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Arthur Amendt
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A beef farmer by day and a Bitcoin node manager at night, I'm amazed by the potential of Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, and Ecash. When money isn't scarce, everything else is. All animals are equal except those who print currency. Other experiences I enjoy talking about: Solar, lithium, Home Assistant, Ubuntu, Tollgate Basically a Bitcoiner, Educator & Angel Investor.
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Congrats Vancouver! Bitcoiners working to build better things!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-bitcoin-reserve-1.7408208

LOL of course so many tropes would be in a CBC article. Surprisingly the comment section is open, for now.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/4063d45a48ff12dbfdde46a3d5643d3d1a368c626b08f6618a67bac6fb3e861e.mp4

This guy just dropped the HARDEST Bitcoin rap in front of Vancouver's City Council.

Replying to Avatar mIX

Congrats Vancouver! Bitcoiners working to build better things!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-bitcoin-reserve-1.7408208

LOL of course so many tropes would be in a CBC article. Surprisingly the comment section is open, for now.

6 in favour 2 opposed and 3 absent

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Congrats Vancouver! Bitcoiners working to build better things!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-bitcoin-reserve-1.7408208

LOL of course so many tropes would be in a CBC article. Surprisingly the comment section is open, for now.

Vancouver City Council passes motion to adopt Bitcoin #yvr

The average Canadian only makes 64 million sats per year.

ie. 32,000 sats per hour. I think we are in a recession. Only 15% of Canadians save for 4 years. #adoption

It is probably because 98% of bitcoin nodes run Linux. They probably don't see an embrace extend extinguish scenario happening.

Was bitcoin and invention or a discovery?

I have this little memory from my childhood regarding owning a personal gun. It may be irrelevant to you guys but I am just sharing the story.

So, it was the time of 1983/84. There were around 12 households in my neighborhood. Only two of them had firearms. Both the houses with guns were really poor, one family even lived in a small hut made of bamboo. They didn't even have any young people in the family.

The other 10 households were of decent condition. They had many young people in their family, and had other measures to protect themselves. Just no guns.

At that time we had some communal violence in this area. Police station was around 10 kms away. All the households except the two with guns suffered a lot. Goons destroyed some houses, looted the others. But never even touched the two small huts that had guns.

Compared to that, now we have a police station just 1.5 kms away. The people don't have communal violence anymore. And they don't have the guns too. Despite of that, everybody had to suffer periodically because of occasional rise in theft and burglary.

One thing I realized for sure is that having a gun in my hand is way better than having a policeman with a gun near me.

As an Indian, owning a gun is really really difficult for me. Still, I hope one day I will own a real gun and protect my family from danger. I hope one day property rights, personal liberty and right to privacy will get enough importance in India that owning a gun would not be that difficult anymore.

What you say is so true! I also would rather live peacefully in my community without guns, but it seems peace only comes from personal responsibility. As the head of a household we can't had that responsibility of safety of others over to the police station all the time.

Yes, I do take a break for doing a technical analysis on bitcoin. We are doing the same as the last 2 bitcoin cycles https://charts.checkonchain.com/btconchain/technical/technical_epochcycle_price_-1/technical_epochcycle_price_-1_light.html

# #Hythe food drive 2024

My ATB bank in Canada doesn't allow me to etransfer to satoshi@bullbitcoin.com I right away get a call from the fraud department and they tell me I can't send this.

I know a&w, Burger King and some MCDonalds offer a "Lettuce Wrap" or bun free option.

I think having tallow fries would be a tall order for fast food restaurants. Canola oil is cheap.

I got a kick out of Bobby's post. It looks like he is caught with his hand in the cookie jar. 😄

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Standing just 5 feet tall, Joanne Walsh, a grandmother in her early 70s originally from Ottawa who now resides in Burlington, was arrested during the Freedom Convoy protest on February 19, 2022, following the invocation of the Emergencies Act. Walsh faced two counts of mischief and one count of obstructing a peace officer.

Walsh spoke with The Canadian Independent over the phone after her court appearance today and said, like many Canadians, she headed to Ottawa to protest the federal government's COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions and border measures.

Initially, Walsh says she was represented by a lawyer provided through The Democracy Fund for her Freedom Convoy-related charges. However, after discussions between her lawyer and the Crown about a possible plea deal, including a suspended sentence, probation, and a fine, Walsh opted to represent herself and take her case to trial.

“I wanted to take this trial all the way. I wasn’t in a position to accept any plea deals,” Walsh said.

Walsh says she appeared in court today expecting her trial to begin but was informed that all charges against her would be stayed. She believes the decision to stay the charges stemmed from “obvious evidence tampering” in her disclosure.

Her case is one of many arising from the controversial invocation of the Emergencies Act, which a federal judge ruled unconstitutional on January 23, 2024. Justice Richard G. Mosley’s decision has since sparked numerous lawsuits against the federal government, including one involving Walsh herself. The federal government has since filed an appeal against Mosley’s decision, and a first hearing date is expected in early 2025.

Walsh was also part of a lawsuit against the federal government over the ArriveCAN app, which was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to enforce public health and border measures for travellers entering Canada.

The app required travellers to submit mandatory information before arrival, including proof of COVID-19 vaccination, details of their quarantine plan if applicable, and a self-assessment of symptoms. Launched as a voluntary tool in April 2020, it became mandatory for most travellers in November 2020, with non-compliance leading to potential fines or enforced quarantine.

In the summer of 2022, Walsh travelled to the United States for a short trip after the border reopened. Upon her return to Canada, she presented her vaccine certificate to border agents, who refused to accept it, insisting she use the ArriveCAN app. When Walsh declined, she was issued a ticket and ordered into a 14-day quarantine.

On August 24, 2022, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) filed a constitutional challenge against the federal government on behalf of 11 Canadians, including Walsh, who were either fined or ordered to quarantine for not using the ArriveCAN app. However, the Federal Court ruled the case moot on July 19, 2023, and the JCCF decided not to appeal.

Reflecting on her victory in court today, Walsh broke down in tears. “You’re never too old to fight for your country,” she said. “I wanted to be a voice for the 170 people who were arrested alongside me on February 19, 2022.”

I would like to remind everyone that "You're never too old to fight for your country-- Jo Wash

The charges of mischief x 2 and obstruct of the police (the green guys that weight more than 3 times she did) where stayed.