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Europe Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Virtual Currencies To "Curb Terrorism Funding"
In the past we have explained why when it comes to circumventing capital controls, primarily in the context of China, there are few as simple and as efficient alternatives to Bitcoin - contrary to what Bernanke may think, gold is concentrated money (and in India it now pays interest) but when it comes to transferring it across borders, it tends to be rather problematic. And now Europe appears to have figured this out, and as Reuters reports, European Union countries are preparing to crackdown on virtual currencies such as bitcoin, and anonymous payments made online and via pre-paid cards "in a bid to tackle terrorism financing after the Paris attacks, acording to a draft document."
Just a week after the Paris terrorist attack, showing a dramatic ability for coordinated work by a continent that is known for anything but, today EU interior and justice ministers are gathering in Brussels for a crisis meeting called after the Paris carnage of last weekend. This happens days after the European Commission already announced it would make procurement of weapons across Europe virtually impossible, if only for citizens who wish to obtain protection legally.
According to Reuters, the justice minister will urge the European Commission, the EU executive arm, to propose measures to "strengthen controls of non-banking payment methods such as electronic/anonymous payments and virtual currencies and transfers of gold, precious metals, by pre-paid cards," draft conclusions of the meeting said.
Conveniently, Reuters reminds us that "Bitcoin is the most common virtual currency and is used as a vehicle for moving money around the world quickly and anonymously via the web without the need for third-party verification. Electronic anonymous payments can be made also with pre-paid debit cards purchased in stores as gift cards."
But no more: "EU ministers also plan "to curb more effectively the illicit trade in cultural goods," the draft document said."
And with all of Europe sliding ever deeper into negative rates, and where a ban on cash bank notes is an all too realistic possibility, the easiest mechanism to evade the ECB's creeping financial oppression is about to be made illegal.
Finally, there was no word about the true source of terrorism funding: those mysterious "third parties" which keep pumping the Islamic State with hundreds of millions in cash in exchange for its crude oil. Perhaps Europe is so unwilling to dig down into this most important question (which as we said last night nobody is willing to ask) because it either already knows the answer, or realizes that the people implicated just may be some of the wealthiest and most respected Europeans, and the resulting stench could spread all the way to the various unelected politicians and ex-Goldmanite central bankers?
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There goes the Bitulip bubble. So long.
here comes their agenda
For the children ... my ass.
Of course they would use terrorism and drugs to first ban BTC, then they'll go after cash, and then after PMs.
Wow. Now any potential threat to the international usurers' counterfeit monopoly is considered "Terrorist Funding". They're getting pretty desperate.
and who here did not see this coming 2 years ago ?
Must collect more taxes to pay for the warfare/bankster welfare state.....can't let the slaves out of the cave.
BTW, I doubt this attempt to herd the sheeple against bitcoin will work. Europeans know that the EU is a criminal racket controlled by banksters, and are used to evading taxes. They will go to barter and/or use bitcoin when it becomes a matter of survival. Gold will also play its part as a hedge against government incompetence/criminality.
cuz dollars are never used for that shit .... smh
Is it time to seh teh bitcoin?
Killing BTC has now left the terrurists badly underfunded, now if we institute our No-Fly-Zone it will take care of their Air Force. Wait, what, they have no AF? WTF?
They want to ban .stl files of weapons too:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/19/us-france-shoooting-eu-passpor...
Maybe they should ban all open source software and hardware while they're at it?
Must not investigate banks and other EU/NATO members for supporting ISIS. And God forbid anyone make the distinction between White people and dune-coons.... so... must attack technology instead.
It reeks of desperation and it will fail.
OMG!! IT'S BITCOIN SATOSHI WE LOVES YOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The key to ending terrorism is to crack down on banksters. But since they own & operate all the governments, the bankster crackdown will have to be a grassroots effort.
There's no way that governments and countries as worthless and stupid as the EU and US can fight and win against Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is every bit as much Ponzi as FRNs. It's just outside the Rothschilds' control. If they find a way to get control of it, they'll use it to replace all physical currency in a heartbeat.
And remember, Bitcoins don't fare well against EMPs, either. And the total systemic collapse of the global economy is going to bring the grid down, even without any sort of nuclear weapons or other EMP sources. That's just a given.
You sir make average Zerohedger look like Bitcoin expert by comparison.
Average zerohedger designed cryptocurrency: Zero Hedge Coin 0. http://zhc0.com
Join the team, let's make it viable. It's for fun and education. Cost <1BTC to create...
Tyler Durden.
Why haven't you taken this Aussie shitcoin jerk off out to the woodshed for a good legal beating yet ?
Pimping an offshore Zero Hedge branded cryptocurrency ?
Sweet jesus maybelline - it is worse than seeing Santa bung holing the Tooth Fairy while she is sucking off the Easter bunny.
Please bitch slap this guy into the middle of next week with a legal lead filled pipe.
tard
Europeans are in dire need of a Breivik in Brussels.
Fragging everybody wearing a monkey suit.
Buh de smokin' hole whar shitcoin used tu bee, buh buh, shitcoin.
So now we get to see how desperate TPTB are to kill Bitcoin don't we? DON'T EVER try and put words in teh we's mouth because this is EXACTLY teh war we always wanted to fight with teh establishment! We will fight and we will win!
It's fine. All marketing, good or bad, is great marketing, Every screw up they make, the more people shift over. Every time it's broken, the technology flaw is highlighted as a bug and fixed. After a couple of years, it's gone from "crappy" to "okay", in a couple more BTC will be the dreadnought of transaction mediums then crush all the fiat crap. Because the people trying to stop it don't understand yet that they are the QA group finding the bugs in it. It is much easier letting the Banksters white wash the BTC fence. You know, considering there is no budget in a grass roots community driven open source initiative, the free services they've been providing in terms of Infrastructure, QA and Security gap analysis are invaluable.
All their base belong to BTC and they didn't even realize it. The fact is, Banksters fucking with BTC was planned for, in fact it was a key element in the delivery of BTC. Saves our developers time and energy finding holes to patch and wastes their energy trying to fuck with it. Each time highlighting every dirty trick they use as a bug fix. They have been excellent contributors to the open source project called BitCoin, even if they didn't know it. Then again the banking industry hasn't been known for project management or flexibility. IT certainly has Project Management though, got it coming out of our ears.
you sound like jar jar binks
Yes it is time to buh teh Bitcoin as teh die is cast. Bitcoin is money against teh state and they've just proven it!
Thanks EU!!
"and who here did not see this coming 2 years ago ?"
Fonestar.
LoL, I bet he don't come back today :D :D
Going out on a high note?
You bet wrong.... Bitcoin is unphased trading at $320 USD
https://btc-e.com
"and who here did not see this coming 2 years ago ?"
Fonestar.
No you FUCKING RETARD!! fonestar DID see this coming AND WANTED IT!!! Goof!
Fonestar was a genius, and erudite for a fanatic pimping a ponzi electron crypto scheme.
He was entertaining, and a gentleman.
You sir, are a pale Gollun skinned cheeto stained cretin chained to a Playstation in your mommie's basement, not at all familiar with Spellcheck, and blessed with a 300 word vocabulary, tops.
If only Fonestar had not slipped in the shower and hung himself with his own block chain.
Things would be different then, by golly.
Well, probably not.
We saw this coming but understood how important it is to fight for and will continue to support it til they rip my private keys from my cold dead hands or eventually move to something even more anonymous. Does money and software still equal free speech or do us common folk still need permission? No matter what it will be interesting to see how it plays out and more excited than ever to play a small part in the cryptorevolution.
Why obviously the terrorists.....
"and who here did not see this coming 2 years ago ?"
I'll take all the ZH bitcoin pimps for $1000 Alex.
wrong again reject, it was us who DID see this coming.
"EU fights math to end terrorsism... EU loses".
Desperation would seem to be an understatement.
DavidC
Wait a sec.... I was told it was not possible to "ban" or otherwise inhibit bitshit, it was invulnerable because of the internetz or some such.... Now you tell me this?? I cashed in all my gold for bitshit dammit..
Indeed, weird that they mention gold and cultural goods because the last one can mean anything that is made in europe. Antiques, numis coins...
Yeah you read it... numismatics just became worthless in Europe too becasue teh EU said so RIGHT you goddamn retards?
No, it's a signal that another country is about to bust hard and fast. Everytime a country is about to default the BitCoin buzz happens because they don't want anyone to remove their capital from the banks the banks themselves were going to steal it from...with permission of course.
But is it only one country or is this a sign of a significant event ? Globally we seem closer to slipping over the event horizon than at any time I can recall.
Like a terminal patient it's always a matter of time and compounding complications, takes a while for something large to die. The course of events that led to this started in 1956, the entire thing should have collapsed hard in 2007, but governments went full on retard with the printing press at the cost of PM and energy valuations which aren't going to come back once other key pieces of the supply chain shut down overnight. At a 5000 foot view and given the economic evidence of a couple of things.
- Baltic dry index is...not there...rowboats at this point in time appear to furbish everything in terms of trade action.
- PM's...dropping like a rock, no one is actually delivering anything, the premium is higher than the price of the metal
- Energy...price per barrel is lowest it has been in 30 years. All those credit facitilies that manage the commodity trade require a price to be at X to cover costs. Those aren't there either.
- Auto market...since when is a half tonne pick up the price of a country side house on a half acre of land
- Since when is two pounds of medium ground beef the same price as a silver round?
Basic shit to highlight that all sorts of pointers that are symptomatic of other deeper issues happening. Issues that require the manufacturing of consent to allow the ISIS (Israeli Security Intelligence Services) to play kabuki theatre with a thin media coating of Islam. (Which leds to other things that's more than likely happened.) The clue to the situation is the oil price. It's use has always been a comparative metric that reflects population size because the design and concept of the motor engine doesn't seem to have improved any nor has anything else. Chart below on oil use and population.
http://www.paulchefurka.ca/World%20Population%20and%20Oil%201900.JPG
Or the 'far out there' idea.
The entire thing is kabuki and someone that has no clue about the functional and operational requirements of cities, states, planets or economics is running things without a single clue to what they are doing. Like an alien interpretation of how the latter half of the 20th century worked. It all just seems rather slapped together and overly dramatic. The script writing is pretty awful as well. Going to guess the producer of the show is a complete fucking moron that's never worked a day in their lazy, slobby lives and wouldn't know what a dollar is worth if it was stapled to their forehead. The joke is on them though, the entire system is designed to implode by the math eventually. And whomever they are, the will get stuck holding the bag and more than likely fit for a rope necklace as history tends to impress.
Good luck to them.
And the next step is all well planned..
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-13/isis-unveils-its-new-gold-backed-currency-remove-itself-oppressors-money-system
London and NY bankers did not use Bitcoin to finance the rise of Hitler.
The EU is fucked. How long before prople realize that the only safe thing is gold in a hole in the ground.
They are set to fuck up everything to try and keep themselves in power.
Not a world to bring kids into.
I've seriously debated, as a 28 year old, not whether I want to have kids (I do) but whether or not I want to bring them into this world.
The fact that the answer isn't an immediate "Yes!" is pretty disturbing to me.
No country for old men either. Especially old white men...
;-D
how long until they come after our au & ag for same "reason"?
look, I have no interest in committing crime(s)* - terrorist, drug, pron or other but I DAMN sure have an interest in protecting the fruits of my labor from nirp, unprosecuted fraud & $ printing (yes, those are all basically same thing)! unfortunately I'm not aware of a way to accomplish the later which doesn't facilitate the former so I wouldn't be surprised if goldma..., er, excust me, "the government" doesn't use paris (& any aftershocks like bali & almost certainly more to come) as the rationaile to ban cash as well as ANY anonymously transferrable asset. remember - when wells, hsbc, etc launders BILLIONS for drug cartels/terrorists they get a parking ticket but when PLEBS try to protect themselves from nirp, outright THEFT, etc well that just won't stand!
*up to the point where merely protecting oneself from nirp, fraud, etc becomes a crime in & of itself at which point govt authority ceases to have any legitimacy
If/when they come for your Au/Ag you pump 'em full of Pb.
A twofer.... One terrist dead and still get all the booty.
which is another topic unto itself - I suspect there's a lot of people who have no interest in CAUSING the breakdown of govt at any level* but damn sure don't want their ability to be prepared for it impeded...
*I certainly don't - believe me, I've done well under status quo but sadly was born w/above average math skills yet below average denial ones...
"remember - when wells, hsbc, etc launders BILLIONS for drug cartels/terrorists they get a parking ticket"
Wells Farge has global immunity.
http://i2.wp.com/americanherald.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/global-im...
A time will come, where it is unavoidable to become a terrorist. Remember Nazi Germany. Either you were one of them, got a bullet to the head or had the cash to flee the country. The last group was opposition. Brace yourself for a hard ride. Wish you good luck my fellow ZH rebel.
Let's summarize what happened in Europe - in a matter of days:
> Civil liberties in the toilet (government surveillance goes big)
> Free travel in the toilet (more, more, more controls and databases)
> Cash and anonymous payments in the toilet
AND. AND THE BIG ONE!
> France created regulation that allows the government to shut down ANY website, without the order of a judge. Just like that. BOOM. Black and dark. They also said that Twitter and Facebook could be taken offline temporarily if necessary (like the motherfuckers in Turkey did)
> Banks can and will take all your deposits (Bail-in)
> Conspiracy theories to be considered terrorism (said by Hollande & Valls this week)
> No weapons for ordinary citizens. Trust the Police.
I fucking hate these power hungry, greedy elitist scum.
Me too!
Then what, revolt? Somehow it seems the American people aren't up to that and prefer a kinder, gentler solution. How's that working out so far? Not that I have the solution, just sayin'.
All the shitcoin fanbois are currently asleep hugging with their digital dreams.
Face it, you people are too fucking stupid to wrap your heads around Bitcoin aren't you?
Ever notice how the Bitcoin pushers always have to resort to personal attacks and use phrases I haven't heard since I was 13. That shows you how mentally incapable one has to be to see the benifits of it.
umm...pot. Kettle called. It wants its black back. Did you read the content of the OP to which the response was made?
Are you down to earth enough to wrap your head around the problems and dangers that may arise in the use of bitcoin or are you busy living your technophantasy lala land?
your goddamn straights we is. And Bitcoin wins easily against these "problems and dangers".
Fonestar is that you?
agent idiot
do I believe the bankerz and their boyz could have engineered a slaughter precisely to this end?
more believable than Syrian passports on site
huh? i thought it was the oil revenues and the black intelligence budgets...why pick on bitcoin? any connection to terrorism?
Did they find a bitcoin next to the remains of a suicide bomber?
Yes, there were 1's and 0's scattered across the parking lot next to the Torah on the body.
Pieces of broken blockchain everywhere...
They found an empty bitcoin wrapper tucked between the pages of a Syrian passport next to the dead terrrast.
Yes they did: they found his Bitcoin wallet in his pocket, attached to his belt with a blockchain.
Next it will be cash.
Only terrorists use cash.
Never let a crisis go to waste
Yep, was only a matter of time, Bitcoin, the terrorist medium of exchange(cash soon to follow)
Poor Reggie!
A classic example of someone who started off on a paved road, began to believe his own press and ended up deep in the woods...
DaddyO
yep, but he had an idea to change the system he and chased it.
Hey there's no denying Reggie is a bright guy!
But after being on the hedge for a while, it became obvious Reggie's self promotion and willingness to pursue that promotion at all costs, revealed his narcissistic tendancies.
I've read ZH for the better part of 5 years and all of Reggie's postings. When he decided to fund and promote his crypto coin, we saw him go off the reservation rather quickly...
When was the last time you heard anything about his crypto coin efforts in the blogosphere that made any sense or offered a real alternative to bitcoin or fiat?
DaddyO
Damn, buckaroo, that's one hell of a hat.
Just be patient. There will always be some sort of underground currency. I believe boating accidents are the excuse du jour here on ZH...
;-D
I hate to say it, but the real terrorists are the ones elected and their bureaucratic/corporate buddies.
I don't know about you, but I want my freedom back. I want to deal with cash. I don't want big brother analyzing, controlling my life.
Fuck .gov
Define "cash"...
Define 'terrorist' for that matter.
Don't be pissy...
Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! Rubbing his bitcoins together mumbling about Apple bankruptcy and margin compression. I still have hope that Reggie's call that the world is fucked, but the US may be able to outlast Europe and China could be correct. It's still sounds plausible anyway.
Bitcoin will only be legitimized if run through the corrupt banking cartel. Under the guise of "regulated". Don't fight the banking cartel. Queue JPMcoin to be unveiled at a store near you.
"Don't fight the banking cartel."
Why are you such a snivelling coward? Mommy didn't love you enough or something?
Won't be long now before they find a blockchain wallet next to a suicide bomber.
Prolly on zere 'phones, n'est pas?
I wonder if they will outlaw Hawala? I wonder if they know what Hawala is?
clever terrrorists
watch your bank routing number
kind of like breaking into the store during a riot
Froggies also get to put people under house arrest without trial and get to block 'undesirable websites'. Of course this is only temporary - sort of like the Patriot Act????
Welcome to the land of the free. Home of the ....
US Treasury notes come in BitCoin valuations now? Anycase, this would be the big flag waving that some country is about to default. Who? I've conveniently put the secret in this photo for zero hedge readers.
The next place to default here.
Your link fails.
Here you go.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-political-map-2000px.jpg
Default on a grand scale , or was it that little one in the middle
As it's designed, defaults like a string of firecrackers. one after another like they've been doing.
Every crack down to "prevent" terroism seems as if it could be just the next step in a very well thought out plan. From the creation of these terrorists, to their financing, to the crack down on freedoms, it seems too well planned out......but I dont have a tin foil hat so therefore I am not thinking anything like that.......nope not me.
Blasphemy! That's as outlandish as The US Federal Government supplying "assault" rifles to known violent Mexican drug cartels, then using the inevitable crimes those weapons are involved in as a pretext for further disarming innocent US citizens! *sigh* Is it too early to begin drinking?
Yes, yes it is!!!!!
UK Treasury - Bitcoin Low Money Laundering Risk = http://www.coindesk.com/uk-treasury-digital-currencies-low-money-launder...
Top of the Money Laundering List = Banks LMFAO
'The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.' (Lord Acton)
He also said: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
So it's OK for the big banks to store and move around millions in terrorist money, and we must not hit the actual ISIS oilfields with air strikes - but it is essential to halt the online sale of the Adele album if you want to pay using BitCoin???
DO NOT TRY TO REASON WITH THESE PEOPLE.
You will only get frustrated and annoyed...
;-D
All criminals use 500 Euro notes, this is just an attack on personal freedoms. I'm not going to flee to my nuclear bunk with my enormous stash of gold, toilet paper, guns and ammo, porn and cock.
And that will fix everything.
People will accept this and not adapt and will not use ever more sophisticated and unbreakable methods to protect their wealth. /sarc
The crypto-horse bolted a while back. If you want to ban it, you'd better ban maths at the same time.
But lets legislate after the fact and hope it sticks.
The only cryptocurrencies that will be allowed to exist are those that can be surreptitiously tracked. Everything else will be smashed.
The nice thing about AU is that it smashes quite nicely and doesn't mind a bit...(pun intended ;-)
;-D
Bitcoin, encryption, perps, ground targets. They sure have collected a lot of intel in the one week since the Paris attack that no one knew anything about.
They should ban HSBC if they really want to curb criminal laundering though.
Gun Lives matter
Don't trust fiat currencies! I do just two things: Trade gold using CFD and reïnvest the profits in goldmining shares and fysical gold and silver. precious metals are the only real money!
Goldmining shares.
Do you mean those pieces of paper that say that you own a part of something ?
Love it or hate it, if bitcoin has the central wankers scared then it wins my vote.
It's a good thing the NSA doesn't have surveillance on your root software on your hard drive. And it's a good thing they don't record every single thing you do and transmit. Good thing.
Bitcoin never had bankers or central banker "scared" at all. It's not much different than pre-paid credit cards.
You don't understand that bitcoin isn't a currency, it's a method of transferring currency. But some people like to think it as a currency, well it is, unto itself.
Your 2nd sentence is one of the best and most overlooked observations on the topic of crypto-currencies. It deserves a +42.
If terrorists wanted to, they could simply use prepaid debit cards. Wait... What, they do use them? Ban Gift Cards!
bitcoin = heh
Governments can make that go away anytime they want.
BITCOIN
"Hereafter all unapproved financial transactions using any electronic device, telephone, computer, or other means to transmit data, is prohibited. Any person or persons, or entity or corporation found to be in violation of this law will be guilty of a felony crime and upon conviction will be subject to fine or imprisonment or both."
THERE! FIXED IT FOR YOU!
Good luck in enforcing this bullshit, technology is far too advanced for those cave dwelling vampires
Try outlawing cryptography and see where it gets you, fucking retards
They are either getting desperate or plain stupid, if anything this shit is going to unleash a new generation of crypto-affine youngsters giving the finger to the government, while regulatory bodies will be left dumbfounded by the possibilities of technology
They don't have to outlaw cryptography or crypto currencies. All they have to do is control purchasing and selling between hard currencies and any crypto currencies.
Tell us, how then will you get your money into, or out of bitcoin if you can't exchange it? Will you MAIL cash offshore to be turned into bitcoin? and will they MAIL you cash back?
Even electronically transferring funds from your BANK leaves a trail. Since they will also outlaw prepaid cards, that doesn't leave you with many anonymous ways to get money out, and even fewer to get money BACK.
That's like saying cash can't make it into the drug economy because it's illegal. Ever heard of local bitcoins? Coinbase? Nevermind, go back to sleep.
freedom = heh
Massah can takes away dat any time he wanna.
reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGnaI7lVMHM
By that thinking, we should ban cars/trucks too, they are used to transport ISIS members and weapons. They are also used to rob banks, kill people, etc. When are we going to ban vehicles?
Love how the NWO uses these types of events to ban and outlaw things they don't like or want the public to have access too.
Putin disclosed the names of INDIVIDUALS from 20 G20 countries making payments to ISIS. He provided satellite imagery of tanker trucks stretched to the horizon transporting illegal oil. He provided information as to who was purchasing the oil. Never mind all that. Bitcoin is the problem.
And legally owned firearms are also the problem. Need to crack down on the law abiding.
Those full auto AKs that were used are already banned. Now they want to double and triple ban them. But only on paper of course.
[gasp!] Are you accusing them of Redirection/Misdirection tactics?
Just because people who are cornered do this, our noble leaders would never do that. ;-)
I hear that the terrorists drink raw milk, don't get vaccines, and rip the do not remove tags off of mattresses. They're going to have to get rid of a lot of basic human rights to fight these terrorists.
Who didn't see this coming a decade away?
At least we have McCain and Ryan on our team.
Isn't making anonymous campaign contributions to the USSA politicos similar to funding terrorists. But that's ok, right. The world is getting more fucked up by the day. As Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death".
or paying taxes to the IRS,
or depositing, no scratch that, loaning money to the TBTFs, and paying interest,
...
Can I still use Bitcoin if I attach a surveillance equipment 24/7 on my body with direct connection to politicians?
It would solve all problems! Right? Hmmm.... Seriously.... Right?
I think you need to bypass the politicians and go right to Basel if you want approval.
Can't you put all your bitcoins in a pile on the floor, and stand over them and defend them with a firearm? Oh, wait... that's gold and silver. Sorry.
And you thought bitcoin was going to escape regulation? bwahahahahahahahahahaha
And wait til they come for your sales tax dollars on internet sales! Just a matter of T.I.M.E.
Comin' to gitcha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJE8m_jG5U
The answer to circumventing govt regulation AND self-directing your own levels of
wealth: TURDOLLARS! Shit your way to financial freedom!
world's biggest terrorist organizations
1. CIA
2. EU
3. all else, who are underlings of the above 2
1. CIA
2. Israel
3. British.gov MI6
4. EU
5. all else, who are underlings of the above 2
You have omitted the Pentagon and NATO from your list.
Getting rid of gift cards will help people and harm companies. It is a good thing.
Is it true they found Putin's passport at one of the paris bombing sites?
Absolutely true, along with a note that read; It was me wot dun those twin towers in 'n all, bitchez.
"Europe Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Virtual Currencies To "Curb Terrorism Funding" "
Translation:
"We want your money deposited in the banks so we can bail-in your life savings when the need arises to save the criminal banksters."
Where's fonestar? Probably killed himself.
This is probably the stupidest thing ever. Do they really have no idea how money laundering works? Even the show Breaking Bad understands how this work, and that's a show written by writers. Imagine the shit professional criminals know. Someone starts a company in Syria that does consulting work. The money supplier in Britain "hires" the Syrian company to consult on something. Money legally flows through the electronic banking system from Britain to Syria.
This is also very common with politicians. Politicians will "hire" their friends to do "consulting" work for government projects. Private companies also hire former government officials for consulting. It's purely a coincidence that a person responsible for handing billions of dollars to a corporation is offered a seven figure consulting job.
Knew this was coming,hope some of you dudes aren't ass deep in these Crypto currencies.
They will push this without even pretending to present evidence that cryptocurrencies were used by the goat fuckers. Makes these people as evil as the people pulling the triggers.
2015 - Crypto Currencies Banned.
2016 - All websites not government approved banned. (Bye, bye ZH)
2017 - Cash Banned. Bank issued cards only.
2018 - Gatherings of over 5 people banned, unless government approved.
2019 - All PMs to be wholly owned by the banks.
2020 - All people to be micro-chipped.
2021 - Hillary Clinton abdicates the throne, making way for her daughters coronation.
2022 - De-population begins, starting with the old, disabled, infirmed.
2023 - All religion, except Judaism, banned.
2024 - One World Government.
It's all true, I saw it in a dream...albeit a dream from a courvoisier induced coma, but that's my 'TFH' prediction.
N.B. I might of gone off a tangent around 2021.
What makes you think ZH will be gone? All Gov allow a little venting, besides if you believe what you have posted then you know there are multiple Tylers that are plants
"What makes you think ZH will be gone? All Gov allow a little venting"
This is true. But I would argue that ZH is probably too right (ie: too correct) and therefore too dangerous to .gov. It therefore presents a serious risk to the Deep State who are discreetly taking control.
Many of your dreams align closely with my own predictions over the past 5-8 years.
Here's one more that I predicted about 5 years ago:
Any person who has an outstanding debt to the taxman, local .gov, parking fines or anything to The State will arrive at an airport to go on vacation or a business trip etc and when his/her passport is scanned, the apparatchik will point out your outstanding debt and request that you settle immediately. "We take cash, debit and credit cards. Sir."
No pay = no travel.
2016 - ZH banned? Good one. The Tylers will just change their biz model and do a re-org.
BTW, have you looked at the Ads on this site lately? The show will go on.
Note the rise of a phenomenon we are already seeing: the decline of explicit language that abuses certain groups (with name-calling), and the rise of more coded language and euphemisms. Even now, failure to do so, gets you booted off the site. Adapt accordingly, or say bye-bye.
To sum it up: Dissent will still be allowed. It will just have to comply with the usage of legally sanctioned language. Language that is devoid of strong emotional content - that might evoke an emotional response in others, and thus start a societal fire.
It's rather amusing that the EU is cracking down on Bit-Coin due to potential terrorist financing, when oBama literally gave ISIS every military item that the USA left in Iraq!!! Literally BILLIONS of dollars worth of military hardware including new Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota trucks equiped to the max! Yet NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT ANYWHERE!!! Where did you think ALL of that military hardware, including uniforms came from??? Haven't you noticed how ISIS is using NEW Colt AR-15s instead of AK-47s??? Wake up! Our news agencies aren't ours any more!
“news agencies”
Look to local Government.
Even the mayors desire the importation of Syrians. If government works against us that can only mean the government isn’t “ours”.
And don't forget the arms/weapons shipped from Libya to Syria by the late Chris Wotshisname US diplomat.
.."without the need for third-party verification." Not true at all. There are many verification in the blockchain, that's the whole point of bitcoin mining devices.