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Thetexashammer

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  1. A Schengen passport get you access to the entire EU. So you can buy an apartment in one country, and then just rent it out later. No guarantee you get you money back, but you'll get some return. I strongly recommend the lifestyle. I loved northern Italy. Walking, biking, cycling everywhere. I eventually realized a car didn't matter, and not having a car was a point of pride. Live in the Centro Storico. I had three grocery stores in walking distance. It was lovely. Taxes are an issue, but it can be dealt with. Medical isn't really too bad, you won't be comfortable until you get there and do it. Don't let it stand in the way. Consider doing 90 days in an AirBnB just to get used to living there and evaluate you options for a permanent location. It's worth noting that living costs are probably 1/3 cheaper in most places, like Italy or France. If I am able to get it done, I will be in either Paris, the French Riviera, or northern Italy. The way my bitcoin is seemingly going it's just a matter of time. But who knows really.
  2. Here's the story of how the people from the internet got those binders.
  3. That confirms what Anastasis said. "Probably" LOL. "Certainly interesting".
  4. You are accusing other people of "both sidesism". But you are the one excusing your "side" because of what the other side does. Which is the literal definition. You are, in a single paragraph, doing the thing that you are accusing other people of doing. Seriously, touch grass bro.
  5. He gets paid tens of millions of dollars to talk. How much do you get?
  6. Are you wearing the right size?
  7. It is, except he is doing it from the DT position. The thought of him at DE (Edge, sorry) is scary. He make Poona look lazy.
  8. It's Jamatkimas. That's all I got please try and do better.
  9. My thesis is that there are two things happening. First, of course, taxes increase costs, so tariffs have some impact on prices. But it's a one time thing, not really "inflation" as we know it. The second thing is that the economy is melting down. Leading economic indicators show recessions, jobs are doing basically nothing, housing is crashing especially CRE, retails sales in nominal dollars are down, and lending (money supply) is down. It's kind of a stalemate, but it will break one way or the other before too long. The actual numbers don't show that tariffs spiked the numbers, core was 0.2% if you ignore energy and food. The biggest impact in core was shelter (housing), which likely was not impacted by tariffs. I think we see a nominal recession prior to going to the moon when we feel the impact of onshoring all that manufacturing and all the inflation due to money printing.
  10. New to the watch thing. I have a Breitling Super Avenger 2 GMT for my daily wear. My next is a vintage Rolex Cellini in Rose Gold for a dress watch.
  11. What's happening now is that cryptos (mainly tether/USDC and bitcoin) are becoming the new payment rails. Stablecoins will eliminate Paypal, Zelle, Venmo, all that shit. Eventually, they replace Visa/Mastercard. Zero transaction fees and instant settlement. So regular people will be buying and holding crypto in large volumes in the near future. Second issue, which crypto do you want to hold? USD (getting money printed to Bolivia) or the hardest most secure permissionless currency ever created and oh yeah it's the one everyone is using. Crypto is disintermediating money, just like the internet did 20 years ago to the rest of the economy. Incidentally, I was hesitant on Bitcoin early on because of transaction fees and lack of staking. But after screwing around for a while, I realized those issues are all solved with layer twos. So in a year or two we will be able to earn interest at a market rate and have lots of other apps and services. We have already solved the transaction fee problem. The tax issue is a problem, but if we get the "under $600" solution then I am not worried in the long run. I would argue we've mostly solved the political problem as well. The other thing that sold me was RISK ADJUSTED return. I could buy a pharma company, or Palantir, but that is risky. The BTC adoption process isn't risky, I am observing it happening directly.
  12. Which side represents the American people? The correct answer is neither. Making it a partisan issue just make you look dumb. You do realize who had all the documents six months ago right? It's all bread and circuses designed to distract the small minded.
  13. They need to establish a bipartisan commission of nonpoliticians to evaluate the evidence and make recommendations for prosecution.
  14. It is extremely unlikely to the point of impossibility that Biden's proxies had dirt on Trump and didn't release it.
  15. Outside of the Epstein files, who is being protected? And who in the administration is being protected?
  16. Shockingly, I am not tired of winning yet.
  17. The real question is not why isn't the list being released. It's why aren't they charging the criminals?
  18. You mean like dilute existing shareholders a little more? It's like a slow death. I buy the evidence ISO the molecule, but even given that it's hard to see a the light on this. There isn't even a material short position to get excited about. Is there an obvious and immediate catalyst in the pipeline?
  19. She should have taken Skip's money LOL.
  20. Trey Owens should starts.
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