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One Man Has Set Up a $1.6 Billion Slush Fund to Fuel the Radical Right’s Takeover of Congress; Get Ready for a Dirty Tricks Campaign
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pam Martens <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 11:02 AM Subject: Once Daily Digest Email To: <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> Wall Street On Parade has posted a new item: One Man Has Set Up a $1.6 Billion Slush Fund to Fuel the Radical Right’s Takeover of Congress; Get Ready for a Dirty Tricks Campaign https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/08/one-man-has-set-up-a-1-6-billion-slu… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 26, 2022 ~ Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Resident Expert in Congress on Dark Money Groups The New York Times dropped a political bombshell on Monday. The public interest website, ProPublica, built further on the story that afternoon. And, as luck would have it, Wall Street On Parade finds itself in [...] If the hyperlink above is not active, please paste it into your browser and press "Go" to read the full article. You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. If you ever wish to stop receiving these emails from us, just email me at pamk741(a)aol.com with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Best regards, Pam Martens, Editor, Wall Street On Parade

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Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-091931-018039
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Can you please send us an updated list of open FOIL requests open, and delivery date? You keep delaying and we are concerned. Meanwhile, we do not see FOIL-2022-091931-018039 on the list below. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <Edward.Meltzer(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 10:07 AM Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-091931-018039 To: <g(a)xny.io> Good afternoon, Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial Services, pertaining to your FOIL request. Thank you. Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-091931-018039 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Mazza, Stephanie (DFS)* <Stephanie.Mazza(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 12:07 PM Subject: RE: Your Freedom of Information Law ("FOIL") Requests To: g(a)xny.io <g(a)xny.io> Mr. Larson: Attached please find a list of all ten open FOIL requests you have submitted to the Department, followed by the text of your request, and the expected due date: 1. 2022-091718: “Dear Sir or Madam: International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at the time the core human rights treaties were created. Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians. Reference: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/havana-syndrome-part-2-how-a-dogs… Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the New York City Police Department. In 2021, members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed fees from abuse of the technology in New York. We would like to request access to any and all records pertaining to information concerning if a St. Bernard named "Brody" could potentially be harmed (or, harrassed) by sonic or microwave (or, any other form of technology similar) surveillance while living in Chelsea, Manhattan. Furthermore, we would like to receive all records pertaining to New York State's approach to Gotham software intellectual property. Respectfully yours, Gunnar Larson” *8/2/22* 1. 2022-091109: “Today’s memo seeks to kindly request any and all records related to the Executive Chamber’s oversight and/or approval of the New York Department of Financial Services’ engagement of the Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc.” *7/25/22* 1. 2022-090627: “Dear Madam or Sir: Today's memo requests records related to NY-DFS monitoring of $10,610,000,000 of pledge funds (detailed below) specific to financial inclusion. xNY.io would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS' monitoring of Goldman Sachs' potential money laundering and other abuses of Goldman project, One Million Black Women, with $10B in direct capital and $100M in charity investments: https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-commitments/sustainability/one-million-bla… xNY.io would like to receive any and all documents correlating NY-DFS monitoring of (or, confirming no correlation) the One Million Black Women fund related to any association to other Goldman student scholarship funds in Africa ... Furthermore, xNY.io would like to receive any and all documents, related to NY-DFS' regulatory scrutiny of interlocking directorates at the NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal with potential collusion in leveraging marketplace spoofing tactics (or, records confirming no spoofing tactics) concerning $810 million in pledge funds associated with the 2020 Mission Driven Banks whitepaper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rOXE7ierZcd8HlvNVy7hAYg7d86q_1dv/view?usp=… Attached and below, kindly find outline of the $850M pledged: Goldman Sachs Industry: Financial Services Pledge Amount: $250 million Use of Funds: Goldman Sachs has committed $250 million for small business lending. Goldman Sachs will not issue these loans directly since it is not an approved small business loan provider in the United States. Instead, it will provide the financing to CDFIs and other mission-driven lenders to make the loans. Wells Fargo Industry: Banking Pledge Amount: $50 million Use of Funds: Wells Fargo has pledged a $50 million investment in African American MDIs. See Press Release PayPal Industry: Financial Services Pledge Amount: $510 million Use of Funds: PayPal has pledged $500 million for a long-term economic opportunity fund to support African American and underrepresented minority businesses and communities. The initiative will include “bolstering the company’s relationships with community banks and credit unions serving underrepresented minority communities, as well as investing directly into African American and minority led startups and minority-focused investment funds.” PayPal deposited $50 million in Optus Bank, an African American MDI in Columbia, South Carolina. PayPal will use another $10 million for grants to African American-owned businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic or civil unrest surrounding protests. The very best, Gunnar Larson.” *8/15/22* 1. 2022-090560: “We would like to receive any and all records, relating to NY-DFS' 2021 Apple Card Investigation. This is one part of a broader discussion we must have about equal credit access. On March 23, 2021, Ms. Linda Lacewell published NY-DFS' Findings on Apple Card and its Underwriter Goldman Sachs Bank. As the former Superintendent of NY-DFS, Ms. Lacewell's stone faced propaganda assured that Apple Card did not discriminate against women, while under Goldman Sachs management. The red flags started to appear when an authorized user drew attention to the following: A person who relies on a spouse's access to credit, and only accesses those accounts as an authorized user, may incorrectly believe they have the same credit profile as the spouse. We recently collated 61 highlights to the Report on Apple Card Investigation from March 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xH16OKyuXzB-MVqIznMWDE9w8RRdmZCw/view The Apple Card investigation was to assess women's access to equitable finance. The integrity of the Apple Card investigation must be rationally considered as flawed. We would like to receive any and all records of Ms. Linda Lacewell's (emails, texts, and similar) involvement with the 2021 Apple Card report. We would like to receive any and all records to NY-DFS association to evaluating Ms. Linda Lacewell's ability to score a report specific to the Apple Card's core subject of credit access for women. Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS guidance on Interlocking Directorates ( https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/banks_and_trusts/other/Permission…) specific to Apple's Board of Directors and Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors.” *7/11/22* 1. 2020-090348: “We would like access to any and all records particular to New York's DFS' approach to global warming being cross border, but you do not support the BitLicense being cross border.” *6/30/22* 1. 2022-090441: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all records concerning NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal collusion, where facts and figures beg the question of coordinated systematic racism associated with PayPal's conditional Bitlicense award. We would like to receive any records that would indicate NY-DFS' insights into both PayPal and Wells Fargo partnering to organize a clear scheme to profit off of New York's minority population (according to the details below). We would like to receive any and all records that indicate New York State NOT choosing to ignore the relevant facts associated with this matter. Furthermore, we would like to receive any and all records that indicate the New York State Retirement Fund is not being leveraged as a key investor in the associated scheme. Below kindly find detail that supports this records request: *March 11, 2022:* Bloomberg reported that Wells Fargo approved fewer than half of Black applicants were approved by the biggest bank mortgage lender: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wells-fargo-black-home-loan-refinan… *August 19, 2021:* Wells Fargo Launches Passive Bitcoin Fund for Wealthy Clients, minority and low income clients excluded: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/wells-fargo-launches-passive-bitcoin-fund-f… *October 22, 2020: *PayPal first to receive NY conditional virtual currency 'Bitlicense.' PayPal Inc. became the first firm to receive a conditional virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services*: * https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib5cd5e2f149c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570/View/F… *July 23, 2021, Wells Fargo Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NYS:WFC) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13 Holders Insider Ownership 4,107,998,274.00 77.05% 2,062.00 0.12% Top 10 13F Holders 13F Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market Value (B), USD New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.26% 0.46% 10,617,151 $414.81M New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.44% 5,219,084 $203.91M Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.77% 0.25% 31,624,345 $1.24B *July 23, 2021, PayPal Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NAS:PYPL) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13 Holders Insider Ownership 1,174,728,054.00 86.69% 2,661.00 6.11% Top 10 13F Holders 13F Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market Value (B), USD Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.97% 0.57% 11,452,187 $2.78B Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.64% 0.46% 7,554,169 $1.83B Wells Fargo & Co 0.64% 0.41% 7,465,572 $1.81B New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.20% 0.62% 2,317,196 $562.71M New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.80% 1,521,757 $369.54M” *7/21/22* 1. 2022-090440: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all records related to New York State and NY-DFS' approach to enforcement of "Permission for Interlocking Directors and Officers" as per outlined here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/banks_and_trusts/other/Permission… In addition, we would like to receive any and all records associated with filed permissions for interlocking directorates at the NAACP and Goldman Sachs, specific to Mr. Rose (https://naacp.org/people/peter-rose) and Mr. Ogunlesi ( https://www.goldmansachs.com/about-us/people-and-leadership/leadership/boar…) Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS monitoring of Goldman Sachs' minority scholarship fund support in Africa (and how any non-approved interlocking directorates may be engaged in AML violations). Thank you, Gunnar Larson” *7/21/22* 1. 2022-090345: “We would like to receive any and all records relating to any coordination (and/or no coordination) related to the Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement and the PayPal Conditional Bitlicense award. May we kindly submit: October 21, 2020, PayPal Conditional BitLicnese: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202010211 October 22, 2020, Goldman Sachs Deferred Agreement: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery… As of July 23, 2021 Goldman Sachs held $1.83B in PayPal Stock (PYPL). The New York State Common Retirement Fund held $562.71M and the New York State Teachers Retirement Fund held $369.54M. With these figures, you can xNY.io would like to assess any and all press/media (and all other) coordination on the aforesaid announcements” *7/11/22* 1. 2022-089938: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to kindly request any and/or all NY-DFS correspondence regarding approval of Stacks (STX) custody in New York State: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/virtual_currency_businesses/appro…. Thank you, Gunnar” *8/5/22* 1. 2022-089772: “Dear Sir or Madam: Many experts are concerned about MIA Coin and resulting NYCCoin disasters. We would like to receive any and all documents related between the NY-DFS Superintendent and the New York City Mayor's office related to NYCCoin. Thank you, Gunnar Larson.” *6/30/22.*

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Re: Julian Assmange servility on display
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Happy to stipulate the journalist reporting him being charged with rape may have been lying. Most journalists are liars. Especially the ones claiming to be cypherpunk revolutionaries.

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Julian Assmange servility on display
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Julian Assange arrested in London on rape charges https://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/1207/WikiLeaks-Juli… JULIAN " Being guilty of aggravated rape has nothing to do with our party" A. Broinowski. Wikileaks Party NSW candidate for au Senate. 2013. "... 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 Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n05/andrew-ohagan/ghosting … Mar 6, 2014 - I wouldn't say this publicly, but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison..." Jul 20, 2015 - Julian Assange: To be honest, I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent..." JULIAN " “People with strong principles don’t survive for long ” ASSANGE quoted in " Risk" released in 2017. JULIAN " Capitalism+atheism+feminism = sterility " ASSANGE. 2017 May 20, 2017 - Julian Assange announced “the proper war is just commencing...”

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Gay Nazi, Peter Thiel, just funded a Catholic prayer app
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

In addition to the film festival, he has funded a Catholic prayer app, the conservative dating app, and a right-wing YouTube alternative Rumble. A recent investment is Strive, a firm that aims to rival megafirms like Vanguard and will buy large stakes in companies and push them away from environmental, social, and what the group describes as political agendas that the hurt the bottom line. <<< https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/19/peter-thiel-facebook-n… And in related news… Mussolini was Catholic. Franco 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.

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Taleb, Ulbricht and Plan B, oh my!
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

TSTBALAA >>> Andrew Keir 26 Followers 57 Following https://medium.com/@andrewkeir/following Garbage-in, garbage-out Gramps strikes again. Too Stupid To Be an Activist Let Alone Anarchist You suck arse, Gramps - go die.

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Cryptocurrency: the most significant political act of all time
by grarpamp 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

The Existence Of Bitcoin Is A Political Paradox https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-existence-is-a-political-parad… Bitcoin is an apolitical monetary protocol for humanity, birthed in a world so deeply entangled and confused by a captured system of political power, influence and violence... “Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act we become a party to injustice. Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded into servility.“ - Jullian Assange, “Conspiracy as Governance,” 2006 A deep irony exists when we live in a world that has become so deeply polarized and politicized. So much so that an immutable, apolitical system of scarce information — of value — has manifested into existence. As a protocol, Bitcoin is absolutely apolitical. It is indifferent to any political beliefs or ideology. It is decisively neutral, which is a stark contrast to almost everything else in this clown world. Bitcoin is neutral to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, height, hair color, skin color, eye color, body type, body shape, name, language, location, wealth or any other myriad identifying and distinguishing factors. Bitcoin will process any transaction from any person and to any other person, regardless of everything else. The only exception is if you do not adhere to the rules of the network or if you don’t pay the appropriate fees to process your transaction — which is essentially a free-market bid to pay for the block space scarcity. Assuming these two items are met, your transaction will be processed. Where the political paradox lies is in Bitcoin’s very existence. The fact that it has come to be. Its existence implies that some cohort of individuals sought to create a technology with the very properties Bitcoin has. While the protocol itself is apolitical, this act of creation is a deeply political one. When someone really sees Bitcoin for the first time, many things about our current system are illuminated that were previously invisible. All of a sudden, you can no longer see the world in the same way as before. Prior to the inception of Bitcoin, we had no superior system or point of comparison, nothing that would highlight the broken characteristics of our system by providing an alternative perspective. We now have something to compare the current system to. It would seem the case that the creation of Bitcoin is the recognition that having a monetary system — a network of value — that is centralized and enables the weaponization of this network by those with administrative privileges against those without (the users), is a deeply flawed and immoral one. This system of incentives that rewards people for playing political games, specifically those who get closer toward the center of this system by playing these games, benefit disproportionately to those furthest away. The zero-sum nature of the current design would seem another fundamental flaw in the code of the central banking system, but perhaps to those who designed the system it is a feature? This dynamic of inequality only accelerates over time as those at the center of the system continue to increase the supply of monetary units at the expense of a large swath of users on the network and eventually to the demise of the network itself. The very creation of this technology we call “Bitcoin” is perhaps the most significant political act of all time. It is a technology that is diametrically opposed to the current system and everything this current system stands for. The notion that someone should be able to get between two individual humans and their right to transact with one another or that any entity or group should have that power over another? Bitcoin rejects this. That you should be required to identify yourself in order to access the network of value transfer and be subject to surveillance and a loss of privacy for that privilege? Bitcoin rejects this. That the imaginary borders formed by tribes of humans should have any impact over our ability to transact with one another? Bitcoin rejects this. The current system asserts that the right to transact freely is not a fundamental human right. Bitcoin rejects this. Bitcoin is a vote in opposition to the current system and the values this current system has attempted to install within the minds of many. It is, in its very essence, political. The beauty of Bitcoin is that it will never coerce you to use it, like the current system does. It will never impose its power upon you or any other. It will simply offer superior incentives. And no one can ever control the network, therefore no one can capture this power. Bitcoin is an immaculate system of incentive design that allows the flow of pure informational clarity from any node in the network to any other. A system that is owned by no one. Where no hierarchical structure exists and no imbalance in the distribution of this information affords any node power over another as a result. It’s impossible not to be completely in awe of its existence and to marvel at its very nature. An apolitical monetary protocol for humanity birthed in a world so deeply entangled and confused by a captured system of political power, influence and violence. As Jullian Assange hinted in the quote at the beginning, once an injustice is brought to the fore of our attention, we are offered a choice: Will we be passive and become party to the injustice — and in the process find our character corroded into servility — or will we take the necessary steps to act and oppose such an injustice by opting in to the freedom network that is Bitcoin? I know which one gets my vote.

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John McAfee dead by suicide after extradition approved by Spanish court.
by jim bell 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

There is an "opportunity cost" to NOT implementing my 'Assassination Politics' 1995 invention. http://jya.com/ap.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost?wprov=sfla1 How many tech people have been victimized by government in ways that would never have occurred had an AP-type system been functioning? Edward Snowden. Ross Ulbricht. Now John McAfee. Phil Zimmermann, author of PGP-1, was harassed for a few years. Even, dare I say, myself. The Internet has greatly changed the world in the last 25 years because people implemented ideas that hardly existed 30 years ago. Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google. Smartphones. TOR. Encrypted phones. Dark Markets. Why not AP? Why not implement the one thing that has a good chance of taking down every government on the face of the Earth? No wars, no militaries, no taxes, no governments. Are those goals any less important than any of the other advances technology has brought us? U.S. software mogul John McAfee dies by hanging in Spanish prison - lawyer says | | | | | | | | | | | U.S. software mogul John McAfee dies by hanging in Spanish prison - lawyer says U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters. | | | |

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Interpol agent sighted at ' anarchist ' institute
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

https://twitter.com/4n6strider JINDRICH KARASEK SENIOR CYBER THREAT RESEARCHER WORKING FOR TREND MICRO https://last-shot.hcpp.cz/?mc_cid=b65225bc84&mc_eid=d6a56aa04a#luptak In September 2014, Trend Micro began a partnership with INTERPOL wherein Trend Micro shared with the international police organization information on cybercrime threats via the company's Threat Intelligence Service. According to INTERPOL, the information helped the international police organization and its 190 member countries decrease cybercrime on a global scale. Trend Micro also provided a cybercrime investigation training program to INTERPOL ( Wikipedia )

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Moscow anarchists give out best coordinates for atomic strike
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

They are being crazy brave - or this is all just another " TRUST " like the one that got Sydney Reilley https://avtonom.org/en/news/till-all-are-free-party-will-be-held-moscow-par… Reposts not suicide notes

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