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Cries of scam arise as once high-flying firms fail to deliver on cryptocurrency
by g2s 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

The ethics of weasels and vultures. Is it any wonder that all the creatives fled the industry leaving a culture of self-interested hacks behind? WASHINGTON When the price of bitcoin and other digital currencies shot up late last year, insurance agent Ryan James wanted in on the action. He hit a trifecta. Unfortunately for James, the trifecta was in three get-rich-quick companies that crashed in value, drew the attention of U.S. and Canadian regulators and highlighted the dangers of the go-go world of digital currency. The sharp skid in fortunes of the three companies — USI-Tech Limited, BitConnect and DavorCoin — has triggered hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for clients around the world, and perhaps more... http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/art…

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the "interests" of democracy - ex-CIA director Woolsey
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Now here's a quote for the history books - gold moment :) https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-17/former-cia-chief-admits-us-meddli… Fox News' Ingraham asks Woolsey, "Have we ever tried to meddle in other countries' elections?" He responds, surprisingly frankly... "Oh probably... but it was for the good of the system..." To which Ingraham follows up... "We don't do that now though? We don't mess around in other people's elections?" Prompting this extraordinary sentence from a former CIA chief... "Well...hhhmmm, numm numm numm numm... only for a very good cause...in the interests of democracy" 'tube direct: youtube-dl -f best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpWai3kZ-gM

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[RUS] IRL, actual Russian troll farm, actually investigated by CNN
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Wow. Just wow. O. M. G. I can't believe it's not journalism. It's, like, you know, like 2018 already like already like. Like wow! Everybody's fav MSM monthly rag, that rad JQ-pumping bleeding edge black hole sucking insanity to infinity, CNN, has actually investigated an actual Russian troll farm. These investigative sharks jump hoops to take no prisoners in their shark jumping exercise - did I mention CNN jumps the shark? We're talking real life Kremlin catering contracts, to real life dumpster dive - CNN style FTW‼ There's even a top shelf food pun, adding a little spice in order to really dish-up CNN's chops in mashing a juicy smorgasboard of nothing-burgers into some tasty morsel of high-carb fibre-free entertainment sugar ... without the sugar. Since food-puns are so difficult (hell, I've tried and failed), yet so hip like, a few folks round these parts ought be up for top-dog salaries at CNN (who've tried and failed 3 times now to sell themselves to the highest bidder - I mean ANY bidder - please won't you bid for CNN?? Pretty please with carbs on top? Perhaps you've got a bitcoin you could throw their way up to good value?) There's a ... chance ... you've seen this guy (Matthew Chance) before, or perhaps his ... luck ... has run out. There! I did a pun for y'all! Infestigative journaljism at its best. <echo> <echo> <echo> ... laughing their arses off at us ... <///> https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-19/cnn-roots-through-russian-garbage… CNN Roots Through Russian Garbage, Gets Tossed Out Of Russian "Troll Farm" At least Amurricans are logical (or something): https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-20/gun-control-advocates-are-now-arg… The Poles want their story told: https://www.rt.com/news/419370-polocaust-museum-non-jewish-victims/ ‘Polocaust museum’: Polish minister calls for commemoration of non-Jewish victims of WWII and the Dutch and the Germans (finally) are getting fed up: Newcomer Euroskeptic, anti-migrant party jumps to 2nd spot in Dutch polls https://www.rt.com/news/419352-netherlands-right-fvd-party/ https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/02/far-right-party-gains-momentum-in.html The rightward, "conservative" in some ways, nationalist wave is heating up.

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Falkvinge Groks Lightning
by grarpamp 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Falkvinge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFZOrtlQXWc vs Antonopoulos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4TjfaLgzj4

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[MINISTRY] Chicago University - leading the world in free speech
by Zenaan Harkness 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Chicago University professors - leading the world in free speech ... ... or something :D 100 Chicago Professors "Propose To Exclude Viewpoints They Find Objectionable" https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-18/100-chicago-professors-propose-ex… …“It’s been quite interesting to watch this because, as you can imagine, there are many people who are opposed to Steve Bannon and wish that he hadn’t been invited,” Mr. Zimmer says. Nonetheless, “the students have been remarkable. The student government had a ‘town hall’ with the faculty member who invited Bannon.” The students ran the event, “and they were very clear that there was to be no disruption, that they wanted to have a conversation.” But at American universities, it isn’t just the students you need to worry about. More than 100 Chicago professors have signed an open letter to Mr. Zimmer objecting to Mr. Bannon’s invitation: “The university should model inclusion for a country that is reeling from the consequences of racism, xenophobia, and hate.” They propose to “model inclusion” by excluding viewpoints they find objectionable: “We believe that Bannon should not be afforded the platform and opportunity to air his hate speech on this campus.” …

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A message from the fascist cunts at wikimierda, the americunt fascist encyclopedia.
by juan 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

well, like anything the americunts do, wikimierda aka wikipedia is a surveillance/police state 'organization'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser

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Why Are All The Anarchists So Fucked Up?
by grarpamp 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dq8kt8zfCU On Thursday February 15, 2018, Derrick Broze spoke at Anarchapulco 2018 in Acapulco, Mexico. Derrick discusses the need for a holistic self-assessment in order to change the world and to be an exampled of a self-actualized being. The Conscious Resistance Network is an independent media organization focused on empowering individuals through education, philosophy, health, and community organizing. We work to create a world where corporate and state power does not rule over the lives of free human beings. Support our work: Patreon.com/DerrickBroze Find more videos like this at: www.theconsciousresistance.com https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anarchapulco&sp=CAI%253D

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Japan opens asylum floodgates in 2017
by Zenaan Harkness 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Well seems Japan's catching up to the West on the Asylum seeker front - 19,628 asylum seekers in 2017, something of a record! This is an 80% growth! And 20 of these applications were accepted! "Immigration is a controversial subject in Japan, where many pride themselves on cultural and ethnic homogeneity, even as the population ages and its workforce shrinks." Damn! Those open minded and accomodating Japs, more welcoming than Israelis!‼ Seriously, that's quite a feat... “Twenty people is way too few. Judging from our experience in refugee support, I believe more people should be accepted,” said Eri Ishikawa, of the Japan Association for Refugees. Welp, that's working out for them ... Seriously, we need organisations with the efficacy of Eri Ishikawa in our countries - at least the Japanese are still allowed a little pride in their own people and culture. "Open borders" - only possible with "democracy". https://dailystormer.name/japan-19628-asylum-applications-in-2017-only-20-a… Japan: 19,628 Asylum Applications in 2017 – Only 20 Approved

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Computers are designed that in-order to secure them you need a multi-million dollar budget
by Ryan Carboni 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Computers are designed that in-order to secure them you need a multi-million dollar budget. Think I said this before. The only entities with the economy of scale to accomplish this are wealthy governments and multinational corporations. Obviously in terms of relative security: Xen KVM / Virtualbox OpenVZ / Jails BSD-type OSes Windows 10 Linux-type OSes Windows NT Windows on DOS You live in a world where after the Morris worm, everyone thought they should move data onto computers. The NSA doesn't have wiretap everything, they just have to hack the hackers who hack and amass all sorts of data. It's hard to avoid coming to certain conclusions when the entire civil liberty movement so mismanaged their efforts that in response to Snowden the only thing that happened is that our phone companies are required to store metadata instead the of the NSA (although I'm sure the NSA keeps a backup). I don't know why the government acted as if Snowden was a disaster. The government managed the response to Snowden so well that it becomes hard to conclude that top secret information is the world ender that it is claimed to be. Hillary Clinton claims that top secret information is actually news articles or something. I'd expect the ACLU to have some friendly reporters to speak on their behalf. Or to be able to assemble what Ryan Shapiro is accused of, a mosaic. It is a real mystery. I just... can't... fathom... so... difficult... I'd never imagine the ACLU would say that due process should be withheld in a single case. Big mystery. I don't see the big deal about this Russia investigation, as far as I can see, people can be literally told tomorrow's winning lotto numbers, and they would refuse to buy a ticket because they don't like the information. People are investing huge amount of time and energy to projects which don't accomplish anything. This device is libre! "What does that solve?" It is libre! "What does it do?" The same things, but not as many of them. Just to be clear, the major issues of the day are (in my favored order): 1. Zero-day stockpiles. (cyber munitions shouldn't be used against enemies of the state, but to protect citizens) 2. Mass surveillance. 3. Public-private sector collusion. The issues that GPL solves are: 1. I'm not contributing this code for free so others can profit off of it. The issues that Tor solves are: 1. Preventing people without top secret clearances from finding out what you're doing. The issues that non-profits solves are: 1. Reducing tax payment by twenty cents for every dollar spent. You people are so incredibly misinformed and insistent on incorrect information, it is unbelievable. It is hard to conclude anything but that everyone is on a make-work project to look like they are doing a good job, but everything stays the same. There is no need for disinformation, for some reasons the Russians too are terrified of reality.

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Re: AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH
by John Newman 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

On February 16, 2018 11:58:20 AM EST, g2s <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: >First off, the only reason I even saw this is because John replied to >this pinhead. Yeah I made a mistake getting caught up in my spam box. I am done with Jim. Who, hilariously, actually seems to think he is a phrenologist - I fucking knew it! >To wit, the pinhead wrote: >> Walk down the street. You will notice that black Americans generally >have smaller heads, reflecting smaller brains.. >You'd have to be a moron ... ie. Pinhead, to actually believe that. My >large jewish nose (sic) can smell the stench of this human shitpile all >the way across cyberspace. >Rr > >-------- Original message --------From: John Newman <jnn(a)synfin.org> >Date: 2/15/18 8:27 PM (GMT-08:00) To: jamesd(a)echeque.com Cc: >cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH > > >> On Feb 12, 2018, at 4:00 PM, jamesd(a)echeque.com wrote: >> >>> On 11/02/2018 11:21, John Newman wrote: >>> Are you being purposely disingenuous? There were obviously also >raiding parties and >>> the sale of “prisoners of war” between and within different black >Africans themselves, >> >> Dramatic, but atypical. >> >> Enslavement on the basis of war was generally result of pacification >campaigns, rather than "slave raids" - kings enslaved those who were >persistently causing them trouble, with the objective of deterring >troublemakers and getting rid of them. As, for example, the Irish. >> >> And most enslavement was not on the basis of war. It was more >typically for petty theft, particularly stealing from one's employer, >and vagrancy. (Not having visible means of support.) >> >>> divisions exploited by European slavers anxious to fill the gaping >maw hungry for free >>> labor to subsidize the colonization and exploitation of the “new >world”. >> >> Slavery was driven by supply, rather than demand. It was a way of >dealing with problem people. And Africa had, and still has, more >problem people. >> > > >You are so full of shit. Conversation with scum like yourself is >utterly pointless. >Slavery was driven by a SLAVE ECONOMY, which was obviously driven by >demand. >Do you actually believe the bullshit you spout? > > >> Walk down the street. You will notice that black Americans generally >have smaller heads, reflecting smaller brains. Thus require more >supervision, and are less apt to voluntarily accept supervision. >> >> People who need supervision, and are disinclined to accept it, cause >problems. Slavery was a way of dealing with those problems.

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