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The NYPD is bringing back its robot dog - The Verge
by Gunnar Larson 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/11/23679297/nypd-robot-dog-spot-surveillanc… City officials say that the NYPD will acquire two robot dogs for a total of $750,000, according to the NYT, and that they will only be used during life-threatening situations, such as bomb threats.

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Boycott Bitcoin Magazine
by professor rat 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

There are still some serious Austro-Libertarian asshole-morons scribbling gibberish at this shithole-site They need to be driven out with heavy blows - this train don't carry no passengers, this train. >>> Boycott Bitcoin Magazine https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/12kpawz/boycott_bitcoin_magazine_… Reposts not Torswatting of all known serial pests

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NYC Corporation Counsel Unveils 2 New Divisions on Ethics and Risk Management
by Gunnar Larson 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix. Courtesy Photo NYC Corporation Counsel Unveils 2 New Divisions on Ethics and Risk Management The Law Department is actively hiring to staff its new ethics and compliance and risk management divisions. April 13, 2023 at 03:29 PM 2 minute read State and Local Government Emily Saul Emily Saul More from This Author The New York City Law Department on Thursday announced the creation of two new legal divisions: ethics and compliance and risk management. The divisions build out preexisting areas within the Corporation Counsel, which is actively recruiting to fill the new positions. “The Law Department is known for integrity and high ethical standards. Our new Ethics and Compliance Division will support that great tradition and provide a resource for attorneys across City government,” New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix said in a statement. “The Risk Management Division will build upon the existing work of our Risk Unit within the Tort Division, which has worked for years to monitor trends in Tort litigation to reduce issues that give rise to lawsuits.” The Ethics and Compliance Division will expand past work to train and counsel Law Department employees, in addition to elected officials and employees of any New York City agency regarding legal ethics, privilege, representation, and any matters involving sanctions. The unit will also provide counsel on a number of federal, state and local compliance matters in attempts to reduce risk to city finances and operations. The division will serve as the Conflict Interest Board liaison, verifying that Law Department employees remain in compliance with Chapter 68 of the city charter. Chapter 68 addresses conflicts of interest. Any city lawyers appearing before the Attorney Grievance Committee will be represented by counsel from the division, as will the five district attorney’s offices and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office in any proceedings before the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct. The Risk Management Division will work with city agencies to try and reduce the potential for harm, and, therefore, future lawsuits against the city. To do that, the unit will coordinate with the Law Department’s E-Discovery Division to grow its current preservation program, and train agencies and staff regarding the importance of early preservation of evidence and the creation and maintenance of data that can be used to defend against future actions.

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, now climate warrior, said his new passion is intimately connected to free speech issues.
by Gunnar Larson 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

Skoll, the annual event for social entrepreneurs, warned of growing threats to free speech and democracy. But it also heard about challenges to disinformation. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, now climate warrior, said his new passion is intimately connected to free speech issues. “To address the climate crisis we’re going to have to address the democratic crisis,” he said at the forum yesterday. “And to do that we’re going to have to address what’s happening with our information ecosystem.” Maria Ressa, winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, also speaking at Skoll, said she faced criminal charges in her native Philippines for trying to counter state-sponsored disinformation spread via social media. One of two journalists to win the prize since 1935, she said companies like Facebook use artificial intelligence to micro-target stories at individuals, exposing them to extremist views. This provides cover to leaders seeking to suppress dissent in democracies. “If you have no facts you have no truth,” she said. “If you have no truth you have no trust, and if you have no trust, you have no democracy.”

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How bankrupt the nation-state system is
by professor rat 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

The nation-state system is so bankrupt it tolerates the DPRK on human-rights bodies and Russia in a privileged permanent position. How bankrupt the nation-state system is! Its now on glaring display with their collective failure to eject Russia from United Nations This is a corrupt system ripe for overthrow by a networked anarchist revolution world-wide. Who wants to join the LAST revolution - the one to bring down ALL these rotten governments! Join the global cryptoanarchist revolution today - you know we're the only one who can go all the way.

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
by Gunnar Larson 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

The World Bank, USAID, and other global development institutions must invest more to expand access to financial services, particularly among women, according to a Devex survey. The survey of 900 development professionals, which was conducted in March, showed that about two-thirds of respondents believe development institutions are making a mistake by not doing more on financial inclusion, which they see as crucial to progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Improved trust in mobile money and other digital services can be a crucial barrier breaker in attracting more people to access financial services, Devex community members said in the survey. The cost of such services and digital and financial literacy were the other two barriers to more adoption. Why it matters: The U.N. considers financial inclusion — providing banking and other financial tools to low-income people and businesses — as key to grasping the SDGs. If institutions like the World Bank and USAID fail to deliver, it could hurt the achievement of at least eight of the 17 SDGs.

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Glen Greenwald slams the sorry state of journalism at the WaPo and NYT.
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

Moving like a Tiger, Glen Greenwald slams the sorry state of journalism at the WaPo and NYT. And in related news, celebrity journalist, Julian Assange has had some op-eds in the Times. Julian Assange: WikiLeaks has the same mission as The Post and the Times… https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../julian-assange-wikileaks.../23f03dd8-1d4… Apr 11, 2017 Reposts not falling-outs among Nazbol thieves

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PayPal Slashes CEO Schulman’s Pay 32% to $22 Million
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

Darn, I would have thought PayPal's BitLicense was a big target for them ... ---- PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) cut outgoing Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman’s pay by 32% for last year after failing to meet its financial targets. PayPal Slashes CEO Schulman’s Pay 32% to $22 Million https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-13/paypal-slashes-outgoing-…

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BIP number 1127 - that this statement be read into the immutable blockchain record. " Amir Taaki is a Nazbol piece-of-shit "
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

BIP number 1127 - that this statement be read into the immutable blockchain record. " Amir Taaki is a Nazbol piece-of-shit " All those in favor? I think the Aye’s have it. BIP number 1128 - that this statement be read into the immutable blockchain record. " Julian Assange is a Nazbol piece-of-shit " BIP number 1129 - that this statement be read into the immutable blockchain record. " Ross Ulbricht is a lying-criminal piece-of-shit " Fewer peace-loving revolutionaries but better ones

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New Bombshells Filed in Court in the Jeffrey Epstein/JPMorgan Child Sex Trafficking Case
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/04/new-bombshells-filed-in-court-in-the… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: April 13, 2023 Jeffrey Epstein (lelft); Jamie Dimon (right). Jeffrey Epstein (left); Jamie Dimon (right). Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is desperately attempting to redirect the media’s focus to anything other than two federal lawsuits that name his bank as a knowing facilitator and cash conduit for Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring. One lawsuit has been filed by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands where Epstein owned an island-compound and air-lifted young girls in and out. The other lawsuit has been filed by an alleged underage victim of Epstein’s, Jane Doe 1. Dimon’s high-powered p.r. machine has been churning out headlines on his role as “rescuer” of the teetering bank, First Republic, (never mind that there are few signs that the bank has actually been rescued). And one would think that Dimon has written a new Magna Carta for all the press attention going to his unremarkable annual letter to shareholders. The latest shiny object misdirection rolled out by Dimon’s p.r. flacks was a wide- ranging interview last Thursday between Dimon and CNN’s Poppy Harlow, where the breadth of her questions hinted that Dimon was on a par with a head of state, rather than the head of a bank with an unprecedented five criminal felony counts. After allowing Dimon to opine on everything from Russia’s war on Ukraine to the Fed’s interest rate policy to affordable housing and inner-city schools, Harlow finally got around to the topic of Epstein. The exchange went as follows: HARLOW: OK. We have to go pretty soon but I — I do want to ask you a few more things. I want to ask you about something that is in the news — that JPMorgan is in the news about a former client of yours and that is Jeffery Epstein. JPMorgan is being sued now by the U.S. Virgin Islands. They’re alleging that your bank helped facilitate payments to Epstein’s victims and benefited from human trafficking while ignoring warnings. Do those allegations have merit? DIMON: Well, I cannot talk about current litigation except to say that whenever these things come up, we have some of the best lawyers in the world — compliance, out of the DOJ, out of SEC, important divisions who review all of these things and make decisions at the time based on what they know, as best as they know. HARLOW: You’re going to be deposed we’ve learned now in this case in the spring. In retrospect, Jamie, do you think JPMorgan should have acted more quickly after Epstein pleaded guilty to one of these charges in 2008 — because he was your client for five more years? DIMON: Hindsight is a fabulous gift. It now appears that this exclusive interview airing on an international news outlet might have been motivated by the fact that the U.S. Virgin Islands was planning to drop major new bombshells in court in the Epstein/JPMorgan case – which it did yesterday. The overall thrust of the U.S. Virgin Islands case against the bank is presented in the second amended complaint as follows: “…based on documents reviewed and interviews conducted by the Government, JP Morgan knowingly facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein from his home and base in the Virgin Islands, and financially benefitted from this participation, directly or indirectly, by failing to comply with federal banking regulations, [redacted]. JP Morgan facilitated and concealed wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of—and were in fact part of—a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude of dozens of women and girls in and beyond the Virgin Islands. Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JP Morgan. “Upon information and belief, JP Morgan turned a blind eye to evidence of human trafficking over more than a decade because of Epstein’s own financial footprint, and because of the deals and clients that Epstein brought and promised to bring to the bank. These decisions were advocated and approved at the senior levels of JP Morgan, including by the former chief executive of its asset management division and investment bank, whose inappropriate relationship with Epstein should have been evident to the bank.” The second amended complaint by the U.S. Virgin Islands also adds a Fifth Count, charging JPMorgan Chase with obstruction. It reads in part: “By providing financing for Epstein’s sex trafficking organization from at least 2000 through about August 2013, and concealing its actions thereafter, JP Morgan obstructed, interfered with, and prevented the federal government’s enforcement of the TVPA [Trafficking Victims Protection Act] against Epstein. To the extent that the federal government was able to ultimately charge Epstein with TVPA violations, the filing of these charges was delayed by JP Morgan’s actions. Because of that delay, women and girls in the Virgin Islands were coercively caused to engage in commercial sex acts.” The newly filed second amended complaint also incorporates information obtained from a deposition of Mary Erdoes, the Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase’s Asset & Wealth Management division and one of the bank’s highest ranking women. Much of the new information is stunning in terms of just how much it alleges that the bank knew about Epstein’s sex trafficking while it displayed a callous disregard for the underage girls being impacted by its failing to take action. It reads in part: “In 2006, a JP Morgan Rapid Response Team noted that Epstein ‘routinely’ made cash withdrawals in amounts from $40,000 to $80,000 several times per month, totaling over $750,000 per year. In addition, Mary Erdoes admitted in her deposition that JP Morgan was aware by 2006 that Epstein was accused of paying cash to have underage girls and young women brought to his home. In the years that followed, JP Morgan employees, including senior executives, emailed internally that Epstein was under investigation or had been sued for trafficking or sexual abuse. This includes an email in 2010 between Mary Erdoes and Jes Staley regarding a federal investigation of Epstein for child trafficking; a 2011 email summarizing a few 2010 news stories connecting Epstein to human trafficking and promising to ‘monitor the accounts and cash usage closely going forward;’ and a 2011 compliance memo noting that ‘[n]umerous articles detail various law enforcement agencies investigating Jeffrey Epstein for allegedly participating in child trafficking and molesting underage girls’ and that ‘Epstein had settled a dozen civil lawsuits out of court from his victims regarding solicitation for an undisclosed amount.’ Internal emails also questioned who Epstein’s clients were, circulating an article regarding whether Epstein was running a Ponzi scheme. “Indeed, Epstein’s behavior was so widely known at JPMorgan that senior executives joked about Epstein’s interest in young girls. In 2008, for example, Mary Erdoes received an email asking her whether Epstein was at an event ‘with miley cyrus.’ In her deposition, Mary Erdoes testified that JP Morgan terminated Epstein as a customer in 2013 after she became aware that the withdrawals were ‘actual cash.’ However, Epstein had made substantial cash withdrawals every year he banked with JP Morgan, including more than $800,000 per year in 2004 and 2005.” There is also this: “One internal document [obtained from JPMorgan Chase] describes the account of Epstein’s ‘assistant or young lady he brought over from Prague (or some place like that),’ clearly referring to Jane Doe 1. The document describes charges in New York, Palm Beach, and St. Thomas for lingerie and other sexually explicit material. Elsewhere, JP Morgan describes media reports referring to the fact that Epstein purchased her at age 14. She remained a customer of JP Morgan, and Epstein paid her more than $600,000, from his accounts at JP Morgan, including more than $165,000 after Epstein’s plea.” All of this raises the critical question as to why this case has been left to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands to bring to the federal court in Manhattan. Where is the highest law enforcement agency in the U.S. – the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For the insidious failings of the Department of Justice in the Epstein matter, see our 2019 report here. For another outrageous case where JPMorgan Chase was wearing blinders for years as one of its largest customers perpetrated one of the largest frauds in U.S. history, see our report: JPMorgan and Madoff Were Facilitating Nesting Dolls-Style Frauds Within Frauds. Two of the bank’s five felony counts under the tenure of Dimon stemmed from the Madoff matter.

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