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Cake day: September 6th, 2024

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  • In February, he said the government could “monetize the US balance sheet for the American people.”

    One way to do this would be to revalue America’s gold reserves.

    The US still prices its gold reserves at $42.22 an ounce.

    If revalued to the market price of around $2,900, it could create nearly $900 billion in new equity overnight.

    This would give the government a new pool of capital without borrowing more money or printing dollars.

    Other assets, including federal land, real estate, infrastructure, and even confiscated cryptocurrency, could also be used.

    The logic is clear: the US owns trillions in untapped assets but still runs massive deficits.

    They want to put federal land up as collateral for loans. Instead of just issuing debt in the government’s name, they want to get lower interest rates by putting up US land as collateral. And when they manage the government right into default, the bankers will take possession of all national parks and federal land. That’s what ‘monetize’ means. It means put up as collateral.


  • My preferred mode of play is what I call “Iron Kerbal.” Career mode. No reloads. No respawning. No reverting flights. I can manage everything except an Eve landing and return without reloads. Or, late game, I can manage an Eve landing and recovery if I have enough resources to just keep throwing crews at the planet.














  • Exactly. Their ONLY virtue is convenience. Either you’re there for a prescription and buy something because you’re already there, or you’re just looking to do a quick stop. They’re basically a glorified convenience store that happens to have a pharmacy attached. Their prices are high, but they do have convenience on their side. You don’t have to walk across half a mile of parking before getting to the front door. You don’t have to walk into a giant warehouse store that corrals you into shopping in a giant counterclockwise loop. Walgreens does have the convenience option over shopping at a big grocery store.

    And this is what is so bone-headed about these locking cases. Again, their ONLY advantage is convenience. If they’re going to slow things down by putting a bunch of barriers between me and the things I want, I might as well just spend the same amount of time, go to the full-sized grocery store, and save some money.