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China reparations to world, ought include returning Tibet to the Tibetans - Wuhan China virus - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Aug '20

29 Aug '20

China ought be held to return Tibet to the Tibetans, under the authority of the Dalai Llama, as part of the reparations for the China virus/ Wuhan flu. Coronavirus response in Tibet: arrests, crackdown, religious repression https://savetibet.org/coronavirus-response-in-tibet-arrests-crackdown-relig… https://tibet.net/coronavirus-response-in-tibet-arrests-crackdown-religious… .. - China has responded to the spread of coronavirus to Tibet by cracking down on people who post information online about the deadly illness, including one man who was detained by police simply for encouraging his contacts to recite prayers to ward off infection. - Chinese authorities also announced the cancellation of public religious festivals and prayer ceremonies for “Losar,” the Tibetan New Year, which begins Feb. 24. - In the wake of the outbreak, the Chinese government has activated its network of military and Chinese Community Party cadres to spread propaganda about protecting “stability”—a euphemism for the suppression of free speech and the enforcement of compliance with CCP policies. - Despite the spread of the virus, China’s leadership has chosen to move ahead with a new campaign in Tibet described as sending a “million police to 10 million homes.” The intention is to ensure “grassroots” integration of security forces in local communities. The campaign began in January and will continue throughout the year. - In contrast to the Chinese government’s heavy-handed response, the Tibetan people have reacted to the outbreak of coronavirus with compassion. Monasteries have donated funds for the purchase of facemasks and goggles, and Tibetans lit butter lamps in honour of the Chinese whistleblower who warned about the virus and subsequently died from it. https://www.yandex.com/search/?text=coronavirus%20in%20tibet&lr=10145

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James Damore 2.0: Sandia labs: Casey Peterson's war on critical race theory - payback, with extra IQ :) - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Aug '20

29 Aug '20

Critical Race Theory has just had war declared against its divisive ways and means: Sandia Labs Goes Nuclear On Employee Who Sparked Internal Revolt Over Critical Race Theory https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-s… Sandia Labs - America's premiere government-funded nuclear weapons design lab, has taken aggressive action against an employee, Casey Peterson, who produced a viral video "pushing back on the narrative of modern systemic racism and white privilege." Here's the long and short of it via Christopher Rufo - director of the Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth & Poverty, who has directed four documentaries for PBS, Netflix and international television - and has declared 'war' on critical race theory. There is a civil war erupting at @SandiaLabs. Following my investigation, a dissident electrical engineer named Casey Peterson emailed all 16,000 employees denouncing critical race theory in the lab and hoping to spark a rebellion against Sandia executives. Here's the story.🧵 — Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) August 27, 2020 https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1299008750729097216?ref_src=twsrc%… # long set of tweets follows # see e.g. https://t.co/vMDH2vILB7 Rufo continues: On Tuesday, Peterson made a YouTube video "pushing back back on the narrative of modern systemic racism and white privilege." The video quickly hit 10,000 views within the labs and dozens of Sandia employees contacted Peterson to express support. youtube.com/watch?v=zyNW9n… https://t.co/vMDH2vILB7 Within hours, Sandia executives dispatched a counterintelligence team to lock Peterson out of the network and scrub his communications from internal servers—which, via the Streisand Effect, made the video even more viral and sparked widespread unrest against Sandia executives. By the afternoon, executives were panicking about the brewing rebellion, placed Peterson on paid administrative leave, and established a "security review board" to "evaluate whether [his] actions have comprised or posed a threat to Sandia computing and security systems." Peterson—who took a stand at grave risk to his career—says he is speaking on behalf of all of Sandia employees who are "scared to speak out" because of the lab's repressive culture. "If I get fired because of this," Peterson says, "the fight does not end, it only intensifies." This is the first explicit rebellion against critical race theory in the federal government—and the coalition is growing. "We need to completely rip [critical race theory] out of Sandia root and stem," Peterson says. "It is cancer and we need to get it out of the labs right now." Sandia executives have made it clear: they want to force critical race theory, race-segregated trainings, and white male reeducation camps on their employees—and all dissent will be severely punished. Progressive employees will be rewarded; conservative employees will be purged. Keep this in mind: Sandia Labs is a federally-funded research agency and designs America's nuclear weapons. Senator @HawleyMO and @SecBrouillette have launched an inspector general investigation, but Sandia executives have only accelerated their purge against conservatives. Sandia executives face a decision-point: they can back down and Peterson's rebellion will notch an internal victory; or they can fire him and Peterson will become further evidence of Sandia's corrupt and repressive culture. In a sense, Peterson cannot lose. According to multiple sources, the executives who have pushed the most toxic elements of critical race theory and race-segregated trainings are James Peerey, Dori Ellis, David White (he/him), and Mark Sellers. They must be investigated by the Inspector General. pic.twitter.com/Zrhqf9aclA Here's the bottom line: this is the first shot in the rebellion against critical race theory in the federal government. Casey Peterson has taken a courageous stand and the Inspector General must conduct a full investigation of Sandia Labs—and hold executives accountable. We are opening up a multi-front war against critical race theory in the federal government: (1) investigative reporting to expose the truth; (2) internal rebellions to increase the pressure; (3) inspector general investigations; (4) laying the groundwork for an executive order. It might take time, there might be losses, but we will achieve victory! Swords up!⚔️ Prayers up! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/SYm4RmHJBp

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Abhi Agarwal, MA: "I am once again asking for the utter and complete destruction of white men" - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Markey Staffer Calls for ‘Complete Destruction of White Men’ https://gameruprising.to/index.php?threads/markey-staffer-calls-for-%E2%80%… A campaign staffer for Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) took to Twitter to request the "utter and complete destruction of white men," a group to which his boss belongs. "I am once again asking for the utter and complete destruction of white men," Abhi Agarwal tweeted after a Democratic state house candidate in Kansas refused to drop out after admitting to spreading revenge porn. ...

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Miriam Ballhausen & Debian Money, DebConf Online, insulting a volunteer at a time of grief
by Debian Community News Team 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Which distribution was plotting to hide $42,000 in Switzerland while women washed the dishes? https://debian.community/miriam-ballhausen-debian-money-debconf-online-insu…

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Member of the kennedy mafia comments on the flu farce
by Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

this is a wrong paul interview (wrong paul is a US nationalist, conservative, theocrat who poses as 'libertarian'). Paul talks to a democrat and member of the kennedy clan(in turn the kennedys are high ranking members of the US oligarchy). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kJdOtnBUcw Funnily enough it turns out that kennedy is way more sensible than the 'cypherpunks' on this list who in their infinite idiocy have parroted to a tee the fascist flu propaganda. I'm thinking of course of Jim Bell, Mr FairBigBrother and 'grarpamp'.

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Science will explain everything!!
by Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

http://www.naturalism.org/worldview-naturalism/tenets-of-naturalism "It may strongly seem as if there is a self sitting behind experience, witnessing it, and behind behavior, controlling it, but this impression is strongly disconfirmed by a scientific understanding of human behavior" YOU ARE NOT CONSCIOUS AND DO NOT EXIST! "behavior arises out of the interaction between individuals and their environment, not from a freely willing self" You don't have free will either! Well, you don't exist, so duh. Sidenote : "behavior arises out of the interaction" - wait what? Behavior arises out of behavior yeah. And A is A. Now, here comes the really really good part : "Nevertheless, we must still hold individuals responsible, in the sense of applying rewards and sanctions, so that their behavior stays more or less within the range of what we deem acceptable" .....Yeah. I'm afraid I have to highlight the fact that the 'worldview' of technocratic fascists, aka 'scientists', is infinitely idiotic and dishonest, not to mention criminal....and that their grasp of basic philosophical reasoning is non-existent.

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U.S. to spend $625 million in five quantum information research hubs | Article [AMP] | Reuters
by jim bell 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-quantum-funding-idUSKBN25M0Y9

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Fwd: The community team stands for its bof
by Debian Community News Team 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

This is not from us! This is a forgery! Please come to the BoF Meet the community team. This is not the Debian Community News Team! Forgery! Bring your shiny new taser If anybody can be bothered, please insert a Cypherpunks CoC into the agenda -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: The community team stands for its bof Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Resent-From: debian-project(a)lists.debian.org Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:18:12 +0200 From: Jean-Philippe MENGUAL <jpmengual(a)debian.org> To: debian-project(a)lists.debian.org CC: Debian community team <community(a)debian.org> Just to be sure it is clear, the BoF is Wenesday, 26th (instead of 25) 19pf UTC (so today in less than 9 hours) Regards Jean-Philippe MENGUAL Debian Developer non uploading Community team member Accessibility team member debian-l10n-french team member President of Debian France non-profit organization Le 26/08/2020 à 01:06, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL a écrit : > Hi mate, > > The Community Team will be having a BoF at DebConf 20, Wednesday 25 > August at 19:00 UTC. This will be on jitsi, and information is on the > [DebConf web page][1]. > > [1]: https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/103-meet-the-community-team/ > > We would be pleased to meet you at DebConf 20. Many things happened this > year, and we would like to talk with you about what we did, what we > didn’t do, and what you think we should do in the future. An [agenda][2] > is online. > > [2]: https://pad.online.debconf.org/p/103-meet-the-community-team > > We hope to see you tonight! > > Best regards > > For the community team > > > Jean-Philippe MENGUAL > Debian Developer non uploading > Community team member > Accessibility team member > debian-l10n-french team member > President of Debian France non-profit organization

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a very sad state of reality for women - 2nd generation of spinsters - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Set aside the crass language in this insightful piece from Andrew Anglin, as the message is the exposure of a very sad reality, not only for women, but for men too ... The broken biological cycles, simply put, result in sad women, problems in society, and evidently, collective unhappiness for a large majority of folks. The second full generation of spinsters is close to a broad dawning realisation of their emminently sad plight. Again, if you delve into the following, be warned that you may need to set aside the crass language if you wish to hear this sad yet timely message. On the Unmanageableness of the Female Class http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/on-the-unmanageableness-of-the-cunt-class/

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[zen@freedbms.net: Spitting Image puppet comedy making "take no prisoners" comeback - [PEACE] [COMEDY]]
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Doh!! Found here: Fear of upsetting black celebs & censorship of BoJo’s puppet penis show Spitting Image will struggle to regain comedy relevance https://www.rt.com/op-ed/498985-spitting-image-itv-self-censorship/ ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:20:03 +1000 Subject: Spitting Image puppet comedy making "take no prisoners" comeback - [PEACE] [COMEDY] Now if this puppet comedy show really had been (as initially promised) allowed to "take no prisoners", that may have resulted in something worthy of the "comedy" label. Alas, the ITV executives took a look at the initial trailer and ordered a reshoot. "Why?" I hear you ask loudly? ... they took fright when it featured PM Boris Johnson wrestling naked, in a sauna, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puppets. An ITV source said: “We told them to take no prisoners with the trailer. And they certainly didn’t. But some of the senior executives couldn’t handle the fact they were fighting with their willies. “They’ve given Boris and Trump tiny latex penises as well. They’re really small, but Putin’s is monstrous. Like a snake. It was eye-popping stuff.” Hmmm.. snake no prisoners hey? Too hot to handle evidently... BORIS'S JOHNSON BAN ITV bosses ban Spitting Image from flashing Boris’s tiny ‘Johnson’ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12479482/itv-bosses-ban-boris-tiny-jo… ... It’s hoped the new series will be as savage as the original, but already it’s been hit by claims of politically-correct meddling... ... ITV boss Kevin Lygo has held meetings with senior producers and executives to discuss how black characters, like the Duchess of Sussex, Beyonce and Kanye West should be portrayed and establish “what’s OK, what’s not OK”. Critics have said: “If Spitting Image is going to be politically correct, they might as well not bother.” It has led to accusations the new show will be “comedy by committee” and ruin the show’s uncompromising reputation. ... Sad days when a puppet exposes certain leadership ... fragilities shall we say. If anyone can leak the original "uncut" scene, that willy certainly go down in history as epic ... the day Boris Johnson cried for his johnson. ----- End forwarded message -----

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