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Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:08:21 -0000

Source?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:05:59 -0000

Fiat currency is inherently prone to abuse so yes fiat currency is a problem in and of itself. The water analogy is misleading. Fiat currency is bad money. Do you drink bad water??? We need sound money. Money that follows aristotles principles.

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:02:39 -0000

Ita a fact

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:43:18 -0000

So you think Israel, Jews, and Israelis own Congress? You really need to get away from those conspiracy theory sites and back out into the real world...

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:40:20 -0000

Jesus Christ.... This is what you initially said:

Yeah that means fiat money is the problem...

This is what you replied to:

The fiat money isn't the issue. It's just that it's being created faster than the economy can absorb it, which has exacerbated the inflation rate.

So what point are you trying to make? That fiat money is a problem unto itself, or that there's too much of it?

Because if you're saying fiat money is a problem unto itself... no, it isn't. Just like water isn't a problem for your health unless you drink too much of it too quickly. But if you're saying that the problem is too much of it being made too quickly, you'll not only find no disagreement from me, but... that's also exactly what I said, as I quoted.

So what part of that are you not seeing?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:28:54 -0000

Yeah thats exactly the point, mr know it all smartypants... dont you get it thats the whole mother fucking point...

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:27:32 -0000

Ok... at the end of the day does it matter if its still true lol....

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:26:17 -0000

You can die from drinking too much water in too short an amount of time. Does that mean water is the problem, or the fact you drowned your cells with it?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:25:09 -0000

And what "essence" is that? The quote is fake, for starters, as I've pointed out in the above article. And the text from which it's derived, and the context surrounding the extracted parts, has nothing to do with what you're insinuating.

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:11:18 -0000

Congress is bought and paid for by aipac. This country has long been bought and paid for. The esence of the quote youre trying to debunk is still valid.

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jim bob — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:08:13 -0000

Yeah that means fiat money is the problem... how dense can you possibly be?

Re: Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

Kenneth — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:21:09 -0000

For Rocky, I think you're better off using the CentOS instructions, not the RHEL instructions. Again I followed the CentOS instructions with Rocky 9.4 installed in a VM while attempting to reproduce your issue and didn't have any problems. And I didn't need to modify anything for SELinux or firewalld.

Re: Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

bidaaz open — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 07:26:14 -0000

I will repeat the build now in Oracle VirtualBox as well,

Re: Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

bidaaz open — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 07:25:51 -0000

For Rocky Linux 9.4. I have tried again to narrow down the issue. I have tried a fresh install into a VM using Oracle VirtualBox and also VMware Workstation Player.

I installed Docker following the instructions at:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/rhel/

I was getting the same issue but today I tried again using VMware Workstation Player with a fresh install of Rocky Linux 9.4 and then Docker Engine. But the difference this time was I switched off SELinux and firewalld. It's now worked. So on a fresh install into RockyLinux 9.4 or RHEL 9.4 it fails due to either SELinux or firewalld.

The same issue doesn't happen with a fresh install on Ubuntu 24 and a fresh install Docker.

Is there a setting for either SELinux or firewalld that I need to put in for this to work on RHEL based distributions?

I also need to add MFA and LDAP Authentication to Guacamole.

Your script is fantastic and saves so much time.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:16:26 -0000

The fiat money isn't the issue. It's just that it's being created faster than the economy can absorb it, which has exacerbated the inflation rate.

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:15:19 -0000

That would be the fact they're buying bonds and other debt instruments to create that money... See my article called "Accounting for Fractional Reserve Banking" for details on how that works. Link: https://www.kennethballard.com/?p=2322

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

CAFM — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:34:28 -0000

By what right does the Fed get to collect interest/a fee on money printed with nothing to back it?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

CAFM — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:31:44 -0000

The printing of fiat money out of thin air with nothing to back it is destroying our country.

Re: Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

Kenneth — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:53:49 -0000

Have you tried again since you got the error? It's possible you caught a bad image and it looks like the images have been updated since your comment. Before you re-run the script, though, make sure to purge the volume, network, and containers it creates. I was able to install it without issue on Docker running on Rocky Linux and Ubuntu.

Also did you install Docker from the Rocky Linux repos, or following the CentOS instructions (Link: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos/ )?

Re: Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

bidaaz open — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:58:40 -0000

This is not working with the latest version of guacamole:
"ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)"

When Guacamole installs it gives the following error:

"An error has occurred and this action cannot be completed. If the problem persists, please notify your system administrator or check your system logs."

Your help would be appreciated.

Running a VM on Rocky Linux 9.4

Re: Blackmail variant – 2023-01-31

vietnamveteran — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 15:40:11 -0000

Similar extorsion letter imeded in an email. However, hacker took over Facebook account, changed the emal and password, making FB useless and unable to login to my own email account. How do I end this guy?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 20:16:35 -0000

Given you mention how I've engaged comments unrelated to the original context of the article, I presume you have already seen my comment below in response to Carlos where I posted the entirety of the section of Chapter 8 from which you extracted what you've quoted above.

In that comment, I said this:

But it seems herein he's more talking about conflicts of interest between businesses, touching on how a bank's board of directors may have people with interests in other industries or at other companies, and so may have the power to direct banking activities for that bank in a direction favorable to the companies/industries in question and to the detriment of others.

But without knowing the specifics of the "processes" to which Wilson speaks, it is not possible to address any of the rest of your questions. Since without knowing what those processes are, we can't speak to what agencies within the government are tasked with them - provided they are processes within our government as you are alleging - and so can't speak to who may be exploiting them, and how much expertise they may have with regard to those processes.

At the same time, let me put this question back at you: taking the entire context of what Wilson was speaking to in the section of his book from which you've mined the above quote you wish me to address, you do realize he's speaking largely about collusion and cronyism, right? Why are you, in essence, asking me whether I believe cronyism and collusion happens? And why are you, by your tone, basically asking me why I don't believe it does?

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Karri Boston — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:17:40 -0000

It’s reasonable to assume the substance of the article can be put aside, given you responded to comments that did not specifically reference it. I would like to discuss this section of Wilson’s book, that I found particularly interesting.

“…I do not suspect that any man has deliberately planned the system. I am not so uninstructed and misinformed as to suppose that there is a deliberate and malevolent combination somewhere to dominate the government of the United States. I merely say that, by certain processes, now well known, and perhaps natural in themselves, there has come about an extraordinary and very sinister concentration in the control of business in the country”

In regards to the statement by Wilson’s that I’ve marked in bold, the questions I pose to you Kenneth, are as follows; would you agree that the processes Wilson described as well known a hundred years ago are likely considerably more intimately known now? Is it possible those processes have become so deeply embedded they are now inextricable from the role and rule of the government itself? Is it not, therefore, conceivable that a group of those that have mastered these processes does exist, and that this small group of people, for all intents and purposes, has unchecked control over the entire country and its economy? Would they be of the same ilk Andrew Jackson referred to as “…vipers and thieves?” Woodrow Wilson may not have condemned a central bank, but they were others who fought against its creation

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Kenneth — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 02:28:10 -0000

You must be a magician, because you've conjured words I never wrote. Is there something wrong with your web browser?

Since I never said in the article the Federal Reserve is regularly audited. I mentioned that only once herein, and that was in a comment in response to someone who said the Fed isn't audited. And I said they're regularly audited because they are. And that audit report is publicly available on the Federal Reserve's website: https://www.federalreserve....

To say that report is "equivalent to stating your doctor gave you a physical by listening to you breathing" is... insanity.

Since you're a "retired financial adviser", or so you claim, you'll probably understand those reports a lot better than me since I'm not in the habit of reading financial and audit reports the way my wife reads books. But one thing I can say even in my limited understanding is... it's far from the equivalent of my physician making an assessment of my health merely by listening to me breathe.

Beyond that, what makes you think I'm... okay with any kind of corruption in any level of our government? Again, you must be a magician the way you conjured words I never said. Again, is your browser operating properly? Perhaps you need to get your eyes examined along with a neurological exam, and a psych eval if those exams check out, to make sure your perception matches reality...

Though your ability to make those wild leaps definitely means you're in great physical shape...

Re: Did Woodrow Wilson regret signing the Federal Reserve Act?

Jay Schurman — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:59:14 -0000

I just found your article and enjoyed your articulation of what Wilson actually
said. I recently retired as a financial advisor and stating that the FED is regularly audited is doing your readers a disservice. It is equivalent to stating your doctor gave you a physical by listening to you breathing.

Whatever you intended to create in 1913 has morphed into an institution controlled by the NY Fed. There is no audit by design, the audit is a joke. While the public has 60% of families living by paycheck, the FED has declared those that own the NY FED are too big to fail. Why would any government agency lend money at 1% and allow its members to charge the public 20% on the credit cards they issue.

Matt Tabbi’s article “The Real Housewives of Wall Street” https://bit.ly/3Xku2kl describes the banks that own the New York Fed giving their wives millions of tax free loans. Since he wrote this article we have had a dozen years of the FED printing money and bailing out their connected friends like Silicon Bank. Those that own the NY FED pay off both sides to insure no audit ever happens at the FED.

Kenneth, why do you believe any government agency would be allowed to operate in this manner?