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In the past the bank unilaterally closed the account because of suspicious activity they felt could be linked to possible identity theft.
somewhat odd to have a bank close your account and then stay with that bank
I haven't read the full post yet, but I will say, before I do so, that this reminds me of the conversation I just had with my realtor about how property is never truly owned because we lease it from the government.
you're correct about his "why"
he's also younger than I would like
he does a god job of presenting his case on Rogan and I only knew of him because a door knocker came to give me his flier.... the door knocker didn't know anything about his monetary policy, and I told her I would do my own research
any examples?
maybe this guy: James Talarico
jamestalarico.com
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GGtWMsqNE1g8oJHof9nd8
I got up and out of bed at 06:30, had coffee. That could be a win in itself, but the actual win was the neighborhood feral cat who came over to the porch to get some pets.
(then) current... "it'd be too dangerous to work from an office (covid, currently), not to mention they're loud and unpleasant"
this guy has a several hours mix...
https://rumble.com/v6y01nm-protestival-strongsignal-by-madmunky-2140-.wtf.html?
When Minneapolis became a flashpoint after ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renée Nicole Good, federal officials immediately pushed a narrative of justification (“domestic terrorism” / “ramming an officer”), while reporting emphasized that video evidence disputed key elements of that story
I've now seen three videos ... 2 of them were ambiguous, but the last was (I guess?) the body cam & it's pretty clear that she backs up then guns it toward the officer.
I'll post some things that the robot told me:
Below is a high-density reconstruction of what broke in the 1780s and who argued about it.
(a) State coordination failures under the Articles of Confederation(a) State coordination failures under the Articles of Confederation
Structural causeStructural cause
The Articles of Confederation created a league of sovereign states, not a governing state:
- Congress could request, not compel
- No federal taxation
- No executive enforcement
- No federal courts
- Unanimity or supermajorities for action
This made collective action nearly impossible.
1. Fiscal collapse (national + state)1. Fiscal collapse (national + state)
- Congress could not tax → relied on state contributions → states routinely refused
- Revolutionary War debt unpaid
- Continental currency collapsed (“not worth a Continental”)
Manifestation:
- Soldiers unpaid
- Credit dried up
- Foreign lenders lost confidence
- States issued their own currencies, often inflating wildly
2. Interstate economic warfare2. Interstate economic warfare
States behaved like semi-independent countries:
- Tariffs on neighboring states’ goods
- Port states (NY, MA) taxed inland states (NJ, CT)
- No uniform trade policy
Manifestation:
- Trade fragmentation
- Retaliatory tariffs
- Britain exploited divisions, blocking US trade access
3. Inability to provide security3. Inability to provide security
- No standing national army
- States controlled militias
- Congress couldn’t respond rapidly to crises
Shays' Rebellion (1786–87)Shays' Rebellion (1786–87)
- Western MA farmers crushed by debt + taxes
- Courts seized farms → armed resistance
- State militia suppressed it; federal government could not intervene
Elite interpretation:
“If a state collapses internally, the union cannot act.”
This terrified property-holders and bondholders.
4. Foreign policy paralysis4. Foreign policy paralysis
- Britain kept troops in western forts (violating treaty)
- Spain closed the Mississippi to US trade
- Congress couldn’t credibly threaten or negotiate
Manifestation:
- Loss of sovereignty in practice
- Regional factions flirting with foreign alliances
5. Legal incoherence5. Legal incoherence
- No federal judiciary
- States ignored treaties
- Contracts unenforceable across borders
Manifestation:
- Commercial uncertainty
- Capital flight
- Elite fear of democratic “excess”
Net effectNet effect
The 1780s were perceived (by elites) as:
An unstable confederation sliding toward disunion or populist collapse
This is the pressure context behind 1787.
(b) What the Anti-Federalists argued, who they were, and who else mattered(b) What the Anti-Federalists argued, who they were, and who else mattered
Anti-Federalist critique (core themes)Anti-Federalist critique (core themes)
The Anti-Federalists argued:
- Consolidated power = tyranny
- National government would swallow states
- “Necessary and Proper” clause was a blank check
- Executive danger
- Single executive → elective monarch
- Commander-in-chief + standing army = despotism
- Emergency powers would expand indefinitely
- Congressional abdication
- Representatives would defer to executive/administrators
- Distance from constituents → accountability collapse
- Elite capture
- Government would serve creditors, merchants, financiers
- Rural and debtor classes marginalized
- No Bill of Rights
- Explicit protections absent → liberties at risk
Many of these warnings map exactly onto modern critiques.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Not a party; a coalition:
- Patrick Henry — warned of consolidated power
- George Mason — refused to sign Constitution
- Samuel Adams
- Richard Henry Lee
- Small farmers, debtors, frontier settlers
- Localist elites suspicious of national finance
They were strongest in:
- Virginia
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island (last to ratify)
Federalists (for contrast)Federalists (for contrast)
The Federalists argued:
- Strong center prevents anarchy
- Representation filters popular passions
- Ambition will check ambition
- Energy in the executive is necessary
Key figures:
- James Madison
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Jay
Their writings (e.g. The Federalist Papers) dominate later interpretation because they won.
Who else was part of the discourse?Who else was part of the discourse?
Beyond the binary:
1. State constitutional thinkers1. State constitutional thinkers
- Each state had its own constitution
- Experiments in:
- Unicameral legislatures
- Strong legislatures, weak executives
- Annual elections
These experiences directly informed both camps.
2. Classical & Enlightenment sources2. Classical & Enlightenment sources
Heavily cited by both sides:
- Montesquieu (separation of powers)
- Polybius (mixed government)
- Roman republican history
- English Civil War experience
The disagreement was diagnostic, not philosophical.
3. Popular press & pamphleteers3. Popular press & pamphleteers
- Newspapers were the internet
- Essays under pseudonyms (“Brutus,” “Cato,” “Publius”)
- Mass public constitutional debate—rare historically
Compressed synthesisCompressed synthesis
- The 1780s failed because the confederation couldn’t enforce coordination.
- Federalists fixed this by empowering the center—especially the Executive.
- Anti-Federalists correctly foresaw incentive drift: Congress would offload power; executives would accumulate it.
- The Constitution is best read not as a solved design, but as a frozen argument whose fault lines we still inhabit.
for now.
indefinite lifespans are on the horizon