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Re: Larson FOIL 5th Extension letter (Apple Card Report)
by Gunnar Larson 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Ms. Garvin: Okay. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org On Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 4:44 PM Garvin, Sheila Y (DHR) < Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov> wrote: > Dear Mr. Larson: > > > > Pursuant to your request, please see the attached. > > > > Thanks for contacting the Division. > > > > *Best,* > > > > *Sheila Garvin* > > > > > > *DHR Records Access Clerk* > > *Legal Management Records Unit* > > One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458 > > Tele: (718) 741-8423/ e-Fax: (718) 741-8256 > > *foil(a)dhr.ny.gov <foil(a)dhr.ny.gov>* > > *Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov <Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov>* > > *www.dhr.ny.gov <http://www.dhr.ny.gov/>* > > > > *This transmission and its attachments may contain confidential or > privileged information, which is intended for use by the individual or > entity to which the transmission is addressed. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, > copying, or distribution of this transmission or its attachments is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, > please notify the sender immediately at the above address and delete the > transmission and its attachments**.* > > > > > > > > >

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Fwd: Larson FOIL 5th Extension letter (Apple Card Report)
by Gunnar Larson 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Garvin, Sheila Y (DHR) <Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov> Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 4:44 PM Subject: Larson FOIL 5th Extension letter (Apple Card Report) To: G(a)xny.io <G(a)xny.io> Cc: Paasewe, Siaka (DHR) <Siaka.Paasewe(a)dhr.ny.gov> Dear Mr. Larson: Pursuant to your request, please see the attached. Thanks for contacting the Division. *Best,* *Sheila Garvin* *DHR Records Access Clerk* *Legal Management Records Unit* One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458 Tele: (718) 741-8423/ e-Fax: (718) 741-8256 *foil(a)dhr.ny.gov <foil(a)dhr.ny.gov>* *Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov <Sheila.Garvin(a)dhr.ny.gov>* *www.dhr.ny.gov <http://www.dhr.ny.gov/>* *This transmission and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information, which is intended for use by the individual or entity to which the transmission is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, copying, or distribution of this transmission or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately at the above address and delete the transmission and its attachments**.*

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Cryptocurrency: Privacy Cryptos Set to End Global Systems of Fiat and War
by grarpamp 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

"There Is Simply No Way Out" - Charles Nenner Warns Of 'Anti-Dollar' Global War In H2 '23 https://usawatchdog.com/ https://www.charlesnenner.com/ Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner says his analysis shows there is big trouble coming for the U.S. dollar. The dollar’s reserve currency status is on its way to being a thing of the past. Nenner explains, “The dollar is still up. We have a target on the dollar of 113 (on the USDX). It’s now around 110, but it’s not going to be surviving as the major currency..." " People don’t trust what is going on in the United States. . . . We have seen this happen to other countries. We saw this happen to the British. They are going to go to another major currency. The BRIC countries and China are preparing to have an anti-dollar. I have told you for years that the dollar is not going to crash, but now it is time. In a year or so, they will really be getting into trouble with the dollar. If the dollar goes down, of course, the inflation goes even higher. So, actually, there is no way out anymore. Every Federal Reserve President has said let’s keep it going. The dollar is going to collapse, but not in my lifetime, and now there is almost nothing left to do anymore... If you forgive the student loans, you will have a big problem. First of all, it’s impossible. They pretend nothing will come out of it, but it will destroy the economy. When they get out of college, students make 4 or 5 times what other people earn, and it is being paid by the simple people. You are going to have more social unrest than you have ever seen.” Nenner says a big crash is inevitable. Nenner says, “Soon the pensions are going to be in trouble..." "The buying power is going to be in trouble. This is simply a situation that has been created for... many years. There is simply no way out. We have to crash. We have to get a depression. The whole economy will have to start all over again.” Nenner predicted in May that a “Third of the global population will be killed in next war cycle.” The only good news is that it has been pushed back a little and will not start at the beginning of 2023. Nenner says, “We are going to continue on this pace for war, and it is going to explode in the second half of 2023.” Nenner says you have seen the lows in interest rates, and the long-term trend is up. Nenner has been out of the bond market for close to a year. Nenner has never been more bullish on gold and silver. He says because of the massive money printing, there will be massive inflation. Nenner says, “This happened to the Dutch economy. It happened to the British Empire. That’s how it goes. At the end they always print money, and they don’t deserve it. It’s hard to say, but this usually ends in a war. . . . You have to buy gold and silver...Gold will be up strong up until 2027, but you have to have a strong stomach to take the ups and downs.” There is much more in the 42 min. interview. Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with renowned cycle analyst and financial expert Charles Nenner. (9.6.22)

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Black self-defense in the Jim Bell South.
by professor rat 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Makowsky and Warren find that greater access to firearms in the Black community reduced the rate of lynching in the Jim Crow South. We assess firearms as a means of Black self-defense in the Jim Crow South. We infer firearm access by race and place by measuring the fraction of suicides committed with a firearm. Corroborating anecdotal accounts and historical claims, state bans on pistols and increases in White law enforcement personnel served as mechanisms to disarm the Black community, while having no comparable effect on White firearms. The interaction of these mechanisms with changing national market prices for firearms provides us with a credible identification strategy for Black firearm access. Rates of Black lynching decreased with greater Black firearm access. Lots of black civil rights leaders were heavily armed but this is rarely mentioned let alone emphasized.

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Special Master gets special shield
by professor rat 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

The special-master in the Mar-a-lago documents case has been issued with a highly reflective shield developed by the pentagon following the posting of stolen, highly classified documents being posted online. By reading over their shoulder pentagon staff exposed to the internet could avoid being turned into defendants by another investigation. They soon got used to their new hardware dubbing them " Captain America " grade shields. Reports hackers were deciphering mirrored images have not yet been confirmed.

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Fwd: GE Banned From Selling Wind Turbines Infringing Siemens' IP
by Gunnar Larson 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Government Contracts Law360 <news-alt(a)law360.com> Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 4:34 AM Subject: GE Banned From Selling Wind Turbines Infringing Siemens' IP To: <g(a)xny.io> A Massachusetts federal judge issued a permanent injunction on Wednesday barring General Electric Co. from selling Haliade-X wind turbines that a jury found infringed a Siemens' patent, but allowed the company to produce turbines that have already been ordered to complete state-sponsored wind projects in New Jersey and Massachusetts. 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Australia Passes First Major Climate Action Reform Since 2011
by Gunnar Larson 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Australia Passes First Major Climate Action Reform Since 2011 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/australia-passes-first-m… Wow, we have business in Australia, New York, Europe, Middle East and Africa 🌍

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Return of the rodents: Australia’s farmers on high alert for another mouse plague
by zeynep＠keemail.me 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Return of the rodents: Australia’s farmers on high alert for another mouse plagueLast year’s record invasion devastated rural areas and this year’s bumper harvest is seeing mouse numbers increasing again In Latham, in Western Australia’s wheat belt, the telltale signs of mice holes are everywhere on Dylan Hirsch’s canola farm. As winter approaches, the rodents have moved in, digging up seeds before they’ve germinated and chewing his newly laid crop. “The numbers are higher than I’ve seen and building,” he says. “In previous years, we saw isolated areas of paddocks which have had mice eating young seedlings. “But this year we’re seeing mice activity right across some of our paddocks – as well as in the house and sheds.” Australian farmers are on high alert for a second coming of the mouse plague that ravaged north-west New South Wales and southern Queensland last year. Australia’s mouse plague: six months ago it was war, now whole towns have accepted their presenceImages of homes and crops overrun with record numbers of mice shocked Australians, and farmers are still recovering from the impact of losing millions of dollars’ worth of crops. The NSW Farmers vice president, Xavier Martin, says patchy reports of mouse activity have already been detected, “surprising” and concerning his members. “We’re getting reports in areas that were plagued this time last year but also areas that weren’t so intense … it’s coming in everywhere,” he says. Martin says La Niña patterns that caused heavy, prolonged rainfall prevented a surge of mice this summer. But the same wet conditions also fostered a bumper harvest, which had left pastures heavily seeded and a lot of grain in the paddock for rodents to snack on. “Even though there’s only low numbers, they’re becoming quite obvious around hay sheds and more elevated parts of paddocks,” he says. In the central NSW city of Dubbo – hard hit last year – Andrew Johnson has begun trapping and killing mice. “They came from nowhere … it’s not one or two, it’s 20,” he says. “They’re not small.” CSIRO mouse researcher Steve Henry says farmers have reported increased mice numbers in northern NSW, central Queensland, north-west Victoria and South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. But the wheat belt of Western Australia has been worst hit. “There are widespread high numbers [there]. They’ve got a nasty outbreak for the second year in a row,” he says. “It’s a little unusual … but they did have a fantastic season last year and in some cases there was a lot of food left behind after the harvest as a result of hailstorms or frost.” A mouse hole with all the canola eaten around it on Braydyn Grylls' farm in the central wheat belt of Western AustraliaA mouse hole with all the canola eaten around it on Braydyn Grylls' farm in the central wheat belt of Western AustraliaOn Western Australia’s south coast, Max Szulc has caught more than 2,000 mice on his Esperance property in a matter of weeks. “I’ve never had so many mice in all the time I’ve lived here,” he says. “It was a perfect summer breeding environment for the numbers to build up. “I’m waiting for a weather event to kill off most of them.” Some 500km closer to Perth, Braydyn Grylls is baiting on his farm in Bulyee, nestled in the state’s central wheat belt. “We’ve never had mice problems here before. It’s the first time we’ve ever baited,” he says. “They’ve increased in numbers and damaged our canola … It’s early stages but a good five metre squared around the holes they’ve chewed it off. “I’ve seen them in the paddocks. They’re running riot through the house and sheds.” Grylls puts it down to a high amount of feed left over from last year for the mice to eat, and the wet year getting them breeding early. “I’ve dug some of the burrows up and you can see their new offspring in there – four or five ready to come out … that’s going to be the next plague,” he says. The CSIRO’s Henry says as the weather cools, mice are moving into sheds and dwellings, and with lots of food around, they’re stocking their pantries. “It’s not the broad, widespread outbreak we were seeing last year but we’re counselling vigilance,” he says. ‘You can’t escape the smell’: mouse plague grows to biblical proportions across eastern AustraliaHenry says farmers from Geraldton to the Mallee, Wimmera and the Riverina are spreading mice bait as they sow their winter crop to try to keep numbers down before breeding season in spring. In an ominous sign of what may come, Henry says farmers he’s spoken to in Wagga Wagga have been “absolutely shocked” to find mouse holes littered across their paddocks after burning off in preparation to sow. Other areas, like Maryborough on Queensland’s Fraser Coast, are reporting 20 to 30 mice in homes at night. Last year, the NSW government introduced a rebate for the pesticide zinc phosphide bait as part if a $150m package to deal with out-of-control rodent numbers. Henry urges farmers to get out and walk through their crops. “One of the key times farmers can deal with mice is as they sow their crop – it’s a good, strategic time to apply bait.” The breeding season for rodents begins at the end of winter when, from six weeks old, mice can have up to 10 babies every 21 days. “As soon as they give birth, they fall pregnant with their second litter, there’s no break,” Henry says. “Over in the west they’ve got a two-year trajectory where numbers went high, plateaued and have gone again in spring … We want to make sure it won’t be the same scenario in NSW, where they’ve been so badly affected. “Given some crops are going to be worth a lot of money this year, it’s a form of insurance to keep those mice numbers low … so you can be on the front foot.” Mice scurry around stored grain on a farm during last year’s plague.Mice scurry around stored grain on a farm during last year’s plague. Photograph: Rick Rycroft/APNSW Farmers’ Martin says the state needs to remain “on alert” after the destruction of last season and monitor the infestation before food crops are spoiled. A survey of more than 1,000 farmers last year found one third estimated stored grain and fodder losses between $50,000 and $150,000 due to mice damage. “We know in the last plague what seemed to be low numbers exploded without a lot of warning into the springtime … It’s far easier to deal with these rodents proactively than to try and react once we have huge populations,” he says. In Western Australia’s wheat belt, Hirsch is trying to be proactive to avoid a repeat of devastating scenes from NSW last year. “We, like many farmers, are spreading mouse bait in our canola paddocks, which can be particularly prone to damage,” he says. “The high price of grain and inputs means damage is greater risk to us than normal, which is making us more likely to bait to protect our crop, rather than wait and see.” … we have a small favour to ask. Tens of millions have placed their trust in the Guardian’s fearless journalism since we started publishing 200 years ago, turning to us in moments of crisis, uncertainty, solidarity and hope. More than 1.5 million supporters, from 180 countries, now power us financially – keeping us open to all, and fiercely independent.

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Anarchism’s story is one of uncompromising confrontation
by professor rat 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Important awareness of anti-state or stateless socialism(s) and the broader historical socialist movement has been neglected. https://anarchistnews.org/content/assassination-anarchism-and-birth-fbi Reposting as propaganda-of-the-deed

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We're all international criminals now
by professor rat 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

On 6 September Minsk City Court pronounced the verdict in the criminal case of the so-called "international criminal group". There are 14 anarchists and libertarians, four of whom have left Belarus. https://anarchistnews.org/content/belarusian-anarchists-given-prison-senten… Reposts not hopeless fatalism

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