From Breedlove's WIM Weekly

https://m.primal.net/MXLI.png


I still think an elected government needs to abide by the will of the people whose taxes pay for their salaries as well as these conflicts.

We should not be the de facto police (and piggy bank) for the world's conflicts. Citizens who do feel responsible can fund through charitable organizations, etc. And I say this not as a stingy miser - I have strong moral values and decades of charitable giving both domestically and internationally. But I go the route of humanitarian aid versus war and I do it voluntarily.

We also thumbed Russia's nose by looking to bring Ukraine into NATO and potentially establishing bases closer to them.

Do I have the appropriate visibility to have all the answers - no. Do I acknowledge that there are human rights violations happening - yes. But you do not hold up the American populace for funding to address those needs.


We switched to  nostr:npub1q7xqc79rteknhs5s4rsqju2yu8tuguvptu373napkzptsz65yn2qz590jl

https://m.primal.net/MEJV.png


Great point - I thought Trump was just saying something he could never deliver on...but the next 2 years gives him a legit window unless RINOs defeat it.

https://m.primal.net/MEIO.png


Although I prefer this approach over simply printing the world reserve currency to buy the most scarce asset, it will never fly.

https://m.primal.net/MEIC.png


Some good #memes from Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/MEGk.png
https://m.primal.net/MEGm.png
https://m.primal.net/MEGn.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-msm-wets-their-pants


I'm planning on attending the events over the next couple of days - thought about getting a workout and then heading downtown to beat that 5 o'clock rush hour (which starts around 3:30) and wondered about the co-working area.

The invite said we could hang out if we paid for these two events, so maybe I'll just bring a book (just started Broken Money) since I'll have already blasted through all of my social reading/watching by noon.


I get your argument - and could agree with it on principle regarding discretionary budget...except this is a Forever War with slippery slope to WW3 where the resultant "follow the money" trail will show anything from "money to the big guy" to the very obvious transfer of wealth through primarily defense contractors/legislators owning stock in defense contractors, etc.

And if you went off of votor sentiment, you could not - in good conscience - send that money to Ukraine.


Yes - and as much as the other side will claim lawfare, fascist, etc...there are a lot of truths that need to come out - and suitable punitive penalties as a result.


====

Beyond the deeply satisfying opportunity to use 2.9 million former bureaucrats to pick fruit and mow lawns when illegals go home, a 98% headcount reduction should give Elon lots to work with on the way to cutting the $2 trillion in spending he’s aiming for.

====

https://www.profstonge.com/p/feeling-of-dread-as-federal-workers


Saw that some real estate investor offered his private jet to ferry the elites out of the country.

https://m.primal.net/MDNl.png


Lots of hope for this administration...and like I've seen a few posts - if they accomplish (especially DOGE) 20% of what they hope for...it will be a staggeringly positive step in the right direction.


Checkmate?

https://m.primal.net/MDMh.png


====

“the insiders” are so screwed.

DC has no one like this. they have never even met people like this because people like this avoid government like it was a bag of plague rats.

because it is.

but now they are interested and looking to play exterminator because the state strayed too far into our world and so now we are coming for theirs.

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/dear-washington-dc


Manipulating the world’s economy with no oversight or having to answer to voters. #endthefed

https://youtu.be/RdKbOiHaCrc?si=Gp0etFN-QEk8sMtq


Would be damn inconvenient unless we already have enough of a personal network to know where to go to access and transact with our #bitcoin.

#meme via Daily Bitcoiner

https://m.primal.net/MByK.png


And I was one of the transplants (didn't get here until 2000)...by way of Texas, South Carolina, and Seattle. But I kept my conservative, common-sense, respectful values wherever I moved.


I agree - I went to repost from NOSTR, but it wasn't here...so pasted from X.


I liked Mike Lee's approach and thought process that led to his choice.

Do not get a "clear mandate" from voters...and then turn your back on that mandate (in less than 2 weeks) by strenghening opposition or self-interested parties who do not advance the will of their constituents.

https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1856512486964441321


RINOs and the wrong Senate Majority Leader can really hamper progress…and go against the mandate set by this election.

https://youtu.be/XKBADyRPiUw?si=vO-rnTEnO2GYfs7d


Not a big fan of language - although i remorsefully use it frequently - but too good not to share.

https://x.com/i/status/1856392333153186153


Agreed...those mountains make me smile every day...the policy decisions, umm, not so much.


I support this - and we homeschooled our kids for most of their K-12. I was disappointed that CO didn't support school choice in this last election.

https://m.primal.net/MBPk.png


Living in Colorado, I hate being on the wrong side of this trade...felt great to at least contribute to a popular vote win this year (and I do live in a red county...like most people in the US, actually).

https://m.primal.net/MBPR.png


Not the same - I tried a couple times...although combining the two proved interesting.😉


#meme from the Daily Bitcoiner

https://m.primal.net/MBMb.png


====

The other important point about the SES is that the president has no role in choosing them; he can’t re-assign them or fire them. The SES comprises the non-transparent group of managers and elites who run the country from within. They are the employees who quietly block, slow-walk, and defer presidential orders. What President Trump and Kash Patel might call the “deep state.”

...

Remember the Chevron deference?

====

https://www.malone.news/p/never-underestimate-the-power-of


#Bitcoin price changes, but the grind stays the same.  http://res.cloudinary.com/duz6er8nb/image/upload/v1726466527/biux2edph5xufw3ewxog.jpg


Frustrating - because my wife and I love to share a glass (or two) of bourbon most nights...or occasionally a bottle of red wine.

We do so many "good" things in regard to time restricted eating, whole foods (I'm mostly meat/dairy/eggs/berries/honey) vs processed, great sleep and exercise, wonderful relationship.

But we like to have a drink to catch up on our day. I've mentioned that I've built our lifestyle and finances to live to 100...but I'd give up 5 years of that for the daily camaraderie we have that may include bourbon while watching the sun go down. I also think cancer comes along several attack vectors, so I definitely do not live in fear of it...but remain thoughtful on reducing risks.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/11/07/alcohol-consumption-cancer.aspx


I agree - great idea to keep that grass-roots effort with voters holding their legislators accountable.

https://m.primal.net/LzAZ.png


Some great #memes in Robert Malone's Sunday Strip

https://m.primal.net/Lywe.png
https://m.primal.net/Lywf.png
https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-possums-never-learn


Saw this clever mind-bending movie tonight
https://m.primal.net/LyTF.jpg


AC/DC
Van Halen
ZZ Top
Def Leppard

Rush was up there for me. Then likes a lot of stuff: Led Zepplin, The Cars, The Outfield, Lynyd Skynyrd, Stevie Ray, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, LL Cool J (🤣), Robert Palmer, The Police, etc


Appreciated the documentary on him - Van Halen was top 3 bands for me. The documentary gave some insight into how much he tinkered with his guitars/amos/etc.

And regard to early losses, I also miss Stevie Ray and Jeff Healey…and Prince (loved his guitar solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Tom Petty/etc).


Hey, Wray is doing it...

https://m.primal.net/LyOB.png


I've taught Ramsey's Financial Peace courses - and it is ideal for people who lack discipline in regard to building up massive debts.

Even then, I always provided my opinions where they differed from Ramsey's (matching 401k, saving for kids' college, etc).

But his position on Bitcoin will go down in history as being irresponsible with his followers' trust... just like Schiff.

https://m.primal.net/LyMz.png


A few decent topics in this one

====

What they almost all seem to miss is that Americans do not want socialism, they think trans-rights are weird, that late-term abortions are evil, that the debt is too high, that forever wars are not ok, that MAHA is on to something big, and that all in all, Trump with MAGA and MAHA are on the right track. The woke agenda is dead.

====

https://www.malone.news/p/weekly-round-up-only-we-can-prevent


====

if your party cannot contain or even tolerate a guy who was literally a center left democrat (and to this day retains many of those positions), well, perhaps asking some hard questions about just how exclusionary, offensive, and judgmental you have become are in order. perhaps stop being so condescending and self-aggrandizing.

...

gen X swayed this election. we voted hard red and in numbers previously unseen. we’re the generation that always hated fakes and phonies, posers and poses.

they forgot about us, but we have not forgotten.

we have not forgotten what once was and what they took.

and we will take it back.

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-democratic-joe-rogan


I'm looking forward to a new administration that will be less inept and less partisan to the extent of excluding households based upon political leanings.

And perhaps a new administration can work to start taking down Google?

https://www.malone.news/p/femas-response-and-the-hurricanes


#meme #nostrmeme #memes
#zap it, Feels good man.
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚   🤦🙋♂
#zapathon

https://image.nostr.build/c394ebf07966d6930c31989f17562c84302ee596e94f91a91bab8dd8159903d0.jpg


#meme #nostrmeme #memes
#zap it, Feels good man.
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚   🤦🙋♂
#zapathon

Love Ron Paul working with Musk

https://image.nostr.build/b3b24c77e3eaccaa8927bee26c2a8e7e2ea56693158810a177cbe4f0a934f544.jpg


#meme #nostrmeme #memes
#zap it, Feels good man.
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚   🤦🙋♂
#zapathon
Fun fact

https://image.nostr.build/2e1f356ed50889744953f37b137e368b529037cc6cdbbd5827d55b0dad126212.jpg


Well played...


Unburdened by what has been...

https://m.primal.net/LxAv.png


====

According to Rothbard, instead of cleanup, we need a populist firebrand who can unite small-government economic and social conservates to hack the federal government to oblivion -- what they take, what they spend, what they control.

====

https://www.profstonge.com/p/rothbard-dreamed-of-donald-trump


A couple good #memes from Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/Lwyt.png
https://m.primal.net/Lwyu.png


Ah - you upgraded…making me wonder if I should do the same for future capacity. Just not certain the Server One is easily upgraded or if need to “right-size” it up front.


Looking for input on setting up to run a node | #asknostr

Based upon what I've seen here - and on a few Telegram threads - I want to go with a Start9 Server One. I understand I could build my own and download the software for free. However, I want to support Start9 by purchasing their hardware with the software already installed.

I will be using fiat - even though they have bitcoin discounts - because I'm not parting with that much bitcoin right before the bull of all bull markets. It's one thing to buy a book or a beer...

I'm running lean right now as snow days have me canceling outdoor tennis lessons, so my questions are around sizing for now....many other questions will come up later as I try to maximize use of this new hardware with possibly running a nostr relay and/or a lightning node...Alby Hub...mail server...password manager...photo storage...laptop backups...etc??

If my main focus is on #Bitcoin Core and running a full node, does the base Server One configuration have plenty of growth potential? If not, what would you suggest upgrading to?

Base: 2TB, 16GB RAM = $599
Maxed Out: 4TB, 32GB RAM = $719

Please keep in mind - I was a software guy that moved over to pure data modeling/analytics/visualizations. Hardware and operating systems are NOT my forte. And I've been ONLY a non-tech tennis guy for about 4+ years now.

Thanks for the help, folks.


"America just woke up from a very long nightmare...let's get this party started".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMDmMe1aQUk


And he really picked up a lot of ground in California...not that he could ever turn it, but it all helps with the popular vote.

My youngest and her husband are still considering moving back there at some point. They both went to college there and he grew up there and has family in CA and Mexico.

They asked if we'd ever consider moving there or getting a property there. I can't imagine ever owning in CA and having them trying to dip their hands in my wallet for money (not only for the property but also for any other earnings...which I didn't earn a dime tied to CA).


OK - I've seen RFKJr when he was doing that shirtless lifting session during his campaign, but I think they may have embellished a bit here.

But it would be a stark contrast regardless - the dude is ripped. And I am SOOOO looking forward to what he does with all of the 3-letter agencies with their hands in the food/agra/pharma cookie jars.

https://m.primal.net/LwBl.png


My consulting/executive era ended in 2018 when I took early retirement - other than a brief foray to help stand up a business intelligence practice for a small consulting company (before COVID hit).

But today is the day I cleared my shelf...you can see I still loved the technical aspects of consulting, but also had to frequently find and nurture client relationships to keep entire teams of consultants going.

Now, I just focus on coaching high school tennis and being a year around tennis teaching pro. If it snows or gets below 45 degrees, then I take the day off and go work on my own game, lift, play pickleball, etc.

Oh, and spend 2-4 hours reading/listening about #bitcoin, history of money, #geopolitics, etc. I do hope to setup my own node before the end of the year...that will be at least one separate note.

And I'm preparing a bitcoin primer deck for educating clients on "why bitcoin". It will be a small paid offering since my time (and thousands of hours of learning) is still worth something, but my 2nd career offerings are more about giving back than having to fund retirement.

https://m.primal.net/LwAe.png


"Bitcoin makes gold look like a money market fund..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJSAeE1xxM


Kinda wish Peter would have done this 3:30 minute summary a couple days earlier...all the pain Kamala has queued up for us if she wins.

https://youtu.be/5JQBAsFlVh8?si=vwsZAd7tcdm9v7hS


I never get tired of some good Austrian Libertarian wisdom and wit from Peter St, Onge.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mr-obnoxious/id1317356120?i=1000675205114


Well said arguments for voting for Trump - and even if some of these are your single issue concerns.

Regardless of your thoughts on Trump, there may never be a Dream Team that could have this type of positive historical impact.

https://open.substack.com/pub/chrismasterjohnphd/p/please-vote


====

respect for "home as castle" is a foundational idea in rights and common law. surrendering this notion for any reason enables the next intrusion. you no longer have rights, just privileges subject to revocation.

and people who fail to respect the sanctity of your home will take more than just your squirrel.

...

it’s also staggering hypocrisy. “well, unless you’re one of us,” is the embedded implication. the same state that cannot find or arrest illegal immigrants wanted for violent crimes unless it’s time to give them a new cell phone or refill their EBT card can somehow send actual shock troops to take down the scourge of errant sciuridae for the heinous crime of “being cute on the internet”

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/getting-squirrely


I shared the substack that goes along with this video, but I always appreciate St Onge's sharp wit via video.

And I like how he works out the numbers. And Trump & Co. are our best chance EVER at selling this to the voting public to make the uniparty fall into line just as self-preservation.

https://youtu.be/A-tELcs1FLk?si=oDnSLF--B6z4Afyq


Yes...as for me and my wife, we dropped off paper ballots several days ago.

https://m.primal.net/Lrrq.png


Same old story...yet nobody goes to jail...


Me too - and, although disgusted with just about all of them, Springsteen and De Niro really tick me off. Oh, and Bono saying he will drive off of a cliff.


She already was a criminal for not including her opponent on some ballots when SHE had to run for Colorado Secretary of State.

I love Colorado - I hate that I live in a blue state...angers me every time I see an electoral college map. Most of CO is NOT blue...but Denver and Boulder sway the tide with follow-the-narrative democrats like Polis and Griswold.

CAN WE PLEASE PUT ALL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CONTRIBUTORS IN PRISON?!? Make an example of them and then get a dream team of smart people on the Trump team to truly annihilate the Deep State. Do it right and we maybe get a good 12 years of common sense stability and prosperity.

https://m.primal.net/LpTv.png


A few good #memes from Robert Malone's Friday Funnies:

https://m.primal.net/LpTH.png
https://m.primal.net/LpTK.png
https://m.primal.net/LpTL.png


I love this math!

====

Well, the income tax currently costs the American people 2.4 trillion a year.

Trump proposes to replace it wth tariffs of 20% on everybody but China, who gets a special 60% tariff that might bring in 900 billion given we import around 500 billion from China and 3.5 trillion from everybody else.

This would grow America's economy like rocket-fuel. I’d guess near-term 20% increase in the economy, so about a $15,000 raise for the typical family.

====

https://m.primal.net/LpRq.png

https://www.profstonge.com/p/trump-want-to-abolish-the-income


Amen!


Well - we know some school districts are trying to ban it...and others making it prohibitively expensive and potentially filling it with hormones/etc.

Me, I have a couple ranchers I trust locally.


#memestr #lol

https://image.nostr.build/23f2945dd4d49a716d32294621cb52b2a9e43489291309e0656b3d34d5b1e1d0.jpg


#meme #nostrmeme #memes
#zap it, Feels good man.
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚   🤦🙋♂
#zapathon

https://image.nostr.build/8b7e596153bcd6415d612d3c8930fb9a105f551d1c074473c0fe9d60476f6047.jpg


This makes me happy...if only we could watch some of the big food producers go down because of seed oils, cricket protein, long ingredient lists with more than half of it unpronounceable...

https://m.primal.net/LoNR.png


They even hinted to that...anything from climate emergency, to WW3, to invalidating the election to prevent this "threat to our democracy"


And yet, if Dems lose, they intend to invalidate the election and have a true insurrection against a candidate who had to win by "too big to rig" margins. And entirely too many people will go along with it because of propaganda.


I remain baffled at the people who still follow their magic box after overwhelming, "see with your own eyes" evidence to the contrary of what the magic box tells them.


The world is an evil place for us to reach that point.


Despicable to read about these hit pieces and dummy accounts/bots rating content like Rogan's low quality spam.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/sudden-outbreaks-of-bad-cattitudes


====

Can the financial system be fixed so it's not "heads I win, tails you lose"? Sure get rid of the Fed and the permanent bailouts, the money printing, and the exorbitant privileges for Wall Street.

Until then it is ripoffs as as far as the eye can see

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahbobd0hCT0


====

could be looking at say $20 billion for deportation compared to something like $1 trillion in Welfare cost saved.

...

a second Trump term will have a clear mandate to first cut off the benefits which would start the massive SELF deportation and then to help the laggards onto a bus..

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2yFX6yKSms


In a similar vein of what I just shared from El Gato Malo - this one explains my position even better.

Trump is not the savior...he is Nemesis.

====

this is not about trump.

it's about dismantling a machine under which no one wants to live anymore.

will the orange avatar succeed at this herculean task? perhaps. perhaps not. perhaps to some degree. but with him there is a chance and with kamala there is none.

no hope.

no joy.

only deeper into the morass that no one really wants, a precipice from which even her own backers now recoil.

====

https://m.primal.net/LkvO.png

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/genghis-trump


I was offline for a good portion of the weekend, so I blew through a lot of content yesterday/today in regard to political rallies, seeing yet more evidence of Kamala's ineptness balanced against the sheer numbers of people supporting Trump.

This is a great post by El Gato Malo, and I hope that Rogan, Substack, and other independent media continue becoming the norm in regard to news sources for the masses.

Now - we just need to protect, as best we can, from a stolen election...and make the result "too big to rig". I do think a Trump win starts the "reset" of ferreting out and eradicating the Deep State. If they go for 80% reduction for efficiency...hitting 20% would still be a boon.

And getting out of foreign wars, and hopefully shutting down the indoctrination of students in schools, and reining in big pharma and big agra...let's at least start in the right direction with strong, unapologetic thought leaders driving the change.

And Kamala/Democrats are "none of that".

https://m.primal.net/Lkus.png

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-bonfire-of-media-and-political


ISTJ


Several good #memes in Robert Malone's Friday Funnies....even more with Trump in the McDonald's drive in lane.

https://m.primal.net/LiDk.png
https://m.primal.net/LiDm.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-treason-by-any-other


Say it with me - Trump Good. Cackles Bad.

Trump is far from an ideal human (aren’t we all), but I firmly believe the country needs him…and the thought leaders he will bring to the table this time around…to have a REMOTE shot at salvaging the wreckage left by Biden/Harris as well as decades of Deep State corruption.

I also hope there is some decent succession planning so we don’t have to start secession planning!!

https://open.substack.com/pub/profstonge/p/markets-are-convinced-trump-will


Gotta share a podcast that includes a Thomas Massie science➡finance/currency debasement lesson in a subcommittee.

#bitcoin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpXPInHhLKw


Here are a couple of graphics I pass along to people for "at a glance" benefits. I've also included an Instagram post with a little more details:

https://m.primal.net/LgtO.png
https://m.primal.net/LgtR.png
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbCtWGEO-Xd/?img_index=1

#healthandwellness #fitness #sauna #workout


Good post that could even be used with nocoiners...via Coin Stories.

====

Prominent voices have called out central bank policies for driving inequality. Stanley Druckenmiller said, “The biggest accelerant of wealth disparity has been QE.” Former Senior Fed Economist Dr. Lacy Hunt added, "QE exacerbated the income and wealth divide.” Investor Kiril Sokoloff put it bluntly: "QE was socialism for the 1%."

The asset price inflation caused by central bank policies has made housing unaffordable for many and inflated stock prices to historic valuations. In this system, those with assets grow exponentially wealthier while those dependent on wages struggle to get by. This is evident when looking at the divergence in net worth between the top 1% and bottom 50%, particularly since the Global Financial Crisis.

====

https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/central-banks-attack-early-bitcoin


I always appreciate an in-depth analysis - and aggregation of study resources - from Robb Wolf.

This is on #sauna usage. I TRY to get 4-5x/week. That is harder in the Summer/Fall because of my tennis/coaching schedule...I might get 3.

But I'm coming into the season where I can get more - and I love it!

https://science.drinklmnt.com/did-you-know/sauna

#healthandwellness #wellness #fitness #workout


Absolutely agree...true psycho, moron, or both. Either way - one of many evil people in the administrative state.


Same...


Just realized I missed sharing Robert Malone's Sunday Strip this week. Some good #memes - more than what I pasted here.

https://m.primal.net/Leds.png
https://m.primal.net/Ledk.png
https://m.primal.net/Ledo.png
https://m.primal.net/Ledq.png

https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-reason-versus-treason


At what stage are you? I turned down bitcoin around 2014 because I wasn't interested in something speculative - I already had a diversified portfolio doing just fine.

It is when I truly understood fiat debasement - and then the education that Bitcoin could not be debased as well as its decentralized, uncensorable, unconfiscatable properties that could help people in the US who experienced the COVID lockdowns and censorship. That is when I started buying.

Then I realized what the Human Rights Foundation was already doing with it...and started buying more and becoming a more passionate advocate for bitcoin. Or at least those HRF stories became a part of my bitcoin apologist approach to convince people to do their own research on this once-in-a-species discovery.

Now, when I look at my approach, I very much believe in number go up and making the world a better place...and I struggle daily to not push all my chips into the middle of the bitcoin table. If it was just me, I'd do it. But my wife - who has supported this rapid transition to a bitcoin standard - who still wants some assurances of a traditionally diversified 401k, and a well-funded life insurance policy that would pay for her needs while she works out how to get access to the bitcoin.

2025 is the year I really start working on the inheritance planning, stubbing out "trusts" where we want to give when we die, etc. I already use Unchained with a multi-sig. Now need to decide if I engage their Sound Advisory or go with someone like the Bitcoin Way. Especially if 2025 is the year that I get a Start9 setup going to run my own node.

https://m.primal.net/LedC.png


Most don’t truly understand 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/f258a7fc108f1d20d9e2d1b474047578f6885d41efa24b0a11b1a935404b0772.jpg


====

if you measure inflation correctly, turns out the US economy has actually been in recession since 2022...as in during most of the Biden/Harris Abomination (or Administration)...

official numbers underestimated inflation by roughly half...

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgqq21hhqk


"Short bus alert"...Rustin is hiilarious as always on  nostr:npub1vzjukpr2vrxqg2m9q3a996gpzx8qktg82vnl9jlxp7a9yawnwxfsqnx9gc Originals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E6LT5qrkV8


COMPLETELY agree. Looking forward to standing in front of one just like it by this evening...before heading to the spa with a great view of Mt Sherman. You can see an aerial view of our cabin on my profile page.

I haven't checked the forecast, but I'm hoping for clear skies to also see those glorious stars without a bunch of ambient light!

Now - this year I didn't have time to cut my own firewood on our property, so I do have another cord of wood coming this week. I do miss cutting/splitting my own.


Long read via Robert Malone, but does a good job explaining the accelerating plight of Europe falling under "global government" control.

And Ursula's moves aren't much different than what Cackles and her handlers would try to usher in for the US by trampling all over the Constitution and increasing the number of Deep State appointees (including the Supreme Court).

I know a lot of people think Trump would do the same - I do not agree. If he keeps people like RFKJr, Vivek and Musk...and further supports some of our congressional leaders like Massie, McHenry, Lummis, Paul, etc...it could be one of the most transformative administrations in decades. They would try to target and eliminate Deep State as well as bloated administrative excesses and funding foreign wars.

https://www.malone.news/p/ursula-von-der-leyen-consolidates


Do I have the option of watching paint dry or hearing nails drag across a chalkboard? Because time with Kamala falls somewhere about 50 choices to the downside of those options.


I'm driving up those mountains (from Denver area) tomorrow. Really looking forward to staying up there for a few days...in a cabin heated primarily from the woodstove!


His description of wine-mom...hilarious - and so accurate based upon recent footage of her "rallies". You know the rallies where they bus in people since nobody else will waste their time attending them.


ACTIVELY teaching/coaching tennis, lifting...either light with BFR cuffs or heavy...swimming, rowing, sauna.

Teach 5 days/week, try to lift/row 3x/week and get one swim in. Shoot for sauna at least 3x/week.


ah - well, that is fine too. And less expensive...keep all your brain cells...etc.

I do so many good nutrition choices, and lifestyle hacks, and exercise...I figure I gotta die of something. And since I intend to live to 100, I'm willing to sacrifice a couple years having a nightly beverage with the love of my life of 37 years (and counting).


Wow...we homeschooled our kids, and now our oldest is homeschooling their 3 boys.

No regrets...and that is while still paying taxes for public schools. Money NOT well spent.

https://m.primal.net/LaTs.png


Are you bullish enough?

https://m.primal.net/LaTX.png


Mamala Benzo


Some fun #memes in Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/LaQk.png
https://m.primal.net/LaQm.png
https://m.primal.net/LaQn.png
https://m.primal.net/LaQr.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-mandatory-joy


Hah - we have the same sweets...but where is the bourbon?🥃 🥃


A good reminder #meme

https://m.primal.net/LaQI.png


Wow - just the collection of these videos outlining the cringeable ineptness of Harris/Walz is worth it.

You know, I've used cringeable and cringe-worthy more during this election cycle - thanks to Cackles - than any other time in my life.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/entitled-guilt-as-a-campaign-strategy


Yes - I appreciate Saladino switching to #AnimalBased vs pure carnivore. He has no issue with adapting and admitting why he changed his approach (because of his own health issues that started cropping up on strict carnivore). Meanwhile, Shawn Baker just keeps plugging along.

Me - I'm animal based. Eat a lot of beef, lamb, pork...lots of dairy...average about 25-30 eggs/week...use mixed berries in my smoothies...honey/maple syrup my primary sweeteners (glycine also makes a decent sweetener in coffee and has several benefits).

And bourbon is my go to drink.

Having said all of that, I'll still eat the occasional vegetable, drink red wine or a good porter/stout. Sometimes my body doesn't feel great afterwards, but I enjoy the taste - and the companionship - to make it worth the indulgences.

Been doing a lot of coaching over the last couple days, so delinquent with my replies. Back to the high school state tourney tomorrow morning, too. Freakin' rain and possible snow making me have to cancel my private lessons, though.


I'm sure there are plenty "ETH...just die already".


That is how I got into #bitcoin - heard Saifedean on a CarnivoreMD podcast (Paul Saladino). Thought to myself - well, they lied to us about big agra/big pharma and nutrition all these years...perhaps they lied to us about the financial system.

Listened to a couple more of Saife's podcasts...crammed the Breedlove/Saylor series into just 2-3 days...read the Bitcoin Standard...then made first significant bitcoin purchase in Jan 2022.

Then bought "all the way down" in 2022 because I was that convicted.


I live within about 10 miles of Aurora (you know, the Venezuelan gangs' northern headquarters) and about 20 miles from downtown Denver.

Nope - I do not believe the 4.5% increase at all.


Tempting...but this may truly be the last cycle for people to really store up wealth...vs having to rely on it as a medium of exchange and hoping to be paid salaries in bitcoin.

They will still benefit from that - but this is the time to build generational wealth or at least secure financial future.


Yes - but issue is that only the rare are willing to take the time - proof of work - to do their own research. Unfortunately, they then lean on the (captured) experts/MSM to do the research for them.


Trying to use scarce money to bail out fiat and irresponsible fiscal policy...

https://m.primal.net/LXdw.png


That dollar graphic is one I lead with every time. Along with the prices of homes - and eggs - in both dollars and bitcoin over time.


Yeeeeah...about those crime statistics we originally reported. We are just going to revise these so they do not get picked up by the MSM news cycle.

https://m.primal.net/LXdp.png


#meme from the Daily Bitcoiner

https://m.primal.net/LXdZ.png


====

just another month in the Federal Reserve clown car. Now to be fair J Powell did admit last year how they have no idea what they're doing - he phrased it as "the FED is navigating by star on a cloudy night" as in navigating by stars you can't see.

Which is not navigating it's pretending to navigate - which pretty much sums up the Federal Reserve, in fact central banks in general. They pretend to manage the economy but really all they do is print as much money as possible - which causes inflation and then recessions - and then they try to balance the two to keep headlines manageable.

Little pain here, inflation a little pain there, recession with the people not realizing the FED caused both

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUKwPruzAxI


====

https://m.primal.net/LWlo.png

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-american-hunger-games


I was worried based upon the people I followed early on...and I hoped that my adult daughters...and young grandsons...did not take it.

The key is that I recognized it was THEIR CHOICE. So yes, I agree with you that what the government, deep state, MSM, bad actors (late night talk show hosts, celebrities, etc) did to vilify the unvaccinated and silence the opposition...was evil incarnate.

Luckily, I was already retired once - because I would have walked before I would comply. And that may have hastened my exit from a company where I went back and helped run their business intelligence group. No worries - I'll find somewhere on this planet I can work, to put a roof over my wife's head, before I'd sacrifice my sovereignty.

And FYI - I did get COVID...once...and it did as it was engineered to do. I threw a blood clot in my leg. Of course, I set myself up for it with some of my behavior/choices while I had it...but all is well in the long run.


I am old enough and wise enough to know better than touch that one.


I know not everyone here is a Saylor fan, but I find his story...and his ingenuity backed by an iron will and belief...very compelling.

I still find it ironic that MicroStrategy is one of the few BI/data visualization tools that I never used...and I used a bunch (including writing my own that also included data integration) dating to about 1996.

It was the Saylor/Breedlove series, that I devoured in just a few days, that fully convicted me in late 2021 (first purchase was Jan 2022).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll9YFE-F1-U


But we all quietly wonder, right?

https://m.primal.net/LVuv.png


I always find these cycle charts fascinating in regard to "history rhymes".

https://m.primal.net/LVuf.png


😂  - one of my toughest professors ran the design real-world project class you had to do during senior year. He also ran an engineering law class, since he was an engineer AND a lawyer, and described how he served as expert witness a few times.

We also went through some of the frivolous law suits that changed our culture...like when phone booth enclosures went away when an out-of-control driver side-swiped one - and the caller in the booth sued the phone company and WON.


Looks good to me...not that I did a lot of scatter/bubble type of visualizations. 😉


Candidate policy analysis via  nostr:npub1fn2rvhmc3r8p7stpj20qcnk8em3wcqyz5cu0r5rmnh9ear76a4us3wedt9

https://m.primal.net/LVuE.png


I'm BS Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, 1990. Of course, I did that for only a couple years before I started writing software and doing database design and data integration/visualization.

#HookEm

https://m.primal.net/LVte.png


Leading by example...how about the rest of the country. To not demand something similar is to endorse election interference from EITHER party.

https://m.primal.net/LUzr.png


Hah - I agree on that deadlifter.


A few good #memes from Robert Malone's Sunday Strip...and yes, I find myself puzzled why one of my neighbors has a Harris/Walz sign in their yard.

https://m.primal.net/LUzN.png
https://m.primal.net/LUzI.png
https://m.primal.net/LUzS.png

https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-challenge-accepted


Seriously, they PAID for those guys in Cackles' cringe-worthy ad about real men voting for her. Yet another example of how they can't be good stewards of our money and resources.

https://m.primal.net/LUys.png

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/and-tiiiiiim-the-drama-kids-have


Nice history lesson of Saylor and Microstrategy - and the inflection point of their #bitcoin adoption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3E0RKtYT0k


Great analysis by Dante using the Bitcoin24 model...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1UH3_D8aJI


Hoping - but will not believe it came true until January 2025.

https://m.primal.net/LScy.png


Some good #memes in Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/LScV.png
https://m.primal.net/LScX.png
https://m.primal.net/LScd.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-an-instruction-manual


This was a fun read...but only if justice is served and Harris is kicked to the curb on election day.

====

this is an empty pantsuit.

honestly, it’s worse. an empty suit would have done nothing and stayed silent letting the machine do the work. but not here. walz got clowned in the veep debate and people saw him. now they are seeing kammy whammy fumble easy tricks in easy, friendly interviews.

she’s simply awful and it’s becoming impossible to deny.

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/getting-to-know-mamala


#meme #nostrmeme #memes
#zap it, Feels good man.
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚   🤦🙋♂

https://image.nostr.build/ac693a8f14008a0025210a85d53162ca107654553daf5e7b5873f5d09b56725d.jpg


====

sobering statistic is that between 1947 and 2001 paychecks after inflation rose by 1.8% per year that's good enough to double your pay every generation Then starting in 2001, it dropped to
0.7% so almost by 2/3 and continued like that through 2020.

...

the bastards have finally, after Decades of hard work, broken the American economy. Happily, we can get it back - we know how they broke it, so we know how to fix it, but it will take a major change of management to get it done.

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WaDcA-ElPg


I always appreciate an Ed Dowd interview…and I do worry about the Dems/Deep State either incapacitating red counties/states or declaring something as goofy as Climate Emergency and suspending elections.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/id1292381204?i=1000672388999


Would love to see Visa go down...along with a lot of TradFi. And get back to some anonymity with our transactions.


22M government workers nowadays....

====
the stunning jobs report had a secret ingredien: government workers...a lot of them 785,000 to be precise on the month - which tripled the job gain.

So another couple months like that and our entire economy will be government workers regulating each other

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWprV3SDYvs


The table is also featured in the 18th edition of my newsletter, '#RealEstate vs. Bitcoin: Dismantling the Cash-Flow Narrative.' You can find the full article here: https://leonwankum.substack.com/p/real-estate-vs-bitcoin-cash-flow

nostr:note1crqlnjzwjvpwwu7c43s7z5pfgmtv2d9uwp0ku9f22wy6q5u0y83suyc02j


If only it was possible...

https://m.primal.net/LNtl.png


Mind-blowing...

https://m.primal.net/LNth.png


This is what really worries me. Helene (and potentially Milton) resulting in the loss of ballots...or making it impossible to vote...in important counties in FL, GA, and NC.

I'm not sure how early you can vote, but imagine wanting to check on the safety and ACCURACY of your vote...and not being able to (versus a nice, auditable blockchain). Then Dems push to certify an election and disqualify those voters. Seriously, is it outside the realm of possibility in our clown world banana republic?

https://m.primal.net/LNsJ.png


Sorry for the tiny print, but that is because lots of tasks in this world REQUIRE photo ID...except for one of the most important tasks?!?

https://m.primal.net/LNDE.png


A few good #memes (some in a "make you angry" sort of way) from Robert Malone's Sunday Strip

https://m.primal.net/LNCK.png
https://m.primal.net/LNCM.png

https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-slip-sliding-away


This Bitcoin Signal includes some nice bullish excerpts from other podcats (and Wankum's BTC Prague presentation comparing bitcoin to real estate).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olaref23uA4


Useful idiot...or useful soldier accelerating the destruction of the United States?

https://m.primal.net/LMOn.png


Oldie but goodie...

https://m.primal.net/LLQs.png


Seems like this would be the last straw - with Trump winning by "too big to rig" margins.

https://m.primal.net/LKQI.png


An important read summarizing the recent attacks on the 1st Amendment by the likes of Harris, Walz, Kerry, Clinton, etc.

https://www.malone.news/p/john-kerry-and-the-assault-on-free


Right?!? They've definitely tested the boundaries of 🤡🌎


Always follow the money...

====

Why would the FCC's Democrats good Steward 42.5 billion into Oblivion? Simple, the communications workers of America, one of the biggest unions in the country that represents fiber installers  - and is one of the biggest donors to Democrats giving at least 13 million per cycle between campaign contributions and political lobbying.

So champagne for the Socialist...boiling swamp water for the voters who pay for it .

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL2sBxYYAYg


Wow...Meloni unleashed...

https://x.com/i/status/1841516061931213236


You have GOT to be kidding me...

https://m.primal.net/LIyR.png


Who Can Benefit from Bitcoin?

1) Unbanked Communities – People without access to traditional banking systems.

2) Oppressed Women – Providing financial independence and empowerment in restrictive societies.

3) World Travelers – Seamless, borderless transactions without needing currency exchanges.

4) Entrepreneurs – Facilitating global payments and reducing transaction fees.

5) War Survivors – A secure way to store wealth when traditional systems collapse.

6) Tourist Attractions – Offering visitors easy payment options in different currencies.

7) Political Dissidents – Enabling free exchange without government control or censorship.

8) Circular Economies – Supporting decentralized systems that thrive on peer-to-peer transactions.

9) Humanitarian Efforts – A transparent and secure way to distribute aid.

10) Hedge Against Inflation – Protecting wealth from devaluation in unstable economies.

11) Retirement Plans – A modern option for long-term savings and investment.
And the numbers keep increasing , as more and more people understand about bitcoin.

* Educating others makes humanity and the Bitcoin network stronger.

Sats/Dollar = 1,657 sats ⚡
Your keys, your Bitcoin. Not your keys, not your Bitcoin.
#bitcoin #btc

Note : 22


Nice bullish charts in this one - and don't just pay attention to Q4...look at the following Q1 in those cases with a positive September and election year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2YaVpdYr5w


One hell of a slippery slope...

https://m.primal.net/LIkv.png


You just knew this #meme was coming...

https://m.primal.net/LIkl.png


Good point - and we have solar at our cabin (prior owner installed it), but it gives back to the grid...and then pulls from the grid when snow covers the solar panels and path of sun not ideal.

We do have well and septic, so that is good...but do wish we had a fully independent energy source.


You would hope, but no mention of inflation/censorship/unbanking which generally leads them down the path.

Of course, I came along the path of "well, they lied to me about nutrition...what else did they lie about".


Well - I'm a grandfather now, so have some catching up to do...including with adult daughters who are fiscally responsible, are building nest eggs with fiat, but aren't in a hurry to embrace #bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/LIjF.png


In addition to funds, the US government has also said much of the heavy equipment they could mobilize for this disaster...has been sent to the Ukraine. Think it was Blinken's recent comments.


Agreed - I go through the same rational process for my neighborhood. Doesn't mean I'm not still neighborly, but I may ponder your lack of discernment and common sense.


The entire administration is truly unapologetically captured and corrupt.

https://m.primal.net/LHfh.png


I actually was proposing this approach - give me my current social security balance to manage as an IRA (not a 401k)...and I'll never ask for a dime from the government.

Tell me where to sign!

I'd consider - right now - giving them my entire social security balance as long as ALL of my current retirement savings (30 years of the blood, sweat, tears and living frugally) had taxes waived. And yes, I have some #bitcoin in IRAs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI2y5uqwIVY


"Yellen made over 7 million in speaking fees from the very banks she regulated"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdTjvKjTI4E&t=29s


Anticipation...of course, we've had plenty of that over the last several months. Good thing we have low time preference!


Volatility is Vitality...

https://m.primal.net/LGeM.png


Joe has done the research - and giving Michael Dell a primer...with real numbers... on how to jump ahead of the Bitcoin-per-share race.

https://x.com/i/status/1840737962373304805


If only every other state would follow suit...take back elections for citizens only. As people take the legit route to citizenship, they will get their vote.

Well, except for those dead people who still managed to be casting votes in some districts. Yeah, they aren't coming back.

https://m.primal.net/LGcl.png


This represents all investors not just people running for political office. And this isn't bitcoin to be sold but available cash burning a hole in their pocket. And folks who thought they were already invested in bitcoin - will run out and likely buy bitcoin and create a rush of demand.


Clever depiction of a sad historical trend...kick your kids outside and tell them don't come back until the sun goes down.

Hang a rope swing...build a bicycle ramp...teach them freeze-tag and how to throw a football...start limiting electronics use to 2 hours or less.

https://m.primal.net/LGcT.png


Not that I believe in EITHER party, but I do think Trump is going to build an interesting administration - with some great thought leaders - and then "turn them loose" on the 3-letter agencies.

https://m.primal.net/LFsW.png


If you mean "X", yeah...I still go over there to get most of my news - then share the nuggets over here on nostr.

Regarding his comments, I don't feel like he is exaggerating. I feel this is the most important election in my 56 years on this earth. Between hearing what comes out of Kamala's mouth...knowing who is running her from the background...crap like what Kerry is spouting about 1st amendment.

Democrats (and RINOs) hate you.


A few good #memes from Robert Malone's Sunday Strip

https://m.primal.net/LFoy.png
https://m.primal.net/LFpC.png


Heck of a way to build momentum going into 4Q2024!

https://m.primal.net/LExR.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaFXdgi7WKw


I so much want a Trump administration that includes folks like RFK Jr, Vivek, possibly Musk...but then I do not want to gut the republican leadership in the legislature by going after folks like Massie, Lummis, McHenry, etc.


I rarely share COVID/vaccine posts nowadays...got fatigue over that topic quite some time ago.

However, some folks like Steve Kirsh are indefatigable. He did a clever sleight of hand with ChatGPT and some Medicare data.

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/i-have-been-fully-vindicated-by-the


Sounds about right...

====

Why are baby boomers so rich, or more precisely, why are subsequent generations so poor. This all might look mysterious considering how irresponsible boomers are compared to their parents, but it turns out the answer is very simple: because Boomers rode that big beautiful economy they inherited...

....and then they broke it.

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUr_QYPiGR8


#Crypto companies:

“Don’t put in more than you are willing to lose.”

#Bitcoin companies:

“Put in what you need to protect.”
 - nostr:npub1r526lguznz3txn0uf7x0an2vymtp8zu5cprmkf84reht3p7j27asmh9pgs

#BitcoinTwitter
https://bitcointwitter.web.app/images/v3/225.png


Peter St Onge is one of my favorites - I watch his videos daily, read his Substack, and always listen when he is a podcast guest.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bitcoin-standard-podcast/id1403202032?i=1000668171756


Kamala is a good CEO? I agree with the response...what do they have on Cuban? He's said a lot of stupid things over the decades, but this might be the worst.

https://m.primal.net/LCpx.png


Hah - no worries. And sometimes I can be delayed with response...do a lot of my teaching/coaching in the late afternoons/evenings - and had small group last night.


That's why I say I do not intend to chase yield. However, I am very much interested in taking low-leverage positions to live on debt (both Saylor and Mark Moss discuss this...and Moss has an intriguing spreadsheet for what-if analysis) and  not sell bitcoin other than to support circular economy on parallel rails.

And nothing is risk-free, but we do get to the point of "who is going to build the roads...or the companies that employ workers and are only measured by PoW and meritocracy". Private investors will need to step up...and no reason why they shouldn't expect some yield in return.


====

As we all know, Americans have come to expect two cars, eating out five times a week, new computers and expensive phones, brand-name clothes, and all the trappings of an upper-middle-class lifestyle. The truth is that by cutting back on material items and eating out, a two-parent family with only one adult working full-time can mean a more satisfying, dare I write happier life for all involved.

====

This might trigger some...however, my wife and I did this - and then our oldest daughter followed almost the same pattern...and the youngest isn't far behind (delayed having kids, though).

- We met when we were 18, married at 21, first child by 25
- Even though my wife had a BS in Nursing, she chose to stay at home and raise our two daughters
- By kindergarten, we saw how educators were going to stymie our kids' accelerated way of learning, so we (my wife) started homeschooling
- I focused on a consulting career that resulted in co-ownership of a consulting company for 14 years and a near 30 year career that allowed me to retire early and start teaching/coaching tennis.
- Both daughters married in their 20s, the oldest has 3 kids and homeschools then even though she reached "senior accountant" status at a young age (was married, two kids, and masters in accounting before 23 yrs old).
- Both daughters bought real assets (real estate and equities) by their mid-20s, but I was there to teach them not only about budgeting, but how to use investment tools for research, diversification, etc.

It can be done, but we live in a modest house, drive modest cars, have our coffee and meals at home....while still getting a vacation 1-2x/year. Now, we have a LOT of autonomy through the power of compounding returns...and on the cusp of a #bitcoin bull market.

And my wife is still my best friend...over 37 years from the day we met.

https://www.malone.news/p/wellbeing-the-single-parent-lie


I like Saifedean - I'm not a bitcoiner without hearing him on a CarnivoreMD (Paul Saladino) podcast back in 2021.

But he just comes across as rigidly obstinate in this discussion with Saylor. I like Saylor's position on trying to make sound money transitions as peaceful as possible, ability to earn "risk free yield" on #bitcoin by minimizing risk through selection of regulated counter-parties, etc. And putting that bitcoin up as collateral, to earn that yield, may then allow that regulated bank to loan (without printing currency out of thin air) to an entrepreneur trying to change the world.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bitcoin-standard-podcast/id1403202032?i=1000669795859


====

we're quite a bit poorer than 5 years ago...last time that happened was the 2008 crisis

====

and with credit cards at 25% interest...and $1.14 trillion in credit card debt...means close to a quarter trillion in annual INTEREST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOTaHkXcdHs


I have been a long-time proponent of paid apprenticeships for most job roles. Companies get low cost, entry-level employees that get on-the-job training that is time relevant (vs a textbook) and paired with rewarding work ethic.

Those same employees stay out of college debt, useless degrees, and indoctrination.

And this opinion comes from a guy that got a mechanical engineering degree and made it my DUTY to ensure my own daughters got full ride to college. I made it their "job" to work hard on their academics, and I picked up the tab.

No regrets, but we were in a position to pay for those college expenses without us - or our kids - going into debt. And both of their degrees could have been easily accomplished through apprenticeships.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTMPdEvE3o


Not that I would do it, but Dante does a nice breakdown of how to use these BTC ETF options to "earn yield".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyBy9XEKmso


Exhaustive yet important to share - via Robert Malone.

And this will never hit MSM, so the target audience that SHOULD be reading this...never will.

https://www.malone.news/p/transcripts-show-president-trumps


I have become lax doing so, especially since I am sometimes riding around on a motorcycle in shorts with a tennis bag strapped on back on way to coaching/teaching 🤣, but I have started strapping in if I know I'm going to be out at night...especially downtown.

Luckily, I'm not generally downtown or in Aurora. And there are safe, very nice areas in Aurora too. So if Polis is talking about shopping at Southlands Mall - that's not the same Aurora as the location of those apartments (by far).


Thanks - and congrats on the friend closing on the condo!


I love this guy - and would support him for president soon.

https://m.primal.net/KzVS.png


As a person living about 8 miles from the outskirts of Aurora, I see it...and to see Polis on TV saying "crime is down, I shop in Aurora all the time...we need Kamala" makes me want to move NOW.

But my wife wants to stay because we have 24 years of relationships here, and we do love our house...and those Rocky Mountains make me smile every time I see them (and I see them daily).

Since we AREN'T selling...and actually have no mortgage...we can weather this storm. But I am ready for a new regime to bring the hammer to illegal aliens and (sometimes forcibly) extract them from our communities. I do NOT want them to become a permanent tax burden on our citizens either through welfare programs or through incarceration.

https://m.primal.net/KzPJ.png


A political ad worth watching...and I generally only watch the Trump ads that poke fun at the hapless Cackles Kamala.

https://x.com/i/status/1837686200599302183


Evil knows no bounds...and by evil, I mean Biden and the Deep State in this case.

https://m.primal.net/KzMP.png


Patriots vs the Steelers...on November 5th. Good one! Some patrioits/libertarians will choose to not vote, and I get it...I really do because I despise Kamala and the "Democratic" party and not really a fan of Trump even though this will be my 3rd vote for him. I do respect his grit...he didn't have to take on the entire establishment and could have just kept living his indulgent life.

But I ask that you vote for that "lesser evil", represented by Trump, just once.

Yes, lesser evil can be a slippery slope, but this one seems more pivotal than any in my lifetime (56 years). I think the risk of catastrophe in voting for Trump is a lot less than the chaos, accelerated financial destruction, loss of freedom of speech and personal sovereignty, and World War 3 that will result with a Kamala win. And I selfishly do not want to be a martyr fighting for my freedoms and sovereignty in my own country!

Down-ticket votes could be more libertarian or somehow getting more centrist, common sense candidates in the other two parties.

I hope a more informed Trump will be more successful in dismantling the Deep Administrative State and we as voters can get more reasonable, less captured candidates in 2028...but it will take 4 years of house-cleaning and maybe some prosecutions (for once) along the way. And I'd be completely happy if those prosecutions happened on both sides of the aisle.

#meme

https://m.primal.net/KzJO.png
https://m.primal.net/KzJl.png

https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-the-middle-class-blues


This #meme via el gato malo...I'm currently reading about the extent of the oppression, in exact opposite of the promises, in Check Your Financial Privilege by  nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu

https://m.primal.net/KyJy.png


and here is the accompanying video...I always appreciate the succinct, insightful, always humorous economic/geopolitical analysis of Peter St Onge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1njbDk74A


Enlightening, centralizing forces, and the risks to Bitcoin that result… Especially around mining pools.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coin-stories-with-natalie-brunell/id1569130932?i=1000668997565


The most disgusting thing I missed yesterday - since I was happily on a tennis court coaching high school tennis and then teaching tennis from 7a-8p - was seeing Jill Biden running a cabinet meeting.

They flaunt their violation of the constituents' will...

https://www.dossier.today/p/october-surprise-what-is-stopping


Enjoyed several #memes in Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/KweP.png
https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-its-not-over-till


Give back the stolen money - across all demographics - and see what happens. Seriously, what do we have to lose when staring at a $35 trillion deficit?

Let them have the choice, and more of their income, to "eat cake"...and see if some choose to invest in themselves instead.

====

The logic here is that when a mugger sleeps in, we don't call his foregone crimes a cost. When he retires, we don’t call his lost “earnings” a cost to society.

Meanwhile, complaining that a tax cut costs more than many government departments — as Bloomberg does — is like complaining that maxxing out your 401k costs more than many hookers in Vegas.

One is a savings, one is a cost.

====

https://www.profstonge.com/p/why-media-pretends-tax-cuts-cost


https://image.nostr.build/24e37753f4b8841e9b8523c30b7eab5bb35c9ead853a3d823debd9b2f22e0b58.jpg

Trump, Vance, Ramaswamy, Musk, Gabbard, RFK Jr.

#Trump #Vance #Ramaswamy #Musk #RFKJr

The Real Avengers. What a time to be alive.

God bless 🙏 President Donald J Trump

#God #Trump #Prayer #USA 🇺🇲 #BTC #Zap⚡ #Nostr #FreeRossUlbricht #JulianAssangeIsFree 🔥


One of my business partners said his hair got scared of his forehead and ran down his back.😂


Can't imagine having to come to the realization that I might HAVE to work into my 80's. I would say it is incredibly irresponsible to only have $66k if already in your 30s, but our society willfully keeps our citizens from being financially literate and fiscally responsible.

Of course, I could also argue that the parents should be teaching them. I taught my adult daughters - from when they were old enough (around 8 and 9 yrs old) to put $1 bills in envelopes for tithe (10%), short term spending (50%), and long-term spending (40%).

They quickly learned how that long-term envelope could really grow, and a low time preference allowed either more aggressive investing or higher quality, more expensive goods.

As adults, they both had retirement savings...and purchases of first homes...in their 20s. And one has followed the practice of "never sell an asset" and just rents out homes as they upgrade with a growing family.

====

survey reported the median middle- class household has just $66,000 in their retirement accounts. For a sense of scale Northwestern Mutual recommends $1.5 million for a comfortable retirement

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gej5UugsCN4


Since semi-retired now...my horizon is no longer 30 years - although I fully expect to live another 30+ years. 💪


yes - which is disappointing. You can bet that Vivek, JD, and RFKJr get it, though.


That "inflationary crash" sounds a lot more likely nowadays, right? And price people out of real assets...unless they get started now with #bitcoin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlBOc7Xq9Qc


Since I have an IRA that invests in a lot of ETFs, I did do some reallocations from all things bonds to gold and the BTC ETF (and yes, I know it is an ETF but this IRA is locked down for 5 years and I'm at least using Fidelity versus Blackrock or anyone using Coinbase).

I did consider silver and copper, but haven't made that adjustment yet.


Agree - and I'm not happy with their crypto scam - kind of puts him a conflict of interest when it comes to pursuing a hard asset (bitcoin) for a "strategic stockpile", right??

Which is probably why it isn't unintentional that he keeps interchanging "crypto" with "bitcoin". Sure, he could be trying to capture all crypto votes...or trying an affinity scam with his "newer and improved" tokens.


Or just have balls of steel...


Now color-code this with the electoral college map I shared earlier.

Bitcoin is for everyone and is non-partisan...unless some of the partisans decide to do everything in their power and influence to keep their lemming constituents from finding the lifeboats/escape hatch.

https://m.primal.net/Ktxb.png


Worst performing because absolutely the worst fiscal/political position we've been in since #bitcoin inception

https://m.primal.net/KtvW.png


OK - the guy is a billionaire, so he can do math...so why in the heck would he go cash and watch it melt 40-100% in 4 years of Comrade Kamala??

#bitcoin for the #1 option - and then gold (held outside the US) and other commodities.

https://m.primal.net/KtuE.png


Looks like my state (CO) is still going for the "dumb as hammers"/gulliible award. I'm OK if we don't vote red, but freakin' vote libertarian...or some representation of #NeverKamala.

https://m.primal.net/Kttw.png


El gato malo gets pretty creative (and often pretty accurate/prophetic) with his analysis.


Umm - no...unless he is being interviewed from jail. And potential opportunities in bonds translates to "potential for you to be the bag holder".

https://m.primal.net/Kttb.png


Umm - I'm not OK with having my nuts blown off because I wanted privacy...and parallel financial rails!

====

some are arguing that israel somehow managed to get a hold of and compromise these pagers, perhaps at a distributor, perhaps by tradecraft of some sort. it’s possible, but i don’t believe it. i just do not believe the pagers turn over that fast or that it could be so easy or effective or accurately targeted without piles of collateral damage.

my wager (and obviously, i’m guessing here and have no special knowledge just a nasty mind and some technical savvy) is that this was more like stuxnet. it’s a software hack that used the code of the pagers to remotely compromise them, take over control at a basic level, and mismanage the battery/thermo processes to make it overheat and explode.

and this means that anything with a Li-ion battery and a network connection just became a highly targeted (and targetable) weapon. a laptop is a claymore. it makes most EV’s into WMD’s. a whole new arms race just started and such weapons tech never stays in the hands of governments for long.

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/smart-phones-as-smart-munitions


https://image.nostr.build/fa0716f526ac5bc70b086764c67e8579cb67cac391e74e43a7c8ae24aa6eba18.jpg
#gunstr #meme #memestr


It's on "X", but worth the watch...dude rips the average american and says quit getting spoon-fed what you are supposed to believe and step outside and do your own research.

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1836029890346569834


Perfect - I'm sure that is what they were going for....


Very good point to truly see the acceleration of the drops.


Absolutely nothing political about the timing, either. They are only looking after their constituents best interest.

Said no sane person, ever.


This is extraordinary...and evil and manipulative, of course.

https://m.primal.net/KrtJ.png


====

Did you think Kamala was flying them to Martha's Vineyard? - 81% (362,000/448,000) of her irregular Haitians somehow went to states that voted against her in 2020. If you look closely at the graph, you can just barely see when she started flying them into your neighborhood.

====

https://m.primal.net/KrQv.png

https://www.malone.news/p/trumps-inelegant-brilliance


This propaganda seems to be true!
Best explanation??

https://m.primal.net/KoqE.png nostr:note1um7dkakl5khz7gk3xcerlwv8q365zntemlpecylp94tzcqg0a47qeslsjc
It would be like a Stacker suddenly saying
"No wait, I believe in Fiat again!"


A Madex Manifesto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo7eeL1E_VQ


https://i.nostr.build/zDMJjL42gxD4kQCH.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/zdA0YjwPZj4ImDHL.jpg


One of my favorite charts that is freqeuently updated by Charlie Bilello

https://m.primal.net/KrIN.png


You gotta love multiple choice...

https://m.primal.net/KrHj.png


Exciting podcast - especially around the 45 minute mark with a real world example of $10M real estate investment vs $9M real estate/$1M #bitcoin…return over 6 years.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-study-billionaires-the-investors-podcast-network/id928933489?i=1000669085451


It's all fun & games until you actually have to critically-think your way through the relentless onslaught of propaganda. https://nostpic.com/media/0018b7ee33fb253843639c62e292fec700a69a93b08ee374c5bda971c9b39564/fd5651da9757d1f583e1fba7b5e9e2e6caecc8c7575ffdf0af0a57dc1dfee00b.webp


Interesting interaction with Marcus Savings (by Goldman Sachs).

I had decided to close a small rainy day savings account, but I wanted access to the funds today versus wait for ACH to settle going to my credit union and then make a #bitcoin smash buy. Since I had setup this account for recurring buys, I planned on just drawing the balance to $0 and then close the account. Didn't want to get hit with penalties going below a threshold.

So, first issue - I can't login to the site using my computer web browser...which I've used the same configuration for several years now. It says I must be in the United States to access Marcus.

Turns out it is because I use Brave. Even though I do not have a VPN running (yet) or any other location masking (yet), it wouldn't let me access with Brave (even with Shields down).

So she answers my questions about account closure, but she keeps saying "after they review the transaction"...so I ask the baiting question about "why would Goldman want to review a transaction before I can access my own money". She got flustered and repeated the instructions and I then said "wouldn't you be bothered if a banking institution said they needed to review your transaction before you could access your own money".

She courteously said thanks for calling, have a nice day.

This is why we bitcoin....

Now I'm down to just a couple credit unions for personal checking and a couple small LLCs (that are running tiny BTC Treasuries) as I continue to progess toward a bitcoin standard.


Note: normal vs log scale to keep both curves on the same chart.

https://m.primal.net/KntM.png


====

how do you make people not only willing but desperate to participate in your global registration and monitoring program?”

easy peasy:

you take away a right they currently enjoy.

you then offer to give it back if they do the thing you demand. in effect, you are selling them their own freedom back if “they just comply.”

you pile on the guilt of “it’s not about you, it’s about the kids, just accept the ID.”

laugh all you want, but look how well it worked with vaccine passports and jabs to travel, work, and go to school.

....

do you want trump or kamala or groovy gavin newsom to hold this power? how about dick cheney or justin trudeau or albanese or ursula von der leyen? how about scary poppins or a valerie jarrett appointee?

if even one person on this list upsets you then you have to say no to mandatory digital ID to access social or other media.

if you approve of a power only if your side gets to exercise it, that’s not principle, it’s desire to wield the whip hand.

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/age-assurance-as-the-trojan-horse


A little comparison on Trump economy (great) versus Biden-Harris economy (disaster).

Goldman isn't smokin' anything...they are just in bed with the Democrats (and pay them huge speaking fees).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJXByYSpH4


====

confidence has plunged for people who don't own stocks but it's actually risen for people who do. So this year the gap between haves and have-nots is actually the highest it's been dating back to at least 1998.

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6lzzqFi8Q


#Bitcoin fix the money  http://res.cloudinary.com/duz6er8nb/image/upload/v1724809174/sonmciw45diw107rgljf.png


"Right now, 5.6 million Americans want a job but have given up looking."

And because they've given up, they do not count in the statistics...and that shows up as a Biden-Harris win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCp-5F9-hQ


Giving Democrat men testosterone injections...turns them Republican. 🤣  That was a joke, but some other interesting observations regarding voting preferences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYEbXkUZB4


Awesome to see you on nostr, Ken - Lies My Doctor Told Me is a coffee table book for us because anybody can pick it up and read a couple "bite-size" chunks of wisdom about myths...and you busting the myths.


I had several Simply Bitcoin Originals to catch up on since I mostly stayed off of the internet while in NY last week.

Here is a nice bullish dose...and also excited that Dante Cook is joining the Simply Bitcoin crew. I always appreciated his work and it dovetails nicely with Rustin's enthusiasm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMbvWPqyM_I&t=606s


The creativity...and that is what it takes to expose the truth.

https://m.primal.net/KmGF.png


I'm disgusted - not so much that MSM and Deep Administrative State are going to do MSM/Deep State things (lie like the captured animal they are) - but more that the lemmings in our society continue to believe the lies to be true and are so easily swayed.

With plenty of proof of prior lies!

https://m.primal.net/KmFb.png

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/never-trust-the-media-about-what


I appreciate the accompanying charts to help with the education and historical perspective - via  nostr:npub1cj94enk44kn5mvrcma4sp7jnlsgnn4em7rk3dh3jt4fzyqs3m02s560efa

https://m.primal.net/KmFR.png

https://www.jameslavish.com/p/yield-curves-and-inversions


Understand it before the majority does...

https://m.primal.net/KmFO.png


Criminals...stealing from future generations.

https://m.primal.net/Kkzs.png


Some good ones in Robert Malone's Sunday Strip....

https://m.primal.net/KkMx.png
https://m.primal.net/KkNB.png
https://m.primal.net/KkNF.png


Aspiration - achieved. Not normal for me since I'm mostly meat/dairy/eggs...berries and honey...chocolate/coffee/bourbon.

I'll eat anything if I feel it is worth it, but have a pretty narrow daily diet otherwise.


Was in NY for several days for a belated 35th wedding anniversary celebration - hit the US Open a couple days, saw the Great Gatzby on Broadway, ate cake only for dinner 3 nights (so many freakin' bakeries in Manhattan)...with the appropriate amount of bourbon because that's our favorite.

Also hit  nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h - and those guys are great. In fact, my Bitcoin payment through  nostr:npub1ajlrwgfj4yerhqf7ady03h7wmtk2qr3gs7h3sxcx83k05yld36sswpzx3q failed...and those guys left me off the hook so I could get to the broadway show. Of course, I'm still paying them, but I need to setup a new Lightning wallet vs go through this Liquid/Lightning extra layer. But both PUBKEY and I would like to support the circular economy by paying with sats.

Sounds like Zeus, here I come.

Anyway - I haven't shared in days, so may as well share some of Robert Malone's Friday Funnies.

https://m.primal.net/KkEI.png
https://m.primal.net/KkEL.png
https://m.primal.net/KkEP.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-redneck-wizard


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

#CNN #Fiat #USD #Kamala #Harris #Walz #Biden #Communist #Woke #Shit #Left #Democrat #Fake #Drunk #Liar #Hollywood #DNC #Chicago #Evil #BrandonJohnson #Crooks #Pedophiles #Illegals #AntiFreeSpeech #Against1stAmendment #WEF #Schwab #Soros #Climate

https://image.nostr.build/c28fd114947f7e3e41159a5130d7410bd5d5b288ebf71251b457a83a9a2886d0.jpg


We've heard plenty about the unrealized gains tax, but Peter St Onge provides a summary of several of the others...all rates going up, of course. And that freakin' death tax...and using family farms as an example...

How the hell can anyone vote for Cackles? Too big to rig should be easy even WITH the illegal voters (especially if states like Texas keep knocking off 1M voters from the rolls). I'm hoping that the polls keep saying what they are (Kamala winning)....just like they did with Clinton...and then see Trump demolish her in most embarrasing fashion.

Then hope the same landslide continues down the ticket. I don't trust Republicans either (and Graham and McConnell have committed crimes against humanity with their forever wars)...but the Democrats have some true enemies against humanity and human flourishing. Was good to see some of the really crazy ones go down in the primaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UELlUKH7qnY


Wouldn't we all...on the way to even bigger and better, of course. And in this election cycle, and seeing what goes on in Europe, I'll just take an unconfiscatable, non-debased money/asset!


American HODL - "if you are still invited to family Thanksgiving, you aren't stacking hard enough...if your car is younger than Bitcoin, you aren't stacking hard enough"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I06mS7V8B8


We are here...and here is a great place to be. What are you waiting for - start stacking harder!

https://m.primal.net/KVqK.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4VYXYc8ihs


Gotta like Maller's "jumping on a banana to fly" analogy....

====

...the ethereum foundation disclosing that they sell $100 million worth of eth every year to pay for salaries and grants and this, ladies and gentlemen, is a perfect example why ethereum or any crypto token for that matter will never flip Bitcoi.

Bitcoin doesn't have employees, a CEO, or expenses.

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WzwVduGVc


The smart play: Buy #Bitcoin for growth and for savings.  http://res.cloudinary.com/duz6er8nb/image/upload/v1722567477/lqiqy0vlcvokwejb6p8d.jpg


Hah - I'm at the same version (with max capacity of 83%)...and still do not have enough #bitcoin. And my Mac battery, that used to last an entire day, drains out in about 3 hours (sooner if I keep Primal up in a browser).


True...unless you are just getting the points across...

1 BTC = 1 BTC

1 USD <> 1 USD thus creating the term "time value of money" and present value vs future value...like simpler on a Bitcoin Standard!

I do like it when they include the fiat price for both at the same time...like they've done with housing and groceries.


I rarely go to movies - generally wait for them to come out on DVD or stream - but may need to go support this one.

He was president through my middle school/high school years...really admired him back then.

https://m.primal.net/KVbL.png


Hard to choke down listening to just the clips...can't imagine listening to the whole thing.

====

https://m.primal.net/KVal.png

====

https://notthebee.com/article/kamala-slumped-in-the-polls-after-her-pre-taped-cnn-interview-and-i-compiled-the-funniest-clips-to-show-you-why


Just a few miles from us...

https://m.primal.net/KVaD.png


via @RadarHits
·
💥 #Bitcoin 68 days before US elections

https://m.primal.net/KVZw.png


Robert Malone's Friday Funnies

https://m.primal.net/KVYv.png
https://m.primal.net/KVYy.png
https://m.primal.net/KVZA.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-rebranding-in-progress


via Sam Callahan in the News Block

====

I’d like to point you to not one but two papers recently published by the Federal Reserve.

The first paper from the Kansas City Federal Reserve concluded that bondholders lose during periods of fiscal expansion—so when the money printer goes brrr—until the Fed bails them out. If the Fed comes in with Quantitative Easing and starts buying up all the bonds, then the bondholders will be okay, at least in nominal terms.

But someone has to pay for the money printing…and the paper concludes that when the Fed decides to bail out bondholders, it’s ultimately the taxpayers who do it via higher taxes and inflation.

The second paper came from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve and confirmed the risks that bondholders face during periods of reckless government spending. It investigated just how much wealth was redistributed away from bondholders in the inflationary aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authors concluded that the rise in inflation—mostly driven by fiscal and monetary policies—diluted bondholders by approximately $268 billion. That’s a big number. The authors end on an ominous note: 👇

====

https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/are-fed-rate-cuts-a-good-sign-or


Between this guy - and the Biden economic advisor who fumbled/bumbled/stumbled before admitting bonds were confusing...heaven help us. Need self-custodied #bitcoin...and possibly a 2nd passport and keys across multiple jurisdictions.

Or, go with Trump and RFK as they move toward legal tender and no taxation converting between bitcoin and USD.


Pass along to your socialist friends, Kamala lovers, and never Trumpers...this is where we are headed if they don't wake up to reality and math.

https://www.profstonge.com/p/from-price-controls-to-mass-starvation


So this is the dude who crafted Elizabeth Warren's socialist tax policies...and is now on Cacklin' Kamala's team.

====

The wealth tax sought to impose an annual tax on the wealth of individuals or families with “net assets” over $50 million. The wealth tax starts at 2 percent annually and rises to 6 percent for those with “net assets” over $1 billion. In short, it is a plan to “eat the rich” and have the government seize the wealth (again, on an annual basis) of people determined by the government to have done too well.

====

https://www.dossier.today/p/kamala-harriss-top-economic-adviser


Gensler still Jonesing for that Treasury Secretary role under Cackles.

But Trump just needs to quit with all of the 💩 coining. Of course, this type of NFT just stokes his ego and need for adoration...and he is STILL the best candidate for this election.

https://m.primal.net/KRvl.png


Absolutely essential to undersand TRUE representative democracy..vs going with the popular vote because of large cities densely populated with lemmings/sheep (pick the most mindless, docile animal).

https://m.primal.net/KRvG.png


And when you are retired/semi-retired...those are scary times. Luckily, I follow great #bitcoiners and financial thought leaders with an Austrian economics mindset...and got out of bonds a long time ago.

Of course, I also started getting out of equities in favor of the hardest asset on earth.

https://m.primal.net/KRuX.png


If the candidate says he doesn't want to run, and you still keep him on the ballot basically against his will, 🤡 world just keeps getting crazier.

First THEY try to remove/prevent him from being on the ballot. Now they are trying to keep him on it against his will???

https://m.primal.net/KRtP.png


Great summary from Robert Malone on why he is voting for Trump. His thought processes mirror my own - and indicate that Trump is the only sane decision you can have in this election.

I like how Malone points out that he has personally made mistakes...and he will make more. And the same can be said for Trump. But Trump also brought value in his first term...and I think he has even BETTER counselors/thought leaders around him this time...and will be willing to delegate responsibilities to those thought leaders.

Above all, I think he will respect our Constitution, bill of rights, and personal sovereignty. He's been best prepared to do this since they broke all the rules as they tried to put Trump in jail or at least prevent him from running a fair race with equal treatment from mainstream media and social platforms.

Malone tends to get long-winded, but is pretty concise in his arguments at the beginning and end of this post (with some historical context in the middle that you can likely skip because TLDR).

https://www.malone.news/p/why-i-have-endorsed-president-trump


#Taxes are theft.
#Governments are criminal organizations.

Accept those facts and suddenly everything makes sense…

#Bitcoin fixes this. https://image.nostr.build/f2d0870975b1f12728d4a149fac9a41d0d7981b4993385ff5118aa66143416b9.jpg


The dude can be hilarious when he gets on a roll. Of course, every tweet like this probably causes at least one NeverTrumper to have an aneurism.

https://m.primal.net/KQwh.png


Gotta hit them in their pocketbooks before they finally get it...and they never "get it" big picture - just that THEY may suffer, also.

https://m.primal.net/KPvz.png


Honestly, I can't ever getting to the point where I'd just be "partying and acting like everything will work out".

I told my wife-to-be, over 35 years ago, that I would dig a ditch to keep a roof over her head. I was also willing to move anywhere in the world to get a job...and my oldest daughter did live in all 4 timezones in the US before she turned 8.

I was quick to acquire assets, though. We bought our first house at 22 yrs old and I'd been DCA'ing into mutual funds even earlier. My adult daughters (now both married) followed the same blueprint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKPQVkqI0ww


"they screwed it up so bad, the registers are not ringing, and the debtors are not paying"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSE3tlHexfw


Bigly scary

But probably nothing.

https://image.nostr.build/6c7a141be1d97680c28aae55fe377a4179713db524da6147a9fc5ca2facb4e02.jpg


I think about this often,  nostr:npub1ey3qj65swghw6meqmcx0tas3crv3qjaucrg0qkf7dz02zt0jjtasxdan49 - and want to make a concerted (but costs money) effort to tour some of the countries I would consider.

Plan B's cost money and I'll admit to waiting for the results of this presidential election before pursuing these extreme precautionary options. I think the IRS (and CDC, WHO, DOJ...and many other 3-letter agencies) become less of an issue in a Trump administration.

https://m.primal.net/KOEa.png


I completely agree with this assessment - Graham and McConnell are captured opportunists who do not have the US and their constituents' best interest in mind.

https://m.primal.net/KODy.png


Similar to CPI...waaaaay under-reported.


Overwhelmingly self-induced but also supported by our overall "victim mentality", helicopter parenting (and government), and our healthcare system willing to make that diagnosis quickly and put people on life-time drugs.


Alabama going through a similar exercise...meanwhile, how 'bout them blue states?

https://m.primal.net/KODJ.png


Trump's campaign could use a strong, thought-provoking orator.

https://m.primal.net/KOCO.png


Sad state of our fragile society...

https://m.primal.net/KOCI.png


Technically, he did not withdraw from the race - he suspended his campaign and withdrew from battleground states.

Therefore, he should still be under secret service protection.

https://m.primal.net/KOBw.png


"justice system"

https://media.rcsocial.net/media_attachments/files/113/028/884/898/505/560/original/79fe1395fabf52e8.png


A couple good #memes in Robert Malone's Sunday Strip...

https://m.primal.net/KOBG.png
https://m.primal.net/KOBI.png
https://m.primal.net/KOBL.png
https://m.primal.net/KOBM.png


el gato malo supports turning X into a decentralized protocol vs platform...hmm, got nostr doing exactly this, but X does have a huge network effect. And this post discusses how to change the business model.

====

“shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;”

has become “unless we disagree with what you say.”

====

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-censorship-and-surveillance-state


I absolutely agree.


Not that I would use Costco to buy #bitcoin - I also do not use Coinbase - but interesting for mainstream.

https://m.primal.net/KMPs.png


Well - let's not forget fighting the forever wars (sometimes on both sides of the war) and then sending our taxpayer money to rebuild those countries...and subsequently line the pockets of the military industrial complex and their bought, Uniparty government leeches.

https://m.primal.net/KMNk.png


Fact

https://image.nostr.build/01561808aea2be58a6b47d654f670a515cef0cf8f6391a81bbd9c17c31f9e8f1.jpg


Not sure - but after listening to Whitney Webb discuss Palantir a few times...I'm not rooting for them.


I thought so, too...but how much of Trump's was from the lockdown? And yes, "buck stops here" with him as president, but his handlers were Deep State w/deep pockets filled with pharma patents before COVID even came out.

Then they played to his ego to get him to fast track the approval process. In this case, he proved to be the useful idiot.

But I'd vote for him again - although I waffled at just throwing my vote to RFK on principle. And can't NOT vote because it truly is ANYONE BUT KAMALA...or any modern Democrat, at this point.


And the embedded video of Harris/Walz is hilarious...in a sad state of our society kind of way


One of Robert Malone's better Friday Funnies in a while...unless you are a Harris fan. This one is worth the click through to the Substack post.

https://m.primal.net/KKmk.png
https://m.primal.net/KKml.png
https://m.primal.net/KKmo.png

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-lipstick-on-a-pig


If there was ever a time I wanted a repeat of history...it's to see Trump demolish Harris in the debate just as Tulsi did to Harris in 2020.

And I'm looking forward to RFK having a significant role in Trump's cabinet. I'd still unleash him on all things healthcare...and perhaps environmental (although I am concerned about some of his prior environmental stances). That leaves the likes of Ramaswamy, Massie, Lummis, etc. to go after the financial sector and censorship issues. Then perhaps Vance and a few other knowledgeable lieutenants to address immigration.

https://www.dossier.today/p/trump-has-major-tailwinds-at-his


📡📡📡 https://image.nostr.build/042628867f3635bcda2e907ed6e4bfee1951c24764ab4e22d68d07c3d8b17b5b.jpg


Just #hodl #bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/KJaI.png


Colorado will be hopelessly blue or purple...even without election interference and potential vote skewing from Denver being a sanctuary city...but I still support this across the country until we can get audited election results on a blockchain with verified citizenship.

https://m.primal.net/KJYe.png


Like I said, I didn't listen...but something tells me this is embellishingly (new word) and fraudulently inaccurate.

https://m.primal.net/KJYS.png


OK - I didn't watch a single minute of the DNC. I would probably alternate between cringing and wanting to smash something in futile anger, but I wouldn't put it past them to do this type of manipulation.

Seriously, I tried to force myself to choke down about 1:42 of Harris' acceptance speech...and I just could not do it.

https://m.primal.net/KJYL.png


Long read via el gato malo, but pulls no punches and in true bipartisan fashion punches both parties in the face for recklessness and incompetence.

However, with this being Trump's last harrah, I hope he puts competent people in his cabinet (RFK, Elon, Ramaswamy...Lummis, Massie, thought leaders in the health/wellness industry...many of which opposed the vaccines as well as the obesity-inducing nutritional guidelines) and tells them to go slash regulations, shut down entire agencies, kick some known administrative state grifters to the curb, etc.

I also wish he would rip the bandaid off early in his administration, take the free market backlash of a crashing economy and pissed off constituents, and then rebuild on a firmer foundation in time for the party to have a 2nd go-at-it with a successor who isn't an octogenarian. If we just ping-pong back to the freedom-hating Democrats we will fall right back into the rut.

I do not think a viable 3rd party will ever win an election unless our entire government fails and falls into anarchy. Too much corruption on both sides will keep it from happening. Unless the economic system fails faster, we go to a #bitcoin hard money, and then the corruption cannot be paid with funds printed out of thin air.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/unserious-people-making-for-serious


Yep...unfortunately now necessary to think in terms of risk mitigation. Bitcoin to the moon doesn't help if you can't access it, transact with it, or get taxed to oblivion.


#meme #nostrmeme
#zap it, Feels good man.
🙋♂🙇🙇♀💁💁♂🤦🧏🤦♂🙋
#memes

https://image.nostr.build/a321778cae63e76c7659da15d1ff74c3402970b78ad42e38f11ee38117275705.jpg


That's why I'm always pondering multiple jurisdictions...then the key is being able to safely travel there - which is why I at least want to eliminate requiring an airplane or boat.

When you read the stuff like what I shared about the depths they will go to steal this election...or simply sway the lemmings with MSM while hiding their preferred client in the basement or behind a teleprompter with prepared questions...you start looking for ways out.

I'm emotionally detached enough to do it. I love what I do, but I can do it anywhere. I have nice friends and clients, but I can make friends elsewhere...and invite my current friends to come visit...but my wife does love the depth of the relationships she's established over the last 24 years we've lived here.


#meme #nostrmeme
#zap it, Feels good man.
🙋♂🙇🙇♀💁💁♂🤦🧏🤦♂🙋
#memes

Ask questions

https://image.nostr.build/e5f476687fa29cf2345f3997b93913951245f0a63edb66121fff1ef68d8d7d27.jpg


#meme
#memestr https://image.nostr.build/3e1efa37f7e82462da4091f4707771a33afa33df0ed1e1d2f951b3a8baa4092f.jpg


Freakin’ scary stuff - yet not outside the realm of 🤡 world possibility!

nostr:note1ml3ug4yt46cjpzy56lrd38nclzesz49pf93u0vadae2w4zad2qrqy76nee


Helluva paid vacation…as if the $27M for the Big Guy wasn’t enough…

https://www.dossier.today/p/who-is-running-the-country-right


👏👏👏

nostr:note1nn42zazwrn9f89fuyqc908l5sjdw5kdxzjhhf0fewdd7jr4qmuxsd9h8he


Anyone else having issues with Latest, My Network in #primal?

I am only getting a handful of notes...sometimes less than a handful, sometimes maybe 20-30? This has been going on for several days now. I reset the caching service, forced refreshes of the Primal tab itself (in Brave).

Nothing seems to be working.

Been awhile since I evaluated which relays to use, too. What's the latest recommendations? I just added the damus one back today - to see if it significantly changed how many notes I'd get back...no measurable impact.

#asknostr


Bipartisan grifting and theft. Throw in some numbers from the legislature and administrative state, also!

https://m.primal.net/KGql.png


Hmm, heavily populated strongly "vote blue" areas...that didn't get around to reporting their high crime data.

Nothing to see here...

https://m.primal.net/KGqZ.png


====

For some people, being a compulsive liar is an unfortunate personality defect, and it only impacts those closest to the person suffering from such a condition. However, when it applies to Tim Walz, it becomes a very real and very dangerous issue.

You can’t help but wonder what else it is that Tim Walz has lied about.

====

https://www.dossier.today/p/is-tim-walz-a-pathological-liar


#meme #nostrmeme
#zap it, Feels good man.
🙋♂🙇🙇♀💁💁♂🤦🧏🤦♂🙋
#memes

Laughs

https://image.nostr.build/786096a2245804c190d302424f4362e9f8a97fbfdc9440d45ebd11806a5e47e2.jpg


#meme #memes #memestr #nostrmemes #nostrmeme
https://m.primal.net/KDul.jpg


Agreed...and actually disappointed if RFK really reached out to Kamala to be part of her administration. I think he would have more autonomy in a Trump administration and he would bring value (along with Ramaswamy, Lummis, Massie, etc).


$95 billion in the red...FOR THE DAY!
#bidenomics #kamunism

https://m.primal.net/KCeg.png


Sounds like how you would pronounce it in Boston.

https://m.primal.net/KCdG.png


Perfect...


But yet another case of "don't be like Biden"...although could say, I fell off my bike...crushed my hardware wallet beyond repair...forgot to backup my seed phrase.


I've been investing since 1990...and I never blink or panic sell. Hope others do the same.


Strap In! #bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/KBcU.png


Wow - that is aggressive...although surprised it isn't 50 bps pre-election #bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/KBbu.png


Living this right now. One couple in our small group just had their RV stolen from an RV storage facility. They found it trashed and littered with both drugs and live rounds (no firearms there because they were probably actively using those to commit crimes elsewhere).

We love Colorado and Denver, but what the current administration is allowing is criminal...just like most every other Blue State governor and legislators. I'd like to purchase another home in a red state (like Texas, Tennessee, or South Carolina...too windy in Wyoming), but then I remember that all other assets are 💩 coins relative to #bitcoin

Just do simple analytics, you twits. Your policies are destroying our economy and making it dangerous for your citizens. I've started carrying again when we go out...and yes, I have a permit. And if things really go south...I have my own reloader!

https://m.primal.net/KBbB.png


Seems like it would have to be a metal mallet - to ensure brain death to actually vote for Cackling Kamala.

https://m.primal.net/KAbP.png


Honestly - it is like evicted renters (or foreclosed homeowners) who maliciously destroy property as they get kicked out.

Based upon what some of the MSM, and billionaire investors, and Trump's and RFK's and Cynthia Lummis' speeches have outlined at the Bitcoin Conference...*IF* the US Government sells...they should be considered traitors to their country burning the last lifeline to get rid of our crushing debt.

https://m.primal.net/KAaC.png


Europe and Canada already ahead of us on that one...


Yes - and I am quite interested in those two topics (bitcoin and geopolitics).  But if you have a conversation around mathematics and paleontology...you might be speaking to yourself (at least on that last one). Computer science topics...plenty of discussion there.

But insurance...or perhaps #DenverBroncos, #DenverNuggets, #TexasLonghorns #HookEm...or putting Luxury Vinyl Plank throughout the house (good idea or bad)...still have pretty small audiences that a generic #asknostr doesn't address because it can get buried. Health/Wellness starting to get more traction, but not like we have a Shawn Baker, Paul Saladino, Peter Attia, Robb Wolf crowd here to tag.

Since I'm trying to make nostr the only place I engage (I do consume content on Twitter but only engage/share on nostr), I'm ready for a broader adoption and faster adoption curve. Going to take time before it becomes a platform for answers on a broader set of topics.


Still hoping to use nostr for something other than #bitcoin and #geopolitics discussion

#asknostr

nostr:note1vra8tnmgtz54juhzzhydljtl7zwa95a63uy65tujmxuugzalnn8syftzzp


Still enough lemmings and "never Trumps" reading it, though.


Silver lining of an absolute catastrophe for humanity...


Been using Safeco insurance for many years, but they keep jacking up prices. When they put themselves up against other companies like Traveler's and American Modern, they still have the better deal.

But as an example, they raised my cabin insurance over 70%...two years in a row! First reason was COVID supply shock/cost of replacement materials and service, etc. Second reason was now saying at greater fire risk.

Now I see they've jacked up our home/auto insurance (for a 2015 Mini countryman and 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee)...difference is about $1,350 for the year.

Who else should I bid? Allstate, State Farm, etc have always been more expensive. Not sure if Geico covers everything...and concerned about denial of claims...even though we've rarely had to make claims in our 35+ years of carrying insurance.

#asknostr


Which is why I never watch/read it. I do follow ZeroHedge, Radar, DissentWatch and a few others. Would love to see more of those on nostr.


The extent of the insidious capture never fails to astound me...even though we've witnessed it for at least 8 years (arguably 16 years).

https://m.primal.net/JyTk.png


====

official inflation since Covid is 21% but fast food menu prices which are a standard proxy in financial markets for true inflation are up more than twice that...

as always this is hitting the youngest hardest with nearly 80% of Millennials and gen Z unable to afford everyday expenses

====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cerbD1fiJ4


https://image.nostr.build/b76b1790d978c82d9492814cbe355a18d871f2a8b3c9edb251312321c52f73e8.jpg #meme #memestr #nostrmeme