There's risk to investing in anything. Maybe the real lesson is don't bet your entire financial life on one investment vehicle (no pun intended).

Yes there is. The guy shot himself in the hand, and had powder residue from the gun consistent with the gun going off within 6". Also, his blood was all over the inside of the squad car and the cop's uniform.

Go reach for a cop's gun and see how things turn out for you.

At least the PC culture is thriving it seems.

Regardless of whether bitcoins are currency, the government is forcing the defendants onto the bitcoin market. If they're found not guilty, and at the same time the price of a bitcoin doubles, theywere deprived of $20 million of income.

The viability of Bitcoins is an inverse relationship between the ease of mining one versus obtaining quality Molly.

I would attribute it to not realizing one has taken their glasses off and become ... Captain Hindsight. Everything is easy to see after the fact.

Devil's advocate, but shady "finance" people that rip off unsuspecting moms with investment ideas and pyramid schemes. No violent crime. No one dead. Should they be given a pass?

I've found many many links to torrents, and even direct downloads, using Google. Why aren't the founders of Google on trial? If TPB pointed to copyrighted material, it's up to the owners to request removal, no? Do you expect a search engine to have a legal team researching copyright and trademark data?

Very true. The country is likely different in many other specs, like shorter commutes that allow people to use bicycles. Compare that to NYC, where people commute 45 miles from the suburbs. What's achievablein one situation isn't always applicable to another.

I don't know how that will be done when so many cars parked with a person inside are idling for no reason, with mild temps that require neither aironditioning nor heat. And we're talking about needless use of gasoline which has been in the news for the past few years, and which has increased in price visibly. You then mention saving $100 per year by buying that expensive LED lightbulb, who will listen?

Well, aren't cell taxes for the use of government owned frequencies? Some cell towers might also be on public lands.

And gas tax is meant for public road maintenance. When I am on the Turnpike, my EZ-Pass fee is what pays for this private road's maintenance. Don't confuse the two. Imagine that public roads don't exist. I pay directly for use of privately-owned infrastructure. Verizon's fiber to the house is privately owned. They pay the government taxes on it already, and pass that cost onto me. The government then taxes me again, per gigabyte used.

Sure, only sure thing is death and taxes, but let's agree that this is double taxation.

But Verizon owns the road and maintains it, if we follow your analogy.

And I pay to drive on the NJ Turnpike, which is privately owned.

Isn't the Internet already taxed? Not sure about Hungary, but most places you're taxed for the computer you buy, and for Internet service you get from a provider. The provider is likely taxed for the copper/fiber, taxed for the employees they have, the equipment they purchase. Electricity, real estate, etc related to this endeavor. That's all taxed. Sounds like a desperate government out of ideas.

I picture economists reading your comment and cringing in pain.