GrumpyG
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Few understand that causing unemployment was the stated goal of the Fed. Powell has repeatedly said in speech after speech that he is trying to tame "wage inflation" or in other words, wage growth... you do that by decreasing the demand for labor... which causes unemployment.
They were fine with inflation as long as it only affected price. When we saw real wage growth for the first time since 2001 they went on attack to crush the consumer/worker.
Translation: Your government hates you.

2024-06-25 02:52:15

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Fermented foods. I started making eating my own sauerkraut and was drinking milkshakes after a year again.
pasteurization destroys the bacteria and enzymes needed to digest them. great for shelf life... monumental task for the gut.

2024-06-24 00:00:26

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Nations in a post WW2 world primarily fell into 1 of 2 camps, communist or fascist. Latin America became Marxist and allied with the USSR, which was a clear enemy of "the west."

2024-06-18 15:21:55

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you can't even blame the "elites". It's like playing the "let's take turns" game with a much younger sibling. They know they're never giving that controller back, but the younger sibling never learns.
Same thing they're doing now with paper btc. Naked shorts galore. Everyone super excited about institutional buy in... like don't you see what they've done with prescious metals? the converted the hardest currency in the world to paper.... wake up people.

2024-06-10 01:26:45

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Good luck.
I'm surprised no one is talking about Saudi Arabia effectively ending the petrodollar by declining to renew that contact.
This event displaces the dollar as the world's preferred currency, IMO. it may take a few years to play out, but the US may have just lost its reserve currency status.
The west apparently doesn't know just yet.

2024-06-08 17:36:53

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💯. This is the exact same way they've kept precious metals surpressed for decades. it's the exact same game.
They control price by turning Bitcoin into paper Bitcoin and short the hell out of it. Our crowd cheers. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
https://youtu.be/QFgcqB8-AxE?si=vMCKzrHekCCNncZk

2024-06-08 16:58:43

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Almost makes me want to open an x account. you have to get him on nostr.

2024-06-06 23:17:15

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😂 fair enough.... I deserved that one. I've been looking at options in Latin America, none seem easy.

2024-06-05 16:15:07

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Except for Trump. He finished what was on the plate and then brought stability to the middle east.

2024-06-05 12:07:25

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get you some!
https://m.primal.net/IZVm.gif

2024-06-05 12:04:46

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👀

2024-06-05 12:04:11

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you still go to doctors?
https://m.primal.net/IZVg.jpg

2024-06-03 19:52:16

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Yeah, they also work details on the base. They put the inmates over the airman.
Super lax.

2024-06-03 19:49:23

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I was late to the party, thought I had missed the train. But, I woke up one October or November morning, saw it was at 16k and said...
"Holy shit, this is it..." Haven't wasted a cent since. It's become an obsession to learn everything I can. Everyone around me thinks I'm a lunatic. They're probably right. 🤷‍♂️

2024-06-03 09:43:04

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she's a leftist, of Jewish decent. So.... everything that defines mexico. 🙄
Another puppet installed.

2024-06-03 09:05:14

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because Zeus wallet is a node on your phone. 🤷‍♂️

2024-06-03 04:16:57

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he's referring to Zeus Wallet...

2024-06-02 17:32:32

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Depends on your school of thought and by what metric you use to measure an economy. Deflation is catastrophic to debt based systems.
We know, that's why we Bitcoin.
The goal is not to drive the Lambo... it's to stop the erosion of our purchasing power and remove the power of the central banking system. Full stop.
Perhaps you are too young to understand the implications, but real wage growth stopped in 2001 and the affects of our exploding monetary system has been the erosion of the middle class and the expansion of government.
If you're measuring the economy based on GDP alone, then yes. Inflation is good.
But if you stop to consider the deteriorating quality of life form the middle class... the answer is obvious.

2024-06-01 18:45:30

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Where? Not where I live, that's for sure.

2024-05-30 13:00:05

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How do you fund rocket technology in peacetime?
How do you own the airspace without satellites?
How do you launch a payload of satellites sitting on top of a ballistic missile without causing your global neighbors to panic?
NASA is the answer to all of these questions. It's not money laundering as much as it is a cleverly disguised military secret out in the open.

2024-05-30 12:34:03

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The irony of a crowd that enjoys burning the American flag while considering tire marks over a gay pride flag painted on the street "unspeakable"...
You have to laugh. Truly though, taking the rainbow, a symbol of the covenant between God and Man, and converting it to a symbol of "Pride" (Lucifer's original sin) is a stroke of marketing genius.

2024-05-30 11:41:07

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Oof... I get the delemna. I agree, there's some work to do. Lots to unpack there. First, I will say, that strike is a great option. They do a great job of abstracting most of the Bitcoin confusion away from the user and just let them use the payment rails seamlessly. It's beautiful. It's the app that I use to onboard people to Bitcoin.
But, the ethos of Bitcoin is self-custody and strike is custodial. You can't get into self-custody until you take the time to understand how Bitcoin works. Many of the apps that are built can't abstract that piece because users need the ability to connect to their set-ups (nodes).
As far as L1/ L2... "Lightning" is basically a smart contract between two parties. It creates a relationship on L1 for a fixed amount. This is why with most wallets, you first fund the wallet, then you open a channel. Once the channel is opened, you'll have outbound liquidity. It's like opening a tab at the bar. You can make payments to the bar, but you can't really receive payments that way.
You don't really "fund L2" as much as you are opening a payment channel using L1. I guess people say "funded" because the funds are now locked into a payment channel. That network of payment channels is the lightning network.
There's no getting around the fact that once you get into self-custody, the waters get very deep, very fast. Personally, I do believe that custodial services will be a must in this space as much as it pains me. The average user is just not going to go through all of this.

2024-05-30 10:34:37

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Where do Obama, Hillary, and Trump fit on your scale?

2024-05-28 15:51:03

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💯

2024-05-27 15:26:10

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I think I have that one too.

2024-05-26 03:13:20

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no one is saying you need to work. if you don't want to work, then try entrepreneurship.
Learn and participate or don't and complain.
I'm moving on from your complaints. As I said, these arguments are old, stale and the ideology has never produced a productive and profitable society. Communists have almost well over 100 years under their belt.
Karl Marx himself was a spendthrift alcoholic that refused to work. And while he rubbed shoulders with elites that continually supported him, his children died due to hunger and poor living conditions. He was a complainer and a degenerate. Nations that have been sucked into his mental disease morally degrade in a similar fashion until the nation itself becomes a mirror of his life.
Maybe learn how money and finance work 🤷‍♂️.
Good Luck, Boricua.

2024-05-25 21:51:39

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https://m.primal.net/IMwF.jpg

2024-05-25 21:47:49

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it's unbelievable that you would use fascism in Europe and Latin America as an example of capitalism. Both fell to Marxist/collectivist ideals. Latin America was once wealthy until it fell to Marxist revolutions. It's been a corrupt and degenerate space ever since.
You say we are dodging the question, but it isn't capitalism that needs to justify itself. History is on our side. Its collectivism of whatever flavor you want that needs to prove itself. it's never worked. Just slowly eroded the wealth of any nation it's set it's roots in.
By all means offer an example that didn't end in tragedy.... I'll wait.

2024-05-25 15:34:47

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This argument is old and stale. Capitalism has it's faults but there is no alternative that has yielded better results.
You can attack capitalism and the "anarcho-capitalisy types", but what you can't do is come up with a viable alternative with a track record of success.
Your ideas are not new. They are Marxist and Marxism has always created the absolute most corrupt governments in the world with a 2 class system. Indeed, a 2 class system is the heart of Marxism and it always ends with impoverished masses.
If you don't like rothbard, the try skousen. He's written two books that are relevant to this conversation. The Naked Communist, and the Naked Capitalist.
Socialists love monopolies because they can lift up champions under the guide of capitalism and continue to espouse more government as the solution. It's always the state that created the unfair advantage in the industry, and then seeks to regulate. Ayn Rand is another author that speaks on this extensively.
The state is always the enemy of the people. they have a monopoly on force. It's their only tool and the state will always choose a controllable champion to prop up in order to control an industry.
Many of them things you are saying are true. But only partially so because you can see the puppet, but fail to see the strings.
There is no liberty without economic freedom. Economic Freedom, or the freedom to transact at will, is your natural state. The state can not give you that, but they can certainly take it away and replace it with an illusion. That illusion, still traps your mind.

2024-05-24 02:33:03

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you should read anatomy of the state by Murray rothbard.
no one enslaves you to a paycheck but the state. they create the barrier to entry and create the laws that prevent free and open commerce.
it's why you need a banrers licence to cut hair or catering license to sell un pernil y arroz con gondules... because you can't do basic business transactions you have to trade your labor and lose your ability to fully participate in the market.
That's not because of a capitalist... that's because of a corrupt public servant using the force of the state and putting you in line.

2024-05-23 23:40:17

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idk. Most I've ever paid is through strike, and it was like 20 sats.

2024-05-22 22:25:35

Who's heard that Terrance Howard episode of Rogan?

2024-05-22 00:23:46

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Something about what you're describing reminds me of Ghost in the Shell.
Basically a VM that exists everywhere and I'd assume uses a private key similar to nostr?
Definitely following the project, man.🤙
The wizardry of tech always amazes me. It really is like magic. If you can imagine it, you can build it.
It's the ultimate form of expression, IMHO. I do data conversions. Not as flashy as software development, but I always get a kick out of flipping data around like it's a rubix cube. It's nerd stuff... but it pays the bills.

2024-05-21 19:42:13

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that dude is wild, lol. so fun to keep around. do you man. not everyone needs to create a homestead. My only point was that anyone could and it doesn't take anywhere near the effort that people think. It's doable.
Yes, division of labor is a net good.
You never did mention what you're working on. any links you care to share?

2024-05-21 18:35:32

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so all Israelis feel the exact same way then huh. Every single Israeli is anti war... got it.

2024-05-21 18:30:21

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just good soldiers following orders then. no feeling of biblical or historical right to the land?
All of the IDF is ready to just lay down arms then? Every last one, huh. Come on dude. who's the clown?

2024-05-21 13:37:22

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But how do you create that industry unless it's nurtured internally and protected by tariffs? The problem that the US has fallen into is that it's left it's people behind in pursuit of cheap labor on the global market.
This makes sense from an international business perspective, but what do you do with the people that have been made obsolete and have an ever increasing gap between inflation and real wages? That's the model that has brought the US into it's debt spiral.
Only way out is for the US economy to mirror China in that regard. Build a US economy for the US people and balance the wage growth with inflationary pressures. When that happens the rest sorts itself out because the relationship between goods and income maintain.
Bottom line, rebuilding a middle class is the only way out for the US. Tariffs are the only effective way of getting there. Anything short of that is a daily rug pull on the middle class.

2024-05-21 12:49:50

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Looking good! Are those twirly things stakes?

2024-05-21 00:01:25

We should be talking about this more.... with #Bitcoin it's possible.
https://m.primal.net/IIzH.jpg

2024-05-19 06:01:19

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it's a paradigm shift @npub19ma…axkl. It's not the food that's holding you back from self-sufficiency. it's the allure of luxuries in the city. It's trading real wealth for luxury.
literally everything on this planet comes from the earth. Food and shelter are among the easiest and most basic. The earth provides. God put Adam and Eve in the Garden. It's where we belong.
Protein is not as big an issue as you think it might be. Chicken, eggs, and fish are the easiest to start out with. But get yourself a rifle and steaks are back on the menu.
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2024-05-18 20:27:05

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you can fit every man woman and child in the world and give each an acre of land. They would fit inside the land mass of Brazil. You have the rest of the world and waterways as your scale, but I only need to scale for my family.
The only thing lacking is your knowledge and commitment. The earth and God's design is perfect.
I grow over 100lbs of potatoes in a 4x16 garden bed. Enough for a family of 5.
How much can you grow with 5 acres (one acre per person) Don't be small-minded.

2024-05-18 19:56:19

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it's as easy as putting seeds in the ground. the earth provides and God's design is perfect.
move away from the cities .. they are actually prisons.

2024-05-18 19:16:11

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Indeed. It's been a journey. But I think that's why we're here, directly or indirectly. He planted seeds.
He reminded us that we are free.

2024-05-18 18:51:18

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Another classic by the great Dr. Paul. He awakened a whole generation.
Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property https://a.co/d/iM0TXJk

2024-05-05 18:27:26

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I've had my accounts frozen before. It sucks beyond measure. Completely unable to transact. Suddenly impoverished at the flip of a switch as if I woke up in a foreign land without access to any banking.

2024-05-05 03:14:48

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Wayfair. Very reasonable.
And yeah, agreed. it's nice to unplug for a bit and actually read while gently swinging. Just a chance to slow down and watch the garden grow. #GardenTherapy

2024-05-04 13:11:07

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I'm ready.

2024-04-28 04:28:27

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https://youtu.be/PInd7uRiGjs?si=_pBH8b176o1AuoS5&t=6114

2024-04-28 00:05:16

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what are people doing for work down there? is it all 20 something's living the digital nomad life or is there a decent expat community?

2024-04-27 23:40:52

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what's up with the El Salvador life!? I'm trying to get down there.
I have tons of questions!

2024-04-27 15:32:24

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I've considered beekeeping. Everyone I've talked to says that it's increased their harvest by 30% at least.
Can't beat God's design.

2024-04-27 15:19:05

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Gorgeous. I'm getting the el salvador bug. dying to check it out. what are your thoughts on the place?

2024-04-27 15:11:54

So my curiosity over #ElSalvador is peaking. Anyone living there now or been recently wanting to fill me in on the day today out there?
What are expats doing for work? just content creation? What industries are thriving? What skills are in need? Schools? What is #Bitcoin adoption really like there?
Inquiring minds want to know....

2024-04-26 18:55:41

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well, I guess I'm fucked.

2024-04-25 01:32:24

https://twitter.com/SimplyBitcoinTV/status/1783220709428171210?s=19

2024-04-23 19:16:29

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Bitcoin is supposed to be an upgrade from the current banking system. Bringing censorship resistant banking and wealth storage to those who are unbanked, stuck in hyperinflation or politically unpopular. If we are paying $50 to move a utxo, how is that barrier better than just going with visa? it renders the ability to use the network, unworkable.
If saylor is correct, and Bitcoin is going up forever, what is the real cost there? in some cases, the current fees are more than the utxo's are worth.
As far as "spammers" go, if they are clogging the network that is meant to withstand governmental attacks, but can effectively make the system unusable by the average person with monkey pics, then who are we kidding? An engineered currency that can't be used as currency, doesn't sound like a bright new future.
Maybe have an intelligent conversation about the issue instead of telling people to fuck off?

2024-04-23 13:50:06

So, can talk about this high fee environment and how it's effectively creating the same mobility issue as gold? Did Rune do this, because it's effectively an attack on the network. If that's true, then the what are the proposed solutions?
I've heard people talk about spam filters for the network, but isn't that effectively censoring transaxrions? If we start censoring transactions, then maybe someone can help me understand from a technical aspect, how this censorship-resistant asset stays censorship free... while we begin to censor?
#Bitcoin #WTF

2024-04-17 14:07:08

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Because it's like a dog returning to it's vomit.

2024-04-16 23:47:48

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idk if this is true... but boondock saints is in my top 10.

2024-03-28 16:05:50

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Oh, for sure. If will be a combo of both. My point is, the major mining operations will become more centralized over time because of that race for efficiency.
But with that centralization, wouldn’t that also equate to more voting weight when it comes to deciding which version is predominant?
Is running a node enough? I see risk there.

2024-03-26 18:28:52

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Hang in there fam.

2024-03-18 19:04:57

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Wish I knew that before I spent the money 😂
Market timing is a thing.

2024-03-18 01:28:53

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Lol. Most of that sounds like your typical religious conservative. You might be playing for the wrong team 😁. No judgment here.
Interesting take on libertarian/socialist/progressive. Leaving out the progressive label (since the meaning can vary), how do you merge the ideas of Libertarian and Socialist?
Also, how do you imagine UBI working without fiat? Where would that money come from without a central bank issuing money on demand?
Forgive the questions. I just don’t see how most progressive ideas are workable without a fiat currency. From my view, they’re dependent on an economic model that is outmoded by bitcoin.
There are only two modes of distribution for any good or service, price or rationing. Either people bid through price action or someone outside the market divides it and reallocates based on its own discretion.
Being that government doesn’t produce anything, where would they receive the funding for something as large as UBI if they couldn’t print the money?

2024-03-17 23:41:45

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Agreed. But I’m curious what the “progressivebitcoiner” has to say on the subject.
I’m always open to new perspectives. 🤷‍♂️
Makes this place interesting.

2024-03-17 22:17:48

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Interesting. I’ll check it out.
So, are you saying that we shouldn’t be worried about losing reserve status?

2024-03-17 19:12:11

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Any key takeaways so far?

2024-03-16 22:20:42

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Building the clients, wallets, plugins and services that makes all this possible?
What do you call it?

2024-03-16 20:42:23

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So you want all the freedom, none of the work, and you want it all for free.
Got it. 👍

2024-03-10 15:48:42

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Can’t say I know much about it. Sounds sketchy for sure. Considering the amount of corruption the country is known for, it’s tough to imagine some remnants of corruption don’t still exist, even after Bukele’s sweep.
But the accusation of government corruption from a previous government official just sounds like the pot calling the kettle black to me.
For me, it’s simple. Signal to noise. Would I walk in the streets of San Salvador before Bukele? No.
Would I after? Yeah, definitely.

2024-03-10 15:14:55

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That’s one way to look at it. The other is, he put an end to corruption. I guess I don’t consider ms13 members or affiliates, political opponents.
He removed them from the equation and the nation flourished. His people seem to approve.

2024-03-07 01:08:09

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Download a lightning wallet and transfer funds to it via “on-chain”. Then you open a channel.
You’ve got choices. Custodial vs. non-custodial.
Custodial will get you in the game instantly. But, it’s custodial 🤷‍♂️

2024-03-04 03:09:32

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If everything is repriced in btc, you won’t care what it is in dollars. You’ll just be a Satoshi millionaire.

2024-02-05 21:42:54

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https://image.nostr.build/c051956906f35d46111f9fffb57c71a350229228f38e932d54423386d6231bc8.gif

2024-02-04 18:56:32

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Definitely part of a much larger conversation. At this point you usually know more about it than I do!

2024-01-01 05:38:13

Happy New Year to all the recently divorced plebs out there breaking in the new year solo.
#StaySalty #2024

2023-11-21 17:14:51

😆😆😆 #note13lx…r9ep

2023-11-08 20:21:31

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Holy fuck… I was just saying the opposite.

2023-11-05 03:25:24

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Very accurate. We spend about 3hrs a day on formal learning.
The little ones spend the rest of the time playing and getting into things.
The older ones are usually learning instruments, reading, and generally nurturing talents. We spend a lot of time in history museums, science museums zoos and planetariums.
My 2nd recently started high school and is taking all Honors classes. She’s way ahead of her peers. She’s been homeschooled since she was 8.

2023-11-04 13:39:18

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We try not to view people as they are, but view them as they may become.
Filled with love and with light.
Intuitively, we all know this is our highest and best self.

2023-11-02 13:07:52

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I see what you did there…😂

2023-10-20 02:54:20

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It also primarily untouched. Contrast that with a public park in a city, where there are actually people.
Unless there is staff to keep the park clean, it isn’t long before it’s trashed. Same with beaches. Look no further than the “adopt a hwy” or “keep xyz city beautiful” programs and the literal mounds of trash they pick up. There’s always a handful of people that care among a vast sea of those who don’t give a shit.
That doesn’t really compare with a handful of ranching families that collectively maintain 100’s of acres federal lands to graze their cattle.

2023-10-12 03:27:09

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Interesting. Not much changed. 👀

2023-10-12 03:22:35

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Money laundering, mainly.

2023-10-09 13:48:32

I guess Amazon is trolling me… they do this new thing where they drop the price of everything I buy between 10-30%, 1 day after I buy… and then send me an email about it… to rub it in my face, I guess 🤷‍♂️
WTF, Amazon. WTF.

2023-10-09 01:52:30

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Did you render your own tallow? Never thought of doing that, but that’s a great idea.

2023-10-08 13:11:30

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Nice! What else do you can? We tried chicken, pork, pickles, and jams. I’ve never tried pasta sauce.

2023-10-08 12:52:13

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Property rights are fundamental to individuality are natural. Even in natural law, animals claim territory and defend it to the death. In some species, we see generations maintaining the same environment.
t’s no different than owning farmland and passing that to your children. There is nothing more natural.
The more interesting thought is having all things in common and the lack of personal property rights. We’ve tried it. It fails miserably every time. Resources are squandered and care for the environment is neglected. When everyone owns something, really, no one owns it. When no one owns it, someone must be forced to care for it which is why communism always turns authoritarian. By necessity, it must.

2023-09-13 01:17:06

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Unfortunately we are all floating on a wave of stupidity. There’s no fighting the current. All the “defending liberty” talk went right out the window during Covid.
We had snitch lines in this country. They tried to keep us out of grocery stores, and get us fired from our jobs.
So much for “that would never happen here”.

2023-09-11 12:51:53

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Good call. Any key takeaways?

2023-08-16 01:45:56

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Personally, I’d rather see Trump come in like a bull in a china store.
Go full Bukele and just gutting the establishment. Every last corrupt POS, snatch them up before they finish they’re dessert.
Maybe it’s just a wet dream, but Trump is the only one with balls big enough to pull a move like that. He gets my vote even if I have to write him in.
Nothing short of tribunals is fixing this cluster fuck.

2023-02-09 19:42:51

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That’s true. I traded it for years but never really “got it”.
Really wasn’t until last year that it clicked and I started stacking. Can’t get enough.