Polemicist. Optimist. King Maker. Former Chair of @lpnational and @lpmisescaucus https://xitter.cf/t.co/scRQwGK9ov
Austin, TX
Joined January 2017
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Thank you, everyone, for your kind words and thank you LPNH for the lovely flowers.
The last few days have been rough. I've been helping my mother with father's funeral arrangements and pondering how I can best honor his legacy. He worked in ministry his entire life, with over 20 years spent helping to spread the gospel in communist countries. Truly an inspiration.
My father passed away last night. I know everyone goes through this eventually, but this should not have gone down the way it did. He should still be with us now. My spirit is so aggrieved. I love him so much.
Angela McArdle retweeted
I recently said something out loud that I realized was true only after I said it.
Why do I care about #FreeSamourai more than about my own business @BTCMedusa?
Because the fight to #PardonSamourai matters more than my startup succeeding.
In America, we are meant to have the right to TRY to build. And we may fail.
@SamouraiWallet was persecuted because they succeeded.
Their success is privacy's success. Their mission is my mission.
I want to build useful tools, and I hope to build a viable and profitable business.
But that freedom matters more: the freedom to build, to strive, to fail, to fix, to fail again, and to keep going.
Because eventually, if we preserve that freedom, some of us will build the tools that create a better future —
one where privacy remains a value worth defending.
#FreeSamourai #PardonSamourai
Thank you @AustinTXYRs for letting me moderate your debate on socialism last night! These guys managed to find a well mannered socialist who was willing to engage in public debate.
If the Mises Caucus pulls together a functional America First party that can employ the kingmaker strategy, I will back it in 2028. If not, I will back Chase Oliver as the LP presidential candidate again. No need to pull votes from JD Vance.
Elon, we know how busy you are, but we desperately need a competitor airline and cell phone service. 🙏 If you can build rockets, you can build phones & planes. ✈️
Angela McArdle retweeted
Bank of America's punishment for willfully breaking the Bank Secrecy Act: a $1.2B "Regulatory Settlement Charge."
It made $8.1B ex-fine in the quarter.
Samourai's devs got 5 and 4 years for software that never touched a dime.
🔗 tftc.io/bank-of-america-fine…
Sure, he was a teenager when it happened, but do you see what I mean about this being a Democrat operation? This is not a serious political movement.
Angela McArdle retweeted
47% of government spending is on some form of welfare to buy votes with.
Only 8% is on defense.
Reducing welfare spending is profoundly difficult because politicians and bureaucrats buy votes with it...but the country is going bankrupt so we must!
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I wrote code. Now I face 45 years in prison because others misused it.
Code that no one controls. Code that no one can change or shut down.
Yet somehow, I’m being held responsible for what others chose to do with it.
I feel like the whole BoA money laundering thing should be talked about, but what's left to say?
I spent a year in prison for not filling out a form around selling Bitcoin and got in trouble because someone two degrees separate from me allegedly used it to launder funds. The amount in question was around $30k.
BoA launders $5b and has to give one fifth of it back to the government. No jail for anyone.
This is America.