I’m headed to El Salvador, but as I’m getting my trip together on down-time I’m reflecting on my fav artist who came in under my radar (as an artist) and completely woo’d me to understand the “Op-Art” movement. He passed away in 2020, but I’ve driven many miles w/i America to see works by Richard Anuszkiewicz. Like all Artists, it’s not a one-off…it’s a body of dimension and acceptance.

Wall Street Cheat Sheet for CNBC interviews: 1) Bitcoin is Rat Poison 2) We’re obviously interested in Bitcoin, but we’re unsure about it’s valuation metrics 3) We’ve been cautiously watching Bitcoin since 201yadda? and appreciate the adoption we’ve witnessed over the yada yada years we’ve been yada yada “into it” 4) We’re cautiously recommending our Institutional clients tip-toe into the space. We believe there is long-term potential, but it’s volatile, and there is regulatory risk. 5) U srsly even asking about Bitcoin, poor? We are not the same.

Hey plebs! nobody knows me, and i like it that way. So just offering: God Candle incoming. Why? Because nothing now stands between Us and Our Future. Lock and Load.

This. America began the public fear-mongering campaign as Public Service Announcements, then developed them into afternoon shows for kids, then developed them into News Headlines, then developed them into Government Propaganda. You’re right in identifying that “fear mongering” began its early usefulness in media with the “stop, drop and roll” psa’s…which piggybacked off “duck and cover”, which was a misnomer for “when you see the blast, don’t go to the window to see what’s happening, instead assume it’s a nuclear explosion and if you go to the window you’ll be eviscerated by glass, so duck and cover and maybe you won’t die…?” Anywho…Fear-based media propaganda took hold, and has always exceeded it’s actual usefulness. View quoted note →

Is it too early to say that there are no Bitcoiners in Kiev? I mean, I’m definitely not that guy. But, I mean…there are no Bitcoiners in Kiev. And it’s worth acknowledging that. Because let’s be clear. Bitcoiners are 10-steps ahead of Fiat. Sry. Kthxbye.

I can’t read anyone’s mind, but I feel that what Lyn is hinting at is: What do I Want? What do I want. This question is very powerful, if we ask it and let it reside in us. View quoted note →

Ugh…last insomniac sleepy thought for Nostr. I was talking to a teen earlier today and it randomly came out of me that David Bowie’s whole “Space Oddity” song or whatever it’s called was really just a song about the transition from a teen to an adult. The “Tell my wife I love her very much.” “We know.” That’s you to your parents.

Evidently we’re all being wagged by the dog to learn about the “Cloward-Piven Strategy”, and it’s definitely real, if it’s for real. For my 15 minutes of due diligence, I went to the Wayback Machine and found this:

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[quoted here] “Named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Piven, the general idea behind the strategy is to intentionally overload the government system so much that it causes a crisis and collapses with a subsequent loss of confidence that Cloward and Piven hoped would “hasten the fall of capitalism.” I am reminded that my late father, a conservative, had a good but incredibly liberal friend who would bluntly argue that the cost of avoiding violent class warfare in America is the network of welfare programs that keep the poor complacent. As much as the idea disgusts me I have always thought that he was at least partly right…The basic idea behind the Cloward-Piven strategy is to break the system in order to make the poor miserable enough to rebel. Not surprisingly to those of us watching the tactics being employed by the current ruling party, the author also mentions their connections to the radical Saul Alinsky, whose ideas apparently so inspired President Obama… In their 1966 article, Cloward and Piven charged that the ruling classes used welfare to weaken the poor; that by providing a social safety net, the rich doused the fires of rebellion. Poor people are able to advance exclusively when “the rest of society is afraid of them,” Cloward told The New York Times on September 27, 1970.” h/t @FreyjaTarte on Twitter here’s a link to a short Joe Rogan interview about this:

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CLIP🎥 Recently @ConceptualJames was on the JRE with @joerogan and talked about something called the “Cloward-Piven” strategy. When you hear ...

“Woman Sues National Park Service After Being Told She Can’t Use Cash to Pay Entry Fee” As someone who has spent decades car-camping all over the US, I’ve wondered if this would be implemented. The point is to establish monetary-surveillance over people who are “away from a fixed point of surveillance” for too long. And it’s ridiculous, because when I’m travelling from campsite to campsite, it’s impossible to deal with credit cards…you don’t have even part-time staff at many state parks anymore. You have to leave cash in a metal box. Which reveals how this is not about convenience in any way. Also, cash is legal tender for all debts (payments) public or private. Also, if you really want to bake your noodle: why are we required to pay to use “public” lands?

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Woman Sues National Park Service After Being Told She Can't Use Cash to Pay Entry Fee

In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Elizabeth Dasburg and two other plaintiffs allege the National Park Ser...

I mean this goes back a long way, so dyor. Where do you think we’re at?

“Nearly 350 rebels were executed in the Goliad Massacre, and almost twice as many as were killed at the siege of the Alamo. The death toll would have been even higher if not for a Mexican woman known as the “Angel of Goliad” who convinced a Mexican colonel to spare the lives of approximately 20 doctors, orderlies and interpreters. Santa Anna’s ruthless treatment of the captured soldiers had the opposite effect than what he intended. The “Napoleon of the West” was no longer seen as a brilliant military strategist but a cruel despot. The Goliad Massacre hardened attitudes toward Santa Anna throughout the United States and inflamed and unified the Texas resistance. Less than a month later, as [Sam] Houston prepared his men for the decisive Battle of San Jacinto that would earn Texas its independence, he concluded his impassioned speech with the rallying cry: “Remember the Alamo! The Alamo! The Alamo!” His men thundered a reply with an addendum: “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!”

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The Goliad Massacre—The Other Alamo | HISTORY

Although overshadowed by the fall of the Alamo, the Goliad Massacre claimed the lives of twice as many Texas rebels.

Whelp…I just hot-taked an Ayn Rand group on Twitter, and now realize I’m going to hate my Twitter inbox in the morning. Probably for the best. Been thinking it’s time to go full @ODELL [“Don’t chu know, you NEVER go full ODELL!] Anywhoo… Ayn Rand was a Narcissist, and knew how to inspire a cult. kthxbyyyeeeee!!!!!!

I paid no attention to this story until recently. But as a long-time player of Skyrim, who’s the most important contact if you want to kill an Emperor and get away with it? Not Secret Service. And not Housekeeping or Butlers. You need to infiltrate The Chef!

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Might be worth pointing out that when we throw around how Bitcoin Miners only bring ~900BTC onto the market daily… …if I’m a miner and I’m selling ALL of my daily mined BTC, I’m going out of business. imo, we’ve already Halved.

Guy no Bitcoiner has ever heard of says Bitcoin is “compromised and lost it’s way” and gold will fix it. (yeah, I didn’t bother watching this either, just snarking)