I think he says beware and not be aware 😂

Congrats! I've got a son due in July. Very excited.

My gut feeling is that the next several generations of kids will become obedient little puppets that are highly suggestive and fall in line easier. Probably more prone to commie influence and totalitarianism.

We fked up

I hope I’m wrong.

Since I’m not going to X and it’s usually my main source of news, anyone up here got news from what’s going on in politics, money, or Bitcoin that I may not have heard?

I’ll zap 210 sats for each thing I hadn’t heard that I find interesting or good to know. 👍🏻

25k sats to the first three people who make me laugh.

Chosen by me. Entirely subjective.

25k sats to the first three people who make me laugh.

Chosen by me. Entirely subjective.

My dad is helping me move today - he's driving my car 😅😅😅

So far I like it as it grows and doesn't die, which is very unusual for plants I have at home. It's the auk mini. Was a gift 😅 literally.

The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!! DJT

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12% is crazy

Bro I might have fucked up the math

A 20% tariff on wine sounds simple.

But in the U.S., wine moves through a system designed to multiply cost:

Producer → Importer → Distributor → Retailer → You

Each layer adds its margin.

So when the base price goes up, the whole chain compounds it.

Here’s how imported wine moves through the system:

→ Producer sells the wine for $10

→ Importer adds 35% → $13.50

→ Distributor adds 30% → $17.55

→ Retailer adds 40% → $24.57

That’s how a $10 bottle becomes $25—before any tariff.

That’s just the system.

Now let’s add a 20% tariff to that $10 bottle:

→ Producer + tariff = $12

→ Importer markup → $16.20

→ Distributor markup → $21.06

→ Retailer markup → $29.48

The price didn’t rise by just $2.

It rose almost $5—because each step adds margin to a higher base.

That’s the multiplier effect.

This system what put in place after Prohibition.

The government banned direct sales to control alcohol.

They split the chain into tiers to make it easier to tax and track.

It’s not efficient. But it is law.

And that’s just the sales chain.

Even American wine relies on foreign parts.

Most bottles come from China.

Most corks come from Portugal.

Many barrels come from France.

So tariffs raise production costs here too.

A $10 bottle doesn’t become $30 because of a tariff.

It becomes $30 because of the system.

Tariffs just amplify the effect.

If this helped explain wine pricing in America,

please like or repost to help spread the word.

Tomorrow: how we ended up relying on foreign glass.

Bitcoin decoupling from equities here is incredibly bullish

“President Trump has secured more private investment in his first 11 weeks than Biden secured over his ENTIRE first term.”

1) it is interesting that he completely ignores india

2) no historical cycles involved nukes