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[WAR] The ministry of truth: NATO liberation of Libya, 2011
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

If the following were not true, we'd be incredulous that someone would propose such an unbelievable and lame movie plot. Sadly, this is what North America and NATO stand for. I Thought NATO “Liberated” Libya in 2011? http://journal-neo.org/2016/08/04/i-thought-nato-liberated-libya-in-2011/ “Operation Unified Protector is one of the most successful in NATO’s history… We have done this together for the people of Libya, so they can take their future firmly and safely into their own hands. Libyans have now liberated their country. And they have transformed the region. This is their victory” - Former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, speaking in October, 2011. http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_80052.htm “In Libya, the death of Muammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do” – US President, Barack Obama, speakingin October, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-obama-foreignpolicy-idUSTRE79L0MH20111023 “I am proud to stand here on the soil of a free Tripoli and on behalf of the American people I congratulate Libya. This is Libya’s moment, this is Libya’s victory, the future belongs to you” – Former US Secretary of State and Democratic Nominee for President, Hillary Clinton, speaking in October, 2011. https://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/19/172519.html On August the 1st, US warplanes bombed Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) targets in the Libyan city of Sirte, almost exactly five years after Western imperialists declared NATO’s 2011 war in Libya a complete success. http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/17/nato-s-humanitarian-intervention-in-libya… These strikes are not the first conducted by the US in Libya this year, in a broader campaign that is officially aimed at defeating an enemy that the US had a major hand in creating in the first place (I’m sure the military-industrial complex isn’t complaining however). Peter Cook, the Pentagon’s Press Secretary, said in a statement released on the 1st of August in relation to the strikes that: http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/881794/… “Today, at the request of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), the United States military conducted precision air strikes [which is Orwellian/Pentagon-speak for dropping bombs (not uncommonly on civilians)] against ISIL targets in Sirte, Libya, to support GNA-affiliated forces seeking to defeat ISIL in its primary stronghold in Libya… The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.” Wait a minute though, have I missed something? I thought Libya was “liberated” in 2011 and the country is now a beacon of ‘freedom and democracy’ for the Middle East and North Africa? Are the Libyan people not enjoying being “free from a tyrant;” similar to the liberty the Syrian people will experience if Assad the ‘tyrant’ is overthrown and the country is handed over to al-Qaeda? Since the future belonged to the Libyan people in 2011, is the country not a vibrant and prosperous democracy today? Is Libya not one of the major hubs of the Mediterranean, with trade booming and flocks of tourists travelling from across the world to sample the delights of the country – from the fascinating culture of the indigenous people to the stunning (I must admit) Roman ruins? I thought the standard of living for the average Libyan was much higher than it was before the tyrant was deposed? Is Libya not helping to build the African continent up to try and alleviate the millions of people who live in poverty? I thought the “most successful” campaign in NATO’s history meant that terrorism could not gain a foothold in the country, considering the Western alliance spends the majority of its time (after antagonising Russia that is) talking about fighting terrorism? I thought NATO’s love-bombs only hit the baddies, and never killed or maimed any civilians? Are the Libyan people not enjoying the fruits of another Western foreign policy success story? Are the Libyan people not enjoying the stability that always follows a Western war of aggression? I thought the Libyan “kinetic military action” was yet another triumphant imperial endeavour, just like Afghanistan, Iraq and the numerous other countries that were lucky to be the targets of Western ‘humanitarian’ forces? Steven MacMillan is an independent writer, researcher, geopolitical analyst and editor of The Analyst Report, http://www.theanalystreport.net/ especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”. http://journal-neo.org/

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The heart of a Scotsman - George Galloway, The Chilcot Report: What Next?
by Zenaan Harkness 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

The wheels of "democracy" when it works, when someone with heart, patience, tenacity and a strong sense of justice (a mighty lot to ask, so we can be very grateful for this man of principal) such as George Galloway, is an event worth witnessing, given how rare such events are. George Galloway you have been vindicated. Thank you for speaking so clearly. "Mr Blair: This Is For Iraq (Video)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNmy5-2va8 (Youtube link also here: http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/mr-blair-iraq/ri15485 )

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Russia's "eye-watering" military toys
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

http://journal-neo.org/2015/11/16/do-we-really-want-a-new-world-war-with-ru… Enjoyable read. Reminds me of that immortal line in the Putin documentary where the Russian navy chief points at a radar screen saying something like 'look at that, I've never seen [a destroyer class battleship] do this figure-8 move before' as the USS Donald Cook first enters then hightails out of Crimean waters. International military sparring at its best :) Z

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Russia bans purchase of foreign non-niche software in Russian state agencies
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Jul '17

08 Jul '17

Import substitution applied to software... http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/11/medvedev-bans-use-of-foreign-made.html Medvedev bans the use of foreign-made software in Russian state agencies Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ 20th November, 2015 novayagazeta.ru The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medevdev, has signed a decree prohibiting from 1 January 2016 the purchase of foreign-made software for state needs, reports the press service of the Cabinet. According to the document, customers will now be obliged to buy Russian-produced software. It notes that the initiative is a method of import substitution. The exception is when software has the necessary functional, technical or operational characteristics absent in Russia. To place an order on, for example Microsoft Windows, officials will have to justify the need for this operating system. As reported to "Kommersant" earlier, the official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that a German IT company began to discuss with the Ministry of economic development the possibility of a partial transfer of software production to Russia, in order thus to be able to sell it on government orders. A draft resolution was prepared and submitted by the Ministry of communications and mass communications of the Russian Federation. It was presented to Medvedev earlier in April.

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Equation Group - Cyber Weapons Auction
by grarpamp 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

http://pastebin.com/NDTU5kJQ a guest Aug 13th, 2016 27,472 Never -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 From: bitmessage = BM-NBvAHfp5Y6wBykgbirVLndZtEFCYGht8 i2p-bote = o1uHOkOcMoFEa7O7dbEilzfMvWzo7bDu~td3x9gYz4b4t5OriJ7U6GUWr5GZoWxQ9f2TrIY5RzhpIMVP6hTLXZ Equation Group Cyber Weapons Auction - Invitation - ------------------------------------------------ !!! Attention government sponsors of cyber warfare and those who profit from it !!!! How much you pay for enemies cyber weapons? Not malware you find in networks. Both sides, RAT + LP, full state sponsor tool set? We find cyber weapons made by creators of stuxnet, duqu, flame. Kaspersky calls Equation Group. We follow Equation Group traffic. We find Equation Group source range. We hack Equation Group. We find many many Equation Group cyber weapons. You see pictures. We give you some Equation Group files free, you see. This is good proof no? You enjoy!!! You break many things. You find many intrusions. You write many words. But not all, we are auction the best files. Picture Urls - ------------ http://imgur.com/a/sYpyn https://theshadowbrokers.tumblr.com/ https://github.com/theshadowbrokers/EQGRP-AUCTION File Urls - ---------- magnet:?xt=urn:btih:40a5f1514514fb67943f137f7fde0a7b5e991f76&tr=http://diftracker.i2p/announce.php https://mega.nz/#!zEAU1AQL!oWJ63n-D6lCuCQ4AY0Cv_405hX8kn7MEsa1iLH5UjKU https://app.box.com/s/amgkpu1d9ttijyeyw2m4lso3egb4sola https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8kvfl4xtj2vr24/EQGRP-Auction-Files.zip https://ln.sync.com/dl/5bd1916d0#eet5ufvg-tjijei4j-vtadjk6b-imyg2qkd https://yadi.sk/d/QY6smCgTtoNz6 Free Files (Proof) - ------------------ eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz.gpg sha256sum = b5961eee7cb3eca209b92436ed7bdd74e025bf615b90c408829156d128c7a169 gpg --decrypt --output eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz.gpg Password = theequationgroup Auction Files - ------------- eqgrp_auction_file.tar.xz.asc sha256sum = af1dabd8eceec79409742cc9d9a20b9651058bbb8d2ce60a0edcfa568d91dbea Password = ???? Auction Instructions - -------------------- We auction best files to highest bidder. Auction files better than stuxnet. Auction files better than free files we already give you. The party which sends most bitcoins to address: 19BY2XCgbDe6WtTVbTyzM9eR3LYr6VitWK before bidding stops is winner, we tell how to decrypt. Very important!!! When you send bitcoin you add additional output to transaction. You add OP_Return output. In Op_Return output you put your (bidder) contact info. We suggest use bitmessage or I2P-bote email address. No other information will be disclosed by us publicly. Do not believe unsigned messages. We will contact winner with decryption instructions. Winner can do with files as they please, we not release files to public. FAQ - --- Q: Why I want auction files, why send bitcoin? A: If you like free files (proof), you send bitcoin. If you want know your networks hacked, you send bitcoin. If you want hack networks as like equation group, you send bitcoin. If you want reverse, write many words, make big name for self, get many customers, you send bitcoin. If want to know what we take, you send bitcoin. Q: What is in auction files? A: Is secret. Equation Group not know what lost. We want Equation Group to bid so we keep secret. You bid against Equation Group, win and find out or bid pump price up, piss them off, everyone wins. Q: What if bid and no win, get bitcoins back? A: Sorry lose bidding war lose bitcoin and files. Lose Lose. Bid to win! But maybe not total loss. Instead to losers we give consolation prize. If our auction raises 1,000,000 (million) btc total, then we dump more Equation Group files, same quality, unencrypted, for free, to everyone. Q: When does auction end? A: Unknown. When we feel is time to end. Keep bidding until we announce winner. Q: Why I trust you? A: No trust, risk. You like reward, you take risk, maybe win, maybe not, no guarantees. There could be hack, steal, jail, dead, or war tomorrow. You worry more, protect self from other bidders, trolls, and haters. Closing Remarks - -------------------------------------------------- !!! Attention Wealthy Elites !!! We have final message for "Wealthy Elites". We know what is wealthy but what is Elites? Elites is making laws protect self and friends, lie and fuck other peoples. Elites is breaking laws, regular peoples go to jail, life ruin, family ruin, but not Elites. Elites is breaking laws, many peoples know Elites guilty, Elites call top friends at law enforcement and government agencies, offer bribes, make promise future handjobs, (but no blowjobs). Elites top friends announce, no law broken, no crime commit. Reporters (not call journalist) make living say write only nice things about Elites, convince dumb cattle, is just politics, everything is awesome, check out our ads and our prostitutes. Then Elites runs for president. Why run for president when already control country like dictatorship? What this have do with fun Cyber Weapons Auction? We want make sure Wealthy Elite recognizes the danger cyber weapons, this message, our auction, poses to their wealth and control. Let us spell out for Elites. Your wealth and control depends on electronic data. You see what "Equation Group" can do. You see what cryptolockers and stuxnet can do. You see free files we give for free. You see attacks on banks and SWIFT in news. Maybe there is Equation Group version of cryptolocker+stuxnet for banks and financial systems? If Equation Group lose control of cyber weapons, who else lose or find cyber weapons? If electronic data go bye bye where leave Wealthy Elites? Maybe with dumb cattle? "Do you feel in charge?" 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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 05 Mar '17

05 Mar '17

On 8/8/16, Ken Cline <cline(a)frii.com> wrote: > "various Licenses and Certificates held" A corporation can be issued, issue, and hold, various licences and certs, be they from or to, private or public entities, governments, or persons. Could be... vendor / reseller, awards, permission to bid / let [govt or other] contracts, provide services, etc. Use your imagination. TPI knows what it does or doesn't hold. And TPI can be transparent by listing them all proactively instead of requiring community go on phishing expedition for them by name. > "form blanks to be signed by new parties of all types" TPI has surely asked folks to fill out or sign, and been asked itself, regarding NDA's / [de]briefings, pre / during / post employment blanks, template blanket MOU's, etc. Use your imagination. TPI operates a corporate "office", a corporate office has form blanks for all sorts of uses. In particular when liasing with or initiating new parties of all types. As with the "new docs" someone posted for the future, folks are interested in seeing any similar docs applicable to the past. Only TPI knows what they were named. Those of employment and [process] acknowledgement are certainly higher than stupid petty cash and phone memo forms, come on now :) > [http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx] > "Articles Of Incorporation", "Charter", "Bylaws", and "Operating Agreement". > Except for Bylaws, these named documents do not exist. No, the state mandated Articles and Annuals exist there. NO!, the bylaws (another name for operating agreement), a highly relavant thing for transparency, do not seem to exist anywhere. Whatever other major structural and procedural docs may exist, who knows. Those are just some of the common names for them. Other people can add other names. Worth nothing is that whether or not any doc is [required to be] filed with government agencies, and whether or not it is publicly available from them once filed... is different from what TPI may choose to publish on its own for the community. > You will find their > Articles of Organization and Annual Reports, which contain relevant > information. Regardless, whatever is publicly available or FOIA-able on a government site should also be posted for transparency on TPI as well. > Others are on the Tor Web site itself: > ("List of Officeholders", "Executives", It's not necessarily clear, in a classically hierarchical org chart sort of way, who held all the various high titles and when. > "Voting Members" NO!, voting and election does not appear to be detailed at all anywhere. Only opaque references to "duly elected" and "adopted". And "member" often means certain things in corporate law as well. > Of course, there are no shareholders While "non-profit" (its own curiosity to be sure), may hold certain meaning and requirements in certain jurisdictions, the extension of that to concepts of founding / holding parties and redistribution, optionally to achieve "non-profit", may be different. Links to law refs on the topic could be useful for those that didn't already notice a reference to the possibility of that in the Articles (under powers). > precisely which people have voting power will be > detailed in the Articles of Organization or Bylaws. Pointless when the AOI says nothing there, and the bylaws aren't available. Nor can community be expected to wade through MA/US law to see if any particular "Officer" or "Director" is granted unwaivable voting rights under law. > Still others appear not yet available. Yes. > patience in obtaining the audited 2015 financials. If TPI's release of particular docs is governed by requirement of law, that's different. But if community can FOIA same from govt, there is no such requirement, and TPI should transparently publish. > "Meeting Minutes covering years 2010 ~ 2015" should be available. > I would contact the Tor Project directly (Executive Director's office, > maybe). No user, donor, or interested party should be pushed / required to go private fora like that. It's their right to ask in public, to do so by proxy person or tor etc, and to retain their motivations. And whatever TPI does with such requests is up to TPI. If it's transparent with servicable open fora, it's a non issue. It's also silly to be fielding multiple same requests when a single transparent proactive publication of same will serve everyone. Yes, minutes are very important for transparency. It's extremely unlikely the ED's office did not know, or was not informed, within no more than a few days of the request, probably more like a few hours. Certainly not a few weeks. > The issue you > filed in the tracking system was given medium priority, which seems proper Few could have problem with that. As before, only with lack of ack and general plan of reply. > your request It should not be considered mine, but a presentment of some community voices / ideas / tasks gone forgotten / unattended over time, into a more prominent and useful form. And with recent events pressing... journalists could easily be added to list of supporting and interested parties. Others are welcome to carry the request forward.

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Re: [WAR] A brief bit of Hillary history.
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

My question was, is and shall continue to be, who of the various candidates in the upcoming USA elections, who might get elected to run the USA war machine, would be the least likely candidate to push Russia and or China and or the rest of the world into World War 3, when the economic crunch time for North America finally hits the fan. We know a massive global financial crash is coming, and in previous points of financial collapse, history shows us an almost certainty of a major war following. This bodes EXTREMELY PRECARIOUSLY for all of us on this little blue planet, and suggests that those who vote in the upcoming North American elections ought think carefully about the question above. Those who are onlookers might consider being in contact with anyone they know who will be involved/ voting in the upcoming USA elections, and discover their thoughts on this fundamental question - who is most and who is least likely to start World War 3. Also, look into the preference voting system (like we also have in Australia) if you will be voting, and figure out how your candidate's votes might be applied to other candidates, should your chosen candidate not receive enough votes to be elected. That, or choose your own preferences! Be informed, and let's do our bit towards avoiding World War 3 - if this issue of the potential for the next world war is not handled by us humans, we may just find that sometime in the next 4 years, that we are all faced with a reality where NO OTHER QUESTION EVEN MATTERS, and it's too late to argue or say sorry or I told you so or anything else so pathetic in the face of the lack of the action required to have stopped the problem in the first place. Good luck fellow humans, Zenaan ----- Forwarded message ----- Subject: FW: nothing has changed! they are all the same. http://jacksonville.com/reason/fact-check/2014-03-08/story/fact-check-was-h… ----- End forwarded message -----

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Global warming/climate change
by YoungerDryas 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

> Zenaan Harkness: > I see no one disputing climate change. Here is some clarification. Joe Rogan Experience #725 - Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDejwCGdUV8 Watch/listen to the whole thing but the first 15min should be enough context to drive further interest. A snip from Randall Carlson: "We're not really seeing the genesis of civilization, we're seeing the rebooting of civilization, in the aftermath of these [global warming and cooling] events." Joe Rogan Experience #606 - Randall Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Cp7DrvNLQ This one goes in depth more on climate and adjacent science. Jumping to 18 or 19 minutes should be enough context to drive further interest. Snips: "We're in the infancy of understanding the climate of this planet." "My concern is that we're going to get so focused on carbon change that we're not looking at any of these other factors." Joe Rogan Experience #501 - Randall Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R31SXuFeX0A For those who want to start at the beginning. Skip to 6min to avoid radio ads. All the Graham Hancock ones are wonderful as well, if anyone wants to dig in deepah. These guys are cpunks. #For those who avoid video: http://youtube-dl.org/ #Please God, water my plants with your teardrops.

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Rising carbon dioxide is greening the Earth - but it's not all good news
by Zenaan Harkness 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Thought someone posted a link like this back in the April thread - could not find that, so posting here. Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is a genuinely good thing. CO2 is making Earth greener—for now http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2436/co2-is-making-earth-greenerfor-now/ If you squint a bit and read a little too quickly, the caption on the image reads "This image shows the change in leaf across the globe from 1982-2015." which bodes really well for peace pipes around the world. And please, read carefully the last paragraph - even scientists know their "scientific models" are flawed and always "being improved" (aka, changing, since the previous iteration was wrong). At least some of them acknowledge this fact. CO2 fertilization greening the Earth http://phys.org/news/2016-04-co2-fertilization-greening-earth.html Global Warming Produced a Greener, More Fruitful Planet http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/global-warming-produced-greener… Rise in CO2 has 'greened Planet Earth' http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36130346 Rising carbon dioxide is greening the Earth - but it’s not all good news http://theconversation.com/rising-carbon-dioxide-is-greening-the-earth-but-…

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moving on
by Riad S. Wahby 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Folks, After 15+ years running a cypherpunks node, it's quitting time for me. I plan to delete the mailman aliases on September 30th. If anyone is interested in migrating the list to his or her machine before then, that would be great; let's discuss on-list. -=rsw

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