October 2021 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

New York Virtual Currency
by Gunnar Larson 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

We are concerned with the delay in reaching NY-DFS' Virtual Currency Team. - Have you dialed (212) 709-3812, the number listed for Virtual Currency Questions <https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/virtual_currency_businesses>? - The number does not work, really ...

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Nowadays conservatives like to appropriate the name “liberalism”
by professor rat 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Nowadays conservatives like to appropriate the name “liberalism” to describe themselves as if they were more receptive to freedom than socialists. But their liberalism is confined to keeping the State out of interfering in their business affairs. Once anarchism makes it plain that it is possible to have both social justice and to dispense with the State they are shown in their true colours. Their arguments against State socialism and Communism may sound “libertarian”, but their arguments against Anarchism reveal that they are essentially authoritarian. That is why they prefer to rely upon innuendo, slanders. and false reporting, which is part of the establishment anti-anarchism, faithfully supported by celebrity journalists..

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Liberal Fascism for Dummies
by professor rat 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Fascism In the book, Goldberg argues that fascist movements were and are left-wing, in contrast to the mainstream view among historians and political scientists that maintains fascism is a far-right ideology.

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A Message On The Recent Spiritual Hypocrisy
by grarpamp 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

https://rumble.com/embed/u5o49d Spiritual Hypocrisy

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Crypto.com Looks to Cash In on Bull Market With $100M Advertising Campaign
by professor rat 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Crypto.com Looks to Cash In on Bull Market With $100M Advertising Campaign. All of a sudden we’re sounding like a gay Lucy and Ricky. “Oh, Ricky, you wouldn’t fuck me up the ass if you loved me!” Matt Damon : Why am I the Lucy? Crypto punk : Because I’m the bandleader with the nightclub act.

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Lithuania sez throw away Left-Fascist-Chinese Huawei phones
by professor rat 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Lithuania has urged many of its citizens to throw away their Marxist Communist Huawei phones and avoid buying new ones over censorship concerns. Which reminds me . . .is Edward Lord Snowden off his Lithium again?

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Re: How Did Adrian Lamo Die?
by professor rat 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Lets hope he didn't really die since he did far more than say, Julian Assmange , to stop the aggressive invasion of Iraq. In February 2002, he broke into the internal computer network of The New York Times, added his name to the internal database of expert sources, and used the paper's LexisNexis account to conduct research on high-profile subjects. He was convicted of compromising security at The New York Times, Microsoft*, and two other corporates. A Sunday morning story, September 8, 2002, in the New York Times made Powell's U.N. speech and the congressional debate much easier for the White House. Under the headline, “Threats and Responses: The Iraqis; U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts,” a 3603 word story by Michael R. Gordon and Judith Miller detailed the administration’s bs case against Saddam Hussein related to weapons of mass destruction. Its interesting to speculate if Adrian could have exposed Gordon and Miller before he was caught. *Microsoft being a long time c-punk adversary

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US big business, the US patent system and so called 'intellectual property'
by professor rat 28 Oct '21

28 Oct '21

With enemies like Libertarians these entities ( US big business, the US patent system and so called 'intellectual property' ) don't need friends https://theworld.com/~mhuben/cypher.html Libertarianism is a 'Marxism of the Right ' rightfully rejected by most. And its violently rejected by many anarchists.

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How Did Adrian Lamo Die?
by zeynepaydogan 28 Oct '21

28 Oct '21

https://thecinemaholic.com/how-did-adrian-lamo-die/ How Did Adrian Lamo Die? Adrian Lamo’s sudden demise in his Wichita, Kansas, home in March 2018 was shrouded in mystery from the very beginning. A hacker and threat-analyst who came into the spotlight when he claimed to have hacked into The New York Times, Yahoo, and Microsoft, Adrian Lamo also helped in exposing Chelsea Manning, the former US army analyst who leaked numerous government documents to WikiLeaks. ‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’ features Adrian’s story and focuses on his astonishing hacking prowess. Let’s delve into the grey hat hacker’s life and try to figure out the mystery behind his death, shall we? What Happened to Adrian Lamo? Adrian Lamo initially came into the limelight in 2003 when he was arrested for [illegally hacking](https://www.wired.com/2004/04/hacker-5/) into the online networks of high-profile companies like The New York Times. Prior to his arrest, he even worked as a grey hat hacker wherein he forced his way into the online networks of various companies and then helped them patch the holes in their security. However, once arrested, Lamo pleaded guilty to the charges and, in 2004, was sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation. Adrian rose to prominence once again in May 2010, when he got in contact with the US Army and [claimed](https://www.wired.com/2010/06/leak/) that Chelsea Manning was responsible for leaking government documents and video footage of army operations to WikiLeaks. However, since then, he lived a transient lifestyle and never stayed in a place for too long. Additionally, the documentary also mentions that Adrian had a history of drug abuse and frequented harmful medicines, which left a lasting effect on his physical and mental well-being. How Did Adrian Lamo Die? By the time Adrian entered his mid-30s, his health had massively deteriorated, and he even began walking with a limp. Around that time, Debbie and Bill Scroggin, a couple from Wichita, Kansas, decided to give Adrian shelter in their family home. Interestingly, Adrian kept up his eccentric behavior while living with the Scroggins and often resorted to wandering the house alone at night. Later, the couple even mentioned that Adrian was wary of using his last name, and although he received numerous mysterious packages throughout his stay, they were always addressed to his middle name Adrian Alfonso. However, his tenure of living in the Scroggin house did not last long as the couple decided to ask Adrian to move out after Bill [caught](https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/760317486/the-mysterious-death-of-th… him apparently trying to steal medicines. Nevertheless, unwilling to put him out on the streets, Debbie and Bill helped Adrian move into the Shadybrook Senior Apartments in Wichita, where he resided until his death. On March 14, 2018, Adrian was found dead in this same apartment. When authorities arrived, they found the hacker in the bedroom with blood dripping from his fingernails. However, there were no signs of foul play, and nothing suggested a potential break-in. Once the autopsy reports were in, officers discovered that although Adrian had [several](https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/760317486/the-mysterious-death-of-t… drugs and chemicals in his system at the time of his death, the concentration wasn’t high enough to lead to death. Moreover, in a surprising turn of events, medical examiners were unable to ascertain the cause and nature of the hacker’s death and refused even to rule out the possibility of a murder.

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Karl Marx in London
by professor rat 28 Oct '21

28 Oct '21

Karl Marx, Capital, Volume One, Part II: The Transformation of Money and Capital CHAPTER FOUR: THE GENERAL FORMULA FOR CAPITAL: "The capitalist knows that all commodities, however scurvy they may look, or however badly they may smell, are in faith and in truth money, inwardly circumcised Jews . . . " JULIAN " Capitalism+atheism+feminism = sterility " ASSANGE. 2017

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