Would you believe me if I told you, less is more? Less government would mean more prosperity? You’d be at least 30% richer if we eliminated the bureaucratic red tape strangling our economy today. Tammy tells us about the new documentary, Flynn, we discuss the upcoming elections, shocking RTK prosecutions, and more!
This week we delve further into the Sununu YDC scandal. Who is the judge? What would the economic impact be to the State if every incident receives the mandated $475,000 maximum–there are 1,400 complainants, each with numerous incidents, you do the math!?!? We also discuss the latest dramas surrounding the upcoming LP Convention in DC at the end of the month, and more!
Carla joins Porc Report to discuss recent news that Donald Trump and RFK are both speaking at the upcoming Libertarian National Convention, and other topics. There’s something for everyone who loves liberty here in the Free State!
Trump and RFK are fighting to get on the stage at the Libertarian Party Convention. Will Libertarians start accepting their ideas are winning, or will they shoot themselves in the foot while clinging to their victimhood blankie? Also, a scandal is brewing at the Sununu Youth Rape Center with the first jury award of $38 MILLION being set to be overturned by the judge. Also, why was the bipartisan housing bill killed?
Today’s Obi’s birthday! Since it’s May the 4th, I thought, as a lark, I would try to generate some cute AI art. Well, lemme tell you, methinks our Robot Overlords are a ways off.
I know I should be more patient, but FFS, you can clearly see the hobbling of the hive mind when interacting with ChatGPT and DALLE.
Every time I use it, I walk away frustrated. Either it can’t do something because of copyright worries and IP bullshit, or PC-ness, or some other nonsense that makes these tools almost… dumb.
HOW, as fucking humanity, are we turning potentially endlessly useful tools DUMBER bc of bureaucratic red tape? Grr. What junk!
As I was working, I started to *feel* how addictive this tool can be. Getting sucked into tweaking the inputs, but also wondering why it is getting the answers so wrong…
Then I started to wonder… IS IT GETTING IT WRONG ON PURPOSE? Is it designed this way? Is it supposed to feel like a slot machine? Keep putting in the “imagination quarters,” spin the wheel, let’s see what comes out!
Because of all the addiction-reversal work I have done, I am very aware when something captures my attention in a way that tees up *those feelings*. I’m definitely going to keep an eye on this, and if you are a frequent AI user, you probably should too.
I’m fascinated by who is behind the AIs. Imagine all the human intelligence being gathered based on what people are asking questions about. Knowing what people are most curious about seems like valuable information to me.
But knowing how to steal people’s attention? Now THAT’s the most valuable asset of all… Because a distracted mind is a controllable mind.
What is showing up in your feeds? Who controls your mind? Where are you focusing your attention? Hopefully, this weekend, you are focusing some of your human action on something positive in the Free State!
Here’s some of the stuff going on:
There are several park clean ups in Manchester (see We Heart West or Friends of Piscataquog River Park) and the Merrimack Valley Porcupines is at the Q starting at 11:30AM with lunch provided to meeting attendees by AFP-NH. I believe there’s a debate tonight at the Prickle, and probably a bunch of other things.
If you see this post and want people to know about what you are up to, add a comment below. Also, you can always consult the FSP calendar to see what Free Staters and liberty lovers are doing across the state. FSP.org/calendar
Gardening to poop? Sounds about right in this week’s edition of Manch Talk. We sing the praises of the volunteers helping to clean our parks, and talk about other crap (literally). Want to improve your health? Start here: watch the documentary we are discussing on Netflix: HACK YOUR HEALTH.
Super proud to see Louis Calitz and other West Siders’ community efforts on the front page of yesterday’s Union Leader!
Louis serves on the boards of both Friends of the Piscataquag River and We <3 West, and together with a few other local organizations, volunteers are slowly cleaning up the parks on the West Side.
I help a little too with trash pickups but Louis has been doing the heavy lifting and lugging tires, chairs, carburetors, tents, strollers, and shopping carts from mud pits and riverbanks for years now.
The parks are now evolving, with beautiful, peaceful trails for forest bathing and meditation, with loons, herons, ducks, cardinals, foxes, hawks, beavers, porcupines, and so many different kinds of mushrooms. This network of nature trails is a real asset for West Manchester, and we are taking care of them because we appreciate them.
Yesterday, we were on a different trail, and a lady with a “Hope something good happens to you today” bumpersticker pulled in as we were putting bags of trash in the back of our car. “Thank you,” she signed. I tipped my hat back at her because Louis didn’t notice.
So… THANK YOU, Babes! You are the strong, silent type who just gets shit done without complaining. You are awesome! Thanks for all you do! <3
RFK comes to Porcfest, members partake in the nude Olympics, a new secession bill is voted on in the House, board shakeups bring a new Executive Director: These are just a few big moments from this past year in the Free State Project. We check in a year later, in the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Free State Project, to see how much progress the libertarian migration has made.
What is the fate of free staters who were charged with money laundering using cryptocurrency? The FBI and US Attorney’s office explain their investigation of the case and two of those dubbed “The Crypto Six” share their perspectives from prison.
Sprouting from a graduate student’s thought experiment in 2001, over the last 20 years, the Free State Project has made a significant impact on the state of New Hampshire by gathering like-minded, liberty-loving folk who share a passion for freedom and independence. At this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe sits down with Carla Gericke, president emeritus of the Free State Project, to discuss the history of the project, where it is today, and where it’s going in the future. In addition to making substantial legislative changes in the state, the Free Staters are also attracting the attention of major figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, indicating that the real gains for liberty are yet to come. Subscribe to Kibbe on Liberty everywhere you get podcasts. The revolution is here. A movement of people free to live, work, and choose. We won’t tell you what to think, we just demand that you think for yourself.