--- 2025.05.04 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - We're going to the Lakeside Golf Course grill next week. - Some are visiting the Riverbed Ranch "Operation Self Reliance" (OSR) on Sate May 18 to help make bricks and plaster adobe for an eco-friendly home. Upcoming Group Events - Will have our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Members have found local baked good on Facebook marketplace. - Last week's SLC Freedom Cell meeting showcased people with experience in two approaches for fighting federal taxes. - Apple has photo scanning software on our phones. They currently say it only sends hashes of pictures for detecting child pornograpgy. - Alex Berenson has sued the Biden administration and platforms like Twitter for shutting of his accounts. The state of Missouri has won a lawsuit against the government for pressuring platforms to expel people. - Although we may have a legal fight against federal individual taxes, they would most likely jail people without full due process. Sherry Peel Jackson went to prison for failing to file tax returns. - Freedom to Fascism is a movie detailing the slide of America into a fascist state. --- 2024.04.27 3 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Upcoming Group Events - Will have our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend the SLC Freedom Cell meeting to talk about taxes & "equity in practice" today at Athena Beans - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Members attended the Libertarian State Convention. - Members have attended the Bountiful Open Mic Night a the Kids Find Joy organization, and they will likely attend again. - Members have used CBD gummies to help with sleep. - Years ago, a Davis County emission center put out a warrant for someone's arrest because they refused to pay for services the center did not do. Idaho doesn't have an emissions requirement. - A local shooting competition gives their "Definitely Not A Cop" award for first place. --- 2024.04.20 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - The SLC Freedom Cell is meeting to talk about taxes & "equity in practice" this Saturday at 11 AM at Athena Beans - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Beneath Sheep's Clothing movie comes out on May 23. - ExitGroup.us is a group working on parallel solutions, and there's a chapter here in Salt Lake City. - There are 4 types of attachment: secure, ambivalent, avoidant, disordered - Horace Mann brought the Prussian model of education to the US. --- 2024.04.13 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - Member attended the Restore Freedom Seminar with Freedom Law School's Peymon talking about not filing federal taxes. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - One can only maintain about a handful of close friends. If you have kids, time spent beyond that is time that could strengthen bonds with them. There is a lot of attention and energy spent on remote issues like Israel and Ukraine to the detriment of our own family and local issues. - Schopenhauer said you can tell whether people are good friends by their reaction to news. For good news, good friends will be happy while others will be jealous; for bad news, good friends will sympathize while others judge or get satisfaction. - People who delegate their power to others (whether church or state) are limiting their own growth. - In our affluent society, more have the luxury of acting in unproductive ways. Those in totalitarian, repressive societies have to work harder just to make a living. - Radio Free Mormon is a long-running podcast challenging the dominant religion. --- 2024.04.07 5 of us, with 2 new people Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - A member will attend the Restore Freedom event in South Jordan this Friday or Saturday. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Restore Freedom Seminar in South Jordan on Fri 7-9 PM and Sat 9 AM - 5 PM - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - A member recommends the book "The Death of Money" about the upcoming international currency crisis due to challenges to the dollar (both internal and external). - Cities have been issuing regulations for things as trivial as water heater replacement. - Power structures enable anti-social behavior, removing motivations to work out problems directly. A city bureaucrat tried to force a fire hydrant placed in the middle of someone's driveway area. Thankfully the mayor was reasonable and approachable and got it resolved with one question. A teacher didn't like a student wearing a bandana for a mask and took it to the principal instead of discussing with the student. --- 2024.03.30 3 of us, with 1 new person Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - A member gave away some homebrewed beer. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) - Will do a Saturday breakfast at 10 AM at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Highland Meeting next Fri Apr 5 is about data privacy here in Utah State government -- where a member knows one of the speakers and recommends them if you're at all interested in the topic. - Utah Freedom Seminar in Manti April 11 & 12 (7-9 PM) and April 13 (9 AM - 5 PM) with some national financial speakers including both an IRS whistleblower and the Freedom Law School founder (for avoiding federal taxes) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Members recommend the books Deep Nutrition, Cure Tooth Decay, and Nourishing Traditions. The Weston Price Foundation promotes a healthy, traditional diet. - Oats are best for the body when slightly fermented, such as sitting overnight in water with yogurt or buttermilk or apple cider vinegar. Healthy food takes time in preparation. - Backwoods Home is a magazine with a lot of helpful information for a homestead lifestyle. Mother Earth was a similar magazine a while ago. - A member recommends perennials for a garden, such as berries, rhubarb, and chives. Now is a good time to plant garlic. --- 2024.03.23 1 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - Someone new from Nevada reached out on meetup.com and almost came but plans changed. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - MidFest conference is Apr 10-15 in Oklahoma - Exit & Build conference is May 17-19 in Texas and online --- 2024.03.16 3 of us, with 2 new people Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - A member attended the memorial march for Chase Allen, and met members of the Weber County Patriots. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - A member recommends the book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion" and the science fiction writer Marie Lu. --- 2024.03.10 (Sunday) 6 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged group activity on Time Safari. - As part of the Anarchists team, member has given to a Kiva loan (open for another 2 days). Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Housing is increasingly expensive. In Baltimore, there is housing available even for $1, but they can be expensive to renovate. There are landlords who only want the income and don't care to know the state of their properties. Remote & corporate ownership of housing has problems. --- 2024.03.02 6 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Will meet on Sunday next week. - Members will attend the Chase Allan Memorial March tomorrow in Farmington. - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Onboarded people onto Time Safari, then logged attendance & gratitude with it. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Sunday (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) - Members will visit the Riverbed Ranch to see a plot with an ecologically-friendly house under construction, and potentially help. (TBD) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - There is a Liberty In Tech conference in South Carolina April 24-26. Members are considering going. - There is a project Morpheus that aims to get AI into everybody's hands, and it includes a means to keep the network up and running with funding without any central control. You can earn compute tokens if you stake Ethereum for at least 7 days. The goal is to have it up and running by this July 26 when the US Dept of Commerce is planning to release regulations for AI, potentially classifying it as munitions so that only politically-approved companies can develop it. --- 2024.02.24 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - A member is attending a Decentralized AI conference this week in Colorado. - Members are planning to visit an ecologically-friendly construction site at the Riverbed Ranch this spring or summer (and potentially help). - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - Members donated a vehicle. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Visit to the Riverbed Ranch to visit an ecologically-friendly house under construction and potentially help. (TBD) - Next Steps Conference in Georgia Mar 14-17 - Members are attending Libertarian Convention (May in DC) and Liberty International (Nov in Texas) Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - A member ran a TV station in the past. RFD TV is a station dedicated to rural news. One America Network is a family owned & operated channel, apparently with a right-leaning slant. - AI can be good for us: when it's something that we run on our own machines and when it learns our preferences then it can do good work for us -- especially when we can keep such information and activity private on our own devices, shared only when and how we choose. --- 2024.02.17 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Morning meeting next Saturday (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - None Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - The Libertarian Futurist Society advertizes and ranks libertarian-oriented books, mostly of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Members like L Neil Smith. - "Leave the World Behind" was a decent movie with A-list actors about what happens near a city when armageddon happens. "The Man in the High Castle" is an alternate-history TV series where Germany and Japan won World War II. - Members recommend Brandon Sanderson for fun fantasy. --- 2024.02.10 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Next week's Saturday morning meeting (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - None Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Kids have a potential to chase entertainment endlessly, especially with current devices on the internet. Guidance and even restrictions can be important. Connectivity and devices are privileges, and time being bored and pursuing creativity without outside assistance is beneficial. - Larkin Rose made a video entitled "The Tiny Dot" that's a fun illustration of how citizens outweigh politicians. - Biden's bad mental state is becoming more and more obvious. - Members may have different opinions on morality and the foundation of laws, but we agree that customs have to be set locally. Platos suggestion for a ruling class he calls "guardians" were that they could not own property and they should be raised for that calling from a young ago. - Quails are easier to manage than chickens, and their eggs can be good. - Breitgne Shaffer runs a subscription blog on substack called Parallel Solutions. --- 2024.02.03 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - Members are helping one another with cars and motorcycles. Upcoming Group Events - Next Saturday morning meeting on Feb 10 (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or South Davis) - None Other Topics/News Members Have Heard - CBD helps with high bad cholesterol and pre-diabetes, and with good cholesterol. Statins can have bad effects. High cholesterol by itself isn't such a problem when one is otherwise healty, but can be trouble with high blood pressure and bad circulation. - ChatGPT is an AI bot that is very good at answers. Members often use it instead of other searches. --- 2024.01.27 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - We have now logged attendance cryptographically for 5 years (since Jan 26, 2019). - A member appeared on the Vonu Podcast and on the Freedom's Phoenix "Declare Your Independence" show to discuss Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Next Saturday morning meeting on Feb 3 (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or South Davis) - Liberty International is in Texas this year (and members intend to go) Other Topics/News Members Have Heard - New Argentina President Milei gave a speech at the WEF denouncing collectivism and socialism, and Klaus Schwab walked out. The 2025 Libery International conference will be in Buenos Aires. - Gold and silver prices show signs of manipulation by the derivatives markets and short-selling contracts on them. A correction will likely be sudden and chaotic. --- 2024.01.20 7 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance at Endorser Search. Upcoming Group Events - Next Saturday morning meeting on Jan 27 (ask for location) - Watch Beneath Sheep's Clothing together Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or South Davis) - None Other Topics/News Members Have Heard - Chad Bangerter and the Sunset city council abolished the fire department after they couldn't respond to a fire. - ProtonMail offers a free VPN for use by one device at a time. - Members met many other homeschoolers at a small Lutheran church nearby. - Ritual can be useful and strengthening as long as it's not done with blind obedience. - Bart Ehrman is a professor of religious studies who has become agnostic and defended a real historical who only became deified long after his death. - The philosopher Camus saw life as absurd but he dismissed suicide because it goes against freedom and our human values. --- 2024.01.13 3 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance at Endorser Search. Upcoming Group Events - Next Saturday morning meeting on Jan 20 (ask for location) Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or South Davis) - The Kiva Anarchists group was top donor group for one of the loans. Other Topics/News Members Have Heard - Members recommend the movie "Leave the World Behind" as likely accurate. - Costo has food that says "bioengineered" on it, eg. tortillas. - PAZNIA has a map of camping locations offered by liberty-minded people. --- 2024.01.06 4 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance at Endorser Search. - Helped a member accept cryptocurrency for business. - A member is submitting a ballot for RFK Jr in the Utah Democratic primary. - A member donated to Kiva under the Anarchists team. - Members donated to Phil Lyman's Utah governor candidacy. Upcoming Group Events - Next Saturday morning meeting on Jan 13 Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or South Davis) - None Other Topics/News Members Have Heard - The Kiva Anarchists group is currently top team for one of their recipients. - Members highly recommend Phil Lyman for Utah governor. - We can participate in the Democratic party primary without registering as Democrat. Go "request Democratic primary ballot" online. Do it soon: the primary is on March 5. - Nikki Haley may be Trump's VP choice, and has shown to be a war hawk. - The Liberty International convention is in Texas in November this year. The US Libertarian Party convention is in Washington DC. - Doug Casey lives in Argentina and recommends it. - The Shawn Ryan Show had Steven Greer, a whistleblower on the deep state. - Members know people with covid vaccine injuries, including one person who died within an hour of getting the shot. We also know other injuries from child vaccines, like bells palsy. - Shriners are the top level of the Masons. Members recommended not to donate to them, and know of shameful incidents with them and the Royal Order of Jesters. - CoinMarketCap.com has current prices for cryptocurrencies. --- See the previous year's reports [here](./news-2023.html).