December 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

From B to C and back again
by professor rat 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

Crime scene confidential runasand Aug 10 Ahmad Abouammo was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information of Twitter users who had criticized the Kingdom and its royal family. He faces 10 to 20 years when sentenced. BITCOIN not crypto! Namecoin @Namecoin Sep 5 Reliable, easy way to spot “#decentralized web” #scam projects Bounty Law. The spaghetti-western Maxi’s narrative is not as laugh-out-loud as Mack-Sennett-REASON’s version. I hope to remedy this by playing a man-with-no-nym. For a fistful of crypto, of course. And for a few tokens more I’ll shoot holes all over these Italian pudgepits and then ask my friends to start chewing up their podcast scenery. ( cue Morricone ) The arc of the Maxi cypherpunk universe is long - but it bends towards Btc government bonds.

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Breaking News: Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies | Financial Times
by Gunnar Larson 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

https://www.ft.com/content/4bd2590f-3aa3-4f0b-a001-165f61c7af5f ExxonMobil is suing the EU in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy. The lawsuit is the most significant response yet against the tax from the oil industry, which has been targeted by western governments amid a surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The action threatens the viability of a levy the European Commission said would raise €25bn “to help bring down energy bills”. Exxon said the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday by its German and Dutch subsidiaries at the European General Court in Luxembourg City. It challenges the Council of the EU’s legal authority to impose the new tax — a power historically reserved for sovereign countries — and its use of emergency powers to secure member states’ approval for the measure. Casey Norton, a spokesperson for Exxon, said the US supermajor recognised high energy costs were “weighing heavily on families and businesses” but argued the levy was “counterproductive” and would “undermine investor confidence, discourage investment and increase reliance on imported energy”. Exxon had spent $3bn on European refining projects in the past 10 years, increasing output “at a time when Europe struggles to reduce its energy imports from Russia”, Norton said. Exxon was now considering “future multibillion-euro investments” in the continent, Norton added. “Whether we invest here primarily depends on how attractive and globally competitive Europe will be.” The so-called solidarity contribution was one of several measures agreed by the council in September to ease the burden on energy consumers, with the money raised to be recycled to hard-hit consumers or invested in clean energy supply. Other measures included a cap on revenue from low-cost power generation. Exxon was not opposing these, Norton said. The European General Court will decide whether to rule on Exxon’s lawsuit. If it does, any future judgment may be appealed at the European Court of Justice. Proceedings could drag on through much of next year.

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RNC Funding of Trump's Legal Campaign Undermines GOP State AGs' Attack on Litigation Funding - Litigation Finance Journal
by Gunnar Larson 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

Check out my new article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/rnc-funding-of-trumps-legal-campaign-u… Litigation Finance Journal recently reported <https://litigationfinancejournal.com/state-ags-join-chamber-of-commerces-ca…> on a group of 14 state attorneys general that have called for action from the Department of Justice to review potential threats to U.S. national security from foreign adversaries’ engagement of litigation investment. Litigation funders and industry advocates have new ammo in response to the AGs’ claims, given recent news of the RNC funding former President Donald Trump’s various legal entanglements. According to ABC News <https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/year-election-rnc-spending-hundreds-thousan…>, RNC leaders earmarked $1.6M in legal funding to support President Donald Trump’s defense over lawsuits brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Meanwhile, the United States Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform’s research has prompted <https://tmsnrt.rs/3FNpLgP> 14 state attorneys general to ask for the Justice Department to assess national security risks of adversaries ‘undermining’ the United States by engaging litigation funding and third party investment vehicles. The group of 14 state attorneys general are concerned about foreign adversaries ‘weaponizing’ United States legal frameworks via litigation investment, to attack critical national industry and infrastructure, such as energy sectors. The group of 14 seeks the Department of Justice to detail how a network of federal agencies could engage a blueprint for defending United States independence from international litigation investors, hostile groups, agencies or governments such as Russia and China. This latest attack on the industry, prompted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is simply another attempt to undermine the nascent and growing litigation funding sector. It is ironic, given that in the case of Consumer Legal Funding–which the Chamber specifically targets–the funding in question does not go to support legal fees, but rather to finance claimants’ livelihoods while they remain injured and unable to work. While the RNC’s funding of Trump’s legal battles does not constitute foreign investment, it illustrates the acceptance of third party legal funding across political lines, and should be noted by industry advocates looking to respond to the negative publicity put forth by the U.S. Chamber.

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John Young is much worse than Langley Va CIA - he's Marxist-Communist
by professor rat 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

A key principle in this vision is that the Communist regimes, no matter how illiberal, had serious altruistic intentions in comparison with the irredeemably self-serving capitalist West. (Academics in the capitalist West greeted this brain wave with awed approval, failing to note that their society could hardly be self-interested if it allowed them to do so—unless, that is, freedom of expression is a sly trick played by capitalism to convince the gullible that they are at liberty.) When Sartre broke with the Communists, he retained respect for their putatively benevolent social intentions, and was ready to say something exculpatory even when what he was exculpating was the Gulag network—whose existence, after he finally ceased to deny it, he never condemned as a central product of a totalitarian system, but as an incidental blemish https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/03/the-problem-with-sartre.html Reposts not spotlights on known fascist cypherpunks ( Hi James Donald! )

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Karl Semich claims he's Nicholas Barclay
by professor rat 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

Just in case you're skipping over Karls contributions https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/streaming/bonkers-2012-documentary… Reposts not timewasting gasbag imposters

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Re: John Young gave ass to CIA
by zeynep＠keemail.me 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

For don't know what i mean https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1606329787882029057?t=eqz6-hdiptoH9M_9…

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John Young gave money to Alex Jones
by professor rat 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

Sorry, young Julie Fancelli, not Kim John Young from ' Cryptome " and cypherpunks. My bad. >>> emptywheel · 4h J6C gets Fancelli to say she only wanted to fund a peaceful rally, take a break, then ask, WTF were you funding Alex Jones for, then? <<< Nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1608128138868924417?cxt=HHwWgoC96bSBn… Reposts not shabby attampts to promote public frauds

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C3-PO defects to the Rebel Alliance
by professor rat 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

You find that one-eyed droid! >> We want to highlight the strength of open-source AI, where community projects can be improved incrementally and contributed back into open-source, resulting in public goods, and a value chain that everyone can benefit from. https://the-decoder.com/gpt-jt-is-an-open-source-gpt-3-alternative-with-a-d… Reposts not a great disturbance in the force

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Peter Thiel's party at work
by professor rat 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

Santos accused of lying over murdered people at the Pulse Nightclub shooting attack https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/22/mother-claims-new-york-c… Three multibillionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of America – 160 million Americans. Don’t tell us we can’t afford a wealth tax on the super-rich.

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GOP's latest Holocaust liar is a Catholic
by professor rat 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

Mr Santos, elected to Congress on November 8 to represent the Long Island- and Queens-based 3rd District, was also accused of lying about his family history, saying on his campaign website that his mother was Jewish and his grandparents escaped the Nazis during World War II. He now says that he’s “clearly Catholic . . . " https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/george-santos-politician-admit… And in related news… Mussolini was Catholic. Franco was Catholic. Dolfuss was Catholic. Himmler, head of the SS, was a Catholic. The SS was set up on the Jesuit model. Goebbels was Catholic. Hoss, the camp commandant of Auschwitz, was a Catholic. Frank,‘ the butcher of Poland ’, was Catholic. Ante Pavelic was a Catholic. Pinochet was Catholic.

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