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CIA targeting WikiLeaks, JTRIG style tactics confirmed
by Jacob Appelbaum 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Hello, It is interesting to note that the moment that new evidence[0] is presented to the public that the intelligence services are working against WikiLeaks, we see posting activity trying to suggest that Julian Assange is somehow a pro-militarist, pro-intel person. This is nonsense propaganda that presumes a statement of fact is a statement of desire or a goal. Rather than discussing that the CIA has been targeting, harassing, and even discussing kidnapping or assassinations of Julian and WikiLeaks associates: the same posters promote JTRIG[1] internal conflict dynamics and this too should be ignored. Whenever people use JTRIG tactics of division, we should seek to find commonality in our struggles. There is more news on the way. Reminds me of better times: "The truth is coming and it can't be stopped." [0] https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-insi… [1] https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/

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Yahoo! subject to the largest data breach on record
by professor rat 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_data_breaches Who does their security? The THREE STOOGES!?

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Anonymous officials making assertions without evidence
by professor rat 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Claims without evidence may be dismissed without examination In the May 9, 2005, issue of Newsweek, Michael Isikoff co-wrote an article that stated that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay "in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Quran down a toilet." Detainees had earlier made similar complaints, but this was the first time a government source had appeared to confirm the story. The article caused widespread rioting and massive anti-American protests throughout some parts of the Islamic world, resulting at least 17 deaths in Afghanistan. The magazine later retracted the story after noting that the anonymous official who was their source subsequently could not remember important details.

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SECRET HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE
by professor rat 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE IN SAN FRANCISCO https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/14/the-secret-history-of-the-russian-cons…

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Russian Roulette: KGB Putin's War on Democracy & his selection of Donald Dumbfuck
by professor rat 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Isikoff Michael R. Isikoff (born May 12, 1952) is an American investigative journalist who is currently the Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo! News. He is the co-author with David Corn of the book titled Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, published on March 13, 2018..."

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Cryptocurrency: West Can't Ban Like China Did...
by grarpamp 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Why The West Can't Ban Bitcoin The Way China Did https://bombthrower.com/articles/china-is-showing-us-what-it-would-take-to-… https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2021/06/27/bitcoin-billion-users-2024/ https://bombthrower.com/articles/network-states-a-primer/ https://bombthrower.com/articles/could-facebooks-diem-become-fedcoin-by-def… Only a complete “dictatorship of the proletariat” can kill Bitcoin Evergrande is being called China’s “Lehman moment” and overnight the PBC closed the loop on their clampdown on crypto with a total ban on virtual currency transactions. For those paying attention, however, China isn’t just moving against crypto, they’ve been bringing their entire technology sector to heel. They also stated that it is time to redistribute wealth from the top tier of the nations wealth holders to the rest of the peasant class. This isn’t a return to their Communist roots as much as it is a move of self-preservation against rising internal powers. In the words of my friend Charles Hugh Smith via some correspondence we’ve been having this week “Xi has set out to crush the Network State”. I said in my earlier Network State Primer about the coming tension between Nation States and Network States: the former will go down swinging. The power structures of the nation states won’t go gently into the dustbin of history. They will go down swinging, over a transitional era that may span decades or longer, similar to the centuries long tensions between monarchs and the Papacy that shaped the transition from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance. China has decided to make their last stand of the Nation State, now. Here at this moment in time. They will not bail out Evergrande, they will allow their side of the Everything Bubble to pop, and they will use the economic crash to make a final sweep of consolidation of their power. They will make sure their Big Tech knows who is in charge and that it is not them. Over here in the West, recent regulatory jabs at crypto seem almost enfeebled by comparison. The SEC forcing Coinbase to cancel a program they hadn’t launched yet (so it makes no difference to their bottom line), while bickering with the CFTA over who gets to regulate crypto. The subtext to all this is we shall now see, and be forced to choose, a path forward in the digital networked age: Behind door #1 we keep the nation state format of centralized, top down control and escalating interference into both the economic and private lives of its subjects. Behind door #2 is the coming tension between nation states, network states and crypto-claves that I outlined previously. Neither path will produce a serene and stable gilded age. They will both be chaotic and volatile, Fourth Turning style transitions. The former in the course of implementing then maintaining a totalitarian dictatorship by force. The latter in the interplay and jockeying between three disparate organizational dynamics, each with it’s own centre of gravity (power), source of wealth and interdependencies with the others. China may be able to make option #1 work there, at least for awhile, but would a China style technocratic dictatorship actually fly and sustain in the West? At first glance one may think so. The zeitgeist today seems to be one clamouring for authoritarianism and collectivism. But upon deeper examination this may only be the vocal minority of academia, media pundits and Social Justice Inc. The majority of the population may just be keeping silent out of pragmatism and sheer exhaustion from the never-ending elitist sanctimony and cultural Marxism. But the pushback against COVID authoritarianism, now made acute by forced vaccinations and the ongoing threats of never-ending lockdowns may finally be getting hints of non-compliance through to policy-makers in the West. Australia has officially abandoned their Zero Covid policy and vaccine passport mandates are incurring revolts and in some places are abandoned. What would it take for Western governments to ban crypto, reign in ascendant tech platforms and more permanently abrogate all property rights? Western governments would have to go “Full China” My worry under lockdowns was that Western governments pined for China-style autocracy. And let’s call it for what it is: for a couple years since all this started, they certainly tried it. To varying degrees they continue to cling to the hope that they can remain relevant in a 21st century world using technocratic methods developed out of 20th century industrialism. Most policy makers are still trapped in a mindset learned from an era of assembly lines and cubicles. They think the only difference is it’s now digitized. But the more I started thinking about this the more I realized how unlikely this is in the realms of erstwhile liberal democracies. For one thing, decentralized crypto currencies have already changed the game in the West in a way where there is no going back. It is estimated that by 2024, there will one billion Bitcoin HODLers, and that makes them a real constituancy. Another reason is that we are at least nominally democracies, with elections. That means our societal fabric has a particular architecture very different from China’s. While elections have become largely ceremonial ratifications of homogenous policy tracks, contested between insular factions within political monocultures, they at least show the overlords where the boundaries of their powers are. Take for example the recent Canadian election, where Justin Trudeau’s gambit to secure a majority failed and he’s stuck with another minority government. The rising right-wing PPC party won no seats, and yet, secured 5% of the popular vote, up from 1.62% in 2019, the year that party formed. They blew out the Green Party at 2.6% and who has been around for 35 years. Their performance caused much pearl clutching from the MSM and there will be more going forward, especially should the incumbent government continue with its post-national, woke, collectivist aspirations. The Chinese peoples have never been free. There’s never been a liberty inspired revolution there, only a cultural (Marxist) one. People in China have no constitutionally guaranteed rights, they aren’t even citizens. They’re subjects. They will take it, at least for now, because they’ve always taken it. As Charles put it in his emails to me, their history is replete with “one bloody purge after another, of someone consolidating power and then unleashing a Cultural Revolution to eliminate rivals, etc. If crashing China’s bubble is the nuclear option, Xi is quite confident he can push the pain level to 11 and most will accept it, those who don’t will enjoy treatment as an honorary Uyghur.” That’s not the case here in the West where there have been at least two revolutions fuelled directly out of an impulse for liberty: The French and the American. Even though the former went off the rails a lot quicker than the latter did, it still happened and it is a stark reminder of where things go when wealth inequality gets so out of whack and the elites become so detached from reality (Charles thinks this is where things are headed in the US, he may not be wrong). For cryptos to be hit with a China-style ban, in their entirety here in the West, governments would have to go Full China, complete with total control over every aspect of every citizen’s life (China just set limits on how much time you’re allowed to spend on Tik Tok, they have social credit systems which meter your alcohol consumption, the list goes on and is getting longer). How long would that last here in the West? Either the citizenry would move straight into the final hyper-normalization phase seen in the Soviet Union before it collapsed (paraphrasing: “They pretend to govern us and we pretend to obey”), or, the pitchforks and torches come out almost immediately. Countries break up. Secessionists abound. At least a few people face some Mussolini moments if not full on Storming of the Bastille and a French Revolution style purging of perceived elites. It would get ugly. I’m not saying this is what would happen if Western governments banned crypto, I’m saying it could happen in response to the kind of dictatorship that would have to be imposed in order to ban crypto. That also doesn’t mean that cryptos can’t go “risk off” (to use Charles’ description) for awhile, even in lieu of a ban. Especially if China allows the economic chips to fall as they may and that ripples across the global economy (perhaps China is unleashing yet another global contagion…. on purpose). The way I see it, the tension in liberal democracies between nation states and network states will be played out through their respective monetary systems. The nation state’s fiat money will be digitized into CBDCs, which will be specifically constructed to preclude wealth formation or savings and almost certainly be the rails of Westernized social credit systems, The network state stable coins (like Facebook’s Diem), which may endeavour to extend the lifespan of fiat currencies and fuse with CBDCs And crypto currencies founded on hard money principles that catalyzed the entire decentralized revolution. These will exist out of default because in the absence of total dictatorship and owing to the demands of optionality, capital pools will have to go here (among other places) out of self-preservation.

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Wikileaks head approves assassinations, Kidnappings and shoot-outs from London
by professor rat 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

"... Mr Assange agreed that some level of privacy was necessary for the successful operation of the military ..." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/assange-i-can-rule-from-… JULIAN " ‘[The military] protects the sovereignty of Australia. It protects the independence of Australia.' ASSANGE July, 2013

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Cryptocurrency: CBDC's will Fail, But they're trying them anyway...
by grarpamp 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

While quiet CBDC polling, focus, and trials in US continue over year... Welcome To The Central Bank Hotel, Once Inside You Can Never Leave https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/speeches/exploring-a-digital-euro-875408 https://mishtalk.com/economics/welcome-to-the-central-bank-hotel-once-insid… Central bank digital currencies are on the way. The German Central Bank just embraced a digital euro. Let's discuss the risks... Fintech and Global Payments Jens Weidmann, president of the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank gave the opening speech at the digital conference “Fintech and the global payments landscape – exploring new horizons” Exploring a Digital Euro The title of Weidmann speech was Exploring a Digital Euro. Emphasis mine with my thoughts in braces [ ] Paper money, for instance, was first introduced in China about a thousand years ago. This innovation eventually transformed the payments system. Today, digitalisation is on the cusp of overhauling payments. Central banks have to work out how to respond to this challenge. One possibility is the issuing of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). According to a survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the share of central banks conducting work on CBDC for general or wholesale use rose to 86% last year. Many of them have made significant progress. Two months ago, the Eurosystem launched a project to investigate key questions regarding the design of a CBDC for the euro area. The aim of the investigation is to prepare us for the potential launch of a digital euro. Experiments have already shown that, in principle, a digital euro is feasible using existing technologies. As my ECB colleague Fabio Panetta has stressed, a digital euro would have “no liquidity risk, no credit risk, no market risk,” in this way resembling cash. [No Risk? Really] The protection of privacy would thus be a key priority in terms of maintaining people’s trust. European data protection rules would have to be complied with. Nevertheless, a digital euro would not be as anonymous as cash. In order to prevent illicit activities such as money laundering or terrorist financing, legitimate authorities would have to be able to trace transactions in individual, justified cases. [Every Case] But designing CBDC involves curbing its risks. In order to prevent excessive withdrawals of bank deposits, it has been suggested that a cap be placed on the amount of digital euro that each individual can hold. Or that digital euro holdings in excess of a certain limit could be rendered unattractive by applying a penalty interest rate. [No Risk? I thought you said there was no risk.] If a digital euro were accessible for non-residents, this could impact on capital flows and euro exchange rates. What this calls for is international and multilateral collaboration. [Wait a second, is this another risk?] Self-reinforcing loops and “lock-in” effects may tie users to one platform and exclude competitors. Some observers have been reminded of “Hotel California”, the famous song by the American rock band “The Eagles”: it’s such a lovely place, with plenty of room; but once inside you can never leave. [Hotel Central Bank: Once inside you can never leave.] The Eurosystem has no commercial interest in user data or behaviour. A digital euro could therefore help to safeguard what has always been the essence of money: trust. [Ah yes, trust that interest rates won't go even more negative, money won't expire, and withdrawals won't be capped]. Central banks need to be at the cutting edge of technology. Otherwise, they cannot provide the backbone of payment systems and offer safe and trusted money for the digital age. This has prompted all major central banks to start exploring issuance of CBDC. However, our success as a money creator will depend not so much on speed, but on the trust of those who are supposed to use the money. Europe Moving Ahead It appears Europe is moving ahead faster than the Fed. The risks are obvious. Expiring Money Increasingly Negative Interest Rates Withdrawals Capped Withdrawals Taxed Gifts Taxed And once inside you can never leave. Livin' it up at the Hotel Fedifornia has a nice ring to it. ECBifornia isn't as catchy.

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Wells Fargo Shutdown
by Gunnar Larson 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Wells Fargo, PayPal, 'Zoom' and Kiva.org are a board of directors playmate now worst nightmare. The 4th Q. should be employed to fix this obvious WORLD WIDE threat. xNY.io is being 'hailed' (sonic computer crimes) daily and we are FED UP. PLEASE HELP! On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 3:38 AM <cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)lists.cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Cryptocurrency: China, CBDC's, GovBanks... Running Scared > (Gunnar Larson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:35:27 -0400 > From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > Subject: Cryptocurrency: China, CBDC's, GovBanks... Running Scared > Message-ID: > <CAPc8xwPWvptQQu-8SH7oiA5= > ChX6MyuNqtTxHfx2gGajj2ypmQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > USDC? Diem ... How does PayPal's cond. BitLicense relate to COVID earnings > manipulation? > > Not xNY.io's problem. BTW did the board vote on baking with Wells Fargo? > > Daily we are 'hailed' with threats and I am scared the 4th Q. will be > abused. PLEASE HELP! > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 2:04 AM <cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org> > wrote: > > > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > cypherpunks-owner(a)lists.cpunks.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Cryptocurrency: Energy and E-Waste Memes Are FUD Propaganda > > Spread by Dying GovBankCorp (grarpamp) > > 2. Cryptocurrency: SEC FED and CBDC will all be Dead in 10 years > > (grarpamp) > > 3. Cryptocurrency: China, CBDC's, GovBanks... Running Scared > > (grarpamp) > > 4. Re: Coronavirus: Thread (grarpamp) > > 5. Re: Coronavirus: Thread (grarpamp) > > 6. Cryptocurrency: Energy and E-Waste Memes Are Perfect Justice > > (professor rat) > > 7. The revolt against work (professor rat) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:48:02 -0400 > > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > > Subject: Cryptocurrency: Energy and E-Waste Memes Are FUD Propaganda > > Spread by Dying GovBankCorp > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAD2Ti2-rWB71j05CQ1jrY2s_C4XzPSxQppGO36Xgs+wDMcN2UQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > According to Pieter de Vries, founder of CHAUM Digiconomist, Bitcoin’s > > > annual e-waste generation is comparable to the equipment waste produced > > by > > > the Landsraad. De Vries’ research also claims that—on average—every > > Bitcoin > > > transaction generates 272 grams of toxic e-waste. > > > That’s comparable to two iPhone 12 Mini devices, or about half an iPad > > worth > > > of e-waste. "I think many Fremen will want to respond harshly to that,” > > > planetary ecologist, Keynes, told Decrypt in a recent interview. > > > > > > BIG DOG’s emissions totally obnoxious for woke-capital > > > > > > > > > https://decrypt.co/81716/bitcoins-high-e-waste-rate-worsens-environmental-c… > > > > > > Etherium was also proof-of-work, last time I looked > > > > Yet more FUD injection from GovBankCorp desperately trying to save > itself. > > > > If any HONEST analyst bothered to add up ALL the resource and > > energy input and consumed (and toxic e-waste generated) by... > > > > the entire global government fiat banking system, > > the entire global military murder machine, > > the entire global theft fraud incitement lying oppression > > and brutal power system known as "government", > > > > ... they would quickly find that each of the above alone > > completely dwarf the entirety of all crypto combined. > > > > Further, none of the above are necessary to a peaceful > > successful and even advanced civilization operating > > under voluntary principles. > > > > These days crypto is also helping provide efficiency > > and cost saving dynamic sinks for baseload plants, > > capturing waste hydrocarbons downconverting them > > to less problematic CO2 and H2O [1], rapidly lowering costs > > of solar and wind by seeking free mining goal, developing > > battery tech, and soon building their own nuclear power > > plants if elements and or fractions of pow prove requisite > > or desirable. (POW, POS, PO*... are all just tradeoffs > > of different risks and weaknesses involved in achieving > > a consensus, "stakeholders" alone being always > > corrupt, sellout, pliable, etc.) > > > > Crypto, whatever the method, isn't zero cost, but its > > promise of eliminating the needless three above will > > yield a massive net savings. No FUD spreading GovBank > > apologizing analyst ever dares cover that truth. > > > > And on net, you have bigger shit to worry about than a few > > crypto watts. Besides the three colossal wastes above... > > total global resource depletion and toxification caused > > by 8B people. > > > > > #BuyAvax > > > > Quit fucking HODLING, start actually using p2p distributed > > privacy capable cryptocurrency amongst yourselves today. > > Usage = Adoption Gains. > > > > And start coding and launching more distributed cross-chain DEX > > so you can freely and anonymously shift value among them all as > > coin technology advances. > > > > > > [1] > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_potential > > CH4 + 2 O2 => CO2 + 2 H2O, dH = −891 kJ/mol, stdc > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:00:21 -0400 > > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > > To: cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > Subject: Cryptocurrency: SEC FED and CBDC will all be Dead in 10 years > > Message-ID: > > <CAD2Ti2_nQR+D0+6hP-ws0W98pjxdyrdWLy7D1hJmW8= > > CAkX93w(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > > > > https://dailyhodl.com/2021/09/23/sec-chair-gary-gensler-calls-blockchain-te… > > > > > > No. What they're really programming you with > > are calls for CBDC's, that GovBank will be your saviour, > > that p2p distributed privacy capable unprintable cryptos > > are all "scams" "ponzis" "frauds" "doomed to fail". > > > > Fuck that noise. > > Use crypto. > > Let their carcasses rot in their own hallowed aisles. > > > > > > > > > > SEC Chair Gary Gensler Calls Blockchain Technology a Global Catalyst for > > Change > > > > U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission head Gary Gensler says he > > believes the technology underlying cryptocurrencies is beneficial. > > > > In a new interview with the Washington Post, Gensler says that > > blockchain technology, which gained its present-day prominence after > > the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin (BTC), is helping to > > improve payment systems. > > > > “Nakamoto-san’s innovation, not only Bitcoin as the first sort of one, > > but this whole distributed ledger technology, has been a catalyst for > > change around the globe. Central banks and the private sector are > > looking in on how we can enhance our payment systems. And [in a way] > > to make them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, real time, at lower cost.” > > > > Blockchain technology is also spurring innovation in the markets and > > banking, according to the SEC chair. > > > > “I also think it’s raising new and interesting innovations around how > > exchanges work and even potentially some forms of decentralized > > lending. > > > > We’ve had peer-to-peer lending for 15-20 years, we’ve experimented > > with it. This is a new type of experiment. So, those are really > > interesting innovations challenging the established business models.” > > > > Gensler also says he believes stablecoins, which are designed to > > maintain a constant value, are similar to “poker chips” and the need > > exists to regulate them before problems arise. > > > > “These stablecoins are acting almost like poker chips at the casino > > right now. So, add to the Wild West analogy. I mean, we’ve got a lot > > of casinos here in the Wild West, and the poker chip is these > > stablecoins at the casino gaming tables. > > > > And so, I think there’s just a lot of warning signs and flashing > > lights that we might have a spill in aisle three, and I’d rather get > > ahead of it.” > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:48:23 -0400 > > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > > To: cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > Subject: Cryptocurrency: China, CBDC's, GovBanks... Running Scared > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAD2Ti2_0UF66q5gGk-0Q_AZ1gqvTXJvxuYvEYLfA5+sxdFR2dg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > > > > https://news.yahoo.com/china-deems-cryptocurrency-transactions-illegal-1112… > > > > > > https://slate.com/business/2021/09/china-bans-crypto-sec-regulations.html > > > > > Jim Bell's comment:China's government finally realized that > > cryptocurrency > > > will ultimately destroy them. > > > > China demonstrates caged animal response. > > Now that China Gov spent their load (again), > > the Chinese people still happily move and trade > > crypto amongst themselves, no corporate exchanges > > needed, just labor, tradegoods, even what little > > fiat remains... p2p across the internet, lands, and seas. > > > > > > https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1441846960332361730 > > 2.1 million Salvadorans are ACTIVELY USING @chivowallet (not > > downloads). Chivo is not a bank, but in less than 3 weeks, it now has > > more users than any bank in El Salvador and is moving fast to have > > more users that ALL BANKS IN EL SALVADOR combined. This is wild! > > #Bitcoin :) > > > > Republican lawmakers say China’s recent crackdown on financial > > technologies could offer an opportunity for the U.S. to press its > > advantage in innovation. - “China is missing a huge opportunity here, > > and we’d be remiss if we made the same mistake” > > > > Forget about China... There are 100m people in India who hold crypto > > compared to 27m in the states. They are buying up crypto and their > > government has a favorable stance on crypto as an asset class. > > > > Why is my bank concerned about me losing money buying crypto but don’t > > mind me losing my money gambling? > > > > If the SEC is suing Crypto exchanges citing ponzi schemes and scams, > > why not sue all banks and Governments? > > > > China bans Bitcoin which was banned already but needed to be banned > > again because the last ban didn’t ban it enough so we must ban again. > > > > Twitter rolls out tipping with bitcoin, explores verifying NFT profile > pics > > > > A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to > > automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently > > outperforming the S&P 500 > > > > Microstrategy CEO, Michael Saylor On China Banning BTC And Crypto: > > “Nothing Has Created More Wealth In The Past Decade Than Technologies > > Banned In China” > > > > Have made a personal decision to stop buying or using Chinese goods > > and services until the government removes the ban on Bitcoin and > > Crypto. Have also sold my shares in Chinese companies. > > > > China ban is a signal for success, not a signal for failure. They have > > a great history of proving it too - Google, YouTube, Facebook, > > Wikipedia, Reddit, OneDrive, Netflix, Zoom, Instagram, WhatsApp, > > Twitter & Bitcoin! > > > > China's Bitcoin ban isn't new | China banned Bitcoin for the first > > time in 2013 | They are creating FUD > > > > Bitcoin Price crashes from $1200 to $800 as China Outlaws Crypto > > Transactions - 6th December 2013 > > > > Thank you China for turning me into a impenetrable diamond holder who > > knows no fear > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:59:52 -0400 > > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > > Subject: Re: Coronavirus: Thread > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAD2Ti291B1_+qwSEsE7jdBDQBKJAvZZ4e+dCcV27OwPhBdTeHw(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > Fauci Propped > > > > COVID Propaganda Roundup: The Biomedical Apartheid State > > > > > > > https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/covid-propaganda-ro… > > > > > > > https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/lesson-of-a-lifetime-72754306/ > > > https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=304103974433975&set=a.284261539751552 > > > > > https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/143637289865103360114363728986510336… > > > > > https://reason.com/2021/09/10/cnn-leana-wen-unvaccinated-travel-outdoor-ban/ > > > https://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-kimmel-says-unvaccinated-people-140553383.html > > > > > https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/digital-marketing/how-drugmakers-are-… > > > > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/09/15/one-third-of-vaccinate… > > https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1438172420481765376 > > https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1439658556530253833 > > > > > https://www.wect.com/2021/09/10/novant-health-issues-statement-leaked-inter… > > > > > https://hillreporter.com/renowned-historian-ken-burns-the-conditions-of-the… > > https://news.gab.com/2021/09/09/the-parallel-society/ > > > > > https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/how-china-inspired-… > > > > > > The latest updates on the “new normal” – chronicling the lies, > > distortions, and abuses by the ruling class. > > > > “Apartheid”: “‘separateness’, or ‘the state of being apart'” > > > > >From a psychosocial perspective, we know definitively what happens > > when a society segregates its members into a hierarchical dichotomy – > > deserving and underserving, desirable and undesirable — based on > > arbitrary standards. > > > > Via Smithsonian Magazine: > > > > “The blue-eyed children were set apart from the children with > > brown or green eyes. Elliott pulled out green construction paper > > armbands and asked each of the blue-eyed kids to wear one. ‘The > > brown-eyed people are the better people in this room,’ Elliott began. > > ‘They are cleaner and they are smarter.’ > > > > … She could feel a chasm forming between the two groups of students. > > > > …Slower kids with brown eyes had transformed themselves into > > confident leaders of the class. Withdrawn brown-eyed kids were > > suddenly outgoing, some beaming with the widest smiles she had ever > > seen on them.” > > > > … A smart blue-eyed girl who had never had problems with > > multiplication tables started making mistakes. She slumped. At recess, > > three brown-eyed girls ganged up on her. ‘You better apologize to us > > for getting in our way because we’re better than you are,’ one of the > > brownies said. The blue-eyed girl apologized.” > > > > CNN ‘Medical Analyst’ and former president of Planned Parenthood Leana > > Wen’s Facebook profile picture > > > > Engineering an apartheid state is, accordingly, formulaic and > > uncomplicated – especially in the era of mass media that facilitates > > social conditioning at scale. > > > > The heated rhetoric against the unvaccinated has intensified in recent > > months. If the trend continues, what we will see is a total > > partitioning of civil society into two camps: the unvaccinated and the > > vaccinated. Here are the latest highlights as of September 2021. > > CNN ‘Medical Analyst’: Unvaxxed Akin to Drunk Drivers, Should Not Be > > Allowed to ‘Go Out in Public’ > > > > Dr. Leana Wen on CNN, Sep. 10th, via Twitter: > > > > “We need to start looking at the choice to remain unvaccinated the > > same as we look at driving while intoxicated. You have the option to > > not get vaccinated if you want, but then you can’t go out in public.” > > > > Jimmy Kimmel: Deny Unvaxxed ICU Hospital Beds > > > > Jimmy Kimmel in his Sep 7th monologue:* > > > > “Dr. Fauci said if hospitals get any more crowded, they’re going > > to have to make some very tough choices about who gets an ICU bed. > > That choice doesn’t seem so tough to me. Vaccinated person having a > > heart attack? Yes, come right on in. We’ll take care of you. > > Unvaccinated guy who gobbled horse goo? Rest in peace, wheezy.” > > > > *Not coincidentally, Moderna literally sponsors Jimmy Kimmel segments > > – not through ads that run during his show, but direct-to-Jimmy > > payments for vaxx propaganda. > > Poll: ‘One-Third of Vaccinated Have Cut Ties With Unvaccinated’ > > > > Via Forbes: > > > > “More than 30% of vaccinated Americans have in some way stopped > > socializing with friends, family members or acquaintances because > > they’re unvaccinated against Covid-19.” > > > > Florida Landlord Threatens to Evict Unvaccinated Tenants, Deny Housing > > to Future Unvaxxed Applicants > > > > Accessing housing is already a major burden for America’s working > > class. If the Democrat Party has its way, things will get even tougher > > on that front for vaxx refusers. > > > > Via Twitter: > > > > The ‘New Normal’: Airline Fights Ramp Up Between Vaxxed and Unvaxxed > > Passengers/Crew > > > > Every day on social media, a new video appears of physical > > altercations between unvaccinated/unmasked passengers and > > vaccinated/masked (read: compliant) ones. Working through all of them > > would be impossible, but this video, of them all, perfectly > > encapsulates the mass-psychosis of the COVID slaves. > > > > Absurd scenes like this would be funny if they weren’t so > > devastatingly sad. This elderly woman and her husband, who are in all > > likelihood fully vaxxed and therefore, in their own minds, > > “protected,” have nonetheless allowed their paranoid-induced cognitive > > dissonance a full takeover of their psyches. > > Supplemental: None of the COVID Hysteria Is Accidental > > > > The elderly couple depicted above video got that way for a reason: a > > well-organized psychological war on the public by the medical state. > > Exhibit A, a leaked September video from a meeting of the > > administrators of a large North Carolina hospital on how best to > > stultify the public into terrified submission by doctoring the numbers > > in terms of who is categorized as a “COVID case”: > > > > “Dr. Mary Rudyk… feels the hospital’s messaging needs to be ‘a > > little bit more scary for the public.’ She then proposes including > > patients she characterizes as ‘post-COVID’ in the hospital’s case > > count.” > > > > Where Is This Headed? Historian: US May Be on Brink of Civil War > > > > An onlooker works through these developments cognitively and wonders: > > where is this all going? > > > > Ken Burns is a more or less down-the-middle, sober analyst of domestic > > US politics across history. He recently had this to say on the state > > of the union: > > > > “There are three great crises before [the current COVID fight]: > > the Civil War, the Depression, and World War II. … This is equal to > > it.” > > > > Moving Forward: Constructing the ‘Parallel Society’ > > > > Gab founder Andrew Torba has repeatedly discussed the need to create a > > “parallel society” outside of the technetronic control grid, a novel > > concept that gains credibility and urgency by the day: > > > > “We must do everything we can right now to peacefully protect our > > freedom by building a parallel society. > > > > …That means putting in the work. You may need to find a new job. > > You may need to move. You may need to pull your children out of > > school. You may need to find a new doctor, a new church, a new > > everything. You may even have to show up at your local city council > > and school board meetings to let them have a piece of your mind.” > > > > This is 21st-century unrestricted war with classical apartheid > > flavoring, a throwback to totalitarian regimes of the past overlaid > > onto a technetronic control grid. The United States government (along > > with those of the entire Western world) has exposed itself as > > illegitimate and half of the population, at least, under its dominion > > now understands it as such; revolutionary change is inevitable. The > > unanswered question remains: what will the new world that emerges from > > the ashes look like? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 20:02:57 -0400 > > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > > Subject: Re: Coronavirus: Thread > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAD2Ti28cmLKwR0A-L0nya0aNHaQTKWe7PKLBD0PrX9MUz0zyLA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > CCP Whistleblower: China Deliberately Spread Covid In 2019 > > > > > > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10014895/Ex-Chinese-Communist-Part… > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnzaE4ztLb8 > > https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/why-the-next-lehman-moment-wont-be > > > > We've gone from "the lab leak hypothesis is a total conspiracy theory > > that will get you banned from social media" to "actually, the virus > > probably did leak from a lab" to the very first whistleblower now > > claiming China deliberately released Covid as early as October 2019 - > > in just less than two years. > > > > In my recent podcast called "Question the Answers", I reviewed how > > quickly the narrative on the lab leak changed and asked the question > > of which untouchable narrative being pushed today we will find out is > > completely incorrect in another year or two. > > > > While that answer remains to be seen, new ground has certainly been > > touched upon thanks to an ex-Chinese Communist Party insider named Wei > > Jingsheng. > > > > Jingsheng, who is best known as a human rights activist and for his > > involvement in the Chinese democracy movement, has made some stunning > > allegations regarding the origins of Covid, not the least of which is > > that China "deliberately spread the virus" at The World Military Games > > in October 2019, according to a new report from the Daily Mail. > > > > It was "no coincidence some of the 9,000 international athletes who > > gathered for the event reportedly became sick with a mystery illness," > > The Mail wrote about Jingsheng's claims. > > Photo: NY Post/Alex Wong/Getty Images > > > > Jingsheng made the claims in a new Sky News documentary called "What > > Really Happened in Wuhan". > > > > The Daily Mail reported about Jingsheng’s claims Wednesday: > > > > The whistleblower claimed he had heard of the Chinese government > > carrying out an 'unusual exercise' during the games. > > > > '[I knew] of the possibility of the Chinese government using some > > strange weapons, including biological weapons, because I knew they > > were doing experiments of that sort,' he said. > > > > Jingsheng also claims he went to the Trump administration with his > > concerns early on. He said: "They may not believe that a government of > > a country would do something like that (cover up a virus), so I kept > > repeating myself in an effort … to persuade them." > > > > His warnings obviously fell on deaf ears. > > > > In podcasts and on Twitter I have often claimed that if we were told > > the virus started spreading in December 2019 or January 2020, per the > > CCP "company line", it was likely out earlier than that. Admittedly, > > however, I never gave much credence to the idea that China released > > the virus intentionally. > > > > As I noted in a brand new interview with Palisades Gold Radio > > Wednesday night, I believe China is in the process of a multi-pronged, > > decades long attempt at becoming the dominant global superpower. Where > > the idea of releasing Covid on purpose would fit into the grand scheme > > of things, I can't determine right away, but I did take the time to > > note in my interview that China has been far more hawkish and > > conservative in how it responded to the virus with monetary policy. > > > > But if Mr. Jingsheng's allegations turn out to be accurate, rethinking > > my prognostications will be the least of the world’s worries. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 05:21:41 +0000 (UTC) > > From: professor rat <pro2rat(a)yahoo.com.au> > > To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > > Subject: Cryptocurrency: Energy and E-Waste Memes Are Perfect Justice > > Message-ID: <2028688872.1204532.1632633701169(a)mail.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Live by the emotive meme - DIE BY the EMOTIVE MEME! > > > > Ay this meme plays the thing by which we'll catch their king. > > > > Never mind if these Gold-Bugger Bullshit Artists can afford to pay > > billions in offsets - WOKE CAPITAL WON'T LET YOU! > > > > And could it happen to a nicer set of antisocial, pro-feudal, antivaxxer > > NEO-NAZI-MORONS! > > > > BWAAHAHAHAHAA! > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 06:03:02 +0000 (UTC) > > From: professor rat <pro2rat(a)yahoo.com.au> > > To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > > Subject: The revolt against work > > Message-ID: <1653287953.1213545.1632636182642(a)mail.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Anarchists have been defending the right to be lazy and attacking the > > specialist 'scientific" socialist for over half a century, so its no > > surprise proof-of-work blockchains are already on-the-nose. > > And an increasingly ergonomic environment energy wasted in needless work > > might easily be thought of as a form of censorship and/or repression. > Which > > it is! > > > > That’s why we are so lucky to have this marvelous anarchic internet that > > can treat ‘proof-of-work’ subnetworks as damage and route around them. > > TL/DR? > > Alternative blockchains are clean, green and serene while Big God and > > Buttface Buterin belong in a museum. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cypherpunks mailing list > > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of cypherpunks Digest, Vol 99, Issue 80 > > ******************************************* > > >

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Kiva.org Fraud
by Gunnar Larson 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Kiva.org is a fraud. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS KNOW ... that Kiva.org is a fraud. Decade later, this is not xNY.io's problem. Hey, Wells Fargo and PayPal you will be tanked on the obvious affair. 500B in combined market cap and New York is 'kinda' upset obvious xNY.io orders.

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