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Nez Perce Tribe BIA Contact
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Dear Senator Gillibrand: My office became aware of rumored contact between Senator Vance and the Nez Perce Tribe BIA of the Idaho Nez Perce Indian Reservation. As you liason between Federal government offices, can you please advise is any of this communication is nefarious? Warm regards, Gunnar -- Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053

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Wednesday 8 May 2024 Debating Chamber - Peter Thiel - Cambridge Union Society (Video w/ Protests)
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Wednesday 8 May 2024 Debating Chamber - Peter Thiel - Cambridge Union Society (Video w/ Protests): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-UzMRXxN5cy1rpUEa9Zn1tC1kSo-sI4a/view?usp=… Gunnar Larson

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THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR.
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Art Director: Peter Petronio Photographer: Joe Toto Copywriter: Dick Raboy Agency: Carl Ally Inc. Client: Investors Overseas Services THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR. One of the persistent myths of the 20th century is that war stimulates economic growth. War doesn't stimulate economic growth. It stunts it. In countries that aren't fighting the war, as well as those that are. For in both cases, there is a tremendous spending of money, manpower and time to produce the materials of war. Materials which have no function other than to destroy. Or to be stored, useless, until they are needed to destroy. And the simple fact is, evey dollar wasted on destruction means there is one less dollar to be spent on the products people need and want. A dollar less spent on expansion and progress. And when expansion and progress isn't as great as it could be, then profits can't be as great as they should be. The way to make money is not through war. It's through peace. And by peace we don't mean just an interlude between wars. We mean a permanent peace. But can there be peace? We believe so. If enough people in enough countries in this world are given an opportunity to gain material well-being and a greater since of personal dignity. And this can done through business. Private enterprise. Successful businesses breed a healthy economy, in any nation. A healthy economy means more jobs and better pay for more people. With more buying power, people can afford the products that will give them a better standard of living. A better living standard will bring people a sense of accomplishment, and pride, and dignity. And with it, a desire for social order that could be far stronger than desire for violent disorder. To accomplish that, for business to be healthy and expanding, it needs a constant flow of fresh capital. At IOS, our job is to convince people all over the world to invest in business all over the world -- for a profit. And we don't mean just people who have million dollar portfolios with us. We are also vitally interested in the small investor -- including the man who has never invested before. If this vast source of potential investment capital can be put to work, IOS and our investors will, of course, make more money, but equally important, businesses and people and national economies all over the world will benefit from this much needed capital. And, very importantly, we are convinced that we and others in the financial community will be participating in a sound business endeavor which, almost as a by-product, could lead to perhaps the most effective deterrent to war -- financial security. Right now, IOS does business on six continents -- in mutual funds, banking, investment management, insurance and real estate. In the 12 years we've been in business, more than 500,000 people have have invested more than one billion dollars through us. Our goal is to do business in every country in the free world and on convincing more and more people to invest in businesses all over the world. -- THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR.

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Gold - Once Soundtrack And I love her so I wouldn't trade her for gold I'm walking on moon beams I was born with a silver spoon And i'm gonna be me I'm gonna be free I'm walking on moon beams and staring out to sea and if a door be closed then a row of homes start building and tear your curtains down for sunlight is like gold And you better be you And do what you can do When you're walking on moon beams Staring out to sea Cause if your skin was soil How long do you think before they start diggin' and if you
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Gold - Once Soundtrack And I love her so I wouldn't trade her for gold I'm walking on moon beams I was born with a silver spoon And i'm gonna be me I'm gonna be free I'm walking on moon beams and staring out to sea and if a door be closed then a row of homes start building and tear your curtains down for sunlight is like gold And you better be you And do what you can do When you're walking on moon beams Staring out to sea Cause if your skin was soil How long do you think before they start diggin' and if your life was gold how long would you think you'd stay livin'? Hey And I love her so I wouldn't trade her for gold https://youtu.be/HdloJ2hq4vQ?si=AgeLDBwLFrV9SLB4

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HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED A CURE FOR CANCER.
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Art Director: Tom Gilday Artist: Curilla & Associates Photographer: Jan Czyrba/Advance Art Copywriter: Jim Johnston Agency: Griswold-Eshleman Company Client: Addressograph-Multigraph HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED A CURE FOR CANCER. Dropouts become losers. They lose. And we lose. Today's dropouts might have been tomorrow's scientists. Or doctors. Or teachers. But what might have been will never be. For one out of three high school students don't stick around to graduate. The dropout is ten times as likely to become a juvenile delinquent. And the juvenile delinquent is perhaps a thousand times more likely to become a criminal. It doesn't have to happen. Good schools with good teachers and food facilities can produce good citizens. And that can make our world a better place in which to live. Which is why money spent on education represents the best investment we can make. An investment in the future of America.

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HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT CITY HALL
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Art Director/Designer: Sidney Myers Copywriter: Evan Stark Agency: Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. Client: Whirlpool HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT CITY HALL If you have a product you are not happy with, what do you do? Sit and sulk? Moan to your next-door neighbor? Promise yourself that you'll never buy another product from the manufacturer? A lot of good that will do. No, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, that's not the answer. If you have a gripe, let the manufacturer know. Call him up. Write to him. Keep after him until he does something about it. Because nothing bothers a reputable manufacturer more than dissatisfied customers. We at Whirlpool believe in putting our money where our mouth is. We believe we make the best appliances you can buy. Automatic washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, etc. And we also believe our Tech-Care Service specialists provide the best service in our field. In addition, we were the first to do away with the complicated standard warranty and replace it with a fully binding, easy-to-understand warranty letter. We were first to provide a free, nation wide telephone number (800-253-1301) for service information. And we were the first to have consultants answer your calls, thereby solving many of your problems right over the phone. But still and all, we know that you can't please all of the people all of the time. That's the reason for the blank letter on the facing page. If you have a gripe about us, we want to know so we can do something about it. Just write your complaint, tear out the page and mail it to us. If you know anything at all about Whirlpool, you know it won't be ignored. By the way, if you have something nice to say about us, we'd like to hear that too. Steve Upton Vice President, Consumer Services Division Whirlpool Corporation

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Mayor Eric Adams NYCCoin Touting
by Gunnar Larson 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

Please find the attached memo with reference footnotes. -- March 10, 2023 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Ms. Camille Joseph Varlack Office of the Mayor of New York City City Hall Park, 260 Broadway New York, NY 10007 United States PressOffice(a)CityHall.NYC.gov Re: Mayor Eric Adams NYCCoin Touting Dear Ms. Joseph Varlack: Today’s memo is to kindly submit xNY.io - Bank.org's inquiry into Mayor Eric Adams' promotion of NYCCoin. 1. The federal securities laws are clear that any celebrity or individual who promotes digital assets must disclose the nature, source and amount of compensation they received in exchange for the promotion. 2. As a matter of ethics, risk and compliance associated with digital asset innovation, xNY.io asks if NYCCoin promotion by the Mayor of New York City damaged the market for the xNY digital asset (by, for example, devaluing it through parody or sealed via embossed criticism). 3. xNY.io - Bank.org concerns made above have evidentiary support to interlocking director and officer conflicts recognized by the Department of Justice as potential threats that stifle individual and corporate freedom. Ms. Joseph Varlack, as a matter relating to working at one of the world's most ethical companies, famous for risk management and corporate governance, and as an internationally recognized Blockchain Scholar, I must adhere to federal securities laws. - As such, I classify Mayor Adams as an individual who promoted the digital asset NYCCoin and must disclose the nature, scope, and amount of compensation associated. A failure to disclose this information may violate the anti-touting provisions of the federal securities laws. Mayor Adams' making these endorsements may also be liable for potential violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, for participating in an unregistered offer and sale of securities, and for acting as unregistered brokers. xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully requests the Office of the Mayor of New York City to respond to this request by Wednesday March, 15 2023 by Noon EST. Respectfully yours with appreciation, 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 +1-917-580-8053

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Re: [spam] Non-Canon Traffick Boss Spinoffs Reboot 3
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 21 Jan '25

21 Jan '25

> traffick boss is furious at the lemonade that is going to be served to > a visiting demigod from an alternative dimension that managed to > survive when he nuked it with a spacetime fractalization bomb and > convinced was sending a gift rather than an attack karl's consciousness part is the demigod T_T

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Fwd: Funding partnership with CLientEarth
by Gunnar Larson 19 Jan '25

19 Jan '25

... ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Wed, May 29, 2024, 6:42 AM Subject: Fwd: Funding partnership with CLientEarth To: <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> Back in May 2022, xNY.io - Bank.org reached out to ClientEarth.org. Now in May 2024, between UN.org, WorldBank.org and ClientEarth.org, today it is evident that xNY.io - Bank.org is light-years ahead of our peers. We will engage our position in global makets for good for all nations and peoples. Gunnar ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Support Us <supportus(a)clientearth.org> Date: Tue, May 3, 2022, 10:12 AM Subject: RE: Funding partnership with CLientEarth To: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Dear Gunnar. Thank you for wanting to reach and connect with ClientEarth. Unfortunately the team you would need to connect with do not currently have capacity at this time. They will keep your details on file for future and can hopefully connect at a later date. Best wishes. *Kriss Atkin* Development Administration Assistant [image: ClientEarth_lockup_black] t. +44(0)303 050 5991 ClientEarth, The Joinery, 34 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB [image: cid:image004.png@01D65A06.292F2EF0] *Website* <https://www.clientearth.org/>* | **Facebook* <https://www.facebook.com/ClientEarth>* | **Twitter* <http://www.twitter.com/clientearth>* | **Instagram* <https://www.instagram.com/clientearth_/?hl=en>* | **LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/company/clientearth> *From:* Gunnar Larson [mailto:g@xny.io] *Sent:* 28 April 2022 13:29 *To:* Support Us <supportus(a)clientearth.org> *Subject:* Re: Funding partnership with CLientEarth Dear Kriss: Thank you for reaching out. Bank.org is working on a project similar to your Shell board dispute. We wanted to reach out and introduce ourselves. Would there be a good time to connect? Thank you, Gunnar -- *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 On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 5:35 AM Support Us <supportus(a)clientearth.org> wrote: Dear Gunnar, Thank you so much for getting in touch, we are so grateful that you would like to know more about partnering with ClientEarth. We really appreciate your request, if you can send us details of your proposal we would love to review in line with our corporate partnership policy. Once we have reviewed this opportunity we will contact you again regarding your donation. Please do feel free to let us know of your latest environmental policy or if your company currently holds any environmental ISO certificates, as this would greatly expedite our review process. As you know, ClientEarth works to stop climate change and pollution, protect and restore habitats, wildlife and natural resources, as well as empowering people and promoting the rule of law. If you would like to find out more about our work, you can find the latest news on our website <https://www.clientearth.org/> or you can sign up to our email newsletter <https://www.action.clientearth.org/sign-clientearths-newsletter/?_ga=2.2608…>. Please contact me if you have any further questions or queries and I will be happy to help. Best wishes. *Kriss Atkin* Development Administration Assistant [image: ClientEarth_lockup_black] t. +44(0)303 050 5991 ClientEarth, The Joinery, 34 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB [image: cid:image004.png@01D65A06.292F2EF0] *Website* <https://www.clientearth.org/>* | **Facebook* <https://www.facebook.com/ClientEarth>* | **Twitter* <http://www.twitter.com/clientearth>* | **Instagram* <https://www.instagram.com/clientearth_/?hl=en>* | **LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/company/clientearth>

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Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 18 Jan '25

18 Jan '25

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajVVx6NGB9wd2GDXfLRftf0RVFpqjl8WWITvdNV… March 10, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Mr. John Marzulli United States Department of Justice Eastern District of New York 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn New York, 11201 John.Marzulli(a)usdoj.gov Re: Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement 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 <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery…> with the United States of America is in potential breach, with ethical enforcement being concerned. Memo #4 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. 1. Additionally, Memo #4 aims to earn the DOJ’s assessment of New York State’s regulatory marketplace manipulation deriving the war crime against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. 2. In this case, the first challenge is to observe and consider the simple idea that the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs alone, through means of regulatory arbitrage naively fails to recognize the ‘cause and effect’ relationship at play at the inception of Memo #4’s assertion of war crimes. 3. Even with the best of intentions, perhaps unknowingly the DOJ may be amplifying the effect of potential war crimes by indirectly supplementing the root cause of the problem and financial model of the Deferred Agreement being self-policing. Mr. Marzulli, there has been an active United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus since the 1964 Turkish military invasion and occupation of the northern third of Cyprus. Only Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, while there is broad recognition that the ongoing military presence constitutes occupation of territories that are under Turkish military control. - The graduate education behind Memo #4 is a product of the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) main campus, located adjacent to the United Nations Buffer Zone that separates the invaded Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus, which joined the European Union in 2004. - Memo #4 is also a product of United Nations consultancy, based at its Manhattan headquarters, where (today, what is now xNY.io - Bank.org) was credited with increasing the breadth and accessibility of reference content from the world’s most important multinational organization. - Memo #4’s subject of war crimes has preeminent association with such projects as the Audio Visual Library of International Law. Over the following sections, Memo #4 will provide a detailed timeline that would constitute real concern of the war crime of aggression yielding the war crime against peace in active war conflict in the world’s only military divided capital, funded from Manhattan Island. The Bank of Cyprus and Illegal Short Selling Irregularities of Turkey’s Markets Mr. Marzulli, turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of a cross-border act of aggression. Goldman Sachs’ potential disrespect to the Deferred Agreement’s core values has cultivated new crimes that aim to manipulate cross-border war crime regulatory frameworks. - On April 02, 2021 the Financial Times reported that Turkey fined Goldman Sachs over alleged irregularities in short selling, just a week after foreign investors pulled $1.9B from the country’s stock and bond markets. Turkey’s Capital Markets Board said that Goldman Sachs was among 10 securities firms that had placed orders for short selling without proper notification, violating rules enacted previously that temporarily prohibited such transactions. - On April 20, 2021 the CyprusMail (Cyprus’ only English Language daily newspaper) reported Goldman Sachs International acted as Global Coordinators and Dealer Managers in a $330M bond issuance for the Bank of Cyprus. Given the active military conflict in Cyprus, Memo #4 notes that there is one place on the planet you are not supposed to do this sort of thing. Furthermore, the DOJ’s Deferred Agreement with Goldman Sachs may have been tainted with the potential war crime of aggression, risking international peace and the lives of United Nations peacekeepers, while jeopardizing the United States of America’s financial security. Concern of New York Prime Bank Instrument Fraud and Marketplace Manipulation The United States Department of the Treasury warns that Prime Bank Instrument Fraud schemes have attracted significant international attention, since individuals and organizations have lost billions of dollars worldwide. "Prime Bank Instrument Fraud" is the general term given to prime bank fraud schemes that go by many different names. During April 2021, Goldman Sachs could not in good faith (and, plausible deniability) make any reasonable claim of holding a pristine relationship with Turkey’s Central Bank or with Cyprus’ largest financial institutions, given the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal and then pending Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America. - Memo #4 suggests that Goldman Sachs developed a Prime Bank Instrument Fraud program to level out yo-yo market dynamics caused by failed marketplace manipulation exercises in Turkey and Cyprus. - Systematic bank fraud and/or marketplace manipulation of any kind between Turkey and Cyprus could constitute the war crime of aggression. - Furthermore, Memo #4 argues that Goldman Sachs may have tried to bambooze governments in New York, Cyprus and Turkey through regulatory arbitrage loopholes, while Goldman seemingly may have not considered the totality of such actions as war crimes. Turkey has the highest inflation in Europe. It has the second-highest rate of inflation among emerging markets, just behind Argentina. It has the 13th highest inflation rate in the world, ranking it between South Sudan and Nigeria. After Goldman Sachs was fined for illegal stock and bond market short selling by the Turkish government, logic would argue further malfeasance potentially could have been avoided by the DOJ’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad investigation. - On April 15, 2021 CNBC reported that Goldman Sachs (note, the previous section’s milestones of April 02, 2021 and April 20, 2021) crucially removed its bias toward Turkey tightening interest rates. Goldman issued guidance highlighting the fact that the bank thought that, “…the removal of the tightening bias against rising inflation expectations suggests that the TCMB (Turkish Central Bank) now has a more dovish reaction function.” - On August 14, 2021 the CyprusMail reported serious concern among economists about data reporting from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Ahmet Takan, a former official with the office of the Turkish prime minister, acted as a whistle blower, warning that Turkey potentially was manipulating inflation data. - On September 1, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs hiked Turkish growth forecasts. Goldman economists issued guidance stating, "Overall, the Turkish economy has been able to grow faster than we thought without a deterioration in its external balances, as the pickup in foreign demand has been very supportive." - On November 30, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs trimed Turkey’s 2022 growth forecast. Goldman Sachs' Murat Unur stated, "We think that the GDP figures released today tell us little about the pace of economic activity going forward as the recent sell-off in the Lira is likely to impact economic activity significantly" Mr. Marzulli, the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs was signed on October 21, 2021. The timeline of events above do not coincide with terms and conditions of the Deferred Agreement mandated by the United States of America. Furthermore, as an international graduate scholars of the world’s only military divided capital on the planet, xNY.io - Bank.org should be protected from any association of crimes against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. War Crimes Against Humanity Mr. Marzulli, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned that potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement are impacting our global enterprise. Crimes against humanity can be committed in peacetime as well as during an armed conflict. Even a single act could fall under this exclusion ground provided it forms part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population and the act is committed by any person (including a civilian) who had knowledge of the attack and the link of the act to the attack. 1. We are looking to learn more about the DOJ’s approach to assessing any potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement’s mandates as we determine New York State’s role in cross-border bank regulation and corresponding innovation beyond war crimes against humanity. 2. In order to establish whether a war crime or a crime against humanity has been committed, the case officer should consult the relevant international instruments and case law. 3. Crimes against humanity are fundamentally inhumane acts, committed as part of a systematic or widespread attack. Inhumane acts, which could reach this threshold when committed pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy (potentially, New York State bank regulation). 4. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other grounds that are universally recognised as impermissible under international law. 5. Furthermore, we have made 28 highlights to the Deferred Agreement providing supporting reference to Memo #4’s overarching premise. xNY.io - Bank.org submits Memo #4 for DOJ consideration of other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. Some crimes against humanity would require an additional specific intent, such as Goldman Sachs willfully disrespecting New York State and/or overall peace and security of the United States of America. Memo #1, Memo #2, Memo #3 and Memo #4 outline instances that correspond with the associated definitions of the potential war crimes abroad and jeopardize the future of bank innovation from New York, at great sacrifice to the Homeland. We hope to learn the DOJ’s approach to comment on Memo #4’s subject matter or, without delay refer these concerns to the International Criminal Court and/or International Court of Justice for comment. Respectfully yours with anticipation, 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

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