Dear Mendocino neighbors, The times…and the global financial order are changing. The dollar's dominance is fading, gold and silver have shot up In value and inflation isn’t going away. Cash is on the decline and central bank digital currencies and stablecoins are on the rise. This means money could soon be programmed and tracked without our say. If we don’t want to be a pawn in a faceless bankers’ game let's start using Bitcoin for everyday payments here on the coast. It's decentralized—no bank, no corporation, no government controls it, you hold it yourself and after seventeen solid years, it’s still the best bet to keep its value. There are communities across the globe - in El Salvador, Switzerland, South Africa, Costa Rica, Vietnam and others - that are already using Bitcoin and Mendocino could be one of these too. Study Bitcoin.

Just got home from the WEF in Davos where it’s starting to dawn on a handful of global elites that they might not be able to dictate to the rest of us how we’re to be surveilled, what we can say and how we should live.

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‪Politics is there to distract us from the bankers.‬

We’ve got electric lights and just got a radio. We order from catalogs. There’s a telephone at the general store in town. We have a pickup truck. We understand how our world works. What we can’t grasp: we’re generated by something called “AI”… and we don’t actually exist.

Businesses exist to solve real problems: A family gets hungry → a pizza shop opens. A truck breaks down → a mechanic fixes it. Farmers need feed → a local feed store supplies it. Every one of these businesses aims to earn a profit and build lasting value. But here’s the challenge many owners face today: The dollars we earn and save are losing purchasing power faster than ever due to ongoing money printing and inflation. What feels like “prices going up” is actually the dollar’s value going down—making it harder to cover costs, pay employees, and plan for the future. Most of us grew up assuming the dollar is the only reliable money out there. So when something new like Bitcoin appears, it’s easy to dismiss it as risky, a scam, or just for tech enthusiasts and criminals. Once you look closer, though, Bitcoin stands out as fundamentally different: • It has a strict, fixed supply cap of 21 million coins—no one can print more. • It’s decentralized: No central bank, government, or CEO controls it. • It acts as “sound money” that holds (or grows) value over time, unlike fiat currencies prone to endless dilution. Understanding this shift isn’t about rejecting dollars overnight—it’s about recognizing a potential hedge against inflation and a tool for preserving wealth in uncertain times. Many business owners are quietly studying Bitcoin as a way to protect their hard-earned profits and think long-term. If you’re curious how this could apply to your business (or just want to understand the conversation better), take a few minutes to learn more. It might change how you view money itself.

“Good morning, America, how are you? Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son…” Get back to a brighter future. Study bitcoin.

Why America is stuck in a casino economy.

Much of the angst in the national zeitgeist these days centers around economic uncertainty—like it’s just a bad roll of the dice. But dig deeper and the real issue stares you in the face: the money itself is broken. It’s not even money anymore—it’s currency, a system of IOUs controlled by a tiny handful of unelected officials. And surprise: the people closest to the printing press always win the biggest prizes. Everyone else just gets inflation. We’re all playing a global, gargantuan game of Monopoly except the bank can print infinite money for its friends and reset the board whenever it wants. Meanwhile the rules only apply to the rest of us who aren’t on the inside. So study bitcoin. It’s the one asset that finally changes the game: fixed supply, no central banker can inflate it away, no permission required. It’s the exit from a corrupt system. Bitcoin isn’t about getting rich quick, it’s about not getting poor slowly.

YES—we don’t want open borders letting hundreds of thousands enter the U.S. undocumented each year. And YES—we don’t want paramilitary forces in our communities demanding “your papers” (with the occasional “please”). Time for a reasonable balance.

Bitcoin is more than just money. Bitcoin, like a mirror, reflects back the choices we make with humanity’s most finite resource: time. If I value bitcoin because it is perfectly scarce, why wouldn’t I treat my hours with the same reverence?

I don’t have anything to hide… …AND I don’t have anything to say. But I still value my privacy. ~~~ Own and control your digital life. Simplicity, self-sovereignty and privacy.

I just dropped $57 on one large pizza. Even for Mendocino, that’s wild inflation in action. But here’s the real scam: the pizza didn’t get “more expensive” — the dollar just got way weaker. When communities adopt bitcoin prices fall over time as your money gains value.

The future is coming at us fast and furious. Life will change out of all recognition. But then hasn’t it always.

As we kick off 2026 it’s time to wake up to the fact the world doesn’t operate with money anymore, it operates with currency — tokens created as debt and used as a proxy for money. Once you understand this system a lot of the chaos starts to make sense. Study bitcoin.

I used to think the ‘idea’ that is America was in jeopardy after Jan 6, after the financial crisis, after 9/11, after Iran Contra, after Watergate, after Vietnam, after JFK, after The Manhattan Project. But despite all that the idea remains.

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99% of us just want to live quietly, raise our kids, love our people and chase our dreams in peace. So why do we keep tolerating “leaders” who start wars, sow hatred, and treat entire populations like chess pieces? How much longer?