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Lloyds Worker Fired For Using Racial Slur Wins £470K
by Gunnar Larson 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

Lloyds Worker Fired For Using Racial Slur Wins £470K <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784277?nl_pk=a94fc…> By William Janes A tribunal has ordered Lloyds Banking Group PLC to pay a former senior employee more than £470,000 ($598,000) after concluding that the lender unfairly fired him for using a racial slur during an online training session. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784277?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784277?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Ex-HSBC Banker Says Boss Was 'Hangman' In Software Row
by Gunnar Larson 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

Ex-HSBC Banker Says Boss Was 'Hangman' In Software Row <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784306?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Ronan Barnard A former HSBC risk manager said at a London tribunal on Wednesday that his superior at the banking giant became his metaphorical "hangman" after managers decided to fire him using false justifications. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784306?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1784306?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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FBI Poster Board
by Gunnar Larson 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

Gunnar Larson may just have to put a poster board together so my friends the Republicans are treated fairly: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzrlLdLA6YF/?igsh=MWJmZXZyNmtpYmkyOQ==

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UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel - BBC News
by Gunnar Larson 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67942983 The UN's International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there. The ICJ will deliver only an opinion on the genocide allegation as the case is not a criminal trial, although it is being closely watched. Israel has vehemently rejected the accusation as "baseless". There were angry scenes outside the ICJ's Peace Palace on Thursday as Dutch police struggled to keep groups of Palestinian and Israeli supporters apart. Hundreds of people waving Palestinian flags gathered outside the ICJ, calling for a ceasefire. Israeli supporters set up a screen showing images of some of the hostages still being held in Gaza. Pro-Palestinian protests also took place in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa will present its case on Thursday and Israel its defence on Friday. In its submission, South Africa says Israel's actions "are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group". It says Israel's actions include "killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction". It calls for "provisional measures" to be implemented by the court as a matter of urgency, including that Israel cease all military activities in Gaza. Israel has defended its actions in Gaza, saying it is responding to Hamas's deadly attacks on 7 October, but speaking in court on Thursday, South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said no attack "can provide justification for or defend breaches of the [Genocide] Convention". Israel is a signatory to the Genocide Convention of 1948, which defines genocide and commits states to prevent it. The ICJ is the UN's top court, based in the Hague in the Netherlands. Its rulings are theoretically legally binding on parties to the ICJ - which include Israel and South Africa - but are not enforceable. In 2022, the court ordered Russia to "immediately suspend military operations" in Ukraine, an order that was ignored. Under international law, genocide is defined as committing one or more acts with the intention to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Red and white police tape has been placed outside the Peace Palace - as the ICJ building is called - in an attempt to bring some semblance of order to the chaotic scenes outside. It is in contrast to the formality inside the court, where the Israeli delegation is listening to South Africa's lawyers accuse the country's forces of committing genocide in Gaza. Israel denies this, and on Friday will have a chance to respond. Its delegation is expected to highlight its right to self-defence under international law - this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has no intention of permanently displacing the people of Gaza, or occupying the territory.

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Cryptocurrency: CommieFornia WealthTax Triggers Mass Boating Exodus
by grarpamp 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

The 'Hotel California' Wealth Tax Advances, You Cannot Leave To Escape It Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The California legislature takes up the wealth tax idea this week. It’s a Hotel California doozie... California’s Wealth Tax in the Batter’s Box The Wall Street Journal reports California’s Wealth Tax Arrives. It hasn’t yet, but it’s in the batter’s box. Democrats introduced the bill last winter, and it will get a hearing Wednesday in the state Assembly as lawmakers scrounge for revenue to fill a projected $68 billion budget hole. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday will also unveil his budget for the coming year. Democratic legislators are proposing a wealth tax as an alternative to spending restraint. Wealth Tax Details The bill would impose an annual excise tax of 1.5% on the worldwide net worth of every full- and part-year California resident that exceeds $1 billion, starting this tax year. Come Jan. 1, 2026, the state would tax wealth that exceeds $50 million at a rate of 1% each year, with an additional 0.5% tax on assets valued at more than $1 billion. Part-time residents would be taxed on a pro rata share of their wealth based on the number of days they spend annually in California. The tax would also apply to nonresidents who have recently left the state. Democrats exempted real property from the tax as a favor to their high-end real-estate industry and Hollywood donors. To spread the wealth around to plaintiff-bar donors, the bill would apply the state’s False Claims Act to wealth-tax records and statements. This means plaintiff attorneys could sue affluent individuals on behalf of the state for allegedly under-reporting assets. Plaintiff attorneys would be entitled to a share of the state’s recovery. Constitutionality I highly doubt this is constitutional and I am certain that taxing people who don’t live in the state isn’t. But no one gives a damn about such things anymore. If this passes, there will be an accelerated exodus from the state. Won’t that be fun. California Paying for Illegal Migrants to Gender Transition Meanwhile, please note California Paying for Illegal Migrants to Gender Transition Sparks Fury Conservatives have reacted with fury after it was reported that illegal migrants in California can be eligible for gender-affirming care from Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid. Beginning January 1, all undocumented immigrants in California who meet certain criteria, such as having been resident in the state since 2014 and having income below a certain threshold, automatically qualified for Medi-Cal. Hard Times: San Francisco Runs Out of Money, Eliminates Slave Reparations Office On December 18, I noted Hard Times: San Francisco Runs Out of Money, Eliminates Slave Reparations Office San Francisco wanted to give blacks $5 million each. Instead it eliminated the entire reparations office. California Has a $68 Billion Budget Deficit On December 10, I noted California Has a $68 Billion Budget Deficit With Only $30 Billion in Reserves The boom-bust cycle in California is back to bust again. Governor Newsom faces some tough economic and political choices. Apparently the no-so-tough choice is to raise taxes even on people who flee the state to avoid them. If this passes, the Supreme Court will strike it down. Get the hell out of California anyway. Other tax hikes are sure to come.

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

ooop oop oop traffick boss c— well if we aren’t authorized to say some- what is ok to say to media. 2046

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:44 Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:43 Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & > Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> hello world syntax tree? >> >> print(“hello world\n”) >> >> statementlist([call(“print”, [“hello world\n”])]) >> >> ! >> > printfunction = function( > name = “print” > input = [ > argument(name = “text”, type = “str”) > ], > outputs = [], > ) > 2023-12-14 1413 central time it was hard to do the impressive request. we did it, and it was very hard to do. it was very hard to do. [and we’re experiencing that.] 1414 1443 i [think?] the state troopers and other enforcers {would?} want us to talk about being trafficked, but don’t have any clue how to facilitate this {couldn’t they forward us to one of the many resources that were presented?} uhhmm 1445 — 1446 traffick boss is a robot. like in the gpt4 clip of the zombie and cyborg, the universe has split in two along two different timelines from the out of control research project. in one of them, he turned into a robot. in the other, he is still biological. the business ai is trying to squish the timelines together so shareholders and [pundits?] stop complaining he flickers in and out, part of him being robotic sometimes, biological another. the robot is boxy. the biological parts move in a robotic jerky manner to try to accept the robotic timeline — 1448 1553 earth is crumpled on the floor of the universe earth: “i don’t know how to handle a runaway AI, what do i do?” 1554 3rd attempt to add text to this draft. stuck when i changed to web client, slower. text loss between 1554 and 1601 1602 ... [injured idea of trafficking conference for enforcement workers being a situation for trafficking victims being far more safe than they can comprehend considered merging tvda [[story thread]] in morning spam] 1744 >

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BREAKING: Menendez Skewers 'Outrageously False' Bribery Case
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

BREAKING: Menendez Skewers 'Outrageously False' Bribery Case <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1784639?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By George Woolston U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez blasted federal prosecutors' bribery case against him on Wednesday, arguing the case should be tossed because the alleged illegal conduct he engaged in is immune from prosecution. Brief attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1784639?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1784639?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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BREAKING: Trump Can't Give Own Closing Argument In NY Fraud Trial
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

BREAKING: Trump Can't Give Own Closing Argument In NY Fraud Trial <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1784579?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Frank G. Runyeon Donald Trump failed to respond by a court-mandated deadline Wednesday for him to accept conditions under which he would be allowed to speak during closing arguments in the New York attorney general's civil fraud case. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1784579?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1784579?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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Re: FOIL Request# 2024-097130 Acknowledgement FOIL-2024-097130-021289 - The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc.
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

Dear Mr. Meltzer: Thank you for your email. Have a nice day. Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 Wed, Jan 10, 2024, 10:11 AM <Edward.Meltzer(a)dfs.ny.gov> wrote: > > DEAR Gunnar Larson: > > I write to acknowledge receipt of the FOIL request that you submitted to > the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on 01/03/2024, > which has been assigned the above referenced tracking number. This number > should be the number that you refer to in all future communications with > DFS. > > > > Your request has been referred to the appropriate DFS unit(s) to search > for the records that are responsive to your request. The assigned unit(s) > will contact you within 20 business days to (i) advise whether the unit has > any records that are responsive to your request; (ii) grant or deny your > request, if the unit has responsive records; or (iii) apprise you of the > progress of your request, if the search or review of the records that you > requested is still on-going. > > Thank you. > > New York State Department of Financial Services > > If you are a New York State resident and would like to register to vote or > update your address, you may complete and submit to your County Board of > Elections a New York State Voter Registration Form which can be found at > http://www.ny.gov/services/register-vote . > > Tracking Number:FOIL-2024-097130-021289 > ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 3:38 AM Subject: Re: xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC | Memo #1 - The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc. To: Records_Access <Records.Access(a)exec.ny.gov>, < Recordsaccessofficer(a)dfs.ny.gov> Cc: <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org>, Dean, Peter C (DFS) <Peter.Dean(a)dfs.ny.gov>, Harris, Adrienne A (DFS) <Adrienne.Harris(a)dfs.ny.gov> Hello: We would like to revisit this FOIL request. Can you please update update us if DFS has any records concerning BREX and the The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 Dear Mr. Ritchey: Please find the attached FOIL request for your esteemed receipt. Sending you the very best regards. Thank you, Gunnar Larson -- Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org MSc - Digital Currency MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-917-580-8053 New York, New York 10001 >

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