The Rise of Populism Reflects the Decline in Individual Freedom
https://mises.org/mises-wire/rise-populism-reflects-decline-individual-freedom
By Mihai Macovei
> While the ruling elites decry populism, what they don’t say is that populism has arisen precisely because the ruling classes have done everything they could to diminish freedom.
Let's Be Honest: The Economy Is NOT Doing Well
https://mises.org/mises-wire/lets-be-honest-economy-not-doing-well
By Connor O'Keeffe
> Despite the usual cheerleading from the Biden-supporting mainstream media and academic economists, the US economy is in trouble, and everything Biden is doing makes things worse.
It Was The FBI Behind The Governor Whitmer Kidnapping Plot All Along
From The Kim Iversen Show
About the guest:
> Christina Urso is an independent journalist, currently directing and producing her first documentary film on the FBI's Gov. Whitmer "kidnap plot" called "Kidnap and Kill: an FBI Terror Plot."
That the FBI was responsible for this is old news, but there's a new documentary chronicling the saga.
The Tariff of Abominations and the Era of Good Stealings
https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariff-abominations-and-era-good-stealings
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
> Being able to ladle out millions (or billions) in taxpayer dollars to the moneyed classes was always the pipe dream of Alexander Hamilton and his political heirs.
The Bitcoin Halving Explained
From Bitcoin University
# Video Description
In this video, I discuss the Bitcoin halving, and how the block subsidy gets cut in half every 210,000 blocks, or approximately every 4 years. The halving helps to strengthen the Bitcoin network, by weeding out inefficient miners, while leading us closer to the end of new BTC issuance and the final max supply of 21 million coins.
Unlike fiat currencies which are managed by central bankers, Bitcoin's monetary policy is programmatic and transparent. Everyone knows the rules of the system that they are opting into, and there is no room for insider trading and control.
The halving is also a good reminder of why it's important to keep Bitcoin's block size small. Limited block space helps to create a robust transaction fee market for Bitcoin that can help it to transition from a network mainly funded by new issuance (block subsidy) to a network that is funded fully by transaction fees.
This will become increasingly important as the block subsidy continues to get halved every 4 years. When a block is not completely full, it's still possible for people transacting to bid only 1 sat/vb. When blocks are full, that's when the transaction fee pressure ratchets up, and can help to replace lost revenue from the block subsidy declining.
The Same People Who Let Off Epstein Are Now Letting Off Diddy
https://odysee.com/@KimIversen:d/the-same-people-who-let-off-epstein-are:f
From The Kim Iversen Show
What's going on with the P. Diddy situation?
One development is that the same US attorney who helped cover up the Epstein crimes has been assigned to the Diddy case.
March Report: The Recession In Full-Time Jobs Is Here
https://mises.org/mises-wire/march-report-recession-full-time-jobs-here
By Ryan McMaken
> Since August 2023, total part-time jobs has increased by 1.4 million. During the same period, full-time jobs fell by more than 1.3 million.
Ha! Team Lebron suffers from poor chemistry and falls to infighting. I hadn't considered that.
Why Millionaires Need Bitcoin
From Bitcoin University
# Video Description
In this video, I discuss why millionaires need Bitcoin.
As we near the end of the long-term debt cycle, there are numerous signs of government finances in trouble and property rights being eroded. If you own only paper assets (stocks, bonds, funds, etc) and real estate (immobile and subject to jurisdiction risk), you may not be able to protect your wealth from a ravenous state and its irate citizens.
Bitcoin is the best way to protect your wealth from monetary debasement, censorship, and confiscation. BTC gives you optionality, since it can easily be taken anywhere (even in a brain wallet, by memorizing just 12 words).
If you are trying to solve for the problems that we have discussed in this video, don't buy a Bitcoin ETF. It will just sit there in your brokerage account along with your other stocks and ETFs, vulnerable to attack or freezing, while the real BTC is sitting over at Coinbase Custody, subject to a 6102-type attack.
Would you take 5 Birds over 5 Lebrons?
The Greatest ALL-AROUND Player... Larry Bird?
This is just a fun video about how awesome Bird was?
I do wonder who people think of as the best all-around player. In this video, the argument is that while many players were better at some stuff, Bird was good at everything while everyone else was below average at something.
This goes along nicely with two of my favorite approaches to the GOAT debate:
1. Would a team of 5 Larry Birds beat a team of 5 Jordans or a team of 5 Lebrons?
2. Would any other player add more average value than Bird if you just dropped them on each NBA roster throughout league history?
More Easy Money Will Plunge Us into Stagflation
https://mises.org/mises-wire/more-easy-money-will-plunge-us-stagflation
By Daniel Lacalle
> Inflation and artificial money creation through deficits and monetization are a gradual transfer of wealth from working people to the government.
The CRE Bust is a Slow-Moving Train
https://mises.org/power-market/cre-bust-slow-moving-train
By Douglas French
> Eventually rents will crumble as will values. Owners and lenders will restructure the mortgages or the properties will be liquidated. Things have always moved very slowly in CRE.
Fixing FDR’s Biggest Blunder: From Gold Standard to Fiat Folly and Back
https://mises.org/mises-wire/fixing-fdrs-biggest-blunder-gold-standard-fiat-folly-and-back
By Jp Cortez
> On this day ninety-one years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt via executive order seized gold legally held by Americans, criminalizing the use of sound money. Our economy and our nation has never recovered from this act.
Abolish all Treason and Sedition Laws
https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolish-all-treason-and-sedition-laws
By Ryan McMaken
> States know that treason and sedition laws are about much more than matters of law and order. They are essential components of enhancing state power. The time has come to abolish legal concepts like treason and sedition altogether.
All Eclipses in the Solar System Ranked
## Video Description
> Solar eclipses don't just happen here on earth - moons of other planets also pass between those planets and the sun, resulting in various types of solar eclipses on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and even non-planets like Pluto, Eris and various asteroids. So, where are the best eclipses in the solar system? For that, we need a tier list.
The Truth about Bank Privacy
https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Financial-surveillance:e?r=8T2xqWjtafHWYGxQBSsrbw1wQPm7sWRq
From Naomi Brockwell
# Video Description
Financial privacy has practically vanished over the last 50 years. Most people are in denial about it, and still believe that their relationship with their bank or their credit union is confidential -- the reality couldn’t be further from that.
In this video we walk you through the history of how financial privacy slowly disappeared, and how we built a gargantuan financial surveillance system that no one really understands the extent of.
00:00
Financial Privacy is an Illusion
02:14
Pre-1970
03:23
Bank Secrecy Act
08:02
Annunzio-Wylie AML Act
10:38
Patriot Act
12:51
$600 Rule
16:17
The Future Ahead
18:24
Is This the World We Want?
We have slowly built a gargantuan system of unchecked financial surveillance, and it’s time to question whether this is the world we want to live in. The first step is just making people aware of how far financial surveillance norms have shifted in just a few decades.
It’s Much Easier To Bomb a Family's Home” Israeli Ops Admit
From The Kim Iversen Show
> Israel Intelligence admits to targeting Hamas fighters while at home with their families and allowing the killing of 20 civilians for low level Hamas fighters.
"Conspiracy" Is Not a Real Crime, and Trump Isn't Guilty of It
https://mises.org/mises-wire/conspiracy-not-real-crime-and-trump-isnt-guilty-it
By Ryan McMaken
> “Conspiracy to commit X” is not “X.” Rather, conspiracy crimes are “crimes” of words and thoughts that can be prosecuted even if there is no victim and no underlying crime actually occurred.
Artificially Low Interest Rates Are Creating Economic Chaos
https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificially-low-interest-rates-are-creating-economic-chaos
By Joakim Book
> In this review of Edward Chancellor’s The Price of Time, Joakim Book notes that a market economy cannot function correctly when central bankers manipulate interest rates.