Yes! First compliment on the Prius!!

I wouldn’t trade my physique for any other person or physique on the planet or in the world — future past or present.

Also — weight lifting and calisthenics?

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The two critical pillars?

We scorn frequent small transaction and costs,,, yet,,,, we don’t really seem to mind as much infrequent and really really really big financial costs or “investments”?

Real pride

Time opportunity cost.

$999– or $3499 —

How many $20 parking experiences can that take you on?

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SUPREME JOY!

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The happiest moment; Seneca at age 3 years old,,, opening up GarageBand by himself on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar; and figuring out how to ‘sample’ or how to use the 808 Touch Bar machine by himself— insanely great for creativity!

The new MacBook Pros — what is it good for? Answering emails?

My life

Podcast

My life is beautiful!

Audio

Oh yeah!

Driven by true personal curiosity?

low taxes and prices ain’t happiness!

Those among us, today, who avidly long for low taxes and low prices, and who believe happiness of a people consists of these, should reflect on this case, and decide if it is desirable that we return to the state of things as they were in the year 1510.

Meat is *real* provisions

reduce to a money value all that a man needs to live on.

Hectacomb

Then they offered hecatombs of bulls and goats without blemish on the sea shore, and the smoke with the savour of their sacrifice rose curling up towards heaven.

In the first book of The
See 1-5f page 10.
See 1-6,
pagre 55.
… whether it is for some vow that we have broken, or hecatomb that we have not offered,
and whether he will accept the savour of lambs and goats without blemish, so as to
take away the plague from us.

Just include your own thoughts

Old is bad.

Italy has become old and inclined to barbarism.

Ancient valor —in our hearts is not yet dead!

We pay a premium for security

“Facto principis” is a Latin phrase that translates to “by the act of the prince” in English. In legal and historical contexts, this phrase refers to an action taken by a sovereign or government authority that has legal consequences. The concept behind “facto principis” is often related to the principle that the sovereign or state has the power to make decisions or take actions that can affect legal relationships, contracts, or obligations without prior notice or consent from the parties involved.

In contract law, “facto principis” can be invoked in cases where the performance of a contract becomes impossible or is fundamentally altered by an act of the government or a public authority. This principle is sometimes used as a defense in cases where a party is unable to fulfill their contractual obligations due to a change in law, government intervention, or an action taken by a public authority that was unforeseeable and beyond the control of the contracting parties.

The concept is closely related to “force majeure” clauses found in many contracts, which release the parties from their obligations when extraordinary events or circumstances beyond their control occur. However, “facto principis” specifically involves actions taken by a sovereign or government authority, whereas “force majeure” can encompass a broader range of events, including natural disasters and other acts of God.

Omne propterea hujusmodi lucrum, quod sortem superet, illicitum, et usurarium es

The phrase “Omne propterea hujusmodi lucrum, quod sortem superet, illicitum, et usurarium est” translates from Latin to English as “Therefore, all profit of this kind, which exceeds the principal, is illicit and usurious.” This statement reflects the medieval Christian doctrine on usury, which considered the collection of interest on loans as inherently sinful and exploitative, particularly when the interest charged exceeded the principal amount of the loan.

The condemnation of usury was based on the belief that money itself should not beget more money simply by being lent at interest. Instead, the ethical viewpoint of the time held that money could only be justly earned through labor or trade, not through the passive accumulation of interest. This stance was rooted in various biblical passages and was upheld by the Church throughout the Middle Ages and into the early modern period.

The context of this statement touches upon the broader ethical and economic debates of the time concerning the morality of profit from lending money. It reflects the tension between emerging financial practices and the traditional Christian moral framework which sought to regulate economic transactions to ensure fairness and prevent exploitation.

Only conveniences are purchased

Only pleasure has a price

Loan: consignment and recovery of the thing

Loan contacts and risk

Profits from money?

Every profit, large or small,
made with money, is by nature barren and is reprehen­ sible.

Paper money is future money

Present money … when is it less valuable than distant money?

Forecasting & truth?

Though previously scorned, in the hands of Bernoulli, the art of forecasting becomes ‘a branch of mathematics and of truth;

The Sin of Usury

The “Monti di Pietà” were charitable institutions that emerged in Italy during the Middle Ages, primarily to offer financial assistance to individuals in need, through the provision of low-interest loans secured by pawned goods. The first of such institutions was founded in Perugia in 1462. The concept was motivated by a desire to provide an ethical lending alternative to the usurious practices prevalent at the time, especially those conducted by moneylenders.

Monti di Pietà were a significant development in the history of banking and social welfare. They aimed to combat poverty and usury by providing a more humane lending service to the poor. Clients could pawn their belongings in exchange for loans at minimal interest rates, which were often used to cover basic needs or to get through difficult times until they could redeem their pawned items.

Over time, some of these institutions evolved into modern banks, while others continued their original charitable functions. The Monti di Pietà played a crucial role in the economic and social fabric of many Italian cities and had a profound impact on the development of ethical banking practices.

”The Jews”— the “cruelest usurers”— (Galiani, On Money)

This was imitated by other princes. At that time, with the destruction of the Jews, the cruelest usurers, and the institution of monti di pieta, xxsury was almost totally extinguished and the common populace had thus
been calmed. At the same time, it was astonishing to see the sharpest minds emerge to protect and sustain usury, already dead by this time, and despite the fact that it had not been defended by anyone even when it
‘h
R brief n&rration of the controvert sies on usury.
was alive.

Always wait and hold out for the next next… the new new iPhone?

monti di pieta,

The “Monti di Pietà” were charitable institutions that emerged in Italy during the Middle Ages, primarily to offer financial assistance to individuals in need, through the provision of low-interest loans secured by pawned goods. The first of such institutions was founded in Perugia in 1462. The concept was motivated by a desire to provide an ethical lending alternative to the usurious practices prevalent at the time, especially those conducted by moneylenders.

Monti di Pietà were a significant development in the history of banking and social welfare. They aimed to combat poverty and usury by providing a more humane lending service to the poor. Clients could pawn their belongings in exchange for loans at minimal interest rates, which were often used to cover basic needs or to get through difficult times until they could redeem their pawned items.

Over time, some of these institutions evolved into modern banks, while others continued their original charitable functions. The Monti di Pietà played a crucial role in the economic and social fabric of many Italian cities and had a profound impact on the development of ethical banking practices.

This was imitated by other princes. At that time, with the destruction of the Jews, the cruelest usurers, and the institution of monti di pieta, xxsury was almost totally extinguished and the common populace had thus
been calmed. At the same time, it was astonishing to see the sharpest minds emerge to protect and sustain usury, already dead by this time, and despite the fact that it had not been defended by anyone even when it
‘h
R brief n&rration of the controvert sies on usury.
was alive.

In the sixteenth century, with the discovery of the new Indies, the growth of the arts, of industry, of trade, and of money, the institution of rents on the states debts was used for the first time, by
Francis, the first, the king of Franc

On rents

Since ancient times, men of wealth have drawn fruits from money by means of various forms of con­
tracts.

Then time for insane and radical experimentation and risk taking!

We are the same, doing the same old shit—

Because it will produce more beautiful photos and videos, which will invoke your beauty and passion for life!

I don’t really care when other people break the rules, or they don’t observe the law or whatever; but it invokes my rage once they suddenly get or become indignant at me??

For example, a lot of bicyclists, they don’t observe the rule of dismounting their bicycles when crossing the bridge? And me and Seneca are walking in the middle of the street or the middle of the hiking path and suddenly they get angry at me or us?

Once that happens, then it is time for me to become the bad cop?

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Tesla is smart; they control the grid.

Critical versus not?