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It also reminds me of my time in Southern Italy government officials with mob connections tried to exploit me when i lost my passport

Here's a list of the top 100 American surnames. The majority of them are British/Scottish/Welsh: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/century.html No matter what you think, t…

And those are exceptions to the norm. Look at the census of the 100 most common American names, they're either traditional American names or Spanish names from those who immigrated…

Your wrong about their being no traditional American. A traditional United States surname is generally English, Scottish, or Welsh as those were the primary people living in the Un…

Ripple, the currency that is being investigated by the SEC ?

> I myself have an 11 character surname from the Baltic States. What exactly is a Baltic surname to you? Russian origin? German? I honestly think you should be ashamed of what you …

>How on earth can you tell if someone is a native citizen from their name? Why are you playing dumb? He's clearly talking about someone with clearly foreign name, not someone from …

In the United States, to be considered an accredited investor, one must have a net worth of at least $1,000,000, excluding the value of one's primary residence, or have income at l…

> If you buy a lottery ticket, you are getting exactly the odds that were promised to you. Casinos and the state lotteries do everything they can to convince people they will make …

>> Why dont we regulate everything like that. Why do we allow people to buy unlimited lottery tickets or gamble everything away in the casino? > They also carry less risk. Few peop…

So it used to be "only white, male landowners are responsible enough to invest" and now its "only the very richest Americans are responsible enough to invest". The SEC is blatantly…

> Accredited investors requirement is what allows one not to be a subject to Blue Sky laws. You think its a fair trade to lock 95% of Americans out of the investment market in orde…

The point of accredited investing is to lock the middle class out of the market. If the law was really about "protecting people", then gambling and the lottery would also be illega…

Not going to prevent aging as well as people think. As cells age, the risk for mutations occuring when they divide increases. The reason these cells stop dividing and become senesc…

I thought Zcash was only for Israelis?

Cities compromise 3.5% of the United States land area. They are not taking land away from trees or wildlife..

Cheap plastic toys probably use superior plastic to the PLA plastic of most maker bots though

Haha sounds like your kids will be spending most of their time at their friends house with the "cool" parents They will only appreciate your dedication to environmentalism when the…

Imagine a 60 year old lady with stock in a company that has had its value destroy by anti-monopoly laws... Imagine how much money flows out of investors' pockets and into the pocke…

Using government power to forcefully break up a publicly owned company is such a barbaric way of doing things. Here are some better suggestions: 1. Force government institutions to…

Then by your logic, is global regulation superior to Federal regulation?

personally i'd be outraged if my taxes were used to destroy edible food that could be given away to those in need

You CAN break the law if you are okay accepting the punishment. A good instance is jaywalking: it's a minor offense and police don't really care to enforce it. So people decide to …

> Would you excuse the individuals at VW VW is being fined right now. Does that sound like being excused? And I do see it differently when a companies transparently refuses to obey…

> It is kinda surreal that a company obeying the law is headline news. That is an unreal level of politicking. You can't see any reason why companies might prefer to pay a fine tha…