Telegram Archive - week 34, 2025

participant-4603, 5:33 AM, August 18

If I remember right old Koenigsberg got mentioned here at one point

https://youtu.be/xlD46nhpQFk?

participant-3927, 10:15 AM, August 18

What remains of the mentioned party that got banned in 2004, is a nationalistic group. It is statist, no clue about capitalism.

participant-3927, 10:16 AM, August 18

I’m yet to find forward thinking people on that region.

participant-3927, 10:37 AM, August 18

https://www.grazdanin-gazeta.ru/rubrik/13-05-marta-2020/andrey-kropotkin-khoroshego-vsem-nastroeniya/

participant-3927, 10:38 AM, August 18

This is an interview of a politician in Kaliningrad who says he enjoys reading Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead.

participant-3927, 12:47 PM, August 18

Hillary Clinton says that Trump deserves the Nobel peace prize if he ends the war between Ukraine and Russia, on the condition that Ukraine cedes no territory to Russia. What do you make of it? The possibilites are: (a) Clinton is politically prostituting herself to Trump, (b) Clinton and Trump share the same statist political view (they are ideological allies in fact), (c) Clinton is mocking Trump, or (d) she thinks that ending this war on those terms indeed deserves such a prize.

participant-3927, 12:54 PM, August 18

If we had stronger connections that we do, we could have gained a foot in the door (in creating an independent state). Watch this, and by the next time this kind of thing happens, we must be at the roundtable.

participant-3927, 11:15 PM, August 18

Zelenskiy played Trump’s protectionism. Trump is happy to help Ukraine for the 100Bn weapons deal that Europe will pay for.

participant-3927, 11:17 PM, August 18

https://www.ft.com/content/8dad9c67-59da-4f38-b43a-3d6ba5f1df57?utm_source=chatgpt.com

participant-3927, 2:07 PM, August 20

“Apple has the right to control and profit from the platform it built and maintains, and Epic’s supposed crusade for “freedom for creators” is merely a guise for free-riding on Apple’s productive work and creative achievements.” – ARI (Atlas Circle)

participant-4603, 1:40 AM, August 21

They seem to recycle a lot of old material, but it’s good to see these types of stories

https://reason.com/2025/08/07/tiny-nations-in-the-crack-of-the-map/

participant-3927, 5:22 AM, August 21

Maybe I should try to appear in Reason magazine next. The Vance interview turned out to well

participant-3927, 3:10 AM, August 23

Atlas is shrugging. Here is a statement from Executive Chairman (Marcus Lemonis) of Bed Bath & Beyond:

We will not open or operate retail stores in California.

This decision isn’t about politics - it’s about reality. California has created one of the most overregulated, expensive, and risky environments for businesses in America. It’s a system that makes it harder to employ people, harder to keep doors open, and harder to deliver value to customers. The result? Higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages that many businesses simply cannot sustain, and endless regulations that strangle growth. Even when the state announces a budget surplus, it’s built on the backs of ordinary citizens who are paying too much and businesses who are squeezed until they break.

At Bed Bath & Beyond, our responsibility is to our customers and our shareholders. We will not participate in a system that undermines both. Instead, we are investing in a California strategy that works: 24 48 hour delivery, and in many cases, same-day service. Californians will continue to get the products they love through BedBathandBeyond.com - but without the inflated costs created by an unsustainable model.

We’re taking a stand because it’s time for common sense. Businesses deserve the chance to succeed. Employees deserve jobs that last. And customers deserve fair prices. California’s system delivers the opposite. That’s why Bed Bath & Beyond will serve California customers directly through BedBathandBeyond.com, on our terms, and with their best interests at heart.