Did a Canadian TV interview tonight on the US loosening cannabis rules -- just madness that this still exists and Canada! beat the US to the punch
accountant friend of mine applied to the OpenSats job (“to make Gigi less crazy”)— best place to send a recommendation? nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc
*Consumer Choice Radio EP 187: A Perfect Recipe of Awful*
Boy, times are tough, aren't they?
For this episode, we talk about ongoing tariffs and trade lunacy that are continuing to create hardship for consumers. What's the answer?
Then, it's the ongoing wildfires and bad public policies that create them. Is the answer just under our nose?
Since inflation is once again getting nasty and consumers are paying for it, we play our last interview with Pierre Poilievre, now Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons.
https://omny.fm/shows/consumerchoiceradio/ep187-the-perfect-recipe-of-awful
The “Reject CBDCs and Protect Financial Privacy Act”is now a finalized model policy for state legislatures to adopt if they want to promote financial freedom for their residents.
Say NO to CBDCs while protecting Bitcoin (and crypto) innovation
https://alec.org/model-policy/reject-cbdcs-and-protect-financial-privacy-act/
I will happily provide a bitcoin address to the DEA
Argentina still proving to be an interesting test case for Bitcoin layer politics
https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/the-great-argentine-central-bank
wow snort looks beautiful now.
None of it helps considering astronomical Canadian consumer debt
Any travel tips for South Korea?
of course as soon as I write about coups and economic fallout in Latin America, AOC is in Chile talking about that coup and military junta
What does Bitcoin-curious, central-bank-smashing Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei portend for economic reform? And what could it mean for #bitcoin?
me for fix the money
https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/the-great-argentine-central-bank
New York Times obviously has a right to publish whatever story they want. Yes.
But did they really need to STILL do SBF's bidding even after his billions of dollars fraud was exposed?
Mind you, all of this was why the judge revoked his bail and sent him straight to jail
every political news article that comes out this summer: "Lord it's damn shame"
This week we speak with Dutch startup founder and advisor Bram Kanstein (what's ur npub bro) about Bitcoin in the startup world, and lessons from the fiat mentality that surrounds it.
Lesson? Exit the fiat mindset.
https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/breaking-the-fiat-mindset-how-to
After spinning up a few US VOIP numbers, I just cannot see how we continue to tolerate these spam phone calls
The US Federal Trade Commission thinks consumers need to "take one for the team" by sacrificing their savings, in both time + money, that Amazon provides. If antitrust hipsters go full *Amazon wild* and win in court, we all lose.
my first article in USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/08/09/amazon-ftc-antitrust-fight-bad-deal/70548885007/