November 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

I Tried To Stop Them! " . . . in a telephone interview and a series of e-mails: To scare people out of working for the government. He refused to admit to any specific threat, to avoid prosecution, he said. He already is charged with making similar threats against police in Australia, according to the Victoria Police in Melbourne. Saying that his real name was Matt Taylor and that he was 48 years old, Professor Rat said he promotes a theory called Assassination Politics that emerged at the periphery of cyberanarchist circles in 1997. The concept is that of an online lottery in which people bet on a date that public figures will die. The implication is that the lottery �winner� likely helped arrange the death. Winnings would be paid in untraceable digital cash, which does not yet exist. The development of digital money, and encryption software restricting government�s ability to monitor Internet activity, are common goals among the online anarchists and libertarians known as �cypherpunks.� The ultimate purpose of Assassination Politics is to deter people from working for government agencies, corporate media outlets or institutions �beholden to the violence of the state,� Taylor said. Professor Rat also has threatened a University of Ottawa law professor, a columnist for The Boston Globe and a Cincinnati police officer. Many of those threats were posted to a listserv called Cypherpunks. The e-mail distribution network allows libertarians and anarchists interested in the tension between government oversight and individual liberty on the Internet to discuss those issues via e-mails that when sent to the listserv are distributed to all members. Dorschner would not say whether there was an investigation into Professor Rat, calling the matter an issue of �internal security.� The columnist for The Boston Globe, whose sin, in the eyes of Professor Rat, was to criticize civil libertarians for objecting to the Patriot Act of 2001, said he did not take the threat at all seriously. He learned of the threat only last week, when told of it by The Denver Post, he said. The Post is withholding the names of the subjects of posts by Professor Rat to avoid promoting any specific threats. �The way I see it, this kind of talk is pretty cheap on the Internet,� the columnist said. �This is something I would consider casual hate speech. This person didn�t send me an e-mail saying 'I�m going to kill you.�� But officials in Denver see nothing casual about the statements, Dorschner said. In an interview, Taylor taunted the Denver officials named in the April 8 statement. �They�re welcome to come and get me extradited,� he said. �Here I am. Come and get me.� The Cypherpunks listserv is also where Jim Bell, an MIT-trained chemist and Washington anarchist who now is in prison for interstate stalking of federal agents, unveiled his Assassination Politics. He was convicted in 2001. Federal prosecutors in Seattle that year also won a conviction against Carl Johnson, a Canadian man accused of threatening federal judges and Microsoft founder Bill Gates by e-mail. Later in 2001, Thomas Wales, a federal prosecutor in Seattle, was shot to death. Though his death was noted on the Cypherpunks listserv, no connection to Assassination Politics has ever been made. The case remains unsolved. John Hartingh, spokesman for the U.S. attorney�s office in Seattle, declined to comment on Wales� death. Taylor said his threats are intended solely as a rhetorical deterrent. �No one has to die,� he said. �All that has to happen is for people to accept the system.� If anyone Taylor threatened ever was assassinated, �I would totally reassess my involvement in it,� he said. �It would totally change the whole situation. Basically, I�m a nonviolent person.� The posts made by Professor Rat fall under a relatively new category of crime known as �cyberstalking,� said Jim Doyle, a retired New York City police sergeant who now works as a cybercrimes consultant for a Connecticut company called Internet Crimes. The statements made by Professor Rat constitute prosecutable offenses, he said. �The bottom line is what the victim feels,� he said. �Is the victim threatened? Is the victim alarmed? Hey, that�s a crime.� Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and a First Amendment specialist, said the threats were probably criminal, given Taylor�s description

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FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
by jdb10987＠yahoo.com 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

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Women’s Suffrage in New York State
by Gunnar Larson 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

103 years ago, after fighting for 72 years for suffrage and there are still tensions on getting those Apple Card records. We have a count clock going, for the women and their money rights in New York State. We won't ask for PYUSD records, because that would tip off X.com :) https://nyassembly.gov/member_files/058/20090226/ On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was ratified, 72 years after the struggle for women’s suffrage began.

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Industry Letter - November 15, 2023: Guidance Regarding Listing of Virtual Currencies | TO: All Virtual Currency Business Entities Licensed under 23 NYCRR Part 200 or Chartered as Limited Purpose Trust Companies under the New York Banking Law
by Gunnar Larson 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Finally, FTX and STX have been clarified. If there was ever conflicts, now there is guidance to try and avoid conflicts. No word of NYCCoin, but at least there is new regulatory guidelines from the world’s preeminent crypto regulator famous for ethics and women's rights. ---- https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/industry_letters/il20231115_listin… Introduction In 2015, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Department” or “DFS”) issued its virtual currency regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 200, under the New York Financial Services Law. Since 2015, DFS has served as the prudential regulator overseeing virtual currency business activity in New York, granting both virtual currency licenses under Part 200 (“BitLicenses”) and limited purpose trust company charters, to ensure that New Yorkers have a well-regulated way to access the virtual currency marketplace and that New York remains at the center of technological innovation and forward-looking regulation.

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Video: Today (Nov. 17, 1973) is the anniversary of Nixon's 'I am not a crook' speech at Disney World | Orlando | Orlando Weekly
by Gunnar Larson 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/arts/today-is-the-anniversary-of-nixons-i-am-… On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon was knee-deep in the Watergate controversy when he arrived at Disney's Contemporary Resort to give his now infamous "I am not a crook" speech. In an attempt to quell the outrage surrounding his presidency's involvement with the scandal, Nixon spoke before the Associated Press Managing Editors annual conference, and it was actually during a Q&A portion of the speech where he blurted out the words that would ultimately define his legacy. ---- In other news, it would have been somewhat hilarious, if Orlando was sending a signal to the Universe on our SEC pension wistle blowing: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/musks-twitter-buyout-challenge… Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc. was challenged in a lawsuit by a Florida pension fund that argues the deal can’t close before 2025 because Musk was an “interested shareholder” in the social-networking platform. The Orlando Police Pension Fund filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday. According to the complaint, Musk had agreements with other major Twitter shareholders -- including founder Jack Dorsey -- to rely on their holdings when offering to take the company private last month. Those arrangements triggered a Delaware law that calls for a three-year delay in closing such deals, the fund ...

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Feds Want To Install Speed-Limiting Devices On All New Cars And Trucks
by jdb10987＠yahoo.com 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

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United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
by Gunnar Larson 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Did you know that the United Nations banks with JPMorgan Chase? Your story today concerning Women and girls human trafficking seemingly is odd for the UN's banking relationship with JPM. Here are the routing details for the UN office for drugs and crime as an example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/194gODH11va9_-5-prHMdaKUk152fFPpD/view?usp=… On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 10:02 AM Pam Martens <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> wrote: > Wall Street On Parade has posted a new item: > > JPMorgan Chase Hit with Lawsuit for Facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s Crime > Network; Similar Charges Were Brought Against It for Facilitating Madoff's > Ponzi Scheme > > https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/jpmorgan-chase-hit-with-lawsuit-for-… > > By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 9, 2023 ~ > Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase > Making headlines around the world last week was the news that the Attorney > General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Denise George, was fired just days > after > she filed a federal lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, charging it with > facilitating the sex trafficking [...] > > 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. >

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Backstabber as counter-revolutionary , cypherpunk-hating scumbag
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Adam Back reposted Gabor Gurbacs @gaborgurbacs Noting that this bond issuance on @Liquid_BTC proves that it is possible to build alternative financial instruments on Liquid. After many years of work, it is really nice to see the traditional financial space integrate with the digital asset space Cc: @adam3us , @Blockstream . 9:37 PM · Nov 15, 2023

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Grarpamp and Bloomberg for POTUS
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Very Assange " . . . Tucker has been open-minded towards, if not vocally supportive of Bitcoin. Hosting legendary Bitcoiners such as President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, Max Keiser, and Michael Saylor. . . . " I'm with stupid https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/trump-tucker-and-bitcoin-a-winning-tick… Reposts not political rabies outbreaks on the lunar right

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Driver charged more than 1 year after carriage horse Ryder’s collapse in Manhattan
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

More than a year after a New York City carriage horse named Ryder collapsed in Midtown, his driver Ian McKeever was arrested on animal abuse charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. McKeever was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday and charged in a misdemeanor complaint with one count of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, and failure to provide proper sustenance, according to the DA’s office. He pleaded not guilty, according to court records. McKeever's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The complaint details Ryder’s last day as a carriage horse on Aug. 10, 2022, when he started work with McKeever at 9:30 a.m. Throughout the day, he was seen looking “very frail and thin,” and walking slowly while panting with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, according to the complaint. “As alleged, Ryder should not have been working on this hot summer day,” Bragg said in a statement. At around 5:10 p.m., Ryder collapsed in the middle of West 45th Street near Ninth Avenue, authorities said. According to the complaint, McKeever repeatedly tried forcing the horse to stand up by pulling on his reins, yelling and using his whip. He also didn’t provide the horse any water, and left him with his harness on until a member of the NYPD eventually took it off, the complaint details. The police officer was also the one who put ice and cold water on Ryder until he was able to get back up, according to the complaint. After the horse's collapse, Pete Donohue, a spokesperson for Transport Workers Union Local 100 – the group that represents horse carriage drivers – told Gothamist the horse was suffering from equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, a neurological disease horses can contract from eating infected opossum droppings, and not heat exhaustion. After the incident, Ryder was retired to a farm outside of the city. The city’s health department then accused the horse carriage’s owners of falsifying his age in veterinary records, from 26 to 13 years old. According to the criminal complaint, on top of old age, he suffered from a variety of significant health issues. “Despite his condition, he was out for hours and worked to the point of collapse,” Bragg said in a statement. “All animals deserve to be treated with the utmost care and the type of abuse that Ryder allegedly suffered is unacceptable.” Ryder was euthanized due to his poor medical condition in October of last year. Ryder’s collapse made headlines and renewed calls from animal rights advocates to ban horse carriages in the city. On Wednesday, Edita Birnkrant, executive director of New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets – or NYCLASS – said she was grateful to see animal rights taken seriously, but one arrest, she added, doesn’t undo what she describes as an industrywide problem with abuse. “Animal cruelty is not taken seriously. It is not a top priority, so it's rare that these kind of charges are filed in any abuse case,” Birnkrant said. “We want there to be some kind of accountability and justice, but it's not enough because this doesn't begin and end with Ryder. There are so many horses out there right now suffering.” https://gothamist.com/news/driver-charged-more-than-1-year-after-carriage-h…

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