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Mongo's funeral celebrations
by professor rat 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

Anarcho-capitalism's lies precede it and its grave lies open in front of it. "... The first presentation of this was in a 1988 "Manifesto," whimsically patterned after another famous manifesto*. Perhaps a more popularly understandable term, such as "cyber liberty," might have some advantages, but crypto anarchy has its own charm, I think..." Cyber-liberty is for Mongoloids Anarchy belongs to the anarchists. * Sear " Marxism of the Right " https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/marxism-of-the-right/

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McAfee: Babuk ransomware decryptor causes encryption 'beyond repair' | ZDNet
by jim bell 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

https://www.zdnet.com/article/mcafee-babuk-ransomware-decryptor-causes-encr… "Babuk announced earlier this year that it would be targeting Linux/UNIX and ESXi or VMware systems with ransomware." By Jonathan Greig | July 29, 2021 -- 10:30 GMT (03:30 PDT) | Topic: Security "A new report from McAfee Advanced Threat Research spotlights the Babuk ransomware gang, which recently announced it would be developing a cross-platform binary aimed at Linux/UNIX and ESXi or VMware systems. " "McAfee's Thibault Seret and Northwave's Noël Keijzer wrote that many core backend systems in companies are running on these *nix operating systems, and Babuk wasted little time in infecting high-profile victims despite numerous problems with the binary. Researchers noted that some ransomware gangs experimented with writing their binaries in the cross-platform language Golang (Go). "It seems that Babuk has adopted live beta testing on its victims when it comes to its Golang binary and decryptor development. We have seen several victims' machines encrypted beyond repair due to either a faulty binary or a faulty decryptor," Seret and Keijzer said. " "Even if a victim gave in to the demands and was forced to pay the ransom, they still could not get their files back. We strongly hope that the bad coding also affects Babuk's relationship with its affiliates. The affiliates perform the actual compromise and are now faced with a victim who cannot get their data back even if they pay. This essentially changes the crime dynamic from extortion to destruction, which is much less profitable from a criminal's point of view."

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Re: Assassination Politics
by professor rat 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

You Austro-Libertarian, Paultards keep using that word ' anarchism ". I don't think it means what you Randite MORONS think it means. But don't just listen to me. https://mises.org/library/are-libertarians-anarchists

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Cryptocurrency: JPMorgan Jamie Dimon is a Lying Fraud
by grarpamp 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

Dimon spent his entire public years bashing crypto while apparently loading up his bags and those of his cronies and daughters... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1XZw643YX0 Dimon bashes while loading crony bags ps: Dimon's JPMorgan and their ilk have got busted multiple times for manipulating the physical Gold and Gold Futures markets...

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Hilarious flu farce pentagon propaganda
by Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/31/bill-gates-predicted-coronavirus-type-pandem…

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Tech Xplore: 'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?
by professor rat 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

"... They will be forced on you, you will own nothing, and be happy, fed a subsistence line. DNA has not and will not encode a digital substitute for analog social. Attempts to push it will implode badly. Just as forced vax and bigger global gov are about to trigger worldwide..." Complete gibberish from a timewasting, gasbagging moron. Fuck off Gramps - you're a dribbling degenerate imbecile. And take your boyfriend, Karl with you.

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Wikileaks: Ecuador Revokes Assange Citizenship
by professor rat 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

In October 2016 the embassy cut his internet service after WikiLeaks published a trove of damaging emails from then U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Ecuador’s leftist government said the move violated its traditional respect for other nations’ sovereignty. Shortly after taking office, Moreno dismissed Assange as a “hacker” and said hacking is an activity “I personally reject.” Assange responded by saying that Moreno had slandered him as a hacker. Apr. 2017. Ecuador's President-elect Lenin Moreno warned Julian Assange not to meddle in the country's politics NEWS story from MAY 10 - 2017. New President Lenin Moreno. "We will maintain his [Assange's] political refugee status, but always reminding him that such condition does not allow him to engage in politics, neither in our country, nor in neighboring nations..." NEWS story from May 26, 2017 - Moreno -- speaking at a ceremony at Cochasqui archeological site in the northern Andes Thursday -- "respectfully" asked the Australian "not to interfere in Ecuadorian politics, nor in the politics of its allies." "His status does not allow him to talk about the politics of any country, let alone ours," he said. NEWS story from Sept. 30, 2017. Moreno has told two international television networks in the past week that Assange should watch his tongue and not harm Ecuador’s relations with its allies. NEWS story from Nov. 22, 2017. Ecuador Govt statement. Assange has an “...obligation to not make declarations or carry out activities that could affect Ecuador’s international relations, which should be preserved, as in the case of Spain, a country it is united with by historical and cultural ties, as well as links of mutual respect, friendship between its peoples and bilateral cooperation...” Nov 22 - 2017. Its being reported today that Assange “has formally committed to observe behavior that is compatible with the will of the Ecuadorian state.” NEWS story dated Dec 17, 2017. Ecuador has warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to interfere in Catalonia's separatist crisis, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said in an interview published Sunday. "We have reminded Mr Assange that he has no reason to interfere in Ecuadorian politics because his status does not allow it. Nor in that of nations that are our friends. He does not have the right to do so and he has committed himself to this."

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Tech Xplore: 'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?
by jim bell 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

Tech Xplore: 'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?. https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-metaverse-internet-revolution.html

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CryptoSlate: Over 300 ETH lost to ‘failed transactions’ upon Stoner Cats NFTs launch
by jim bell 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

CryptoSlate: Over 300 ETH lost to ‘failed transactions’ upon Stoner Cats NFTs launch. https://cryptoslate.com/over-300-eth-lost-to-failed-transactions-after-botc…

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Leaks: Daniel Hale Gets 4 Years For Exposing US Drone Murder
by grarpamp 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

https://theintercept.com/2021/07/27/daniel-hale-drone-leak-sentencing/ https://couragefound.org/2021/07/daniel-hale-sentenced-to-45-months-in-pris… Daniel Hale, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst, was sentenced to 45 months in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to leaking a trove of government documents exposing the inner workings and severe civilian costs of the U.S. military's drone program. All while Government Murder remains not even arrested or even ended. Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison Supporters for Daniel Hale, outside the courtroom in Alexandria, VA. Whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison today, for disclosing government documents on the U.S. military’s drone program to a journalist. The sentence—three years and nine months—includes his time served during court proceedings and will be followed by three years of supervised release. Before he was sentenced, Hale read a powerful and intensely emotional speech to the court, condemning the horrors of war, particularly the post-9/11 U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and drew attention to Iraqi and Afghan victims of the U.S. drone assassination program. He said he opposes war for the same reasons he opposes the death penalty, saying it’s wrong to kill and especially wrong to kill the defenseless. The U.S. often posthumously labels those it kills as “combatants,” and Hale said that sometimes up to 90% of victims in a given airstrike are unidentifiable. Hale recounted the day he plead guilty to one count under the Espionage Act. He biked to the Capitol that day, to the Department of Justice, and to the war memorials on the National Mall. He noticed there was no monument to mark the end of the Iraq War, and he said the most powerful memorial is for the Vietnam War, consisting of a long black marble slab engraved with the names of dead American soldiers. “If the memorial included the names of the Vietnamese dead,” he said, “it would be four miles long.” Hale said that he is a descendant of Nathan Hale, who spied on British troops for the United States in the Revolutionary War, and who was executed following his own espionage conviction more than two hundred years ago. Daniel Hale echoed the famous sentiment of his ancestor in his speech: “My only regret is that I have but one life to give to my country, whether here or in prison.” Hale talked about the “moral injury” war inflicts on soldiers. He said a fellow member of the Air Force once said to him about drone strikes, “You ever step on an ant? That’s what we’re doing.” He talked about how this weighed on him, how it “tore [him] up inside” to the point of “nearly giving up.” Hale said, “I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take — precious human life. For that I was compensated and given a medal. I couldn’t keep living in a world in which people pretended that things weren’t happening that were. Please, your honor, forgive me for taking papers instead of taking human lives.” Judge Liam O’Grady took note of Hale’s widespread support, mentioning that several dozen people, including former members of the military, journalists, and others have written letters to the judge calling for leniency and considering Hale a hero. Judge O’Grady himself said that Hale deserves credit for the time he spent after his Air Force service in informing the public about U.S. warfare, but said that he could’ve done so without disclosing documents to the reporter. O’Grady noted this case raises the issue of the intersection of the First Amendment with national security interests, and said that he needed to deliver a substantial sentence to act as a deterrent against those whom Hale might inspire. O’Grady sentenced Hale to 45 months in prison, to be served in northern Virginia. Following the proceedings, a press conference was held outside the courtroom. CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou applauded Hale for acting on his morals, and said there could be “no sentence that will deter someone who knows in their soul that a crime is being committed. There will always be people with a conscience.” Chip Gibbons, with Defending Rights and Dissent, condemned the double standard applied to media leaks: “If Daniel Hale had leaked documents that supported” U.S. military action “rather than exposed it, he wouldn’t be in prison today.” Jesselyn Radack, herself a former whistleblower and a member of Hale’s legal team, said “Daniel rejects the notion that he is a hero or a victim.” What he wants the public to know and talk about, she said, are the victims of the wars he tried to expose. NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, who has been through an Espionage Act prosecution, lauded Hale’s personal sacrifice, knowing what he could face but doing the right thing anyway. As the official remarks concluded, the crowd chanted a call for President Biden to pardon Daniel Hale.

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