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Will check it out, keep us posted

In 3 part Harmony, no less . . .

Acquired another rental property last week. It was very tough as the prices are quickly climbing out of my desired range thanks to California's quagmire. But, I did it. Soon I'll be able to dial back my income to something comfortable but not so I that I'm getting raped by the federal government. I busted my ass for many years, so this feels like a very good development. Soon I may just transition to stocking toilet paper and coffee in my short-term rentals when I'm not fishing in the lake in Galt's Gulch...

I've always thought the Free State Project had some merit. Unfortunately, they chose New Hampshire, a place with far more snow than I can tolerate. Good luck, though.

That should really improve the tourist business. LOL

No, it is not too bad. Remember, they asked for it, and boy are they going to get it!

Certainly. And, they're already getting it from what I'm seeing. People are being told they that their not able to film or photograph anything in public if the goons say so. Some women are getting punched in the head randomly, and shoved down stairs. Too bad, really...

Ok, then I need to revisit FSP ( yes, it's been years)
I will have to ask you more questions.
(dennis_jeeves-1((at))yahoo.com) Remove brackets to obtain the correct email.

1) It seems you're either underestimating the size and involvement of the FSP, or that you're working with an unreconciled contradiction. It is true that, ultimately, Free Staters are on their own—insofar as every man is ultimately on his own in regard to any course of action he takes. It is not true that the FSP lacks personal mentorship as such—I myself am 23 and have Kevin Haley as a great friend and mentor, and Jeremy Kaufman serves a similar role for a few of my friends in NH. If you're referring to mentorship more in the sense of Hoppe's account of "voluntary immigration" via sponsorship by property owners, or in the more specific sense of Midas Mulligan hiring Quentin Daniels? If the issue is that they haven't already built a fully privatized community where personal relationships are a matter of necessity in order to remain in the community, then my answer is "why wait for someone else to build that community, and why not build that community where you have the highest concentration of competent candidates?" Galt's Gulch was built in Colorado, the cultural and industrial center of libertarianism/competence in the world of Atlas Shrugged. Any serious analog to Galt's Gulch will have to be built in the closest real analog to Rand's Colorado. New Hampshire is the only real contender for that title today.

2) The FSP is decentralized, but the Hoppeans (Kaufman and his friends) are the dominant faction when it comes to recruitment and optics. Many of us go to great lengths to dissuade so-called "left libertarians" and "modal libertarians" from moving to New Hampshire.

3) I've been Galt-maxxing since before I'd ever heard of Ayn Rand. I am very concerned with problems of industry and engineering, as are the bulk of Free Staters in my cohort (early 20s-30s). As with any group, the most vocal and visible people will be those with the most time on their hands, i.e. the least competent. I suggest taking the time to take a deeper dive into the FSP. If you haven't visited before, I highly recommend the NH Liberty Forum or the Porcupine Freedom Festival (2026 dates TBA). Alternatively, I can recommend you to some Signal chats with more serious Free Staters.

I've been aware of FSP, for I think 15 years.
Missing aspects of FSP the top of my head:
1) Personal mentorship - in FSP you are on your own.Yes, you can potentially find friends or acquaintances but that leaving thing to complex and fortuitous social dynamics. In the group dynamics that I'm suggesting, you will have designated people - for life.
2) A stress on 'right' kind of people. For FSP the primary qualifying criteria is that you ought to be libertarian. In what I'm suggesting a lot more is required, for example you HAVE to work on projects and interact heavily with others.
3) FSP has hippie vibe to it - not that of undertaking serious projects, I would think that the crowd that it attracts probably won't think of 'curing' cancer a project that they would consider. Mine would. ( And just for the records - I like the hippies, just as one would like children, but their ability to be mature is in question)

Have you looked into the Free State Project at all? You ought to check out the Porcupine Freedom Festival.

Basically the same scam that was pulled with inflation in the 80s and 90s or with the peak daily temperatures refusing to agree with the models so they switch to “feels like.”

Zappers with this batch, especially those last two. I hear you, gharkness, me too! Still laughing, have already shared with the ones who appreciate them. After the crazy day I've had, your memes are a perfect way to end the day--laughing out loud. Thanks again, ouc!

Indeed! Fortunately, I avoid crowds like the plague, but I getcha!

Bring a large jar and a personal tent, just in case!

For the ELITES trying to kill us off, starve us to death, and enslave those that can survive...

NOTHING.

For us peasants. Starvation, Owning Nothing, A Slaves Existence... But most definitely NOT BEING HAPPY!

Scary STUPID stuff.

I would say if I can't have a vehicle, then the politicians won't have them either!

Near me state subsidized solar farms are now covering acres of perfectly good farmland. What could possibly go wrong?

Anyone remember "The Andromeda Strain"? It ate the plastic gaskets expected to contain it.

I used to say a plastic bottle tossed out a car window may be unsightly, but it has no more impact on the planet than a rock. Now it seems it has a far less impact than a rock.

At a conference I was at yesterday, one of the speakers was discussing using bacteria to break down PET. Fascinating timing.

States and cities near me have started outlawing non-"renewable" energy. Starting next year, gas-fueled appliances like lawnmowers or generators will be illegal to possess. People with gas or oil powered heating will have to have it removed, and electric will be limited to heat pumps. Fireplaces and wood stoves will be banned too. Already there is a moratorium on building new gas stations; vehicles in California will soon be limited to EVs.

The point of which is (1) to make it super-expensive to have your own vehicle (legislators and the rich will get to have them, you won't) and (2) to limit home heating and appliances to run on electricity only, thus enabling the statists to surveil and micromanage all your energy use and turn off your things whenever they want.

Enough is enough. This has to stop.

Oh goodness....that first one - that is so MEEEEE!

LOL. It used to be a Late Night (Letterman) thing.

Headlines from the future. My favorites were:
- $100K starting salary for Nintendo Players
and
- Oat Bran... The Silent Killer

The latter one really nails it. Because what we think is "great" (like LOW-FAT) can turn out to HARM people in the future.

It reminds me to think ahead. Also, there is some truth to the land becoming brittle. A (gone) friend got his PhD and worked with the Japanese on Earthquake prediction, using this as the basis of their research, and it was panning out very well...
Crazy!

Move to NYC
Thanks, OUC. 👍

Premise for sci-fi novel?