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Cryptocurrency: The Curious World Of Islamic Muslim Bitcoiners
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

The Btc lunar-right can have all the monomaniacal theocrats. They go well with the fag-ends of aristocracy, and all the various Truther, channer, Austro-libertarian dipshits cluster fucking in that diseased swamp. Bad ideas cling together and smell terrible. Take Gramps garbage scow. Please

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Cryptocurrency: Free-Market AnCapitalism vs Central Banking Keynesian SocComs
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

Keep polishing those Any Rand, Von Hayek, RFK turds, G Gigo never sleeps - amirite?

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Time preference matters
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

@saifedean · Jun 2 Your democracy: bitterly obsessing over which senile 70 year old will get to destroy the other for the next four years. My monarchy: joyfully celebrating the marriage that will produce the king who'll be in power in decades, for decades. #TimePreferenceMatters Quote Tweet RHC @RHCJO · Jun 2 >From the wedding reception of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Al Hussein and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein at Al Husseiniya Palace #CelebratingAlHussein Reposts not three cheers for the Serbian Royal Family

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Cryptocurrency: The Curious World Of Islamic Muslim Bitcoiners
by grarpamp 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

While Islam Sharia Caliphate is incompatible with, and essentially instructs to conquer all non-Muslims, up to and including murdering all those who Speak Freedom, hypocrisy, and defects out against it, refuse to be enslaved or pay religious tax, etc... such as might Anarchists, Libertarians, Agorists, Christians, Atheists and literally everyone else but Muslims.. sound money is somewhat uniquely represented... Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner Co-founder of @BitcoinMajlis. #Bitcoin Maximalist. Altcoins are scams. #Bitcoin is anti-Riba. Austrian Economics. Podcast: anchor.fm/muslim-bitcoiner medium.com/@Muslim_Bitcoiner Joined June 2021 Tweets 10,008 Following 4,868 Followers 6,314 Likes 76,012 432 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Pinned Tweet Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Of all the sins, Riba is the least understood. We know that it's super haram and abhorrent, but we don't really know why, other than "it exploits the poor", but it's actually much more destructive than that. Let me explain... 👇 71 1,238 85 3,237 Show this thread Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Richard “Dick” Whitman (🌎/21M) @GhostofWhitman 1h Everything in “#crypto” that’s not bitcoin… …is designed enrich exchanges & multi-millionaire insiders at the expense of under-informed newbies & the little guy who thinks he’s buying a lotto ticket. It’s truly a more rigged version of the fiat economy 1 3 1 18 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi 1h Muslims are the last bastion of morality in the West. I say this with a tinge of sadness, as we want people of all faiths and backgrounds to come together on this topic and protect our children. We CANNOT allow the teaching of immorality in schools. Ford Fischer @FordFischer 5h VIDEO THREAD: "Protect our children!" Today a Muslim-led coalition rallied outside the Montgomery County Maryland School Board against the removal of an "opt-out" option from human sexuality related material. Pro-LGBT activists counter-protested, chanting "secular schools!" Show this thread 19 120 6 561 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Jizya Collector @_jizyacollector 3h Honestly I believe the main reason is due to riba, the rising cost of living, inflation and the relatively low minimum wage is what is preventing young Muslims from marrying. That's why the growing trend now is that Muslims are marrying in their late 20s to early 30s Ismail Kamdar @IsmailKamdar 19h Why are so many young Muslims finding it difficult to get married these days? Share with me your honest thoughts on this, don't hold back. Show this thread 1 14 1 27 Show this thread Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Bitcoin Majlis @BitcoinMajlis 2h It finally arrived!! 2 12 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Eric Yakes @ericyakes 6h Government money that starts off fiat is never adopted by the public That's why it always started w/ gold and gradually became fiat People first notice this bc they feel poorer And now are realizing that it's not bc of capitalism - it's bc the government controls their money 2 4 18 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Coinbits | DCA into bitcoin @CoinbitsApp 5h Thanks for the memories 🥹 6 10 45 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Mustafa ⚡ @MuatafaGMI 6h TAKE YOUR BITCOIN OUT OF THE EXCHANGES NOW! The Block @TheBlock__ 6h SEC files motion to freeze cryptocurrency held by Binance.US theblock.co/post/233369/sec-… 1 4 11 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Alp @ghetto_muslim 5h Come on guys, 900,000 Sats left for the bull on the right. @OrphansOfUganda @orphansofuganda 7h Replying to @orphansofuganda @BitcoinMajlis Two black bull, when say the black bull is not available, I mean the first animal on the left, and on the right is available and less with 900,000sats to be paid off, so far two brothers have paid on it 2,000,000. DM and donate via lightning ⚡ orphansofuganda(a)8333.mobi. thanks 2 3 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 6h A quick summary of the issues I see with the Keynesian concepts used in islamic economics Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 7h Replying to @SafdarAlam Good thing I just got Twitter blue! 😂 So first let's address what some of the fallacies are that are found in islamic economics/finance Let's pick a book. Here are excerpts from the book "Understanding Islamic finance" by Muhammad Ayub. This chapter is from "Distinguishing… nitter.pw/i/web/status/166… 12 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Orange Pill Pharmacist @FinneJay 7h If your coin was decentralized, why would you care what the SEC does? 8 10 1 74 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Samson Mow @Excellion 8h The Crypto people are right. Now is the time for us to stand together. First they need to sell their shitcoins, cease the decentralization theatre, and stop enabling outright scams. #Bitcoin only. 13 153 17 973 Show this thread Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 7h "Fiqh-making which is integrated into the State, and captured by it much like the production of money or monetary policy will only serve to green-light Cybernetic bidah." Brilliant read by @IbnMaghrebi! Ibn Maghreb @IbnMaghrebi 9h Notes on Techno-Nafs and Algorithmic Culture listed.to/@TheIqraFiles/4474… Show this thread 1 4 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted The Secret Muslim Banker @SecMuslimBanker 8h Brilliant video. Most people arguing against the capitalist system are too fixated on looking at the negative effects of central banking and interest rates. None of them discuss the root cause of our economic ills. Capitalism is good. Commoditisation of money is bad. The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Jun 6 "If you're going to talk about the pitfalls of capitalism and you don't understand central banking, well we've gotta go back to square-one, brother." (@LibertyLockPod testifyin') There is always an element of the left that obstinately refuses to learn this. 2 4 15 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Mike Still @MikeStillBTC 8h I love a Jack Mallers rant. This one from July 2021, on Brian Armstrong and Coinbase. Choose your fighter. Jack vs Brian. I choose Jack. 101 331 68 1,474 65,491 Show this thread Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted ₿ased Kraken @TheMoneyTech 8h This is your brain on social brainwashing propaganda —> thinking certain regulation is bad, while other regulation is good. —— The difference between crypto and fiat is the number of guns owned and operated by the two groups. Everything else, IQ included, exactly the same! 🤷‍♂️😂🤣 RYAN SΞAN ALTCOIN - rsa.eth 🏴🦇🔊 @RyanSAdams 13h ok, it's time for us to take action against the SEC. file the lawsuits. call the senators. send the money. let's coordinate. what's the best way for US citizens to push back? 1 1 3 GIF Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted Alan ₿ Watts ⚡️ @alanbwt 9h The reason so many people get mad at Bitcoiners is because our mere existence negates the knee-jerk reaction of, “But who could have seen this coming?” #Bitcoin 1 6 18 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted MacroJack @macrojack21 9h Central banks and governments conspire to steal the wealth of the masses via inflation and taxation. We sacrifice time for money that the Ruling Class can create from nothing. When they issue debt/create currency, they are stealing our time. #Bitcoin fixes time theft. 8 35 4 96 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 9h Literally these first 2 chapters address 95% of the faulty concepts found in any islamic economics textbook Alex Younkin @alyounkin Jun 6 These chapter alone make this book worth it. @saifedean Mind boggling. 4 11 57 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Jun 6 "If you're going to talk about the pitfalls of capitalism and you don't understand central banking, well we've gotta go back to square-one, brother." (@LibertyLockPod testifyin') There is always an element of the left that obstinately refuses to learn this. 14 45 7 219 2,700 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ retweeted JeThoreau🔸BTC🔸∞/21m 🌎🌍🌏 @JeThoreau 11h Sadly, the Leftists back at “square one” understood this Fiat central banking is ESSENTIAL for implementing communism Marx himself even specified it as the fifth “plank” of the Communist Manifesto The U.S. has NOT been truly capitalist since 1913 #EndTheFed #BTC fixes this The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Jun 6 "If you're going to talk about the pitfalls of capitalism and you don't understand central banking, well we've gotta go back to square-one, brother." (@LibertyLockPod testifyin') There is always an element of the left that obstinately refuses to learn this. 8 16 1 49 Load more https://twitter.com/MBitcoiner/status/1510360631718735875 nitter Logo Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Of all the sins, Riba is the least understood. We know that it's super haram and abhorrent, but we don't really know why, other than "it exploits the poor", but it's actually much more destructive than that. Let me explain... 👇 Apr 2, 2022 · 8:56 PM UTC · Twitter for Android 71 1,238 85 3,237 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 The truly destructive aspects of Riba can only be understood in the context of our modern monetary system, where Riba powers the global economy. The dollar, which is the global reserve currency, can only be created by issuing debt, and in order to make this debt profitable, 3 27 1 188 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 it needs to be tied with interest. The ones that issue debt are the central banks and commercial banks. The banks are therefore incentivized to issue as much debt as possible; it's how they stay in business. But what does this lead to? 4 17 135 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Because debt issuance is how money gets created, it leads to everyone borrowing if they want to effectively participate in the economy, and they must either pay interest or make money with interest. "well MBitcoiner, I can just hold dollars and not have to participate in Riba" 2 14 127 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 This is simply not true. There are 2 problems. One, when you hold dollars, you are subsidizing everyone else's loans. You enable the banks to issue more loans when you hold dollars, and you enable the bank and its customers to earn more interest. Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 24 Mar 2022 Replying to @MBitcoiner 2. Saving cash still involves Riba as you subsidize everyone else's loan. When you save cash in a bank, you enable banks to loan more money and profit more from Riba. @saifedean talks about this in "The Fiat Standard" "The fiat system thus taxes savers and subsidizes borrowers" Show this thread 2 12 2 100 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Two, the dollars that you hold were instantiated from Riba. A dollar can only be created through interest. Think this through, how does holding a Riba generated token help you to avoid Riba? All you do is strengthen it. 2 7 94 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 So it should be clear now that Riba is tied with the money that we use. This graphic from @timevalueofbtc and annotated by @SandwichOfEarl is a great summary of how Riba is at the base of our money. nitter.pw/SandwichOfEarl/s… OK but how is riba destructive? We're getting there... SandwichOfEarl ⚡ @SandwichOfEarl 26 Mar 2022 Replying to @SafdarAlam Muslims should be at the forefront of understanding #Bitcoin but sadly most are blind to the reality of the current situation 👇 1 8 80 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 With fiat, it's no longer economical or profitable to produce things of value. Businesses just need to find ways to pass on debt at higher interest rates than what was initially borrowed. It's no coincidence that big businesses like Target and Amazon issue credit cards to... 4 16 2 123 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 ... their customers. It's not a consequence of "capitalism", it's the incentives created by Riba which compel businesses to participate in interest rate arbitrage. @saifedean explains this in The Fiat Standard. 4 14 130 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 When you have an economy that's basically powered by profiting through cleverly passing on debt, nothing of real value gets created. Businesses need to continually cut costs to produce goods of lower quality to earn profits faster than the rate of inflation. 2 19 3 117 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Another destructive aspect concerns the creation of artificial market demand. When everyone has access to cheap debt, the prices of goods and services increase, making them inaccessible to the poor. @c_hashreview has a great thread about this: BTC/Zero - Muaawiyah Tucker @c_hashreview 8 Feb 2022 1/ Ribaa (interest), Loans, Finance, what are the short term & long term harms of it? Many Muslims accept that Riba is harmful, but few think beyond the immediate harm, & the more deeper harms often are overlooked. Let’s have a glance at some. Show this thread 2 6 1 78 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Another destructive aspect of Riba concerns its massive cost. All interest eventually needs to be paid back by human labor. There's no getting around this. Banks harvest human labor without putting in any work. Read more here: Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 5 Mar 2022 Usury in the current fiat system allows banks to siphon off the fruits of humanity's labor, without putting in any work. "All interest is eventually paid by human effort... The total of this human effort ultimately is for the benefit of those who create fiat money" Show this thread 2 8 1 85 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 But then you may be tempted to conclude that only the borrowers are paying the cost of interest, but in fiat world where debt is money, everyone pays for it through the loss of purchasing power (inflation). So ultimately, all of use are paying the cost of Riba with... 1 8 2 79 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 ... our precious time and labor. But it's even more sinister than this. Consider that the federal reserve issues debt to fund war. @gladstein wrote a fascinating article highlighting the cost of war through borrowing. bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/cul… The Invisible Cost Of War In The Age Of Quantitative Easing Through increasingly unscrupulous monetary policy, U.S. government officials mask the costs of war from the American public. Bitcoin could fix this. bitcoinmagazine.com 3 8 74 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 Just to give an example from the article: "Americans have by now paid roughly an additional $1 trillion in interest alone for the privilege of borrowing to wage conflicts" Do you see it? The astronomical cost of interest doesn't just end at human labor, it's human lives. 1 8 1 80 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 The neverending wars that the US finds itself in is merely just a natural progression of having a Riba based monetary system. The wielders of Riba (cantillionaires) need a constant supply of slaves and human lives to keep the interest flowing in. 4 7 86 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Apr 2022 When you analyze Riba through a fiat framework, its destructive nature becomes more apparent. I honestly believe that Riba is the worst calamity to befall the Ummah, and it's no wonder why the Quran and Hadith use such harsh language against it. Let's fight it together. 6 26 1 169 Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 2 Aug 2022 If you want read about why I believe Bitcoin might be the solution to this Riba problem, please check out this article, as it builds on most of the points listed above: Muslim Bitcoiner ⚡ @MBitcoiner 29 Jul 2022 "The fiat system is based on debt and usury, which is antithetical to Islamic law. Bitcoin allows for a monetary system that follows the teachings of the Quran." Thank you @BitcoinMagazine for publishing my article! bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/… Show this thread 5 1 26 Load more

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Cryptocurrency: Free-Market AnCapitalism vs Central Banking Keynesian SocComs
by grarpamp 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

https://twitter.com/Koestghost/status/1665885302508990465 https://twitter.com/LibertyLockPod The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Jun 6 "If you're going to talk about the pitfalls of capitalism and you don't understand central banking, well we've gotta go back to square-one, brother." (@LibertyLockPod testifyin') There is always an element of the left that obstinately refuses to learn this. nitter Logo The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost My kind of elitist does not grade on a curve and is willing to flunk the whole class. I'm looking for honest minds, not "open minds". No peace with communists. Joined December 2022 Tweets 10,625 Following 544 Followers 768 Likes 17,695 983 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Pinned Tweet The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Apr 17 I am a Declaration American: To me, America consists mainly in the idea of individual liberty and found its most compelling political expression in the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution was a counter-Revolutionary act, and Lysander Spooner was right. 7 6 2 37 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 4m Endgineering File -- The Return of The Primitives Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr 1h I met with local farmers Cory Mellon, Alex Mueller, Hank Auza, and Robert Barkley in Yuma, Arizona. Yuma County provides 90% of the green leafy vegetables, like iceberg lettuce, arugula, spinach, and broccoli, to American tables between November and April. The tsunami of migrants… nitter.pw/i/web/status/166… 1 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 13m At this point in the whole affair, what could possibly surprise you to find out it were true? Rosie's Eve of Destruction @DarnelSugarfoo 16m Maybe I'm a tin foil hat wearing weirdo, but I think the chances that these massive fires in Canada were set intentionally to bolster the "climate change emergency" are pretty good. 1 3 The Grammatical Fiction retweeted Michael Malice @michaelmalice 1h I can guarantee your twitter experience will improve if you instablock anyone who says "my dude" or "my guy" 1 13 30 293 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 58m Sometimes, it calls for Detective Noir -- piped.kavin.rocks/gB0_CQqaicg "MYSTERY JAZZ MUSIC" 🎼 detectives NOIR 😎 45 fondos de jazz 🎵para... Disfrute de "Mystery Jazz Music". Música de detectives Noir - fondo de jazz - para relajarse, estudiar y trabajar.Varias músicas de fondo estilo película “No... youtube.com The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 1h Endgineering File -- "Sustainable," of what, exactly? The very idea of America, to be inexorably replaced with a swamp of mystic & predatory ethics and politics from every dirt-scratching 2k year-old tribe/herd culture around the world? Yeah. That, Bob. That. Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr 6h At 2 am this morning, I visited the border outside of Yuma, Arizona where thousands of migrants are crossing the border each week. You have to see it with your own eyes. #Kennedy24 nitter.pw/i/web/status/166… 1 The Grammatical Fiction retweeted Elon Musk @elonmusk 1h Replying to @MattWalshBlog View count is actually understated, as it does not include anything from our API, for example tweets you see in Google search results or on Bloomberg terminals 622 972 49 11,806 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 1h Media dinosaurs around the world see the meteor coming. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog 1h What Is A Woman got 175 million views. Tucker's first episode has 20 million views in just four hours. We're watching as Twitter becomes a legitimate platform to watch not just short clips but full monologues, shows and even films. Absolute game changer. Huge win for free speech. 6 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 1h It wouldn't matter if Spielberg himself produced and directed this dork's show. Keith Olbermann↙️ @KeithOlbermann 3h Dude, I used to do a show on my balcony on my iPhone with a homemade prompter and it looked better than this 1 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 3h Almost 10 million views in a little over two hours for Tucker Carlson's cold-drop premier. Somebody should guard the windows in the old media towers to keep 'em all from jumping to their fates. Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson 5h Ep. 1 2 1 4 The Grammatical Fiction retweeted Leading Report @LeadingReport 5h BREAKING: Mel Gibson is allegedly making a 4-part docu-series on the $34 billion global child sex trafficking market involving countries like Ukraine. 903 4,961 1,055 18,713 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 3h I often start on a question like this by pointing out the fact that tyranny has never stopped tyranny. Anarchy has never enslaved millions, and that's really important to understanding the essential concept. The Fullertonian @Fullertonian 3h Replying to @Koestghost @SpookyDudeH8er Anarchy is unenforceable by any anyone Anarchy has no mechanism to stop a tyrant from enslaving millions, for instance What would anarchists do to stop tyranny? 3 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 3h I just love the new media contempt for the dinosaurs. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog 4h We got this email from @NikkiMcR, who used to be a shill for Media Matters and has since moved on to being a shill for Rolling Stone. Nikki, I will provide a comment for your hit piece if you can define the word ‘woman.’ Send me your definition and I’ll send my comment. Deal? The Grammatical Fiction retweeted The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 3h @SpookyDudeH8er Get this: my copy of Sciabarra's "Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical" (p. 278) in which Dad and I are in ethical agreement but political dispute. Me in black, him in red. About '98, I think. He was all over this one. MissAnthropic @SpookyDudeH8er 5h This to all the fathers...do this. Leave a legacy of your thoughts, opinions...lead them to other tomes. A guide for when you cannot be there. 1 1 1 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 4h "The SPLC is a garbage organization now dedicated to..." <snicker> Usenet, 1999 -- J.D. Vance @JDVance1 6h The SPLC is a garbage organization now dedicated to harassing groups that advocate for parents. In the future, their pronouncements must be met with scorn. dailysignal.com/2023/06/06/b… 1 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 5h Carlson's first video report here: the Kakovka dam. Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson 5h Ep. 1 The Grammatical Fiction retweeted The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 6h Replying to @Righteous_Wolf @EndWokeness Did you ever hear of Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James? He fought in 3 wars, finishing with 78 combat rides up to Route Pack 6. Deputy Commander of the fabled 8th TFW. He & the commander were known as "Blackman & Robin". First black 4-star general, ever. He *earned* it. 1 1 2 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 6h Principles matter, and this is the wrong principle. This will not go well. End Wokeness @EndWokeness 8h Replying to @EndWokeness Biden’s nominee for the highest-ranking military officer in the US: One of his priorities? “More African-Americans in positions of leadership, in positions of aviation” Show this thread 1 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 7h "Specifically saying 'gay bash?'" That's the detail that stopped me, too. Tim Pool @Timcast 12h Coming from a major proponent of the Jussie Smollett hoax I am skeptical In LA? Specifically saying "gay bash?" 2 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 8h My well-traveled copy of F.A. Hayek's "Economic Freedom" (1991). I just looked: I didn't expect to find it available in PDF, but, hoped to find the 125-page essay, "A Tiger By The Tail". It's the best single discussion of inflation I ever saw, worth the price of the whole book. 1 7 The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 8h A page from my copy of Hayek's "Economic Freedom" (1991). My notes and my Dad's: I work black ink, he always did it in red. I first read this while working as the lighting director on a tour with Peter Frampton in 1999. This book is priceless, to me. The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost 8h Replying to @SecMuslimBanker I have it in the hardcover edition of Hayek's Economic Freedom" (1991) includes it. I first read it in 1999. It's really precious because my father also read an annotated my copy. I got it pretty good on the first read. There's a good rock-show tour story behind that. 1 1 10 Load more nitter Logo Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod A podcast for those that demand freedom linktr.ee/libertylockdown Support the show: libertylockdown.locals.com Miami, FL piped.kavin.rocks/LibertyLoc… Joined March 2009 Tweets 5,863 Following 2,918 Followers 85,949 Likes 423,073 398 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Pinned Tweet Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Apr 8 A brief history of post-USSR Russia 102 527 74 2,015 116,112 Show this thread Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell retweeted Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 3h RFK Jr. is a vital addition to this presidential cycle and I wish him tremendous success moving forward If he even sniffs the debate stage he will utterly embarrass all other Democrat hopefuls 28 31 3 379 3,734 Show this thread Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 3h RFK Jr. is a vital addition to this presidential cycle and I wish him tremendous success moving forward If he even sniffs the debate stage he will utterly embarrass all other Democrat hopefuls 28 31 3 379 3,734 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 3h His drawbacks in terms of 2A and anthropogenic climate change solutions are significant Though I've liked his perspectives on each as of late Open invite @RobertKennedyJr You said this election cycle will be won via podcasts My audience would love to hear from you, as would I 6 6 1 75 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 5h Dave has been honing this hour in for 2 straight years. If you are able to see it in person you really should. I was lucky enough to do so two weeks ago and I'm telling you, he's at the very top of his game right now Don't miss it Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith 9h 18 5 104 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell retweeted The Grammatical Fiction @Koestghost Jun 6 "If you're going to talk about the pitfalls of capitalism and you don't understand central banking, well we've gotta go back to square-one, brother." (@LibertyLockPod testifyin') There is always an element of the left that obstinately refuses to learn this. 14 45 7 219 2,714 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 9h New reporting today claims the Nord Stream pipeline was attacked by Ukrainian operatives with direction by lead Ukrainian General Zaluzhnyi Whether a limited hangout to obscure Western involvement, or the truth, this report confirms that the CIA was aware of the plan a full 90… nitter.pw/i/web/status/166… 53 167 6 972 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 9h Full article here washingtonpost.com/national-… U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline THE DISCORD LEAKS | The CIA learned last June, via a European spy agency, that a six-person team of Ukrainian special operations forces intended to blow up the Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline. washingtonpost.com 6 30 140 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 12h The HRC is responsible for the CEI (corporate equality index) which is all part of ESG, which coerces corporations into adopting DEI if they don't want to die Confused yet? That's the point They don't want this to be easily understood, then you might figure out how to stop it 15 39 198 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 12h Mind you, the anti-LGBT bills they reference are directed at protecting women's sports and preventing irreversible harm towards CHILDREN with "gender affirming care" Euphemistically evil mfers 7 12 72 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 11h H/t @BenSwann_ for bringing this insane declaration to my attention Ben Swann @BenSwann_ 13h NEWS: Following an alleged attack from “white extremist groups” this week, the Human Rights Campaign has declared a “national state of emergency” for LGBTQ+ people. 3 19 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell retweeted Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod May 24 The Target, Miller Lite and Bud Light boycotts are only the beginning For those that prefer to avoid the culture war I thought I would explain why I support these protests... I don't much care if a company wants to insult their customers, a private business has every right to… nitter.pw/i/web/status/166… 321 1,457 209 5,093 Show this thread Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 14h I'm still struggling to understand why the FBI thinks their own whistle-blowers' life is in danger Are there other domestic assassination squads? If you guys keep your guns holstered he/she should be fine Right? What am I missing? 102 96 8 857 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod 15h If you've ever been to Hollywood, you know how absolutely hilarious this claim is New York Post @nypost 16h Elliot Page reveals chilling transphobic attack outside LA hotel: ‘I’m going to f–king gay bash you, fa—t’ trib.al/zsofG50 152 28 1 692 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell retweeted Brett Dasovic @Brettdasovic Jun 5 I'm here on a Monday? Let's gooo! #timcastirl with @LibertyLockPod @Timcast @hcbrimelow @SergeDotcom 25 5 1 193 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 5 20 minute countdown LFG 31 15 352 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 5 In 2nd grade we had a project where I had to correlate things in my life to different colors My bedroom was painted a dim blue so I said my room was gray My teacher reported me to the school therapist for depression With different parents I could've been medicated over a color 50 33 4 661 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 4 While you're defending the definition of a woman (and winning, albeit slowly), the same Marxist professors that planted that poisonous seed are planting five new ones Until you stop sending your kids to these indoctrination centers, they will continue to win 22 63 460 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 4 Is there even a plausible explanation as to why Tower 7, a steel skyscraper that wasn't hit by a plane, would collapse at free fall speed all at once? Like...any explanation at all? Spare me the "there was a fire" answer. That's not nearly good enough 410 174 21 2,246 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 4 There are, surprisingly, a number of well reasoned responses here I appreciate those that took the time to rationally explain It's worth looking thru the replies... I'm still not sure but I now have a more open mind about it after reading thru your answers 7 2 142 Liberty Lockdown w/ Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod Jun 3 rumble.com/v2rqkqm-timcast-i… Timcast IRL - Elon Musk Promotes 'What Is A Woman' Sparking Leftist OUTRAGE w/Ashley St. Clair Timcast IRL - Elon Musk Promotes 'What Is A Woman' Sparking Leftist OUTRAGE w/Ashley St. Clair SUPPORT OUR WORK, BUY CAST BREW COFFEE - https://castbrew.com/ Sign Up For Exclusive Episodes At https:// rumble.com 11 3 38 Show this thread Load more

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A Web of Questions
by Gunnar Larson 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

Dr. Jean Kaseya, the recently appointed director general of the newly empowered Africa CDC, is enmeshed in a highly charged imbroglio with his former employer, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, my colleague Sara Jerving writes in an exclusive report you’ll only see on Devex. It’s a winding saga but a must-read because it raises serious questions about the man who was a somewhat surprising pick for a job that puts him at the helm of efforts to ensure the health of a continent of over 1 billion people. The story also concerns the fate of two CHAI employees detained in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a case potentially linked to longstanding tensions between DRC and its archrival Rwanda. Involved in the discussions around the detainees is Kaseya, a Congolese doctor, who says the employees are being held because authorities allege they covered up the whereabouts of a Rwandan colleague accused of “suspicious” activity. A source familiar with the situation suggested that Kaseya’s involvement in the discussions around the detained employees is “troubling and potentially dangerous.” Kaseya calls those charges not only “simply ridiculous but also an insult to a country,” saying he intervened because CHAI asked and because one of the detained individuals is a childhood friend. Also thrown into this cauldron are demands CHAI needs to fulfill if it wants its employees back, including one of dubious origin that a “deposit” be made in U.S. dollars. But the story doesn’t end there. He’s hauled CHAI to labor court for not renewing his contract. He also purportedly stormed into CHAI’s office in Kinshasa, accompanied by an armed guard and is claimed to have confronted staff members for not giving him a farewell party and internal documents he had requested, according to an incident report obtained by Devex. Kaseya rejects this characterization of the visit . All of this happened in a short span of time as he assumed the reins of Africa CDC, which has been considered a global health success story and has increasingly grown in prominence and responsibility in recent years. This account is being reported here for the first time after nearly two months of investigation based on confidential internal reports, emails, text messages, and interviews. Exclusive: Africa CDC head’s bizarre entanglement with Clinton initiative https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POrHUo-5KRfbBK_1WFNkKZUItdpyLgnXY…

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Cryptocurrency: Hacked PeterSchiff's Golden Son Spencer - AnCap Bitcoiner
by professor rat 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

This Golden Ass of Gigo quotes . . . >>> Saifedean Ammous @saifedean · Mar 25 There’s a discussion of this very point between @jeffdeist and @BobMurphyEcon on the latest human action podcast <<< Such moron statist excellence - much wow

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Cryptocurrency: Fights Back Against WarOnCrypto
by grarpamp 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

nitter Logo HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 If you’re new, you may not know that @balajis offered up the concept of voice vs exit back in ‘15 Voice = interior reform Exit = voting with feet Since then exit has become the rallying cry for many Balaji and other proponents have already left… Here’s why I’m staying 🧵 Jun 4, 2023 · 4:02 PM UTC · Twitter for iPhone 85 95 43 619 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 Rather than thinking of #bitcoin as systemic exit Think of it as systemic clean up Every manipulated dollar leaves a wake of distortions in its path Every Bitcoin trailing after cleans up those distortions. Separating signal from noise Allowing correct economic calculation 5 11 4 231 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 A world of distortions while politically expedient short term is costly long term Organisms that cannot order their reality go extinct The dollar system and the dollar holder will need Bitcoin In order to reckon with the world around them and to compete with the world at large 2 5 153 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 America’s democratic and political process is dysfunctional, diseased and corrupt That’s obvious What’s non obvious is that in America money is speech And Bitcoin is the best money Meaning Bitcoin is speech with an incredible power and capacity to reform AKA Super speech 5 9 1 177 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 Enter the modern American reformer… the early Bitcoin adopter These individuals are unique, but share some common values - freedom - voluntary exchange - free markets - local communities - art - family - health - science Everything needed for a peaceful American revolution 1 15 2 199 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 Like all wealthy people before them Bitcoiners will petition the state to better reflect their values and beliefs. They will use the best money ever known to super-charge speech And they will win Making this century both another American century, and also a Bitcoin century 9 20 3 208 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 So to the doomers, the gold boomers and the nihilist zoomers I say… We are here to fix shit Not abscond like a bunch of cowards But to use early bitcoin wealth for the betterment of American and global society You know why? Because Bitcoin fucking fixes this. That’s why. 48 47 5 456 HODL @americanhodl8 Jun 4 P.S. I said “American” because I’m American and I have an American worldview. I love America and feel that it is an amazing place worth fighting for That said, the idea of the Bitcoin reformer is a global idea and I encourage people to own the concept in their locale Go forth 10 10 1 124 Rob Hamilton @Rob1Ham Jun 4 Replying to @americanhodl8 @balajis Bitcoin has a higher claim to the values which built America than the modern banking system. They can either adapt or die, I'm not leaving either. 2 1 49 more replies Salvadorian Bulcano 🇺🇦🌻 @dekentro Jun 4 Replying to @americanhodl8 @balajis they’ll return, watch for that too 1 Brad Mills 🔑⚡️ @bradmillscan Jun 4 Replying to @americanhodl8 @balajis The new American HODL is here to clean up the cringe. 5 37 Teddy Bitcoins @TeddyBitcoins Jun 4 By here you mean there 1 Load more

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FOIA: CIA Did JFK
by grarpamp 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

https://www.fff.org/2021/11/11/will-the-cias-jfk-assassinated-related-recor… https://www.amazon.com/Kennedy-Autopsy-Jacob-G-Hornberger/dp/1890687235 https://www.amazon.com/Kennedy-Autopsy-LBJs-Role-Assassination/dp/189068726X https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Unspeakable-Why-Died-Matters/dp/1570757550 https://www.fff.org/2021/11/09/what-if-a-president-is-a-threat-to-national-… Will The CIA's JFK Assassinated-Related Records Ever Get Released? Authored by Jacob Hornberger By this time, it should be sinking into everyone’s consciousness that the American people are never going to be permitted to see the rest of the CIA’s 60-year-old secret records relating to the JFK assassination... Yes, I know, President Biden says that the new deadline for disclosure is December 22, 2022, which just happens to fall after the November 2022 congressional elections. But that’s just like the mechanical rabbit that is used in dog races — the dogs are never going to catch that rabbit. And the American people are never going to see those records. Don’t forget, after all, that this isn’t the first deadline that has been set for disclosure. There was the 25-year deadline that was set back in the 1990s. That deadline came due during the Trump administration. What happened when that deadline came? It got extended of course. Trump surrendered to the CIA’s demands for continued secrecy, just as Biden now has. Every president will do so. The CIA will demand it. National security depends on it! Ever since Kennedy was assassinated, there has been a segment of society that has fallen for the official story — that a lone nut communist former U.S. Marine shot and killed the president. This segment has also bought into what has become known as the magic-bullet theory, which holds that a bullet hit Kennedy in the back of the neck, exited his throat, broke ribs and a wrist bone in Governor Connally, lodged in Connally’s thigh, and ended up in virtually pristine, never-been-shot condition. What this segment of society has never been able to explain is why it was therefore necessary to shroud the investigation of the assassination in national-security-state secrecy. In other words, if the assassination really happened because a lone-nut communist former U.S. Marine suddenly, without any motive, decided to kill the president, what in the world would that have to do with “national security,” no matter was definition is put to that nebulous, meaningless term? Let’s consider the other alternative, the one set forth in the best book that has ever been written about the assassination: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass. Let’s assume that the assassination was a highly sophisticated regime-change operation to oust a president from office whose policies, it had been determined, posed a grave threat to national security. In other words, consider the principles that led to the U.S. regime-change operations on both sides of the Kennedy assassination: Iraq (1953), Guatemala (1954), Cuba (1959-2021), and Chile (1973), and simply apply them to Kennedy. Ousting the leaders of those countries was necessary, we are told, because such leaders posed a grave threat to national security. Let’s assume that that was the case with Kennedy. (See my article “What If a President Is a Threat to National Security?) Such being the case, wouldn’t the malefactors want to hide any semblance of incriminating evidence? That just makes sense. Now, I’m not suggesting that anyone would ever find a written confession within those still-secret CIA records. Including such a confession would have been stupid, and the people within the CIA in 1963 were not only not stupid, they were actually very brilliant people. Many of them were Ivy League graduates who were putting their brilliant minds toward the study of assassination and cover-up. Moreover, from the very beginning of the CIA, when it adopted the power of assassination, there was a strict rule against ever putting anything about an assassination into writing. That rule would especially apply to the assassination of a president or prime minister. But there are so many moving parts to an assassination and its cover up that it becomes imperative to keep all records secret so that sharp-minded researchers and investigative reporters are unable to put individual pieces of the puzzle together. That’s why national-security state secrecy on what was purported to be a lone-nut assassination was imperative from the very moment of the JFK assassination. The Kennedy assassination took place in November 1963. In 1991 — almost 30 years later — Oliver Stone came out with his movie JFK, which, not surprisingly, created all sorts of controversy. The movie rejected the official lone-nut/magic-bullet theories of the assassination and instead posited that the assassination was a highly sophisticated regime-change operation on the part of the U.S. national-security establishment. What shocked — and actually outraged — a large segment of the American people was Stone’s disclosure that the national-security establishment was still keeping its assassination-related records secret. Why would they do that? It had been 30 years — 3 decades! — since the assassination. That’s a long time for secrecy in what is purported to be a lone-nut assassination. So, a large number of Americans were naturally suspicious. They demanded that Congress mandate a release of those records. It was one of those rare instances where the public is able to force Congress to do something that Congress doesn’t want to do. The fact that the national-security establishment fiercely opposed disclosing their assassination-related records to the public makes it even more remarkable that the JFK Records Act of 1992 was enacted. Why did President George H.W. Bush, who had served as CIA director, sign the bill into law? Because Bill Clinton, against whom he was running for president, came out publicly in favor of the law. Bush was trapped, politically. He decided he’d better sign the bill into law to avoid letting Clinton turn it into a campaign issue. Thousands of records were released, some over the fierce objections of the Pentagon and the CIA. No, there were no confessions. But there was a mountain of evidence establishing that the national-security establishment had conducted a fraudulent autopsy on the president’s body on the very evening of the assassination. See my two books The Kennedy Autopsy and The Kennedy Autopsy 2. There were three unusual aspects of the JFK Records Act. One was that the Assassination Records Review Board, which was called into existence to enforce the law, was absolutely prohibited from investigating any aspect of the Kennedy assassination. Thus, when the ARRB uncovered the evidence establishing the fraudulent autopsy, it was not permitted to conduct an extensive investigation into what it had uncovered. The other unusual provision was that the CIA and other federal agencies had the prerogative of keeping some of their records secret for another 25 years, on grounds of “national security.” Now, I ask you: If you have committed a criminal act and you know that the ARRB has already uncovered what you did to commit a fraudulent autopsy, what evidence are you going to keep secret for another 25 years? Aren’t you going to keep the most incriminating evidence secret for as long as you can, hopefully forever? Isn’t that just logical? No, not a confession, but other pieces to the assassination puzzle that fill in more portions of the regime-change mosaic, such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s purported trip to Mexico City just before the assassination, which is still shrouded in mystery and cover-up almost 60 years later. Another unusual aspect of the JFK Records Act was that it failed to automatically call the ARRB back into existence when that 25-year deadline came due. That’s what has enabled the national-security establishment, especially the CIA, to secure forever extensions for secrecy. What are the chances the balance of the records will ever be released to the American people. Nil. That’s because there is virtually no chance that Congress will call the ARRB back into existence to enforce the JFK Records Act. And even if it did, it is a virtual certainty that the CIA would require any president to veto it. Only a large public outcry against continued secrecy, similar to what happened after Oliver Stone’s movie, could change that. Unfortunately, there is little indication that that is going to happen. One thing is clear though — the CIA’s need for continued secrecy of its assassination-related records on the ridiculous ground of “national security” is about as close to an implicit admission of guilt as one can get. After all, there is no Fifth Amendment right to remain silent for the CIA and the rest of the national-security establishment.

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[ot][aiml] my tiny openai logger
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 06 Jun '23

06 Jun '23

https://github.com/xloem/completion_logger # completion_logger This package mutates the openai-python package so as to log all Python completion requests made to OpenAI's API, onto the Arweave blockchain. ## installation ``` python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/xloem/completion_logger ``` ## info URLs to the logged data are output at the `INFO` level via Python's `logging` module. ## caveat This package mutates the openai package on install, so must be reinstalled if the openai package is. A more thorough implementation might also mutate pip itself so as to retain the addition. More elegant solutions to the task of logging and sharing this information likely also exist. ## reasoning It's become a norm for language model interfaces to offer an API that can act as a partial drop-in replacement for OpenAI's, so that the same applications may be used with them. Hence, it is effective to make use of OpenAI's client library for general logging, as this can now function for other backends as well.

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