The interaction on this comment from yesterday is encouraging. If you are interested in the creation of the Federal Reserve, allow the great Bill Still and his iconic documentary The Money Masters help get you going. Some great nostalgia points as well if you are over 40.
Replying to @WallStreetApes
Bill Still has a really great doc on this topic.
youtube.com/watch?v=bm6oeRgx…
This is amazing news!
BREAKING: While a new War for Oil erupts in the Middle East
A Physics Paper just quietly dropped TODAY that will eventually make Oil, and the entire current Energy Industry, irrelevant.
Ushering in the era of Zero-Point Energy
@EagleworksSonny
Here is the breakthrough🧵
The Alice in Wonderland technique: a method to dismantle logic by flooding the brain with contradictory messages, emotional whiplash, and disorienting nonsense.
Maybe you've noticed something like it in your feed this week?
Learn more here:
youtube.com/watch?v=2iDI-un8…
If you are interested in economic content @handre is a must follow account. An absolute treasure trove waiting to be discovered here, you will not be disappointed.
The Great Depression wasn't capitalism's failure—it was the government's masterpiece of economic destruction, and Murray Rothbard proved it beyond any doubt.
The crash began with the Federal Reserve's massive credit expansion during the 1920s, pumping artificial money into the economy and creating the mother of all asset bubbles. Interest rates were held artificially low, encouraging malinvestment on an unprecedented scale. When reality finally hit in 1929, the correction should have been swift and painful but brief—exactly what happened in the forgotten depression of 1920-21.
But Herbert Hoover had other plans. This supposed "laissez-faire" president immediately launched the biggest peacetime government intervention in American history up to that point. Wage controls, massive public works projects, agricultural subsidies, and direct interference with the natural liquidation process. Sound familiar? Roosevelt simply continued and expanded Hoover's disastrous policies.
British pedophile John Maynard Keynes later swooped in to provide intellectual cover for this catastrophe, claiming that government spending and intervention had *saved* capitalism rather than nearly destroyed it. The Keynesian myth persists: that "animal spirits" and mysterious psychological factors caused the Depression, requiring wise technocrats to manage aggregate demand.
Complete nonsense. Rothbard showed us the truth—central bank credit expansion created unsustainable booms, and government intervention transformed a necessary correction into a decade-long nightmare.
The Austrian theory of the business cycle explains it all: artificially cheap money distorts price signals, creates malinvestment, and when the music stops, only liquidation can clear the wreckage. Government "solutions" just pile more wreckage on top.
An opportunity to learn a bit of history is my favorite thing about X. Thanks to @PatriotPine76 for sharing.
Before the American Revolution forged our nation in the fires of liberty, a humble printer delivered one of the first decisive victories against government tyranny. The 1735 trial of John Peter Zenger stands as a shining example of why free speech and the right to speak truth to power are cornerstones of conservative principles and American greatness.
William Cosby, the royal governor of New York, was the embodiment of corrupt, arbitrary rule. He manipulated courts, dismissed judges who opposed him, and enriched himself at colonists’ expense. When Zenger’s New-York Weekly Journal dared to print factual criticisms of this abuse, Cosby responded not with reform, but with the iron fist of the state.
Arrested on November 17, 1734, for seditious libel, Zenger spent nine grueling months in jail. Under British law, truth was no defense. If the publication brought the government into disrepute, it was criminal — regardless of facts. The fix was in: a Cosby-aligned judge and hostile proceedings.
Yet justice prevailed thanks to Andrew Hamilton’s masterful defense. Hamilton told the jury: It is not just about whether Zenger printed the words, but whether they were TRUE and whether FREE MEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION. He urged the jury to rise above technicalities and serve as the conscience of the community.
The judge tried to limit them to mere publication facts. But the jury — ordinary citizens — knew better. They deliberated briefly and declared: NOT GUILTY!
This acquittal was explosive. It planted the seed for the First Amendment. Gouverneur Morris, signer of the Constitution, hailed it as “the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.”
It affirmed jury power as a check on executive overreach — a vital conservative bulwark against tyranny.
In our time, echoes of Zenger abound. Legacy media and Big Tech collude with government to suppress inconvenient truths about borders, elections, inflation, and cultural decay. “Misinformation” labels are the new seditious libel.
Conservatives must champion this legacy. Truth isn’t partisan; it’s essential. Defend independent journalism, oppose censorship, and empower the people over elites.
Zenger’s victory proves one man with courage and a printing press can challenge an empire. We, the heirs of that spirit, must do the same today.
#ZengerCase #FreeSpeech #FoundingPrinciples
Wonder why money actually works?
It's not magic—it's just something that does 3 key jobs really well, and has 6 practical traits to pull them off.
Understanding this makes economic debates (inflation, policy, crypto) way less intimidating. Let's break it down simply! 🤑📷
#MoneyBasics #EconomicsForEveryone
2/3 For money to nail those jobs, it needs these 6 Properties (classic traits):
Durability → Lasts through use (does not rot or break over time).
Portability → Easy to carry (wallet beats hauling gold bars or cows).
Divisibility → Split without losing value (a $20 bill can buy a $2 coffee and you receive the difference back in change).
Uniformity/Fungibility → One $10 bill = any other.
Acceptability → Everyone trusts and takes it.
Scarcity → Can't flood the market, or value tanks.
These explain why some things become money—and others flop.
3/3 Functions = the jobs.
Properties = the features that make jobs possible.
Policy tweaks (like printing too much) hit scarcity or stability causing everyday pain (higher prices or erosion of savings).
When balanced? It quietly powers prosperity for us all.
Bonus modern twist: In digital money (like Bitcoin), verifiability—easy, trustless proof it's real/not fake—becomes huge. Blockchain makes it instant, boosting recognizability and trust without a central authority.
Bottom line: Money isn't some distant, scary thing. It's a tool with clear rules we all rely on daily.
Understanding these basics helps cut through the noise on economic policy. What surprises you most here?
Drop thoughts below! 👇
#PersonalFinance #Econ101
Really impressive presentation by @ProofOfMoney if you are interested in the innovations that made Bitcoin possible. No hard sell going on in here, just fun history. Thanks to @PantsToTravel for catching my attention on this one.
Replying to @digijordan
Watch this video to better understand what all went into the creation of Bitcoin xitter.cf/proofofmoney/status/20…
John Wooden wasn't just the greatest college basketball coach ever (10 NCAA titles, 7 in a row, 88-game streak).
He was a master teacher of life.
His Pyramid of Success (created in 1948) is a timeless blueprint for excellence—not about winning games, but becoming your best self.
Success, per coach Wooden:
"Peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable."
#PersonalGrowth #Motivation #CoachWooden #SuccessMindset
As we prepare to "Defend Democracy"™️ in Iran and beyond...the more thing change, the more they stay the same.
Had three offers from local dealers to buy silver for $100 at Tuesday close price of $112. Took less than 30 minutes. The refinery backlog is real, tremendous selling pressure in physical due to the current price. A little willingness to find dealers, make the calls and ask questions is all it takes as there is absolutely nothing special about me.
Also, shout out to the precious metal dealer community. In my 15+ years of dealing with these people I have found people who are willing to teach, inform and make honest recommendations. Bad actors exist in every industry, but if you are new to PM's or considering entering this market, spend some time speaking with different dealers in your area, ask questions, do your own homework, and the good people to deal with will become self evident. In my experience it will be most of them.
Colin Trant retweeted
"One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again."
— Thomas Sowell
Believe them when they show you who they are.
THEY’RE EVEN GOING AFTER THE DOGS!
In Minneapolis, anti-ICE agitators are targeting our @CBP K-9s, including K-9 Dina, pictured here. At the kennel where K-9 Dina was staying, it was discovered that an employee had written "ICE OUT" on her feed chart.




















