, cannabis, cigarettes, cocaine, whiskey, and heroin can you buy for $20 U.S. dollars around the world.
Among the countries featured are the USA, Norway, Japan, Netherlands, UK, China, Colombia, Germany, Afghanistan, Sweden, France, Philippines, Canada.
Note the wide disparity of drug prices across the countries surveyed.
Market economics would dictate that the …read more

On July 9, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion in League of Women Voters of Florida v Detzner, SC14-1905. The order says the state’s U.S. House district boundaries for eight districts violate the State Constitution. The order says the legislature must quickly redraw the boundaries of these eight districts:
5, Corrine Brown
13, David W. Jolly
14, Kathy Castor
21, Theodore E. Deutch
22, Lois Frankel
25, Mario Diaz-Balart
26, Carlos Curbelo
27, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Of course, new boundaries for this districts will mean new boundaries for next-door districts, so probably a majority of the 27 districts will need new boundaries. The vote was 5-2. …read more

Our goal at Coinbase is to be the easiest place to buy and sell bitcoin. To that end, we’ve decided to give our referral program a serious shot in the arm. Coinbase users can now earn $25 of free bitcoin for every user they refer to Coinbase who buys $100 or more of bitcoin.

If you’re an online marketer (or just want to invite a few friends), we’d love to see what you can do with this. Take a look at our new and improved referrals page.

To earn the referral bonus of 25 USD (or 25 EUR or 25 GBP depending …read more

This has been a concept I’ve been tossing around in my head for a while, and it’s one that will deserve a lot of exploration in the future, as well as updating, but I think this is a very clever possibility for having a Dark Android-style, DAPS-compatible device. The idea is to take an e-reader and use it for sending encrypted emails, making Bitcoin transactions (and thus doing anonymous shopping), as well as perhaps a degree of encrypted–or not so encrypted–messaging.
The advantages of using an e-reader for these tasks are many, but the big one is that e-readers are unassuming. …read more

The Green Party and the Constitution Party are about to file a motion for clarification with a U.S. District Court in Tennessee, to determine if they are still on the ballot for 2016. As previously noted, on July 2 the Sixth Circuit agreed with last year’s U.S. District Court decision that Tennessee’s law on how a party remains on the ballot is unconstitutional. The Tennessee legislature is not in session, so the existing law can’t be repaired until the 2016 session of the legislature. …read more

Coinbase users have had the ability to create recurring buys and sells of bitcoin (every day, week, month, etc.) for some time. This feature, however, was difficult to find and often forgotten.

We’re pleased to announce that we have brought this option front and center, making it easier to get started right from the buy or sell page.

Recurring exchanges are great for people who want to:

slowly buy bitcoin over time to avoid timing risk (also known as dollar cost averaging)
automatically sell bitcoin they receive as part of a paycheck
To get started, you can create a recurring buy or sell here. …read more

This news story says Donald Trump was asked whether he would run for president outside the major parties. He said “no”, but not in an absolute sense.
Also, see this story. Trump’s comment that everyone who voted for Ross Perot in 1992 would have voted for George H. W. Bush if Perot had not been running is contradicted by 1992 exit polls. Those exit polls showed half of Perot’s voters would have voted for Bill Clinton if Perot had not been running, and the other half said they would vote for President Bush. Of course …read more