{"id":3934,"date":"2022-08-15T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:24:45","slug":"fifteen-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/fifteen-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have almost nothing from when I was fifteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That year wasn&#8217;t great.  I had what was probably my first really major MS exacerbation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incredibly introverted.  Lots of acne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I watched something this weekend, somewhat with my wife (she bailed towards the end).  The episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicetv.com\/en_us\/show\/dark-side-of-the-90s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a> on Y2K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a lot as I was doing some IT and radio engineering in those days.  There were satellites that got retired early because of the problem.  Generally, however, everything worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, there was a lot of worry about what would happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the year changed over, pretty much all the lights in the studio were off, generators running.  I had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS Radio<\/a> on a phone coupler in case the satellite didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VICE, however, has really gone off the deep end when it comes to tracking minor conspiracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of VICE, interesting live event on Substack with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Fifth Column<\/a> folks last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s refreshing to have something I consume that&#8217;s not constant doom-and-gloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Same could be said for Brad and Hannah over at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BASED Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what I&#8217;ve really come to the conclusion on lately is that the experts don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RONPAUL\/AUSTRIAN ECON crowd can&#8217;t explain why precious metals haven&#8217;t gone through the roof price-wise when it comes to increased currency liquidity.  And, no, it&#8217;s not just the Federal Reserve.  If it was, USD &lt;&#8211;> EUR wouldn&#8217;t be basically 1:1 really for the first time ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on.  Neither do you because you read a thirty year-old Rothbard book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mentioned BASED because Brad had a guest talking about some of the provisions as the horribly-rebranded Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I&#8217;m still skeptical that many of the provisions in the bills will do much of anything, but it&#8217;s not the disaster that was the Build Back Better package, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PRO Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things aren&#8217;t as bleak as I worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s fun was taking half a day of vacation to go to the dentist.  Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But whittle down the unused time a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have almost nothing from when I was fifteen. That year wasn&#8217;t great. I had what was probably my first really major MS exacerbation. Incredibly introverted. Lots of acne. I watched something this weekend, somewhat with my wife (she bailed towards the end). The episode of this on Y2K. 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