stevesmith
Steve Smith

Originalist patriot, grower of family, food & community

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2026-02-16 14:25:01 UTC

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She’s soooo enthusiastic about stealing.

2026-01-27 01:11:19 UTC

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Well received comments Chuck…rest assured, Minnesotans are still very nice and that’s a badge of honor. I venture to guess the bulk of demonstrators/agitators/freedom fighters aren’t Minnesotans, particularly the most virulent. It’s unfortunate your culture has been taken advantage of but I’m not sure it would be possible in other places.
You’re correct about Texas, we wouldn’t have this. We’re also extremely nice and ready to help but our culture is to be less trusting until folks prove themselves.
https://fountain.fm/episode/yXam5sl9YbOwLwHkLMwz

2025-10-09 16:24:19 UTC

#KnowYourProducer
I gave a talk about food sovereignty the other evening…here’s a 10 point summary:
1. The modern US food system sucks
2. The plant-based agenda is rooted in eugenics and discouraging procreation.
3. The modern supermarket system is less than 100 years old, prior to this we personally knew the butcher, baked our own bread and grew our own veggies and eggs
4. We’ve outsourced our food relationship to the government
5. USDA/FDA and Congress has been co-opted by Big Ag/Big Food
6. Business operates on a profit motive (as it should)
7. Cheap, low quality inputs means higher profits
8. Convenience foods are more shelf stable and profitable.
9. Big Food/Big Ag don’t really care about you
10. The government is incentivized to have an unhealthy population
Bonus: I find it interesting to have a pharmacy in a grocery store.
Conclusion: ‘Trusted third parties’ cannot be (duh). #knowyourproducer

2025-10-08 12:36:47 UTC

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Fiat-driven development…I did a seminar with strongtowns.org last year and the intersections with low-time-pref mindset are worth digging into. For that matter, consider hosting Chuck Marohn on TFTC.

2025-09-12 20:25:54 UTC

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Yes Altman and ‘cagey’ is perfect term to describe him. I didn’t mean idealistic to say he’s a Pollyanna but he doesn’t seem to understand we can see through his facade.

2025-09-12 17:02:56 UTC

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Listening to that one the other day…unabashed idealism with zero moral foundation…what could go wrong?

2025-09-02 15:21:05 UTC

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Not sure if there’s another reason for being.

2025-09-01 22:57:44 UTC

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got one last year…don’t know how I found my impact without it.

2025-08-26 00:10:40 UTC

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Department of Redundancy Department

2025-08-25 12:44:16 UTC

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Society has deluded us into fearing the loss or lack of what has become ‘health insurance’ will result in folks dying in the streets. Harken back to the hyperbolic run-up to the ACA/Ob-Care.
Truth be told Health Insurance gained a foothold as an untaxed fringe benefit during the high tax periods during and after WWII. When rates were as high as 94% in the late ‘40s then hovering around 70% in the 1950s, corporations used it as part of an incentive package that couldn’t be dinged by the IRS.
Prior to this we paid what is now the ‘out of pocket rate’ and were incentivized to make healthy choices in our day to day lives.
Now the Government-run healthcare system tells people to eat really bad cheap food and take lots of expensive meds which in-turn lines the corporate pockets of the companies that financed the very elected servants that created and approved the aforementioned ACA…see: Self-Licking-Ice-Cream-Cone.
Fortunately we have several great options today. First, DO NOT follow the USDA/FDA dietary recommendations, they were created to hide inflation and payoff corporations. Second, ditch these scam health insurances that include massages and fat shots, instead purchase a ‘catastrophic care’ policy for when the shit really hits the fan and you NEED a Doc. Alternatively, consider one of the newer entrants to the space such as @nprofile…yauf (not sponsored, just read about them). Third, find a doc that’s honest and doesn’t blindly google your symptoms then write a prescription…sometimes we need to be told to stop with the twinkies. Last and I believe most important, know the person that grows your food. Grossry stores (sp. intended) can hide crap food through the layers and before you say local food is too expensive, how much are you spending on that health insurance?

2025-08-23 15:12:56 UTC

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Nope…ran for 31 years in the Army. Competitive long runs, short runs, sllllooowwww runs (aka accordions). Body broken, not running anymore unless there’s a bear chasing me.
Took a page from Peter Attia and now I workout so I can pickup great grand babies when I’m 95.

2025-08-19 18:15:19 UTC

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@nprofile…ther timely, give this a read

2025-08-14 22:27:23 UTC

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Considering our line of business (artisan meat production)…would it be heresy to have the nostrich butchered and packaged?

2025-08-12 23:19:24 UTC

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Thanks for putting this one together CJ. Being true to your pod’s name…Hope all is well
https://fountain.fm/episode/hMuZZSj2tslFFLswUqYI
#nevent1q…cl27

2025-08-05 03:10:08 UTC

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Where exactly is this?

2025-08-04 13:39:31 UTC

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You forget to add the cost of Ozempic and Lipitor

2025-07-30 22:39:30 UTC

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#KYP…know your producer

2025-07-24 01:17:57 UTC

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Government is here to save us

2025-07-21 01:38:44 UTC

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Head over to the Olympic Peninsula…Paul spends lots of time up in BC but his PO Box is still in Olympia and I think his warehouse is still in Shelton. Maybe get some samples…could be a great trip.

2025-07-09 02:10:47 UTC

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Looks like sofa-city for Shi Shi

2025-07-04 14:52:02 UTC

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Stealing this for a small town community group…

2025-07-01 19:49:13 UTC

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Ranchlife struggle is real…protesters blocking the road demanding free alfalfa pellets!
https://m.primal.net/RDey.jpg

2025-06-29 21:02:33 UTC

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Recommend highly, just returned from week in DC…waaay better than airline propaganda videos

2025-06-29 21:00:56 UTC

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Half way through this one. Too many parallels, it’s as if Islington is a bitcoiner/anarcho-cap…

2025-06-26 23:10:11 UTC

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https://m.primal.net/RCng.jpg

2025-06-26 19:52:28 UTC

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First review while stuck in traffic on the airport shuttle: very positive response and interaction from the staffers we met with on both sides…except one…my own US Rep, TX-23 Tony Gonzalez. His staff refused to take five minutes to talk with us and left a wet-behind-the-ears kid to nervously toss us out the office.
Mark Twain said it best: Politicians are like diapers. Time to get a Bitcoiner into TX 23!

2025-06-26 19:39:35 UTC

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Government overreach at all levels…unelect the Karen’s and delete the prohibition or defund the enforcement authority.

2025-06-24 17:03:31 UTC

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DC is where all the cool kids are this week!…we’re in town to lobby to Decentralize Food Production. One we’re working is the PRIME Act then call your US reps to support
https://farmandranchfreedom.org/prime-act-for-small-livestock-farmers/

2025-06-20 13:14:51 UTC

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Preach sister!
#ranchlife
https://m.primal.net/RBhO.jpg

2025-05-26 20:16:24 UTC

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#metoo

2025-02-09 15:34:58 UTC

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GM, no hate on NOSTR, disagreements yes. Like bro, time to get some real animal protein…you’ll be stacking sats much longer

2025-02-09 15:32:09 UTC

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My first CD…epic

2025-02-07 20:57:35 UTC

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Yeah sorry but not much help from us Gen Xers…at least we just want to be left alone and not steal more

2025-01-29 22:17:39 UTC

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GM to you, is how we roll

2025-01-29 19:22:50 UTC

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Am former SWATie and military. I gifted .380s to wifey and daughter in law. You’d do fine with most of the larger brands but look for something compact and concealable that fits your hand. Absolutely most important without question is to put rounds downrange, lots of rounds. You have to become comfortable and confident not only with squeezing rounds but with carrying, drawing, aiming and shooting under stress. I mean literally walking around the house with it on your person (unloaded) and practicing ‘draw-aim-squeeze’ until it becomes muscle memory. Carnegie Hall shit. Anything less, you’re at risk of either not acting safely or getting it taken away in a real situation.
Second most important is clean and maintain meticulously so it works when you need.
Pick one up next time you’re in Texas, am always glad to teach at our little ranch south of San Antonio.

2025-01-12 15:32:54 UTC

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https://m.primal.net/NdYJ.jpg

2024-09-20 21:51:06 UTC

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As my ‘recovering attorney’ wife would say, it depends. Fiscal resilience, unsensorable transactions, number go up technology

2024-09-20 21:44:10 UTC

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Step 1: find rancher
Step 2: buy direct from rancher
Step 3: repeat & live healthy
Big pharma 🥰 big grocery…cheap food needs expensive drugs

2024-08-31 18:37:12 UTC

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Sounds like you have a ‘lack of ducks’ problem

2024-08-13 14:41:00 UTC

Shake the Hand That Feeds You-San Antonio/Austin.
Had enough of grossry-store fiat food, meet real producers making real food and create a lasting relationship…
#regenerative
#shakeyourranchershand https://image.nostr.build/fcdf039cad6f4b4f04bbd5a803b7a498035d7d1f9a243b0d81613f7ecf4ecfbe.jpg

2024-04-14 18:24:31 UTC

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No shit there I was…I caught this one yesterday and thought is pretty innovative way to reuse old phones without service. Flat Miami is one thing though. Let’s see how it works in Texas Hill Country

2024-04-13 12:20:59 UTC

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That’s sort of like buying eth… at least it’s not fiat

2024-04-11 21:06:03 UTC

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Sure hope those are pasture-raised

2023-12-16 18:28:59 UTC

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Oh bless your heart

2023-12-02 17:51:49 UTC

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One of our favs…Ray is perennially ready to, er, get deep in the weeds. Always a welcoming smile https://image.nostr.build/d9b753a15ea94c67a05be814482149d3707cc44ff7d3487381f9fee09d74fd68.jpg

2023-11-05 01:21:52 UTC

Evening chores done, time to relax and get ready for market in Wimberley, TX tomorrow… https://video.nostr.build/e682701416cf6364c9ee3745541eacc6e02fbf9b3674e516706e6745ab4d002f.mp4

2023-10-28 02:41:23 UTC

#lightningmeat #txhillcountry #knowyourrancher
In a perfect world, folks could meet the person that raises their food and buy actual nutritious meat with incorruptible money…
The future is now! Spring Creek Gardens farmers market tomorrow (Saturday). Preorder at. https://smithpastures.com

2023-10-24 13:58:19 UTC

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Roam or Apache?

2023-10-24 13:54:40 UTC

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Power and control… never let a good emergency go to waste.

2023-10-14 14:52:13 UTC

BTC and #RegenerativeFarming
#Decentralized
#Honest
#LowTimePreference
San Antonio/Austin-order online, pickup at markets or delivery for bulk orders. Checkout with lightning, fiat or card
https://smithpastures.com

2023-09-16 15:13:15 UTC

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So what she really wanted to get the camel’s nose under the tent and anyone that disagrees banning in parks hates children…shoot for the stars, you’ll hit the moon

2023-07-19 22:27:33 UTC

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Kinda like government systems designed by bureaucrats to make things easy for bureaucrats…I’m looking at you Defense Travel System (DTS) or as we called it Don’t Travel Soldier