🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Roman pasta culture is built on a logical, mathematical evolution where one ingredient transforms an entire dish. It begins with Cacio e Pepe, the foundational duo of Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper. By adding rendered Guanciale (cured pork jowl) to this base, the dish evolves into Gricia, a richer, saltier masterpiece. From there, the "equation" branches into two global icons. Incorporating a fresh egg into the Gricia base creates the creamy, velvet texture of a true Carbonara. Alternatively, adding tomato to the Gricia transforms it into Amatriciana, introducing a bright acidity that cuts through the fat of the pork. This lineage proves that Roman cuisine isn't just about recipes; it's about a disciplined sequence of ingredients that has defined Italian comfort for generations. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

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There Is Life After The USA: Go Where You’re Treated Best with Andrew Henderson and Jeff Berwick

Jeff and the Nomad Capitalist talk about expanding your global options to live free and sovereign. Why should you live somewhere where the governme...

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Western countries are increasingly treating Citizens like chattel slaves. The odds are you’re probably existing in a system where human beings are legally owned, bought, sold, controlled, and stripped of autonomy, treated no differently than livestock or objects. In fact, Americans may be the most restricted people in the world, particularly financially. Expat taxes. Restrictions on offshore investments. A country that is increasingly isolated, standing on its own, drifting toward a police state. Why would you want to live there? You are not property of the state. The purpose of a government is to serve the needs of the people. To build roads and schools. To be sovereign, to get along with everybody, and to focus on improving the lives of its people. Not to go bombing people. “Go where you’re treated best” is a very human construct. It is human nature to want to live where you are treated well. Why should you live somewhere where the government takes almost half your money, tells you where and when you are allowed to travel, and sends armed thugs to shoot people for making a video or disagreeing with official views and propaganda? The monetary system is broken. The judicial system is broken. The education and health systems are broken. Yet people are massively brainwashed to see and hear all of this and still proclaim that it is the “best system on earth.” We are superior. American exceptionalism rules. Except it does not. If you are American or Canadian, you effectively have access to one country. You need permission to travel out of your own country. In Australia and the UK this mindset is also becoming explicit. Boris Johnson openly said that if you are convicted of any crime, even something as minor as peeing in a fountain after a night at the pub, you could be denied a passport. Why should your passport strangle you? Today I’m speaking with Andrew Henderson, the Nomad Capitalist who renounced his American citizenship eight years ago. Andrew is probably the human being on earth with the most know-how about going where you’re treated best. He’s definitely also the person I know with the most different passports from all corners of the world. Best of all, he will be speaking virtually at the TDV Summit, so if you are thinking of expanding your residency and investment options, make sure you get your ticket to the Dollar Vigilante Summit on February 21! Today we’re talking about regional blocks and multiple citizenships. The African Union is one example. São Tomé and Príncipe offer one of the cheapest citizenship options, starting around $90,000. You could live in Rwanda, often called the Singapore of Africa, or look at Ethiopia, which is becoming increasingly geopolitically important. These regions are increasingly anti-Western in narrative but pro-freedom in practice. The strategy is to travel on as many identities as possible and live in as many places as possible, for example: ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, through Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei. Mercosur (Southern Common Market) through Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia (in the process of full accession), as well as associated states like Colombia, Peru etc. EAC (East African Community) covers Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, South Sudan, and the DRC. Citizens can travel, live, and in some cases work across borders with minimal friction. Rwanda and Kenya are especially open. Even the European Union offers escape to 27 countries. In today’s video, Andrew talks about his focus on regional blocks in the Global South, where freedom of movement still exists, as well as what he calls the Global Citizenship Sandwich: Keep your money in the most stable places such as Singapore, Switzerland, and Uruguay. Live in a mid-level country, often in Asia, where you can get 80 percent of the lifestyle with 30 percent of the rules and far lower taxes. Invest where others are afraid to look. Cambodia. Bangladesh equities. Iraq. Uzbekistan. Georgian and Armenian currencies have been outperforming so-called stable currencies. Bogotá and Kuala Lumpur are two of the best value cities in the world. Tbilisi and Belgrade are politically incorrect in a way that is refreshing. Cairo offers housing under $1,000 per square meter and even a path to free citizenship aligned with BRICS. Or even better, buy a house in Istanbul, hold it for three years, and qualify for Turkish citizenship. Maybe this is where you bug out and wait out the New World Order. Maybe it is not. The point is to slowly collect optionality around the world. In summary, Get all your residence permits while you can. Do not rely on being a tourist. Understand that you cannot have all the options without sacrificing something. You are going to have to choose. If you could live better where you are welcome and not extorted, but it means you might never return to the United States again, would you be okay with that? If it means living truly free and sovereign, are you willing to make that trade? "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE This week in 1983, the Michael Jackson single “Billie Jean” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #57 (January 28) The song from his mega-successful LP “Thriller” was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and co-produced by Jackson. Michael Jackson said the lyrics were based on groupies' claims about his older brothers when he toured with them as the Jackson 5: “There never was a real Billie Jean. The girl in the song is a composite of people my brothers have been plagued with over the years. I could never understand how these girls could say they were carrying someone's child when it wasn't true.” - Michael Jackson, Moonwalk (1988) According to Quincy Jones, Jackson "stole" notes from the Jon and Vangelis song "State of Independence"; Jones had produced Donna Summer's cover of the song, and Jackson had sung backing vocals. According to Jon Anderson, "They took the riff and made it funky for 'Billie Jean' ... So that's kinda cool, that cross-pollination in music." According to Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, Jackson told him he had taken the "Billie Jean" groove from their 1981 track "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)". Hall told him "Oh Michael, what do I care? You did it very differently." Michael Jackson said he felt "Billie Jean" would be a success as he was writing it: “A musician knows hit material. Everything has to feel in place. It fulfills you and it makes you feel good. That's how I felt about 'Billie Jean'. I knew it was going to be big when I was writing it." There was some disagreement though, between Jones and Jackson over whether to include the song on the “Thriller” LP, but according to Jones, he conceded when Jackson said it made him want to dance: “And when Michael Jackson tells you, 'That's what makes me want to dance', well, the rest of us just have to shut up!” he said. Jones also wanted to change the title to "Not My Lover", as he believed that people would think the song referred to the tennis player Billie Jean King, but Jackson refused. The song with the mesmerizing creeping bassline went all the way to #1 in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, #2 in New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and Germany, #4 in the Netherlands, and #5 in Norway. It’s Jackson's best-selling solo single, and is one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time. Billie Jean" was named the greatest dance record of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners. In a list compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000, the song was ranked as the sixth greatest pop song since 1963. Rolling Stone placed the song at #44 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021. “Billie Jean" was voted #2 in The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single, a British TV program airing on ITV on 21 July 2012. In a similar poll in 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's second favorite 1980s #1. At the 1984 Grammy Awards the song earned Jackson two of a record eight awards; Best R&B Song and Best R&B Male Vocal Performance. It won the Billboard Music Award for favorite dance/disco 12" LP, and the magazine's 1980's poll named "Billie Jean" as the "Black Single of the Decade". The American Music Awards recognized the track as the Favorite Pop/Rock Single, while Cash Box honored the song with the awards for Top Pop Single and Top Black Single. MTV initially refused to air the video for "Billie Jean", as the network's executives felt black music did not fit into "rock"-centered network. Walter Yetnikoff, the president of Jackson's record company CBS Records, was enraged by their refusal to play the video in spite of Jackson's success as a musical artist. Yetnikoff threatened to go public with MTV's stance on racial discrimination: “I said to MTV, 'I'm pulling everything we have off the air, all our product. I'm not going to give you any more videos. And I'm going to go public and f***ing tell them about the fact you don't want to play music by a black guy.'" MTV relented and the "Billie Jean" music video debuted on March 10, 1983. After the video was aired in heavy rotation, Thriller went on to sell an additional 10 million copies. It was one of the first videos by a black artist to be aired regularly by the channel. #michaeljackson, #billiejean, #thriller, #80smusic, #quincyjones, #mtv, #grammyawardwinner, #grammywinner, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE This week in 1983, the Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band LP “Against the Wind” re-entered the US Billboard 200 Album Chart at #173 (January 29) Released three years earlier, and going all the way to the top of the US charts, “Against the Wind” was to be Seger's only US #1 album, spending six weeks at the top of the Billboard chart, knocking Pink Floyd's “The Wall” from the top spot. The album also went to #3 in New Zealand, #6 in Australia, #11 in Sweden, and #17 in Germany and the Netherlands. Glenn Frey helps out with harmonies on the title track, and joins with fellow Eagle Don Henley contributing harmonies to the lead single “Fire Lake”. The title track had a revival in 1994 when it was included on the “Forrest Gump” soundtrack, and featured in a significant scene in the film. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the album “Against the Wind” and Capitol Records art director Roy Kohara won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. #againstthewind, #bobseger, #donhenley, #GlennFrey, #firelake, #classicalbum, #classicrock, #grammywinner, #forrestgump, #grammyawardwinner, #numberone, #number1, #80smusic, #80srock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- The difference between premium and mass-market butter comes down to water content and fermentation. High-quality butter starts with rich, high-fat cream, often cultured to develop a nutty aroma and a deep yellow hue. Because it contains less moisture, it foams gently and browns evenly in a pan, making it the essential choice for serious cooking. In contrast, low-quality butter is a mass-produced product often stretched with whey, water, or additives. This chemical makeup causes it to soften too quickly and "sputter" violently when heated as the excess water evaporates. While the top-tier version relies on pure cream and sea salt, the industrial alternative offers a flatter flavor and a watery texture that disappears into the background "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️