BITCOIN: If Walmart is not allowed to be a “bank”; then maybe it can be a “miner – fuds transfer agent – broker” all rolled into one?

Friday, April 14, 2023

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/what-happens-when-walmart-buys-1-billion-of-bitcoin

What Happens When Walmart Buys $1 Billion Of Bitcoin?

  • Though no purchase has been announced, Walmart’s inevitable allocation to bitcoin will jump start a ripple of hyperbitcoinization.

Clancy Rodgers  —   Mar 29, 2021

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MicroStrategy, Square and Coinbase are multimillion-dollar companies traded on NASDAQ with big bitcoin bags, but the everyday American could care less. Ask your average Joe how he feels about Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy purchasing of 91,326 bitcoins and you’ll probably get a “What is Bitcorn?” and “Michael who?”

Walmart, on the other hand, is a different story because it’s the epitome of working class America. Built off the back of America’s mom and pop, it is now the world’s largest company by revenue raking in $548 billion in 2020. When Walmart adds $1 billion of bitcoin to its balance sheet, you’ll have that same average Joe’s full attention. It will create the ultimate exposure for Bitcoin to blue collar Americans and trigger a global monetary paradigm shift that is long overdue.

As Walmart’s tentacles reach into 24 countries, a Bitcoin tidal wave will blast through its world of ecommerce and brick-and-mortar retail operations. Walmart sources products from more than 100 countries, bringing globalization to Middle America. Instead of having to deal with complex currency conversions with global suppliers, Walmart will accept bitcoin, which will negate the headache of dealing with dozens of fiat currencies. This will simplify accounting and streamline operations. With no middleman bankers pirating off of transactions, the only thing separating Walmart from its global partners will be oceans (if the miners don’t boil them first).

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I see this as a great SET of “use cases” for WalMart.  

Remember: Wal-Mart Stores abruptly abandoned those plans for its own bank, withdrawing its application to obtain a special banking charter after a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers, banking industry officials and watchdog groups.Mar 17, 2007.

I’m sure that the Banking Industrial Complex used all their political power to block this 800# elephant from entering the competitive area.   Probably more than the BIC (Banking Industrial Complex), everyone else with a vest interest piled on.  What would Wall Street, Credit Unions, Western Union (and all the other funds transfer agencies), Amazon, Target, and the grifter politicians and bureaucrats do if WalMart literally swept up all the unbanked and all the little people’s bank accounts.  Profit margins if any would be cut to zero as WalMart ties in its  bank with its stores.

So now imagine that WalMart adopts bitcoin and see its use cases: (1) funds transfer from its international subsidiaries become cost free; (2) pay suppliers with bitcoin (free and fast); (3) Buy and sell bitcoins for U$D (dollars) globally; (4) avoid all sorts of onerous financial regulations, taxes, and fees.  

It would be a real hoot to see all the politicians and bureaucrats around the globe running around with their hair on fire.

And, in addition to a big win for WalMart, the little people all over the world could avoid the hidden taxation of earnings and savings that fiat currencies enable.

I’d love it.

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TECHNOLOGY: TL;DR Parking machine gives me the wrong change — in its favor of course

Thursday, April 13, 2023

PERSONAL GRIPE 

Visit a patient in Saint Peter’s University Hospital. Their parking machine cheated me out of 5$ in my change. 

Had to wait for parking supervisor. 20 minutes.  Argh!   (Seems like it happens a lot from what the fellow said.)

My fault for not giving it eight quarters. Argh!

Just infuriates me. Technology is just supposed to work and make our lives easier. Instead it gave me a 15 minute child-like style time out. Argh! Argh!

The Universe was telling me to relax?

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P.S.: Hey Hospital, have you heard that masks don’t work?  https://health.clevelandclinic.org/can-wearing-a-mask-make-you-sick/ They actually can give you some problems!

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Gooferment “fixes” compliance with labeling laws

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/12j6pil/manufacturers_add_sesame_flour_to_avoid_cleaning/

r/MaliciousCompliance

•Posted by

u/NIHscientist

16 hours ago

Manufacturers add sesame flour to avoid cleaning – compliance with labeling laws

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This obviously is not my story, but this definitely falls in the spirit of malicious compliance. Last year, President Biden signed the The Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research (Faster) Act, which was intended to improve product labeling and cleaning around allergens. However, rather than clean better and safeguard against sesame cross-contamination, many manufacturers have started adding sesame flour deliberately into products that were previously sesame free. This relieves them of the burden of meticulous cleaning since the product is now clearly labeled as containing sesame. Malicious (corporate) compliance. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/04/11/sesame-allergy-law-consequences/

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Sure, pass a law, but don’t bother to worry about the Unintended Consequences!

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: An example of the attack on hte American family

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

https://thepostmillennial.com/chico-school-board-upholds-parental-secrecy-policy-regarding-students-gender-identity?utm_campaign=64487

American News Apr 8, 2023 
Chico school board upholds ‘parental secrecy policy’ regarding students’ gender identity
Sara Higdon

  • “The day my daughter shared with her guidance counselor that she felt like a boy, the counselor immediately affirmed this new identity.”

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Wednesday evening the Chico Unified School Board in Chico, California voted 3-2 in favor of schools having the ability to keep secrets from parents. The board agreed to keep their current policy, which directs staff to not reveal a child’s gender identity to parents, it instead allows a child to determine when the school is allowed to tell parents about a change in their gender identity. 

According to a report from Fox News, the policy, called the “parental secrecy policy” by the school board, came up for a vote after the Center for American Liberty filed a lawsuit against the school district. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Aurora Regino who told her story to the school board before the vote. The suit alleges that a school guidance counselor in the district helped Region’s 11-year old daughter transition without her knowledge or consent. 

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Where does the Gooferment Skrule get off shoving the parents out of control that child?

At some point, when will “We, The Sheeple” wake up to this insidious conspiracy.

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INTERESTING: Never heard of “chimerism’ before

Monday, April 10, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11939177/I-married-cousin-jaw-dropping-family-secrets-exposed-DNA-tests.html

The most JAW-DROPPING family secrets exposed by at-home DNA tests – from an only child who discovered he had 30 siblings to woman whose dad was swapped a birth

  •     Two in ten Americans have taken mail-order DNA tests, according to YouGov
  •     Many are taking to social media to reveal their jaw-dropping family secrets such as that they have 30 siblings or even married a cousin 
  •     Here Dailymail.com takes a look at the dark side of the trend as millions of Americans discover they’re not quite who they thought they were  

By Helena Kelly For Dailymail.Com
Published: 12:49 EDT, 9 April 2023 | Updated: 12:53 EDT, 9 April 2023 

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‘Rare condition meant I wasn’t related to the children I birthed’

Single mother Lydia Fairchild was 26, unemployed and looking for state support in 2002 when she was asked to take a DNA test to prove her family was all related.

But the results suggested Fairchild had no genetic link to the two children she had birthed – prompting alarm from social services.

‘I knew that I carried them, and I knew that I delivered them. There was no doubt in my mind,’ Fairchild, from Washington, said at the time.

She gave birth for a third time and again DNA tests said she was not related to the newborn – despite carrying it for nine months.

It later transpired the mismatch was due to an ultra-rare condition called ‘chimerism.’

It meant she had technically been a twin in the womb but the other embryo died early on meaning she ‘absorbed’ her sibling’s cells.

The condition meant she had two cell lines – with only one matching that of her children.

Her case was relayed in the 2006 documentary ‘The twin inside me.’

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Why would this poor woman have to “prove” that her children were “hers” to the Gooferment?

This sounds like the identical twins dilemma that TV and Movies like to dramatize.

Makes these DNA “quite revealing”; not always for the better.

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INSPIRATIONAL: “hold firm to our God-given rights against a godless government” seems like great advice

Sunday, April 9, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/04/leftism_and_the_minions_of_satan.html

April 7, 2023
Leftism and the Minions of Satan
By Nancy Van Deest 

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With Holy Week upon us, it is time for Christians to stop relinquishing our beliefs out of fear from retribution and vitriol. Instead, put on the full armor of God to stand firm against the deteriorating culture, understanding that the more we voice God’s truths to counter their lies, the greater their inner demons will scream, expecting to stop God. But do not yield. Instead, offer God’s message of salvation, hoping it will plant a seed and move them toward God and away from Satan. However, prudently realize that at some point, God gives Satan’s unrepentant followers over to their depraved minds.

Given Satan’s growing influence on American leaders and the dangers they pose, Christians should be encouraged by David, who picked up a stone to defeat Goliath. His faith in God against overwhelming odds gives proof that God goes before us as our champion. While God may not spare us from the effects of the storm, with God in the lead, we can stand confidently upon His truths and hold firm to our God-given rights against a godless government. At the same time, we should warn those seeking unholy power, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

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It’s a sad end that the American Experiment seems to be ending with a quick sinking into bankruptcy, perversion, and crime.

I’ve ofter railed about how the “King” wants to destroy the “Church” as an alternative authority.  Pedophilia in the Catholic Church was allowed to continue and thus erode any claim to “moral authority”.  

So too, the Gooferment was allowed to undermine thrift, self-reliance, and a sense of community with welfare paid for by future generations.  Get everyone on some sort of dole to enhance the “King” (i.e., politicians and bureaucrats).

Decadence used to be shamed and hidden mostly in Hollywood has now become front page “news”.

As the few good people man the battlements, let’s go down if we must.  But go down fighting to the last soul speaking the truth to the Powerful and their befuddled troops.  

When it comes time to pick up the pieces, those recording history will say “this was their finest hour”.

Just say no to everything that goes against the Spirit.

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RANT: Leave wild animals in peace; lest they make pieces out of you

Saturday, April 8, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11938131/Montana-locals-warn-belligerent-men-taunting-moose-away-charges-them.html

Moment two men are charged by huge MOOSE in Montana after taunting the beast and ignoring warnings: Local brands them ‘the dumbest people I’ve ever met in my life’

  •     A moose in Big Sky, Montana, finally responded after being taunted by tourists
  •     Two men provocatively edge closer to a moose despite a warning from a local 

By Neirin Gray Desai For Dailymail.Com
Published: 12:21 EDT, 4 April 2023 | Updated: 17:52 EDT, 4 April 2023 

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The article doesn’t report if the fools were hurt.  I’d give them no sympathy if they were.  I hope the moose will forgive all the other humans who wouldn’t think of bothering them for no apparent reason.  Argh!

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ECONOMICS: 70 Everyday Scams — I’m not sure I agree with #64

Friday, April 7, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/scams-that-became-a-part-of-culture/

Social Issues
70 Everyday Scams That Are Likely To Stick Around Forever, As Shared By People Online Interview

Jonas Grinevičius and Ieva Pečiulytė

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The sign of a ‘good’ scam is that someone manages to weasel away your hard-earned cash from your wallet and you’re left devastated. The sign of a great scam, however, is when the victim doesn’t even realize they’ve been swindled. Instead, they sit there with huge smiles on their faces, marveling at what a great deal they just got. All the while, someone’s laughing behind their backs.

Meanwhile, some things have become so ingrained into society that some folks don’t even stop to think whether their money would better be spent elsewhere. Redditor u/efd71f03 sparked an interesting thread after asking the internet about what people “refuse to view” as scams because they’ve been a part of the culture for so long. From engagement rings to Ticketmaster fees, scroll down to check out their most interesting insights. Bored Panda reached out to the author of the thread, u/efd71f03, and they were kind enough to share their thoughts on culturally-embedded scams with us. Read on to see what they had to say.

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#64

Buying life insurance when you’re not married and don’t have dependents. Stupidest decision you can make as a 20 year old early on life. What a waste of money and payments going down the drain year old early on life. What a waste of money and payments going down the drain

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Not so sure I agree with that:  (1) a healthy 20 year old is insurable; an unhealthy 21 year old can be uninsurable; (2) There is a concept about buying while life insurance and using it like your personal bank; if I did it when I was younger, it would have made sense. (3) health and life insurance are transferring risk for catastrophic expenses; risks can be taken if done intelligently.

Not on the list but my personal favorite Ponzi scam is “social security”.

“Social Security Insurance”, (note the word insurance — even though it bears no resemblance to real world insurance), is a de jure Ponzi scheme paying current takers from current workers. What could go wrong with that (i.e., scope creep; aging population; longevity discoveries; political corruption; moral hazard). And, de facto, a wealth transfer from poor minority men to rich white women. All set up, by the D’s to create another permanent class of dependent voters (i.e., the third rail of politics). Also, it’s a “political axiom” that one someone gets a “benefit” it can never be taken away. Argh! What a load of “barbara streisand” aka <synonym for excrement>! Argh! Argh!

ihmo

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POLITICAL: Let’s have a 6 month work visa specific to industries that have work shortages

Thursday, April 6, 2023

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/travel-stories/french-backpacker-sparks-debate-after-saving-15000-in-three-months-on-wa-farm/news-story/47b7163f979c8eb40fe79953a204f6eb

French backpacker sparks debate after saving $15,000 in three months on WA farm

  • A French backpacker working on an Aussie farm has shared how much he saved in just three months, prompting a huge debate.

Chantelle Francis
March 15, 2023 – 4:43PM

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Bill Buran from Facebook commented:

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I met a German fellow who worked at a bar during the summer season in Austrália. I’ve said it before, Austrália has what I think is the best model regarding immigration. They have a 6 month work visa specific to industries that have work shortages or Australians simply don’t want to do. Like agro, hospitality, construction. The visa process is simple, can apply online and print it at home or even acquire at port of entry. You receive a temp tax ID number as well for your employer. It resolves illegal workers and ensures the State collects its taxes. If your one of those that constantly complains that “I’m for immigration as long as its legal” well here is your answer.

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Seems like a great idea for here in the USA.

No?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: The IRS sends a “message” to a journalist about weaponizing the Deep State

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/03/irs-agents-visited-twitter-files-journalist-matt-taibbis-house-the-day-of-his-congressional-testimony/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irs-agents-visited-twitter-files-journalist-matt-taibbis-house-the-day-of-his-congressional-testimony

IRS Agents Visited Twitter Files Journalist Matt Taibbi’s House the Day of His Congressional Testimony

  • Coincidence? Jim Jordan demands answers from the IRS and the Treasury Department.

Posted by Mary Chastain Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 07:00am 

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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan wants IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to explain why IRS agents visited Matt Taibbi’s house.

This isn’t just out of nowhere. After all, Taibbi released the Twitter Files and testified about the findings to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.

The agents just happened to visit Taibbi’s house on the day he testified.

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Wow, “just so happens”?

Even that is an understatement.

The House should summon those agents to testify.  How quick do you think they will invoke the Nuremberg Defense? Or maybe “executive privilege”!

Argh!

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