Thursday, 22 May 2014

Daily P.Au.L - Peace | Gold | Liberty

Daily P.Au.L - Peace | Gold | Liberty


Man Cooked To Death In Scalding Shower As Punishment By Prison Guards

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:37 AM PDT

MIAMI, FL — A torturous "punishment" session turned fatal for a mentally-ill prisoner, when prison guards forced him to stand in a tiny shower stall while being blasted by scalding hot water until his skin began to shrivel away from his body and he died. Fellow inmates say he begged for his life before collapsing in the shower.

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Darren Rainey, 50, died while incarcerated a the Dade Correctional Institution. He was serving a 2-year sentence for a victimless crime; possession of cocaine. At the time of his death, he had only one month to go before his release.

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Why YOU Should Get Involved in Ham Radio

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:32 AM PDT

The other morning I got up, put on a pot of coffee, turned on the ham radio and had a nice conversation with two gentleman in the U.K. for a good half hour before heading off to work. We talked about work, hobbies, weather in England, and several other topics before bidding adieu.

When I tell people about ham radio they commonly reply – "Why would I do that when I have a cell phone and the internet?" It's a valid question.

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Budweiser to Give Free Bitcoins to Concert Attendees

Posted: 22 May 2014 06:06 AM PDT

Coindesk: Budweiser is teaming up with Coinbase on a bitcoin payments initiative that will go live this summer during the Budweiser Made In America (BMIA) Concert Series.

The partnership will be on display during the tour's upcoming event at The Complex in Salt Lake City on 12th June.

There, concert-goers will have the opportunity to spend bitcoin at participating concession stands, and Coinbase and Budweiser will promote the event by distributing US$10 worth of bitcoin to eligible concert-goers.

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Peter Schiff's Euro Pacific Precious Metal Selects BitPay for Bitcoin payments

Posted: 22 May 2014 05:05 AM PDT

ATLANTA — BitPay, world leader in business solutions for Bitcoin digital currency, announces a partnership with Euro Pacific Precious Metals. Based in New York City, Euro Pacific Precious Metals is one of the major international gold and silver dealers – and the world's largest by volume to accept bitcoin to date.

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Alternative to Firefox

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:11 AM PDT

I've been one of those die-hard Firefox lovers, but have paled lately (pun coming) over the politics. There is a great alternative -- Pale Moon.

http://www.palemoon.org/

And the bonus: it's much faster, has sharper graphics, and you can use your favorite Firefox add-ons.

Happy browsing,
Melinda

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EBay customers must reset passwords after major hack

Posted: 22 May 2014 02:29 AM PDT

CNN: Hackers quietly broke into eBay two months ago and stole a database full of user information, the online auction site revealed Wednesday.

Criminals now have possession of eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) customer names, account passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and birth dates.

The company said the passwords were encrypted and are virtually impossible to be deciphered. Still, as a precaution, eBay is asking everyone to reset their passwords late Wednesday.

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George Soros Dumps Holdings in Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan, Buys Tech and Gold Mines

Posted: 22 May 2014 01:46 AM PDT

Lottery Winner

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:23 PM PDT

Lottery Winner

At breakfast, the husband says to his wife "What would you do if I won the
Lotto?"

"I'd take half and leave you" she says.

"Great" he says. "Here's $6. I won $12 yesterday!

Stay in touch"

NJ Gov't Grabs Elderly Man's Home Through Eminent Domain for Casino

Posted: 21 May 2014 05:52 PM PDT

Elderly Atlantic City Icon Could Lose His Family Home Of 45 Years To Benefit A Bankrupt Casino
by Nick Sibilla, Forbes


http://youtu.be/RCQM2_nagsM

New Jersey is doubling down on a bad bet: It wants to take a man's family home to try to boost a once-bankrupt casino.

A quaint brick walk-up near the Atlantic City boardwalk has been with Charlie Birnbaum and his parents for more than four decades. But the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) is trying to seize this house using the power of eminent domain, the government's ability to take private property for a "public use." Condemnation should not be used lightly and only as a last resort. Neither is true for Charlie's case (as seen in the video below).

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As Feared: House Guts USA Freedom Act, Every Civil Liberties Organization Pulls Their Support

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:13 PM PDT

from the tragic dept / TechDirt:

As we feared would happen, the House, under pressure from the White House, has completely watered down the USA FREEDOM Act. After a long (and, we've heard, contentious) battle among the different players, the bill that's moving to the floor tomorrow is even less useful than the already weakened version that passed out of both the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Following the revelation of the new version of the bill late Tuesday, basically every civil liberties organization pulled their support for the bill.

Full story:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140520/17404727297/as-fea...

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