Open Thread – Weekend 15 March 2025


Autumn, Path through the Woods, Camille Pissarro, 1876

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Armadillo
Armadillo
March 16, 2025 2:02 am

“Charity Coins” will end up being a thing. No one wants to see their donation to BLM buying houses in Canada for the “founders”, and I suspect that no one wants to see 90% of their donation to any worthy cause going to “Admin Fees”. Or the “Go Fund Me” mob. Crypto is how you defeat the scammers and grifters. It’s totally transparent as far as public monies go.

Having said that, private money should be totally protected. The Government should have no right to monitor where you spend your own personal money. And that’s doable. The mindset has always been arse about. We should be monitoring them, instead of them monitoring us.

Armadillo
Armadillo
March 16, 2025 3:02 am

Hmmm…it’s pretty right when you think about it. Public servants is an oxymoron. They should be called Public masters. They aren’t there to serve you, they are there to control you. Do this, do that, and do as we say. We set the rules, and you will obey. And you will pay for it and thank us.

We have become a nation of masochists.

Crypto offers financial accountability. We need to be looking at them, rather than them looking at us. It’s our bloody money, we at least deserve to know which wall they are pissing it up against.

The size of Government has grown immensely, and that’s incredibly bad for the country. You could cut the public masters by 80% and no one would notice the difference (other than the weight lifted from their shoulders).

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
March 16, 2025 5:47 am
Reply to  Armadillo

True

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
March 16, 2025 5:50 am
Reply to  Armadillo

Dillo, you’re on a roll. Ever since you were hit by the Model A you’re thought processes have improved out of sight or do you just save them up as you don’t comment very often now.

Tom
Tom
March 16, 2025 4:00 am
Beertruk
March 16, 2025 6:43 am
Reply to  Tom

Ta Tom…there is some good stuff in the comments section as well.

Riversutra
Riversutra
March 16, 2025 7:01 am
Reply to  Tom

Let’s be honest, the new guy doing TWIP has had a pretty poor start .

alwaysright
alwaysright
March 16, 2025 7:31 am
Reply to  Riversutra

I liked it. Better than usual

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
March 16, 2025 5:48 am

Thanks, Tom.

  1. USAID = United States Agency for International Development. Its not an “aid” program. The BBC is weeping over how USAID…

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