Had our windows cleaned today by a couple of 20 y.o. College kids. I Asked one of them if they had bitcoin. He said, “No, but I have ethereum.”

I tipped him with bitcoin.

Imagine if that became the norm…

I’m a libertarian/conservative. I voted for Trump both times and I’ll vote for him again.

I’d rather have a Rand Paul or a Thomas Massie, but that’s not going to happen anytime soon.

I live in Michigan, which was “lockdowned” (what a shitty word, let’s call it what it was: Tyranny).

Thank god I live in a rural area 20 mins from Indiana.

My wife and I were in Indiana 2-3 times a week for some freedom. And drove to Florida 5x’s (because I would not wear their slave mask to fly).

Republican ran states - as bad as they initially were, were far, far better than Democrat ran states.

Christ - Michigan took millions of dollars to Indiana and beyond during that BS.

I’ll take 1/2 a loaf, maybe even 1/4 of a loaf, as opposed to none.

We have had 3 meetups in Colon, Michigan.

Magic Capital Bitcoin

(Find on X, orange pill)

We are in a small town.

3 Hours east of Chicago. Hoping to have a 4th in early August.

Because we are 3 hours from Chicago, 2

Hours west of Detroit. 3 hrs North of Indy and 90 mins South from nostr:npub1j9lf47qjgk94jhzdx24wwta8g8vus5lpaa87xwr89aectd30mjnqx0xy0g we are hoping

to be a central meetup place

for a large geographical area. 2 of our meetups were on a Saturday. Meet at a small

Town Black Box theater for Devs (I’m not a dev. But more than willing to give devs a space to showcase their work/ideas/. It has a stage, lights and sound - seats up to 80-90 if needed)

then a few

Doors down to our pizzeria: Five Star Pizza, for a bit for pizza, Cheesecake, pop; then next door to the American Legion for drinks.

Hit us up if you’d like to make something happen.

I’ll be at Nashville Bitcoin next month.

Same

I’m at porcfest in New Hampshire. I’m not an overly emotional guy (usually 2 moods: fairly happy/content - then pissed off about something - then back to fairly happy/content)

Not artsy really either. But tonight I walked through an art exhibit called “Out of Lockstep”.

Showing the Bullshit that was the covid tyranny. Truly moving. Damn….kuddos to the creators. I highly recommend you see it if you have the chance.

Here’s one pic:

Day 2 of porcfest2024 in the books.

Met some more great people.

I’m locked into my local, but were I 30 years younger, New Hampshire would be very enticing.

First day of porcfest 2024 in the books.

Great day. Met a lot of very interesting, liberty loving people. Thank you to all that make this thing happen every year.

@porcfest

#porcfest

At porcfest in New Hampshire.

The Free State Project has been a great success.

Basically they have tried to induce like minded freedom advocates to move here and try to heavily influence their legislature, among other things.

You see many libertarian minded republicans running for and winning office here.

If I were younger this place would greatly entice me to move here. Bonus: it’s a beautiful state.

#porfest

Being a father has been the greatest joy I’ve ever had in life.

I just took my 31 y.o. Son to the Detroit airport today. He and his GF went back to Austin and I flew to Boston, to drive up here to porcfest, in New Hampshire.

For me, it never gets easier saying goodbye to him. I wish he lived a lot closer to his mother and I.

It’s really quite sad, each and every time we part for me (and I’m not very soft person at all - but this gets me every time)

But my18 years with him, was the highlife of my life. Hands down.

I have an older step daughter with his mother as well.

We should have had more children (or adopted). Biggest regret of my life. Bar none.

He and his GF don’t seem too interested in having children (I think there is quite a bit of Nihilism in the 30ish y.o. Crowd - and I kind of don’t blame them after what they’ve been through with these last 4 yrs of Bullshit)

BUT - I tell him, if u don’t want to have children - go save one…

or even more, by adopting.

He says - he needs to get his own life together first.

I disagree.

They both make good money, and just made the intelligent move to leave California for Texas and save a boat load of money per annum. I say - u r never ready. Never really.

When he was 3 days old - I was driving to a town 90 mins away to build a pizzeria. I already had a couple, but now I had 4 mouths to feed. And I was scared shitless…

But I had so wanted a child.

Best thing that ever happened to me. Best thing ever.

I hope you make the choice to have it save a child or 3.

It’s the most fulfilling, happiest, saddest, best, warmest, hardest thing you may ever do. And all the pain - and there will probably be some pain - is all worth it.

I wish you well.

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#porcfest

Headed to Porcfest today. On a flight to Boston soon and then driving up. Hope to meet many more freedom, loving individuals again this year.

I owned 1/2 a bar/restaurant from 2015-19. Servers might get upset - a bit - if they weren’t tipped, but rarely did I ever see any of them actually ASK for a tip. That’s just bad form.

Enjoyed the lake today. Love going under (barely) the bridge! :)

https://m.primal.net/IfJB.mov

Wrong one. Here’s the correct video.

https://m.primal.net/IfIs.mov

Great day on the lake.

https://m.primal.net/IfIl.mov

That 2 people had sex and I was the result is just nothing I ever took pride in. It’s kind of like being 7’ tall, young, healthy and being able to slam a basketball. That’s just winning the genetic lottery.

[ I’m 5’5”, so perhaps I’m just jealous :) ]

I have no idea of the genetic makeup of my heritage other than we look white and the last name is Thornton; so I assume we came from the UK - though I really don’t care.

I’m also the oldest of 5. The middle sibling was adopted from S. Korea. For most of my life she has been my favorite and I’ve always considered her just as much of a “real” sibling as my Caucasian biological siblings.

I just kind of hate the division and the tribal aspect of a lot of this.

I heard a guy give a speech the other day. Now this guy was a Slave mask adherent, hid away forever, agreed with the tyranny. He Actually had the guts to tell me, in an extremely heated argument:

“This Governor saved you!”

I can’t help it he was scared out of his wits by the fear mongers. I can’t help that he chose a life of servitude and compliance. I can’t help it if he followed the tyrannical orders his masters.

In fact I kinda feel sorry for him.

I fell sorry for his weakness. But that’s on him.

In the recent speech he stressed - yes stressed - that:

Face to face meetings in your life are important.

Wow….

I’m guessing he has no idea the irony of those words. None whatsoever….

I was on the fence about homeschooling our son 25 years ago. But a public school teacher friend of mine - (his wife homeschooled their 3 children) helped me make the leap. The final push was that my father-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer and he and my son were very close. So I figured we needed to spend all the time we could with him.

One need only look at the stats - you would be hard pressed to do worse the government school. Especially early on. If you look at it that way - you have nothing to lose.

After 2 years (and I regret this) we put him in “regular” school. But - I still took him out at least 30 days a year up until about 8th grade (then sports and friends made him fairly busy)

I would say well more than 70% can educate thier own children. And maybe it’s even 85%? 95?

Early on It really only takes the 3 R’s, sprinkled in with whatever else you want: some history, some art, physical activities, field trips, maybe just driving around talking.

We basically did whatever from 9 or 9:30 until noon, then maybe 3 times a week we had lunch with my father-in-law.

The things our son learned from my father-in-law can not be measured.

Just talking day after day to a then 65 y.o. Man and listening to the wisdom he has gleaned over a lifetime is a gift he never would have gotten had he been in a government school everyday.

And remember - you never get time

Back.

If you have Love, commitment, a little energy, you can educate your child. Just jump in. I wish you well.

Carl

Damn….

Pathetically sad day for America.

What a shit show…