I wouldn’t call it sticking it to the government. More like protection against government malfeasance regarding money.

If you create a new wallet and I send you some Bitcoin, nobody but me knows that you own that Bitcoin. If you acquire your Bitcoin through an exchange w/ KYC requirements, that's another story. Yeah, you are talking to a crypto illiterate. I mean, I understand the concepts of what you just wrote, b...

In the US you would have to add ...as long as you don't report your holdings. I inquired here (I have never owned any crypto), and was told that the transactions are already very hard to hide whether you are acquiring or selling. I was under the impression that it was basically impossible to trace b...

I have a hunch that when this fourth wave of Covid burns out in the US, the pandemic will pretty much go away, or should I say taper down to what will be its long term footprint going forward. There will be enough immunity in the population to keep it from surging again.

Remember when herd immunity was going to happen at 65% vaccination + recovered cases? Illinois has 12.5 million people. The state says 56% of people 12+ are fully vaccinated, with 72% having had at least one shot. There have been 1.4 million "total cases", or 11% of the total population. M...

Does anyone here follow libertarian and anti-lockdown anti-mask Tom Woods? It sure sounds like he got Covid 3 weeks ago and is not admitting it. Only saying pneumonia and having a tough recovery. If he has Covid and won't admit it, I'll lose a lot of respect for him. Do you have a source for that i...

Does anyone here follow libertarian and anti-lockdown anti-mask Tom Woods? It sure sounds like he got Covid 3 weeks ago and is not admitting it. Only saying pneumonia and having a tough recovery. If he has Covid and won't admit it, I'll lose a lot of respect for him.

I agree that the gold is attractive to libertarians. And repellent to progressives/ world improvers.

Has anyone of medical authority really ever sufficiently answered how Sweden has gone against the world in terms of masks, lockdowns and vaccines but yet has not been dragging bodies out of the streets? This is a real nice interview on that, if you have 40 minutes. https://youtu.be/0017zNe7obo Shru...

It seems to me that most people are planning to get on with life. BUT, I suspect they will grudingly go along with more mandates if that happens. But also, as time goes on the trend will be towards more people saying let's get on with it.

Swedish death rate per reported cases 1.3%, 51% of population vaccinated Zero deaths reported in the most recently reported day US death rate per reported cases 1.7%, 52% of population vaccinated 375 deaths reported in the most recently reported day US population is 33x that of Sweden I guess that ...

However, numbskulls like this talk all the time, and 99.999% of the time it's just talk. When the police infiltrate and instigate action that wasn't otherwise going to happen, I think that's a real problem.

As for a "medical authority", how would you even know who to believe nowadays? That's true and it's not just a wacky right wing talking point. Fauci is a prominent example. We don't need masks, they aren't effective in this case. Everyone must wear masks. Double masks are a very good idea...

I heard we are going to have to go back to the office soon. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have really gotten to like the freedom of working the forum business from home.

Don't know who this guy is but I thought it was an interesting twitter post, if true..... https://i.postimg.cc/6pX407t5/Screenshot-2021-07-29-154855.png And as an added bonus I really liked this post in the same thread. All I can say is Amen.... https://i.postimg.cc/vBJZZjmH/Screenshot-2021-07-29-1...

The networks are trying to promote vaccination. Yet, every single episode shows a person getting a needle into their shoulder. Not exactly Marketing 101. There are a lot of people who are simply afraid of shots. So yeah, let’s run footage of needles being buried into shoulders. Morons.

Well this is not a feel good video. Analysis of previously confidential data about where the vax components are showing up in the body, where they shouldn't be showing up. Gah. Boy at this point I'm going to be very hesitant to take any boosters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA8qMb33Zyo Is this ...

Well this is not a feel good video. Analysis of previously confidential data about where the vax components are showing up in the body, where they shouldn't be showing up. Gah. Boy at this point I'm going to be very hesitant to take any boosters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA8qMb33Zyo

What about Telegram? I know I could look it up, but Tom probably knows. I have a feeling it's similar to Signal.

One of the founders of Wikipedia has now come out saying that the site has such a left wing bias, it is no longer credible. https://twitter.com/unherd/status/1415325372233682945 Are there any other similar sites that still have integrity and are worth consulting for information? I'd be surprised if...

First I need to know, how do they make compost in Russia?

Well, a few of us asked him to stop posting the same objections to the PP over and over and over. Apparently he didn't like that, and left completely. I wouldn't expect that there is any more to it than that.

Xan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:03 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:57 pm There have been over 1000 replies to this topic.
At this point, who cares what you think? Besides you? I know that might be hard to accept.

OK carry on.

Are you replying to me specifically or the general "you"?

Just everyone. I was having a bad night, lol.

There have been over 1000 replies to this topic.
At this point, who cares what you think? Besides you? I know that might be hard to accept.

OK carry on.

All of the dumbasses who think the mighty American military can win wars have not been paying attention. They can win wars if the battles are set up like WW2 battlegrounds. Which will never happen again. The last of the WW2 style battles happened in WW2. Personally I think the next war will be a cy...