With the Genius Act and the new implementing regulations, your money will become ‘programmable’...with algorithms in the money itself that will dictate, automatically, what you can do with it.
I awakened today to hear that there are rumblings that the US is going to eliminate the nickel, just like I (among others) predicted was going to happen soon after eliminating the production of the penny. The stated reason is that it costs more to make than the 5 cents it is supposedly worth.
My complaint when the GENIUS Act was passed was that it was a fast step toward digital currency. Not digital money; there's no such thing. Digital currency is what can be programmed, with no direct input of the user.
Just think what can happen when a truly evil regime comes to power!
An ammo can full of $2 (40 each) rolls of nickels makes a great door stop. A roll of nickels not only contains a lot of melt-value (illegal, by the way, if the metal has been coined) metal (75% copper, 25% nickel) but it makes a near-perfect way to increase the mass of a fist from baseline to face-smashing power in seconds. I invariably carry a roll when I go out, just in case I need to make "change". Best always. PM
Thank you for raising the inhumane treatment meted out on Francesca Albanese. This was simply on a whim without trial. This treatment for speaking out on Israeli atrocities in Gaza. It has apparently been for her anti-semitic hate speech which is not tolerated in the US. It is likened to racism and criticism of the LGBTQ people. So much for freedom of speech in the land of the free.
She has no criticism of Jews. She is critical of Netanyahu and his Zionist military force who appear hellbent on brutally expanding the size of Israel which was controversially partitioned out of the British League of Nations mandate after Turkey lost to the allies in WW1. It later become the UN and in 1948 a parcel was handed over to the Zionists and European jewish survivors of WW2
IMO Netanyahu has done enormous harm to the good name of the jewish people My hope is that the honourable and righteous jewish people of the world take a stand against the Netanyahu atrocities before they become similar pariahs in the world as the apartheid white South Africans of whom I happen to be one
Hard to tell whether they are getting what they deserve. Not all whites supported apartheid and were deeply ashamed of the government. Many left the country as did Elon Musk and flourished in countries such as Australia New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. Many stayed and are doing quite alright.
The sadness is that the country is now being run by an ANC criminal enterprise, steeped in Marxist ideology. Corruption and incompetence is rife. Unemployment of the black population runs at around 40%
Nobody in its right mind wants to invest in the country while there are laws on the books such as EWC expropriation without compensation of property and Black based Empowerment laws where 30% of an enterprise wishing to invest in the country needs to be donated to a black empowered group of elites.
The population is becoming aware of who is to blame and the ANC has fallen dramatically in the polls.
Yes, so many white South Africans are being discriminated against and harmed just as badly or worse than the black South Africans used to be. It sounds like the old adage holds true once again: Two wrongs don't make a right. Thanks for making that clear.
I would agree with you that"2 wrongs do not make a right" and that the racist laws favouring the black elite are both unfair and unconstitutional, but you have missed the point I wished to make and that is that South African blacks are suffering more under the corrupt and incompetent ANC government than the whites.
The whites are doing ok. I do however feel that the younger generation of blacks have got wise as to the problem and that the presnt govt will be kicked out.
It’s clear that the banking system has become possessed. Transactions are unreliable and governance seems to have been outsourced to the beast. System software is a mess, with online flags warning of functionality loss and outages a near constant feature. Notices of banking software updates talk about being compatible with “new international standards”. Loans of all types are increasingly turned down with letters in the mail that arrive a month after the loan application, with indecipherable explanations. Try transferring significant funds between banking and brokerage institutions. What used to take a week now takes a month, with any humans that might be in the loop both clueless and powerless to expedite or influence the outcome. Meanwhile we are told nothing of what is happening. The person you can speak to at your bank, on the phone or in person, doesn’t know either.
You are right on the money. We all need to pay attention. I deposited a 6 figure check to my bank. They said the funds will not be available for 9 days, fairly standard. But as often it happens the funds are available sooner. In this case they were made available the next day. So I went into the bank and drew a 6 figure cashiers check and a substantial amount of cash. Mind you, they gave me the check and the cash. In essence they were saying yup, the money is in your account and we are meeting your bank needs. The next day they overdrew my account by 60k. I complained with the logic of their own behavior (hey you gave me the money so it must have been in my account) and upon complaint they were silent. They didn't know anything. I went to corporate and they knew nothing. I have been doing business with the bank for 50 plus years; BTW it is the largest bank in the country. There was no explanation given leading me to believe it was an AI attack. The situation resolved itself in 9 days but what mess. So be aware that these issues are coming to a town near you.
Well, through personal experience I believe the AI issue in the banking system is a real threat and here now. But I also have great faith in America ingenuity to find one alternative after another to circumvent government interventions into our banking system. And if you wonder why there are continuous attacks on are second amendment, well wonder no more.
If what Mr. Bonner declares is true and comes to be reality, prepare for society to become infinitely poorer and ever more retarded (meaning "held back, hindered"), as trade devolves to barter to preserve some freedom of choice and movement. I have been stacking US coins, yes, even the 90% copper ones, most of my life, in anticipation of the government going full-on controlling and abusive. If I don't use them, my kids will have them. It's coming: government always decides for government. Best always. PM
Name- One World Government. So sneaky and evil. As has been said below, hardly any citizen has heard about this . Stick Your head between Your knees and kiss Your A$$ goodbye.
Who came up with this? Why? And why the sneaky implementation? And when was Francesca Albanese punished? By whom and for what? Surely not for fact-finding at the direction for someone at the UN?
Wow...had no idea. I've had similar issues to Tom Langdon, chalked it up to the typical clearance issue. But six figure checks blitz through the clearing process, so it was puzzling and a bit troubling. What can one do? The idea that I can be told what legal goods and services I can spend my money on is beyond troubling...
Swiss colonel Jacques Baud is experiencing the same fate as Francesca Albanese due to his views on the Russia/Ukraine conflict... he has a good conversation about it with Judge Nap over on Judging Freedom Youtube.
And just think, if UBI (Universal Basic Income) is large enough to make Elon Musk happy, the deposits will be invisibly made directly into our accounts so we can NOT buy what we thought we wanted. Perfect!
Why do commentators keep referring to the US-Israel and Iran war? If you live in Southeast Asia/Oceania, the latter looks like China-Russia-Iran-North Korea. Australia doesn’t need a Genius Act to make us prisoners - just cut off fuel supply to the east with Iran whilst the world points fingers at the US (which China has successfully done) and leverage off decades of stupid and negligent energy policy to take control. Debt-trap diplomacy has already secured our Pacific neighbours, China has already collected biometric data from the citizens of the Solomon Islands to manage riots (for example), and along with building islands, again, China will control ship movements in the Strait of Malacca.
I guess my ignorance of this matter will become apparent with this discussion. I am aware of the dangers associated with digital dollars and I want nothing to do with the idea. My perception is that perspective is shared by the majority of America. If I understand what Bill is describing, the individual bills we use for currency will have “algorithms” attached to them. Is this correct, or even possible? If I read this correctly, Stable coins will be digital dollars and I assume they can have about anything attached to them given they are not physical. Then I read that Bill doesn’t know what all this means, but “Mr. Gordon” does. Who the hell is Mr. Gordon? Is he as biased about America as Bill is about DJT? Understand, I don’t like ANY digital currency and will do everything I can legally to prevent my having to do business with same. At the same time and until I get someone besides Mr. Gordon and Bill warning me of the impending doom of the American currency, I won’t be arming myself against those dastardly liberals and doing things like some of the others who respond to Bill’s missives are warning me about.
Dan , if I were You I would keep My eyes and ears open to see what is actually happening in this secular world in which We live. It is those suttle , little head lines that most miss , but are very important.
I awakened today to hear that there are rumblings that the US is going to eliminate the nickel, just like I (among others) predicted was going to happen soon after eliminating the production of the penny. The stated reason is that it costs more to make than the 5 cents it is supposedly worth.
My complaint when the GENIUS Act was passed was that it was a fast step toward digital currency. Not digital money; there's no such thing. Digital currency is what can be programmed, with no direct input of the user.
Just think what can happen when a truly evil regime comes to power!
An ammo can full of $2 (40 each) rolls of nickels makes a great door stop. A roll of nickels not only contains a lot of melt-value (illegal, by the way, if the metal has been coined) metal (75% copper, 25% nickel) but it makes a near-perfect way to increase the mass of a fist from baseline to face-smashing power in seconds. I invariably carry a roll when I go out, just in case I need to make "change". Best always. PM
Arole of pennies in our neckerchief during my destroyer days was also handy.
Anchors aweigh, me hearties... Best always. PM
WOW Bill, what a nice thought to start the week. I seem to hear George Orwell laughing somewhere in the background.
Jim Marshall
I hope our progeny enjoy their UBI, digital currency, and Soylent Green. Freedumb!
The only way to prevent this is lots of rope, guns, and thunder.
Fat chance.
Thank you for raising the inhumane treatment meted out on Francesca Albanese. This was simply on a whim without trial. This treatment for speaking out on Israeli atrocities in Gaza. It has apparently been for her anti-semitic hate speech which is not tolerated in the US. It is likened to racism and criticism of the LGBTQ people. So much for freedom of speech in the land of the free.
She has no criticism of Jews. She is critical of Netanyahu and his Zionist military force who appear hellbent on brutally expanding the size of Israel which was controversially partitioned out of the British League of Nations mandate after Turkey lost to the allies in WW1. It later become the UN and in 1948 a parcel was handed over to the Zionists and European jewish survivors of WW2
IMO Netanyahu has done enormous harm to the good name of the jewish people My hope is that the honourable and righteous jewish people of the world take a stand against the Netanyahu atrocities before they become similar pariahs in the world as the apartheid white South Africans of whom I happen to be one
And those white South Africans are now getting what they deserve, right?
Hard to tell whether they are getting what they deserve. Not all whites supported apartheid and were deeply ashamed of the government. Many left the country as did Elon Musk and flourished in countries such as Australia New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. Many stayed and are doing quite alright.
The sadness is that the country is now being run by an ANC criminal enterprise, steeped in Marxist ideology. Corruption and incompetence is rife. Unemployment of the black population runs at around 40%
Nobody in its right mind wants to invest in the country while there are laws on the books such as EWC expropriation without compensation of property and Black based Empowerment laws where 30% of an enterprise wishing to invest in the country needs to be donated to a black empowered group of elites.
The population is becoming aware of who is to blame and the ANC has fallen dramatically in the polls.
Yes, so many white South Africans are being discriminated against and harmed just as badly or worse than the black South Africans used to be. It sounds like the old adage holds true once again: Two wrongs don't make a right. Thanks for making that clear.
I would agree with you that"2 wrongs do not make a right" and that the racist laws favouring the black elite are both unfair and unconstitutional, but you have missed the point I wished to make and that is that South African blacks are suffering more under the corrupt and incompetent ANC government than the whites.
The whites are doing ok. I do however feel that the younger generation of blacks have got wise as to the problem and that the presnt govt will be kicked out.
Thanks , Andre, The true facts very well stated.
I'm not sure your reading comprehension is very good.
It’s clear that the banking system has become possessed. Transactions are unreliable and governance seems to have been outsourced to the beast. System software is a mess, with online flags warning of functionality loss and outages a near constant feature. Notices of banking software updates talk about being compatible with “new international standards”. Loans of all types are increasingly turned down with letters in the mail that arrive a month after the loan application, with indecipherable explanations. Try transferring significant funds between banking and brokerage institutions. What used to take a week now takes a month, with any humans that might be in the loop both clueless and powerless to expedite or influence the outcome. Meanwhile we are told nothing of what is happening. The person you can speak to at your bank, on the phone or in person, doesn’t know either.
You are right on the money. We all need to pay attention. I deposited a 6 figure check to my bank. They said the funds will not be available for 9 days, fairly standard. But as often it happens the funds are available sooner. In this case they were made available the next day. So I went into the bank and drew a 6 figure cashiers check and a substantial amount of cash. Mind you, they gave me the check and the cash. In essence they were saying yup, the money is in your account and we are meeting your bank needs. The next day they overdrew my account by 60k. I complained with the logic of their own behavior (hey you gave me the money so it must have been in my account) and upon complaint they were silent. They didn't know anything. I went to corporate and they knew nothing. I have been doing business with the bank for 50 plus years; BTW it is the largest bank in the country. There was no explanation given leading me to believe it was an AI attack. The situation resolved itself in 9 days but what mess. So be aware that these issues are coming to a town near you.
Well, through personal experience I believe the AI issue in the banking system is a real threat and here now. But I also have great faith in America ingenuity to find one alternative after another to circumvent government interventions into our banking system. And if you wonder why there are continuous attacks on are second amendment, well wonder no more.
If what Mr. Bonner declares is true and comes to be reality, prepare for society to become infinitely poorer and ever more retarded (meaning "held back, hindered"), as trade devolves to barter to preserve some freedom of choice and movement. I have been stacking US coins, yes, even the 90% copper ones, most of my life, in anticipation of the government going full-on controlling and abusive. If I don't use them, my kids will have them. It's coming: government always decides for government. Best always. PM
Name- One World Government. So sneaky and evil. As has been said below, hardly any citizen has heard about this . Stick Your head between Your knees and kiss Your A$$ goodbye.
Who came up with this? Why? And why the sneaky implementation? And when was Francesca Albanese punished? By whom and for what? Surely not for fact-finding at the direction for someone at the UN?
Wow...had no idea. I've had similar issues to Tom Langdon, chalked it up to the typical clearance issue. But six figure checks blitz through the clearing process, so it was puzzling and a bit troubling. What can one do? The idea that I can be told what legal goods and services I can spend my money on is beyond troubling...
Swiss colonel Jacques Baud is experiencing the same fate as Francesca Albanese due to his views on the Russia/Ukraine conflict... he has a good conversation about it with Judge Nap over on Judging Freedom Youtube.
And the noose tightens.
Slow-boiling the frogs. The old Woody Guthrie song, "Take it easy, but take it". Best always. PM
And just think, if UBI (Universal Basic Income) is large enough to make Elon Musk happy, the deposits will be invisibly made directly into our accounts so we can NOT buy what we thought we wanted. Perfect!
Nice read Bill, thats two in a row!
Why do commentators keep referring to the US-Israel and Iran war? If you live in Southeast Asia/Oceania, the latter looks like China-Russia-Iran-North Korea. Australia doesn’t need a Genius Act to make us prisoners - just cut off fuel supply to the east with Iran whilst the world points fingers at the US (which China has successfully done) and leverage off decades of stupid and negligent energy policy to take control. Debt-trap diplomacy has already secured our Pacific neighbours, China has already collected biometric data from the citizens of the Solomon Islands to manage riots (for example), and along with building islands, again, China will control ship movements in the Strait of Malacca.
I guess my ignorance of this matter will become apparent with this discussion. I am aware of the dangers associated with digital dollars and I want nothing to do with the idea. My perception is that perspective is shared by the majority of America. If I understand what Bill is describing, the individual bills we use for currency will have “algorithms” attached to them. Is this correct, or even possible? If I read this correctly, Stable coins will be digital dollars and I assume they can have about anything attached to them given they are not physical. Then I read that Bill doesn’t know what all this means, but “Mr. Gordon” does. Who the hell is Mr. Gordon? Is he as biased about America as Bill is about DJT? Understand, I don’t like ANY digital currency and will do everything I can legally to prevent my having to do business with same. At the same time and until I get someone besides Mr. Gordon and Bill warning me of the impending doom of the American currency, I won’t be arming myself against those dastardly liberals and doing things like some of the others who respond to Bill’s missives are warning me about.
Dan , if I were You I would keep My eyes and ears open to see what is actually happening in this secular world in which We live. It is those suttle , little head lines that most miss , but are very important.