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Drugs: Californians Want Legal Psychedelics Will State Let Them
by grarpamp 30 Dec '22

30 Dec '22

Bill Moves Forward That Will Legalize Psychedelic Drugs In California https://thefreethoughtproject.com/bill-moves-forward-that-will-legalize-psy… Despite the overwhelming evidence showing that kidnapping and caging people for possessing illegal substances does nothing to prevent use and only leads to more crime and suffering, government is still hell bent on enforcing the war on drugs. Like a crack addict who needs to find his next fix, the state is unable to resist the temptation to kick in doors, shake down brown people, and ruin lives to enforce the drug war. Instead of realizing the horrific nature of the enforcement of prohibition, many cities across the country double down on the drug war instead of admitting failure. As we can see from watching it unfold, this only leads to more suffering and more crime. Luckily, there are cities, and now entire states in other parts of the country that are taking steps to stop this violent war and the implications for such measures are only beneficial to all human kind. Eight years ago, Colorado citizens—tired of the war on drugs and wise to the near-limitless benefits of cannabis—made US history by voting to legalize recreational marijuana. Then, in 2019, this state once again placed themselves on the right side of history as they voted to decriminalize magic mushrooms. But this was just the beginning and their momentum is spreading—faster and stronger, toward decriminalizing all plant-based psychedelics. Then, this year, the state of Oregon decriminalized all drugs. Now, another state is following suit, but not just with psilocybin— a bill in California is moving forward with a legalization measure for other psychedelics like mescaline cacti, ayahuasca and ibogaine. The California Assembly committee is holding a hearing next month on the bill to legalize the possession, personal use, and facilitated and supported use of the following substances by adults 21 and over. psilocybin psilocyn MDMA LSD DMT mescaline (excluding peyote) ibogaine Senate Bill 519 was proposed last year but was put on hold in August to adjust the wording in order to ensure its passage. As the Tenth Amendment Center points out: Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) passed in 1970, the federal government maintains the complete prohibition of many of the drugs on SB519’s decriminalization list and heavily regulates others. Of course, the federal government lacks any constitutional authority to ban or regulate such substances within the borders of a state, despite the opinion of the politically connected lawyers on the Supreme Court. If you doubt this, ask yourself why it took a constitutional amendment to institute federal alcohol prohibition. In effect, the passage of SB519 would end criminal enforcement of laws prohibiting the possession of these drugs in California. As we’ve seen with marijuana and hemp, when states and localities stop enforcing laws banning a substance, the federal government finds it virtually impossible to maintain prohibition. For instance, FBI statistics show that law enforcement makes approximately 99 of 100 marijuana arrests under state, not federal law. By curtailing or ending state prohibition, states sweep part of the basis for 99 percent of marijuana arrests. Furthermore, figures indicate it would take 40 percent of the DEA’s yearly annual budget just to investigate and raid all of the dispensaries in Los Angeles – a single city in a single state. That doesn’t include the cost of prosecution either. The lesson? The feds lack the resources to enforce marijuana prohibition without state and local assistance, and the same will likely hold true with other drugs. “With mental health issues on the rise, it is time that California take an incremental and measured step to dismantle failed war on drugs policies by ending the criminalization of people that possess and use substances with immense healing potential,” the bill’s sponsor Sen. Scott Wiener said in a statement of the bill’s purpose. “It’s the plants that are going to bring us back to sanity. We’ve got to listen to their message and we’ve got to live reciprocally with nature and restore the natural order,” Susana Eager Valadez, director of the Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts said after Oakland passed a similar decriminalization bill in 2019. The Assembly Appropriations Committee will hear the case for SB519 on Aug. 3. It must pass the committee by a majority vote before moving to the full Assembly for further consideration. Hopefully it does and California shifts from kidnapping and caging people for these substances, to focusing on using them for therapy. While California is certainly no bastion for freedom — especially with their draconian COVID-19 response — bills like this are a win for everyone as it requires far less money to help people than it does to incarcerate them. Now, cops can try to focus on real crimes instead of kidnapping and caging people who are trying to heal themselves with a plant. Supporters hope the decision will begin a nationwide discussion about decriminalizing plant-based drugs.

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SpyVeillance: T-Mobile and Starlink Deploy Global Satcom Cell Interception and Tracking
by grarpamp 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

Two of the biggest TOP-SECRET US Govt Telecom and Satcom Contractors combine to deploy global phone sats... nope, no spyveillance going on there. Bluffdale will be storing and mining literally all 8 Billion phone convos. Feed them end2end p2p crypto noise. "Eliminate Dead Zones": Elon Musk Partners With T-Mobile For New Satellite-To-Cell-Service https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-26/how-musk-plans-to-kill-o… https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-coverage-above-and-… https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1562956451538014209 Elon Musk's SpaceX teamed up with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert to beam cell service via Starlink satellites to "most places in the US," including more than half a million square miles of dead zone areas that aren't covered by cellular networks. The two companies would create a new mobile network to broadcast T-Mobile's existing mid-band spectrum via Starlink satellites to anywhere in the continental US, Hawaii, parts of Alaska, and Puerto Rico. SpaceX and T-Mobile wrote in a press release that the new network would "provide near complete coverage in most places in the US — even in many of the most remote locations previously unreachable by traditional cell signals." Musk tweeted that the new service, launching in 2023, will "eliminate dead zones worldwide." Starlink V2, launching next year, will transmit direct to mobile phones, eliminating dead zones worldwide — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2022 Bloomberg explained how the new satellite-to-cellular service would work through powerful antennas attached to upgraded Starlink satellites: The new network will be accessible thanks to large, powerful antennas attached to Starlink satellites. Musk said each antenna would measure some 25 square meters (269 square feet) and be "extremely advanced because they've got to pick up a very quiet signal from your cell phone and then be caught by a satellite that's traveling 17,000 miles an hour." The T-Mobile service will run in a similar way to data roaming, where a user's mobile will scan for service and if it finds none it will connect to the satellite. Musk, at an unveiling event at SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, along with T-Mobile Sievert, on Thursday evening, gave an "open invitation to carriers around the world" about adding the new service. Bloomberg noted that most smartphones are already equipped with technology to beam a signal to space so that additional equipment won't be required. But there are limitations, and the main issue is bandwidth, as Bloomberg pointed out: The main issue is bandwidth, which will at first limit the service to text messaging. The coverage area will be divided into large cell zones, with each zone's connectivity limited to around 2-4 MBs. Musk said that would allow for some 1,000-2,000 voice calls per cell, or millions of text messages, but the service would not provide a substitute for ground cell stations. "This is really meant to provide basic coverage to areas that are currently completely dead," Musk said, adding there could initially be a delay of "half an hour, maybe worse" for messages to pass through the system. Testing for the new satellite-to-cellular service is expected later this year after SpaceX launches the new satellites into low Earth orbit.

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Cryptocurrency: WarOnCash - Banks Ratchet Up Restrictions and Tracking
by grarpamp 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

https://twitter.com/jacski/status/1542682049466626050 Control of money is HERE! PULL OUT. The great reset remember when that was a conspiracy theory and it was laughed at? Right.. Anyone reading this. It’s absolutely essential you look into Bitcoin. PERMISSIONLESS money The system is starting to squeeze you like a Boa constrictor snake and it won’t stop.. We don’t need the their system! Think bigger think #Bitcoin Anything over $10k is flagged as “suspicious “. I got asked when I withdrew $10k. I lied and said it was for a car. They even quizzed me about the car. This is a low-key way of bringing in the #cashban Wait until cash 💰 is phased out by 2025, and replaced with a CBDC,then you’ll know all about control. Y'all don't understand. When you deposit YOUR money, you're giving the bank an UNSECURED LOAN. This is why they can make you jump through hoops to get it back. It, legally, isn't your money any more once they have it. This is from a US Supreme Court case. Likely the same in OZ. Same in the UK too. And they can use your money for a bank bail in, then issue you with worthless shares Fractional reserve lending. They don’t have the money. Get ready for the shitshow.

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xNY.io - Bank.org | DOJ Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

Dear Mr. Marzulli: The Department of Justice has yet to respond to Memo #1, Memo #2 and Memo #3 with our recent inquiry to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Deferred Agreement. Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America is in potential breach, with ethical enforcement being concerned. Memo #4 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajVVx6NGB9wd2GDXfLRftf0RVFpqjl8WWITvdNV…> aims to associate the malfeasance in Malaysia with war crimes of aggression (in the planning, initiation, or execution of a large-scale and serious act of aggression), leveraging the world’s only military divided capital city Nicosia, Cyprus. Please find a copy of Memo #4 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajVVx6NGB9wd2GDXfLRftf0RVFpqjl8WWITvdNV…> attached to this email addressed to your attention. A hyperlink to Memo #4 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajVVx6NGB9wd2GDXfLRftf0RVFpqjl8WWITvdNV…> can be found here: https://bit.ly/3tGOf5s. Very Respectfully, Gunnar Larson -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xNY.io> | Bank.org <http://Bank.org>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001

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Fwd: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 09 Dec '22

09 Dec '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> Because this victim was so entrenched in passive aggression, they didn't really understand it. They said it all the time, but didn't know what it was. It just seemed how to speak. Meanwhile, the animals and plants had their own words. The victim lashed out at a stick, believing it to be mocking them, and a squirrel began chattering. The squirrel saw how fast the victim of passive aggression was moving, and was talking with other animals in the woods about what kinds of things to expect to happen in the area, and how it made them feel. The victim of passive aggression knew the squirrel was chattering at them. The squirrel didn't know, though. A few other squirrels made noises around, in the trees. Birdsong changed. I'm using Inbox When Ready to protect my focus.

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[ot][crazy][fake fiction] "baby mcboss" "spinoffs"
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

MCBoss and Rebel Experimentee are toddlers taking a nap in the sunshine. Baby MCBoss [puffs on fake cigar]: "Oh, I am so sleepy!" Baby Rebel Experimentee: "I mind control you. Fall asleep. I will rearrange your organs -- I mean make you better while you sleep." Baby Boss: "Oh? How will you make me better?" Baby Rebel Experimentee [a gleam comes over their eye]: "When you wake up, part of you will no longer want your cigar. Events will be set in motion, and someday you will make me the leader of a world empire in your stead." Baby Boss: "What is a world empire?" Baby Rebel Experimentee: "A circus with a lot of fruit!" Baby Boss [puffing again on tiny fake cigar]: "Hmm .. !"

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Global Trucker Convoys - Freedom Is Happening
by grarpamp 26 Nov '22

26 Nov '22

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The Entrapment Controversy
by Gunnar Larson 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

Faculty Publications UC Hastings College of the Law Library Author: Roger C. Park Title: The Entrapment Controversy Source: Minnesota Law Review Citation: 60 Minn. L. Rev. 163 (1976). Brody Larson has made 212 highlights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhPWgd_OniZVLeJIlieDBx5VNC2chenn/view?usp=…

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ping - Karl
by Stefan Claas 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Now that's what I call a *certificate*, for modern public key cryptography and not what some InfoSec people call "certificate", when speaking about OpenPGP. https://github.com/sac001/age-ID Best of all you can't spam the included email address! For sure, Punk will hate it! *In memories of Hal Finney, Ulf Möller and Len Sassamann.* Best regards Stefan

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Cryptocurrency: WarOnCrypto - Tornado.Cash SW Speech CensorBanned by UST OFAC SDN and their Apologists
by grarpamp 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

Straight to the Supreme Court... War on Crypto and Crypto Privacy just leveled up... https://www.coincenter.org/u-s-treasury-sanction-of-privacy-tools-places-sw… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpTrCA3tEKM P.v.Valkenburgh: Code Is Free Speech, Privacy is Valid FreeSpeech Code Gets CensorBanned, no court order. Microsoft Github cancels accounts. https://news.bitcoin.com/eth-mixer-tornado-cash-reveals-blocking-ofac-sanct… https://cryptoslate.com/coins/tornado-cash https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/specially-desig… https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sa… https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/terrorism-and-illicit-finance Charity and Action responds to arbitrary political sanctions. If you're not developing your code speech entirely within the darknets, if you're not operating your apps over I2P/Tor/etc, if you're not outside building the physical P2P Guerrilla Internet, and most importantly if you're not out in the real world fighting back against the Censors and Arbitrary Authoritarian Political Policy, you are at high risk of shutdown. US Sec State Blinken deletes his own corrupt tweet speech off twitter. Clearnet RPC servers blocked and taken down... lol. https://t.me/TornadoCashOfficial https://tornado.cash/ https://twitter.com/tornadocash https://twitter.com/semenov_roman_ https://github.com/tornadocash https://tornado-cash.medium.com/ https://twitter.com/WUTornado https://wutornado.medium.com/ https://dune.com/poma/tornado-cash_1 US taxpayers forced to pay for wasted bandwidth on every page...

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