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I am spitting angry about the Ubrecht pardon. That guy is the most horrible POS around.
Did he deserve a pardon? Or would you argue for his sentence being commuted?Nobody deserves 2 life sentences plus 40 years for running an internet black market. It's the only one so far I agree with. Punishment was ridiculous.
I personally would have commuted him but I don't really have a problem with the pardon given the circumstances of how it all went down. He was a young kid and got in way over his head way fast and ended up with a double life sentence. It's the least of the many pardons anyone should be concerned about.Did he deserve a pardon? Or would you argue for his sentence being commuted?
Not sure I agree. From what I read Silk Road facilitated many shady activities, such as identity theft and the selling of credit card and other personal information. I guess it's sort of like the bartender serving a drunk who gets into an accident, he has some responsibility for the accident. Silk Road founder should possibly have some responsibility for what he facilitated the trade of. Maybe 2 life sentences is a bit much.Nobody deserves 2 life sentences plus 40 years for running an internet black market. It's the only one so far I agree with. Punishment was ridiculous.
It grew into all kinds of nefarious stuff but there are multiple documentaries on how it all went down. Watch them and make your own decision. He started it young and it grew out of control and he wasn't the only one involved. He's not multiple life sentences culpable. The crypto bros love him because the site ran on bitcoin transactions. That was the only payment option back before cypto was anything. Elon asked for the pardon. Libertarians also like him because they don't give a shit about drugs as a personal decision and don't want the government wasting asinine amounts of tax dollars trying to enforce drug laws.Not sure I agree. From what I read Silk Road facilitated many shady activities, such as identity theft and the selling of credit card and other personal information. I guess it's sort of like the bartender serving a drunk who gets into an accident, he has some responsibility for the accident. Silk Road founder should possibly have some responsibility for what he facilitated the trade of. Maybe 2 life sentences is a bit much.
I wonder who put trump up to this pardon?
Not sure I agree. From what I read Silk Road facilitated many shady activities, such as identity theft and the selling of credit card and other personal information. I guess it's sort of like the bartender serving a drunk who gets into an accident, he has some responsibility for the accident. Silk Road founder should possibly have some responsibility for what he facilitated the trade of. Maybe 2 life sentences is a bit much.
I wonder who put trump up to this pardon?
“… The Silk Road site was set up by Ulbricht in 2011 on the dark web, a part of the internet that's inaccessible to traditional search engines. It did not accept cash or credit cards; users had to pay with cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. All transactions were encrypted and hence untraceable.
It became a place for people to buy and sell illicit drugs, weapons, poisons, and services such as computer hacking.
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"Silk Road was the Amazon of drug sites," former FBI Special Agent Milan Patel said in an interview for the CBS News series "FBI Declassified."
"We saw murder-for-hire postings, hacking-for-hire postings, which was, 'hey, pay me two bitcoin and I'll hack into your ex-wife or ex-husband's email account,'" Patel said. "…It was totally anonymous. And you could never trace it back to the person who asked for it."
Ulbricht ran the site until his arrest in 2013, when it was seized by the FBI. During his trial, prosecutors said at least six deaths were traced to overdoses from drugs bought on Silk Road. They alleged that Ulbricht collected $18 million through commissions on tens of thousands of drug sales, and presented evidence alleging he sought to have people killed for threatening his business. …”
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Trump has gone full supervillain.
1. There will be an injunction by the time they have their babies.So this morning I realized that I have two nieces that are in the States each expecting in the next few months. Both are in the US with spouses that are on work visas (one is a heart surgeon, another is an oil trader); one has been in the US for about six years. Per this EO, their babies would fall into that limbo at birth while this gets resolved. They are freaking out right now.
You’re part of the “fringe” of government that few know exist. You and your colleagues do “obscure” work that matters NOT until it matters BIG.Cool, cool.
In the coming days, I expect stop-work orders for several projects I work on. It’s stuff that can’t easily be re-started once it’s stopped—like studying a couple different cohorts of Long COVID patients.
We’re fucked, ya’ll.
You left out the part where he put out hits on five people, which was an aggravating factor in the sentencing that was credited by the Second CircuitIt grew into all kinds of nefarious stuff but there are multiple documentaries on how it all went down. Watch them and make your own decision. He started it young and it grew out of control and he wasn't the only one involved. He's not multiple life sentences culpable. The crypto bros love him because the site ran on bitcoin transactions. That was the only payment option back before cypto was anything. Elon asked for the pardon. Libertarians also like him because they don't give a shit about drugs as a personal decision and don't want the government wasting asinine amounts of tax dollars trying to enforce drug laws.