MONEY: Arizona GOLDBACKs Limited Early Release – Now available

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Interesting. 

Goldbacks are now coming in new denominations  —  3, 2, and ½ of a goldback. 

This to me indicates that there is some demand.  I know in Keene that at least 120 businesses are taking them.  And, not just the odd balls running businesses.  I see that there are also more merchants taking them in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.  Seems like a groundswell to upset the FRBies. 

Last time something this big happened was when Bernard von NotHaus started NORFED and the FEDs railroaded him into jail and seized all the assets. They hung their charges on the fact that he called it a “dollar”.  I wish I was on that jury. 

Notice how the folks behind the GOLDBACK have avoid that particular pothole!

Wonder how they will try to suppress this rebellion?

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Interesting fact is that “dollar” is a corruption of the German word “Thaller” which was a one ounce silver coin minted by Joseph Thaller way back when.  So where does the FED get off usurping that word for their paper fiat junk.

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The Federal Reserve Bank is a misnomer. IT ain’t “federal”. It reserves nothing. And, it ain’t a “bank”. It is a private cartel of the elite banks run for their benefit and that of the entrenched politicians.

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Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

So clearly, the Dead Old White Guys didn’t intend for the Federal Gooferment to issue money?

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MEME: “Correct me if I’m wrong … …”

Friday, October 17, 2025

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QUOTE: About hope and fear

Friday, October 17, 2025

“Hope and fear are two sides of the same coin.

When you accept that whatever comes is beyond your control, both hope and fear lose their power.

Peace begins where attachment to outcomes ends.”

— Stoicism

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POLITICAL: What if you were acquitted but they imprisoned you anyway?

Friday, October 17, 2025

https://downsizedc.org/act/end-judicial-findings-2/

End Judicial Findings
What if you were acquitted but they imprisoned you anyway?

Five Ways the Feds Foster Mass Incarceration
Where did judicial findings come from?

Judicial findings are a power judges created out of thin air. It means that acquitted or uncharged conduct can be treated as a relevant “finding” at sentencing. This power has been consitently abused. Here’s an example…
How judicial findings imprisoned Ross Ulbricht for life.

Ross Ulbricht made national news when he was pardoned in the first days of the Trump administration. Ross created Silk Road which didn’t ban the sale of contraband items. Needless to say, federal police didn’t like that.

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From: Downsize DC <newsletter@downsizedc.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Subject: The Ian Freeman false imprisonment

Learn how it happened View this email in your browser How did Ian Freeman fall prey to false imprisonment, even though he evaded the IRS agent’s sting operation? Most libertarians are familiar with the Ross Ulbricht story. In review, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for charges that were not even tested in court, and for which he was not convicted. 

You are probably also aware that President Trump promised to pardon Ross during the campaign and then promptly kept that promise. 

Now comes another miscarriage of justice, which we hope will also have a good ending. You can help that happen. Ian Freeman was a libertarian activist in Keene, New Hampshire. He was also a partner with Mark Edge in one of the most successful radio talk shows in America, Free Talk Live. 

In a recent episode of Gracearchy with Jim Babka I interviewed Mark Edge to explore who Ian Freeman is, my relationship with both of them, and how Ian was sentenced to eight years in prison, despite committing no authentic crime. Watch On Rumble OR Free Ian Freeman, with Mark Edge – Gracearchy with Jim Babka EP143 This story involves…

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I knew Ian when I was up in Keene.  He was a passionate little L libertarian activist then; I think still is now.  He was always truthful and honest that I’m aware of.  From the facts that have been published, I think he got the “you know what” end of the stick.  He’s always been a persistent PIA to the politicians and bureaucrats so it’s no wonder that “they” decided to take him out.  An ardent ₿itcoin advocate, he was always using that to attack the Federal Reserve System and fractional reserve banking.  I think he was finally making a dent in the Keene economy with people and business using ₿itcoin, Goldbacks, Silver, and barter.  Can’t have that shaking “We, The Sheeple” awake.  So this fraudulent justice sent him to jail.  Many great leaders have been “railroaded” and here’s one case you can do something about.

Free Ian.  End “Judicial Findings”.  Start impeaching judges for their conduct.

 

No man or group of men—including any group of men calling themselves “the government”—is morally entitled to initiate (that is, to start) the use of physical force, the threat of force, or any substitute for force (such as fraud) against any other man or group of men. “The Market for Liberty” Linda & Morris Tannehill (1970)

Time to take a stand.

Paratattein (παρατάττειν)  “Form the line!” — attributed to Leonidas to prepare his men for battle at Thermopylae

“…if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” — Churchill, The Second World War, vol. 1, The Gathering Storm (London: Cassell, 1948, 272, on the British guarantee to Poland in Spring 1939.)

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QUOTE: “Just cause your mother says that she loves you … …. ….”

Thursday, October 16, 2025

“Just cause your mother says that she loves you, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check it out.” — Dick Blood New York Daily News CityDesk and Columbia journalism professor reported by Catherine Herridge 2025-09-18 On Watch podcast

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HISTORICAL: ORIGINAL draft of the Declaration of Independence

Thursday, October 16, 2025

https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/original-draft-of-the-declaration-of-independence

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‘This changes absolutely everything’: Glenn reads rediscovered ORIGINAL draft of the Declaration of Independence

BLAZETV STAFFJULY 07, 2020

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https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/jefferson-s-three-greatest-achievements/the-declaration/declaration-rough-draft-transcription/

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The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of unremitting [repeated] injuries & usurpations, among which appears no solitary fact to contradict the uniform tenor of the rest but all have [all having]in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.

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He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it’s most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobium of INFIDEL Powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.

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In Glenn’s rant, which I’ve always enjoyed, he asks the question “Why wasn’t this taught in history class?”  An excellent question.  I never knew there was such a significant “original draft”.  Or even suspected such.

He points out that the DoI had to be unanimous and was blocked by South Carolina and Georgia.

The coalition of the thirteen original colonies was so fragile that the issue of slavery couldn’t be addressed at that time.  So sad. A missed opportunity.

It’s a shame that the Left has so politicized the issue of “slavery” that they have obscured what the Dead Old White Guys want to have posted.  Th USA would have been a different country if this was common knowledge.  Even today.

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HEALTHCARE: Can’t trust anything you been told!

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

https://nj1015.com/autism-rates-acetaminophen-claims/

Media clash over acetaminophen and autism: NJ families deserve answers
Bill Spadea
Published: September 24, 2025

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According to one of the sharpest and most respected minds in medicine, Dr. Marty Makary from Johns Hopkins, now serving as the FDA chief, there are 27 studies that in fact do show a link between the commonly used pain drug and autism rates.

Even the company itself posted on X (then Twitter) saying they do not recommend their product for pregnant women.

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Anyone questioning the elites behind big medicine and big pharma are painted as “conspiracy theorists” and dismissed. This is a real disservice to families with children with autism.

We should be questioning every vaccine, every drug, every poison in our water and food supply. We should welcome the scientific studies being promoted despite the millions that the big guys have to suppress real information that threatens their profits.

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Spadea reiterates what I first heard from Sharyl Attkisson

“Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

It’s not that you have a tin foil hat; it’s because you can’t trust anything you been told!

The celebrities, politicians and bureaucrats are all speaking like “authorities” on a topic.  And the inet just amplifies their ignorant propaganda.

A famous line from the inet is that “all the folks that were vaccine experts last week are now experts in ballistics”.  Wish I could create a pity encapsulation of that.  Best I can come up with is:

“Well, I’m not a <<<insert profession that requires a lot of study>>>, I have never played one on TV, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but here are some simple thoughts.”

I don’t pretend to be an expert in anything, but as fat old white guy retired injineer who’s a poor old senior citizen on a fixed income I think I have common sense.

For example:

  • The Amish don’t have obesity or autism.  Therefore, I suspect that we don’t know <synonym for excrement> about why that is.
  • No office tower has ever collapsed from a fire.  Therefore, I suspect that there maybe other explanations.
  • An intact terrorist passport is presented as evidence; how could that have survived in perfect condition.  Therefore, I suspect that there is more to the story than we know.
  • I don’t believe in the JFK “magic bullet” theory.  Therefore, I suspect a conspiracy.
  • The size of the Pentgon damage and the size of a plane don’t match up; the missing money evidence was destroyed and no videos? Therefore, I suspect that this is not the truth.
  • 7 WTC had financial records evidence that was destroyed in the collapse. Therefore, I suspect that this was too convenient.
     
  • The OKC bombing destroyed all the HRC WhiteWater evidence. Therefore, I suspect that also this was too convenient.
     
  • The East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, a chemical disaster covered up by Governor Mike DeWine’s Ohio EPA and the media has “memory holed” it. Therefore, I suspect that this was a conspiracy.
     
  • The Government’s Decades-Long Cover-Up of TWA Flight 800 was eventually uncovered but no one was punished. Therefore, I suspect that this is not unique.
     
  • SSN# 042-68-4425 is used by BHO44. Therefore, I suspect he was born in Kenya.
     
  • DJT47 assassination attempt in Butler PA needs an impartial investigation; what did CNN know and when did they know it. Therefore, I suspect that this was either propaganda or a conspiracy.
     
  • Was Epstein CIA or Mossad and who killed him. Therefore, I suspect this whole story id one big conspiracy.
     
  • The “ballot dumps” in the same key states at the same time elected Biden. Therefore, I suspect a conspiracy.

And on and on and on and on.

If I had the power, I’d pick out the “little people” at the root of the event and offer them a plea deal.  Just like how they roll up drug gangs, the Mafia, or bribery scandals.  Keep working up the “food chain” until you get to “the truth”.

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men played by Jack Nicholson

We’re entitled to it!

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SECURITY: Germany may dictate no end-to-end encryption

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

https://digitalchew.com/2025/10/05/chat-control-could-break-encryption-warns-signal/

Chat Control Could Break Encryption, Warns Signal
Reginald Edward
October 5, 2025

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Key Takeaways

  • Signal’s president warns Germany that Chat Control could destroy user privacy.
  • Chat Control forces apps to scan messages before encryption.
  • The plan would weaken secure chats and allow mass surveillance.
  • Signal says it will leave the EU if Chat Control becomes law.
  • Germany’s vote on Chat Control could shape global privacy rules.

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And what happens when one Gooferment does it —  whatever the particular “it” is, other Gooferments think “what a great idea” and do it too.

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RANT: Socialist Insecurity — not a Secure Retirement Plan — is a Ponzi scheme

Monday, October 13, 2025

https://internationalman.com/articles/revealed-5-more-dangerous-myths-of-modern-finance-11-15-exposed/

Revealed: 5 More Dangerous Myths of Modern Finance (#11–15) Exposed
by Nick Giambruno

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Myth #13: Social Security Is a Secure Retirement Plan

Social Security is often sold as a “safety net,” a dependable program where you pay in during your working years and collect later in life. It sounds responsible, almost like a personal retirement account managed by the government.

In reality, it’s nothing of the sort.

The money you pay in today doesn’t go into some locked box with your name on it. It is spent immediately to cover current obligations—mostly to today’s retirees and other government programs.

Social Security isn’t voluntary, it isn’t market-based, and it doesn’t offer real security—especially not for younger generations who are coerced into funding a system that likely won’t support them in return.

That’s why the more accurate name is Socialist Insecurity.

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“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!

“For those looking for security, be forewarned that there’s nothing more insecure than a political promise.” – Harry Browne

I’ve read rants by some about if they had had their “voluntary” “Social Security Insurance” “contributions” and the return on “investment”. 

Specifically, “A person retiring at age 65 will only benefit more from Social Security relative to a private investment in the S&P 500 if he is a low earner and lives to be at least 96 years old. For those retiring at age 70, the only individuals that benefit more from Social Security are low earners who live to be at least 94 years old and average earners who live to be at least 108 years old.”

https://www.cato.org/commentary/social-security-vs-stock-returns-no-contest#

Wish I could find that Facebook post that compared ROI on voluntary” “Social Security Insurance” “contributions” versus DIY investing.  The difference was huge. 

The Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats are drones and parasites on “We, The Sheeple”!

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JOBSEARCH: “Nothing is 100% risk free”

Sunday, October 12, 2025

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2025-10-08>>

FROM 1440 https://join1440.com/

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Back Pay Uncertainty

President Donald Trump signaled yesterday that furloughed federal workers may not be guaranteed retroactive compensation when the government reopens, a potential shift from previous policy that covered roughly 750,000 employees.

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https://reinkefaceslife.com/2025/02/13/jobsearch-federal-governemnt-employees-are-learning-that-nothing-is-100-risk-free-the-hard-way/

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I remember that Gooferment employees would tell me that they’re 100% secure in their Gooferment GS13 position.  Wonder how they would evaluate that now with DOGE chainsawing whole departments and agencies.  I used have heated discussions with those poor confused souls that “Nothing is 100% risk free”.  I pointed to my and my mother’s experiences at AT&T.  We both had “gold watch” syndrome (i.e., the good corporation would care for its valued people from cradle to grave).  I took the buyout and she didn’t.  And she never realized that the “rules” had changed.

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Seems like a past prediction is coming back to haunt Gooferment bureaucrats.  

No matter what you want to believe, reality intrudes.

Sad to say, “told you so”, but as a recovering “gold watch” syndrome victim myself, you can’t trust your future to anyone but yourself.

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