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RE: FOIL Request #4164
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

August 22, 2022 Via Email: g(a)xny.io Gunnar Larson RE: FOIL Request #4164 Dear Gunnar Larson: This letter responds to your correspondence dated May 19, 2022, which pursuant to FOIL, requested: Any and all records related to the Executive Chamber’s oversight and/or approval of the New York Department of Financial Services’ engagement of the Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc. To the extent that your request is reasonably described, the New York State Executive Chamber has conducted a diligent search of “any and all records related to the Executive Chamber’s oversight and/or approval of the New York Department of Financial Services’ engagement of the Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc.” and has not located any records responsive to your request. Pursuant to Public Officers Law § 89(4)(a), you have thirty (30) days to take a written appeal of this determination. You may appeal by writing: FOIL Appeals Officer, Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York, 12224. Very truly yours, Records Access Office ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Records_Access <Records.Access(a)exec.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM Subject: FOIL Request To: g(a)xny.io <g(a)xny.io> Dear Gunnar Larson, Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request. Regards, Records Access

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If there was a Judeo-Xtian God it would be necessary to destroy it
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

ANNA you are key and this thing - this JUDEO-XTIAN THING - is trying to kill us - ALL of us. I’m cutting the throat of any self-described religious &/or spiritualist anarchist I meet from now on IN LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENSE. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DESTROY THOSE FEDERALISTS THAT WOULD DESTROY US.

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From an interview with the Russian Anarcho-Communist Organization
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

>From the interview with the Russian Anarcho-Communist Organization (on anarchistnews): Solidarity with us means solidarity with Ukraine, with its victory… We support the decision of the anarchists in Ukraine to take up arms and join the military confrontation with imperialism. Any revolutionary political movement must be combative, must demonstrate its fighting ability in times of war and participate with society at large in its struggle. We are pleasantly surprised at the level of logistical success, the collection of material aid and necessary items, and the media resonance that the “civil wing” of the libertarian movement in Ukraine has managed to achieve. https://anarchistnews.org/content/russia-anarcho-communist-combat-organi... Reposts etc

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Pay homage to Joshua “Donald Trump Pro Se”
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

These are the actions of a desperate man who knows he has no way out of this, and is delusionaly hoping to be scooped up by a magic carpet ride at the last moment. But enough about Wikileaks. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/in-new-court-filing-against-the-doj-d… Reposts etc

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When heads-of-state are also called terrorists we will have done half our job
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Imran, the Don, the cute one just cleared of taking drugs? I'm sensing a pattern here. >>> emptywheel ·2h He’s citing a terrorist’s lawyer who was ultimately convicted of conspiring with that terrorist. Take from that what you will… <<< Reposts not etc

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Bruce Fenton donates over one billion to fascist Federalist Society
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion — and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to reshape the American judicial system, including the Supreme Court. https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid Reposts etc

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Drugs: Columbia's Petro - War On Drugs Is Fail, Vows To Decrim and Push UN
by grarpamp 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Decriminalization is fine, yet still "legal" "regulation" "taxation" "permitting" of non-aggressing people by murderous govts is not. "The War On Drugs Has Failed": Colombia Looks To Decriminalize Cocaine https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/colombia-cocaine-decriminal… Colombia, the world's largest producer of cocaine, and the origin of more than 90% seized in the United States - is considering decriminalizing the drug in an experiment to end Washington DC's never-ending "war on drugs," according to the Washington Post. Colombian Army examining a cocaine pack confiscated by troops. Thomson Reuters After just two weeks in office, the country's first leftist government has proposed an end to "prohibition" - in what would become the first government-regulated market for cocaine. Officials would work with other leftist governments in the region via legislation and alliances in order to "turn their country into a laboratory for drug decriminalization." "It is time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has failed," said President Gustavo Petro in his inaugural address this month. Colombian President Gustavo Petro gestures during his swearing-in ceremony at Plaza Bolivar in Bogotá on Aug. 7. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters) The move would likely upend the country's long-standing (and profitable) counternarcotics relationship with the US - whose officials, both past and present, are sounding the alarm. A former DEA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because his current employer had not authorized him to speak on the matter, said he feared the move would limit the agency’s ability to collaborate with the Colombians on drug trafficking investigations. “It would incrementally kill the cooperation,” he said. “It would be devastating, not just regionally, but globally. Everyone would be fighting from the outside in.” -WaPo Jonathan Finer, Biden's White House deputy national security adviser, who met with Petro in the US before his inauguration, said that "the United States and the Biden administration is not a supporter of decriminalization." The United States has spent billions of dollars to fund a strategy to seek and destroy cocaine plants in the fields of rural Colombia, with US intelligence and other agencies having provided support to Colombia's decades-long military efforts to rid the country of coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived. Despite more than half-a-century at war on the drug, cocaine production has hit record levels according to recent figures. Petro's drug czar, Felipe Tascón, says this is a rare opportunity to unite the governments of cocaine-producing countries such as Peru and Bolivia, which are similarly led by leftists. In his first interview since being named to the job, the economist said he wants to meet with his counterparts in those countries to discuss decriminalization at the regional level. Eventually, he hopes a unified regional bloc can renegotiate international drug conventions at the United Nations. Domestically, Petro’s administration is planning to back legislation to decriminalize cocaine and marijuana. It plans to put an end to aerial spraying and the manual eradication of coca, which critics say unfairly targets poor rural farmers. By regulating the sale of cocaine, Tascón argued, the government would wrest the market from armed groups and cartels. -WaPo "Drug traffickers know that their business depends on it being prohibited," said Tascón, adding "If you regulate it like a public market … the high profits disappear and the drug trafficking disappears."

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Cryptocurrency: Craig Wright Sues Hodlonaut
by grarpamp 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Quotes from the internet... Craig Wright is a Liar and a Fraud. Craig Wright is not Satoshi. Whatever Craig Wright is or is not, Craig Wright is an Irrelevant Pompous Arrogant Asshole. https://www.defendingbtc.com/ A community campaign to fundraise for legal fees and support freedom Donate Get Involved Starting September 12th, in Oslo, Norway - hodlonaut will take the stand to defend his allegations that Craig Wright is not Satoshi. The community is coming together to support hodlonaut and we are announcing a fundraiser to both raise donations but also to grow awareness and supply accurate information in the media narrative surrounding this case. DAYS HOURS MINUTES READ MORE: ‍‍ Bitcoin Magazine: Timeline of Hodlonaut Craig Wright Case Bitcoin Magazine: Craig Wright Threatens Libel Suit in Letter to Bitcoiner, Demands Apology Bitcoin Magazine: How Many Wrongs Make a Wright? Bitcoin Magazine: Latest Ruling is Not a Win for Craig Wright or His Satoshi Claims Bitcoin News: Why It's Important To Support Hodlonaut On His Legal Stand Against Craig Wright CoinDesk: Craig Wright v. Peter McCormack: Wright Put Forward 'False Evidence,' Will Receive Damages of One British Pound CoinDesk: Craig Wright's Fight With a Cartoon Bitcoin Astronaut Cat Explained CoinDesk: Binance Delists Bitcoin SV, CEO Calls Craig Wright a 'Fraud' Decrypt: Self-Professed 'Bitcoin Inventor' Craig Wright Advanced ‘False Evidence’ in Libel Lawsuit: UK Court The Guardian: Craig Wright U-turns on pledge to provide evidence he invented bitcoin Wired: Is Bitcoin's Creator this Unknown Australian Genius? Probably Not

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Large parts of the UK now appear to resemble Depression-era Spain?
by professor rat 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

The situation is excellent! Collectives in the Spanish revolution - Gaston Leval Detailed account of worker-controlled agriculture, industry and public services in revolutionary Spain during the worlds greatest ever social-revolution. https://libcom.org/article/collectives-spanish-revolution-gaston-leval Reposts sometimes recommended

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[ot][crazy][spam][fiction] Dictatortopia
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Dictator: [n] A controversial word that everybody gives different definitions to and nobody likes. In this thread, "dictator" means a single mean person who uses force, fear, and deception to lead themselves to believe that everybody in an area is doing what they want. Dictators here have secret people of their own, telling them what to do, too, either in their heads or in reality. Welcome to Dictatortopia, a land where we pride ourselves in our incredibly dystopic, oppressive nature! You're gonna love it! It's like one of those fancy shmancy computer games, postapocalyptic movies, or wartime propaganda regarding the foreign nation your government is fighting, except it's _real_ ! In Dictatortopia, everybody wears a gas a mask and huge images of Dictator are plastered everywhere. Dictator always has a frown on. Everybody is happy, because they are so excited to be roleplaying an oppressive nation state! Each citizen has a personal "mini-dictator": another citizen, assigned to them, who tells them everything to do, from morning to night. This forms a large hierarchy with Dictator himself at the top. Meanwhile, be your own Dictator! Enslave your neighbors, your children: anybody assigned to you. Your personal mini-dictator will tell you whom you will yourself be mini-dictator of.

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