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Should a local population have say over what sort of construction is done next to where they live?

The Dakota Access Pipeline was imposed on a local area for the benefit of investors who lived in other areas. The FBI and other agencies made sure that the interests of the distant investors would prevail. 

The woman below got 57 months in jail for her part in the protests.  https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/red-fawn-fallis-sentenced-to-57-months-in-federal-prison/

For some background on her crime, read https://theintercept.com/2017/12/11/standing-rock-dakota-access-pipeline-fbi-informant-red-fawn-fallis/

 

 

There is nothing to invest in, nothing to buy, nothing to sell on this website.

For information about some common crypto scams, please read  https://theconversation.com/how-cryptocurrency-scams-work-114706

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Always diversify.  Hundreds of coins that people trusted have gone bust and no matter how good you believe a coin may be, any coin can go to zero under certain circumstances. Be wary of concentrating too much on one narrow category of coins e.g. tokens all created on one platform. Note that even on the list of coins below, a few have gone more or less bust. Always diversify. 

Updates

Gridcoin delisted from BIttrex, it's largest exchange

Namecoin delisted from a Poloniex, its main exchange, and not withdrawable from that exchange, indicating some possible interference in the coin pending, from the U.S. govt. 

Gapcoin no longer listed on any major exchange. 

Huntercoin delisted from Poloniex and no longer listed on any major exchange.

Cryptopia exchange shut down, so most of the coins listed in items 11, 12 and 13 below crashed and are no longer tradeable on any major exchange. 

When decentralized exchanges become more useable those coins may return. 

This page has mostly only been viewed by bots, so hopefully no money was lost as a result of bad recommendations. 

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At the bottom are longer analyses, but examples of inexpensive high quality coins might be Gridcoin, Namecoin, Primecoin and Pascalcoin. A little riskier but also interesting are Gapcoin and Geocoin. 

Gridcoin is a coin with a very good use, a very strong group of backers and potential to become 'virally popular' if a mainstream celebrity or authority figure endorses it. 

Namecoin is the second coin created, after bitcoin. It has political problems in the U.S. but is a coin with an extremely important purpose.

Primecoin is the first 'mathcoin' and is used to find prime numbers. Prime numbers are interesting by themselves but they also have relevance to the digital economy. As composite numbers were to the fiat economy, primes are to the digital economy. 

Pascalcoin is one of the few coins that is somewhat 'original' in design. It has certain features that may become much more important if certain bumps arrive in the digital economy short term. 

Gapcoin is a variant of Primecoin but has a derivative purpose.

Geocoin lets people drop coins anywhere on a map, and those coins must be picked up by physically being at the corresponding location. This offers a lot of entertainment possibilities, as well as opportunities for political games. 

Huntercoin is an old coin that still has not been 'cloned' or copied, and still is one of the most important cryptocurrencies, though it is largely ignored and may not be as secure as coins with much bigger networks. http://huntercoin.org/ Huntercoin might be a good "project coin" for a person or group with technical skills to develop further. 

 

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As a general rule, it would probably be smart to avoid extremely expensive coins like ripple and ethereum that could do well but are priced high already out of all proportion to their quality relative to other coins. 

Generally, lists of coins like this are posted by people who own the listed coins and if somebody buys some of the coin the assumption is the coin will increase. So lists like this should be taken with a grain of salt. Do your own research before buying anything.  

The strongest coins that are likely to exist have not been created yet. They will be artificial intelligence coins based on naturally cohesive groups, as this website tries to promote. It may be many years before these coins begin, but when they do there will be no question which coins represent real economies. 

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~~~Generally safe picks~~~

1) Bitcoin

Obviously the main currency and has a lot of possibility for growth. The original coin has forked several times, so there is some question about which 'bitcoin' will gain traction before inertia sets in. BCH or bchabc or bitcoin cash appears to be the likely winner for the next few years. It is supported more in Asia and will have more appeal in developing countries. On the other hand, the U.S. is focused more on BTC and as individuals in government try to interfere in markets for their own benefit, BTC could benefit from such interference by people in the U.S. 

2) Litecoin

a) Has more appeal in Asia and other developing countries. b) Founder Charlie Lee is a good spokesperson and leader for people new to crypto. c) Widely held in countries that may may see a quick shift to crypto before other countries, like Korea. There are many growing coins and contenders but Litecoin has the most mature base. 

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~~~Higher quality, but riskier picks~~~

4) Math/Science coins like Primecoin, Gridcoin, etc.

These coins are likely to do extremely well once mainstream adoption starts. 

5) Geocoin

A very interesting concept which, if more developers get on board could become a major coin. Similar to LoMo coin, which is the Chinese version by a separate group of developers. 

6) Myriadcoin

An older coin with a strong network that would survive certain scenarios that might threaten most coins. Similar to Digibyte. 

7) Pascal coin

A coin based on "accounts", which would have more appeal to mainstream types and in the future may offer more security as it is developed. 

8) Cryptonote and similar coins, e.g. Bytecoin, Monero etc. 

These coins have very powerful backing, sophisticated marketing etc. Although most have features that make them inappropriate as mainstream currencies, they could do well only through the power of their backers. 

 9) Namecoin

The second currency to exist, after Bitcoin. One of the most important cryptocurrencies with potentially huge upside. 

10) Huntercoin

The first "human mined" coin, requiring human interaction for most of the coins mined. Has huge implications when artificial intelligence coins start to develop, and the first of those coins may develop through Huntercoin or its first fork Chimaera. 

11) Country / Group coins like Mazacoin, Canada ecoin, Deutsche emark, etc. 

These coins will have great appeal as mainstream use starts, a sort of psychological transition from fiat for many people.

12) Miscellaneous older small coins created with better intentions, and which have some support, like Soilcoin, the Blakecoin group of coins, Hobonickels, Philosophers Stones, Bitgem,  etc. 

13) Any coin which has a reliable developer, genuine support and some 'reason for being', such as Nevacoin, Anoncoin, Anarchists Prime, etc, including also some 'improved' clone coins, etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Googling “crimes committed by” in quotes leads to websites about crimes committed by homeless people, refugees, women, children, diplomats, illegal immigrants, mentally ill people, priests, blacks, etc. 

One group is missing.

In the first 10 pages of Google results, 200 items, police are only mentioned 4 times, one of the four being the page http://www.ktvu.com/news1/205217992-video which refers to some police who were found to have not committed a crime after an investigation.

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Currently, there is not one major police accountability website online that details crimes committed by police officers in the United States that is easily findable through Google. 

Not one. 

Copblock was a large reputable website, until a wealthy 'investor' bought it, kicked off all the administrators and started covering his or her tracks. 

A few other sites have popped up, then quickly disappeared. 

Sites like that do not advocate violence, they advocate accountability. Why there is such a well financed effort to shut down sites like that is not clear, since the end result, as history has proven again and again, will be harmful for society. 

There are many ineffective sites that talk about a problem, a few that claim to 'investigate' stories provided by the public. But not one site that actually lists all offenses committed by police officers. There are literally hundreds of sites that focus on, and compile, crimes committed by other groups.  

Uniformed gangs do serve a purpose at some times, in some places. But that purpose invariably decays into the opposite of what it should be when there is awareness of abuse without adequate articulation of possible solutions. 

Is the mainstream media headed in the direction of articulating solutions as fast as awareness of the problems is growing? They are not. 

Predictably, if history is a guide, the next generation of youth encouraging accountability will probably be very difficult for any competent authority to manage. Together with economic problems on the U.S. horizon, things do not look good for this country. 

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Is it possible that there are no sites findable on Google that list crimes committed by police officers because police officers commit so few crimes? 

No. 

Police commit a lot of crimes, and normally it is dealt with behind closed doors. 

When a regular citizen is suspected of a crime, the full details are made public immediately. But when a police officer is found to actually have committed a crime it seldom makes the news, it is handled discreetly within the police department. 

Below are a few examples that did make the news recently. Try to find a site that lists all of these incidents on one site and you probably will not find one except this page. 

1) Officer arrested for narcotics, malfeasance, abuse of power, etc. https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/07/10/former-bernice-police-officer-arrested/771463002/

2) Officer arrested for shooting a woman in her home. https://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/07/10/miami-dade-corrections-officer-arrested-in-shooting-of-opa-locka-woman/

3) Officer arrested for DUI http://abc30.com/fresno-police-officer-arrested-for-driving-drunk/3733934/ note that this newspaper finds it so unusual that a police department would arrest one of its own officers that they remark on that. https://cbs12.com/news/local/police-officer-arrested-for-dui-by-his-own-police-department not so unusual though, the same police department did not tell the public that the officer had been arrested until now, a courtesy that members of the public normally don't get unless they are arrested under the patriot act. 

4) Officer with ties to non police organized crime https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Glendale-Police-Officer-Arrested-Lying-to-Federal-Agents-482761981.html

5) Officer involved in drug trafficking https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/new-mexico-state-police-officer-arrested-federal-drug-trafficking-charges

6) Officer charged with raping two women  https://www.whio.com/news/crime--law/local-police-officer-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-two-women-while-uniform/4mToRDuwDvvdg8TNIntbJJ/

7) Drug officer arrested for drugs https://www.fox16.com/news/former-jacksonville-dare-officer-arrested-in-drug-bust/163801534

8) Officer arrested two times in less than a month for assaulting and harassing a woman.  https://www.trumbulltimes.com/84074/trumbull-police-officer-arrested-again/

9) Officer arrested for assaulting a woman during sex.  https://nypost.com/2018/06/19/officer-arrested-charged-with-assaulting-woman-during-sex/

10) Officer arrested after various indications of corruption. https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/eastex/news/article/SJC-deputy-former-Humble-PD-officer-arrested-13015347.php

A few things to keep in mind. a) Most of the police officers arrested will not get any jail time, or will get very lenient sentences compared to comparable situations involving non officers. b) The vast majority of police officers who commit crimes do not get arrested. In fact they don't even get fired. c) The officers listed above are especially unusual in that their cases made it into the press. It is so unusual for a police officer to be arrested, unless there are numerous witnesses and pressure brought on to the department, that the few listed above are not even the tip of the iceberg. 

 One of the Oakland police scandals is mentioned briefly elsewhere on this site. Dozens of Oakland police officers had sex with the teen daughter of a police dispatcher. Most likely many dozens, perhaps hundreds more officers were aware of that. Most likely there were, and are many teen girls being groomed as prostitutes in that city, by police officers, and there is no news in the mainstream media, unless something is literally forced on the media.  https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/naming-names-these-officers-are-responsible-for-the-failed-oakland-police-sex-scandal-investigation/Content?oid=7673287 

~Some Links~

 http://prospect.org/blog/tapped/new-police-crimes-database-provides-law-enforcement-accountability-tool

https://dlj.law.duke.edu/2017/06/the-asymmetry-of-crimes-by-and-against-police-officers/

~tabloid style article~ https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-cops/christopher-shultz