Grateful beyond words for this blessing. Wagyu A5 in all its glory. Each bite, a reminder of the craftsmanship, dedication, and tradition that make this possible. Moments like these aren’t just about indulgence but about appreciation—for the journey, the hands that prepare it, and the privilege to experience it. Stay humble, stay grateful #nostr. 🙏

Brian Berletic former US marine had a very good observation:

🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Tarrifs Aimed at Preparation for Blockade/War on China

▪️It should be remembered that President Trump's previous "bad" tariffs were not only kept in place under the Biden administration, they were expanded upon over the last 4 years indicating this is a bipartisan "deep state" agenda;

▪️Follow-up tarrifs on not only China but now also Canada and Mexico are aimed at further permanently decoupling the US from China, not at negotiations or the stemming of "drugs" and "illegal immigrants," all of which are fabricated pretexts;

▪️Tarrifs have precipitated a cost of living crisis in the US (coupled with a similar crisis in Europe linked to sanctions on Russia), a crisis both the Trump and Biden administrations are clearly indifferent to;

▪️The goal is very obviously to prepare for war with China, including a blockade of Chinese maritime shipping US moves against Panama and Greenland both serve as steps toward preparing;

▪️Under the Biden administration, the reorganization of the US Marine Corps into an anti-shipping force likewise served as preparation for this;

▪️China and its trading partners (virtually the rest of the world) need to realistically face this and prepare for this US plan to strangle multipolarism in the cradle - negotiations with the US must be done with this in mind, realizing the US has no intention of ever striking an actual deal, but is instead preparing the battlefield;

▪️China's ability to innovate and replace US imports as well as diversify and protect alternative exports elsewhere from US destabilization (both regime change installing anti-China client regimes and the backing of violence targeting Belt & Road Initiative routes) will determine the outcome of Washington's actual objectives;

Reminder that as things shift from traditional media to alternative media (podcasts, influencers etc…) the intelligence agencies will just co-opt the podcasters

and they’re extremely easy to co-opt. Perhaps 100x easier than traditional media.

🚨🇺🇸HISTORIC: US FREEZES MOST FOREIGN AID FOR FIRST TIME EVER

For the first time in U.S. history, nearly all foreign aid has been frozen following an executive order from Trump.

Only military aid to Israel and Egypt and select humanitarian food programs remain exempt.

The U.S. is the largest global aid donor, spending over $50 billion annually on programs ranging from health and education to disaster relief.

This freeze impacts thousands of initiatives worldwide, leaving aid groups scrambling as they face immediate funding cuts.

The move aligns with Trump’s directive to review all foreign aid spending, ensuring it fits his foreign policy priorities.

Sources: Times of Israel, USAID, AP.

Ross free, yet?

GM

Self built SeedSigner or Jade Plus?

#asknostr

Who owns DCG?

This New Year's party was great!

We finally had a two-hour family conversation about #banks, #value, #gold, #btc, #houses, #investments, and #inflation.

Mom was very interested but grandparents fell asleep. We popped a campaign, watched some fireworks, hugged everyone, ate some goodies and went to sleep. I just love them all.

#nostrdad #family

If you want to get away from the high-velocity trash economy and toward an economy built by and working for the American people you need to fix the money.

People need to be able to work blue collar jobs and store the fruits of their labor in a money that cannot be debased by central planners.

Central planners should not have the ability to issue debt, print money ex-nihilo and through it at unproductive endeavors without opportunity cost or accountability.

Those closest to the central planners shouldn't be able to benefit unduly compared to the Common Man. The central planners should not be the ones planning.

Immigration policy and DOGE don't fix this. Bitcoin does.

"everyone should work 80 hrs a week, or they're lazy"

no they shouldn't. human beings are not slaves that you can command around like automatons. we're not numbers on a screen, integers in a codebase.

the end goal of a society is not a higher stock price, or fatter net income margins.

the goal of a society is a preservation of the culture, ideals and traditions that it holds, and the continuation of those into the future.

the top 1% obsessed autist engineers, cracked founders, and narcissistic surgeons can go ahead and work 80hrs a week- sacrifice family and health for their work.

have at it.

the rest of society, whose goals are not making $200K in sales a year or seeing how many employee of the month awards they can stack up, should not work this much.

99% should be focused on building their health, creating families, education, and self improvement.

there is a certain nobility in the common man.

don't forget who fights the wars, who digs the ditches, and who carries the trash.