X? What is that anyway?

You're almost there. When you realize they hate you because you remind them of something in themselves and they want you dead to kill the reminder if their self hatred, you'll be getting closer.

All they want is distruction because they hate all that is good and beautiful. Oh, it ain't just democrats either.

Gary,

I fart in your general direction.

I used to agree wholeheartedly. I think it stems from one's view of 'authority'. If there is such a thing as legitimate authority, then there could be such a thing as a legitimate tax.

I understand the point, but I also believe there is legit authority in the world, thus a legit tax would not be theft.

Then the question becomes, who/what is a legit authority. Also, just having legit authority does not mean any and all taxes are legit. Therefore, what, how and how much to tax is also not so simple.

I didn't want to get into the etymological fallacy but I wanted to get a sense of where the words even came from. To know exactly what at least I mean when I use those terms.

Authority comes basically from 'author', meaning progenitor, the builder, creator, owner etc... Thus anyone they 'author-ize' has 'author-ity'.

Tax was essentially a 'burden'. Yes, in its origin it was almost always placed upon you by another, but it is not necessarily so. We all know that caring for our home and property can be taxing. One could even say that such maintenance is stealing my time (it TAKES time) that one might wish/will to be doing other things. Nature 'taxes' me with rain and falling leaves in my gutters. Call it a tax or not, she places a burden upon me.

I start from there and consider what may and may not be appropriate. If I have, for instance, ownership/authority over something and you wish to be there or use it in some way, I may certainly charge you, burden you with a payment.... tax? What's the difference?

Just something to consider. I'll leave off there...

Extortion is a type of theft.

I'm not an expert but I kinda thought it was because Primal was fetching my latest feeds from multiple nodes, thus multiple repeated posts with each fetch. Whatever it is, it's above my paygrade and I'm sure someone will address it at some point.

Welcome to the bleeding edge, I guess. The chaos will continue until order is achieved.

How old are your musical tastes?

"What's your name?"

1. "I've seen you before."

2. ", and she said G, l, o, r, i, a..."

3. "Who's your daddy?"

4. ", little girl?"

My choices say something about me. Did I miss your favorite?

There is no Ukraine. The contracts are complete. Ukraine belongs to Blackrock now, if Russia doesn't take it all.

Many facts are accurate, though many are not. The application of the facts to build narrative is almost always a lie. Not an error of interpretation, but a lie to destroy truth, beauty and culture.

Looked up 'Ashigaru'. Infantry employed by Samurai. One article title 'The Overlooked and Underappreciated Warriors'.

Much appreciated and overlooked is kind of the goal. Thanks for the heads up!

My guess is he has multiple npubs with the same handle and profile pic. So when you block one, another finds you. It's most likely someone who wants the spam problem fixed so they are exaggerating the effects to 'encourage' a solution.

I don't see him much on Primal or noStrudel plus, I use a couple of paid relays that may filter him better than I can. When I see him, I mute/block him so I don't always know when he is replying to my notes.

You may feel free to not expend your energy on me for things like this.

Yes. That's a polite, 'piss off with your scam.'

They caught this guy. You'd have to pay me a whole lot to do the prison sentence this guy is looking at.

Didn't look close enough at the image on my phone. The Ressurection Lilies I have are a different variety, not know as Spider Lilies which these probably are. Here are the ones I called them. They are closely related but not the same.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_squamigera

ETH, the shitcoin mother ship, on a long term downward slide, hit a 3yr and 5 month low today against Bitcoin.

How does anyone still think it's a good idea, or investment?

I like the delusion in the last sentence. Seigniorage is "funding themselves". lol. No. It's not self funding.

So, there are some positives to the competency crisis.

They goby several names. Surprise Lilly, Naked Lady (because no foilage), and Resurection Lilly.

They should make an attractive green clump of tall green, very grass-like leaves in the spring for a few weeks. They will die off and you can mow them at that point. A few months later these stems and flowers 'resurrect' from the bulb.

You can divide the bulbs and spread them about every two or three years. I believe the bulbs should be 6-7 inches deep to get good flowers. Check that last part for sure.

👆 Not Peter...