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almost impossible to believe - chemical weapons covert op in Syria
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

Such gumption - dunno how RussiaInsider can live insider themselves writing such salacious facts, shaming the CIA, USA, DOD etc! ** Syrian Army Allegedly Finds Delicious US Chemical Agents in Former 'Moderate' Rebel Strongholds http://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413c… ------------------------------------------------------------ by TASS on Wed, Aug 16, 2017 Chemical agents found at arms depots abandoned by militants suggest they were delivered to terrorists in Syria from the United States and the United Kingdom, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said at a press conference in Damascus on Wednesday. "All the special means that have been found include hand grenades and rocket projectiles for grenade launchers, which are supplied with CS and CN irritant agents [they are shown in transparencies]. The discovered chemical munitions shown in the transparency were produced by Federal Laboratories on the US territory. And the chemical agents were produced by Cherming Defence UK and NonLethal Technologies (the USA)," Mekdad said.

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Australia's most significant free speech court case ever, begins in our highest court tomorrow -- [personal@bernardgaynor.com.au: Battle to preserve our freedoms before High Court on Friday]
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

Here in Australia, the High Court is our highest court. Bernard Gaynor stands for the right (specifically here, of government employees) to speak their political views in a private capacity, when not at work. Bernard Gaynor is a conservative, and so his political views have been well against the "Liberal Lefty" mainstream of Western ideological indocrination. Notwithstanding whether one agrees with Bernard Gaynor, or holds different views to any extent, the principle at stake in this landmark Australian High Court case is the right to express or communicate one's views publicly, in your private capacity, even when you're employed by the government. -- Make no mistake, this is a landmark case, whatever the legal outcome; and the outcome of this court case shall definitively and decisively affect all "political discourse" (that's our "free speech", which is any speech which may be considered political in character), in Australia! (I'm not sure if this is the High Court, or the High Court "Full Court" or "Court of Appeal" - the point being there may yet actually be another, final round.) This court case is a fantastic opportunity for Australia's High Court Jusitices to do Australia proud and proclaim our free speech rights, or alternatively to cower behind some irrelevant legal point of minutiae, and completely avoid the salient issue at stake, which judging by the enormous and persistent support Bernard Gaynor continues to receive, is an issue of great importance to the Australian people (Bernard was completely unable to fund the huge onslaught of court cases that have been belligerently brought against him, and it has literally been grass small donations that have fueled this fundamental fight on the rights of our fellow Australians). To all newcomers to this very public Australian debate - the ruling to be handed down in due course, is NOT anything to do with the rights of homosexuals, lesbians nor any minority group in Australia; neither is this a court case about whether the Australian army should or should not be engaged in the annual Mardi Gras and or other LGBTTQQPP events; no, this court case is about one thing, and one thing only - the right of all Australians to speak their political views publicly. Do we have free speech in Australia, or do we not? --- This is the question that Australia's High Court is going to decide quite soon, and this is why this court case is one that absolutely ought be supported by all sides of the various "socio-political" debates that humans love to get emotionally involved in. I encourage everyone to make even a very small donation to support Bernard in concluding this important court case. Regards, Zenaan (PS trying again with my normail email addy - looks like the posting rules have been tightened up.) ----- Forwarded message from Bernard Gaynor <personal(a)bernardgaynor.com.au> ----- From: Bernard Gaynor <personal(a)bernardgaynor.com.au> To: Zenaan Harkness <bernardgaynorpetition(a)freedbms.net> Reply-To: Bernard Gaynor <personal(a)bernardgaynor.com.au> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:26:52 +0000 Subject: Battle to preserve our freedoms before High Court on Friday Since I last wrote to you about the resignation of the Defence imam, the battle for freedom has only increased... View this email in your browser (http://mailchi.mp/bernardgaynor/u9ceet3738-840605?e=e81c31ef95) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Dear Zenaan, Just over a month ago, I wrote to you with the good news that the Defence imam had resigned. Just today I was informed by a Defence chaplain that the expectation is that the government is looking to replace him with another. That is a battle that I am more than prepared to fight again. And win again. However, there are other fights also going on at the moment, including my two important legal cases to protect freedom of political communication in Australia and the battle to preserve marriage. And, unfortunately, I must once again I must ask for your assistance and support. Free Speech Battle 1: Protect workers with conservative beliefs On Friday the High Court will hear arguments that it should 'grant leave' to allow my case against the Chief of Defence Force to go ahead. For those unfamiliar with this matter, the Chief of Defence Force sacked me (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) for expressing views in my private capacity about Islam, Defence involvement in the Mardi Gras and other politically correct policies such as Defence-funded sex change operations. The Federal Court found in my favour in 2015 but the Full Court of the Federal Court found against me earlier this year. This matter will affect every Australian worker. Essentially, it will determine if they can be sacked for expressing political views outside the workplace that their boss disagrees with, as detailed earlier this year by the Canberra Times (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) : Gaynor’s views were expressed in his own time, in his capacity as a private citizen and not while he was on duty or in uniform. While his comments did draw a connection with the ADF, he was not purporting to speak on its behalf. There is something deeply unsettling about the government seeking to regulate an individual’s views, whether public servant, army reservist or ordinary citizen… …The High Court has a preference for sidestepping such big-picture questions and focusing solely on the narrow point of law in dispute. For the sake of public servants wanting to express their political views without fear of reprisal, we can only hope the High Court is more ambitious when it delivers the final word in the Gaynor saga. Free Speech Battle 2: Protect Australians from PC discrimination laws The High Court has granted leave to Garry Burns to appeal the win against him in the New South Wales Court of Appeal earlier this year. For those unaware of the background to this matter, Burns is a homosexual activist from New South Wales who describes his ‘work’ as lodging anti-discrimination complaints. I was facing up to $1.6 million in fines for my views on marriage, morality and family until earlier this year. This appeal now involves Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Commonwealth. At stake is our freedom from politically correct anti-discrimination laws. If Burns wins it will mean every Australian can be hauled before an anti-discrimination tribunal in another state for expressing views on such things as Safe Schools. This will only worsen if marriage is redefined later this year. Please help fight these battles Fighting for our freedom is important. But it is also expensive. These battles have cost over $250,000 since 2013 and I have only been able to do so because of the generosity of people like you. We have built a small army that has not only succeeded in the courts but has also achieved results such as forcing the resignation of the Defence imam. However, I must once again ask for your help. I am running out of the ammunition for these fights: dollars. And so I must ask for additional support again. It is truly humbling to do so and I wish that I did not need to. If you would like to donate, please use an option below: Paypal: click here (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) Family Values Action A/c (Donations fund legal actions to support family values) - BSB: 084 134 - A/c: 39 446 4501 Gaynor Family Support A/c (Donations fund this website and the Gaynor family) - BSB: 084 134 - A/c: 84 082 9276 Cheque/Money Order - PO Box 766, Park Ridge, Qld, 4125 I have no doubt that God has also assisted in these fights. I would greatly appreciate your prayers over coming days. This is what I have been praying since the fight began: O God, who has appointed Mary, Help of Christians; St Francis Xavier, and St Teresa of the Infant Jesus, Patrons of Australia; grant that, through their intercession, our brethren outside the Church may receive the light of faith, so that Australia may become one in faith under one shepherd, through Christ our Lord. Amen. – Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us. – St Francis Xavier, pray for us. – St Teresa of the Infant Jesus, pray for us. I have joined Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives In other news, I have joined (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives. Senator Bernardi played a key role in forcing the resignation of the Defence imam and has shown leadership and the ability to unite conservatives across Australia. It also means that I can continue working closely with Kirralie Smith who has led the fight against halal certification. She has joined in New South Wales as well. And I have now teamed up with old friends from Family First and new friends who are leaving Malcom Turnbull’s Liberals in droves. Defend marriage The plebiscite for ‘marriage equality’ asks us to do far more than support homosexual weddings. It will open the door to legal recognition of polygamous Sharia law ‘marriage equality’ and new, draconian anti-discrimination laws. Programs like Safe Schools will be legally forced on every school child, just as similar programs have been in places like Canada after marriage was redefined. I encourage you take sign up to support the ‘no’ campaign. Click here to do just that. (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) Whether it be threats from Islam or the cultural Marxists and politically correct, our nation’s Western Christian values are under serious assault. They are worth defending. They are worth handing onto our children. That is why I continue to fight. Thank you once again for your support, assistance, prayers and generosity. Kind regards, Bernard Gaynor Christus Rex! ** Defence & Islam ------------------------------------------------------------ http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Royal Australian Navy advertises for 'devout Muslims' (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) Defence has not learnt from politically-correct policies in other Western militaries that have resulted in the death of service personnel. The Royal Australian Navy is now advertising for devout Muslims on its webpage. See also: * Bury your head (or radicalise the military) (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) * Koran memoriser new face of Defence recruiting (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) ** Defence & PC ------------------------------------------------------------ http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… Royal Australian Human Rights Commission Air Force (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) Australians should not just worry about the capability of the F-35. They should also worry about who's flying them. The Air Force has accepted 62 recommendations from the Australian Human Rights Commission to lower standards and training programs to put females in the cockpit. http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Payne's Defence Force discriminates against men (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) A leaked Defence Force recruiting document shows that all services are actively prioritising women over men. Every Army combat role is closed to applications from males for the next 12 months. See also: * Hand out the handbags (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Marise Payne's anti-male discrimination smokescreen (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * A female Indigenous soldier speaks her mind (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Raising the White Ribbon (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Repeating the failures of the past (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) * In the Navy (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Rainbow-coloured egg is on the VCDF's face (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) ** Marriage ------------------------------------------------------------ http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… told to vote yes to redefining marriage (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) The leadership of the Islamic community has been very quiet about marriage. The word on the street is that they see the plebiscite as an opportunity to open the door to polygamy... http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… road to Sharia and polygamy (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) Italy legalised same-sex relations in July 2016. Less than six months later it was facing a campaign for Sharia 'marriage equality'... See also: * This already ain't a respectful debate (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Welcome to the rainbow PC tsunami (or if you don't know, just vote no) (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * The entirety of the 'Yes' case (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) * Graham Perrett's hypocrisy (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Malcolm Turnbull's rainbow adventure (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) * Where's the marital fidelity round? (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) ** Islam ------------------------------------------------------------ http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… cannot be reformed (so don't bother) (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) Calls for an Islamic 'reformation' sound good. But they misunderstand Western history and completely misinterpret Islamic doctrine and teaching. See also: * Teaching Islam (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) ** Saving the West from itself ------------------------------------------------------------ http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… as the world burns (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) It's like we're stuck in the R.E.M. song about the end of the world. And everyone sings that they know it. And everyone dances that they feel fine. But we're headed for another song by R.E.M. - 'Everybody Hurts'... http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… out Andrew Bolt (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) Andrew Bolt's usual sense of logic failed him when he decided to criticise Donald Trump's transgender ban for emotional and personal reasons. http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… truth has hit the fan (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) I think it's a process known as lying one's way to the truth. It happens when PC bureaucracies become so inept that it's the only response when it hits the fan... See also: * Just how much is made up? (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Money over morality (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) * Bernardi swoops again (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Speak now or lose your freedom (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) * Losing like losers (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Facebook (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… Twitter (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155… Google Plus (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558…) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Website (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) mailto:personal@bernardgaynor.com.au Email (mailto:personal@bernardgaynor.com.au) http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558… Join the fight and donate today (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) ============================================================ Copyright © 2017 Bernard Gaynor, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Bernard Gaynor PO Box 766 Park Ridge, Qld 4125 Australia ** unsubscribe from this list (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/unsubscribe?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa155…) ** update subscription preferences (http://bernardgaynor.us11.list-manage2.com/profile?u=2f7e1c8c95718aa1558f96…) ----- End forwarded message -----

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[SlightlyAboveMyPaygrade] The problems with encryption on Android
by Razer 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

> > The limitations of Android N Encryption > > Over the past few years pixelphonewe’ve heard more about smartphone > encryption than, quite frankly, most of us expected to hear in a > lifetime. We learned that proper encryption can slow down even > sophisticated decryption attempts if done correctly. We’ve also > learned that incorrect implementations can undo most of that security. > > In other words, phone encryption is an area where details matter. For > the past few weeks I’ve been looking a bit at Android Nougat’s new > file-based encryption to see how well they’ve addressed some of those > details in their latest release. The answer, unfortunately, is that > there’s still lots of work to do. In this post I’m going to talk about > a bit of that. > > (As an aside: the inspiration for this post comes from Grugq, who has > been loudly and angrily trying to work through these kinks to develop > a secure Android phone. So credit where credit is due.) > > Background: file and disk encryption > > Disk encryption is much older than smartphones. Indeed, early > encrypting filesystems date back at least to the early 1990s and > proprietary implementations may go back before that. Even in the > relatively new area of PCs operating systems, disk encryption has been > a built-in feature since the early 2000s. > > The typical PC disk encryption system operates as follows. At boot > time you enter a password. This is fed through a key derivation > function to derive a cryptographic key. If a hardware co-processor is > available (e.g., a TPM), your key is further strengthened by > “tangling” it with some secrets stored in the hardware. This helps to > lock encryption to a particular device. > > The actual encryption can be done in one of two different ways: > > Full Disk Encryption (FDE) systems (like Truecrypt, BitLocker and > FileVault) encrypt disks at the level of disk sectors. This is an > all-or-nothing approach, since the encryption drivers won’t > necessarily have any idea what files those sectors represent. At the > same time, FDE is popular — mainly because it’s extremely easy to > implement. > File-based Encryption (FBE) systems (like EncFS and eCryptFS) > encrypt individual files. This approach requires changes to the > filesystem itself, but has the benefit of allowing fine grained access > controls where individual files are encrypted using different keys. > > Most commercial PC disk encryption software has historically opted to > use the full-disk encryption (FDE) approach. Mostly this is just a > matter of expediency: FDE is just significantly easier to implement. > But philosophically, it also reflects a particular view of what disk > encryption was meant to accomplish. > > In this view, encryption is an all-or-nothing proposition. Your > machine is either on or off; accessible or inaccessible. As long as > you make sure to have your laptop stolen only when it’s off, disk > encryption will keep you perfectly safe. > > So what does this have to do with Android? > Find out, with links: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/11/24/android-n-encryption/

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Re: Chilling Dissent: The Just-Us Dept Fights DreamHost for Trump Protest site disruptj20.org Info
by jim bell 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

From: Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> Lawfare. Links on-site: > > The Justice Department is fighting for information on all of the > visitors to the website disruptj20.org, as well as log files on when > and from where the visitors logged onto the site, what they looked at, > and emails related to the site. The site at the center of the storm > bills itself as a platform connecting Trump protesters and > "support[ing] the massive and spontaneous eruption of resistance > across the United States that’s happened since the election." > > At the New York Times, Charlie Savage reports that federal > investigators have issued a search warrant to the internet hosting > company DreamHost, which is now challenging the warrant as > unconstitutionally broad—complying with it would allegedly require > handing over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses and the information, > emails and photos of thousands of users. Also see the Washington Post > story last night from Ellen Nakashima. [...]> https://lawfareblog.com/justice-department-fights-web-hosting-company-trump… When police or prosecutors are seeking a search warrant, the usual procedure is for them to prepare a document, which is called a "warrant affidavit", which is supposed to contain sufficient facts and argument to justify a judge granting the warrant. This document is presented to a judge who considers it, and either grants or denies the warrant.Warrant affidavits are usually secret before a warrant is granted, although sometimes they may no longer be secret after the warrant is served. The affidavit document is what you want to see to find out why they wanted a warrant in the first place. This is a discussion of the warrant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/15/a-close… This seems to be the warrant itself: https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DH-Search-Warrant… It refers to an affidavit, "D2-1645". When combined with "dreamhost, a top google-search result ('D2-1645 dreamhost") is: https://www.eff.org/files/2017/08/14/2017.07.28_motion_for_dreamhost_to_sho… This statement says that the affidavit is sealed (meaning secret). "At the center of the requests is disruptj20.org, a website that organized participants of political protests against the current United States administration. While we have no insight into the affidavit for the search warrant (those records are sealed), the DOJ has recently asked DreamHost to provide allinformation available to us about this website, its owner, and, more importantly, its visitors." Jim "Perry Mason" Bell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnuJVWdQk9w

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Peak freedom from Political Correctness has been reached - [ PFKR ] Wow': Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump
by Zenaan Harkness 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

This is a moment in time that shall go down in history, folks. As said a ways back, the multi billion dollar CNN corporation single handedly busted history's most severe levels of "only ever raise politically correct, non-Jewish related questions, now" social domination of the West, simultaneously restarting the public discourse on that very J (and very Q) "JQ" - aka The Jewish Question. <snigger> Evidently Fox News wants in on the Good Times :D Especially this nugget, from Fox News' "The Specialists" host, Guy Benson, talking about the recent huwaite march in Charlottseville: "They were chanting things like, 'Jews will not replace us,'" Mr. Benson said. "There's nothing good about that." ( In the immortal words of a grinning Kek: "That's where you're wrong, kiddo :)" ) So, ask Arch-Angel Gabriel, Mr Benson, or ponder the meta cycles arising from the shibboleth, and perhaps wisdom shall dawn - unlikely, but possible nonetheless. What a gas, as they say ... ----- Forwarded message from "PFKR", aka The Kangz ----- Wow': Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/business/media/wow-stunned-tv-hosts-reac… On Fox News, normally a redoubt of Trump support, the 5 p.m. co-hosts of "The Specialists" shook their heads, with the anchor Guy Benson saying that Mr. Trump "lost me" when he insisted that some "very fine people" participated in the white supremacist rally. "They were chanting things like, 'Jews will not replace us,'" Mr. Benson said. "There's nothing good about that." His co-host, Ms. Timpf, a libertarian pundit who contributes to National Review Online, exhaled deeply. "It was one of the biggest messes that I've ever seen," she said. "I can't believe it happened." Disbelief also dominated the early reaction on MSNBC and CNN, where Mr. Tapper ended his afternoon show by directly addressing viewers. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Kangztein (lauren(a)kangz.com) https://www.kangz.com/laurenk ----- End forwarded message -----

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The masochist says “Beat me!” … from Defending People and My Regal Liege
by Zenaan Harkness 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Someone's finally done a blog on spending/ valuing ones own attention - and nailed it! Enjoy :) The masochist says “Beat me!” … August 14, 2017 By Mark Bennett … and the sadist says “No.” http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2017/08/the-masochist-says-beat-me/

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Closing, but not closing, Sec. 702’s Backdoor Search Loophole
by Razer 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

> > With less than five months to go until Section 702 of the Foreign > Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires, we still do not have a > clear path forward to a reauthorization that would also address the > law’s substantial problems. A major reason for this is an impasse on > what to do about the law’s most significant flaw: that it permits the > government to seek out the content of Americans’ communications that > have been swept up through Section 702 without any suspicion of > wrongdoing, let alone a warrant, a problem known as “the backdoor > search loophole.” Unfortunately, opponents of reforming the loophole > have either failed to understand how the proposed fix to the loophole > would actually work, or are describing it inaccurately in an effort to > discredit reform. > > A common critique of the fix has recently come forward. It wrongly > argues that closing backdoor search loophole would require a probable > cause warrant to access any information about Americans... > > [...] > > Yes, the most important part of the fix is to require a probable cause > warrant to review content—the same obligation that exists in every > other situation where the government deliberately seeks out the > content of an American’s communications. But the reform proposal for > years does not impose that requirement for other types of Section 702 > data queries. > > Most notably, the text of amendments to close the loophole that were > introduced by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) in > 2014, 2015, and 2016 permit queries as authorized under all provisions > of FISA and Title 18 of the US Code (domestic law enforcement > surveillance provisions). This means that metadata searches that > examine, for example, who someone has been corresponding with but not > what they have said, can be conducted pursuant to the lower relevance > standard – whereby government must simply show that the information > sought could aid in furtherance of an investigation – permitted under > FISA Pen/Trap laws and Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, both of which > are explicitly included in the reform language. In full with links, Just Security: https://www.justsecurity.org/44125/opponents-closing-backdoor-search-loopho…

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[RUS] Ukraine - former OSCE rep reveals all: eye witness report + interview
by Zenaan Harkness 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

>From the coal face. Exclusive Interview: former OSCE representative reveals all http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/08/exclusive-interview-former-osce.html

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ROTF! The Daily Stormer needs to find another DNS!
by Razer 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Hate speech. Maybe it can settle into Cloudflare. Considering the US government is Fascist with serious Nazi tendencies and has been for a long, long time, it's unlikely the NSA will honeypot it... Unless they think they can do some good recruiting. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/us/godaddy-daily-stormer-website-trnd/index.h… > > "We have informed The Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move > the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of > service. If no action is taken after 24 hours, we will cancel the > service," GoDaddy spokesman Dan Race told CNN in a statement. > > "Given their latest article comes on the immediate heels of a violent > act, we believe this type of article could incite additional violence, > which violates our terms of service." > > An article posted on the Daily Stormer called Heyer "fat and a drain > on society." > > "Despite feigned outrage by the media, most people are glad she is > dead, as she is the definition of uselessness," the story said. "A > 32-year-old woman without children is a burden on society and has no > value." > Sounds like Nazis to me. Or rabid settler Zionists contemplating the comparative value of their fingernails and Palestinian lives. Rr

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[vanity post] A whole new meaning to 'Rr'
by Leigh Meyers 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

> Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects > from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. > It is a pro-worker, anti-racist organization that focuses on working > class liberation from the oppressive systems which dominate our lives. > In states where it is legal to practice armed community defense, many > branches choose to become John Brown Gun Clubs, training ourselves and > our communities in defense and mutual aid. > > This project was founded in June 2016, by several members of previous > similar community defense formations in Kansas and Colorado. We have > 30+ vetted branches, united under our common goals as outlined in our > principles, and organized through a collaboratively built national > network. https://www.redneckrevolt.org/ Rr Ps. The 60s. "Rising Up Angry", Radical 'Greasers' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Up_Angry

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