Stephen Shipman CFA

Escaped Californian returns to Twitter after @elon & @XSupport refused to re-establish my account after a demonstrable hack.
#AdMajoremDeiGloriam

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

'A ratio of two ratios determines the dollar price of gold.'
https://t.co/K3todmVzNE

[Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter]

Operation Free Jacques Baud Update

Last month I told you I was planning to conduct an interview with Jacques Baud, and asked for your help to make it happen. You responded, and the interview will take place before the month is over.

His story is a clarion call for the necessity of all freedom loving people to come to the defense of free speech, especially in the Europe of today, where free speech is under frontal assault. But this call also must resonate in the United States, where freedom of speech is an essential value which must be defended, especially when those nations that purport to share our values trample roughshod over them.

Read more: https://t.co/xrAmSHEhn5

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

(Long:)
Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg and the Dangerous NATO Propaganda-Bubble:
'I have regularly argued that the Russians should instead rely upon those weapons systems in which they enjoyed absolute superiority'
https://t.co/Y96ktajLy4

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

The Fraud That Launched the mRNA Era:
'it seems the groundswell of support we need to overturn the mRNA juggernaut is emerging.' https://t.co/BBx62fkALh

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

Hyperscalers: Our Unicus Research Team Goes To Texas:
'Litigation: What is pending and who is exposed.'
https://t.co/kRXiOFyFW0

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

@Macrobysunil You imply that the price of gold, like oil, is determined by supply and demand of the metal. Wrong. It is set by the supply and demand for dollars. Loss of reserve status reduces dollar demand, but the Fed (if smart) simply extinguishes base money:
https://t.co/K3todmVzNE

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

Riyadh Airport Burns After “Single Deadliest Attack”:
'Houthis are capable of making mincemeat of Saudi forces on the battlefield, thanks to drones and increased ISR capabilities, and bypassing KSA’s air defense shield with cheap ballistic missiles.' https://t.co/oUoeZXZFOT

[George Kittle @gkittle46]

Mike Evans is really good at football

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

@nntaleb @DavidBCollum Acshuuuallly, it's about monetary incompetence from Powell who devalued the dollar in excess of 50%. Debt in terms of gold ounces is LESS than under Obama and just above Clinton's.
#JudeToldYouSo

[Seshadrinathan Krishnan @seshnath]

@elonmusk The moment you kept your fat thumb on the scales to favor one nation that you preferred over the other for your connectivity, you said goodbye to your service's credibility. With great power comes great responsibility, spidey. You chose to die on that hill for Ukraine..now whine!

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

Crony Capitalism American Style via the Valley:
Department of War Unveils Autonomous Warfare Command and Other Boondoggles:
'Elon and Palmer have carte blanche, alongside the other private sector experts, to think about what I call “weird shit for war.”' https://t.co/q6CoF6S9eP

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I showed @FBIDirectorKash the search warrant they served on @JamesOKeefeIII, dozens of pages fully redacted. James was never charged. DOJ/FBI still hasn’t unredacted it.

The Trump administration won’t prosecute those who weaponized the system, but can’t we at least expose them?

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

@elonmusk Unfortunately, you spooked (pun intended) everybody on the planet when you accepted marching orders from MIC/Intel and cutoff Russia from using your spectrum. A rational person deduces that you are not the ultimate authority on Starlink utility.

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

@elonmusk @SpaceX Great. Still taking orders from our Russophobic Military Industrial Complex and Intel?

[Kyle Juszczyk @JuiceCheck44]

#FreeJuice

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

US Claims Iran Has “Lost” as Pre-War Oil Flows Reportedly Return:
'When a conflict reaches a period of strategic deadlock, it is only logical for both sides to make secret deals for the sake of continuity' https://t.co/q2dXa7vHGL

[Steak 'n Shake @SteaknShake]

Starting today, all Steak n Shake buns are officially seed-oil free. The buns are now unapologetically drenched in pure Grade AA Wisconsin butter.

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🇺🇸 MAHA 🇺🇸

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

My Breakfast with Tucker:
'We talked about all kinds of Nazi stuff, like freedom speech, the criminalization of dissent, the working classes, globalization, and so on.'
https://t.co/BRoVRrLZhC

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies by suicide:
'Andriesz previously told the BBC how he unearthed evidence indicating that Lutnick failed to disclose a business relationship with Epstein'
https://t.co/GFOUYBDUjE

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Why is Switzerland 🇨🇭 so rich?

Its GDP per person was about 27% higher than America’s in 2025 (measured in US dollars).

Switzerland has a president, but the job comes with far less power than the title suggests.

Its national government is run by seven members of the Federal Council, each responsible for a department. One serves as president for a year, but does not become the boss of the other six.

And much of the power stays closer to home.

The country has 26 cantons (think of them as states), each with its own constitution, parliament and courts. Within the national constitution, they have substantial authority over things like schools and policing, and set their own tax rates.

So people and businesses can compare what different cantons offer. They can move to another canton without leaving Switzerland. That gives officials a reason to care about whether taxes and public services are worth what people pay.

It also lets cantons try different approaches and learn from each other, instead of making the whole country wait for one national plan.

Citizens can challenge federal laws through referendums, too. Winning an election does not give politicians the final word on everything.

Switzerland has ranked near the top for economic freedom year after year. It placed 4th worldwide in @FraserInstitute’s latest report (2025, using 2023 data), after placing 3rd in both the 2023 and 2024 editions.

There is a lesson here for Africa.

We spend so much time hoping the next leader will save us.

It would be far healthier to have systems where people have more choices, and fewer decisions about their future depend on whoever holds the highest office.

[Stephen Shipman CFA @swshipmanCFA]

Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won't Destroy Nor Save Us:
'Two things follow: computer models will never become minds, and the claims that computer models will replace all intellectual activity are overblown and false.'
https://t.co/oFwDRcYKR0