January 2017 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

[MONEY] Meanderings on the looming global currency shifts
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Dollar Disaster Looming: China and Russia’s Currencies Break Away. http://uncensored.co.nz/2016/09/10/dollar-disaster-looming-china-and-russia…

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Astonishing Lie by Hillary regarding Trump "Choke"
by Big 'Uns 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

> On Sat Jan 14 2017 19:09:16 -1900 > "Cecilia Tanaka" <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com> wrote: > > Racist feelings are not love. They are pure hate and intolerance. Racism is the classification of people by race. You, Cecilia, are a racist. Just like good ol' James.

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Torproject disease infects WhatsApp - User experience trumps(sic) security
by Spencer 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

Hi, > > Razer: > Torproject disease infects WhatsApp - > User experience trumps(sic) security > Security is a usability issue. > "failure to obtain permission" "Better to ask forgiveness ..." An increasing usability "feature" trend. Wordlife, Spencer

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The (Western) Empire: free speech, holocaust denial, jail in 14 countries
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

What a swell empire it is - not. For the free speech crime of holocaust denial today, in the EU, jail is the punishment in 14 EU countries. To learn who controls you, look only at those you may not criticize. Free speech? Freedom to publicly communicate/ publish conentious conspiracies such as "the holocaust never happened"? David Dees - page 98 is missing: http://ddees.com/index.php/2016/11/17/page-98/

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How to act in self defense - concealed carry saves the day
by Ray Cis 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

> On Tue, Jan 31 01:45:24 -0100 > "Ben Tasker" <ben at bentasker.co.ck> > > An alternative view of that situation, of course, Comes from a cucked citezen of the UK who cannot lawfully own a handgun. > http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/29/armed- > citizen-dropped-wallet-distracted-suspect/ "He turned to look and get the money, thats when I lit him up. /Jim Bell approves/

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Twitter discloses national security letters (2015 and 2016)
by Razer 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

> Today, we’re able to speak openly about two national security requests > for the first time, specifically two national security letters (NSLs). > These NSLs were accompanied by gag orders when they were served (one > in 2015, one in 2016), preventing us from notifying the impacted > account holders or publicly disclosing their existence. The FBI > recently informed us that the gag orders have been lifted and that we > may notify the account holders. > > We have provided each of the account holders with copies of the > relevant NSLs (certain information redacted to protect privacy) as > well as the account data we were compelled to produce. While the > actual NSLs request a large amount of data, Twitter provides a very > limited set of data in response to NSLs consistent with federal law > and interpretive guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice. > > We’re encouraged by the lifting of these two gag orders and those > recently disclosed by Cloudflare, Google, the Internet Archive, and > Yahoo!. However, Twitter remains unsatisfied with restrictions on our > right to speak more freely about national security requests we may > receive. We continue to push for the legal ability to speak more > openly on this topic in our lawsuit against the U.S. government, > Twitter v. Lynch. More with links: https://blog.twitter.com/2017/transparency-update-twitter-discloses-nationa…

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Fwd: [liberationtech] Idea: Report Hateful / Racist Websites to Their Registrars and Hosting Providers
by Cecilia Tanaka 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

All the times I read one of Donald's stupid racist messages, I want to tattoo "Black Lives Matter" in one of my arms. Or even better, in his forehead! >:( ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yosem Companys Date: Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 10:24 PM Subject: [liberationtech] Idea: Report Hateful / Racist Websites to Their Registrars and Hosting Providers To: Liberation Technologies Cc: Evan Savage From: Evan Savage <savage.evan(a)gmail.com> Hello all! I’ve put together a quick guide on reporting hateful and racist websites to their registrars and hosting providers, which you can view here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/EjJlVMGKxF0x (I’m sure all of you already have the requisite technical expertise, but if this spreads further it will hopefully be of use to those who don’t.) The idea is simple: make it harder for these websites to operate, one TOS violation email at a time. I’m hoping to send a few TOS violation emails over this next week, and figured the more the merrier! Feel free to pass this link on to others who might be interested. -- Evan Savage bit-manipulator extraordinaire :: savage internet, LLC

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Why immigrants (legal and illegal) and poor "natives" want Trump's immigration ban
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

" Thirdly, Borjas points out that illegals dramatically reduce the wages of legal workers with similarly low skill levels. These are legal Latinos, blacks, and poor whites. Why should companies pay legal workers when they can get away with paying illegals less? " http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2017/01/27/milo-university-new-mexico-full-te…

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Trump will NEVER turn America into a White nation!
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

This is getting ridiculous, Trump must be stopped before he turns America into a White nation - he is shockingly close now to being Literally Hitler!!! What can we do?

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immigration to a libertarian "nation" - by personal sponsorhip only?
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

This could be a policy breakthrough - cutting edge grounded rationalism, inspired by libertarian principles (only one small step, but why throw out the good stuff just because we can't have utopia in a single hit?): Libertarian country/ nation - premises: - all land is either privately or collectively owned (e.g. by the people who use the land, or who are otherwise permitted by the locals to use that land) - the world's only (hypothetical) libertarian nation, the USA, is bordered by fascist democracies, e.g. Mexico and Canada - coastal land is highly prized, and also well protected/ defended by owners/ residents - "corporations" are just individuals or collectives doing business with other individuals and or collectives, and may own land and buildings So, Habib and Dindu each wish to emmigrate from their respective current homelands (Iraq and Somalia), to this utopian libertarian USA. Habib is a young man chasing work. Dindu has a family and they are fleeing Somali terrorism. In this hypothetical "utopian libertarian USA," Habib, and Dindu and his family require direct sponsorship from individuals and/ or collectives of individuals operating together in "mutually beneficial commerce". Or possibly they land somehow by boat, or plane, and make their way to some isolated location in the hopes of being left alone as squatters? Remember: - No taxes, so no sanctuary cities. - No taxes, so no refugee camps except those run voluntarily by free lovin hippies who might likely get jack of the "freely taken" "love". - No taxes, so no free money / handouts, except by personal direct sponsorship. - No taxes, so no police, so most folk self armed (and knowing how to use said arms), and higher consciousness around communal alertness and protection of others. Perhaps if say Trump's administration wanted to pre-empt this particular libertarian conclusion as a policy, he could (besides all the rest he's doing e.g. "extreme vetting") sign an EO to: require every individual and or family that immigrates, to first have an actual sponsoring individual or family with whom they directly live with for some minimum period of time like 3 years; sponsor has absolute veto to say "no, go home" at any time in that 3 years. This would imply a few things: - greater awareness of the needs of immigrants in the community (you better be up to speed if you're going to personally sponsor and live with an immigrant individual or family), especially if you've got children to protect - the natives ("White invaders" for you Lefties), may be less inclined to accept immigration - immigrants may possibly be more likely to 'integrate' - the number of 'spots' available for immigration (quota) is only ever as many as there are actual individual or family sponsors - ghettoization would no longer occur - if you can't make it with your sponsor, you go back home, or possibly try with a second sponsor I'm thinking there are some folks who might appreciate the inescapable libertarian conclusion re immigration, yes?

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