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Oct 26, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Astonishing. Perhaps someone has been whispering in his ear? And, he's banged his head really hard on a door? And, he's taken too many pain-killers? And, he's fallen asleep for a couple of hours with his head in the freezer? And, tried to warm up by pouring hot coffee onto his beard? And, his staff have tried to shoot him and dump him in the river? But, that didn’t kill him and the first news paper he saw was actually a sales brochure for Bit Dodgers? I mean, we expect this kind of crap from #MangoWanker... but Dorsey? Let's just hope he doesn’t use his billions to screw up the markets.

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Between social media, the “let’s move on” Democrat holding the highest office in the land, the AG -doing what?, TFG whose banned from Twitter but continues to be enabled and out front & center by the MSM, Amazon employees being treated like chattel while Bezos markets his space tourism & Sinema mocking & ignoring a constituent while leaning in on Tim Scott in a Tucson airport I feel like totally checking out…I listened to the first season of The World Beneath and see our society as solidly the privileged & corrupt vs everyone else. The privileged are so detached from the reality of the majority and so many don’t seem to care. The image of the privileged, in my mind is the image from The Hunger Games of the Uber wealthy climbing over each other to reach what? Are we doomed? (Asking for a friend).

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Heading towards a Revolution that will make the one in 18th Century France look tame

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French Revolution was caused because the king repudiated the national debt instead of raising taxes on the rich.

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It feels that way for sure, but I don't think so. There is more that unites us than divides us, and we have to focus on those things and demand them. Would be helpful if the MSM would help, and maybe they ultimately will.

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Oct 26, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Here's what I know: bitcoin is not different in any way, shape, or form from regular money, and in fact, is usually more volatile. The minute I hear "the sky is falling" crap like this from crap like Jack Dorsey, I completely tune out. He's going after the financial world equivalent of Trump supporters -- the people who are afraid of their own shadows and always think they know more than the rest of us because they *get in on the ground floor* of the latest and greatest bullshit.

And Dorsey only pretended to ban Trump from Twitter. Liz Harrington, Trump's sock puppet, still posts his "statements," which are just long-winded tweets on a letterhead. Twitter's rules are supposed to cover this, and although pointed out thousands of times, Dorsey ignores it.

The picture above should tell anyone all they need to know: THAT is the picture I expect to see first when typing "douchebag" into Google Image Search.

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There may well be good things about bitcoin, but its main function is for organized crime to not have to rely so much on cash and money laundering techniques.

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And that is exactly the point. Non-traceable “assets” is what cryptocurrency/bitcoin is.

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The MSM amplifies the dumb asses among us. Jack Dorsey should realize he’s no genius, just one of the lottery winners of tech. We should not give one ounce of attention to a wanna be oligarch who in another life would be just another Jeffrey Lebowski without the charm. BTW I believe I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of my own banishment from Twitter for retweeting one of your tweets regarding “The Traitors are East to Spot.” Keep up the great work Greg. We who are in possession of a soul appreciate your work.

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Banned as well for post listing Goebbels 4 main rules for propaganda with the reference to Murdoch/republican techniques.

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While half of me was chuckling as I began to read this, three names popped my happy bubble: Snowden, Tulsi Gabbard and John Galt. I thought I'd better wake up and pay attention! Thanks for this excellent expose of a Pied Piper with no values, other than his mythical "bitcoins." I'd as soon as invest in a cloud.

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Thanks Greg. I’m so worried. But, I know I’m worried with so many others. Nicolle Wallace just asked Marc Elias if Democrats are aware of the emergency we are in? He responded he wasn’t sure. I think many are. I also think way to many have checked out. Virginia will be a tell.

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It sounds like these partial geniuses and completely incompetent people at business&organization, like Zuckerberg, force the rest of us to pay attention to them like this, because they have so much power now…. They have to be kept in check before they start all the balls rolling down the alley at the same time. Manchin parks his damn yacht in DC, why, so people know he has one? Sinema with her identity crises is causing democracy havoc so we have to keep talking about it. Honesty, It sounds like these people simply cannot handle the power they have. It’s so scary, right? It feels like we’re fighting Trump every day of the week. People are in places they shouldn’t be saying things they shouldn’t be saying. They didn’t really “earn” the position people give them. It’s like they made cheerleading but they were promoted to coach? Then we have to keep track of how they are coaching? Anyway, that’s what it feels like. It’s feels exhausting because turning away means I’m complicit in my own demise. Does what I’m saying sound right at all?

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Right on

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I read something in a twitter post today about the cargo backup. Long thread. He said if you are getting a bottleneck in a place you didn’t anticipate getting one, you are not in control of the system. It’s controlling you. Sounds like Zuckerberg. Cara Swisher talked about Zuck today. He just sounds incompetent and dumb for the job I’m not sure he signed up for. So why are we suffering from this?

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