Libertarian Leanings

CNN: Our focus was to get Trump out of office

In their own words… pic.twitter.com/qBKtOuai3m

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 5, 2022

Cause of the Fire is Currently Unknown

Angers Hagstrom, Fox News:  Biden’s Secret Service rental vehicles burst into flames after he left Nantucket vacation

Biden spent Thanksgiving on the ritzy Massachusetts island with his family last week. The Secret Service rented five vehicles from Hertz to carry the president and his family, and all five of them caught fire in the parking lot, according to footage first obtained by the Nantucket Current.

Footage shows firefighters spraying down the smoldering remains of one vehicle's engine block. The five vehicles included a Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, Ford Expedition and a Jeep Gladiator.

The vehicles were parked at the Nantucket airport and the blaze reportedly spread to just 40 feet away from the facility's jet fuel tanks. It is currently unknown what caused the fire. Fox News reached out to the White House for information, but they did not immediately respond.

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If You Have Two Cows...

The economy explained ... all over the world.

I died laughing listening to this. It is worth it.
3 minutes. 🤣

🔊sound ...🤣 pic.twitter.com/5vBEfsFq8P

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) November 28, 2022

Glenn Greenwald Launches "System Update"

Digital Health Passports Would Monitor People's Movements

Steve Warren, CBN News:  G20 Leaders Agree to Global Vaccination Passport System: 'Where Will It End?'

The world leaders' Bali Declaration, included a section (s.23) on "facilitating seamless international travel." The impact would be vast because the G20 countries comprise more than 66 percent of the world's population. 

The agreement called for shared technical standards and verification methods, including vaccine passports. It also commits to "support continued international dialogue and collaboration on the establishment of trusted global digital health networks that should capitalize and build on the success of the existing standard and digital COVID-19 certificates." 

In a separate updated document, the G20 vows to: "Endeavour to move towards interoperability of systems including mechanisms that validate proof of vaccination, whilst respecting the sovereignty of national health policies, and relevant national regulations such as personal data protection and data-sharing."

It has been proposed that this digital health certificate would adhere to World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Under the proposal, only if a person has been vaccinated or tested according to those standards would they be able to travel internationally. 

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Adam Frisch Concedes Colorado's 3rd Congressional District Race to Lauren Boebert

Chris Pandolfo, Fox News:  Colorado election results: Boebert opponent Frisch concedes race ahead of likely recount

More than a week after Election Day, the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District remains uncalled and is likely headed to an automatic recount, but Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's Democratic challenger conceded the election Friday.

Boebert held a threadbare lead over former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch, a Democrat. 

As of Friday, with nearly all the votes counted, Boebert holds a 551-vote lead over Frisch out of nearly 327,000 votes cast, a difference of 0.16 percentage points. The Associated Press has deemed the race too close to call and will not do so until a potential recount happens. 

Under Colorado state law, a mandatory recount occurs when the margin of victory in an election is within half a percentage point. 

A recount in the race could take several weeks to complete. A Colorado statute instructs that a recount must be completed 35 days after the general election, which would be Dec. 13 this year. 

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This Week's Favorites...

...at PowerLine.

 

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Accountable Tech and Twenty-Five Groups Demand Restoration of Censorship on Twitter

Jonathon Turley, JonathonTurley.org:  Clinton-Linked Dark Money Group Targets Advertisers to Stop Musk From Restoring Free Speech Protections

In the shift of the left against free speech principles, there is no figure more actively or openly pushing for censorship than Hillary Clinton. Now, reports indicate that Clinton has unleashed her allies in the corporate world to coerce Musk to restore censorship policies or face bankruptcy. The effort of the Clinton-linked “Accountable Tech” reveals the level of panic in Democratic circles that free speech could be restored on one social media platform. The group was open about how losing control over Twitter could result in a loss of control over social media generally. For Clinton, it is an “all-hands on deck” call for censorship. She previously called upon foreign governments to crackdown on the free speech of Americans on Twitter.

We have been discussing how Clinton and others have called on foreign countries to pass censorship laws to prevent Elon Musk from restoring free speech protections on Twitter. It seems that, after years of using censorship-by-surrogates in social media companies, Democratic leaders seem to have rediscovered good old-fashioned state censorship.

Accountable Tech led an effort to send a letter to top Twitter advertisers to force Musk to accept “non-negotiable” requirements for censorship.

General Motors was one of the first to pull its advertising funds to stop free speech restoration on the site.

Of course, the company had no problem with supporting Twitter when it was running one of the largest censorship systems in history — or supporting TikTok (which is Chinese owned and has been denounced for state control and access to data). Twitter has been denounced for years for its bias against conservative and dissenting voices, including presumably many GM customers on the right. None of that was a concern for GM but the pledge to restore free speech to Twitter warrants a suspension.

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Banking the Most Ballots from the Least Motivated - Democrat Platform

Everyone must understand+internalize this. Ballot harvesting means elections are no longer about persuasion. It’s a 4-6 week window to bank the most ballots from the least motivated. To gain enough power to end this abomination you must first beat the Democrats at their own game. https://t.co/A82orJuaQA

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) November 17, 2022

The Eyes of the World are on Maricopa County

This man makes an incredibly compelling argument. pic.twitter.com/lPK3D0nBqt

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 17, 2022

Tulsi Gabbard, Former Democrat

Biden Admin is giving blank check to military industrial complex & corrupt bureaucrats in Ukraine, while pushing for 87k new IRS agents to squeeze every penny from Americans. Their actions expose who they really care about. It's not us. It’s a govt of, by & for the powerful elite pic.twitter.com/CdhumgNm6S

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) November 16, 2022

FTX

Ian Muir, Scotland Today online:  “So here’s the Story.”

Then there are these small details

1. The West donated billions to the “war effort”
2. Zelenskyy invested that money into FTX
3. CEO of FTX is the 2nd biggest donor to the Democrats (after Soros).
4. FTX filed for bankruptcy.
5. Billions go missing.
6. The End.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day.

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About Steroids and Weight Lifting

This detransitioner did an experiment confronting doctors about giving HRT to young people who think they are trans vs giving hormones for other reasons.

It went exactly how you would think. Watch till end pic.twitter.com/pta4VVMxOz

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 13, 2022

Midterm outcome making sense now?

Sundance, The Last Refuge:  The Modern Electioneering Process of “Ballot Submission Assistance” is Taking Center Stage

Any state or federal system that links a physical identity to the secretary of state voter rolls is good.  Any system, like the USPS postal change of address system, that would remove physical identities from the state voter rolls is not useful.  The goal is to maximize the number of systems that generate registration, that eventually generates ballots.

Beyond the Driver’s License issue, it’s everything.  Sign up for public assistance, get registered to vote.  Sign up for state benefits, get registered to vote. Sign up for a state id, get registered to vote. Sign up for state college, get registered to vote. Sign up for a grant, get registered to vote. Sign up for unemployment, get registered to vote. Sign up for any state system and get registered to vote.  Get married, change names, change addresses, etc, that’s how the voter rolls expand and that’s how the massive distribution of ballots is created.

The states then fight against anything, any effort, any process, that would purge voter rolls or fix incorrect voting rolls.  To use the new electioneering system, the system operators need ballots created, they no longer need votes.  They need ballots.

Downstream from this process that’s where you find the “ballot submission assistance” programs.  This is where the local community networks, regional activist groups and widespread community organizers come into play.  Instead of advertising or the previous electioneering systems around candidate promotion and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts, the majority of donations to the DNC are now used in the ballot assistance programs.

SIDEBAR – Now keep in mind, the origination of the ballots starts with expanded voter rolls.  The rolls contain the registry status of people, regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

If you were going to hire a printing company to send out fancy wedding invitations, you would need to provide that third-party with the names, addresses and details of the invitation recipients, right?  Now, overlay ballots into a similar framework.  Do you remember the recent issue of Konnech (CEO Eugene Yu), an election technology company, indicted for transmitting the data files of every registered voter in Pennsylvania (and more) to China?

Inside that Konnech story is how the modern ballot creation issue connects to the activity of Eugene Yu.  Did pre-printed ballots arrive en-mass, in the U.S.A, as a result of the massive data files transmitted to China?   That might be a sticky-widget for quite a few interests.  Then again, what state just dropped the charges against Yu on the day after the midterm election?  Oh, California. I digress…

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Laundering

👀💯💸 pic.twitter.com/66V1oS2hlN

— 3Commas (@sapper79) November 14, 2022

John F. Kennedy Describing the State of His Party Today

He was right all along…pic.twitter.com/FGg9uzw5x5

— Internet Bill Of Rights (@WikiLeaksUS) November 5, 2022

Crypto Carnage Exposes Untold Risks of Unbacked Digital Wealth

by: Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service

Cryptocurrency markets were rattled this week by the abrupt collapse of FTX, a major exchange.

Facing a wave of customer requests for withdrawals, FTX announced it was experiencing “liquidity” issues. Rival firm Binance initially offered to help facilitate an emergency rescue of FTX.

But after some investigation of FTX's finances, Binance concluded, “the issues are beyond our control or ability to help.”

The “issues” reportedly include widespread misappropriation of funds in client accounts.

FTX had specifically touted itself as a safe and secure platform. It turns out, FTX may have just been playing a confidence game in an industry rife with con artists who lure in suckers with promises of digital riches that are ultimately based on nothing.

Is a Great Reckoning Coming in Crypto Markets?

In the fallout from FTX's collapse, Bitcoin prices plunged to a two-year low. The leading cryptocurrency is now down 75% from its all-time high.

Bitcoin promoters insist that with blood in the streets, now is a great buying opportunity.

Detractors argue the reckoning in crypto markets is far from over. They say most digital tokens are intrinsically worthless and that confidence, now rapidly eroding, is the only tenuous thing that gives Bitcoin market value.

Of course, Bitcoin has the proven potential to generate explosive moves on the upside. But whether its next big move is to double in price or get cut in half is purely a matter of speculation.

Crypto markets have tended to show a strong correlation to the stock market (the technology sector in particular), but with amplified volatility.

Cryptos have shown less of a correlation with currency and precious metals markets. Even as Bitcoin plunged 25% this week, gold prices gained 2%.

Bitcoin Is Not Digital Gold

Whatever the merits of speculating on or “hodling” Bitcoin, it is no substitute for hard money. “Digital gold” Bitcoin is not!

The yellow metal has largely avoided the volatile selling seen in cryptos and equities at times over the last several months.

Although gold prices remain range bound, they have recently started rallying off their lows, breaking above the $1,700/oz level this week. Silver has rallied more strongly, potentially signaling strength to come for gold.

Precious metals held in physical form insulate investors from the counterparty risks associated with digital assets and financial assets.

The collapse of FTX could be the canary in the coal mine warning of broader risks on not only crypto exchanges, but futures exchanges, stock exchanges, and the banking system itself.

The aggressive pace of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and the resulting volatility in debt and equity markets could soon raise liquidity “issues” in and major financial institutions. Any highly leveraged large firm that fails to prepare adequately for rising risk factors could run into trouble suddenly and without warning.

During the financial crisis of 2008, some precious metals investors lost the holdings they entrusted to the financial firm MF Global after it suffered catastrophic losses on risky investments.

Hold Your Metals Personally or in a Non-Bank Depository

The lesson is that – if you don’t want to store your gold and silver personally – core holdings should not be deposited at financial institutions or held without a formal storage agreement, i.e. a “bailment” arrangement.

When considering storage options, make sure you have direct title to your coins and bars and that they are insured within a highly secure facility that is independent of the banking and brokerage systems, such as Money Metals Depository.

There’s nothing wrong with speculating on cryptocurrencies, penny stocks, or futures with money you can afford to lose if you are so inclined.

But for money you can’t afford to lose, you need to minimize both counterparty risk (the potential for catastrophic loss due to a third party’s failure or malfeasance) and inflation risk (the potential for steady erosion of purchasing power).

It is difficult to avoid counterparty risk with cryptocurrencies if you intend to trade them. It is impossible to predict whether they will appreciate with inflation over time considering the brief and volatile history of the asset class.

Bitcoin cannot be seen or touched in the physical world and cannot be used for barter or exchange without an internet connection.

In the event of an economic crisis or U.S. dollar collapse, which would more reliably retain value: A gold bar and a handful of silver or coins or a Bitcoin along with a smattering of Dogecoin held on some exchange in the digital ether?

The answer is that when hard realities set in, real wealth trumps digital wealth.

If you are looking for an asset class that has stood the test of time, been used by kings and governments to protect their wealth and is recognized all over the globe, then there really is no choice, Gold remains the key asset class to hold for wealth protection and security.

It will be a long time, if ever, before Bitcoin or any digital currency comes close to providing the value that gold does.

 

Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange, the company recently named "Best Overall Online Precious Metals Dealer" by Investopedia. A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, TheStreet, and Seeking Alpha.

It Was Actually Worse...

Piers Morgan Vaggzine Transmission Admission - with Andrew Tate blasting out truth at the end
- absolutely disgraceful period in history, a must-watch clip: 🤨 pic.twitter.com/INEIAkJoMD

— Ivor Cummins (@FatEmperor) November 11, 2022

Imagine Me Posting a Tweet From Jill Stein

If you think CIA disinformation - that sold us wars from Viet Nam to Iraq - somehow isn't driving war in Ukraine, i have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. https://t.co/vbsuKRCuQe

— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) November 8, 2022

Independent Corroboration of '2000 Mules'