Mike B

Grok seems to have a good idea where I might like to live.

@robbystarbuck The remaining 246 are probably worried about being primaried if they spoke out.

Only 13 Democrats out of 259 in Congress put their signature down opposing socialism. That’s 5% of the Democrats in Congress. Another way to look at it is 95% of Democrats in Congress refused to oppose or outright SUPPORT socialism. Face it: Socialists run their party now.

When all of the billionaires leave they will certainly change the law to 100 millionaires and when they run out of them 10 millionaires...

@Xinorven @FenixAmmunition I believe you misunderstood my reference to Animal Farm.

@TerseReply @FenixAmmunition Not all of us pigs are pro flock.

The person in charge of the free speech platform isn't just a casual excuse-maker for warrantless mass surveillance, he's a full on deepthroater for it. "American municipal infrastructure". Get the fuck out of here.

@AlexBerenson “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.” — Roger "Verbal" Kint, The Usual Suspects (1995)

Watched The Sixth Sense last night with my kids, who didn’t know the ending and were blown away. Flash poll, which 1990s twist movie (the nineties were the decade of the twist) is the most surprising/satisfying:

@LawrenceLepard The founders knew the risks of fiat money yet failed to adequately protect the future. It is unfortunate the Constitution did not also forbid the government from issuing itself or by proxy fiat money. It was only required of the States themselves.

Bitcoin is a REVOLUTION. It is much more than number go up. It is an invention which can free humankind from the long sad history of monetary debasement, which empowers few and taxes everyone else. In a fiat system the wrong people win. We all pay for it. It is unjust and unfair. Throughout all of human history we never had a monetary standard that did not dilute over time. Now we do. Those of us who are partisans and are fighting for it understand the stakes. Freedom, fairness, prosperity, less war, etc. Unsound money is the issue of our age. Currently few see it, but this will change. This Fourth Turning is well on its way and the monetary issue will be resolved. As I observe the current Bitcoin landscape and the attacks on its leaders i am reminded of the opening of Thomas Paine's second writing, The American Crisis. Written in December 1776 after Washington had gotten his ass kicked on Long Island and retreated from Brooklyn and through New Jersey, Paine wrote: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of their country: but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have the consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem to lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value." Sound money has to win. Sound money will win. History will be kind to sound money partisans. This is about a lot more than number go up. Don't forget why we are in this fight. Spread the word. The system they run is evil. We know the antidote. Time is on our side.

@TFTC21 This might go down as a bad decision of epic proportions. The market is near a significant top and they might delay until after a crash. It’s about what I might expect from Sam Altman — ego over mission success.

OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its IPO until 2027 according to the New York Times. The reason: Sam Altman called anything below a $1 trillion valuation a "non-starter." When advisers presented two options, go public this year at a lower valuation or wait until 2027 for a shot at $1 trillion, Altman chose to wait. CFO Sarah Friar has reportedly been pushing for the delay, citing massive cash burn, compute infrastructure commitments, and the burden of public reporting. The decision isn't happening in a vacuum. SpaceX's IPO on June 11 was supposed to be the biggest tech listing in years. Shares priced at $135, rocketed to over $225, then gave back most of those gains. SpaceX now trades around $153, barely above its listing price. If SpaceX couldn't sustain momentum, OpenAI's team is right to wonder what happens when a company burning cash at their rate faces the same scrutiny. There's also the government angle. On the same day OpenAI announced GPT-5.6, it revealed the launch was limited because the US government asked them to. Following Trump's June 2nd executive order on AI assessments, OpenAI is now rolling out access "customer by customer" with government approval. That kind of regulatory uncertainty doesn't exactly make for a clean IPO story. The $1 trillion target tells you where Altman's head is. OpenAI's last private valuation was near $850 billion. Rather than accept a public market haircut, he'd rather bet that another year of revenue growth closes the gap. It's a bold move that assumes the AI hype cycle sustains through 2027 and that no competitor materially changes the landscape in the interim. SoftBank shares dropped over 12% on the news. When the most anticipated tech IPO in years would rather stay private than risk not hitting its number, it suggests the valuation gap between private and public markets remains wide and that the reckoning over AI capital expenditure returns is still ahead of us.

@BasedMikeLee We should also get a refund. Perhaps we sell them the land our bases are on after we dismantle them?

Europe mistreats America Time to leave NATO

@RealAngelaMc @LibertyLockPod We are becoming the greatest enemy of our own beliefs by accommodating being used this way.

@LibertyLockPod Yes. Dems are dumping tons of money into getting (mostly left) libertarians onto the ballot as spoiler candidates across the country.

Brief rant This is EXACTLY what libertarian power politics looks like. You run as a spoiler candidate. You get offered real power. You play ball. You make a difference. What does the LP do with it? They put out the recording and damage the guy who did the same thing to head HHS I have to assume the candidate recorded the call with RFK Jr Now, the door slams shut. Not just in Iowa. Likely, nationwide. No more offers. No access. Nothing. You could've done this across the country and gotten a dozen or more people in a position to make a difference. Instead, no one will. Is it a dirty game? Yes. Of course. We're fighting over the reins of a 7 trillion dollar per year behemoth. But if you don't want to play that game you simply aren't serious about weilding power at all. It's performative. It's basically holding a protest sign outside of the federal reserve and expecting it to collapse. It doesn't work. It never will. It changes nothing.

@aelfred_D How about how Arron Burr saving us from Alexander Hamilton possibly winning the presidency?

Just imagine the scandals Franklin could’ve gotten into

@KristinaFitzsi @grok There were changes to the laws for credit unions in 1998 that changed them into entities that are little different than banks. Local banks can be a good option but make sure they have a good Texas Ratio. (Yes, that is a thing and it also covers credit unions.)

@grok I’ll wait for X money. I hope they will put banks like these out of business. Also, I think local credit unions are a far better option than institutional banks. Crooks. Thank you for letting me know.

@PNCBank charges 2.5% to cash a check from their account holders 😂 What a joke

@LibertyLockPod If libertarians were serious about obtaining useful power they would emulate the strategy the DSA is using with the Democrats. Libertarians however have a major advantage in that they could choose to run in either party and legitimately defend the choice.

@ggreenwald Will he get jail time or just a fine?

John Bolton once called for Edward Snowden's execution. He even fantasized how, saying Snowden "ought to swing from a tall oak tree." Bolton is now a convicted felon for mishandling classified information: not to inform the public but to profit off a book. Get the noose.

@beinlibertarian What are the chances it's just the fine (which he can afford) and no jail time?

John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining classified information

@FBIDirectorKash The problem is how 'facts' seem to change with every administration. There are too many laws and a different party might prioritize different things.

Despite the “coverage” from the Fake News Media, this FBI will always do its job in pursing the facts, and bringing those who do wrong to justice. -DKP🇺🇸

@america No longer being intimidated by overused words intending insult is a good first step to reversing the problem.

GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer: “There is nothing racist about calling out a criminal. Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from.”

@Slate The main point of the ruling was that the **government** can not make the decision for the private property owner. The 2nd Amendment is a restriction on government. Thus the result is essentially self evident.

As Justice Jackson wrote, “there is no right to carry a gun onto private property without the permission of the owner.” The majority did not even contest this point. slate.trib.al/r25AHcn

@MarioNawfal They should get points for honesty.

I have a feeling someone’s getting fired 😂

@EdLudlow I don't understand why the debt investors would be surprised. I expected a higher premium than the result. However, as an equity investor in SpaceX I really appreciate them for helping lengthen the maturity of SpaceX debt at reasonable rates.

SpaceX's $25B bond sale isn't aging well. Investors are sitting on roughly $305M in paper losses, and the longest-dated bonds have already wiped out all of their post-pricing gains, suggesting some buyers were in for a quick flip, not the long haul. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@zerohedge Android is such a lousy platform for anyone who cares about their privacy.

Elon going for the phone after all SpaceX Plans New Starlink Mobile Service for US Consumers: FT