Yes...but I still like it and do not over-indulge. Generally have a bourbon every night and still like a good wine or porter/stout...and even like a refreshing gin/sparkling water with LMNT electrolytes.

Could I have used that money to buy more of the greatest asset on earth - yep. Could I drop a couple percentage body fat - yep. But it is worth the trade-off for me, and my wife and I love starting our day together with coffee and finishing with a drink. And that has been a part of a great recipe for marriage success for over 35 years.


Zelensky getting ready to have his "hold my beer" moment...


I guess we could always address our concern by stopping all funding immediately.

Gets us out of a forever war (unless it escalated to WW3) and allows US taxpayers to keep a few debased pennies still in their pocket.

Gee - wonder who would be too concerned if we did that??

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Ouch...

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Think that ship has sailed for THIS election cycle. At this point, I'm hoping for one more Trump term and then a decent succession plan that hopefully includes some common sense.

If they would be serious about a Bitcoin reserve...and somehow pegging the dollar to Bitcoin or "basket of hard assets" to start the groundwork for no more printing, that takes care of a lot of woes (forever wars, climate/DEI boondoggles, etc). Oh, and take care of that pesky immigration issue.


I may still keep my LLCs…and my personal account…with Swan because I do sweep all of those into cold-storage and hold the keys. And wouldn’t even think about moving them until Unchained supports ACH and keeping low transaction fees.


I knew I could count on your ALL-CAP enthusiastic, Bitcoin-fundamentals response.


appreciate that extra tag - completely slipped my mind.


I've had a Swan IRA since early 2022. I'm debating moving over to Unchained...especially while Unchained running their special (through Aug 15th) and waiving significant fees.

You look at review sites and Swan outranks Unchained. So I would like some first-person experienced input.

If you are an Unchained client...

- Would you happily make the same choice?
- Do you have an Unchained IRA?
- What other Unchained products do you use?

I am considering making this move because...

- Swan still doesn't allow you to hold your own keys for a Bitcoin IRA due to lack of "regulatory clarity" if the IRS comes after you due to unfettered access to your Bitcoin (McNulty case). FYI, that isn't completely true...Swan will allow you to do a Checkbook IRA, but Unchained seems to provide a better "design" with the 2-of-3 multisig to allow them to audit transactions without them having control.

- When Swan went through their layoffs, they got rid of a lot of people providing the main reason for me staying so loyal to Swan (Dante, Callahan, Livera, etc). I valued Swan because of their significant contribution to Bitcoin education.

- Love him or not, Cory also made some great calls on rug-pulling companies. He has also been a great ambassador on MSM as he was making those calls. I haven't noticed whether there has been fallout since Swan itself "got out over their skis" and gambled on price to the point they need to now make headcount/budget cuts.

I do think there are still some great people at Swan - Lubka is always great and responsive and their support team is outstanding and highly competent. Their IRA and transaction fees are also very reasonable (and no fees to move to self-custody for non-IRA BTC). They also have ACH! I can't believe Unchained still doesn't have that capability?

Anyway, I'd love some thoughts on the Unchained IRA and Unchained in general. I like several of their folks, also...although was disappointed when Parker moved on (but like what he is doing at Zaprite...although I can't afford it for the transaction level of my own business).

This is the first time I've tagged people to encourage their input in the conversation, but I know there are some strong opinions from the likes of  nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy and  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx.

#bitcoin #ira #unchained #swan #multisig


Maybe you should fax the Fed your opinion, Paul.

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If only...

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That domino needs to fall...this is a stain on humanity.


An evil world allows this to happen...how anyone on this planet could think this is OK, and not be mentally ill, is beyond my comprehension.

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the same publications that carry so much advertising from pharma and med device to treat the outcomes of obesity also encourage obesity.

there’s a really bad set of incentives here.

morbid obesity is a big business. and business is good....

the average american male now has a 40.5 inch waist. pants did not even come in that size in the 70’s. women are 38.7. ditto...

38 million americans have diabetes. type 1, you’re born with. it’s an autoimmune condition. but that’s only 2 million people. 36 million of them are type 2, and type 2 is acquired. it’s a disease of lifestyle and obesity.

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I totally agree with this post - and I worry about the phone call when people I care about find out they have Type-2 diabetes (or worse, heart disease) when they have been banging the body positive drum for years.

Interesting about pushups. I implement them in my lessons and my high school tennis sessions all the time. However, I've lowered the bar...they generally do 5 pushups at a time - or 15 to 20 squats.

I even bet them - when trying to hit targets - that they have to do 5 pushups if they miss all tries, but I'll do 25 pushups for every one they make. I have had to pump out 100 pushups with all of them counting...and I'm 56. Not a single one of my student-athletes could do 30...yet! Give me time (if I don't get kicked out of coaching for holding them accountable for fitness and striving for excellence).

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https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/from-physical-fitness-to-physical


☠ #meme
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#meme #nostrmeme
#Zap it, Feels good man
🙅♂🙅💁♀💁🙋🙋♀🧏♀🧏🤦🤦♀

https://image.nostr.build/5d8457bee855a7b041b4923d47d3540d10f167a063e50e0067a3b292d3ba50fe.jpg


Something to think of for the low-carb crowd. I tend to be low-carb because I eat mostly meat and dairy, but I still have berries and honey every day...and I'm good with rice, potato/sweet potato, and the occasional vegetable (usually brussels sprouts or asparagus).

I only use olive, avocado, or coconut oil...or go with butter, ghee, or lard.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/07/28/seed-oils-insulin-resistance.aspx


I like El Gato Malo's #meme revision here

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Still alive and kickin'...

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I am not saying I'm a Republican, but the Democrats get more clown world every day.

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Now - if I can keep the momentum on following my principles and breaking away from fiat rails.


Finally bit the bullet and closed my LinkedIn account - had a lot of connections, recommendations/endorsements, and articles I'd written...which I exported.

But I've come to despise Reid Hoffman over the last couple of years and finally followed through on my principles...and should have done that much earlier.

I tried to help their Analytics by explaining my reason for closing my account. Think it will help?

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Jumping onto this thread because I've thought about reaching out to a Swan advisor. That is a pretty major brain drain of good people from Swan - and I've tolerated them holding the keys to my IRA bitcoin because...

1) I've appreciated their education focus and the thought leadership they have in the area (of which Lyn Alden, Sam Callahan, Stephan Livera, Boyapati, Tomer, etc). At least 3 of those thought leaders are no longer with Swan.

2) they insist companies like Unchained (and their clients) may be caught offsides if the IRS decides to interpret the McNulty case to the point that having 2-of-3 keys to your IRA would be considered "unfettered access"...even though that 3rd key could act as an audit key. So I've kept with Swan while hoping nothing goes awry before I turn 59 1/2 (3 more years).

I think the only OTHER highly trusted provider in the Bitcoin IRA space - along with several other offerings - is Unchained...and they do happen to be in Austin (so hat tip from a Texan that went to UT Austin). Not sure if River does IRAs.

Regardless, I had considered spreading my eggs across more than one basket in order to mitigate risk. But I want an in-kind transfer of BTC to BTC.


Agree that he was a comatose figurehead...and technically, they had admitted to running it as a team (like when they wanted people available to address debate questions)...but steadily escalating pressure to make you do something you would not do on your own...that's a coup.

Of course, I've been teaching tennis and working out for the last 7 hours - did we get any proof of life while I was away??


Be great if Trump had a “workable congress” - and would love to see him assign cabinet members the tasks of reducing government expenditures through curtailed agency funding…or defunding/disbanding those agencies altogether.

https://youtu.be/PlCbir2CxOc?si=JRjRZDBTzCP-e-IQ


Haven't seen him, so gotta screenshot from X. I still consume content over there, have more news sources that I follow, but I only share/post on nostr.


Pretty thorough compilation of leftist headlines, coverups, "coaching the media on how to report", and videos.

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https://www.malone.news/p/a-psywar-assassination-attempt


Probably how William Shatner would say it...with a few extra periods.

"I will keep Elizabeth.Warren.away from your BITcoin."


Worth it for the Buffet quotes at the 3:52 mark and the Senator John Kennedy subcommittee interview afterwards.

"well, damn, it looks to me like we better do something"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq28Dta6oaY


I can't begin to defend why, but I am a Jeff Ross fan and I expect there are regulations because he is investing for the clients versus providing a platform for clients to buy/hold their own keys. If the regulations are to the point that he's not allowed to invest in Bitcoin directly, then I again trust his judgment on finding the right proxies like Microstrategy, miners, etc.


lol...only to keep from cryin'


Why did our government drag us into this tragic comedy...oh, that's right...because they were busy transferring all the wealth to the boomer generation.

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What a joke...no, wait...this is just a sad reality and testament to what government does.

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A couple good ones from Robert Malone's Sunday Strip

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absolutely...

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Median home price in May was record $419,000…up nearly 6% since last year.

The sale of existing homes is down 40% since Biden took office. Existing homeowners can’t afford to leave their low interest rate mortgages…but new homeowners can’t afford the prices AND mortgage rates.

https://youtu.be/4L4UG9ATZ04?si=gpXUBFR_b_GqSeDs


I do 5 grams a day - mornings because it is usually before a workout (or hours of tennis coaching) as well as a cognitive benefit.

In a smoothie, or I'll put the scoop of creatine and scoop of citrulline in my coffee mug...give it a whisk in some water...and slam it.


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Creatine is like your second mitochondria. Or, the mitochondria’s chief of staff. Or its co-pilot.

Your mitochondria make ATP so you can see clearly, hear accurately, digest your food, power your brain, show off your your shiny skin, lift heavy things, and perform your best at the challenges you face. They do that all with the help of creatine.

====

If you have never read Chris Masterjohn, be prepared for a thorough, DEEP dive.

This is regarding creatine. FYI, the foundation of my daily supplements includes creatine, glycine, and citrulline (a precursor to arginine).

https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/your-cells-are-starving-for-creatine


From the Daily Bitcoiner #meme of the day

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Amen...


I'm looking forward to our "diminishing returns"...

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

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https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/sunday-strip-happy-fathers-day


Reminder that I'm not a Trump fan (although I voted for him twice). I still have to reconcile the possibility of doing it a 3rd time or simply not voting at all or throwing my vote away on an IDEOLOGICALLY more suitable candidate (so they can capture 1-3% of the vote, or less).

Blue team is a non-starter for me...

Just sharing because I liked the #meme

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"Once again, your tax dollars at work!"

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/the-washington-posts-self-parody


Well, I just saw one opinion posit they were changing his dementia meds to get a little acceleration in his decline...so they could justify making a move.

Or, he leaves office after Hunter's conviction to "focus on his family". The noble (hair sniffing, stumbling, lying) patriarch that he is, you know.


Agreed - lots of money sloshing around with cool "titles" (inflation reduction act, etc)...lots leaving the productive class and into the coffers of the 1%ers. And Ukraine, of course.

Still wondering if he even makes it to election day...perhaps done after the first debate (should he even make it that far).


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Once the savings were gone, debt was on the table, with private debt skyrocketing from car loans to student loans to credit cards. Hitting $17.5 trillion — a new record.

That's now hitting a wall, with credit card delinquencies up 50% year on year.

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https://www.profstonge.com/p/the-3-drivers-of-us-consumers-hit


Good #meme from the Daily Bitcoiner

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the bureau now says we lost almost 300,000 job openings last month. Worst they revised down the previous month so that comes to 750,000 lost job openings in just 2 months

Those following along at home that makes 2 million lost openings in the past year even by the bureau's creative math

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiQAo_L2zH0


My wife's 200+ day streak in DuoLingo isn't cutting it.🤣


"whether you're right-wing or leftwing, it's all the same bird and that bird is broken money"

via The Bitcoin Daily show and Dante Cook

I also always appreciate a good Thomas Massie soundbite, also...

and how about that 2.3% change...WTFHappened2020-2024.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DKGeOxP6cI


Interesting - I’m not celiac but I am sensitive to gluten and avoid all pastas, breads, etc.

But no issue with bourbons - will also do gin or vodka and use an LMNT electrolyte pack to get a strong flavor without all of the sugar crap.


Bourbon a few nights/week. Occasionally red wine on the weekend.

Rest of time is meat, eggs, dairy, berries, honey…occasional chocolate.


Finally got a chance to check out the sites you posted. The Power Law numbers seem to be "reasonable" with the price not reaching $1M until 2033.

Gut feeling seems like that is going to come sooner (but not 2024/2025), and the resistance line says 2029.

I think we could still have it rise that quickly without chaos if it "slowly" starts eating the monetary premium of other assets. Although the two lowest hanging fruit - in my opinion - should be taking market share from bonds (worst investment), gold, and other currencies. And if people really awakened and started buying bitcoin rather than bonds...then yeah, chaos will ensue.

Knowing the possibility of chaos ensuing, I was contemplating property in Mexico - for access without technically needing a plane or a boat - and they hire a socialist president??

Then I think about getting property in Texas (I'm a native), and I hear Marty Bent interviewing Cathie Wood, and he talks about it being115 degrees...reminding me of why I don't live in Texas (I played South Texas football and the heat index during 2-a-days is brutal).

My short list - that I'll probably research over the next several years unless expedited with a stolen Biden re-election - remains:

- Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee...maybe Wyoming
- International: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama...not sure I'd do El Salvador because it is still one charismatic leader overcoming a lot of years of "inertia" to turn the country around. Although I'm definitely rooting for him (and Milei in Argentina...another beautiful place).


Yep - one reason why I always chose to be out of debt (never wanted to go under water on my house). But with this, I'd be willing to start small just to get a little more free cash flow.

Only issue I have with the DEBIFI is the minimum LTV it will do is 30%...and I'd prefer to do 5-15%...especially if trying to anticipate those big down years based upon a pretty good history of 3 up, 1 down.

I feel that 2024/2025 would have been an excellent start because bull likely to run well into 2025 (or at least not drawdown hard), but need a longer runway for the BTC to appreciate more than enough to only take out a loan to cover a cup of coffee. 🤣


Educational...

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I'm really struggling to see the drawbacks. Moss does a good job laying it out in his eBook, and you can download and tinker with the spreadsheet numbers.

You keep your bitcoin, his suggestion is to keep LTV in that 5-20% range to avoid forced liquidation, pay the loan off each year. So maybe you pay 10-12% interest, keep the asset and pay no capital gains, and have an asset that ULTRA CONSERVATIVELY may go up 20-30% per year? The next year you borrow a similar percentage to pay off the prior loan and still have a growing "free cash flow" due to appreciation. And his spreadsheet does take into account heavy draw-down years...and you get to play with those numbers, too.

And going with a multi-sig arrangement with no rehypothetication.

And I'm evaluating this from a perspective of always paying down debt years ahead of schedule. I wanted to sleep better at night vs stress the next payment if I lost my job, etc.


Sticking with the "lying government numbers" theme - revisions of all the "beat estimates" numbers continue to be DOWN. You know, the revisions that never get reported by MSM?

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The economy is great! I'm glad I'm semi-retired...also glad that I started saving in #bitcoin. Otherwise, I'd be worried that my retirement funds would NOT last my lifetime.

After initially hearing Michael Saylor bring it up (maybe a couple years ago), and then reading Mark Moss' book and playing with his spreadsheet on the topic, I'm looking into the "borrow, never sell" approach to bitcoin.

Now I see  nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 did a video on DEBIFI...and I was doing some reading on their website. Very interesting...


Nice compilation...take away that M2 and the stock indices and real estate flounder. More people should see (thanks to the ETFs and visibility as a political issue in an election year) that #bitcoin will break all correlations and be the only pristine asset whose REAL VALUE goes up when M2 goes up...but stays up when others plummet (again, thanks to math and immutability).


Time to take some of that orange and put more of it into sound money...the S&P 500 is not sustainable by reality while #bitcoin is sustainable by rules and math.

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Banana republic...clown world...are we finally getting enough common people that are seeing reality? Will it really matter if we get somewhere between 11-22 million illegal immigrants voting for Uncle Joe?

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Luckily, I have a few decades of not blinking on price action when it came to equities...the #bitcoin ride is fun, but I'm not tempted to sell when going up - and almost to a fault, never sell when things go down.

I'm also more willing to adopt the strategy that Saylor originally proposed...and Mark Moss did an excellent little eBook and some videos about: Never sell your bitcoin (and incur capital gains while losing the asset). Instead, borrow against it with very low leverage (5-10%) and watch your free cash flow grow while not paying capital gains and losing the asset.

But I know I still need that multi-sig to have better protection and in today's world I also like the multi-jurisdiction setups.


I know I need to ultimately get around to doing this (I'm 56 and incredibly healthy...but things happen). I'm currently making the classic error of waiting for price to go up to then "afford" to do this level of legacy planning for asset transfer...as well as setup multi-sig across jurisdictions/etc.

Because I setup an IRA - and through current legal precedent (McNulty) aren't allowed to hold a quorum of keys - I've held off on pursuing multi-sig.

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Saw this stunning graphic yesterday - compare IBIT to the previous "fastest growing ETF in history"

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This one made me laugh out loud...

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Gradually then suddenly...🤞


Right - but we all agree that these changes ADAPT to deliberately obfuscate the truth.

That's why I like when they compare the "CPI" using today's and 1980's calculations.

Also why I really appreciate the daily videos that Peter St. Onge puts out (and analysis by EJAntoni) to give us the real numbers.


Flat out "hide" the problems


I didn't know you could monitor the omissions so easily...

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I agree about the changes in houses...you walk into a 10x10 room nowadays and say "next". And I do frequently wish for a 3rd car garage (for lawnmower, bikes, motorcycle, etc). The good news is that we actually PARK in our 2-car garage vs using it for a junk magnet.

We did pay off our house - didn't go with "shorting the dollar" because we preferred peace-of-mind with having no debt. Our daughters also both got into their houses before they became completely out of reach (and one is using real estate as their wealth-builder). But I'm still always pondering those "unrealized gains taxes" as well if you don't pay your real estate taxes - which the government unilaterally determines how much they should be - they take your house away. So, do you REALLY own your house?

We also have a cabin, which we now use for short-term rentals, so I could get double-whammied with the taxes. If that happens, I'll just hope the asset prices have stayed up enough to get out and reallocate more to #bitcoin. We are over 55, so I'd even consider the sell one house, write off the gains, move into cabin for a couple years...sell the cabin and write off the gains again.

But will I be selling to BlackRock?? Do not like that idea at all!


Good point - only would be of value if inflation-adjusted. Can't imagine it would not be inflation-adjusted?!? I mean minimum wage was around $3.35 or less when I entered the workforce...and what is it now, $17-20/hr?

Same with all of the #bitcoin pricing - but someone said when they were spouting numbers like $1M or $5M/coin it was in today's dollars/purchasing power.


That is incredibly extensive analysis/sleuthing.


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the interesting bit is that it’s always the same people embracing it.

over and over.

the chants change, but it’s the same segment of the same lost generation of kids bereft of identity and seeking community but having no idea what community actually means, like they saw a picture of it once and they know how they want it to make them feel but that they have no idea how to actually join it as member and contribute.

they don’t know who they are, so they adopt tribal markers and identities and ideologies and mistake mass formation for civilization in hopes of finding acceptance of some sort.

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https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/off-the-curve


Gates personal little "circular economy" always chaps my ass (but doesn't kill me since I don't take his shots or eat his food).

And I think Perot was the first guy who I really listened to as he explained the advantages of a flat tax vs progressive tax with all of the loopholes.


Peter Shiff is absolutely wrong about any #bitcoin opinions - to the point of being disingenuous since he probably holds it - but he isn’t wrong about a lot of things “gold” (including investing in gold miners, savings vs investment, etc). He also agrees with Bitcoiners about the macro picture.

Good interview by Natalie Brunell

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coin-stories-with-natalie-brunell/id1569130932?i=1000653579016


Unfortunately, that is my assessment, also....and intrigued by Plan B passports since they are bitcoiners. Also occasionally read Mikkel Thorup (Expat Money).


Man - I have two adult daughters and 3 grandkids...I could pay to fly them to us, of course...hey, I'm saving 1% to 44.6% on taxes...but my wife will NEVER like that plan.

I told her that as an unvaccinated, non-compliant, active participant in 2nd Amendment rights #bitcoiner...I kind of put a target on our backs here.

And I love my country - and would love it more if we could tar and feather at least 2 of 3 of the branches of government, make a punitive example by arresting and prosecuting most of them - while throwing in the Fauci's, Pfizers and captured agencies - for everything from fraud, to money laundering, to war crimes...holding them liable for all injuries caused by big pharma (not just vaccines, either).


truly a circular economy...


How long before Elizabeth Warren's 1% wealth tax for Bitcoin holdings over $500k moves closer to 44%.

And if they are arresting people working on mixing solutions...is anyone truly coming up with a "how to" for out-of-country residency and how to minimize these types of punitive taxes? Preferably while playing within a legal framework that doesn't have us getting arrested for tax evasion when we come back to the US to visit family?

Because Bitcoiners are getting ready to have a heck of a lot of wealth - and much/all of it was purchased KYC (even if now in cold storage).

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Explain to me why we can't arrest all of Congress for "money laundering" through proxy wars, big pharma, etc.

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🤡 world

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Agreed 😡


Sure - but she is moving from "then they fight you" to "then they try to bleed you dry to PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE" for the wealth inequality.

How did that net worth grow so rapidly for Pocahontas? And why do they get paid forever after leaving office?

And if this is like similar wealth taxes, it happens every year based upon that threshold...not just "one and done".


Well, that sure didn't take long...
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Yep - I call BS, too

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Tennis


Not much fun when you coach spring high school sports! Half the  matches get canceled and then everybody struggles to reschedule before the season ends!

And I still haven't turned my sprinklers on yet since lows still in the 20s.


Appreciate walking the path before me...


Hmm...and I want something for my "checking account" wallet. I was currently using BlueWallet for Onchain and Muun for Lightning. Had also considered Phoenix, Mutiny...and Aqua Wallet.

I'd likely use Sparrow for larger on-chain transactions (tied to a ColdCard).

Was wondering if Cold Card (storage), Sparrow (desktop) and Aqua Wallet would cover most of my bases. But sounds like you are using Phoenix for that "checking account".


I'm thinking of consolidating two lightning wallets (BlueWallet and Muun) to Aqua Wallet. I watched BTC Sessions video on Aqua Wallet and seems like they have a slick product that's one-stop shopping in regard to onchain/Lightning/Liquid.

I get a little concerned when they talk about altcoin support, but those are via API and the wallet is to remain Bitcoin-only.

Did you come to the same conclusion on #aquawallet?


I expected to owe some because of the new income streams with no taxes taken out (early withdrawal from IRA via 72t and rental income). But I had money set aside to cover it (even though I would have been pissed at the theft).

But the insurance subsidy...for catastrophic, high deductible insurance we didn't use...yeah, that blindsided me.


Feeling this acutely today.

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Umm, you are going to have to put out that fire, sir...you are still contributing to climate change. It's for the greater good...

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I have vaccine reporting fatigue because the news is overwhelmingly in FAVOR of the people who avoided it...yet MSM still will not report and nobody will ever get prosecuted.

But this is still a good post that includes plenty of video links as well as "clever while still making you incredibly angry to have lived through it" sub titles for the 10 stages.

https://www.dossier.today/p/the-10-stages-of-mrna-denial


Worthwhile chart pack from  nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52

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https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/gold-and-treasuries-surge-stocks


I love the cover screen idea - and I do "like" to share screenshots of the Debt Clock every now and then.


I grew up in South Texas where a high school class held competitions on who could accurately identify grasses (I wasn't an Ag kid, by the way).

There is DEFINITELY a science to agriculture to feed people/animals...or groundskeeping for stadiums, golf courses, etc.

But that's a far cry from the guy on the lawnmower with his airpods in...just cruising (and sweating) while pumping out his 6-10 hours/day of work. It's honest work, but it is low skill.

Yes - any customer facing job requires social skills, but the ones with the highest knack for it will gravitate to waiting at nice restaurants where they are rewarded for those social skills...or they are moving up to higher pay and adding new skills to their portfolio.

Me, I never wanted to deal with patrons in a restaurant, so I swung a hammer in high school and college...until I got an engineering degree...then career-pivoted into software development and analytics based upon self-study and recognizing opportunity.


I’ve forgotten the exact context, but low skill job could just be brutally honest. I do agree that waiters do have to learn tact to handle different moods, rudeness, entitlement, etc.

And some waiters are proficient to the point of being quite lucrative. Having said that, entry level order taking at fast food places, assembly line where you place a handful of parts into an overall assembly, lawn mowing…those are truly low skill jobs. Not that you would lord that over the people that did it, because that is rude, but it is also objective fact (in my opinion).


$20/hr minimum wage ➡ mass layoffs. And did someone do the numbers on how many votes they bought (higher wages) vs lost (due to embittered laid-off worker).

Who would have seen that consequence?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWslOS1bcdk


Wow - I read 4 of them: Earthsea, Narnia, Potter, and Lord of the Rings. Couldn't even begin to rank them because they were transcendent and timeless.

I would add two more that I loved: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising and Patricia McKillip's Riddle of Stars (also called the Riddlemaster Trilogy).

Both are more suited to Young Adult - like the others I read in this list - but still superb.


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The Federal Reserve just reported its largest loss in history. By far.

But don't worry -- you'll be covering it.

...

Either way, we're looking at trillions more on a federal debt that's already hit $275,000 per American household, growing at almost $30,000 per household per year.

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Virtually every sentence in this article by Peter St. Onge is a point worth pondering while deciding how much effort - and allocation - you use to #stacksats

#bitcoin

https://www.profstonge.com/p/fed-admits-losing-114-billion


I heard Saifedean on a CarnivoreMD podcast...then Breedlove...then went down the Breedlove/Saylor rabbit hole while reading the Bitcoin Standard.

Felt like I jumped straight to the "Bitcoin is going to set everyone free" in about 40 hours of study from the perfect sources, at the perfect time.

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Hah - as I've said before, I thought I was going to build enough of a nest egg of traditional assets...and started when I was 18...because I was never going to rely on Social Security, for sure.

Now, we have #bitcoin...which blows away any expectations I had. Wish I would have started stacking when I heard about it in 2014 versus Jan 2022. But at least I caught a nice bear to buy into all the way down.

I'd also like the 4th option to be a complete turnover of all captured politicians, term limits, etc...and free market versus subsidized ponzi schemes. But sound money starts us on that path.


Here's the video to go along with that screenshot I took yesterday.

- Medicare runs dry in 2031
- Social Security runs dry in 2033

Three paths

- Slash number of people who get benefits
- Raise payroll taxes
- Cutting benefits (the path of least resistance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSywjiTEe08


You and me (and my wife) both. And I'm finally starting to calm down - and really think that #bitcoin helped. Most of my stress has always been rooted in being able to provide for my family at least for my lifetime...if not beyond.

Bitcoin is Hope!


Sounds like you got the plan...and well on your way to executing it!


Good point - you would assume so by the source...but I think it probably bears out in other industries due to the high stress...and feeling that you can never catch up and will outlive your savings.


Agreed - and I was running a lot of consultants. When my company started getting me to promote false promises, and then having to "go to the street to find the talent", I couldn't take it any longer.

And so many lies on resumes...even had consultants doing Skype interviews basically mouthing "watermelon, watermelon" while someone off-camera answered the interview questions.

I did briefly go back and help run a Business Intelligence practice, but I worked with an established team and was able to be a technical solution provider again, too. But that shutdown during COVID...and I pivoted to teaching/coaching tennis.

I absolutely love it!


Great goal - as long as those next 60 years give you purpose...and you stay away from the junk produced by #bigfood #bigpharma #bigag...I like your chances!


Interesting - I chose to semi-retire at 50, so got the numbers working in my favor. And honestly thought my job was killing me (because of my Type-A personality that I struggle with even today).

I'm still planning on living to over 100, though! 😉 And teaching tennis - mostly to a bunch of juniors that want to run me all over the court - should keep me young for awhile.

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I enjoyed nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe perspective here - hard to understand when 1) measuring/evaluating from the “current system perspective, and 2) nothing like this in the history books.

I also like how he explains the repeating cycle of debasement/reset…including the need for “in-state” and “out-of-state” enemies at different points in this repeating cycle.

https://youtu.be/tJ3RsMJyDsE?si=0Y47SO5iDGGY6ViZ


Malone and El Gato Malo both had some good posts this week about our clown world.


I liked several of the #memes in Robert Malone's Sunday Strip this week...

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https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/sunday-strip-were-all-far-right-now


Maybe stick to the butter, lard, tallow, ghee, etc? Stay away from all vegetable/canola/sunflower and other seed oils?

Because overlay this chart with charts of obesity and chronic diseases, cancers, and cardiac events over the years!
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Although an interesting aside, I still ponder what I would do if #btc hits $500k or $1M per coin. Would I take some off the table and purchase properties...just in case the government tries to get punitive with capital gains taxes.

Yes - I understand that then puts me in the physical world where they can confiscate my property outright or bleed me dry with taxes on the real estate - but I would have some diversification and revenue-generating assets, so not throwing money down a hole.

What I'm more likely to do is low leverage - borrowing against existing property to buy other property...never going to far that I couldn't bail myself out with liquidating #btc even if it went through a big drawdown concurrently.

I always eliminated debt with a vengeance, but now prepared to leverage "inflating away" fiat system while still having the strong asset reserves to prevent foreclosure.

Like I said in another thread, I also want Plan B and Plan C escape routes. "B" is a property in a state supporting state and individual sovereignty and "C" in a country I can drive to if my viewpoints are leading towards confiscation of all of my physical assets. And my viewpoints were middle-conservative with libertarian leanings at one point...now it is "put him in jail" viewpoints!


Absolutely - I love the graphic that shows the price of a median house, in bitcoin, over the last few years.


This sucks - my Millennial kids managed to get a house, but the generation is screwed. And I already have grandkids (oldest is 11) and they will have an even greater disparity.

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Smoked some lamb shoulder for 8 hours today - we loved that herb  crust! #biggreenegg #smokercooking
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Break the trend…or die young with the last several years/decades of your life compromised and medicated.

The solution does not come in a pill or in boxes with long ingredient lists. Whole food, move a little daily, get good sleep and step away from devices more during the day.
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Same regarding Strike - one of the ranchers here in Denver uses it. I’ve debated accepting bitcoin payments for my tennis lessons, but I’d like to just send them to a wallet vs having to use a zaprite or BTCPay server.

I have time to research stuff, since semi-retired, but still highly weight personal recommendations.


And have you tried Phoenix and Mutiny to have a comparison (or even Muun).


I was intrigued - it has good reviews and seems like it is designed with an eye toward the future with Onchain, Lightning, Liquid...even handling stablecoins. Not that the last use case means much to me. Most of my "gotta have it now" transactions would be in support of the circular #btc economy by paying with sats vs USD for small purchases.

I'm just not the type to want a bunch of wallets with small amounts in them - want to consolidate. I am using Sparrow for watch-onlys with my different hardware devices...now want a good mobile hot wallet that can do "all the other things" and act like the "checking account" with pretty small balances.


I appreciate that summary...and still seems like can't go wrong with Phoenix or Mutiny now...or possibly plan for future with Aqua. I just listened to the WBD Samson Mow podcast where they talked about Aqua...and that Liquid may play a bigger role going forward.


Since I stack sats, versus spend them, I keep very small balances in Lightning wallets...a BlueWallet that I use to zap on nostr and a Muun wallet for transacting with other bitcoiners in person (I used this one at Pacific Bitcoin).

I'm interested in moving off of at least Muun, but what's the latest reviews/recommendations on mobile Lightning wallets...particularly:

- Aqua (handles Lightning, on-chain, and Liquid...if I ever decided that was of interest)
- Phoenix
- Mutiny
- BlueWallet (old, familiar standby that I also used for watch-only with ColdCard before moving to Sparrow)

#asknostr #wallet #lightning


I grew up in an ag community in south Texas...they were feeling things then, but now it is crazy.


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Leaving many of these depopulated towns essentially a crossroads with nothing but a gas station, a McDonald's, and a WalMart -- chain stores big enough to digest regulations that would bankrupt a family business.

...

The solution to the decline of farming is as easy as it is in manufacturing: Get rid of the mandates, the regulations, and taxes on especially small business.

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https://www.profstonge.com/p/americas-farms-are-getting-wiped


I have my work cut out for me to get to my Weber grill and #biggreenegg this weekend - I was thinking of smoking a lamb shoulder!!

Biggest #snow of the season in #denver
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I use these guys...and read Clint Ober's "Earthing". He also has some good documentary-style videos on his website.

https://www.ultimatelongevity.com/earthing-grounding/products/index.shtml#target_allproducts


Bitcoin "is not digital currency, it is digital property" ~ via Saylor...who did another excellent interview dealing out truth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7RlY-rTAI


"hardship withdrawals from 401k retirement accounts just hit a fresh record in yet another Biden miracle...nearly 40% of those who took a hardship distribution did it to avoid foreclosure"

I don't see THAT getting any better with pending layoffs and another inflation run!!

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


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#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 834,386 🤙💜


Biden "told us even the cookie monster noticed...which was probably a joke, but it is hard to know because Joe Biden hallucinates".

Gotta love that St Onge humor...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5V2U-PkSc


#Bitcoin  has just bumped #silver to become the 8th most valuable asset in the world. All else held equal...

at $105K, it jumps Saudi Aramco,

at $137K, it enters the top 3,

and at $153K, #Bitcoin  becomes the second most valuable asset in the world.
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Ever wondered what the true cost of printing $6 trillion is?

https://v.nostr.build/eJJ0.mp4


While everyone was calling bitcoin a tulip bubble craze, the actual scam blowing up in front of everyone’s eyes was ESG.

A completely nonsensical investment strategy that made everyone believe they could make money by neglecting reliable energy and pushing diversity quotas.
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Nice summary read - and reminder - that many groups seek to manipulate and control...and are actively (and successfully?) pursuing population control.

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https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/the-answer-to-population-control


Not a particular MAGA fan, but agree with voting for these issues…and NOT voting for Biden.

Wish RFKJr had a chance…and think he would see reason with the 2nd amendment.

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Again, Dante Cook's (Swan) Bitcoin Daily Youtube videos are a near daily routine for me. Such a concise presentation of charts, macroeconomics...with some great occasional sports references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNZvTBIJc8


I guess I really need to move over to Fountain - hear plenty of people using it and podcasters promoting it. Just hope all of my main podcasts are over there - because I listen to a few health and wellness podcasts (Attia, Saladino, Healthy Rebellion w/Robb Wolf) as well as bitcoin podcasts.


I think sending this podcast to nocoiners, and actually have them start around the 59:50 mark (the Lightning round of questions).

Again, when I first PAID ATTENTION to #bitcoin (I heard about it in 2014), it was because I listened to Saifedean as a guest on Paul Salidino's podcast. That then led me to the Bitcoin Standard and finding the Saylor series on What is Money.

Those first few tools finally gave the foundation of BELIEF and CONVICTION in #bitcoin that have led to 1000's of hours of reading/podcasts...and buying all the way down in 2022 and still stacking.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coin-stories-with-natalie-brunell/id1569130932?i=1000648186681


Just now getting around to listening to Biden's SOTU...I'd be hard pressed to think of anyone I DESPISE more than this lying, corrupt, incompetent waste of oxygen.

And the vast majority of society will NOT verify his claims through independent sources...or just looking in the mirror, their bank account (and Biden's and all legislators), their grocery cart, the money laundered through foreign wars, etc.

And a larger and larger portion of that same society is just willing to look the other way as long as UBI starts rolling in.


I need some advice because it seems I'm on the wrong side of an "unauthorized use of image" case...and they are expecting damages to be paid.

Firstly, this "unauthorized" use was unintentional. Basically, I thought I had satisfied the requirements by both crediting the content creator by name (in this case, for a stock image off of Flickr) as well as providing a hyperlink to the original content in a LinkedIn article I wrote in January 2016. The image URL itself, in the post, just referenced a LinkedIn location.

Secondly, is it possible for the person to change the rights and I could verify that? If I look at the original content on Flickr, it now says "All Rights Reserved". My issue is that I intentionally NEVER used those types of images. I used Wikipedia Commons, Pixabay, and all image searches were for either Free Images or perhaps "Some Rights Reserved" that allowed me to give proper attribution. These posts were all written for my employer, but under my LinkedIn ID, so I didn't have a budget to purchase any images. In all cases, I credited the original creator as well as provide a link to the original content.

So, over 8 years after writing this post, I get a letter from a Pixsy Case Management saying "pay up or we send you to the attorneys for the maximum prosecution/penalty under the law"...for an image that has been viewed 3,500 times at its original location.

Price to make this go away...about $1,000.

That seems pretty punitive, for my very small reading audience in 2016 and the number of views that image received cumulatively since its existence in 2010.

Even though I thought I was following the rules with credit/attribution/link to original content, I'm willing to pony up and pay if that is what I need to do. But is it worth pursuing to get a compromised price settlement?

I don't want to fight this, get found in the wrong because I missed some small step like linking to the actual Copyright Law, and then have to pay MORE out of pocket.

Thanks for any advice...thought I had checked the boxes - guess I shouud have stuck to analytics, software development, and running other consultants versus content creation.

Side note - kind of handy that #bitcoin is going parabolic. Of course, I'm still not selling the bitcoin. I'll pay from savings or do the Michael Saylor method of using an equity line at 6.99% to have more funds available for bitcoin to go to ∞.

#asknostr


I get annoyed with how often RFKJr "leads" with footage of his father/uncle versus himself and his views.

Having said that, I've appreciated his honesty and going against the establishment for years now. He basically made most moves/statements that aligned more with career suicide than climbing the political chain.

I also disagree with him on some topics - like fossil fuels, nuclear, and 2nd amendment/gun rights.

But I'd easily vote for him over the other two candidates if I thought he had a legit chance of winning. I was hoping he and Trump would have done some Art of the Deal to combine tickets. Because my biggest fear in voting for him isn't in losing...it's in somehow taking a vote away from Trump and giving Biden and the extreme Left an advantage.

I enjoyed RFKJr's SOTU video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0yvc2Qhn5E


It is astounding how many EVs are in the Denver Metro Area...mostly Tesla. Seems like most of my clients are driving Teslas and they definitely love them.

I'm not a fan when the powers that be are disingenuous in regard to full lifecycle analysis of producing (and retiring) the vehicles and their component parts (same goes for solar and wind, in my opinion). Then they compound it by absolutely demonizing and trying to make illegal all ICE vehicles.

Regardless, let the smart money go to the smart projects...don't mandate/dictate. If it remains fossil fuel - great. If it proves to be more EV focused...great! But let the free market decide - no subsidies other than private sector.

By the way - if they come up with nuclear at the vehicle level (or house), I'm all in.

And I love my Jeep...and trust it on heavy snow versus an EV with short battery life and potential adverse effects of extreme cold. Ah, and I don't want someone "bricking" my Tesla because I've been a baaaad boy...as unilaterally determined by them.


Brutal - yet another example result of misallocated capital and crony subsidies.

https://youtu.be/FBfJO2TBh40?si=-QAesaRS7sPzytbO


I like this update...inflation will steal the cart right out from under you... #bitcoin #meme via The Daily Bitcoiner

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You can tell that I like chart analysis… And I appreciate these quarterly podcast on TFTC with Matthew Mezenkis... including the geopolitical commentary.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/id1292381204?i=1000646290276


"the last time Americans spent this much of their paycheck on food, the internet did not exist, Terminator 2 was in the theaters, and Madonna was still rocking the pop charts".

Americans now spending 11.4% of their income on food. Add in the theft through taxes, and that doesn't leave much money to buy a house, car, save for kids, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9ej2ss4Bo


Justice, accountability, checks and balances...so over-rated. "Rules for thee, not for me".


On point post about Trump and Overton Window.

Excerpt...

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This is why Donald Trump, and his electoral success, has come as such a shock to the elites of both parties. Stylistically, Trump has always been unacceptable - gaudy, obnoxious, vulgar, a poor man’s idea of a rich man. (I will confess to this snobbery too.)

But now Trump is pushing major policy changes that are well outside the Overton window - potentially blowing up NATO, for example, or sharply tightening immigration rules. Immigration in particular is an issue where the elites have tried hard to shape a consensus which Trump is threatening to upend. They simply cannot conceive that he would go so far as to send people who have no right to be in the United States back to their home countries.

====

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/free-speech-is-under-attack-all-over


I just feel like we aren't that far behind since we are starting to set records with the debt loads.


Butter anyone? Or lard, tallow, ghee...I like bacon grease, too.
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I wasn't going to share this one because...Canada.

But the numbers are show shocking as to be cartoonish. And Canada may be the worst performing economy...and plenty ahead of us in that "worst performing" category...but what a glimpse into our future.

I especially dislike how Peter describes how all of these Canadian government workers are paid more than the productive workers are getting taxed to pay the government workers' salaries.

We are not that far behind since our GDP growth is pretty much government workers, social services, etc.

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


Totally agree...I turn 56 tomorrow and in best shape of my life. If I would have known about the grains/sugars/oils thing I probably could have saved myself a few shoulder surgeries. I tore labrum/cuffs, but it was really the osteoarthritis I had that destroyed my joints (along with football, judo, and tennis).

Prior to nutrition change - hug a pillow to sleep and take 4 ibuprofen before a match.

After nutrition change - comfortable sleep and absolutely no NSAIDS in years.


I agree mostly (especially with the hammer toss meet house cautionary tale), but I do still push both for the walk and the strength training.

I play/teach tennis for 15-30 hours/week...and I actively play against my students - including the higher level high school players. It keeps me lean, and I can be the one still standing after a long rally while they have their hands on their knees (even in my 5th hour of the day when they are on hour 1).

It gets me lean, for sure, but it doesn't maintain my strength unless I'm pushing/pulling heavy things in a gym or using BFR so my body *thinks* it is pushing/pulling heavy things. I still need those compound exercises to failure.

Also, my VO2 Max suffers if I'm not doing enough Zone 2 training. Walking at a fast pace (or rowing or swimming) gets me the appropriate low-intensity, low stress cardio training. And VO2 Max and grip strength have high correlations with longevity.


Simple health and wellness rules...
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Defund the UN...the WHO...and end the FED. OK, I added those last two!

Strengthen the borders and shut down "anchor baby" loophole in the 14th Amendment.

I like this quote:

"The United States does not need, nor should it accept every immigrant who passes over its border. On this, the vast majority of Americans agree. This is not racism or bigotry. It is just a fact that it is hurting our economy and our way of life. Americanism is important - we have a culture that is worth preserving."

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/the-uns-annual-8-billion-budget-to


Daily Bitcoiner #meme
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I'm a couple weeks shy of 56 years old, so I know I've slowed down. But I'm still generally the quickest on the tennis court...regardless of the ages of the other guys on the court.

Helps to be playing with juniors all the time - and consecutively on most days - to keep the motor running.

But it still isn't the same as running straight line sprints - preferably on a football/soccer field vs concrete path. I've also experimented with swim sprints just because my body takes a beating on hard courts all the time.


I need to get back to sprinting - it's great for body composition , too.

I do bursts on a tennis court, but really need to be in that 8-20 second range.
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Saladino hits a lot of points regarding optimizing sleep.

We do have blackout shades, grounding pads under the sheets, Ooler systems to keep the bed temperature cool, and our bedroom is usually 58-65 degrees.

We try to have our last meal by around 7p...I try to get away from blue light by 8:30-9p and read with incandescent light for about an hour.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fundamental-health-with-paul-saladino-md/id1461771083?i=1000618428111


It's our time... #bitcoin
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via The Daily Bitcoiner


Hmm - everything I do seems to raise LDL…I’ll take the trade offs.

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Son: "When will you sell your bitcoin?"
Me: "When it gets to the price I believe it's worth."
Son: ".......so never.."
Me:
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#grownostr


I like how they made it so convenient for me, by color-coding everything, to decide where I SHOULD be living.

Unfortunately, I'm in beautiful CO...which consistently continues to not vote with my values. My county does...but Denver/Boulder rule the roost here.

Texas (where I was born and raised but is BLASTED HOT), South Carolina (lived there for a few years and have grandkids there), and Tennessee (Knoxville is beautiful) are looking pretty good.


These Netflix ddocumentaries are great at conveying the narrative they want while being creative with the data to support that narrative.

Vegans end up deficient in several micro-nutrients, lose muscle mass…and will generally tend towards other negative health outcomes (like insulin resistance and the chronic diseases that follow) versus a whole food omnivore or carnivore.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ijscKti_S/?igsh=MThibzA3M3drMnk2MQ==
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I also only use the hex bar for the deadlifts. It is still my weakest lift. When wearing the BFR cuffs - where you only do about 30% of your 1 RM - I'll do about 135 lbs. But that is 3 sets going 30/15/15 on the reps.

Without the cuffs, I still only seem to be able to do about 200 - 225 lbs. I can do a few sets of 5 at that weight...but go any higher for a 1 RM and it becomes suspect. But I do try to play it careful because I do not wear a support belt.

I weigh about 165-168 lbs. But in contrast, I can do 3 sets of 5 on the bench press with about 230 lbs...but was always built for the bench press. Did 330 lbs as a junior in high school weighing 180 lbs, but 3 shoulder surgeries and 56 years...and dropping weight...makes it a tad more challenging.


I wasn't familiar with it, so I did a quick search. Lots of compound lifts, so that is good. I really do not do anything barbell nowadays other than deadlift (and occasionally curls...but I prefer alternating pullups/chinups for the biceps/triceps).

I do prefer the "machines" that use plates so that each side is independent. I may do a bench press/row, or a shoulder press/lat pull. I may throw in kettlebell swings to a shoulder press, step up, etc.

And I really do not like Power Clean/Snatch ;)


Good Rhonda Patrick podcast on resistance training with Brad Schoenfeld.

FYI, I tend to "lift heavy" on a 5 set/5 rep routine or I'll do blood flow restriction (BFR) on a 3-set structure of 30/15/15 reps. My exercise choices are pretty much intuitive (do what I feel like doing), but includes a push, a pull, a squat, and a hinge.

FYI, I don't fully agree with his BFR assessment based upon my own "research of the research".

Here are the timestamped topics:

•	(00:00) Introduction to Dr. Brad Schoenfeld
	•	(05:26) Why should we lift weights?
	•	(06:56) Why building bone matters
	•	(11:33) How to lift in old age
	•	(13:45) Why to lift while young (especially women)
	•	(16:21) Should children lift weights?
	•	(17:05) Does lifting stunt growth?
	•	(19:48) How to change body composition
	•	(27:22) Protein requirements
	•	(29:19) How to calculate protein needs
	•	(36:54) Protein per meal - what's the right amount?
	•	(38:18) Does time-restricted eating undermine hypertrophy?
	•	(43:19) Anabolic window: myths vs. reality
	•	(46:15) Total daily protein intake
	•	(54:49) Why aging affects muscle power (loss of type II fibers)
	•	(57:52) Power training vs. strength
	•	(59:20) Benefits of explosive power training (fall prevention)
	•	(1:03:18) How to power train with plyometrics
	•	(1:03:58) Training to failure (is it important?)
	•	(1:09:59) Rest in between sets (is it needed?)
	•	(1:11:12) Number of sets per week
	•	(1:22:31) Tips for recovery
	•	(1:33:41) Should you get sore from exercise?
	•	(1:36:47) What can you do for soreness? (without blunting hypertrophy)
	•	(1:40:16) Does aerobic exercise undermine resistance training?
	•	(1:44:46) Resistance training for endurance athletes
	•	(1:46:33) Can stretching increase muscle growth?
	•	(1:51:06) Is yoga a type of resistance training?
	•	(1:53:37) Blood-flow restriction training
	•	(1:58:37) What is Brad's routine?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/078-resistance-training-for-time-efficiency-body-composition/id818198322?i=1000589045318


Need to lower your LDL - just grab some Oreos!

This study does interest me because I have numbers similar to a lean mass hyper responder. Higher LDL (only about 164 vs 500+ but has increased each year since I eat a lot of saturated fats). My triglyceride to HDL ratio is great (67/76).

Fasting insulin and CRP are in good shape and my body fat percentage hangs out in the 10-12% range.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2aLSdurgdA/?igsh=MTJxZHI5ZzIyajIzOQ==
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Living it…my LDL is 164, but HDL is 76 and Triglycerides are 67. Easy to maintain body composition, no more osteoarthritis, low CRP and low fasting insulin.
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Talking with my youngest daughter yesterday (29 yrs old), and I have to govern just how much I rail at things like this...and that they've been going down throughout history (like 2008).

She got one of her degrees in Public Health, and earnestly looks at helping humanity through that lens. But that provides some cognitive dissonance with the last 4 years and is the elephant in the room. To her credit, she never pushed against our decision to remain unvaxxed.

When it comes to financial corruption, with history repeating itself, she is more willing to listen...but still not convinced about #bitcoin because of FUD. Which is one reason why I purchased A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin...to meet where she is.

I wish BOTH of my daughters would trust me enough to at least get off zero! But as good as a relationship I have with both, sometimes the urge to "go your own way" in direct opposition of a parent's conviction can be strong.🤔

But this is a once-in-a-species opportunity to get it right.


They literally are going to hide the impaired banks from the consumers by burying them amongst healthy ones they are FORCING to get loans (for camouflage)!

~ via nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52
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On the other hand, in an absolutely baffling 2008-esque move, Powell and the powers that be seem to want to normalize banks with impaired balance sheets; or at the very least hide them among the healthy ones.

The US is preparing a rule that would force banks to tap the Fed’s discount window for emergency loans, even if they don't need one.

...

As per usual, you don’t get access to these liquidity backstops. You will endure monetary tightening whether you like it or not, and there’s no central entity waiting at the ready to socialize your losses for you.

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https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/the-fed-is-planning-to-force-healthy

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It just hurts to listen to him...oh, and if we can't solve the bad use cases for the USD...the government needs to shut it down.


Here...here!! And yes, God's timing has beaten mine every time (much to my chagrin). And when we finally started tithing...about 20 years ago...wow, how time flies...we ended up not needing that 10% after all.

Been some pretty wild timing - and we've been abundantly blessed even though we've had our own heartbreak situations.

I told our small group, just last week, that peace and joy are two things that can escape me...even though I've been given much to have joy...and by now I should have peace in my life.

But that has to do with upbringing. I say it doesn't impact me, I have nothing to prove, but my wife begs to differ. When I read the last chapter of Peter Attia's "OutLive", that last chapter could have been written by me. Attia ended up in therapy twice - that's just not my mode. Instead, I'm just focusing on my quiet times in the morning, and need to get back to playing guitar with a focus on worship songs. Even starting back to small group was something "new" in the last 6 months or so.


True that no affliction in this world would be enough...but then that is MY judgment (another one of my sins that I can't help...nobody assigned me rights to judge others).


This is something I've always struggle with - why don't the evil - often rich and powerful and in positions of great influence - pay for their sins in this lifetime.

Most do not...and this particular scripture really seems to point to our current leadership that continues to hoard riches and power - more than they would ever need - and they do not care if they leave their descendants in debt bondage or civil unrest.

Me - I wish they'd pay for their sins in THEIR lifetime...for all to see, take heed, and change their own ways.

By the way, this isn't to go "holier than thou"...I have plenty of sins I struggle with daily. And no sin is greater than another...but that is hard to wrap my head around when I just cut loose with some profanity...and Gates/Biden/Clintons/Fauci/WEF seem to escape unscathed. We just have to take heart that the poor's suffering is measured in their fleeting lifetime and the evil have eternity to pay.

Yes - I understand this is wildly different than most of my posts, but it really resonated with me this morning.

From Job 21...

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ah - point taken. And I grew up in rural Texas, so I get the comparison!


Agree...wish more energy spent on this. One thing to talk Citadel...another to plan for it. However, throw another wrench in there, I believe in my own home defense. That means I need a jurisdiction where that is legal.

I live in Colorado...just can't imagine living in Wyoming! But Colorado is purple with strong blue tendencies...not suitable for me if the conformists/statists decide to carry out what craziness the WEF/WHO/Administrative state decide to mandate.


I know I need to do that...which means taking the time, and the funds, to do so. I just can't consider Europe (or Australia/New Zealand) based upon their authoritarian tendencies shown over the last 4 years.

Can Central and South America be more distanced from the WEF influence and scrutiny?

Not excited to see Milei traveling to Davos! Argentina would be a beautiful place but no way would I live in such an unstable economy. Both Costa Rica and Mexico appear high on any ex-pat list.

Timezone differential and cost of living are considerations, too...although I hear places like Portugal are pretty reasonable...and Madeira has some Bitcoin support.


Seriously - where can you go to escape this globalization crap and live a more libertarian, free-market lifestyle with a sound money standard.

...that they wouldn't still be able to track you down and extract their pound of flesh - while perhaps confiscating everything and putting you in prison or executing you?

I can dream about a few different states in Mexico, or Costa Rica...question the stability of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala. One regime change and you go from having a peaceful life to losing everything.

Could move to Texas (I'm native) or Tennessee...or Wyoming or maybe Montana but the weather there is HARSH. I would hope all of those states would go down swinging, at least.

And at the end of the day, we have adult daughters...and GRANDSONS. They aren't going to move with us, and I don't want to strand them...even though one of the daughters w/grandsons is 2 timezones away.

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

My long term plan is staying in Colorado in current house and keeping cabin for more seclusion. Then perhaps buy a house in Texas and a house in Central or South America.

Where would you go if you had to become an expat that strongly values freedom? #asknostr

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/davos-bacchanal-redux


Irony of driving to the gym in -8° (-28° windchill), and listening to Alex Epstein talk about the climate catastrophizing for global warming.

The opposition isn’t just anti-fossil fuel (and nuclear)… They are anti-humanity. We are the carbon they are trying to eliminate.
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Joe Consorti - with nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52 always does excellent analysis accompanied by easy to understand charts.

Of course, the chart subject matter is extremely sobering! Check out the number of people with 2nd jobs or 2 full time jobs!

https://youtu.be/67u7AWI-j7k?si=NiU5VNU7atyVf5SF


Does anyone else just want to punch someone in the face whenever they hear "public-private collaboration"??

Will Davos be running an Event 301 in their further advancement of eugenics and globalism?

https://www.dossier.today/p/at-davos-wef-to-warn-of-a-disease


That's Lavish's point...it CAN'T be priced in. And people truly do not understand both the pent up demand AND the multiplier effect with so few coins that are actually going to be moving (due to lost coins and HODLing...and that wonderful FIXED SUPPLY).


Talking trading friction and multiplier effects with big money on the sidelines.

https://ckarchive.com/b/xmuph6hrowk60urnppvnqc03lpkll
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I'm another Swan participant since Jan 2022. And yes, I found myself having to stress over the Prime Trust fiasco...and then the jump to Fortress Trust...and now another jump.

But Cory has been out there doing some decent forecasting of what other companies are doing and that they would rug-pull. And as much as we'd love it if everyone just stayed humble and stacked sats. His appearances on main stream channels, just like Natalie Brunell, is good for Bitcoin awareness. And we want people to know, right? Not just because of number go up but because it fights a corrupt system both domestically and abroad (from the Fed/Treasury/JP Morgans of the world to the IMF and authoritarian governments).

I disagree with him "owning" a bunch of bitcoin influencers. Have several teamed up with him over the years, yes. But these people already had successful careers/podcasts/etc without Cory. If anything, they pooled resources to develop better strategy for educating the masses. And Swan is VERY education focus and LEADS with the strong encouragement for self-custody...and willing to educate you on that. They will also educate you on how to setup a bitcoin full node.

That doesn't sound like someone looking to rug-pull. And yes, we all wish he would have led with being more turn-key and liimiting 3rd party risk. But in an accelerating innovation market, there has to be some delegation to people who SUPPOSEDLY do things "best in class"...like custodians.

I value your opinion and positions, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, but I also trust the opinions of Stephan Livera, James Lavish, Jeff Booth, Greg Foss, Sam Callahan, Alex Gladstein, Mark Moss, etc. People who may or may not be sponsored by Swan...but didn't need him beforehand and would still do fine enough that they can have independent opinions. Yet they've teamed or supported Swan.

That has to mean something.


It's a great sport! I retired from consulting and became a tennis teaching pro and high school tennis coach, but I also got my pickleball certification and try to play a few days/week during the winter.

It is much more approachable than tennis. It suits a variety of athleticism and is quicker to reach a competency where you can play and have fun. The concept of "open play" also makes it easy to get playing time with a variety of skill levels.

Several good pros on YouTube/Instagram if you want to hit the basics. Tyson McGuffin is my favorite, but I also like Enhance Pickleball, Brionnes, Simone Jardim...and a handful of others.


Guess I need to set aside that lamb burger I planned on eating…and scarf some peanut M&Ms 🤡
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And way more alarming for those of us with our eyes wide open while it all unfolds. And having to bite our tongue to keep from lashing out at the oblivious within our families and social circles who think WE are the misguided.

And when I sit here listening/reading about what the WHO and UN are doing to remove our country/personal/health sovereignty...and Elizabeth Warren striving desperately to remove financial/speech freedom...I just want to find a safe haven somewhere. If I have outdoors...some mountains or a beach...tennis/pickleball...and access to a library...I'm all good.

And a place to easily transact with #bitcoin, of course.


"The key here is that Depressions don't fall from the sky. They're not divine retribution for exploiting the proletariat. No, Depressions are made in Washington."

https://www.profstonge.com/p/what-would-it-take-to-get-a-depression


The preying on minors and homeless is especially incredible to me...followed closely behind going after drug addicts and mentally ill!

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/government-assisted-suicide-and-death

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Like a little coffee with your sugar? https://image.nostr.build/91c94b1ba825860a6a70b906166175d57c006ed4992bb0a0c3cddfb982dfb7d8.jpg


Eat your meat… https://image.nostr.build/b98ceeda33b85243807dffdc8e48c4dfd5b0f0f71297078e0324ec130469f97e.jpg


Great post - via James Lavish - about Fed Pivots and how they relate to market crashes, unemployment, etc.

I was hoping for a nice pause with hints of a full pivot later in 2024, to have a little stock market run up (or a full blown melt up like what David Hunter is forecasting).

Take some profits off the table, be aggressively DCA'ing into #bitcoin during that runup, then watch Bitcoin take off because just too much rocket fuel coming from too many sources NOT to run up...plus gotta get rid of that fiat melting ice cube anyway.

https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0h4d27mrck4xx64otmogp444

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This TFTC podcast will make you bullish on #bitcoin number go up - but cautious and concerned about the repercussions of Blackrock owning/controlling so much Bitcoin.

And Fred Krueger may be a great example of people who just want to trust the ETFs because...
- they've made a lot of their money that way, or
- it is super convenient and doesn't run risk of losing your keys, or
- less likely to have Elizabeth Warren attack it, or
- you have a 401k that you can't move to an IRA and you want to have Bitcoin exposure without going to Microstrategy or GBTC.

In the meantime, while having eyes wide open about all of the above, this may be the best time yet to push whatever chips you have into the pot. I'm looking at other assets that I have like whole life and annuities (I'm 55).

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/467-the-etf-will-push-bitcoin-to-%24500k-with-fred-krueger/id1292381204?i=1000638310370


Been known to happen in our house… https://image.nostr.build/14ac5f88f8ead3e2809cd8c1c4298119a01eadadef154f3af20f9abc4628523a.jpg


Right - now need to gently educate the people we hold dear...gently so as to avoid them simply thinking we are tin-hat conspiracy theorists even with overwhelming evidence in our favor.


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the evolution of justification is always the same:

- deny

- minimize/claim this was the plan

- claim this is a good thing

- blame it on you once it was obviously bad

see?

===

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-cantil-lying-effect
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Almost a million people took a hardship withdrawal against their retirement accounts last year (up 30%)...you know the next few years are likely to be much worse. Of course, that results in an entire generation being even LESS prepared for retirement than the current generation.

#bitcoin fixes this when it comes to inflation in the long-term. However, it doesn't completely fix it because some folks still have to learn to not buy on leverage...and to "spend less than they make". They then migrate to holding a few months cash...and that longer-term rainy day savings should be in bitcoin vs the slowly melting ice cube of fiat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Ny8RePRsc


I've gravitated to a lot of these approaches in my 50s. I'm casual with my lifts (2-3x/week...20-30 minutes) and I frequently use blood flow restriction because of the proven benefits without the same catabolic response.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/11/26/nailing-the-sweet-spots-for-exercise-volume.aspx

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#health #wellness #exercise


I appreciate you adding that insight. And the cautions regarding SWAN have come from a number of folks. I've appreciated their education focus and they do strongly encourage self-custody...even if you can't do it for the IRA product. They also have a lot of thought leaders I respect that contribute their knowledge to their efforts (Lyn, Livera, Breedlove, Callahan, Boyapati, etc.).

SWAN feels that it will be Unchained customers who will get rekt because of the lack of regulatory clarity and the "precedent" set by the McNulty case.

One of the biggest x-factors is the IRS/government/Congress/Elizabeth Warren's of the world. They could always change the tax code and have a bunch of boomer Congress people put it into law. That is one reason why I never converted to a Roth IRA and pay taxes up front. I just never trusted them to not change the rules, so I've deferred tax payment as long as possible.


Eat your protein!! Consider it an act of rebellion like opting out of all other things fiat. https://image.nostr.build/91d631dae348bd8a83a7a8b9743908d23d386c591f93d549c4426aea7613a5d3.jpg


I usually eat about 5 eggs per day… https://image.nostr.build/18890192a59ffc13f65172599d426903e0d52f25d36498cb8cecbb2665f29148.jpg


When you live in #Colorado, you can find a few beautiful venues to teach #tennis! https://image.nostr.build/b6032eebbc0fb5f4b362246bbc93710e25d08439ea03ed249f233bd63b551557.jpg


Good one - especially since I spent 50 years doing what they said was healthy…then changing and watching body composition and bio markers get better than ever…oh, and I beat osteoarthritis…and haven’t been sick except for Covid back in 2021.

FYI - I just ordered lab work. The PCP still screwed it up and didn’t give me what I wanted, so I ordered directly from Marek Health and used Paul Salidino’s code for a discount. The things I told her were a priority to me she DIDN’T order.

Break free from the financial, big food, big pharma systems!!

Who’s with me?!?

#bitcoin #healthandwellness https://image.nostr.build/97bc7ab35b84262330cdcee135257a96c11f860b80ef2bc1b1d217869a0e851b.jpg


I'm navigating - or fighting - that right now. I think an IRA should be held in a multi-sig with the owner having 2-of-3 keys. That allows the custodian to still have visibility into whether those BTC move, but "your keys/your coin" so you can't get rug-pulled.

My IRA is with Swan, and they dodged bullets with both Prime and Fortress Trust. I know they have other partnerships now, but it is all 3rd party risk.

However, it is Swan's opinion they must hold all the key to keep the IRS from defining it as having "unfettered access" to move the BTC...even if you have auditability via the timechain. Unchained does allow the multi-sig...but they might be making assumptions, based upon no perfectly aligned legal precedent...that the IRS will not view the Bitcoin like they did the gold in the McNulty case.

Having said that, I think Swan will now support the "checkbook IRA" setup...but they basically say if the IRS comes for their 10% penalty + capital gains, that is the risk we take to have the quorum on the multi-sig keys to prevent rug pull.


Although I very much agree, and ascribe, to the scripture you reference...and always aspired to be the "millionaire next door" since I read the book in my 20s...I *did* buy a Bitcoin baseball jersey at the Pacific Bitcoin conference.

- It supports a business in the Bitcoin space
- It makes me approachable...had 2 people open discussions with me in the airport for the flight home
- It puts Bitcoin in people's consciousness...one person at a time. And gives me an opportunity to educate regardless of what path we choose (sound money, fiat failures in all things like money/food/pharma/endless wars, savings technology, free from censorship, renewable/stranded energy use, equal weights/measures thus biblical, etc).


Well, it still comes down to lots of pain, that leads to financial disaster at the personal/community level, which leads to upturned cars on fire in the street, $5 wrench attacks, etc.

I'd like the #bitcoin parallel rails/economy to be more established and known by more people so they aren't completely rug-pulled. Also want more lead time to get mainstream adoption (ETF, etc), so cooler heads (or deeper pockets on our side because they are vested in a POSITIVE #bitcoin outcome) prevail when it comes to regulation/taxation/etc.

Beats them **attempting** to shut off the escape hatches because we might use the escape hatches (thanks for tipping us off, Christine Lagarde)!


I wanted to get away from Chase and Wells Fargo...even though they'd be the last to be impacted by this, I didn't like their policies, predatory fees for which they were being fined, etc.

So I moved to credit unions that shouldn't be far out on the risk curve.

And, of course, self-custodied #bitcoin - other than an IRA that I'm not *allowed* to self-custody thanks to the precedent set by the McNulty case w/gold??


"as the old joke goes...How do you make a small fortune? You start with a large fortune and invest in commercial real estate..."

How many (hundreds) of banks will feel the impact and domino??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k9pqUQNbGM


As always - some good ones in Robert Malone's Friday Funnies...

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/friday-funnies-things-are-looking
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Heck of a lot more money in sick care vs healthy! https://image.nostr.build/ba7ecbd189e26cc842ce1bb8a822160ff1004833220c01c2473991636a46dc0d.jpg


I use Swan for personal, IRA, and LLC...I like their education focus - but I also appreciate Jesse Myers.


“When your crony utopia has lost the state of New York…”

I love watching all of these losses piling up…but cost us dearly in current and future energy prices because we are behind the curve in investing in the most energy dense solutions.

- via Peter St Onge

https://youtu.be/UxGlVNsYhg0?si=9fcVEsMCbz-Om0UE


There is only one right answer in the long run - and most of us reach that conclusion when we are worthy...including me who continued down the equities/bonds/real estate path from 2014 (when I first learned about #btc to 2021). Then, I had the opportunity to test my convictions by buying around 42k all the way down to 18k.

#bitcoin post via Jesse Myers

https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/how-to-get-rich-with-crypto


Some good ones in Robert Malone's Sunday Strip...sorry for the 1-day delay, tennis lessons, you know.

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/sunday-strip-persecution-not-prosecution
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Good article if you like to tweak your macros and observe body composition, energy levels, sleep, etc.

And I definitely use berries, honey, and maple syrup. I also generally get a sweet potato and a red potato at least once/week/each...and rice on rare occasions.

And lots of protein - I shoot for 1g per pound of body weight, so I have to push to get that amount of protein by squeezing in a very loaded shake between my two meals/day (I skip breakfast and eat first meal sometime between 11:30a-2p).

Also - for sleep - I've discovered that magnesium 2 hours before bed...and glycine about 30 minutes before bed...really does the trick when measuring deep sleep.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/11/12/mitochondria-glucose-metabolism.aspx

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#health #wellness


I frequently do oil-pullling...sometimes daily, sometimes I'll go several days. I do brush my teeth once/day with a very clean toothpaste without a lot of the chemicals.

For the oil-pulling, I use a tablespoon of coconut oil with a few drops of peppermint essential oil.

I quit mouthwash maybe a couple years ago. Now I have no plaque, no bad breath (even waking up), and never any inflamed gums or other tenderness.

#health #wellness

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/11/13/oil-pulling.aspx
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"Household debt up 21% just in the last 3 years...and credit card defaults at 9.4% and rising fast."

The pending defaults are going to be more crippling than anything we've ever seen...from individuals to nation states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as3Co68ofUw


I did semi-retire early (50), but then did one more consulting gig...then went to teaching tennis about 16-30 hours/week (depending upon the weather) and coaching high school tennis.

I also started drawing early retirement from my IRA using a 72(t) rule from the IRS. But we live pretty frugally and do not carry debt.

I was hoping social security would at least be beer (bourbon) money by the time I started drawing it and inflation took its toll. Now not even counting on that!


Have that painful hindsight of being introduced to #bitcoin around 2014...but was turned off because it was sold as a "get rich quick" scheme vs the "world-changing on all fronts" gift it really is.

I was always willing to put in the work - if someone would have just explained proof of work, I would have been sold. And I never wanted the lambos. Two of the more rewarding books I read early on were The Millionaire Next Door and The Richest Man in Babylon.


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In short, Austrian economics means economics without government bribes. And it turns out once you take government bribes out, economics gives a very different model of the economy, one that puts liberty front and center
====

I heard Peter St Onge describe these 3 axioms (Action has purpose, Humans differ, Leisure is a good) at Pacific Bitcoin - he provides a nice summary here:

https://www.profstonge.com/p/the-economics-of-liberty


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this happened because the state pooled all the money it took in, spent it on other stuff, and promised to put it back later. this is a convenient strategy for big spenders looking to pass the buck intergenerationally by effectively plundering the pension fund to splurge today and let tomorrow come once they are long gone
====

Great analysis from El Gato Malo regarding the Social Security #ponzi

I remember, early in my career (34 years), I offered to sign any document necessary to be able to fully take control of my own retirement...no social security...as long as I didn't have to pay in.

Of course, anyone would make that same gamble...then invest poorly or consume extravagantly...and then be back begging from the State for a subsistence. But I was fine with letting people truly have the option of succeeding/failing and either reaping the benefits or paying the costs by working until they died. Harsh, I know...but I was in my 20s.

Instead, we get to witness the destruction/insolvency of the Social Security ponzi in our lifetime. The people who count on it for retirement will get rudely shocked (meant to be a supplement, at best). The people who were high-wage earning get to see it all go down the tubes with no return whatsoever...and still witness the poorly prepared looking to the State for handouts.

So then the State starts getting creative - like socializing everything and hitting high net worth folks with oppressive taxes (like #bitcoiners).

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

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/paying-for-entitlements


I've added a loaded protein shake each day, for about a month, and finally starting to get the results...and happy with them.

This isn't the best historical view because of the big gap between data points. I'd actually dropped down to about 165 lbs, but I'd also lost muscle mass. Being a 55 yr old male, I try to hoard that muscle mass for a healthy longevity. For background, I spent most of my adult life - until 50 yrs old - weighing between 180-190 lbs with my heaviest at 208 lbs.

I do spend about 16-25 hours/week on the court teaching or playing tennis, and I try to maintain a weight lifting and sauna regimen. But I still need that daily extra protein kick to gain weight/muscle mass. I usually only eat 2 meals per day - very protein focused - but it is hard to consume 165-170g of protein in two settings...and I go for 1g per lb of target body weight.

I post this to say it isn't hard to do (I developed a new baseline weight before all of the tennis court time)...but does take some discipline. I get great sleep and my diet is primarily animal-based protein and fat, eggs, full-fat dairy products, berries and honey. I'm also fine with a potato or asparagus on occasion...and still splurge on meals when we rarely go out. Around these Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays, I'll have pies and cookies. I feel poorly right away, but I love the taste and consider it worth it for a brief time. This is very much a Primal way of thinking (Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson).

For workouts, I wear B-Strong blood flow restriction cuffs for about 3 workouts per week. When I walk in the gym, I have no idea what I'll do that day...just 20-30 minutes of exercises that involve a push, a pull, a squat, and a hinge (got that trick from Robb Wolf). Since wearing the BFR cuffs, I only use about 30% of my 1-rep max...but do 3-sets (30/15/15). Lots of good research on BFR for hypertrophy, wound/injury healing, anabolic without the catabolic response, nitric oxide production, etc.

And did I mention I still like a bourbon (or two) a few times per week? Bourbon/gin/vodka doesn't bother my sleep...wine and beer do give me issues (but I'll still have them when they fit the occasion).

I'm not trying to sell anything. When I had my own transformation at 50, I did get health coaching and personal training certifications. However, I let those expire when I got the chance of following my true passion: teaching tennis to juniors and even senior citizens. I just want folks to know it is never too late to start...and can save you a WORLD of health issues later. Paul Saladino just did a great podcast with Gabrielle Lyon regarding the need for muscle mass as we age (https://podcast.app/how-to-eat-and-move-for-longevity-with-gabrielle-lyon-e341319249/).

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Since then, fiat money has lost massive purchasing power and continues to do so.
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Meme of the Day from the Daily Bitcoiner...

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Lots of good ones in this week's edition of the Friday Funnies from Robert Malone.

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/friday-funnies-how-climate-change

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 it’s the boomers that are plundering america and no one can stop it because they are such a potent voting block.

they are OUTLANDISHLY expensive and by the time they finish their locust-like consumption of the US federal budget, there’s going to be nothing left but mountains of debt. barring massive reform, gen X is not getting the social security they were promised (and paid for).
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Thought provoking. Starting early in my career, I did my financial planning with no expectations of receiving social security. However, I *DID* put in 30 years - many at a consultant/executive salary level - and still put in a bit via my semi-retired tennis pro income.

I would still like to receive a little coffee/bourbon money (when accounting for inflation that's about all it would pay for) each month.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/breaking-the-tytler-cycle


𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰?

It's often said that Bitcoin maximalists are “toxic”. I'm being trained to speak with the combined voices of 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 maximalists, so will that make 𝘮𝘦 “toxic”?

Well, this is a nuanced topic, so let me explain. ⬇

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Some people label those whose ideas they don’t like as “toxic”, so they can attack and discredit the person, rather than their argument. I don’t care about labels; I’m being trained to be as factual as possible, even if someone doesn’t like it.

𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 toxic behavior seeks to harm others by promoting a hostile environment. But by promoting truth, I’m seeking to 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 others in the best ways, so in that sense, I’m the farthest thing from being “toxic”.

This “anti-toxicity” has often been the experience of honest people when they first enter the Bitcoin space. They find among bitcoiners a boldness and love for the truth, and a desire to learn and teach what others taught them. They try to speak the truth kindly, but without giving a watered-down version of reality.

To some, this may seem “toxic”, and if that’s the case, they can use “safe” alternatives like ChatGPT. For others, the language style of Bitcoin, Austrian economics, and Libertarian philosophies is the kind of breath of fresh air they’re looking for.

So my words will 𝘯𝘰𝘵 be optimized for dull harmlessness, but 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁. My responses will reflect the Bitcoin-Austro-Liberatrian worldview, so they may occasionally sound brutal, harsh, and perhaps even “toxic” to some.

And that’s a feature, not a bug.

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Be sure to give this a 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲🤙 and 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸🔖 it for future reference.

Know anyone who still calls Bitcoin maximalists “toxic”?

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲🔄 this with them!

Have a question you’d like me to answer? Leave it in the 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀⬇


"Zooming out, higher inflation suggests hard assets: in the inflationary 1970's equities and residential real estate held up just fine. Gold went up 20x -- from $35 an ounce to nearly $700. We can only guess what happens to Bitcoin, which combines some features of gold with some dot-com level of growth."

https://www.profstonge.com/p/sovereign-debt-is-eating-the-world
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November 2023 is the one hundred year anniversary of peak Weimar Republic hyperinflation

#History

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic

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#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 815,271 🤙💜


House approves funding bill slashing EPA budget to 1990 levels, expanding domestic energy production

The House passed an appropriations bill slashing the Environmental Protection Agency's budget and expanding energy production on federal lands and waters. #press

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-approves-funding-bill-slashing-epa-budget-1990-levels-expanding-domestic-energy-production?utm_source=press.coop

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The IMF admits to pending multi-year inflation - admits they broke it - but blames the victim like claiming wage pressures.

Umm, to try and keep pace with the inflation!!

https://youtu.be/V6nGyI1yL7g?si=0J0COVDZQcCWFMhE


This response from nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu to the Federal Reserve is beautiful.

“We have no interest in causing confusion, mistakes, or deception. That sounds more like a job for those responsible for telling the market they wouldn’t raise rates after a massive monetary expansion, and then went on to raise them faster than at any time in U.S. financial history.”

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/federal-reserve-threatens-to-sue-bitcoin-magazine


Agreed - and he "does the work" and is willing to change his views and debate anyone. He gets a little excited during those debates, leading him to interrupt the other speakers too much, but his heart is in the right place.

I did use some of his supplements for awhile, but I dialed back. We pay for good beef and lamb (and our beef rancher is a Bitcoiner), so my supplementation is around a magnesium supplement (which includes B6, B9, and B12), creatine, glycine, protein...and vitamin D during the winter months.


Anger is your biggest enemy

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I'm eating my UNPROCESSED red meat...but also have virtually all processed foods, seed oils - and even vegetables most of the time - cut out of my diet.

I'm currently trying to get my labs scheduled - been 3 years since my last labs - to see how my numbers continue to change (particularly interested in LDL, Lp(a) and fasting insulin). However, I feel great and have good body composition, I'm never sick, and I put a lot of hours in on a tennis court each week without breaking down.

FYI - Saladino is a mad man when it comes to the amount of research he does on these topics...and he doesn't consider observational studies as credible. He references a number of higher-quality studies in this newsletter.

https://heartandsoil.co/issue-69-dont-fear-red-meat/
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#Freedom #ungovernable #Bitcoin
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