You may not agree with him, but he has answered that repeatedly: he personally experienced attempting to save a premature baby, while at the same hospital another doctor was performing abortions on babies older that the one he was doing everything in his power to keep alive.

Are you sure about that?

I'm a fan of Paul's, but I don't know his position on Citizens United. I suspect that he would be opposed to any restrictions on speech...

To understand Paul, you really have to see where he's coming from.

Take drug legalization, for instance. Paul supports an end to the federal War on Drugs - but he also believes that the federal government does have to authority to force the states to do the same. That is not saying that he believes states should ban drugs, but merely that he believes states have the enumerated power to do so under the federal constitution.

I share his approach. I'm an anarcho-capitalist, I want to eventually see the state dissolve. In order to do that, there are two things that have to happen: The state must be forced to abide by its own charter, and the charter must be amended over time to reduce its power, eventually culminating in the state being replaced entirely by private interests. Reining in the federal government does no good if it is authorized by the constitution to do all sorts of horrible things. Likewise, amending the Constitution does no good if the state does not stay within it.

Just for clarification, there are a set number of Bitcoins being mined over time, regardless of computational efficiency. The only "breakthrough" issue would be breaking the hash algorithm - which would mean huge problems for the traditional financial industry as well.

Bitcoin Spinner for Android has come a long way to close that gap.

The assault rifles are also quite handy when self-righteous fascists attempt to enforce their will on you at the point of a gun.

I also sell vinyl decals, photography, and graphic design. My wife sells hair accessories, custom handbags, and lingerie. We take Bitcoin both in person and online.

Yeah, there's only a couple hundred million of us.

I disagree.

Both the detention provisions of the NDAA and the SOPA have been discussed extensively on the gun boards I frequent.

I always answer the security question incorrectly the first time. If they say it's right, I ask to speak to their supervisor :)

Yet.

Check out Bitcoin Spinner in the Android Market. It has solved the primary problem with Bitcoin in my opinion, which is that it was difficult for non-technical users. It's still a little rough, but it works well.

I've been using it with some (not geeky) friends to split checks at lunch and the like. They like it, and I even heard one ask a local coffee shop if they would accept them :)

As connected as I am, you can't access my wallet from the Internet.

Well, okay, you can access my Bitcoin wallet from the Internet, but that wasn't what we were talking about :)

We should totally have a law banning distracted driving.

Oh, wait...

Well, we should pass another one! That'll teach 'em!

Your MB and HDD have MAC addresses?

Who steals a laptop and then opens it to check that it's real before running off?