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Moscow closing schools & businesses as Russia COVID-19 deaths soar
by professor rat 22 Oct '21

22 Oct '21

And in related news , coprophagic Pooter fellator, Batshit Crazy hasn't posted here for a while. JULIAN "of course Russia understands this game and Putin understands this game for a long time now" ASSANGE 2013 "The Internet first appeared as a special CIA project, and this is how it's developing," - Russian KGB agent. Vladimir Putin "[Bitcoins] are backed by nothing. This money [is backed by nothing], that's the point, this is the major problem. They are not really linked to anything and backed by nothing", Putin has said

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U.S. Government Bans Sale of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian Regimes
by zeynepaydogan 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

https://thehackernews.com/2021/10/us-government-bans-sale-of-hacking.html The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday announced new rules barring the sales of hacking software and equipment to authoritarian regimes and potentially facilitate human rights abuse for national security (NS) and anti-terrorism (AT) reasons. The [mandate](https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-22774.pdf), which is set to go into effect in 90 days, will forbid the export, reexport and transfer of "cybersecurity items" to countries of "national security or weapons of mass destruction concern" such as China and Russia without a license from the department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). "The United States Government opposes the misuse of technology to abuse human rights or conduct other malicious cyber activities, and these new rules will help ensure that U.S. companies are not fueling authoritarian practices," BIS [said](https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/10/commerce-tighten… in a press release. The rule does not cover "intrusion software" itself, but rather the following — - Systems, equipment, and components specially designed or modified for the generation, command, and control, or delivery of intrusion software ([ECCN](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/licensing/commerce-control-list-cla…) - Software specially designed or modified for the development or production of systems, equipment, and components (ECCN 4D001.a) - Software specially designed for the generation, operation, delivery, or communication with intrusion software (ECCN 4D004), and - Technology required for the development, production, and use of systems, equipment, and components, and development of intrusion software (ECCNs 4E001.a and 4E001.c) However, it's worth noting that the restriction does not apply when it comes to responding to cybersecurity incidents or for purposes of vulnerability disclosure, as well as for pursuing criminal investigations or prosecutions that may follow in the wake of digital intrusions. It also doesn't apply when the items are being sold to any "favorable treatment cybersecurity end user," which could be a U.S. subsidiary, providers of banking and other financial services, insurance firms, and civil health and medical institutions. The move is expected to align the U.S. with 42 European and other countries such as Australia, Canada, India, Russia, and South Korea, who are members of the [Wassenaar Arrangement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassenaar_Arrangement) that lays out voluntary export control policies on conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies, including internet-based surveillance systems. "The United States is committed to working with our multilateral partners to deter the spread of certain technologies that can be used for malicious activities that threaten cybersecurity and human rights," U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo said. "The Commerce Department's interim final rule imposing export controls on certain cybersecurity items is an appropriately tailored approach that protects America's national security against malicious cyber actors while ensuring legitimate cybersecurity activities," Raimondo added Sent from ProtonMail for iOS

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U.S. Government Bans Sale of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian Regimes
by professor rat 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

The US knows so much about Authoritarian Regimes from regular use of the Five-Eye's mass-spying agreement and creation of Genocidal governments like Burma's. So, at this point - after the 2017 Crypto Munitions explosion and giant anti-police riots - its good that what ever these ' Woke ' fascist nicompoops ban or unban matters so little. Long live the global anarchist revolution - death to America. Cypherpunks collapse governments. Subject: Everyone a remailer: Everyone a Mint: Everyone an assassin https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=100872510706876&w=2 Strong-crypto, digital money, anonymous networks, pseudonyms, zero- knowledge proofs, reputations, information-markets, netwar, collapse-of-governments.

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Billions more flow into equities, prediction markets, NFTs & videogame partnerships
by professor rat 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

https://decrypt.co/84001/crypto-exchange-ftx-hits-25-billion-valuation-late… The new funds will be put towards addressing “adjacent market opportunities including equities, prediction markets, NFTs and videogame partnerships,” said FTX’s head of product, Ramnik Arora. “We expect to make strategic investments designed to grow the business .. ."

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Peter Thiels reverse Midas touch
by professor rat 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

https://decrypt.co/83980/peter-thiel-ive-been-underinvested-bitcoin-crypto-… What a fuckwit. With enemies like this central banksters don't need friends.

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Hester Peirce needs killing ( My 20$ )
by professor rat 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

The USA can be sliced up for scrap. Death for America. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/20/some-nfts-are-probably-illegal-d… Anarchist revolution is always highly illegal. Viva la revolution!

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Cryptocurrency: Biden Nominating RusSocCom Omarova to Currencey Control, CBDC, WarOnCash
by grarpamp 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

After filling every position, including the Vice Presidency, with worthless Woke-Left-Socialist-Marxist-Commies, Biden (who sold out the US to China to raise Hunter) appoints yet another, a straight up Russian Socialist Agent... Biden Nominee For Top Banking Regulator Facing Growing Resistance In Senate https://www.wsj.com/articles/comptroller-of-the-economy-saule-omarova-joe-b… https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/biden-pick-to-run-bank-regulator-faces-demo… Unsurprisingly, some influential Senate Democrats are getting cold feet about the prospect of President Biden nominating Saule Omarova to lead the OCC. The Cornell law professor educated in the USSR who has proposed that the Fed take over most retail banking activities from the private sector (which a Fedcoin - or ZuckCoin - just might help it to do) while wholeheartedly supporting the progressives' "Green New Deal" agenda. This has, understandably, made many in both Congress, and the industry she is about to regulate, uncomfortable. As we have reported, Omarova has previously favorably compared the USSR to the US - at least when it comes to the "gender pay gap". "Until I came to the US, I couldn’t imagine that things like gender pay gap still existed in today’s world. Say what you will about old USSR, there was no gender pay gap there. Market doesn’t always ‘know best,’" Omarova tweeted in 2019, adding (after receiving harsh criticism) "I never claimed women and men were treated absolutely equally in every facet of Soviet life. But people’s salaries were set (by the state) in a gender-blind manner. And all women got very generous maternity benefits. Both things are still a pipe dream in our society!" Additionally, as the Wall Street Journal editorial board notes, "Ms. Omarova thinks asset prices, pay scales, capital and credit should be dictated by the federal government. In two papers, she has advocated expanding the Federal Reserve’s mandate to include the price levels of “systemically important financial assets” as well as worker wages. As they like to say at the modern university, from each according to her ability to each according to her needs." In a recent paper “The People’s Ledger,” she proposed that the Federal Reserve take over consumer bank deposits, “effectively ‘end banking,’ as we know it,” and become “the ultimate public platform for generating, modulating, and allocating financial resources in a modern economy.” She’d also like the U.S. to create a central bank digital currency—as Venezuela and China are doing—to “redesign our financial system & turn Fed’s balance sheet into a true ‘People’s Ledger,’” she tweeted this summer. What could possibly go wrong? -WSJ Omarova also wants to create a "Public Interest Council" of "highly paid" academics who would wield subpoena power over regulatory agencies, including the Fed. But President Biden has put these concerns aside and said he plans to nominate Omarova, though he has yet to make it official. Many speculate her nomination is mostly a sop to the party's progressive wing, since even Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen opposes her nomination. But according to a report published Wednesday by CNBC, Omarova's nomination is running into resistance in the Senate, including among key Democratic members of the committee that must approve her nomination before it goes before the entire Senate. Senate Democrats are fractured over whether to support Saule Omarova, Biden’s indicated choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, jeopardizing her candidacy. Any Democratic defection, or an indication of such, could force Senate leadership to scrap the nomination before putting Omarova up to a vote. According to CNBC's main source (who remains anonymous) is that these Senators have already shared their misgivings with President Biden. Her selection, coupled with her views on how to overhaul the US banking system, prompted several Senate Democrats or their staff to complain to the White House and suggest that the president’s choice will be tough to support on Capitol Hill, according to a person familiar with the matter. This person declined to be named in order to speak openly about private discussions between the White House and Senate offices. Others surrounding the OCC nomination process said a handful of moderate Democrats harbor reservations about Omarova and her aspirations to “end banking as we know it,” as she suggested in a Vanderbilt Law Review article. Those people cautioned that skeptical senators likely haven’t made a final decision yet but are leaning against her candidacy. But it's not just the whispers of anonymized sources from the Hill suggesting that the nomination of what would be America's first formerly Communist chief of the OCC (Saule once earned a "Lenin" award back in the USSR, which has favorably compared to the US in at least one notable instance) is in trouble. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, a critical red state Democrat and community banking champion, told CNBC that he's having second thoughts - though he didn't say he opposes the nomination. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana told CNBC on Tuesday that he has "concerns about Omarova’s candidacy. Tester, known in the Senate as a champion of community banks, did not indicate whether he opposes her outright. "Some of Ms. Omarova’s past statements about the role of government in the financial system raise concerns about her ability to impartially serve at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency," he said. "I’m looking forward to meeting with her to discuss them." Tester, a moderate member of the Senate banking committee, would also vote on whether to recommend Omarova to the broader chamber. A representative for Sen. Mark Warner, another moderate on the banking committee, said the Virginia Democrat has not yet made a decision on whether to support Omarova. Of course, Senate progressives like Sherrod Brown of Ohio still full-throatedly back Saule's nomination. The office of banking committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, a fierce advocate of Omarova’s, reiterated its support for Biden’s pick. "Senator Brown and the White House continue to push back against Republicans’ misleading statements against Ms. Omarova’s character and policy positions," a spokesperson said. The White House continues to support Omarova’s nomination, an official said. In a sign of how little the leadership wants to deal with this right now, with so many other Democratic priorities being hammered out, including Biden's entire domestic agenda, when approached by CNBC, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to even return their request for comment. At the very least, the takeaway from all of this is that even if Omarova's nomination isn't already dead in the water, the Dems won't have the bandwidth to deal with a high-profile nomination fight until next year.

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Naval of the world
by professor rat 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

naval - 12h Bitcoin is the bet that there is only one kind of valuable token. Altcoins are the bet that there are many kinds of valuable tokens. NFTs are the bet that each and every token can be uniquely valuable. Similar to Monotheism is the belief that there is only one kind of valuable person. Deist’s are of the belief that there are many kinds of valuable persons. Atheists believe that each and every person can be uniquely valuable. Or Bitcoin is the steampunk crypto-industrial revolution. Altcoins are workers-councils and the electrification of the entire planet NFTs are the possibility of ubiquitous crypto-anarchy saving this planet and preparing us for the stars

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Where they lie about abortion they will libel anarchism
by professor rat 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

https://www.vox.com/culture/22715333/tv-abortion-plot-storyline-lies complex elements of real public discourse were oversimplified into a pro/anti debate, where “reasonable” people on both sides framed the issue in moral terminologies

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Big Gods PR problem
by professor rat 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $65K on Strength of ETF Debut. That means increasing enmeshments with govts, up to and including the Great Satan itself. Though it has catalyzed a lot of rapid cryptoanarchist evolution the Mangy Dog is increasingly attracting bigger disease-ridden fleas and so must be put down, sorry , sent to that big sunny farm upstate. Bitcoin also threatens the environment https://www.somagnews.com/bitcoin-mining-with-fossil-power-plants-threatens… Any attack on the environment demands a measured and proportional response. And if there was a God it would be necessary to destroy it.

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