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Re: Fwd: [ PFIR ] Clinton campaign -- and some cyber experts -- say Russia is behind email release
by John Young 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

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some nuance by OpenDemocracy.net on Russian journalism/ state coercion over it
by Zenaan Harkness 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

Some may find this interesting as it brings a little nuance to the old meme of "the Russian state censors Russian media with a heavy hand". Russian journalism’s double white lines Ilya Yablokov 22 July 2016 https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ilya-yablokov/russian-media-s-doubl…

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Democrat National Committee gets leaked.
by jim bell 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3703873/Does-believe-God-Wikileaks-… I am so absolutely overjoyed that somebody released these 19,000+ Democrat National Committee emails, showing that they were and are trying to sabotage Sanders' primary campaign. If there is a way to destroy a political party, this is certainly it. And the one about trying to get Bernie Sanders to state he's an atheist, because that would bother the Southern Baptists worse than if he were Jewish, that's clearly an example of making just about everyone angry at the same time. Wonderful act! Even better timing! Maybe the Democrats (and the Republicans as well) will begin to appreciate the value of good encryption. If anybody out there is old enough to remember the 1968 Democrat Convention in Chicago, which turned into a "police riot", maybe we will see a repeat 48 years later. I will, of course, be voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, albeit with a few reservations. (Only some of which can be seen by doing a Google-search for the words 'Nazi cake'). I utterly detest pandering, even if (especially if!) done by people identifying themselves as libertarians.. Jim Bell

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the West - in a state of complete self-negation, lost, confused, angry
by Zenaan Harkness 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

Russia's New Conservative Allies in the US: The 'Alt-Right' Phenomenon For those that have been paying attention, the rise of the Alt-Right is as surprising, as it is entirely expected http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/unexpected-ally-russia-emerges-west-i… AND, a NEW phrase - "ethno-masochism" :D "especially noticeable in higher education, where students are taught to believe there is something uniquely oppressive in being a straight male, something uniquely oppressive in being of European descent, something particularly deplorable about being straight…... and on it goes" "It has come to the point where it is easier to come out publically to polite society as a Tranny than it is to come out as a Trump supporter." Hate speech raids in Germany: http://www.thelocal.de/20160713/german-police-launch-first-nationwide-hate-… and plenty more ... "cultural strength" for the "white fella" (as we Aussies say), your day has come :)

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Null Island
by grarpamp 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

http://www.nullisland.com/ The next http://www.sealandgov.org/ ?

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Greens Party Jill Stein to Pardon Snowden, Manning, Kiriakou, Swartz, Etc
by grarpamp 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

http://www.wmnf.org/jill-stein-says-edward-snowden-cabinet-becomes-presiden… http://www.jill2016.com/ So, I’d say let’s welcome home Edward Snowden as soon as we can and likewise, I would pardon Chelsea Manning, and some other whistleblowers out there, John Kiriakou and others who’ve really done a great service for us. And I also want to mention Aaron Swartz, who was a proponent of a free and liberated Internet and for sharing our resources on that internet, who was basically hounded into suicide And mind you, this is the majority of our discretionary budget. It’s 54% of our budget. It’s almost half of your income tax pays for these wars and this military that’s scattered all across the world, that does not make us safer, it actually makes us less safe and it inflames the local populations If you add up all the other bases of all the other countries put together, it’s less than 30, ok? And we have 1,000. So, there’s something really wrong with this picture. By coming back to a truly Defense Department, rather than an ‘offense department,’ we can actually scale way back on our military expenditures and have hundreds of billions of dollars to put into true security, here at home and in the causes of peace and justice around the world.”

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EU Intel Property Office Report Hates on Tor, Bitcoin, Bittorrent, Goods Pirates and Models
by grarpamp 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

https://torrentfreak.com/tor-and-bitcoin-hinder-anti-piracy-efforts-160715/ https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/obs… https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/launch-ipc3-europe%E2%80%99s-response… https://torrentfreak.com/tag/bitcoin/ https://torrentfreak.com/tag/tor/ A new report published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office identifies a wide range of 'business models' that are used by pirate sites. The organization, which announced a new collaboration with Europol this week, signals Bitcoin and the Tor network as two key threats to ongoing anti-piracy efforts. To avoid enforcement efforts, pirate sites often go to extremes to hide themselves from rightsholders and authorities. Increasingly, this also means that they use various encryption technologies to increase their resilience and anonymity. Several of these techniques are highlighted in a new report published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The report gives a broad overview of the business models that are used to illegally exploit intellectual property. This includes websites dedicated to counterfeit goods, but also online piracy hubs such as torrent sites and file-hosting platforms.

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Happy 4 July!!!
by grarpamp 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJRcRZPfwQ Miami Police Shoot Unarmed Black Man Caring For Autistic Patient - Charles Kinsey because, officer says, "I don't know why".

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US FOIPA Held Up By Bogus Use Of Green Screens
by grarpamp 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/16/justice-department-freedom-… A new lawsuit alleges that the FBI intentionally conducts inadequate searches of its records using a decades-old computer system when queried by citizens looking for records that should be available to the public. Freedom of Information Act (Foia) researcher Ryan Shapiro alleges “failure by design” in protocols at the Department of Justice (DoJ) for responding to public requests. The Foia law states that agencies must “make reasonable efforts to search for the records in electronic form or format”. In an effort to demonstrate that the FBI does not comply with this provision, Shapiro requested records of his own requests and ran up against the same roadblocks that stymied his progress in previous inquiries.

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UK 'emergency' 'serious' bulk spying retention is said OK
by grarpamp 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/19/eu_court_bulk_data_ok_for_serious_c…

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