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I will not judge this girl for whatever she ends up doing with her life (whatever of it she has left before Israeli Zionists potentially end it).

Way to go

and

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I can't even imagine this father's anguish... or maybe I don't want to.

https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2058919469003460972?s=20

Is the Fourth Turning upon us? Thanks to Katie Ananina of Citizen X for joining

and me with useful advice to help Bitcoiners and their families prepare for an uncertain geopolitical future.

https://youtu.be/cJ3Rnpticg0?si=ZhOUppbK_CV9E1p_

One year after joining

and me as our first guest,

was back to talk about cloud hacks, existential AI threats, and the latest dustup in Bitcoin. As usual, Matt's mind is playing 3D Chess while I'm shuffling the cards for Go Fish. Thankfully, he's pretty darn good at speaking in terms I can (mostly) understand.

If you have children in the American armed forces or children considering joining the American armed forces, just know that they are not stepping into harm’s way for America. They are doing so for a foreign flag. 🇮🇱

Today’s U.S.-Israel joint attack on Iran has nothing to do with keeping America safe. Iran poses no credible threat to the United States. They do not have long range missiles that can reach the United States. Their missiles can’t even reach halfway to the United States. And despite the decades of scaremongering from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran perpetually being months away from developing a nuclear weapon, Iran has never developed one. Unlike Israel (which to this day denies it has nuclear weapons… despite having roughly 200 of them), Iran is a signee to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They had opened their nuclear energy program to international weapons inspectors for years... until the joint U.S.-Israel strikes this past summer that is. And if Iran were to try to develop one, both American and European intelligence organizations have estimated that it is at minimum a year away but more likely closer to two after last summer’s U.S.-Israel strike on their nuclear facilities. And that estimate is only IF they went all out to try to develop one.

So, in short, Iran doesn’t have a nuke. They’re not even close to getting a nuke. And even if they were to somehow avoid international scrutiny and make one a year or two down the road, they have no long range missile to send it.

And then even if they were to somehow develop both a nuke and an effective ICBM that could avoid radar and not be shot down, what would be the point of attacking America – so they could hit possibly the closest U.S. state somewhere in Alaska and then be subject to utter annihilation in the inevitable U.S. Counterstrike? Even if you wish to argue that the Iranian regime cares absolutely nothing about their own people, surely they care about themselves.

Speaking of which, the other war propaganda talking point that’s often raised as a backup to the “existential threat” war marketing is that America needs to intervene for humanitarian reasons. And while it’s true that Iran has an oppressive theocratic government under which I would never wish to live, it’s also far from the most violent/oppressive country on Earth. There are many other countries that treat many of their people worse than Iran. North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Laos, China, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Libya and Syria (both made far worse after American and Israel respectively “liberated” them), are just some that come to mind… and that’s to say nothing of the U.S. taxpayer funded horrors that the Israeli government has unleashed upon the Palestinian people they have occupied and ruled for over 60 years. None of this is to minimize the suffering of many Iranians under their own government. It’s just to offer some perspective that if your mission is truly humanitarian, there are many other worse places that deserve our attention first… some of which can be reduced without firing a single shot but instead by cutting off American bombs and American funding of bombs that hurts people in the first place.

And even if the Iranian government were the worst regime on Earth (which again, they’re not), it does not automatically follow that the United States must reflexively act as world policeman. Attempting to “police” the world is how empires die. It never fails. And that’s to say nothing about how the “policing” efforts can often yield far worse results for the people we are supposedly trying to help. Vietnam? Afghanistan? Libya? Iraq? War is a bloody, horrific, unpredictable business… as seen just today by the 50 or so Iranian young girls who perished in an Israeli-U.S. missile strike on their school. I think of my children and I don’t even want to imagine the utter agony their parents are currently experiencing. War should always, always, always be considered an absolute last resort when there is literally no other option to defend oneself. That is clearly not the case here.

What this all really is about is yet another naked regime change effort on behalf of “our greatest ally” Israel. Iran represents the final major regional regime that supports the Palestinian cause. The other six – Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan – have been toppled either directly or indirectly by the U.S.-Israel alliance and generally discarded as “failed states,” broken up, and now engaged in varying degrees of civil war… exactly how the Israeli government is hoping to leave Iran.

For those not familiar with a bit of the history, in 1996 a Zionist neocon American political advisor named Richard Pearle lead a study which published a report for then Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu entitled: A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm. The “realm,” of course, was not America’s but rather Israel’s. And the point of the study was to change Israel’s tactics with regard to the Palestinian question (that long-time thorn in the establishment and expansion of a Jewish state over land that was barely 1/3 Jewish at the time of Israel’s creation). Instead of trying to solve the Palestinian question through direct carrot and stick efforts, Israel would instead cut off their outside support… by U.S. taxpayer funded bribes if necessary (as with Egypt and Jordan) or by working to topple the regimes as happened with the aforementioned 6 other countries. Once support for Palestinians is largely eliminated, the Zionists can be free to fully execute the necessary ethnic cleansing in order to officially incorporate the occupied Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank into Israel proper… and then move on from there. The new strategy was so fully incorporated into both Israel and America’s gameplans that American four star General Wesley Clark was shocked to learn shortly after 9/11 of a classified Pentagon memo outlining a plan to overthrow the governments of seven countries within five years. The sequence was set to be: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan… and [drumroll] Iran. And while the disaster of the Iraq War caused a major slowdown in ultimately fulfilling the entirety of the plan, it never left Netanyahu’s agenda as can clearly be seen from his decades of endless war drum beating. And so, finally, with the help of American politicians (both R and D) always at the mercy of the Zionist lobby (many of whom are probably now also implicated in Epstein blackmail efforts) Netanyahu and his allies will finally get their way.

How much money will be spent in this latest disaster? How much blood spilled and lives lost (American, Iranian, Israel, Palestinian and others)? I don’t know. I guess my only hope at this point is that enough Americans speak out to their representatives (and vote them out if necessary) to try to keep this latest undeclared foreign war as brief as possible. Though the train may have already left that station. And it certainly won’t help to bring back those 50 or so Iranian school girls who were just slaughtered today. 😔

If you proceed from the assumption that everything government says is a lie and that the burden of proof is on them to prove that they’re telling the truth, you’ll feel a lot more sane and the world will make a lot more sense.

I’ve only ever donated to one politician in my life, Ron Paul. I’ve now donated to two, Thomas Massie. I will donate again. Thank you, sir, for your brave principled work on behalf of the American people and the Constitution.

In other news, water is wet.

Change your lyrics or get dropped by your manager and your label? Not Iyah May. Confronted with a possible end to her music career, the doctor turned musician joined

and me to talk about her decision to release her hit song Karmageddon that calls out Big Pharma, genocide, and the powerful people behind it all backed by the fiat money printer.

Building a Bitcoin world also means winning the war of culture and ideas. And Iyah May is one of the people leading the charge.

Thank you to the great Scott Horton for joining

and me to talk about who is really pushing for war with Iran. What are the foreign forces at play? What does it mean for the future of American empire? Who pays the price in blood? Is Bitcoin the only way out?

new IDF targets

These seems like a plausible analysis to me about Trump’s Venezuelan regime change, who has obviously been pushing it, and what it means for the next undeclared foreign war at the behest of a foreign flag 🇮🇱. What am I missing?

https://x.com/ibrahimtmajed/status/2007365165281325206?s=46&t=7Xa29KnccIwL8pAUE5TrqA

Regardless of your politics, there’s only one electronic medium where your views can’t be suppressed or outright censored. Thank you, Nostr.

This is the way.

https://x.com/savethechildren/status/1999222747575033957?s=46&t=7Xa29KnccIwL8pAUE5TrqA

Thank you to Dr Jack Kruse for joining

and me to talk Bitcoin and how the powerful exercise social control. I have a lot of reading to do.

I feel seen.

https://x.com/ryanlongcomedy/status/1991608942930313325?s=46&t=7Xa29KnccIwL8pAUE5TrqA

Thanks to

for bringing me and

some insights about what’s really going on under the hood in the Bitcoin market. TLDR: despite some big cash-outs that would have previously torpedoed price, we’re still sitting above $100k. That says a lot.

Now nostr:nprofile1qqsqt6gwlarurc8v4aw9hh2vkfdedxfh9zngmza0tlw4e66wf3fzvjqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yh8y6m4wvh8xef0ykavd8 just needs to work on fixing his Australian accent.

Jumping on with

in less than 30 minutes for the weekly Bitcoin roundup.

https://x.com/BTCsessions/status/1978936555055071329

I’m grateful for Nostr.

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1970467098208952787?s=46&t=7Xa29KnccIwL8pAUE5TrqA

What a breath of fresh air to have the wise

join

and me to help us step back and remember the bigger picture. We can sometimes get caught up in the noise around BTC and govt and markets, etc. But Jeff has such a Zen way of putting it all in perspective.

This little Palestinian girl in her dying moments is the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Ever. 😢

It was shared 2 days ago on X and X quickly deleted it. I don’t share it lightly but I believe it needs to be seen. Our taxes pay for this. America is owned by a foreign power 🇮🇱.

Thank you to Robert Breedlove, Eric V. Stacks, and Michael Sutherlin for inviting me on the latest episode of the "What is Money?" show. And thank you to my friends and colleagues at Bitcoin Mentor for encouraging me to go.

Considering the brilliant and accomplished people that Robert has had on his show (to say nothing of his own breadth and depth of knowledge), I went in definitely feeling out of my depth. To his credit, Robert made me feel right at home. He's a great listener who genuinely tries to understand the people he brings on while also being ready and willing to ask difficult questions. I'm grateful for the wide-ranging, thoughtful conversation and the laughs. Thanks again!

Thank you to the bright and entertaining Luke Gromen for taking the time to chat with

and me about macro, inflation, gold, Bitcoin, manufacturing, and international relations. Yeah, we hit a lot. Thanks as well for the funniest analogy we've ever heard on the show!

Catch this and other great content on the

channel!

Number go up? Great! Storing value for your children? Wonderful! But Bitcoin is more than just building wealth. It's a way for the poorest, least connected people around the world to sidestep tyranny. It's freedom money. It can't be stopped. And the legacy powers hate it.

Thank you to @gladstein for taking an hour out of his very busy day to share with @Breedem4Freedom and me the many ways that BTC is making the world a better place for all who wish to partake and even many who don't.

This and many other great chats can all be found at the @BTCsessions channel.

Regime change.

This was never about nukes. It was always about Israel getting yet another Middle Eastern regime change that it covets.

Thanks

for inviting me to join

on today's show. It was fun... I mean as much fun as can be had talking about war. Thankfully that was accompanied by some bullish BTC news!

10 Fun Ways You Can Die for Israel this Summer! 👍

It's heating up and so is the war your bought-and-paid-for politicians signed you up for. 😎

This is how we got here. 👇

What happens when a Congressman introduces a simple bill to rename a post office... buuut there's that one interest group to which he must first pay tribute?

"UNSPOKEN Rule of American Politics"

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #AIPAC #government #satire #comedy #Republicans #Democrats

The only guarantees in life are death and taxes. A govt that’s relatively benign today may turn pretty harsh tomorrow. Thank you to Katie with Plan B Passport and CitizenX for talking with

and me about how to prepare an escape plan… that you will hopefully never need.

It’s not often you get to talk to a guy with a $140,000 bounty on his head. Thank you to Hong Kong freedom fighter Nathan Law for joining me and

to talk Chinese tyranny over peoples’ movements, minds, and money. Can Bitcoin fix all three?

Thank you to “the world’s worst mom” Lenore Skenazy for joining

and me to talk about raising resilient, sharp, creative, responsible kids - the kind you can trust with your Bitcoin keys. 👍

Thank you to Tom Luongo for hanging out with

and me and basically being really knowledgable and insightful. My mind was so blown that about halfway through, I completely disappear from the podcast.

Find this episode and many others at the

YouTube channel.

Thank you to documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux for offering a perspective on Palestine/Israel rarely seen in American media. nevent1qqsrsyg280tssgk5fsx6whxqehx2lu9mxgwegzaj8nltqlm9j2us05gpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcr6jjyg

Thank you to Professor Peter St. Onge for joining

and me to explain the economic booms and busts of "the business cycle" while offering some tips on ways to keep your wealth safe from those inevitable downturns.

Thank you to the always insightful Bob Murphy for joining

and me on our show and explaining how the fiat money “printer” works as if I’m a 6 year old. Yes, Bitcoin fixes this. But it really helps to understand exactly how it’s broken.

I don't know by what definition of the word Garcia (convicted of no crime) is a "terrorist." But suffice to say, the "terrorist" accusation will continue to apply to a wider and wider range of people with each new year and each new president. You may not be labelled a "terrorist" today but your day is coming.

Thanks to Takota Coen, co-founder of Building Your Homestead for talking with me and

about how to build independent, self-sustaining lives for ourselves and our families free from the dictates of others… unless you’re into that sort of thing.

Thank you to Wayne DeCoste of Rescor Group for joining

and me to discuss the best ways to protect yourself, your family, and your Bitcoin stack from physical, real world threats.

Thank you to Marko Zlatic of White Board Finance for joining

and me on the

channel to talk about building wealth and avoiding debt so you can always operate from a position of strength and have the freedom to say no. Bitcoin fixes this.

Thank you to

of Coinkite for joining

and me to explore adversarial thinking - how to stay one step ahead of others. Get ready for some 8 dimensional chess!

Also, I’m pretty sure I just doxxed myself for the 4th time this week.

Thanks

for letting us play on your channel. We’ll try to clean up when we’re done.

No promises.

Thank you to Start9 co-founder and CEO

for joining

and me on the premier episode of Mentor Session. We discussed the “convenience trap” and how sovereign computing can empower you to reclaim control with self-hosted, privacy-focused solutions. Matt’s really smart.

This isn’t your usual BTC podcast. It’s not one to pop on for your morning jog or half hear while running errands. This is a deep weekend listen. Come for the shocking story. Stay for the thoughtful and vulnerable insights from my colleague Jacob Shanbrom, one of our most knowledgeable mentors at Bitcoin Mentor.

Congrats to my friend

who has become quite the documentary creator.

Thanks

for inviting me on.

Seven years ago, I joined Eli Manning, Odell Beckham, and Landon Collins in the famous “Dirty Dancing” Super Bowl commercial. Today, Eli and I team up again to invite you to enjoy… um… ranch dressing on pizza.

It was certainly an unexpected share on Trump’s part. But I guess with Trump, we should expect the unexpected.

Found out yesterday that our comedy pilot made the finalist list of the 2025 Screen Craft pilot competition. See? That’s me scrunched up in that picture with two other clowns. Top 10 out of 2500 submissions (at least according to Screen Craft)! Which means... very little if nothing ever gets produced. Still, it was a nice Wednesday afternoon ego stroking. Thank you to my co-writers, Amadeo Fusca and Josh Apter, for giving their time and talent to help create this together.

Love it! She has a new fan.

I'll be joining

live tonight at 6:15 eastern for his 4th Annual BTC Sessions HODliday Special!

For every BTC block mined during the show, an angel gets its wings. I think. Actually I don't know. But there's probably a metaphor in there somewhere. Maybe.

See ya soon!

Celebrating $100K tonight with @JerseyCityBitcoin

Ten years later, I finally got new headshots courtesy of the talented Andrew Steinman. Feel free to contact me for all of your urgent smug meat puppet needs.

https://garymahmoud.com

HODL

Thank you to fellow Bitcoin Mentor and host of The Why Bitcoin Show,

, for joining me on the latest episode of the Bitcoin Mentor podcast. Dale talked about growing up in South Africa, his love of nature, and his life experiences that moved him to become a proponent and teacher of Bitcoin.

Fun.

Meet fellow mentor Vangjel Frasheri on the latest episode of the Bitcoin Mentor podcast. Vangjel and I and all of our fellow mentors are ready to help guide you along wherever you are on your self-custody tech journey.

I just finished reading Erin Malone’s “Intro to Bitcoin.” Thanks, Erin, for writing this primer to help beginners understand some of the basics.

https://a.co/d/cWlwp2H

Thank you to the folks at Bitcoin News for inviting me to share my thoughts on why we should strive to show our family, friends, and other fellow humans how Bitcoin is for everyone and not just another cheap tool for partisan politics.

https://bitcoinnews.com/opinion/trump-bitcoin-politics/

Surprise guest Ron Paul at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville made my weekend! Thank you Dr. Paul for continuing to fight the good fight against the The Fed and the welfare/warfare state. You are a treasure. ❤️ #EndTheFed #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/86f2f20290f21120348ec5a632bd1e24833dbd58a5687b1d0667e9037513b311.jpg

Whether you're a novice or an experienced Bitcoin HODLer, if you'd like some help figuring out what works best for you when it comes to acquiring and securing your Bitcoin, I invite you to visit us at https://bitcoinmentor.io/ and schedule a consultation with me or one of our other knowledgable mentors. Let's work together to make sure the wealth you created stays in your hands.