The locksmith

A junkie of politics, love, and business

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

I am truly sorry, my old friend. I have no choice. With total and overflowing sincerity, may you, your father and your brothers be happy and well.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

About 7 years ago I had to cut a close friend out of my life due to his unceasing denigration of my life choices and values. Yesterday, our mutual friends discreetly set us up in an attempt to get us to reconcile. I had to push him off once again. And it is hurting like hell.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

But damn it was hard. I love him as a friend and genuinely wish him and his family good fortune. But I have no choice. And having to explain the logic, and criticizing his character in the process, eats me up inside like nothing else.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

You know your nightmare problem is bad when you dream of sleeping and get nightmares there too. Jesus Christ man.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

日子再坏也必需要走完

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

Last night I had a dream that my autistic daughter had been adopted from a poor rural family in Tulungagung, and that her biological father is a skinny and dimwitted but hardworking young man with a heart of gold and a handsome smile. I woke up sad and very heartbroken.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

@instagram I got a bill of USD 560 from Instagram on my credit card out of nowhere!! There's not even any transaction on record for the past 8 months!! Your help center does not help, nor does it provide an escalation avenue! Ref no. FACEBK LLDZ2W7L72, PLEASE SORT THIS OUT!

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

Called it.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Trump ally Mike Johnson wins vote to be US House Speaker, ending a three-week Republican struggle to fill the job https://t.co/PwGqpji9cC

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

@BBCWorld Then this is not even close to a hegemonic power struggle. The US exports democracy, capitalism, liberal media and so on. China in this case really only exports.. infrastructure financing?

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

I fear that the elected Republican House Speaker will inevitably be a right-wing hardliner. Because against the choice of allying with Democrats, conceding to the hardliners is much likelier. And both GOP and America will ultimately be the worse for it.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

@BBCWorld “Mr Trump's lawyers say his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election fell within his duties as president and are not subject to criminal prosecution.”

Just as a reminder, guy phoned Georgia’s State Secretary to “find 11,780 votes”.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

“Mr Trump's lawyers say his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election fell within his duties as president and are not subject to criminal prosecution.”

Just as a reminder, guy phoned Georgia’s State Secretary to “find 11,780 votes”.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Trump claims immunity from election interference charges https://t.co/QKoKTlShLg

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

But even if all the FTX-like companies had complied, crypto’s problem is that its value today as a currency is driven not by usefulness but by pure speculation. And it moved money from the uninformed masses to the lucky few.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

Crypto was once advertised as the currency of the free man and the future. Ironically, it became a vehicle of hackers and scammers.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

FTX founder and crypto king faces a New York court on charges of 'massive' fraud and money laundering

Defense lawyer says SBF is a 'math nerd' who acted in 'good faith'

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[The locksmith @ifcitra]

It should probably also think twice before obsessing and proselytizing about human rights, which abuse led into their huge drug and gun mess. Other countries can’t send special forces to other countries and attack overseas cartels to solve domestic drug problems.

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

This is good, but I can’t help thinking if outward focus is the correct one. The #fentanyl factories are in China, but why is it that China itself has no rampant drug problem? And why only the US is badly affected and not other countries?

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

US sanctions Chinese firms in crackdown on fentanyl supply chain https://t.co/PocOaXEnho

[The locksmith @ifcitra]

The US should have tough trafficking laws, but more importantly it should also have tough abuse laws at home to kill the market.