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2025-06-14 14:34:11

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Yeah, that's true. It's an Android operating system.

2025-06-12 20:10:51

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Its always DNS

2025-06-12 19:43:05

Trump signs measure to overturn California’s EV mandate
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5346277-trump-california-ev-mandate-cra/
I am not anti EV but I am anti forcing EVs on the public and even anti-subsidizing them over ICs. Attempts like Gavin Newsom's are virtue signalling vote getting tactics masked as saving the planet. Its absurd on its face.
Should be entertaining to watch this develop.
https://stacker.news/items/1004810

2025-06-12 16:05:31

Comedian T.J. Miller Tries to Give People Bitcoin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ZusQnD6rY
There are a few lines Miller has in response to some bitcoin haters that I loved. I found the whole idea of trying to give people bitcoin while doing stand-up pretty entertaining.
What do you think? Should this be in bitcoin or the lol territory?
https://stacker.news/items/1004549

2025-06-10 20:44:25

Trump just said the US won WW1 and if it wasn't for us you'd all be speaking German or maybe Japanese... One problem. During WW1 Japan was with the allies not Germany. Honest mistake but I'm pretty sure if Biden or any Democrat made this mistake we'd never hear the end of it.

2025-06-07 12:50:23

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They do hate it but the people are killing it willingly because they love plastic and phones. Technology trumps the state. They are just using this to their advantage. There's a lesson for us.

2025-06-06 23:53:05

This is the way
#nevent1q…wf0w

2025-06-03 16:34:52

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That's hilarious

2025-05-27 18:09:15

Its kinda mind blowing to me how many bitcoiners have latched on to protectionism as the solution to US problems over ending fiat money printing. All because a politician said they like their coin. Sad state of affairs. Ya'll do know that this is just a distraction from the root issue... the one Trump has always ignored.

2025-05-14 19:07:01

How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices Without Price Controls
https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-trump-can-lower-drug-prices-without-price-controls
This whole thing is yet another example of how lost the Republican/Trump camp is on economics, socialism, and the path to prosperity and peace.
> The Trump administration is trying to frame this as another example of the rest of the world freeloading off the American people who are forced to pay the cost of research, development, and production in order for the rest of the world to enjoy low drug prices. Economically, that is not how prices work. But it’s a believable story because of how absurdly high drug prices are in the US, especially when compared to the rest of the world.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/980204

2025-05-14 15:43:55

Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/#in-the-united-states-the-app-is-restricted-in-some-states
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/980012

2025-05-14 14:58:26

https://stacker.news/items/979952/r/kepford

2025-05-13 16:25:52

I'm not really interested in running Knots but it seems to me that there should be more effort in getting more devs working on it.

2025-05-09 17:35:52

Friedman on Greed in Capitalism and Socialism
https://x.com/cboyack/status/1920877410309828643
> Socialism doesn't eliminate greed—it redirects it from market competition to political competition. The latter is far more destructive.
The common mistake people make when criticizing capitalism is the forget that you can't really eliminate greed with an economic system. You can at best minimize its damage and maximize its benefits.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/975762

2025-05-08 16:59:03

Trump Urges Buying Stock Now, Says Powell Is Always Late
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/trump-urges-buying-stock-now-161644524.html
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/974866

2025-05-07 19:53:37

"The Face of God" Michael & The Shroud of Turin with Dr. Jeremiah Johnston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OElbxDPsqpw
Pretty fascinating stuff.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/974162

2025-05-07 17:31:02

Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe
https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-id-not-about-keeping-you-safe
Remember with conservatives, republicans, and libertarians were opposed to Real ID? Yeah... good times.
Real ID is a prime example of why I'm a politically disenfranchised person. These movements are a joke with the consistency of sports team fans. They never call balls and strikes. Its all about power and who controls the ring of power that is political power. D.C. is Mordor and no man can wield the ring. It corrupts those pure in heart and attracts those with black hearts.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/974061

2025-05-07 16:49:39

Kristi Noem’s Authoritarian Take on Travel
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/kristi-noems-authoritarian-take-on-travel/
Its hard for me to take Fed Barbie seriously. She seems to love to do "I'm a Fed" dress up parties.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/974029

2025-05-07 15:06:11

The California Bullet Train Is a Good Lesson in Political Deception
https://mises.org/mises-wire/california-bullet-train-good-lesson-political-deception
I was born and raised in this part of California and I drive by the construction sites for this rail line every week. I have watched them slowly progress for the last 15+ years. I know people that have worked on them and are working on them. It is wild how many people see the failure before their eyes. I'm not sure most are learning any valuable lessons from it though.
> Much has been written about the proposed (and proposed really is an understatement) project, which is supposed to run entirely by electricity created from renewable resources. In 2008, California voters approved a bond issue of $9.9 billion to determine the feasibility of the proposed high-speed railroad that would link San Francisco and Los Angeles with a then-$33 billion price tag.
> Understand that no private firm would build a railroad like this because it could never recoup its original costs. The current projected outlay of $135 billion almost surely will grow, as the project continues to miss its goals and run into more difficulties. It will be mathematically impossible for the rail line ever to turn a profit, even if it ever is completed—which is highly doubtful.
I fully agree with this statement.
> But, even given the flat terrain, much of the Bakersfield-Merced line will have to run on huge concrete viaducts that are extremely costly and will take years to complete. To put it another way, if the lowest-hanging fruit for a rail line has been extremely costly, think what will be the case if they ever try to carve a path around and through the mountains that surround Los Angeles.
I and most of the people I speak to in my area believe this project will never be completed.
But for all the criticism of the cost over-runs and timeline shifting and goal changing the most obvious thing is the lack of demand for this line in the first place.
> ... the Central Valley already has passenger rail courtesy of Amtrak and if what we saw on our trip with near-empty cars is an indication of the Amtrak ridership of that area, one seriously doubts that high-speed rail—while a curiosity—will make a difference for people in that valley. The local political rhetoric notwithstanding, even if this monstrosity is completed, it won’t be a “game changer” but rather a conversation piece at best.
If this section of the line is actually completed there is no way it will ever pay itself off let alone be sustaining. There just isn't the demand for it let alone the demand needed to make this economically feasible.
Meanwhile the highways and roads in our area have been poorly maintained and are not sufficient to support the population. A faction of the money wasted on this project could have been used to improve transportation.
> The longevity of this failed project is a testament both to political inertia and to the love affair that progressives have with both central government economic planning and especially the high-speed rail. It is a massive malinvestment that is saddling California with huge debts that its taxpayers—most of whom will gain no benefit from the bullet train—will have to shoulder in the future. Those politicians and politically-connected contractors most responsible for this boondoggle will gain the benefits (and get to ride for free), while the victims will have to pay.
I would add that this whole en-devour has demonstrated to me the folly of the population when it comes to democracy and voting on central planning projects. The masses are not qualified to do vote on doing things like this. The fact that the project continues is an indictment on the idea of democracy.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/973907

2025-05-07 14:39:14

Milton Friedman - The Robber Baron Myth
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dmzZ8lCLhlk
> Professor Friedman explodes the myth that America's 19th century industrialists exploited the ordinary man.
So much of our modern problems arise from the false belief in the myth of the robber barons.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/973880

2025-05-06 21:46:04

Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive
https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies
> Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the Justice Department’s proposals to restrict Google’s search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. “It’s very frightening,” Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said.
The irony is wild.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/973376

2025-05-02 15:20:43

A Flaw With the Security Level Slider in Tor Browser
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/969415

2025-05-01 15:05:48

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Didn't Saylor make this point a while back with @nprofile…zx3h

2025-04-30 21:23:54

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Indeed. Still don't think Harris would be better but I'm ready to shut off my brain and shill for tarriffs. Entertaining to watch people bend their positions though.

2025-04-30 20:04:42

Trump's Bombing Campaign in Yemen Killed 95 Civilians in One Week
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/27/trumps-bombing-campaign-in-yemen-killed-95-civilians-in-one-week/
Sad to see.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/967815

2025-04-30 18:22:14

Tuttle Twin Books Being Removed from libraries in Chemung County New York
https://x.com/cboyack/status/1916855662887489968
You know the left is open to all ideas! Its the right that does book bans...
We would hate to have kids learning about Austrian Economics, free markets, and liberty.
![](https://m.stacker.news/89848)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/967683

2025-04-30 16:52:40

The Trump Administration Is Not Serious About Ending Endless Wars
https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-administration-not-serious-about-ending-endless-wars
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/967612

2025-04-29 17:33:51

Samourai Wallet, feds ask for time to mull dropping case
https://cointelegraph.com/news/samourai-wallet-feds-ask-for-time-consider-dropping-crypto-mixer-case
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/966536

2025-04-28 16:36:56

Its nice to see democrats finally discovering Bastiat and acting like this isn't new for them. Some of the side benefits of Trump's tariff moves 😉
A paraphrase from Bob Murphy

2025-04-28 16:21:12

‘Drone-killing’ soldiers join medieval Swiss Guard to patrol Pope’s funeral
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/24/drone-killing-weapons-deployed-to-protect-pope-funeral/
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/965451

2025-04-25 20:46:43

"We Are In A Homelessness Crisis": CA Dem Wants Broke Students Sleep In Cars
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/we-are-homelessness-crisis-california-democrat-want-let-broke-students-sleep-their-cars
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/959399

2025-04-24 21:54:55

Former Edison exec Calderon, now a lawmaker, seeks to cut rooftop solar credits
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-21/former-edison-executive-calderon-now-a-lawmaker-seeks-to-cut-rooftop-solar-credits
The state of California is governed by criminals.
> AB 942 would affect solar credits for people who installed the panels before April 2023 — limiting their current benefits to 10 years, half of the 20 years they were promised.
> The bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon, is a former executive at the parent company of Southern California Edison, which has long complained about the financial credits to households that generate more solar energy than they can use.
TLDR, this would alter contacts solar producers (home owners) made with energy companies (SoCal Edison / PG&E) that determine how much the energy companies pay solar producers for their power sent back to the grid.
The writer uses the term "credits" because this is what this shill politician uses. What they mean is the price at which the power company agrees to buy power home owners send back to the grid. This isn't a "government program". It is an agreement between the power company and its customers. The state forces a monopoly of power providers on the population. The state board directs many of the activities of these power companies. They do price controls and many more crazy things. Its no wonder they want to do this kind of stuff.
The way California has fiddled with the free market for "green" energy is criminal. What the state really needs is more nuclear power plants. The state has to import a huge portion of its power which drives up the cost of energy.
Its gonna happen. New plants will come on line. Just a matter of time. The question is how many more years will people tolerate the ridiculous status quo. Far to few even realize why their power bills are so high. Its not complicated. But few people actually explain it.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/957480

2025-04-24 18:03:51

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Forget fiat price. Fiat goes down forever. Think about purchasing power...

2025-04-24 16:11:19

Trump the Inflationist: He Wants More Easy Money from the Fed
https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-inflationist-he-wants-more-easy-money-fed
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/956834

2025-04-17 16:26:18

TV Garden - Watch Global & Local Live TV Online for Free
https://tv.garden/
Was reminded to share this by @k00b's post [#946314](https://stacker.news/items/946314)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/946321

2025-04-16 01:22:27

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Color me skeptical on the abolish part. Sounds like they are just gonna hire more people in the coming years.

2025-04-15 21:26:12

Encryption Is Not a Crime
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/#who-says-encryption-is-a-crime
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/944488

2025-04-09 20:20:30

#memstr https://image.nostr.build/e2b5778d6d544adffe404405b068118817c730414d8f9220483a03bf8655bf59.jpg

2025-04-09 17:34:30

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By insider, do you mean people inside the government?

2025-04-06 04:26:19

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I have felt this for a while. There seems to be little desire to understand or empathize. There are at least two cultures and they seem to only want to win and use their power over the other. It's not good. But it didn't happen over night. Been building for my whole life.

2025-04-03 18:56:05

The JFK Files - Everything You Need to Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxSgGTVIFFc
I listened to this while I was cleaning up my garden yesterday. There are some interesting things Wendigoon finds. Most importantly though is we still have no clue what happened with JFK.
That said, there are many other things that have been theories for years that have more dots connecting them. But most importantly, the piles of documents from the CIA and FBI show just how evil these organizations have been. So much of your suspicions are probably correct. Many things your normie friends probably think are crazy conspiracy are likely not.
Confirmed in the documents:
* The CIA makes a practice of infiltrating news organizations around the globe including in the US.
* Many nations pleaded with the US to not release these documents over the years
* The CIA admitted to having around 700 US companies that they used to as cover for their operations at the time of the JFK assassination. At the time of the document it was closer to 1500 companies
* The CIA had plans to use chemical or biological warfare against Cuba to create a famine
* So many other terrible things
So, if this is your type of thing. Its a good video.
I will say this. Nothing surprised me. If you have read "Legacy of Ashes" and "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" these documents do nothing but confirm the narratives of those two books.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/933636

2025-04-03 18:42:52

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If your goal is to get as much bitcoin as you can... you love this.

2025-04-03 18:26:25

EU OS - Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU
https://eu-os.gitlab.io
# EU OS for the public sector
#### Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU public sector 🇪🇺
## What is EU OS?
EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deployment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment in a typical public sector organisation. Other organisations with similar requirements or less strict requirements may also learn from this Proof-of-Concept.
Despite the name, EU OS is technically not a new operating system. Distrowatch lists currently over 250 Linux operating systems (‘distributions’) and their various flavours, spins or subvariants are not even counted in. The added value of EU OS is a different one:
* a common Linux OS as a base for all EU OS users with options to layer on top modifications (national layer, regional or sector-specific layer, organsation-specific layer)
* a common desktop environment
* a common method to manage
+ users and their data
+ software
+ devices
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/933590

2025-04-03 18:17:02

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Very true

2025-04-03 17:46:19

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Yeah, I need to have my sons do this. I think they would get close to 20.

2025-04-03 17:45:42

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Its crazy. I often forget how much the world has changed.

2025-04-03 17:25:21

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Both parties operate this way. Politicians typically, almost all of the time have no actual character. They have one guiding principle. Get votes. Most are hollow people that simply want power and prestige. Democracy leads to this. Its just how the incentives work.
We need a cultural reset. We need to base our society on ancient moral bedrock. I believe we need to return to christian orthodoxy. We have a void where there once was a morality.

2025-04-03 17:12:38

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Ha!

2025-04-03 17:11:56

I score zero points. How about you
https://m.primal.net/QDDi.jpg
Credit to @nprofile…ng7t for sharing this on Twitter.

2025-04-03 17:08:42

Trump on Oprah circa 1987 talking tarrifs
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1907569355434381751
Its wild how the left and Oprah loved Trump back in the day. Also wild how he hasn't really changed...
Reminds me of how the left loved Elon.
Now, the right is joke as well. They have no anchor either. Just fascinating to watch.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/933530

2025-04-03 16:28:19

War With Iran Is a Path to Destruction
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/war-with-iran-is-a-path-to-destruction/
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/933470

2025-04-03 15:29:23

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You are mirroring leftist talking points they make against capitalism. IE exploiting workers. You are painting with a very broad brush. Voluntary exchange is not extraction. You said you aren't of the left or right but you sound like a socialist. Bernie or AOC maybe?
Are all billionaires and multi-national companies moral and just in all their actions? Of course not. But I'm not sure how you can know what you are stating.
Do you consider states that steal (tax) their populations exploiting them? Do you consider nation states that have massive debts enslaving the children of their citizens?
Voluntary cooperation is the way forward.

2025-04-03 02:48:38

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If you care about artists support them. If only we had internet money....

2025-04-03 02:47:16

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Few people have even considered this. They mostly feel for the small artists. Yet the IP system is skewed to benefit those with deep pockets. Not that little guy.

2025-04-03 02:45:11

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Conditioning. But the thing I would guess is copying without attributing the influence. Thing is, that is just a tradeoff of the technology we have. It has pros and cons. Tech is amoral. We still need to act with morals. Yet those seem to be in rare supply.

2025-04-03 02:43:13

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Exactly. Anything that can be copied is not capable of being stolen. Copying is not theft. IP law is an appeal to kingly authority and nothing more. Has no basis in natural law. Has no clear lines. It's completely arbitrary the more you think about it.

2025-04-02 23:55:46

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Not sure if you know but what you are talking about primarily US evangelical Protestant Christians and most can explain why to you. Its not all Christians and has a complex answer. I don't share that view and believe me it is a frustrating situation that is being funded by the ruling party in Israel.

2025-04-01 21:15:41

Do you support the abolishment of the TSA?
This would mean that airport security would go back to being privately run instead of by the TSA which was created by President G.W. Bush after the attacks on 9/11.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931589

2025-04-01 20:05:13

Free Speech is Worth Fighting For - Ron Paul
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/free-speech-is-worth-fighting-for/
## "Freedom of speech is a natural right not reserved for American citizens but for all of humanity."
This is why I respect Doctor Paul. He is rare and really one of a kind. Freedom of speech doesn't need to be defended when the speech is bland and something most people agree with. Its when it is controversial and something you _don't_ agree with that it needs defending.
> The political class in the United States is determined to defend Israel from its critics and has responded to these protests by threatening and blackmailing the universities if they do not crack down on speech the powers-that-be do not like. Both Presidents Biden and Trump have used the power of US government funding to demand a crackdown on speech they don’t like, with President Trump recently pulling 400 million dollars in federal funding for Columbia University if they don’t silence the protesters.
Its kinda rich for the group that mocks "hate speech" and called people "snowflakes" to crack down on speech. I thought words didn't hurt us? I guess it just depends on who the target is.
> Last week a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University was arrested on the street by plainclothes government agents for reportedly simply writing an editorial in her university newspaper expressing her views on the Israel/Palestine conflict. She faces deportation from the country. And she is not alone. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has openly bragged about sending hundreds of students home because they express a political position he disagrees with. Others – including American citizens – have been expelled from their schools and have even had their degrees rescinded. For peacefully expressing a political position that powerful people in Washington disagree with.
> ... to cheer their punishment by the US government is to turn your back on the founding principles of this country. Freedom of speech is a natural right not reserved for American citizens but for all of humanity. And it has been a natural right worth defending for nearly 250 years.
> First they came for foreign students expressing controversial positions and many Americans cheered because they were not foreign and did not like the opinions. But make no mistake: this war on speech will not end with only foreigners being punished. It never does.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931496

2025-04-01 20:02:48

Free Speech is Worth Fighting For - Ron Paul
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/free-speech-is-worth-fighting-for/
This is why I respect Doctor Paul. He is rare and really one of a kind.
> The political class in the United States is determined to defend Israel from its critics and has responded to these protests by threatening and blackmailing the universities if they do not crack down on speech the powers-that-be do not like. Both Presidents Biden and Trump have used the power of US government funding to demand a crackdown on speech they don’t like, with President Trump recently pulling 400 million dollars in federal funding for Columbia University if they don’t silence the protesters.
Its kinda rich for the group that mocks "hate speech" and called people "snowflakes" to crack down on speech. I thought words didn't hurt us? I guess it just depends on who the target is.
> Last week a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University was arrested on the street by plainclothes government agents for reportedly simply writing an editorial in her university newspaper expressing her views on the Israel/Palestine conflict. She faces deportation from the country. And she is not alone. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has openly bragged about sending hundreds of students home because they express a political position he disagrees with. Others – including American citizens – have been expelled from their schools and have even had their degrees rescinded. For peacefully expressing a political position that powerful people in Washington disagree with.
> ... to cheer their punishment by the US government is to turn your back on the founding principles of this country. Freedom of speech is a natural right not reserved for American citizens but for all of humanity. And it has been a natural right worth defending for nearly 250 years.
> First they came for foreign students expressing controversial positions and many Americans cheered because they were not foreign and did not like the opinions. But make no mistake: this war on speech will not end with only foreigners being punished. It never does.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931496

2025-04-01 19:55:38

'Very Bad Things are Going to Happen.' Netanyahu Wants the U.S. to Destroy Iran
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/trump-very-bad-things-are-going-to-happen-netanyahu-wants-the-u-s-to-destroy-iran/
> “If you remember one thing, one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory,” Mr. Netanyahu declared.
> At this point, the measure of consequence needs to be assessed. The only difference between war games, preparing for war and actual war, is in the intent.
> Israel intends to destroy Iran and needs the US to do it.
> Joint US-Israeli Air Force war games have been held recently in preparation for an attack.
> The U.S. has nineteen B-2 bombers. Each cost over $2 billion. Their unique flying wing design, with the plane wrapped in radar-absorbing materials help it avoid detection. The B-2s use sophisticated electronic countermeasures to jam or stymie opposition radar and missiles.
> Iran is ill-equipped to defend against the B-2 bombers’ stealth warfare. At best the shortened detection range will limit Iran’s ability to lock onto the B-2 with surface-to-air missiles.
> Each B-2 can carry sixteen, 2,400 lb., B83 thermo-nuclear gravity bombs, also known as nuclear bunker busters, which explode deep inside the earth. Each B83 bomb has the explosive capacity of 80 Hiroshimas which means each B-2 bomber is capable of delivering the destructive power of 1280 Hiroshimas.
> Once the B83’s detonate they destroy underground structures and send shockwaves through rock. Earthquakes and massive ground displacement result, with radioactive debris being flung into the atmosphere.
> There is a metaphysics at work here of bringing to oneself that which one fears. The United States is preparing to attack Iran because of Israel’s fear of Iran.
> Trump: “It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931489

2025-04-01 18:31:29

First They Came for the Op-Ed Writers
https://mises.org/mises-wire/first-they-came-op-ed-writers
> On March 25, six masked federal agents seized a Turkish graduate student on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk—who was wearing a hajib—is a Fulbright scholar working on a doctorate at Tufts University.
> She was abducted and vanished into the maw of the federal prison system. The Trump administration ignored a federal court order and took Ozturk from Massachusetts to Louisiana federal detention facilities.
> But the Trump administration knew Ozturk had criticized the government of Israel a year earlier, enough to seal her doom according to the latest iron-fisted political correctness dictates. She co-authored one piece for the Tufts student newspaper criticizing the university’s refusal to divest from Israel despite “credible accusations of…. indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide.”
> A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson justified the takedown: “DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated.” Ozturk never mentioned Hamas in her op-ed. Ozturk has not been linked to any campus protests at Tufts or elsewhere. The feds have failed to reveal any evidence Ozturk supports Hamas. She simply co-wrote an opinion piece. As the New York Post noted on Friday, DHS “alleged that Ozturk was a supporter of Hamas but has yet to provide any evidence to that effect.” On Friday evening, federal judge Denise Casper blocked the Trump administration from deporting Ozturk and ordered the administration to respond by Tuesday to Ozturk’s legal challenge (now aided by the ACLU) to her detention.
I don't suffer from TDS but those that value human rights, and due process should at least have some concern about things like this. Trump is not unique in actions like this. After all many Presidents have put journalists in prison when it was convenient for them. The US has had concentration camps and imprisoned people, even US citizens without due process. Trump is doing this stuff again and because neither party has any credibility on the topic I suspect it will continue.
Many of Trump's supporters claim to care about liberty and opposed the policies of GW Bush but we are seeing similar actions today and I don't hear the voices in the liberty movement that used to speak out against this stuff raising their voices. At least not the Trump supporting ones.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931380

2025-04-01 18:27:12

First They Came for the Op-Ed Writers
https://mises.org/mises-wire/first-they-came-op-ed-writers
> On March 25, six masked federal agents seized a Turkish graduate student on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk—who was wearing a hajib—is a Fulbright scholar working on a doctorate at Tufts University.
> She was abducted and vanished into the maw of the federal prison system. The Trump administration ignored a federal court order and took Ozturk from Massachusetts to Louisiana federal detention facilities.
> But the Trump administration knew Ozturk had criticized the government of Israel a year earlier, enough to seal her doom according to the latest iron-fisted political correctness dictates. She co-authored one piece for the Tufts student newspaper criticizing the university’s refusal to divest from Israel despite “credible accusations of…. indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide.”
> A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson justified the takedown: “DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated.” Ozturk never mentioned Hamas in her op-ed. Ozturk has not been linked to any campus protests at Tufts or elsewhere. The feds have failed to reveal any evidence Ozturk supports Hamas. She simply co-wrote an opinion piece. As the New York Post noted on Friday, DHS “alleged that Ozturk was a supporter of Hamas but has yet to provide any evidence to that effect.” On Friday evening, federal judge Denise Casper blocked the Trump administration from deporting Ozturk and ordered the administration to respond by Tuesday to Ozturk’s legal challenge (now aided by the ACLU) to her detention.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/931380

2025-03-31 17:42:33

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Greed is not rare.

2025-03-31 17:05:04

Only a matter of time.
#nevent1q…ctch

2025-03-31 17:03:01

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It seems obvious to those of us who understand bitcoin. People like Fink are figuring it out as well and the masses mostly follow people like Fink's ilk. Its just a matter of time.

2025-03-27 20:25:05

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@nprofile…zjpe is the all around best on Android/iOS.

2025-03-27 04:59:16

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Its interesting to think about. Its also not new. The modern state is basically a man made god. So was the ancient emperor. They all fail. Man has always sought to create his own god.

2025-03-27 04:49:36

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🎯

2025-03-26 17:27:48

KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/925891

2025-03-25 20:21:53

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Never were. The US state is the baddie.

2025-03-25 18:54:57

Jesus On Economics - Libertarian Christian Institute
https://libertarianchristians.com/2025/03/24/jesus-on-economics/
> Jesus told parables to teach His disciples spiritual truth. In each parable, he used truth about the physical world that was well known and accepted by the audience. He used mankind’s innate knowledge about the reality of earthly life to teach them about the reality of spiritual life. The word “parable” itself comes from the Greek word to “throw to the side”, highlighting the comparison between spiritual and physical. In Matthew 20:1-16, often titled the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Jesus uses economic truth to teach what the Kingdom of God is like. Does it encourage you to know that the Kingdom of God, in many ways, mirrors the earthly kingdoms we live in? It does that for me.
> The earthly truth which Jesus embeds in this parable is that subjective value and private property rights for an individual are right, lawful, and good. This should be remembered whenever someone speaks ill of natural rights or individualism, or when reading passages such as Romans 13:1-4 and 1 Peter 2:13-16.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/924824

2025-03-25 17:09:12

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Its not silent but no louder than a desktop PC. Just has a small fan which can be swapped out if you want it to have an even lower sound floor.

2025-03-12 18:44:36

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Inside joke

2025-03-11 23:31:46

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The bitcoin community is not that market. It's a sliver of it.

2025-03-11 19:32:09

Don't get too worked up about politicians and people like Saylor. Remember what Hayek said. Some are just wrong. Some know but see no benefit in being honest and the rest are just followers.
https://m.primal.net/PcSm.jpg

2025-03-09 23:55:48

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They were still saying this in the 90s. It didn't even make sense back then. It's even more absurd now looking back.

2025-03-09 23:54:06

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I remember hearing this stuff as a kid and it has stuck with me. I've watched so many predictions not only be wrong but directionally wrong to boot. There is much more attention given to catastrophizing over logic and humble predictions.

2025-03-09 23:51:36

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And people still aren't listening. What will it take?!?!

2025-03-04 03:00:58

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Well... hearing not great political agendas with LibreWolf. Self declared very woke.
Maybe Brave, Mullvad Browser are better options.
Why can't devs just focus on code and stop being paternalistic

2025-03-03 16:09:02

All of these guys seem like the worst kind of people. The worst.
#nevent1q…vp72

2025-03-02 02:52:27

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Not doubting but you care to provide an example?

2025-02-28 00:34:46

Libre Wolf is great
#nevent1q…mpah

2025-02-24 21:50:16

Yep
#nevent1q…swfp

2025-02-17 00:12:16

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You seem the be missing the point we were trying to make. You may be correct but your presentation comes off as immature bravado instead of cold calculated description of flaws and weaknesses. I'm sure it's appealing to some but if your goal is to warn people or convert Mullvad customers I think you'd find more success with a more mature presentation.
You make some good points in your podcast though. I will say I've never heard Mullvad or any respected privavcy expert say VPNs hide you from the NSA. Your ISP, yes but not state actors. If you are making that claim for your methods I'm skeptical, as I am of Mullvad.

2025-02-13 18:02:52

Happy Worst President’s Day
https://mises.org/power-market/happy-worst-presidents-day
> Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad corporations, and a government-run central bank to pay for it all.
Personally I believe Wilson is the worst but Lincoln was pretty terrible too.
> The truth is that Lincoln was by far the worst president in American history. He was certainly the most “reviled” (by the people of the North during his lifetime), as Larry Tagg documented in his book, The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: America’s Most Reviled President.” Thanks to the Republican party propaganda machine, which essentially monopolized American politics for the half century after the war, Lincoln was transformed from the most hated and reviled of all American politicians during his lifetime to a saint. (See The Deification of Lincoln by Ira D. Cardiff).
Saying Lincoln was a good president because "he ended slavery" is akin to saying Stalin wasn't that bad because without him Hilter would have won. Of course slavery is evil and must be ended (still hasn't been by the way), but that hardly makes Lincoln a hero. Other nations ended slavery without the senseless bloodshed. During Lincoln's rule even abolitionists in the north opposed the war. These people were literally tarred and feathered.
We can recognize the positive change without deifying Lincoln. That's the point. Just as we can celebrate positive changes today without excusing the behavior of the current clown in chief.
So what is so bad about Lincoln?
> Lincoln destroyed the voluntary union of the Founding Fathers and replaced it with a union held together by war and the mass murder of Southern civilians (at least fifty thousand according to Princeton historian James McPherson), turning it into something resembling the old Soviet Union more than the original American union.
> Lincoln waged war on Southern civilians for four long years, ordering the bombing and burning of American cities to the ground and rewarding the commanding generals who committed these war crimes of plundering, raping, murder, and arson with promotions and glory. The population of the South was about 9 million at the beginning of the war. Scaling the death toll for today’s U.S. population, McPherson’s estimate of 50,000 civilian deaths would be the equivalent of 1.9 million civilians being killed by the U.S. government in just four years. Coming from Lincoln cultist James McPherson, the 50,000 figure is bound to be an underestimate.
But Lincoln was against slavery. Nah, not really. He was a politician. They really can't have principles.
> Lincoln’s first inaugural address should be known as his “Slavery Forever” speech. He started out announcing that he had no intention of disturbing Southern slavery (at a time when there were also slaves in Union states); that he never had any intention of doing so; that this was clearly stated in the Republican Party platform of 1860; and that it would be unconstitutional to do so. He then expressed his strongest support for the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which compelled Northerners to capture runaway slaves (and which was enforced in Washington, D.C. during the Lincoln presidency).
I'm sure this post triggers some stackers... I was triggered as well when I first heard someone making these points many years ago. Lincoln was a man. Flawed and one that did some good things. No question but he's no idol and our culture in the US treats him as an idol. Even those that oppose many things he is responsible for creating. He's just off limits for criticism. Why?
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/885008

2025-02-12 19:03:28

In the Matrix but Not of It - TSP Epi-3625
https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/in-the-matrix
Another great episode from Jack.
> Today we follow up on yesterday’s show and discuss how to engage with the system without being controlled by it. While true independence is the goal, the reality is that you can’t fully escape the Matrix—but you can use it on your terms instead of being used by it.
> Just like Neo and his crew jacked in to retrieve information, fight battles, and manipulate the system to their advantage, we can leverage what works—banking, supply chains, tech—without becoming enslaved to it.
> From strategic engagement with fiat to knowing when and how to bend rules legally, today’s discussion is about operating within the system while building real autonomy. We’ll cover key strategies like statist jiu-jitsu, barter vs. selective purchasing, and psychological resilience, ensuring that when we interact with the Matrix, we do so by choice—not necessity.
> Join Me Today to Discuss…
> * Why we need to acknowledge we can’t fully exist outside the matrix for our own benefit
> * The real danger of claiming that we can is how it will effect others choices
> * The root of today’s title, “In the world but not of it” is a spiritual concept of almost all faiths
> * When The Matrix characters “jacked in” what were they really doing
> * Ten Ways we can be “In the Matrix but Not of It”
> * Strategic Engagement – Leverage fiat tools (mortgages, investments, insurance) while minimizing dependency
> * Statist Jiu-Jitsu in Action – Structuring business, taxes, and legal compliance to maximize freedom
> * Psychological Control – Avoiding mainstream narratives while extracting useful information
> * Parallel Systems – How to participate in decentralized alternatives (private healthcare, local currencies, independent education) while still using mainstream systems when needed
> * When to Take the King’s Coin – Evaluating when government programs, subsidies, or incentives are worth leveraging vs. when they lead to control
> * Selective Rule-Breaking – Understanding which laws are merely obstacles vs. those that carry real consequences, understand the three types of rules
> * Societal – Everyone just believes it, no real consequence to breaking it
> * Weak Laws – Cost of breaking the rule is low or the ability to circumvent is easy
> * Strong Laws – Getting caught risks your freedom or risks economic destruction
> * Debt a Tool, Not a Chain – When and how to use debt strategically rather than becoming enslaved to it
> * Using AI and Tech Without It Using You – Benefiting from automation, AI tools, and online business while maintaining privacy and control
> * Digital & Financial Autonomy – Using Bitcoin, self-hosting, and private banking while still transacting in fiat when needed
> * Total Escape is a Dangerous Myth – How even the most off-grid, independent people still interact with “the system” and why the goal should be controlled interaction, not total separation
> * Life is what we make of it, Modern Survivalism acknowledges this duality, so should Modern Agorism/Anarchism
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/884023

2025-02-08 21:08:49

Sitting here reading a local paper talk about the fourth battery fire at an old power plant that has been converted to a battery facility. Fire is out of control and forcing locals to flee. Locals are now rejecting the idea of making more of these. Is there hope for nuclear? I think so. Same paper highlights alignment with Trump and environmental groups protesting off shore wind farms. Interesting times.

2025-02-08 20:58:25

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Sure, just saying

2025-02-08 20:46:02

There is a deep irony in complaining about an unelected man cutting the spending of unelected people... Call me crazy but I believe each human can decide what to support with their hard earned money. I know that's crazy... #DOGE

2025-01-20 19:57:53

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Welcome!

2025-01-16 14:46:34

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Someone once said, most people are just ballast. They will just follow along. This goes for the good and bad things.

2025-01-15 16:57:48

The US Regime Might Finally Support Secession—But Only for Greenland
https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-regime-might-finally-support-secession-only-greenland
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/851423

2025-01-15 15:55:22

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Thanks ⚡

2025-01-15 00:25:02

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I've wondered this as well. I imagine it is possible.

2025-01-15 00:18:49

Translation: The FBI has some weak minded fools queued up to "stop".
#nevent1q…p092

2025-01-14 17:21:14

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Funny how incentives work isn't it. When it costs you money you learn or pay.

2025-01-14 17:17:06

Remember when people were freaking out about ordinals and NFTs on bitcoin? Remember when fees went bananas? Yeah, that kinda went nowhere. Guess what, bitcoin isn't so easy to kill. It ended up being a good thing IMO. Pushed everyone to become more efficient. There's a lesson here. Chill out. Its gonna be OK. Bitcoin's incentives work.
#bitcoin

2025-01-13 16:07:52

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plan
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/matt-mullenweg-deactivates-wordpress-accounts-of-contributors-planning-a-fork
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/848702

2025-01-08 15:24:57

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You could be right but typically when there are high damages people say it's just a money grab. Odd to hear the opposite. I mean when does it seem legitimate?