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Apparently, Feds agree that offering money for people's deaths is okay!!
by jim bell 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, 'crown prince of terror', believed dead https://mol.im/a/7307133 via http://dailym.ai/android Jim Bell's comment below: Although, yet to be known is if there is a mechanism to allow the assassin to collect the money anonymously, or a mechanism to prove to the public that the 'right' person actually got paid, etc.Who would kill bin Laden's son, if he had to prove he actually did the deed? Wouldn't that info leak? Or if he did kill, and yet the US government refused to pay, how could he complain and prove to the public he deserved, and yet didn't receive, the earned payoff? That, without identifying himself? Or, how could false claims of non-payment be identified, to the public? These are all questions I recognized in 1995 needed to be answered to set up a reliable, efficient assassination market. A well-implemented AP-type (Assassination Politics) system would have to provide such assurances to everyone involved, including the public. Each member of the public is potentially a future participant in the system. https://cryptome.org/ap.htm

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'Five Eyes' security alliance to discuss encryption
by Razer 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

"Encryption is one of the top agenda items at a London meeting of security officials from the U.S.-led 'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance, an official told Reuters on Tuesday. " https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-fiveeyes-britain/five-eyes-secu… Also see: "Attorney General Bill Barr says increased data encryption on phones actually puts American security at risk" Translated: By the time Americans get 5g technology it WILL NOT be hardened against cyber-intrusion like Huawei phones are. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/attorney-general-bill-barr-claims-increas… Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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Cryptocurrency: Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin
by grarpamp 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

On 7/30/19, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin. > https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/07/30/us-lawmakers-are-realizing-… Yes, and here's the video and related, with some videos posted here earlier on the matter... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcQ_AW6O07U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JE3jLaG8E https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-leaders-washington-blockchain-education/ https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/07/17/rep-patrick-mchenry-theres-no-capacit… And a fine commentary by David Chaum... https://elixxir.io/blog/privacy-preserving-technology-vs-legislation https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/David_Congressional_Testimony_p.7.e58de8b.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/David_Congressional_Testimony_p.8.bcffaed.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/Chaum_ACLU_Letter_1985_p1.48bf6c3.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/Chaum_ACLU_Letter_1985_p2.e1af549.png It's taking the programmed sheeple in the retarded public much longer to sort out the bannable centralized shitcoins like Facebook Libra and most of the top-N, from the real unbannable uncensorable distributed privacy cypherpunk cryptoanarchy coins. That process will probably take another decade to fully resolve in favor of the true cryptocurrencies. US Alcohol Drug Guns Etc Prohibition eras showed Govt can't really stop anything anyways, it's all a FUD game. And the internet is it's own Congress. In the end, what will be will be. If you're lucky, and honest OG enough in your advocacy, true cryptocurrencies will be. Politicians, Government, Banks, are wasting their fucking time, and their gains, trying to ban and FUD crypto. Their best move is to fully support a hands off open market, to service it, and buy what they can get.

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Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin
by jim bell 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/07/30/us-lawmakers-are-realizing-…

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Woke Capitalism
by Steven Schear 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

This new corporate workplace enforcement of limited worldviews only is different in degree than what used to pass for the loyalty oaths in totalitarian states. Time for corporate regime changes? https://mises.org/wire/rise-woke-capitalism

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Member Berries
by skankhunt42 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

> xorcist: > I remember when this list had posts from Assange and others > on actual cryptographic techniques and tools, > where real information was shared. Sounds like you've been eating them member berries [0]. The episode [1] pokes at trolls and the US elections. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1Y [1]: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7b5fd54d7f69f6bb68b1af7be3fbfa2a4489786f&dn

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FOIA: OpenBSD FBI
by grarpamp 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://twitter.com/RooneyMcNibNug/status/1152327783055601664 https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/foia-fbi-openbsd-7… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20489904 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=156371001712893&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&w=2&r=1&s=fbi&q=b

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The U.S. Treasury Secretary Made A Dire Warning Over The Future Of Bitcoin
by jim bell 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MQmp98I?s=a3&pd=023dWHXg The U.S. Treasury Secretary Made A Dire Warning Over The Future Of Bitcoin Forbes Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been catapulted back into the public consciousness over recent months, not only because of the soaring bitcoin price but due to interest in bitcoin from some of the world's biggest technology companies, including social media giant Facebook—which is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency next year. Shared from News Break

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The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action
by jim bell 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MRBs2yi?s=a3&pd=023dWHXg The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action Yahoo! Donald Trump might not be a fan of cryptocurrencies, but the Internal Revenue Service still wants its cut of the profits. Shared from News Break _____________ Jim Bell's comment follows:As I understand it, in America buying and selling (foreign) currencies is tax-free. The IRS arbitrarily decided, maybe in 2013, that Bitcoin would be treated differently: presumably because they knew that it would dramatically appreciate, as it has, so that they would get a cut of the increase in value. Which, of course, is unfair. No actual value increase occurs.

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Russia Probe Twist: The FBI, A Convicted Russian Agent, & A Billionaire American CEO
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Intriguing relations between Russia and the USA - the FBI, very surprisingly, fails to uphold American statutory law. Another day, another exposure of Western brutishness and/ or hypocrisy and/ or outright evil. Russia Probe Twist: The FBI, A Convicted Russian Agent, & A Billionaire American CEO https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-28/russia-probe-twist-fbi-convicted-… The illegal UK seizure of an Iranian ship, and subsequent threatening of Iran with war for doing the exact same thing in response, is hypocrisy par uber: Tanker Seizures & The Threat To The Global Economy From Resurgent Imperialism https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-27/tanker-seizures-threat-global-eco… At the end of the day, it's so sad it's pathetic - partisan infighting dominates the consciousness week after week, year after year. The moral legitimacy of the West, the so called "liberal idea" etc, is in absolute tatters - or more realistically did not exist at least at the highest levels before the (((bankers))) repeatedly undermined our institutions for their personal, private gain to the detriment of all.

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