New Food Truck In Keene: Mama Maria’s Gyros Now Accepting Cryptocurrency

Mama Maria's Gyros Opens In Keene

Mama Maria’s Gyros Opens In Keene

Mama Maria’s Gyros and More opened this week In Keene, New Hampshire. Mama Maria & her food truck is permanently situated at 85 Emerald Street and will be open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11am – 3pm and from 5pm – 8pm.

When I inquired about the unusual hours Mama Maria stated that she was following a trend in downtown Keene. Apparently many restaurants are now closing during the day and re-opening in the evenings.

Mama Maria’s adds to the growing list of convenience stores, restaurants, dentists, doctors, and other establishments taking cryptocurrencies in Keene, New Hampshire. Over the past decade many new businesses have come onboard with accepting cryptocurrencies and goldbacks. Despite a rocky handful of years with various restaurants and other businesses going under due to governmental policies and restrictions on operating Keene has remained a tiny bastion of freedom and peace when it comes to businesses taking non-government pro-peace currencies.

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Renowned lawyer Jacob Hornberger speaks out against the fraudulent prosecution of Ian Freeman @ Porcfest 2025

After a thorough review of the case independent and renowned lawyer Jacob Hornberger speaks out on the travesty of the prosecution of Ian Freeman

After a thorough review of the court transcript independent and renowned lawyer Jacob Hornberger speaks out on the travesty of the prosecution of Ian Freeman

Renowned lawyer Jacob Horberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) attended the Free State Project’s Porcupine Freedom Festival this summer to present a speech on his legal analysis of the Ian Freeman case.

Ian Freeman was arrested in 2021 for the ‘crime’ of selling Bitcoin. In spite of the legal advise, few vending machines operated by him and the Shire Free Church, a complete lack of evidence connecting Ian to the supposed crimes, and more a prejudicial jury found Ian Freeman guilty on 8 counts and 4 charges. These included: Unlicensed money transmission, money laundering, conspiracy to launder, and 4 counts of tax evasion (one for each year of the federal government’s investigation).

Under cross examination the governments leading witness testified that she couldn’t confirm that Ian Freeman owed anything at all. Taxes that is.

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Bitcoin Pizza Day: A Roaring Success Despite The Rain

Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025, Keene, NH

Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025, Keene, NH

On May 22, 2025 Keene, NH had it’s annual Bitcoin Pizza Day event and as usual it was a roaring success! To top it all off Bitcoin reached a record high of $111,000 on May 22, 2025, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the first real-world Bitcoin transaction known as Bitcoin Pizza Day.

While for libertarians this isn’t really about the value of the coin so much as the principles and morals it’s representing: Freedom, control, and privacy. The later of which Bitcoin isn’t, but unlike fiat currencies (government money and the associated systems of banking, money transmission, etc) does retain a pseudonymous property in that a user does not need register their identity to merely utilize it or conduct business.

 

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Free stater Alec found not guilty in trial over possession of weed in town of Jaffrey: Cop can’t distinguish between legal CBD flower and illegal cannabis

Police officer: Scott Merrell

Gang member Scott Merrell testifies against free stater Alec in trial involving possession of weed

Charge: Non-criminal violation for possession of weed

Video: Watch the full trial video

On May 28th, 2023 at around 12:30AM free stater Alec was pulled over for speeding doing 51 mph in a 40 mph zone. After running Alec’s plate dispatch informed the officer that the vehicle was stolen. Officer Scott Merrell then proceeded to ask Alec to step out of the car based on a false belief the vehicle or registration were stolen.

During the trial the officer testified that “I saw what appeared to be a glass pipe in the operators lap with green vegetative flakes around him” and according to the officer when Alec stepped out of the vehicle the glass pipe fell to the ground.

After further investigation it turned out the vehicle was not stolen.

At trial the prosecutor questioned the officer asking various questions about the stop.

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Victim’s come in all shapes and sizes: Robert L. Lamontagne’s wrongful conviction

Bradley made a comment previously about a case involving Robert L. Lamontagne who was convicted by a jury for a crime he didn’t commit. His comment should have been a blog post, and so I’ll post it here now. The important thing to remember about this case is Robert has maintained his innocence for close to 40 years and that the evidence relied upon to convict was sourced from a corrupt law enforcement officer.

Bradley’s not a libertarian, though taking up a worthy cause, and he’s a former law enforcement officer himself. Robert is not a libertarian either, but also pursuing a worthy cause of making the public aware of the injustices in the system. He has little to gain, and will at a minimum suffer from harassment for bringing his story to light.

Bardley’s comment emphases a systematic problem with our “justice system”. It convicts folks without sufficient evidence and with “evidence” that is tainted. When a jury hasn’t been made aware of an officer’s problematic history of telling lies those involved in failing to inform the defense should be criticized, arrested, and charged.

In this case the law enforcement officers whose testimony the jury relied on to convict was on the lorry list and should never have been used at trial. This was not revealed to the defendant and laws were broken by the prosecutor and law enforcement. This is not a story about a child rapist, but a story about a man wrongfully convicted based on tainted evidence who is himself a victim of the system. The law enforcement officer whose ethics are in question made a name for himself “protecting kids”, but in reality has gained notoriety by luring men into situations under false pretenses and then making false claims about their actions, intent, and/or circumstances.

Bradly’s comments:

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