--- 2024.11.16 4 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance with Time Safari, with 1 new person onboarded. - Members shared magazines. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Davis County Libertarian Party meetup is Wed Nov 20 Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Thomas Massey and Joel Salatin, both respectable agricultural leaders, are going to be working in an agriculture-related division of Trump's administration. - McDonald's potatos are off-gassed for months, and have all kinds of chemicals to make them last. - High-fructose corn syrup became popular because government tariffs pushed the price of sugar higher. And sugar became a popular sweetener due to lobbyists, which ended up replacing healthier fats in our food. - Melissa K Morris is working for independent chicken processing in Idaho. - There's a short "Plandemic: the Musical" video out. - After 16 years of running deficits in Argentina, Milei has balanced the budget. - In SLC in the 70s, men were arrested for dancing together. --- 2024.11.09 4 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - A member used one of our community IDs at a local business. - Will start meeting at Dick's in Centerville next Saturday for the winter. - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance with Time Safari, with 2 new people. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Red Pill conference is online Nov 16-17 Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Tim Pool discussed how people continue living their lives, like when fighting was going on in Egypt but people were eating at McDonald's down the street. - Bountiful Free Thinkers group is meeting Tuesdays in Farmington. - There is a purity culture in church that preaches subservience for girls even in the face of male promiscuity. - The next Red Pill conference is happening all online. - A member recommends "License to Lie" by Sidney Powell, a former Assistant US Attorney. - Globalists aren't using that label for themselves as much any more. --- 2024.11.02 10 of us, with 3 new people Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Upcoming Group Events - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - None Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Rothbard, crony capitalism, homeschool, home birth, terrible twos. Becoming proficient in a trade takes years of daily dedication and learning. --- 2024.10.26 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Most members will be gone for our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. Will send a text message to the group. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Liberty on the Rocks Voluntaryism conference in Sedona, AZ on Nov 1-3 Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - A member was cuffed and held for watching the police, then given a citation for failing to have a bicycle light. - A member was spotlighted in local news for doing his walks to cover all the city streets in the cities around West Bountiful. - The second Lyman candidate dropped out of the Utah governor's race, and the Lieutenant Governor's office sent out an email saying that Lyman dropped out. This is all extremely confusing, which may be the intention. --- 2024.10.19 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Members have watched "The Last of Us" and "Jericho" and recommend them. - Anti-cen.com is creating devices to help people avoid censorship, particularly with videos. - If a Democrat were to become Utah governor, the legislature would oppose the socialist-style policies that they support under Cox. - Max Gorky is a famous Russian writer, but a member just read him and says it's not worth reading. --- 2024.10.12 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - "Earthing" documentary producers will have an open house in Centerville on Sat Oct 12. - Liberty on the Rocks Voluntaryism conference in Sedona, AZ on Nov 1-3 - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - The US NIH finally published an NTP study finding that flouride can cause lower IQ in children. That study was done in 2016 and has not been released due to politics, and it took court action to get it released. - A member attended the local Decentralized AI Day, which was part of the Permissionless technology conference. People are working on AI tech that can be used by anyone and not just owned by large tech companies. - Joel Skousen's most recent talk is available online. - Used car prices have skyrocketed over the last few years. It seems that contractors also have been higher demand, costing more and getting harder to employ. --- 2024.10.05 1 of us --- 2024.09.28 3 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Bountiful Free Thinking Meetup Group on Tue Oct 1 - Joel Skousen will speak at the Highland Meeting on Fri Oct 4. Members are going. - "Earthing" documentary producers will have an open house in Centerville on Sat Oct 12. - Liberty on the Rocks Voluntaryism conference in Sedona, AZ on Nov 1-3 - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - RFK is probably looking for a position with a Trump administration. - John Ortberg said: "Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath." - The Art of Not Being Governed was a group on Facebook that was taken down during covid. The Geo Metro Owners group was also taken down. Zuckerberg recently sent an open letter admitting to giving in to federal government influence and taking down sites, saying those were decisions "we wouldn't make today). - Whitney Webb is a journalist reporting on corruption in the intelligence agencies and elsewhere, and has a site with other similar journalists. - People are now being questioned by banks even when they deposit cash around the $5000 range. --- 2024.09.21 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Bountiful Free Thinking Meetup Group was started by a member. First meeting is next Tues Sep 24 at IHOP. - Your Health Freedom events (including John Stockton) are Fri-Sat Fri Sep 27 & 28 - Joel Skousen will speak at the Highland Meeting on Fri Oct 4. - "Earthing" documentary producers will have an open house in Centerville on Sat Oct 12. - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Responsible & reliable people prove their value and work, whether employees or entrepreneuers or teachers. - Some rely on one approach for retirement, eg. a 401K, but there are other things like land and physical assets that are also valuable. A diversity of investment types is important because you never know when one crash in value. --- 2024.09.14 1 of us (different person from last time :-) --- 2024.09.07 1 of us --- 2024.08.31 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - While walking around neighborhoods, a member has acquired neglected cars and put them to use. - Members enjoyed the Australian Pink Floyd in concert. - People are mindful and would like to be aware if there were widspread, chronic hunger and human trafficking in our region but we haven't seen it. - People are much more fun years after school at reunions. --- 2024.08.24 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - Members attended a Davis County Libertarian dinner recently. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - The monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner is next Wednesday. - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - While fasting, water and salt are still important, and maybe copper, too. - There is a gene that is inclined toward worship. It may be affected by neuropathic or medicinal approaches. - Larkin Rose has generated some interesting and helpful content, including writing and videos. - A membrane sweep can be a less-invasive and more-natural way than pitocin to induce labor. --- 2024.08.17 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - Members will be setting up a hydroponic system soon. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold our weekly meeting next Saturday morning. - Will do a Saturday morning meeting & breakfast at Redmond Farms (TBD). Upcoming Other Events (either Voluntaryist or Davis County) - Members will attend a monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner sometime. - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Discussed events for shooting or ham radio (but didn't make concrete plans). - Members have used couch-surfing sites in the past. - There was a DDOS attack on X with Trump and Musk had their interview. - Presidential executive orders by Trump and Biden have affected software delivery, where the administration has now said that US citizens can no longer get Kaspersky anti-virus software or even updates to it. --- 2024.08.10 1 of us --- 2024.08.03 6 of us, with 2 new people Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will hold 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 the Libertarian Party Fireside on Tue Aug 13. - Members will attend a monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner sometime. - Members will attend Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Revolution is a TV series about 10 years ago but was canceled after 2 seasons. - Snake Staff Systems has a new tourniquet that is inexpensive. Ropes and neckerchiefs have more of a potential to cause long-term damage. - Homeschooling kids who have been part of multi-family groups are much more capable and sociable than kids who only grew up at home. - The Kybalion is an ancient hermetic text. - Kinesis is an online company holding gold and offering credit cards and other services for those with accounts. --- 2024.07.27 6 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Members have smoked meat on a regular grill, with water-soaked wood chips wrapped in aluminum. - A member used his blog as a portfolio when successfully applying for a job, demonstrating the importance of real work. --- 2024.07.20 1 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. --- 2024.07.13 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Upcoming Group Events - Will run 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). - Members will attend a monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner sometime. Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Silver has gone above $30. The COMEX in Chicago is a derivatives marketplace and there's suspicion that they artifically keep the price of silver low, by offering futures derivatives when there's a potential for the price to get too high. Members estimate the real price should be above $50. - Police are scary. They've earned that reputation, where citizens would generally prefer not to interact with them. They now call themselves "Law Enforcement" rather than "Peace Officers", which is a telling change. --- 2024.07.06 0 of us --- 2024.06.29 1 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Upcoming Group Events - 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). - Members will attend a monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner sometime. Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - There's a "Secular Spirituality" group on Meetup.com that meets virtually on Sundays. --- 2024.06.22 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - A member gave out Reason magazine. Upcoming Group Events - Will run 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). - Members will attend a monthly Davis County Libertarian Party dinner sometime. Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - A member recommends "Converse & Conflict" by L Neil Smith. - The Libertarian Party will be at a booth at Layton's Liberty Days on July 4. - Crab apples can make a good jam. Plum trees are hardy. - People are making earth ships in New Mexico, keeping the internal temperature at 65 degrees. --- 2024.06.15 4 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. Upcoming Group Events - Will run 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Discussed raising kids so that they can achieve their highest potential. --- 2024.06.08 3 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Purchased food with group cryptocurrency. - Shared a magazine. Upcoming Group Events - Will run 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Abraham Lincoln's letter to Horace Greely makes it clear that, in his presidential agenda, it didn't matter whether any slaves were freed (though he personally wanted it). The book "The Real Lincoln" lays out Lincoln's agenda to expand the powers of the federal government. - There are vote swapping sites to trade your vote with someone where you each think your vote would have more impact. --- 2024.06.01 2 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. Upcoming Group Events - Will run 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - Coffee is good for the liver but bad for kidneys. Rolaids and Tums have 12000 mg calcium and can cause kidney stones with long use. Deep Blue rub by doTERRA is a natural product for menthol treatment. - Corbett Report and Whitney Webb have fascinating investigations on their podcasts. --- 2024.05.25 1 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged attendance & gratitude with Time Safari. - A member helped at the Riverbed Ranch to put adobe on a greenhouse wall last week. - A member attended the Libertarian National Convention. 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 Liberty International (Nov in Texas). Other Topics / News Members Have Heard - The book "Means of Control" shows how entrenched is the American surveillance state. "Broken Money" discusses the bad designs of most ountries' monetary systems, and "Hijacking Bitcoin" tells how many things in Bitcoin have been corrupted. --- 2024.05.18 0 of us --- 2024.05.11 0 of us --- 2024.05.04 5 of us Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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. --- 2024.04.06 5 of us, with 2 new people Group Reports/Actions/Decisions - Logged attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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 attendance & gratitude with 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).