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Smartphone Same as Black Helo
by John Young 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

The Military-Style Surveillance Technology Being Tested in American Cities https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/military-style-surve… "Under law, there's no difference between a photo taken by a smartphone through an airplane window and one taken by an ultrapowerful camera in a helo hovering over your backyard."

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Antifa Linux humor
by Razer 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

From @miro and @monsieur @todon.nl (Mastodon) I just wanna take all of the nazis on the internet and just rm -rf all of them (and while I'm at it, if I can...) find . -name nazi -exec convert {} anarchist \; https://todon.nl/@miro/102559694952453051 Rr (Har har!) Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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[PRECRIME] - Macron's France: "preventive" arrests of non-favoured protesters now routine, passed into "law" - [MINISTRY] [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

Another day, another litany of empire insanity as France "preventively" arrests those 'of interest' who are suspected of going, or intending to go, to a government designated "you're not allowed to go to this" protest. This new pre-crime law was passed, by France, in February 2019. "no authorization from a judge is necessary and no appeal possible" This is not only pre-crime in legislation folks, this is a star chamber execution of your punishment for your pre-crime. Take THAT, libber-muffalugguh-tardians!‼¡! And as French president Macron tours in his armoured bullet proof vehicular transport device from the Arc de Triumphe, the crowd cheers in wild support. Ha! Acshually no, the crowd, of thousands, boo-ed, hurled insults and shouted "Macron resign". Just as well he's got his police arresting folks for pre-crimes, preventively ... THAT'll settle down the crowds. Or something. No more sniggering now folks, just because the empire is crumbling does NOT mean we are entitled to snigger at one of the world's most arrogant leaders making a public tour and being unanimously derided and decried. Now buckle up and just make sure you tweet out yer disagreements with the state so the pre-crime Fruckerberg machine can have you, like the others, arrested before you do any harm. It's for your own good you see... OUR own good. We really ought be arresting ourselves, jah? France Is Slowly Sinking Into Chaos https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-03/france-slowly-sinking-chaos … The French police appear ferocious when dealing with peaceful protesters, but barely able to prevent groups such as "Antifa" from causing violence. Therefore, now at the end of each demonstration, "Antifa" show up. The French police seem particularly cautious when having to deal with young Arabs and illegal migrants. The police have been given orders. They know that young Arabs and illegal migrants could create large-scale riots. Three months ago, in Grenoble, the police were pursuing some young Arabs on a stolen motorcycle, who were accused of theft. While fleeing, they had an accident. Five days of mayhem began. President Macron looks like an authoritarian leader when he faces the disgruntled poor. He never says he is sorry for those who have lost an eye or a hand or suffered irreversible brain damage from extreme police brutality. Instead, he asked the French parliament to pass a law that almost completely abolishes the right to protest, the presumption of innocence and that allows the arrest of anyone, anywhere, even without cause. The law was passed. In June, the French parliament passed another law, severely punishing anyone who says or writes something that might contain "hate speech". The law is so vague that an American legal scholar, Jonathan Turley, felt compelled to react. "France has now become one of the biggest international threats to freedom of speech", he wrote. Macron does not appear authoritarian, however, with violent anarchists. When facing young Arabs and illegal migrants, he looks positively weak. He knows what the former interior minister, Gérard Collomb, said in November 2018, while resigning from government: "Communities in France are engaging in conflict with one another more and more and it is becoming very violent... today we live side by side, I fear that tomorrow it will be face to face". Macron also knows what former President François Hollande said after serving his term as president: "France is on the verge of partition". Macron knows that the partition of France already exists. Most Arabs and Africans live in no-go zones, apart from the rest of the population, where they accept the presence of non-Arabs and non-Africans less and less. They do not definethemselves as French, except when they say that France will belong to them. Reports show that most seem filled with a deep rejection of France and Western civilization. An increasing number seem to place their religion above their citizenship; many seem radicalized and ready to fight. Macron seems not to want to fight. Instead, he has chosen to appease them. He is single-mindedly pursuing his plans to institutionalize Islam in France. … One wonders why, eh? Perhaps Islam is seen as a religious "out" for those in power who live their sexual lives in the shadows and wish for the subjugation of women, in extremis. Good luck world,

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BBC News: Saeed Malekpour: Web designer escapes life sentence in Iran
by jim bell 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

Saeed Malekpour: Web designer escapes life sentence in Iran - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49224279 Jim Bell's comment: Being arrested and convicted for writing a program that is used by others to upload pornography may be grotesque, but we have no hope that such events are limited to Iran. Look at the case of Silk Road 1, for instance.

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Re: Apple Card will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies
by Michael Motes 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

The articles claims the banks are concerned that volatile prices of cryptocurrencies could leave consumers with debts they are unable to pay. That's rubbish. The banks are concerned as such but not in the connotation I believe most would construe. The volatile price might rise so rapidly everyone might actually use their credit to obtain and use cryptocoin and then not pay back their debts as banks have no recourse to collect debts except in dollars through courts, i.e. lien on your paycheck or direct freeze of bank account. Whatever they say, I think the bankers are only scared of cryptocurrency and can't survive in a bitcoin economy where they can't control the creation nor the transfer of money. Regards, MT

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Apple Card will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies
by jim bell 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

Apple Card will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-card-not-allow-purchase-215259906.html

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The bell tolls - who ends up with the loot when the reset happens?
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

So what is the "loot" or the wealth of a nation or empire? The fake wealth is numbers in a computer, the power to create money unchecked. Real wealth is "the real economy" - the means of production, farms, real estate. When (((the top of the steaming pile of bankers))) want more, what is it that they really want (besides love and connection)? A: Control. How to effect greater control? - print more 'money' to buy all tha things: QE infinity - start/continue more wars to boost MIC corps, all of which you own, and to further indebt the people, via "their" governments, to your (all private) banks - have your government lackeys print even more ('bailout') money and hand it to you: Obama Instituted the ‘Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History’ to the 1% https://thefreethoughtproject.com/barack-obama-successfully-rich-richer/ - tighten the reins, i.e. increase the interest rates, beyond the capacity of the money supply generally available to pay interest payments, and thereby cause a massive cyclical reset and consequent massive transfer of wealth from the people to the banks - as people give up their mortgages and business loans, their homes and businesses are handed 'back' to the banks The next cyclical reset looms of course: Do You Hear A Bell Ringing? https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-03/do-you-hear-bell-ringing At this point in the business cycle, corporations have loaded themselves up with so much debt that they are extremely fragile. Should the economy slow ever so slightly, it will be game over for countless over-leveraged companies. A question some find hard to answer is whether the unfairness of the privately held money printers i.e. (((the federal reserve banks))), being unfair as it is vis a vis the population at large ("the peopl"), is whether this inherent unfairness is a net good, or a net bad? Another way to pose this question: is debt enslavement a useful tool to help humans on their hopefully upward spiritual journey, or is it a noose to heavy, an anchor round the neck of the people causing them to fall to the depths of depravity and the animalistic parts of human nature? To the extent that humans can shackle their own anger and crack a whip for their charge towards freedom, knowledge and love, then to this extent, adversity is a boon. But if the cross is so heavy that no gratitude is found in the heart, then degradation follows. The actual outcome is a very personal thing - it is ones own journey through and through, ultimately. No blame or flailing can take ones elf out of ones own life - we live with the (emotional and other) consequences of our own actions which ultimately are the conseuquence of our own 'choices', and blaming "them" or "muh feels" or "muh poor childhood" or any other of the endless littany of blame worthy blame-ables, do not appear to improve ones lot. Seize your own life already. Good luck all,

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My demands
by Ryan Carboni 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

I have no interest in money, I wish to get on with my life. If the government will admit to violating my rights through entrapment, through outrageous government conduct designed to force me to have emotional distress, then I will waive all claims against them and any co-conspirators in this civil conspiracy. The government has: -spoofed communications from unaffiliated parties from which they can be no reasonable suspicion of them committing crimes. -altered emails within my inbox. -altered outgoing communications from my computer. -alternatively borked or bricked household devices for no investigative purpose -refuse to admit to an investigation while making me aware of the investigation for the sole purpose of harassing me -made mocking communications to me through their informants, for which there can be no investigative purpose or which there can be no expectation that it would yield an actionable result -cooperated with the LAPD to arrest me under false pretenses -concealed the existence of the investigation for the sole purpose of preventing an actionable claim against their unconstitutional conduct -is aware that the government’s conduct is so outrageous it would preclude prosecuting me, thus self-confirming there is no investigative purpose to the conduct If the government admits to that, admits to the truth, it will all go away. Does the US government really intend to spend billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions, to accomplish literally nothing? Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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Cryptocurrency: Music
by grarpamp 03 Aug '19

03 Aug '19

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Global Elections 2020: John McAfee - Open Call For Do'ers
by grarpamp 03 Aug '19

03 Aug '19

https://loggiaonfire.com/magazine/10_things_anyone_can_do_to_help_mcafee_20… https://www.facebook.com/mcafeelp https://www.lp.org/membership/ 10 Things Anyone Can Do To Help McAfee 2020 Rob Loggia Dec 18, 2018 It is better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success. Malcom McLaren As we prepare to enter 2019, Team McAfee 2020 has been working behind the scenes to launch a campaign for President of the United States such as the nation has never seen before. Public enthusiasm for this campaign is already very much in evidence, with offers to help rolling in every day. We are working to get the infrastructure in place to handle the efficient and successful leveraging of this mass of humanity, but there is no need to wait to get to work. One of the obstacles facing any effort involving volunteer labor is contending with Talkers while trying to retain enough mental and physical energy to empower Doers. Campaigns need Doers to function. Unfortunately, for every Doer that steps up, at least 10 Talkers also show, eager to waste vast reserves of time and resources proving to others how brilliant they are. They may be well intentioned, they may be sincere supporters, but this only makes them all the more difficult to handle with dispatch. This list is for the Doers. The power we are seeking to unleash with the 2020 campaign is not the power of John McAfee. It is the power of the individual – the power in each of us – this is the only fire that can become large enough to consume the blight on our land. This campaign is about YOU, and claiming ownership over your person and your destiny. Waiting for permission to get involved well… frankly that won’t do. The 10 suggestions listed below are just that – suggestions. Our candidate has made clear that what he is after with this campaign is the greatest possible amount of national attention. If you have an idea on how to move the ball, don’t wait for permission. Do it! Do it now. Here are 10 specific things, however, that would be a tremendous help immediately and throughout. Some are so obvious that the importance can be overlooked, and the little things you could be doing to help us are left undone. If you are serious about changing the face of this nation, of restoring the dignity and sovereignty of the individual, and helping John McAfee seize the national attention – start here. Print this list and go out and do. We’ll soon have a website up for the campaign, along with a volunteer form. We have an enormous tent, and we encourage everyone to sign up and join the campaign team. But even then, our success will depend greatly on the individuals that take what has been said here seriously. The decentralized column of our campaign has the greatest potential energy in store, and we wish to fully realize that energy. So without further adieu, here are 10 things that would really help us out. Make a realistic forecast and budget One of the obstacles we saw during the 2016 campaign was people showing up wanting to help, but in the end proving ineffective due to other commitments or lack of personal funding. We all have to work, have families, obligations, etc. We also know what our lives cost to live, and how much we bring in. An important first step to successfully helping the campaign, as opposed to just volunteering, is to take the time to do a realistic assessment of both. With this assessment in hand, you can begin to budget an appropriate amount of time and resources towards volunteering. Some people will have more time then others, and that is just fine. If you only have 5 minutes a week to spare, you can still do valuable work for the campaign. And if you’re realistic about only being able to spare that much, the odds increase that you will use that time wisely. Unfulfilled promises don’t help the campaign, or the individual making them. Be realistic about what you can do, and then budget your time and resources to make good on your offer. Join our online community (Discord) One of our volunteers has set up a discord server for the campaign to use. In addition to announcements and campaign information, this will be the place to meet like-minded people to collaborate with. If you don’t use Discord yet, it is easy enough to learn, install and use for even basic internet users. Join our community by using this link: https://discord.gg/NjxvBWB Contact media outlets and personalities Our campaign depends on attention, and the media is still the best source of public attention in American society. Now would be a great time to start reaching out to your favorite media outlets, shows and personalities and letting them know that you’d like to see John McAfee on their show. The larger outlets may not respond directly to you, but make no mistake: they are seeing them. If enough people express this desire, it will force them to at least consider the possibility. Campaign leadership will be making our own overtures, and every email and phone call in support of our position helps that process immensely. Start a PAC A political action committee (PAC) is an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and can donate to a campaign, or spend money in support of a campaign but independently of the candidate or political party. In other words, there is no limit on what a PAC can spend to influence an election in favor of a candidate. The only stipulation is that there can be no direct collusion between the PAC and the campaign. We intend to comply fully with this restriction, but our campaign is completely unaffected by it. We embrace decentralized action, and do not need to control the actions of others. People that take the time to start a PAC in favor of McAfee 2020 will be helping us tremendously. We know you will find ways to use that money to bring us the attention we need. For those that are interested, here are some resources on starting a PAC or Super PAC. Wikipedia Opensecrets.org Localvictory.com Thoughtco.com Medium Article FEC Official Website Grassroots messaging and recruiting The cornerstone of any campaign, or any human endeavor for that matter, is people. As Joe Strummer so wisely put it: Without people you’re nothing. The cheapest, easiest way to help McAfee 2020 is simply to talk about it. Take it out into the world with you – do not leave it for the internet alone. Talk to friends, family, the guy at the deli counter – anyone that will give you the time of day and a few minutes more. Let them know WHY you support McAfee 2020 and everything we stand for. Help them understand why they should too. When you find people who will listen, consider, and perhaps even decide that they like what they hear, point them in our direction. Once the campaign site is live, you can send them there. In the meantime, give them this list and put them to work. Join the LP and tell them why Our intention is to seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party in 2020, as was done in 2016. A great way to support the campaign is to join the Libertarian Party, at the state and national levels, and tell them why you are joining. Include “I’m here for McAfee” with your registration and payment to make sure leadership there knows why you are joining. For existing members, take the opportunity to renew your memberships and include the same messaging with your renewal. If enough people take this critical step, it will send a loud and clear message to the party leadership – one they sorely need to hear. Consider being a Libertarian delegate in 2020 Even more vital than membership are the voting delegates at the nominating convention. The convention will be held in Austin, Texas in 2020, and delegates are responsible for their own travel and boarding. Delegates are all free agents – none are committed at the time of convention. They may vote their conscience on that day. What our campaign needs, perhaps more than anything else, is individuals committed to the idea of seeing John McAfee on the national stage in 2020 to go through the process and become a voting delegate. We need these individuals to be willing and able to travel to the convention for the nominating vote and pull the switch for McAfee. The Libertarian Party Radical Caucus has published a guide to the steps required to become a delegate. As we get closer, the campaign will also provide information and resources to faciliate this process. But now is the time to begin considering if this is something you can do. Our success depends on a critical mass of people taking this important step. Double down on social media Social media platforms are perhaps the single most consulted data source for determining audience size and engagement in our modern world. Accounts with an active community that shares and reinforces source posts demonstrate a committed and powerful community. This is the message we wish to send to the entire world. Taking the time to follow important campaign accounts, signing up for new platforms if necessary, helps grow the audience size. Liking and sharing content spreads the word in a wider radius and demonstrates support. These are vital interactions that may be inherently trivial, but that also have far reaching consequences. If you only have 5 minutes a week to spend helping the campaign, this is how we would ask you to spend them. Add your momentum to our messaging, and amplify our campaign for more of the world to see. You will be helping us more than you know. Important accounts you can start following right away: Official John McAfee Twitter Campaign Facebook page Twitter, Campaign Manager Rob Loggia Twitter, Campaign Media Director Janice McAfee Twitter, Youth Coordinator Zoe Nawar Start a campaigning jar If you started today and put $1 in a jar every day, you would have roughly $500 saved by the time the Libertarian Party holds the nominating convention in June 2020. If you can’t manage $1, put in what you can manage, but do it consistently. You still will have saved some effective mass of money. $500 may not seem like a lot, but if you are considering becoming a delegate this could be your travel money. You could donate it to a PAC supporting the campaign, or to the campaign itself should we decide to accept campaign donations this time. Or you could get creative, and figure out how to best spend that money to help our goal. Maybe have bumper stickers, lawn signs or shirts made, and hand them out. Perhaps there will be opportunities to pool your saved resources with other individuals, enough to fund some spectacle or attention-getting stunt that can bring the campaign attention. Or maybe it will just allow you to travel to a campaign event. Either way, it is better to have some money in your pocket when setting out to accomplish something. This is an easy way to ensure that you do. We can’t tell you how to use this money. We can’t even tell you TO use it. This is just a friendly suggestion. If you do decide to start a campaigning jar, download this nifty lable and print it to paste on the jar. Put it somewhere you will see it every day, like next to the toilet. Now you will never forget. Learn about cryptocurrency A major focus of the 2020 campaign will be on cryptocurrency. We believe that cryptocurrency offers a unique historical opportunity to the individual – a chance to liberate one’s self, without violence, and to become more free. Money drives everything in this world, and represents the strongest of the chains bound upon us by out-of-control government. We aim to break that chain for as many people as possible by helping them become familiar and comfortable with a technology that can empower them to do it. But misinformation abounds, and the people in control of money in the present day are predictably employing a full court press of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt to discourage people from adopting this technology. Therefore, if you are out stumping for McAfee 2020, it helps if you are as informed as possible about these issues, and eager to discuss them with others. This will help us set the narrative, rather than the people that set it now. Rob Loggia is the founder of LoggiaOnFire, and has been published in the International Business Times UK, Digital Trends and on numerous online blogs and platforms. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Team McAfee. In 2015 he launched Vacant Minds Media as a platform for content that other publishers won't touch. He also was a member of the Core Team for John McAfee's 2016 bid for the office of President, and is working to help plan McAfee 2020, with a primary goal of bringing cryptocurrency to the forefront of national attention.

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