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They're now calling it 'discourse' What happened to disinformation?

By now, you've probably seen a host of graphics in the swampwaters of social media, hastily cobbled together by run-of-the-mill milquetoast leftists. Virtue-signalers, viz.

A meme gone viral over the last few days is a checklist that attempts to pacify the reader with a bunch of platitudes, one being "Contribute to discourse, not division."

This, of course, is a less-than-subtle dig at non-leftists. Gaslighting. To oppose the leftist agenda naturally causes "division" in the minds of these people.

However, and as a matter of principle, it is really only our people who have been the ones to contribute — and show interest in — discourse so-called. We're the ones with ideas and questions.

They're the ones scolding you and forcing compliance with their inanities.

In other words, the left divides. Their people dismiss you and want you dead.

The underlying motive is still not entirely clear, but it matters not.

Remember if you wanted to learn more about the coronavirus mania and the resulting panic? You were told to shut up, wear a mask, and get injected with vaccines. Any information that did not tow the party line was called "disinformation" and was not allowed within their polite society.

That's division.

Now, it appears that the political left — the most violent and destructive force in the entirety of Western Civilization — still runs cover for those within its ranks. Lately it's for those who express displeasure in the fact that the gunman in Butler, Pennsylvania "missed."

Once again, this is nothing short of division. There is no discourse where this is remotely appropriate. Yet, the talking heads in corporate media circles and the lunatic fringe spouting "conspiracy theories" are nonetheless given free range.

The meme concludes: "We can transcend the bitterness and be better, even when we disagree."

No we can't. They should, however.

It is their problem and it is much more than disagreement. It is an impossibility.

Where there was once a large fissure within the culture, the last several days have revealed a cleaving on that divide.

For it is not tenable to maintain a polity or a culture with people that hate you and want you dead.

These people are your enemies. They are the dividers.

It is personal. They came for your family and your livelihood. They'll do it again.

It is political — which is, to say, little more than the simple distinction between who is a friend and who is an enemy.

And it has nothing to do with elections.

Some people might think there are hard choices to be made. To the contrary — the choices aren't difficult.

Painful perhaps, but pain is part of life. It's unavoidable.

Suffering, on the other hand, is a choice. For too long folks have been entirely too comfortable suffering and enduring under this regime.

Admittedly, the left may be a catalyst for such "victim mentality," but mentality is a choice.

Attitude is also a choice and you are in control of your choices.

As always,

Brian

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Links:

• Tucker talks to Vlad about the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. They must have been listening to Purcell and O’Leary … https://x.com/TCNetwork/status/1755748344465342565?s=20
• O’Leary side project (Natural Order Podcast) breaks down the entire Tucker-Vlad interview… https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep18/
• Possible definitions of “petrodollar”
  • 1. Revenues from petroleum exports. Dollars paid to oil-producing nations (petrodollar recycling).
    1. The currency of oil-producing nations usually fluctuates with the price of oil. E.g.s when the price of oil rises, the currency has more value. Vice-versa … when the price of oil falls, the currency’s value drops. Thus, Petrodollar/Petrocurrency?
    2. The pricing of oil in US dollars: currencies used as a unit of account to price oil in the international market.
• Zoltan Pozsar – Hungarian-American “shadow banker” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoltan_Pozsar
• Moscow Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_gold_(Spain)
  • In the first year of the Spanish Civil War, the New York Times reported on August 7, 1936, that Spanish gold reserves (held in Madrid) were the equivalent of $718 million (US), which was the equivalent to $15.14 billion in 2022 USD. Reports range from 72.6% to upwards of 90% of Spanish gold reserves were given to the USSR months after the outbreak of the civil war. The communist-backed government of the Second Spanish Republic under Francisco Largo Caballero either sold the gold to the Soviets or placed the reserves in Moscow for the Soviets to act as custodians. Well, that was a bad move. Largo Caballero and his Republican cause were eventually defeated by the Nationalist side and Spain was left broke, for most if not all of the remaining gold reserves were sold to France for currency. In the context of the Spanish War, the gold the Soviets ended up with (ostensibly to caretake or use for deposit on future munitions) is known as “Moscow Gold.” The gold taken in by the French is called the “Paris Gold.”  
• King Juan Carlos I of Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I There is speculation that Spain stayed out of the western oil embargo during the 1970s because of the then-prince and future-king’s business dealings with the Arab oil merchants.Juan Carlos abdicated the Spanish throne in 2014 and as of 2020, he now makes the United Arab Emirates his permanent residence.
• Warren Mosler – It doesn’t matter what currency you trade in … What do you save in?https://moslereconomics.com/https://warrenmosler.com/
• Wesley Schlemmer on The Brian D. O’Leary Show https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/building-wealth-with-bitcoin
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show

January 27, 2024

Wesley Schlemmer – Bitcoin Bay Ep. 94

 

Wesley Schlemmer is a leading bitcoin (₿) evangelist and educator in the Tampa Bay region. One of the goals of his 501c3 organization — Bitcoin Bay — is to create a circular economy with bitcoin at the center of it all. We had Wesley on the show a few months back to talk about “taking the orange pill.”

 

Wesley is a born-and-raised “Florida Man” who is working to Make America Florida.

Links and topics mentioned: Bitcoin Bay

·        https://www.bitcoinbay.live/

·        ₿itcoin Bay 𝕏-Twitter - https://twitter.com/bitcoinbaytpa

·        ₿itcoin Bay Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinbaytpa

·        ₿itcoin Bay nostr – https://iris.to/npub1tampasjf5z0rllvrh8nlqckrjtzzj9590uljzeuu6ymsr8hq9pjsrw0ynt

·        ₿itcoin Bay Telegram - https://t.me/+6TaP_y99LpM3NmIx

Florida Beef Initiative

·        https://floridabeefinitiative.com/

·        The mission of the Florida Beef Initiative “is simple yet profound: to create a self-sustaining local economy where wealth circulates within the community. We achieve this through a blend of traditional practices and modern innovations.”

Price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

·        CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/

Fountain.FM

·        We are big fans of Fountain.FM at the Brian D. O’Leary headquarters. Earn bitcoin while listening to podcasts… who wouldn’t love that?

·        Fountain is now out of beta testing and it is a great podcast app.

·        Sign up today to start earning ₿itcoin at Fountain.FM

Monero

·        Monero is a private, decentralized cryptocurrency that keeps your finances confidential and secure.

·        Monero is not bitcoin. “It’s a whole separate blockchain.”

ByteFederal

·        Find bitcoin ATM locations worldwide

·        https://www.bytefederal.com/

TAPSIGNER

·        The simple bitcoin wallet in your pocket

·        https://tapsigner.com/

SATSCARD

·        Like cash in hand, pass physical Bitcoin along multiple times. Gift. Anonymous. Trust no one.

·        https://satscard.com/

RoboSats

·        Learn about Robosats at robosats.com

Mullvad VPN

·        The VPN that Wesley mentioned https://mullvad.net/en

The Sound Money Soiree

·        The offical grand opening of The Bitcoin Bay Foundation and the grand unveiling of Tampa as the next Bitcoin City in the United States.

·        February 3, 2024.

·        Sign up NOW : https://www.bitcoinbay.live/sound-money-soiree

·        Coupon Code MISES will get you a discount.

·        I’ve heard that if you try coupon code WOODS it may get you a deeper discount

 

Tom Woods School of Life

·        Wesley and I are members of Tom’s growing community of people who are always learning and taking things to the next level. Find out more at the page I created for the Tom Woods School of Life

·        Some other folks from Tom’s School of Life that we’ve interviewed: https://whoisinthetomwoodsworld.com/

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December 5, 2023

Jason Purcell – The petrodollar system (Part 2) Ep. 93

 

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We welcome financial analyst Jason Purcell on the program for the second part in a series on the history of money and banking. We’re talking about the “petrodollar” once again.

Jason is working on a book on the topic which includes a chapter about his theory of the “Petrodollar System.” You can find the first episode at our Substack page (and on all podcatchers):

https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-petrodollar-system-part-1-w-jason

Jason will be on the show again soon to complete his analysis of the petrodollar system. Once we complete the discussion, we’ll have a longer compilation episode and more robust show notes page for you.

 

Topics discussed: A Spate Of Recent Deals Raises Chatter Of A Fading Petrodollar (Forbes)

·        Jason mentions this article as an entry point into our discussion.

Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran

·        Gary Richied article that Jason mentions.

"Petrodollar" search at Mises.org

·        https://mises.org/search-mises?search=petrodollar

·        Several mises.org articles reference “petrodollar” (36 at last count). Take some time and read the free resources.

·        Jason’s theory runs somewhat counter to what you’ll hear in Forbes or mises.org, but it helps to have the background

Not So Fast My Friend!

·        Lee Corso autographed 8x10 poster (eBay)

OPEC

·        OPEC countries include: Algeria, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

o   The host was unaware that Nigeria was a part of OPEC. It is!

·        OPEC+ is a loose grouping of countries that includes Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan, and Sudan.

 

BRICS

·        Governments represented are from countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Dollar hegemony (Monetary hegemony)

·        Monetary hegemony is an economic and political concept in which a single state has decisive influence over the functions of the international monetary system. A monetary hegemon would need:

o   accessibility to international credits,

o   foreign exchange markets

o   the management of balance of payments problems in which the hegemon operates under no balance of payments constraint.

o   the direct (and absolute) power to enforce a unit of account in which economic calculations are made in the world economy.

Key Currency

·        a currency which is stable, does not fluctuate much, and provides the foundation for exchange rates for international transactions. Because of their global use, key currencies tend to set the value of other currencies. Also, these currencies tend to have a stable valuation over time. A key currency usually comes from a country that is financially strong, economically stable and developed, and one that is involved in the global market.

Currency Converter (Yahoo!)

·        https://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/

Petroleum refining in the United States

·        (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_refining_in_the_United_States

Bank Charter Act 1844 (Peel Act)

·        Also known as the “Peel Act”

Bearer Bonds, et cetera in Die Hard

·        Die Hard (1988)

·        Bearer bonds and how they figure into the plot (a McGuffin, if you will)

o   Bearer Bonds

·        Die Hard $100,000 American Bearer Bond.  (eBay)  This was a real movie prop.

·        A more modestly priced replica of the “Nakatomi Bonds” available at Etsy

·        Taxes in Everything: Die Hard Edition

o   As for questions with your own taxes, and for your free report on ideas for over 60 Business Expense Ideas and a few personal deductions:  visit www.agoristTaxAdvice.com/oleary

o   Matthew Sercely, the man behind Agorist Tax Advice was a recent guest on the show. Check it out ... https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/matthew-sercely-agorist-tax-advisor

Jason Purcell’s Links

 

Jason Purcell – LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmpurcell/

 

Purcell Investments - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@purcellinvestments

 

Email Jason

[email protected]

 

Supply & Demand Update - Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supplyndemandupdate/

 

Jason Purcell Senior Writer, Financial Markets at The Lake Street Review

https://www.thelakestreetreview.com/profile/jpurcell525/profile

 

 

To learn more about the fine community of people where Jason and I first met:

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