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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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justice finally - 10yo boy faces juvie for doing what no 10yo boy could ever in their right mind do - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 02 Aug '19

02 Aug '19

America, land of the brave, home of the free. Justice is finally being done in the playgrounds of The Greatest MAGA In The World: 10-Year-Old Charged For Assault... With A Dodgeball https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-02/10-year-old-charged-assault-dodge… https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/10-year-old-charged-for-assault-with-a-… 10 year old charged for assault… with a dodgeball A ten year old boy will be brought to juvenile court on assault charges. His heinous crime was hitting another 10 year old in the face with a dodgeball at recess. He originally got suspended from school for one day… which seems like a more reasonable punishment. But the tattle-tale mother of the injured child felt the need to get the authorities involved over a month after the incident. So now before the next school year starts, the 10 year old deviant will be hauled in front of a juvenile court to answer for his playground crime. We all know that you aren’t supposed to aim for the head in dodgeball… and we all probably did it anyway as kids. That’s something you should explain to the principal, not a judge. https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/canton-10-year-old-charged-wi… A kind-hearted 79 year old woman started feeding her neighbor’s cats after he moved away and abandoned them. Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished. Her other neighbor’s ratted her out for violating a city ordinance against feeding stray cats and dogs. But what is she supposed to do, just watch as these living breathing animals she cares for starve? Unlike her neighbors, she had the compassion to keep caring for the cats despite three citations from the city. Finally she was hauled in front of a judge who saw it fit to sentence this old woman to ten days in county jail. For feeding cats. I don’t know who is worse, the neighbors or the judge? https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/79-year-old-woman-sentenced-to-10-d… SWAT team raids a guy’s home over Facebook parody of police One creative gentleman created a Facebook page that looked almost exactly like his local police department’s page. But the differences became apparent when you looked closer. For instance, in the jobs section, it said “minorities need not apply.” It also included posts about the department giving honorary police commissions to pedophiles. It was a parody page, and clearly this man had an interesting sense of humor… But as offensive as these posts may be to police, and others, it’s not a crime. That didn’t stop the police from sending in the SWAT team. They raided the man’s home, arrested him, and charged him with impairing police services. He spent a few days in jail before posting bail. And when the case went to trial, he was acquitted by the jury. Since his arrest was an obvious violation of free speech, the man sued. Usually this is the part where cops get qualified immunity, meaning they can’t be sued because it wasn’t clear to them that they were violating someone’s rights. But in a rare moment of clarity, a judge decided that this one was pretty obvious: police should have known they were violating this man’s well established rights. The First Amendment suit will move forward. https://www.rt.com/usa/465345-police-parody-lawsuit-approved-ohio/?fbclid=I…

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US 9/11: The Dark Overlord - Feeds Grand Jury, Fucks With The Deep State
by grarpamp 02 Aug '19

02 Aug '19

> Our new hub: https://steemit.com/@thedarkoverlord/ Steemit killed their url. And tdo seems gone missing / out of steem since days. Hacking https://github.com/steemit For Dummies https://steemdb.com/@thedarkoverlord https://steemd.com/@thedarkoverlord https://steemkr.com/@thedarkoverlord https://steemkr.com/@thedarkoverlord https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy https://www.activistpost.com/2019/01/federal-grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-th… https://lawyerscommitteefor9-11inquiry.org/26-nov-2018-press-release-respon… https://lawyerscommitteefor9-11inquiry.org/lc-doj-first-amended-grand-jury-… https://www.ae911truth.org/news/503-u-s-attorney-takes-first-step-toward-pr… https://www.ae911truth.org/ http://pilotsfor911truth.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZiMG84hws0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emqrI1I1tNY For so long as any info remains classified, NEVER FORGET. End all govt secrets... godspeed all testimonials, leakers, crackers, and publishers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 26, 2018 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY AGREES TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW REQUIRING SUBMISSION TO SPECIAL GRAND JURY OF REPORT BY LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE AND 9/11 VICTIM FAMILY MEMBERS OF YET-TO-BE- PROSECUTED 9/11 RELATED FEDERAL CRIMES The 9/11 truth movement has been active and persistent for over 17 years, and while mainstream media won’t touch the story, and while most Americans refuse to even consider the possibility that the attacks were an inside job, the actual evidence supporting controlled demolition theory is so convincing that a legitimate federal grand jury investigation will address this very question. Thousands of architects and engineers, pilots, security professionals, journalists and concerned citizens have been demanding that the federal government release the truth about the attacks, all noting that there is overwhelming circumstantial and scientific evidence proving that the World Trade Center towers, including building 7, were brought down by a pre-planned controlled demolition. The evidence for this is exceptionally captivating, and The Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry has successfully submitted a petition to the federal government demanding that a grand jury consider this possibility. Finally, the U.S. Attorney has issued a response, agreeing to ‘comply with the law’ and open a grand jury investigation. This could mark the most substantial progress to date in the fight for 9/11 truth. The Lawyers’ Committee’s April 10th 52-page original Petition was accompanied by 57 exhibits and presented extensive evidence that explosives were used to destroy three WTC buildings. That evidence included independent scientific laboratory analysis of WTC dust samples showing the presence of high-tech explosives and/or incendiaries; numerous first-hand reports by First Responders of explosions at the WTC on 9/11; expert analysis of seismic evidence that explosions occurred at the WTC towers on 9/11 prior to the airplane impacts and prior to the building collapses; and expert analysis by architects, engineers, and scientists concluding that the rapid onset symmetrical near-free-fall acceleration collapse of three WTC high rise buildings on 9/11 exhibited the key characteristics of controlled demolition. The Lawyers’ Committee’s July 30th Amended Petition addresses several additional federal crimes beyond the federal bombing crime addressed in the original Petition. The Lawyers’ Committee concluded in the petitions that explosive and incendiary devices preplaced at the WTC were detonated causing the complete collapse of the WTC Twin Towers on 9/11 and increasing the tragic loss of life. [Source] This famous video of the free-fall collapse of WTC building 7 has haunted the internet for years, demanding justice. In it, you can see a virtually unharmed building being brought down in a matter of seconds, exactly like a professional controlled building demolition. The following interview with the founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth goes into great detail about the criminal nature of the cover up of the truth about these attacks. Final Thoughts Seventeen years after the worst terrorist attack in modern history, we may be finally seeing some official recognition that the official story is false and incomplete. Will the truth finally be revealed? Time will tell. While we wait, however, you can view the petition to the federal grand jury here.

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Zero Point Energy
by Steven Schear 02 Aug '19

02 Aug '19

I'm interviewed for this article. https://medium.com/predict/zero-point-energy-on-the-frontier-of-science-458…

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CNBC: Branson-backed cryptocurrency start-up launches a super-fast exchange to take on Coinbase
by jim bell 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

CNBC: Branson-backed cryptocurrency start-up launches a super-fast exchange to take on Coinbase. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/30/bitcoin-blockchain-launches-crypto-exchange…

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BBC reaches infinite self parody
by Punk 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

Here's an amazing example of mixing feminazi propaganda with the most yellow 'journalism' the 'eye catching' headline reads "she was raped while giving birth". https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-39118432 and of course the article is just a rambling screeching collection of fake news. You can rest assured that the spanish edition of the BBC is even worse than the english.

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Trial by ordeal in perpetuity
by Ryan Carboni 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

Trial by ordeal is illegal, self-evidently so. Law enforcement has principally two means of catching an offender: being coy, and putting pressure on them. Being coy only works on unstable egoists. I could allege I don’t have much of an ego, but the FBI proved in the USS Iowa turret explosion that they just rationalize the psychological reasoning for a theory that other law enforcement agencies give them. Putting pressure on them depends on the type and nature of pressure placed upon them. I could say I am involved in something that is Mr Big scale, but involving welfare, but that sounds too absurd no one would believe me. Right now I’m 80% dependent on my parents so the situation will continue, unless I can actually achieve employment with a blank resume. Ultimately though, I’d like to get on with my life. Still absurd: this guy is acting like he has a bit of autism in the social situation, so he’s fairly silent or untalkative, lets bother him by insinuating one of the absurd crimes he is accused of that we never plan on charging him for. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat
by jim bell 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-documents-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-16000050… Jim Bell's comment:Mere opinions are becoming the new enemies now.

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Censors steer cryptography@metzdowd.com mailing list, kill free and open discussion
by grarpamp 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

Rethread from https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2019-July/075615.html Priv said: >> Subject: You have been unsubscribed from the cryptography mailing list > that looks a lot like an auto-remove due to bounces No. That's the admin unsubscribe button talking. cryptography(a)metzdowd.com is run by silly censors. > Perhaps this would be a good time to Call them out and quit that list for elsewhere. > You have been unsubscribed from the cryptography mailing list > 554 5.7.1 <cryptography(a)metzdowd.com>: Recipient address rejected: > you must be a subscriber to cryptography(a)metzdowd.com to post to the list. > The email address you supplied is banned from this mailing list. If > you think this restriction is erroneous, please contact the list > owners at cryptography-owner(a)metzdowd.com. To expand... there were *never* at any time any messages posted through to the list that in any way justify this laughable action by Perry the Censor, because the list is under total moderation... as such, said "moderaters" have personally approved every single poster, thread, and message to the list. Therefore every message posted to the list, including mine, has been *by exclusive logical definition* fully compliant with charter and fully endorsed by "moderator" and, regarding what did post, had every oppurtunity to be discussed, counter opined, even objected to by the list recipients publicly on list, to which there were effectively no substantive objections therein, either due to lack of cause, and or due to themselves being censored on objections, thus any of those objections were logically deemed invalid by moderator that action serving as a double approval by moderator. There is no reason to believe subjects of censorship will be permitted to open original thread discussion on list regarding such censorship, nor be successful in raising argument direct to censorious moderators... history shows both those as generally futile efforts... thus there can be no real expectation that the censored should even bother trying such avenues of recourse. To wit, who has succeeded with Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc... people have to quit them and move to better solutions. Instead of following on from the rare mentions of censorship that did made it on list by opening up a full original thread discussion with and for subscribers on list in public as to why Perry the Censor approved tens of one sided threads and posts through to the list, and then blocked counter opinion, reference links, conversation and data from being posted in reply to those very same threads and posts moderators approved in the first place, or by direct notice... Perry the Censor hit the ban button when proven and logged out as Biased Censor to the other topically related yet unmoderated and public cypherpunks list. Note the ban button clearly being laughably pointless, and supports above status, as again, the list is under total moderation whereby all posts must be approved, and the ban button has zero effect on other fora. At least now more people know the list is unreasonably biased and censored. ""Cryptography" is ... devoted to cryptographic technology and its political impact ... security and privacy technology and its impact ... technical aspects of cryptosystems, social repercussions of cryptosystems, and the politics of cryptography ... export ... laws ..." Surely Satoshi is a bit dissapointed at artificial curtailment of discussion in above areas regarding their cryptosystem Genesis. One would hope that no original leaks of Top Secret breaks to cryptosystems are being censored there, and that no other games are being played with crypto topics... who knows. I might reconsider claimed status in re censorship, bias, hypocrisy, etc upon such time as there is free and open discussion on the cryptography(a)metzdowd.com list such that the list membership may become apprised and participate as the ongoing source of moderation guidance, and upon such time as any reasonably mindful to charter original threads approved are able to enjoy reasonably full illumination thereafter by all subscribers interested in doing so respectably within thread topic as developed. Here's the censored post that caused the Censor's minds to explode... https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2019-July/075596.html For more fun... besides searching this list for more "cryptography(a)metzdowd.com" censorship logs, and the FUD and Anti posts moderator approved to be thrown at true cypherpunk cryptoanarchic cryptocurrencies and philosophy over time there... see all the random posts that then got approved even in just this OP thread, yet the sole one that plainly noted prophecy regarding both Orange's Twittered USD and Red's FB Libra Fiat GovBankCorp Regulator Coins... got censored, it's not there... https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2019-July/035180.html ... you have no idea what got censored in that thread, or in any other thread there over the years, because there's zero transparency there... it's readers are seemingly being steered by Censors tilting... seeded, fed, and programmed with a thought stream that is not permitted to be countered. Is this what we should have for a group of applied cryptographers, GovCorp consultants, open source devs, that at least part of the world might look to for, or receive in, their crypto things? And here's Serf and Order Follower Tamzen Cannoy doing Perry Metzger the Censors wetwork for him as usual... https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2019-July/035195.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBgsXA77Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9FpBAVuIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZON5IlxyBkQ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=order+followers https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tommy+robinson+banned+speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpra3cFLmMo Don't be Silenced, Share the Risk, Speak Freely...

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Burner phone for international call from US
by Douglas Lucas 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

Dear cryptocurrency hoarders, aspiring cryptocurrency hoarders, and those discarded by -- or barely hanging on in -- a global (anti)society dedicated to assigning high status to those most adept at hoarding commodities, while exterminating those odd enough to, like, help others: In Seattle where I reside, I'd like to purchase a burner phone for less than $100 USD, though upper limit price is negotiable. Preferably purchase offline with cash. This phone will be used by a comrade, whom I will coach, to place an international call to a Western country, and a few calls within the United States. I do not want the recipients of the calls to associate them with me, my name, my voice, my phone number, etc. The recipients of the calls are low-level staffpeople at small/medium-sized enterprises and/or educational institutions. I do not care what super-duper state-level, corporate-level adversaries know about me and my comrade and the calls. So although juking the NSA and doing James Bond backflips is key to cryptofarters' masturbatory fantasies, please hew to the standard spiels about threat models, etc. Just trying to trick, er undercover interview, some low level staffpeople at small/medium firms and educational institutions. Not God. A key point is, it would be good if I could install onto the device one of those obscure Russian or otherwise seedy apps that record all the phone calls, so I may transcribe the phone calls later. If that's not an option, then the device needs a loud speakerphone so I can point a small digital audio recorder at it and record the calls for later transcription. The purpose is journalistic research which, sorry not sorry Russophile Zennadsfnsdjg Harkargfdsjkghsdkjg, I will not describe, even though last time I asked something research-y you tried to pry the purpose out of me, probably so you could use it a springboard to scream pro-Putin crap. Some folks in Seattle suggested I obtain, from another person, one of the government-funded smartphones that are sometimes handed out by social services here. I've used these devices before, so many millions of adverts clog the screens, they're a nightmare. Also they would betray the area code, which probably isn't a problem but it would be ideal to have at least a non-Seattle area code, maybe an area code in some other Washington state area? Also I'm not sure if they can make international calls, being government funded. Does anyone know? Also I'm not sure it's possible to install one of the seedy call-recording apps on one of these gov devices. I'll be out of state in a few days, travelling in the US Pacific Northwest for a few days, so if there's a model y'all would suggest I buy at an out-of-state 7-Eleven or something, please let me know. If you don't know, maybe you could suggest a subreddit where it would be more helpful to ask, or an up-to-date guide or FAQ about this sort of thing. Thanks! May all your cryptocurrency fantasies come true -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon%27s_obol -- may instead of gazing at Assange's face endlessly, we instead do things that are pro social. Doug

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