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Some details on the Karpeles revelations in day 3 of the Silk Road trial. Jan 16, 2015

Mark Karpeles, the operator of the now defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, was mentioned extensively today during the defense's cross examination of the prosecution's first witness, Jared DerYeghiayan.  Mr. DerYeghiayan, an agent for Homeland Security, stated that at one time during the course of the Silk Road investigation he suspected that Mark Karpeles was the mastermind behind Silk Road and that Ashley Barr, an associate of Karpeles, is Dread Pirate Roberts.  The reasons why the agent came to suspect Mr. Karpeles were delved into during cross examination by defense council Joshua Dratel before the prosecution team, appearing flustered and unprepared...

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How an Anarchist Sells Obamacare Aug 26, 2014

I work in sales.  One of the fundamental things that sales agents are taught is to avoid political and controversial topics when talking with potential clients.  You don't want to lose a sale because you said the wrong thing about the wrong issue to the wrong person.  As libertarians and anarchists we perpetually walk a fine line of getting people to question their pre-conceived notions while at the same time not turning people completely off by dropping the "A" word without its proper context. Through a series of events I found myself last fall at the crossroads of being an...

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