August 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Matt Green's application to join the vanguard of the revolution
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1561813046338748417 breard_r 6h Replying to @matthew_d_green Can you get into troubles for doing so? And if yes, wouldn't be better for it to be hosted by a non-US org? 3 9 Matthew Green @matthew_d_green · 6h That’s what we’ll find out, I guess. <<< Reposts etc >From Matt Blaze's LEAFblowers to global APster reach what a short strange seven year trip that was. CLIPPER? I didn't even kiss her.

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Plans within plans
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Subnets within consensus-chained networks - I see the truth of it >>> octal 3h Cypherpunks republish code. Quote Tweet Matthew Green @matthew_d_green · 6h I made a Github organization to republish a fork of the Tornado Cash repositories that were banned following the Treasury’s sanction order the other week. https://github.com/tornado-repositories… Show this thread <<< Reposts etc

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Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-090440-018024
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <Lisa.Derrick(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 3:31 PM Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-090440-018024 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-2022-090440-018024 ---- 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”

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RE: FOIL Request #4164
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

August 22, 2022 Via Email: g(a)xny.io Gunnar Larson RE: FOIL Request #4164 Dear Gunnar Larson: This letter responds to your correspondence dated May 19, 2022, which pursuant to FOIL, requested: 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. To the extent that your request is reasonably described, the New York State Executive Chamber has conducted a diligent search of “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.” and has not located any records responsive to your request. Pursuant to Public Officers Law § 89(4)(a), you have thirty (30) days to take a written appeal of this determination. You may appeal by writing: FOIL Appeals Officer, Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York, 12224. Very truly yours, Records Access Office ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Records_Access <Records.Access(a)exec.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM Subject: FOIL Request To: g(a)xny.io <g(a)xny.io> Dear Gunnar Larson, Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request. Regards, Records Access

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If there was a Judeo-Xtian God it would be necessary to destroy it
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

ANNA you are key and this thing - this JUDEO-XTIAN THING - is trying to kill us - ALL of us. I’m cutting the throat of any self-described religious &/or spiritualist anarchist I meet from now on IN LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENSE. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DESTROY THOSE FEDERALISTS THAT WOULD DESTROY US.

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From an interview with the Russian Anarcho-Communist Organization
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

>From the interview with the Russian Anarcho-Communist Organization (on anarchistnews): Solidarity with us means solidarity with Ukraine, with its victory… We support the decision of the anarchists in Ukraine to take up arms and join the military confrontation with imperialism. Any revolutionary political movement must be combative, must demonstrate its fighting ability in times of war and participate with society at large in its struggle. We are pleasantly surprised at the level of logistical success, the collection of material aid and necessary items, and the media resonance that the “civil wing” of the libertarian movement in Ukraine has managed to achieve. https://anarchistnews.org/content/russia-anarcho-communist-combat-organi... Reposts etc

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Pay homage to Joshua “Donald Trump Pro Se”
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

These are the actions of a desperate man who knows he has no way out of this, and is delusionaly hoping to be scooped up by a magic carpet ride at the last moment. But enough about Wikileaks. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/in-new-court-filing-against-the-doj-d… Reposts etc

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When heads-of-state are also called terrorists we will have done half our job
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Imran, the Don, the cute one just cleared of taking drugs? I'm sensing a pattern here. >>> emptywheel ·2h He’s citing a terrorist’s lawyer who was ultimately convicted of conspiring with that terrorist. Take from that what you will… <<< Reposts not etc

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Bruce Fenton donates over one billion to fascist Federalist Society
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion — and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to reshape the American judicial system, including the Supreme Court. https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid Reposts etc

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Drugs: Columbia's Petro - War On Drugs Is Fail, Vows To Decrim and Push UN
by grarpamp 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Decriminalization is fine, yet still "legal" "regulation" "taxation" "permitting" of non-aggressing people by murderous govts is not. "The War On Drugs Has Failed": Colombia Looks To Decriminalize Cocaine https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/colombia-cocaine-decriminal… Colombia, the world's largest producer of cocaine, and the origin of more than 90% seized in the United States - is considering decriminalizing the drug in an experiment to end Washington DC's never-ending "war on drugs," according to the Washington Post. Colombian Army examining a cocaine pack confiscated by troops. Thomson Reuters After just two weeks in office, the country's first leftist government has proposed an end to "prohibition" - in what would become the first government-regulated market for cocaine. Officials would work with other leftist governments in the region via legislation and alliances in order to "turn their country into a laboratory for drug decriminalization." "It is time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has failed," said President Gustavo Petro in his inaugural address this month. Colombian President Gustavo Petro gestures during his swearing-in ceremony at Plaza Bolivar in Bogotá on Aug. 7. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters) The move would likely upend the country's long-standing (and profitable) counternarcotics relationship with the US - whose officials, both past and present, are sounding the alarm. A former DEA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because his current employer had not authorized him to speak on the matter, said he feared the move would limit the agency’s ability to collaborate with the Colombians on drug trafficking investigations. “It would incrementally kill the cooperation,” he said. “It would be devastating, not just regionally, but globally. Everyone would be fighting from the outside in.” -WaPo Jonathan Finer, Biden's White House deputy national security adviser, who met with Petro in the US before his inauguration, said that "the United States and the Biden administration is not a supporter of decriminalization." The United States has spent billions of dollars to fund a strategy to seek and destroy cocaine plants in the fields of rural Colombia, with US intelligence and other agencies having provided support to Colombia's decades-long military efforts to rid the country of coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived. Despite more than half-a-century at war on the drug, cocaine production has hit record levels according to recent figures. Petro's drug czar, Felipe Tascón, says this is a rare opportunity to unite the governments of cocaine-producing countries such as Peru and Bolivia, which are similarly led by leftists. In his first interview since being named to the job, the economist said he wants to meet with his counterparts in those countries to discuss decriminalization at the regional level. Eventually, he hopes a unified regional bloc can renegotiate international drug conventions at the United Nations. Domestically, Petro’s administration is planning to back legislation to decriminalize cocaine and marijuana. It plans to put an end to aerial spraying and the manual eradication of coca, which critics say unfairly targets poor rural farmers. By regulating the sale of cocaine, Tascón argued, the government would wrest the market from armed groups and cartels. -WaPo "Drug traffickers know that their business depends on it being prohibited," said Tascón, adding "If you regulate it like a public market … the high profits disappear and the drug trafficking disappears."

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