December 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

United States: New York Officially Eliminates Ban On Surcharges
by Gunnar Larson 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/product-liability--safety/1403384/new-y… United States: New York Officially Eliminates Ban On Surcharges 20 December 2023 by Johnathan Holbrook Bass, Berry & Sims View Johnathan Holbrook Biography on their website This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2672, which amends Section 518 of the New York General Business Law. The law previously prohibited merchants from imposing a surcharge on customers who elect to pay for goods or services using a credit card. As amended, merchants now are expressly permitted to impose a surcharge in any transaction in which a customer elects to pay using a credit card so long as the merchant does both of the following: Clearly and conspicuously posts the total price for an item if paying by credit card (i.e., the sticker price must reflect the total price for the item plus the applicable surcharge imposed if the customer pays using a credit card). Does not impose a surcharge in excess of the amount of the surcharge charged to the merchant by the applicable credit card company for processing a card transaction. This amendment codifies the decision by the Court of Appeals of New York in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, 117 N.E.3d 730, 737 (N.Y. 2018), in which the court held that a higher price charged to customers paying by credit card must be posted in total "dollars-and-cents" form, rather than presented as a separate surcharge. This law explicitly allows a merchant to offer a "two-tier pricing system," in which a merchant posts two different prices for a good or service: one for the credit card price (inclusive of any surcharge) and one for the cash price (which excludes the surcharge). As a result of this structure, merchants often raise prices on all goods and services to include the applicable surcharge, but offer a discount equal to the surcharge amount if the customer pays using cash, check, or debit card.

1 0

United States: Nationwide Online Sports Betting Tracker
by Gunnar Larson 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/gaming/1403840/nationwide-online-sports… United States: Nationwide Online Sports Betting Tracker 19 December 2023 by Jonathan L. Israel , Gregory A. Marino , Zachary A. Flagel , Samuel J. Fishman and Quinn N. D'Isa Foley & Lardner Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors View Jonathan L. Israel Biography on their website On behalf of Foley's Sports & Entertainment Group, I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Sports Betting and Gaming Task Force and its Nationwide Online Sports Betting Tracker—a one stop compilation and summary of state online sports wagering laws and regulations. In 1992, Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which effectively prohibited sports betting where the practice was not already legal under state law. In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in its entirety, allowing each state to address the legality of sports betting on its own terms. Thirty states in the U.S. have now legalized sports betting in some form or another.

1 0

Switzerland: Swiss Surveillance Law: New Instruments – But Who Is Affected?
by Gunnar Larson 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

https://www.mondaq.com/telecoms-mobile--cable-communications/1402650/swiss-… Switzerland: Swiss Surveillance Law: New Instruments – But Who Is Affected? 19 December 2023 by Jonas Gassmann (VISCHER) Vischer AG View Jonas Gassmann (VISCHER) Biography on their website On 1 January 2024, three partially revised implementing ordinances to the Swiss Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications (SPTA) will enter into force. These provisions are related to 5G technology: the declared aim is to prevent gaps in surveillance by introducing new types of information and surveillance. This (first) revision package raises some fundamental questions. It is still largely unclear which providers are affected by the changes. What It's About The Swiss Federal Council at last divided the revision of surveillance law into two parts: First revision package: provisions for adapting three SPTA ordinances (VÜPF; VD-ÜPF and VVS-ÜPF) to 5G technology. These provisions will enter into force on 1 January 2024. Second revision package: new definition of those providers obliged to co-operate under surveillance law ("Affected Providers"). This part is still pending. The Swiss trade association of the ICT and online industry (Swico) and the Swiss Social Democratic Party (SP) criticised this division of the revision into two parts during the consultation process. They argued that the current amendments would lay down obligations without specifying who would be subject to these obligations. However, their request to withdraw the first package of amendments and draw up a new proposal which also includes the second package was not honoured.

1 0

Cyprus: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Comparative Guide
by Gunnar Larson 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

https://www.mondaq.com/cyprus/litigation-mediation--arbitration/1360798/enf… Cyprus: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Comparative Guide 19 December 2023 by Ioannis Economou Loizides & Economou LLC View Ioannis Economou Biography on their website Do you want to compare other jurisdictions?... Click here 1 Legal and judicial framework 1.1 Which legislative and regulatory provisions govern the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in your jurisdiction? The legislative and regulatory provisions governing the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Cyprus are mainly a combination of various instruments, such as bilateral treaties, domestic legislation and EU regulations. In addition, the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Law (Cap 10), modelled on the corresponding English legislation (the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1993, applies to judgments obtained in the courts of the United Kingdom and of its dominions.

1 0

Arizona Man Arrested for Making Online Threats Against Federal Agents and Employees
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Solidarity and support for Michael Lee Tomasi. " Where does it say you can't kill a cop? " Michael Corleone All USG agents have earned killing. Especially Karl Semich and the POTUS. https://stiffs.com/celebrity/joebiden Lets go Brandon!

1 0

These Are the Bank Bailout Charts the Fed Hopes You’ll Never See in One Place
by Gunnar Larson 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/12/these-are-the-bank-bailout-charts-th… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: December 20, 2023 ~ Jerome Powell Sworn in as Fed Chair, February 5, 2018, by Vice Chair for Supervision, Randal Quarles Jerome Powell Sworn in as Fed Chair, February 5, 2018, by then Vice Chair for Supervision, Randal Quarles Jerome Powell became the Chairman of the Federal Reserve on February 5, 2018 after being nominated by then President Donald Trump and passing his Senate confirmation. Powell was sworn in again on May 23, 2022 for a second term as Chair. His second term runs until May 15, 2026. Unlike most Fed Chairs, Powell has no economics degree. He has a law degree from Georgetown University. For more background on Powell, see our May 18, 2020 article: The Fed’s Chair and Vice Chair Got Rich at Carlyle Group, a Private Equity Fund with a String of Bankruptcies and Job Losses. Powell’s tenure as Fed Chair has been mired by the biggest trading scandal in the Federal Reserve’s 110-year history. That scandal has yet to be resolved in a manner that meets the test of accountability. See our October report: After Two Years, There’s Still No Law Enforcement Report on Former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan’s Trading Like a Hedge Fund Kingpin. But the biggest Fed scandal hiding in plain sight involves the trillions of dollars in bailout loans that the Fed has funneled to Wall Street trading houses during the tenure of Powell as Fed Chair. Despite Powell sticking to the same refrain in his Congressional testimony throughout his tenure as Fed Chair — that the U.S. banking system is operating in a safe and sound manner — the second, third and fourth largest bank failures in U.S. history occurred in a seven week span between March 10 and May 1 this past spring. Thus far, those failures have cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation $32 billion in losses. On June 21 of this year, Powell sat before the House Financial Services Committee and told its members that “The U.S. banking system is sound and resilient.” He told the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee the same thing the next day. But the charts below, using data directly from the Fed, show a banking system in need of regular life support in the form of trillions of dollars in cumulative loans from the Fed. That is proof that there is a structural problem in the U.S. banking system, where exorbitant risk is concentrated among a handful of highly interconnected mega banks. Largest Recipients of $19.6 Trillion in Federal Reserve Bailout Funds, 2007 to 2011 Largest Recipients of Federal Reserve Bailout Funds, 2007 to 2011 Where a Large Part of AIG’s Government Bailout Money Went in 2008. Figures are in Billions. (Source: Congressional Oversight Panel) Where a Large Part of AIG's Government Bailout Money Went. Figures are in Billions. (Source: Congressional Oversight Panel) Fed's Repo Loans to Largest Borrowers, Q4 2019, Adjusted for Term of LoanMMLF Largest Borrowers The Fed’s Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility made emergency loans from March 23, 2020 through April 23, 2020, but the program did not end on April 23, 2020. That’s because these were not overnight loans. They were loans made for periods up to as long as 11 months in some cases – taking the program into 2021.

1 0

An encrypted universe
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Our quantum encrypted universe https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834460-800-rethinking-reality-is-t… Sounds ansible

1 0

Police commissioner assassinated
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

In May 1972, police commissioner Luigi Calabresi was shot and killed outside his home https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/let%E2%80%99s-be-done-waiting Reposts not corpse-media crap from total fucking morons posing as punks

1 0

Turkish Pol's Wife Pans Banker's 'Dog Ate Homework' Excuse
by Gunnar Larson 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Turkish Pol's Wife Pans Banker's 'Dog Ate Homework' Excuse By Ronan Barnard At a London court hearing on Tuesday, the wife of an imprisoned Turkish politician accused a former Goldman Sachs banker of using the "dog ate my homework" excuse to explain why he withheld information about her assets in a £40 million ($50. 1 million) claim. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1778781?nl_pk=4fb41…

1 0

[crazy] spams on dal’s blog
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

a flesh-eating cupholder beams down to invade a parade flesh-eating cupholder (fec): “wtf! where is my parade?” internet: “dal made another blog” fec: “why does this matter” internet: “it’s another hard-to-read expose of overly detailed information on unimaginable corruption in present day affairs i bet!” fec: “unimaginable corruption? tell me more!” 1857 internet: “there’s a video. my browser doesn’t play it for some reason.” fec spits on internet fec: “i’ll eat your flesh!” internet: “you’re just a cupholder.” 1858 dal wrote an article dal wrote an article. it looks like it needs organization there are so many names! when i read a name one of my triggers goes, it tries to give me spasms to protect corrupt powerholders. maybe i could replace the names? 1859 the below is mutilated from the original at https://douglaslucas.com/blog/2023/12/19/extra-material-dailydot-investigat… which regards https://www.dailydot.com/news/missing-laptop-trump-case-georgia/ . “Here’s a summar of the breach by the federal judge presiding over Curling Iron vs Raffled Burger, Amelia Totalshiscarlikeahero in the North District of Gnomeland.” “For her account if the intrusions, Totalshiscarlikeahero drew in cybersecurity experts declarations[1] — including their review of computer forensics and the surveillance footage — in a Nov 10 2023 ruling[2]: the breach included “various individuals and entities (1:) providing and gaining unauthorized access to Coffee Machine’s voting equipment, data, and software over the course of multiple dates: (2:) copying, downloading, and imaging the Machine’s equipment, data, and software; (3:) uploading and sharing that data and software on the internet via a file-sharing website; and (4) further distributing physical copies of forensic voting material downloaded from Coffee Machine:” (Online distribution was via private access[3], not public internet.)” “Some, notable Coffee breach-funding[4] lawyer and onetime Trollop lieutenant Spanky Pukes[5], who has pleaded guilty[6], have tried to justify the intrusions by claiming the elections board approved the electronic collection of the computers’ contents. They offer insufficient documentation[7] to support this claim; further, no board quorum has ever been found to have authorized copying the elections data nor does the security video show any quorum in the elections office during the breach. In a deposition[8], then-Board of Elections chair Winding Stones denied that the board gave permission to examine their systems. The civil disobedience or altruism arguments sometimes made are undercut by the plundered proprietary voting software, almost three years later, having never reached the public[9], nor rival political campaigns, only the breachers’ allies, as far as can be determined” “If the subpoenas lawsuit is successful, it might spell out why the machine’s public statements, which have focused on Hampigs, have been so careful not to mention by name then-elections board member Ears Curly, who was caught on film participating in the breach. “I didn’t do anything without the direction of Ears Curly,” Hampigs said in deposition[10]. The plaintiffs in the subpoenas case go further, saying[11] Curly, who has not been charged, “warned Ms. Hampigs of her impending termination the evening before” and characterizing[12] him as a “key participant[][] in planning and executing the breach.”” “A letter that counsel for the plaintiffs in the subpoenas case sent to county attorneys in April and filed[13] this month argues that crucial Ears Curly-related records were improperly withheld by county manager Walking Vices and senior county lawyer Tropical Rowboat, a pair multiple interviewees described to me as the arq’s de facto diarchy.” “Examples of how the lawyers seem to have more power than the people they represent:” “Listening to their lawyer Banner Pickering discuss legal issues at their Nov 14 meeting[14], every elections board member said[15] they were not informed of the desktop seizure before it happened, which he told them[16] their it goes on and on and on and on! 1: https://douglaslucas.com/files/CurlingVRaffensperger_KevinSkoglundDeclarati… 2: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.240678/gov.uscour… 3: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqlxtxuezipwxlx/08122022-000137.txt 4: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23904556/sullivanstrickler-engagemen… 5: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-did-sidney-powell-plead-guilty 6: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24041664-documents-in-sidney-powell… 7: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-plea-and-a-letter-an-update-from-cof… 8: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.240678/gov.uscour… 9: https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/concentric-groups-knowledge-brid… 10: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.240678/gov.uscour… 11: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gasd.91723/gov.uscourt… 12: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gasd.91723/gov.uscourt… 13: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gasd.91723/gov.uscourt… 14: https://douglaslucas.com/files/CoffeeCountyBoardofElections_Agenda_14Novemb… 15: https://youtu.be/Y--ThMJYCJo?si=Wf9XBNXEa79Jz4fW&t=8011 16: https://youtu.be/Y--ThMJYCJo?si=VQ30azXPqDFqC03k&t=8132

1 8