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Sure, the state/feds spent 1/2 a billion dollars on a dump that never opened to receive the LA fire debris. Hahaha. Welcome to Hotel California.

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After being fully fueled, a DC-4 has a useful load of about 9,000 pounds. Fifteen 50-gallon drums of Avgas weigh 4500 pounds. So, that’s 4500 pounds of load left for the pilots, crew, and the generator. This looks like the generator they loaded: 

Cummins 450 kW diesel generator

The Cummins engine alone weighs about 4500 pounds. The DC-4 burns 240 gallons of AvGas per hour. That’s 1400 pounds of fuel gone in one hour of flight time. So the DC-4 weighed less when it picked up the generator than when the DC-4 left Yellowknife.

It’s a rough calculation, but the pilot could have left two 50-gallon drums of AvGas (600 pounds) behind in Yellowknife and taken the heater and small electric generator. One hundred gallons of fuel is less than an hour of flight time.

I can see why Joe was upset. 

The pilot was worried about a fuel cushion when he should have been thinking about the -40C temperatures.

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Il manoscritto fornisce un grimaldello al lettore, una chiave di lettura semplificata, del mondo finanziario e non che sembra essere andato "fuori controllo" negli ultimi quattro anni in particolare. Questa è una storia di cartelli, a livello sovrastatale e sovranazionale, la cui pianificazione centrale ha raggiunto un punto in cui deve essere riformata radicalmente e questa riforma radicale non può avvenire senza una dose di dolore economico che potrebbe mettere a repentaglio la loro autorità. Da qui la risposta al Grande Default attraverso il Grande Reset. Questa è la storia di un coyote, che quando non riesce a sfamarsi all'esterno ricorre all'autofagocitazione. Lo stesso è accaduto ai membri del G7, dove i sei membri restanti hanno iniziato a fagocitare il settimo: gli Stati Uniti.

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(Versione audio della traduzione disponibile qui: https://open.substack.com/pub/fsimoncelli/p/oro-and-bitcoin-il-vincitore-e)

La competizione definitiva per diventare la moneta dominante al mondo avrà un solo vincitore.

Qualsiasi altra cosa equivarrebbe a un sistema di baratto inefficiente ed è per questo che le reti monetarie internazionali tendono a convergere su un unico elemento come moneta dominante.

In precedenza, la moneta dominante era l'oro; oggi sono il dollaro statunitense e i titoli del Tesoro americani. In futuro credo che saranno Bitcoin od oro.

Nel lungo termine miliardi di persone, attraverso migliaia di miliardi di transazioni – in altre parole, il libero mercato – decideranno in ultima analisi se vincerà l'oro o Bitcoin.

Sono assolutamente a favore della concorrenza del libero mercato nel settore monetario.

Io dico che vincerà la moneta migliore.

In un articolo recente ho analizzato i dieci attributi monetari più decisivi e ho verificato se l'oro o Bitcoin abbiano un vantaggio. La tabella seguente riassume i risultati.

Bitcoin vince in 6 delle 10 categorie, inclusa la durezza (resistenza alla svalutazione), che credo sarà il fattore più decisivo.

Sebbene l'oro abbia un vantaggio su Bitcoin in termini di durevolezza, tale vantaggio sarà rilevante solo nel caso di un inevitabile ritorno globale all'età della pietra. Un risultato talmente improbabile non è rilevante per le decisioni di investimento odierne.

L'oro ha anche un vantaggio fugace in termini di liquidità, fungibilità, privacy e riconoscimento. Tuttavia Bitcoin sta erodendo questi vantaggi ogni giorno.

Se le tendenze attuali continuano, credo che Bitcoin supererà l'oro in queste categorie negli anni a venire.

Riassumendo, i vantaggi dell'oro su Bitcoin sono irrilevanti o stanno scomparendo.

La conclusione inevitabile è che Bitcoin possiede caratteristiche fondamentali superiori che lo rendono uno strumento migliore per trasferire valore attraverso il tempo e lo spazio.

L'oro digitale è migliore dell'oro analogico.

In breve, è probabile che Bitcoin vinca la competizione finale e diventi la moneta dominante al mondo.

Permettetemi di spiegare come vedo la situazione...

Non sto dicendo che sia certo al 100% che Bitcoin demonetizzerà l'oro.

Quello che voglio dire è questo: nel lungo termine – misurato in anni, probabilmente decenni – ci sono buone probabilità che Bitcoin demonetizzi l'oro perché ha proprietà monetarie superiori.

Tuttavia la stragrande maggioranza dell'umanità non capisce che Bitcoin ha il potenziale per diventare la moneta dominante... ancora.

Ci troviamo di fronte a un'enorme asimmetria informativa.

Con Bitcoin, è come se avessi scoperto l'oro prima che la maggior parte del mondo capisse che esso era utile come moneta.

Pensateci...

Avreste la possibilità di anticipare i principali investitori, le grandi multinazionali e persino gli stati, entrando in questo trend prima di loro.

La potenziale ascesa di Bitcoin a moneta dominante – un megatrend che mi piace chiamare la supremazia di Bitcoin – è un'enorme opportunità irripetibile e la più grande storia di investimento che abbia mai visto.

Ci sono un paio di chiarimenti necessari a questa analisi.

Chiarimento n°1: cigni neri

Qualsiasi evento con effetti attualmente inconcepibili e impossibili da prevedere – l'avvento dell'informatica quantistica, l'estrazione da asteroidi, la nanotecnologia, ecc. – potrebbe far pendere la bilancia in una direzione o nell'altra.

Chiarimento n°2: tempistica

Non credo che Bitcoin rappresenti una minaccia immediata per l'oro.

Molto probabilmente l'oro verrà rimonetizzato con il crollo del sistema monetario fiat, per poi essere demonetizzato da Bitcoin negli anni e nei decenni successivi.

Sebbene Bitcoin abbia migliori caratteristiche monetarie rispetto all'oro, potrebbero volerci molti anni, potenzialmente decenni, prima che la maggior parte delle persone se ne renda conto.

Un fattore importante nella tempistica è la velocità con cui il sistema monetario fiat crollerà.

Se dovessi pronosticare quando ciò accadrà, direi intorno al 2030.

Se il sistema monetario fiat crollerà più velocemente del previsto, probabilmente ne trarrà beneficio l'oro. Esso ha una maggiore riconoscibilità e più persone graviteranno verso ciò con cui hanno familiarità. Bitcoin è una novità e incompreso.

Se il crollo del sistema monetario fiat dovesse protrarsi a lungo, Bitcoin potrebbe trarne beneficio. Questo perché, con il passare del tempo e la crescente notorietà di Bitcoin, le persone si sentiranno più a loro agio con esso come alternativa alla moneta fiat. Salteranno l'oro e passeranno direttamente dalla moneta fiat a Bitcoin.

In ogni caso credo che Bitcoin non inizierà a demonetizzare l'oro sul serio prima che il crollo del sistema monetario fiat sia completo. La mia ipotesi è che ciò potrebbe accadere intorno al 2030 e poi potrebbero passare molti anni, forse decenni, prima che Bitcoin demonetizzi completamente l'oro.

Detto questo, un Bitcoin standard potrebbe emergere spontaneamente più velocemente di quanto chiunque si aspetti. Questo rappresenta un rischio per l'oro e un'ottima ragione per esporsi a Bitcoin.

Chiarimento n°3: allocazione del portafoglio

Non credo abbia senso puntare tutto su Bitcoin... o su qualsiasi altra cosa.

Un'esposizione al 100% su qualsiasi asset non è una gestione prudente del rischio, perché nulla nella vita è certo al 100%. Con l'aumento esponenziale della tecnologia, nemmeno la morte è certa, ma questa è una storia per un altro giorno.

Quello che posso dire con la massima sicurezza è che, per la prima volta in oltre 5.000 anni, l'oro ha un concorrente serio che potrebbe demonetizzarlo nei prossimi decenni.

Come minimo considero l'oro una copertura se Bitcoin non emergesse come la valuta dominante a livello mondiale nel lungo termine.

Nell'immediato futuro l'oro rappresenta un'alternativa monetaria superiore alla valuta fiat. Credo che ne trarrà i principali benefici dal crollo dell'attuale sistema monetario fiat negli anni a venire.

A mio parere la cosa prudente da fare è allocare capitale in oro e Bitcoin e aggiornare tale allocazione con il passare del tempo e l'evolversi dei fatti.

Nel breve e medio termine credo che sia l'oro che il Bitcoin prospereranno con il crollo del sistema monetario fiat.

Al momento desidero essere esposto a entrambi e alle azioni di società che beneficiano dell'aumento dei prezzi dell'oro e di Bitcoin.

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Most of the faithful are familiar with both sides of the current Catholic coin: rampant unbelief and apostasy on one side and a small but powerful movement toward orthodoxy and tradition on the other. Many young priests have begun the hard work of improving catechesis and liturgy, emphasizing Confession, and building devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In many of their parishes, the exodus appears to have stopped. Parishioner numbers are beginning to stabilize and, in some select cases, even grow.

This a good sign, but even in these parishes there tends to be a lukewarmness. Though they call themselves Catholic and even attend Mass each Sunday, many parishioners refuse to fully embrace the faith. It takes a backseat to the things of the world. Far too many of the Catholics in the pews each Sunday are not in state of grace and are at risk of eternal woe. Why is it so difficult in today’s culture to get Mass-attending Catholics to fully embrace the faith?

This vital question holds one of the keys to stopping the exodus out of the Church and moving beyond its current crisis. If parishes are giving better catechesis and liturgy, emphasizing Confession, and building devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary, shouldn’t they be seeing more fruit? Shouldn’t these parishes be filled with fervent souls? So why aren’t they?

The hearts of many parishioners are hardened. Catholics, and many parishes, have succumbed to our modern-day culture and, in particular, its view of happiness, religion, and freedom. Although these ways of thinking are at odds with the Catholic faith, the Church is mostly silent about these fundamental dangers of the modern mindset.

In order for these Mass-going Catholics to embrace their faith and all that is being offered them, their mindset must change. While preaching against the culture and its worldview is never easy, these topics are necessary, and because of their relevance to everyday life, they are a great opportunity for priests to grab parishioners’ attention and lead them toward fully embracing and living their Catholic faith.

Out of a deep love for our Lord we must not only stop the physical exodus of Catholics from the Church, but we must also help those who remain fully embrace the faith to become true friends of Christ. This starts with parish priests. They have been ordained by God through His Church for this very task of leading the souls in their parishes to heaven. They are called to be the saints to lead us out of this crisis. But how?

To change the thinking of Catholics in the pews, they must change the culture of the parish, so let’s first understand culture’s components. Culture is made up of three elements: what we think (mentality), what we do (habits), and what we’re surrounded by (environment). These elements directly relate to the transcendentals of truth, goodness and beauty. The more a parish’s mentality is based in truth, its habits in goodness, and its environment in beauty, the more authentically Catholic its culture is, which brings its people closer to God.

“Faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ” (Rom. 10:17). The first step to shifting the mentality of a parish is to preach Christ and the faith with boldness and confidence. Any sense of compromise diminishes the priest’s authority, along with the authority of the Church. It must be clear to parishioners that the priest teaches truths handed down from God through His Church. These teachings are not just one set of beliefs among many. Preaching in this way fights against relativism and the false idea of freedom, that one can do as he pleases, creating his own patchwork of truth and morals.

With the poor level of catechesis over the last half century, parishioners are ignorant about many elements of the faith. Through prayer and personal contact within the parish, priests should determine what topics must be taught in order to fight this ignorance. In many parishes, parishioners have lost interest in learning their faith, so a pastor might consider beginning with elements that will inspire them and pique their interest, drawing them further in and building a trust between the priest and his people. While sermons are the most obvious place for this to occur, many priests use podcasts, Facebook Live, bulletin inserts and regular parish talks to connect with parishioners and deepen their knowledge of the faith.

Preaching isn’t the only way to change a parish’s mentality. According to Aristotle, we learn moral virtue primarily through habit and practice rather than through reasoning and instruction. Habits, the second element that makes up the culture, are also a primary tool for changing parish mentality. A habit as simple as the Morning Offering combats the idea that religion is something to make life better, a self-help tool. By offering themselves and their day to God each morning, parishioners can connect themselves to the priest’s offering at Mass. In time this changes the way they look at the faith. Their faith begins to become an offering to God.

How can parish priests instill habits like the Morning Offering in their parishioners? Parishes are diverse, and the priest can’t reach everyone. Who should the priest focus his time and efforts on? According to St. John Paul II: the future of the world and of the Church passes through the family. The priest should focus his efforts on families, but even this is difficult. In today’s world, getting whole families together and then having material that works for children, mothers and fathers is nearly impossible.

So, how do priests most effectively reach families? Through fathers.

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I think one of the reasons Americans love Donald Trump is because he is so transparent and wears his personality on his sleeve. He shows us when he is angry or happy and often reflects his inner thinking. This is quite different from many world leaders who often stick to official reasoned positions which reflect the needs of their country without getting into personal reflections. This is perhaps why Trump is so unique and difficult to deal with by other world leaders. This latest post of June 27th on Truth Social shows Trump and his personal feelings at its height. He displayed his anger over not being acknowledged as Trump the merciful, holding back the forces of the American military from doing further damage.

I think world leaders need to take a different approach to Donald Trump and speak to him on a level he can understand with a personal approach as opposed to a civic diplomatic approach.

Therefore, I imagined the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah responding to President Trump’s June 27th TRUTH SOCIAL post in a respectful manner acknowledging his points and pointing out other issues that would be beneficial to the nation of Iran.  I also worked this response out with assistance of AI as an editor to help craft a diplomatic positive response.

Below you will see the imaginary response of Ayatollah Khameni which I believe would have gotten a more constructive response from Mr. Trump.  The response acknowledges President Trump’s restraint, points out moral issues that America needs to work on, advocates for lifting sanctions as a means for Iran to enter the FLOW of the World Order and advocates for using Honey over Vinegar which Mr. Trump also advocates for. In effect, it takes the rationale of Mr. Trump and flips them into advocating for pro-Iranian positions which hopefully would bring about more peace.  The imaginary response is as follows:

Dear Mr. President,

The Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes the importance of avoiding unnecessary conflict and values any decision by the United States leadership to prevent further escalation in the recent confrontation. We acknowledge your decision to exercise restraint at key moments during a time of heightened tension.

As Iran’s Supreme Leader, I am personally grateful that, despite knowing my exact whereabouts during this period of great tension, you chose to refrain from targeting my location, even though you may have faced pressure to do so. This decision demonstrated a measure of moral leadership and restraint that I acknowledge. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. However, Mr. President, I must ask: if your technology is indeed so advanced that it can locate any individual with such precision, how is it that over 300,000 missing children who have crossed your border in recent years remain unaccounted for? Should this remarkable technology not be used to reunite those vulnerable children with their families? I believe your people — and the world — would welcome such moral leadership on behalf of the innocent.

I also acknowledge your expressed concern for the well-being of the Iranian people, which you showed by choosing to limit further devastation. If you wish to demonstrate this same moral leadership, there is no clearer way than by lifting the sanctions that continue to cause hardship for ordinary Iranian families. Such an act of compassion would not only ease their suffering but would earn the lasting gratitude of the people of Iran for generations to come. It would also help Iran rejoin the FLOW OF THE WORLD ORDER in a constructive and peaceful way — for how can we fully participate in this WORLD ORDER when we remain under heavy sanctions? This would be a powerful example of using HONEY instead of VINEGAR, which, as you yourself have wisely noted, often brings far better results.

Finally, Mr. President, since using HONEY over VINEGAR is a cornerstone of your foreign policy, do you think you could explain this difference to your buddy Mr.Netanyahu? His actions show that he doesn’t seem to understand the difference. Using more HONEY would go a long way to establishing peace in the Middle East.

We hope that, through mutual respect and constructive dialogue, not threats, the region can move toward a better future. We stand ready to discuss pathways that serve the interests of all people of the region, provided they are based on mutual respect and international law.

Sincerely

Ayatollah Khamenei

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

I really wonder how Trump would have responded to such a response. I am willing to bet he would then seriously consider lifting the sanctions. He directly stated that the response of the Ayatollah changed his mind about sanctions, perhaps a more positive yet firm response would have resulted in a different outcome. My goal for writing this article is to offer a different direction for responding to Mr. Trump. If one approach has not been working, then perhaps it’s time to try another.

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