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Wigdor Sued For Dragging Cuomo Aide Into Harassment Case
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Wigdor Sued For Dragging Cuomo Aide Into Harassment Case <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884762?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Ryan Boysen Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's spokesperson hit Wigdor LLP with a malicious prosecution suit Tuesday, claiming the well-known employment law firm filed a bogus retaliation claim against him for likening a sexual harassment suit against Cuomo to extortion. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884762?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884762?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Ex-Interior Dept. Deputy's Oil Stocks Violated Ethics Laws
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Ex-Interior Dept. Deputy's Oil Stocks Violated Ethics Laws <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884749?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Emily Sawicki The onetime deputy secretary of the Interior, Tommy Beaudreau, who moved into private practice last year and now co-leads WilmerHale's energy practice, violated government ethics laws by failing to recuse himself from drilling-related matters while knowingly holding petroleum stocks, according to an internal watchdog's ethics report released Tuesday. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884749?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1884749?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Pension Insurance Deal Market To Hit £60B In 2025
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Pension Insurance Deal Market To Hit £60B In 2025 <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884420?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Martin Croucher The total value of pension insurance transactions could hit £60 billion ($79.6 billion) for the first time next year, according to a poll of lawyers, trustees and others in the retirement sector published on Tuesday. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884420?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884420?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Crypto Developers Take Aim At 'Patent Trolls' In New Deal
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Crypto Developers Take Aim At 'Patent Trolls' In New Deal <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884437?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Jamie Lennox A cryptocurrency collective said Tuesday it has inked a deal with Unified Patents to help stop "patent trolls" from registering intellectual property that risks hampering blockchain innovation. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884437?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884437?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Investors Settle Wirecard Fraud Case With Transfer Provider
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Investors Settle Wirecard Fraud Case With Transfer Provider <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881843?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Eddie Beaver Two businessmen have settled claims worth €33 million ($36.5 million) brought by investors who alleged the pair duped them into selling their stake in a money transfer provider for a pittance before the company was sold on to payments giant Wirecard for many times the price. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881843?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881843?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Lloyd's Says Forgery Sinks Claim Over Ship Struck In Ukraine
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Lloyd's Says Forgery Sinks Claim Over Ship Struck In Ukraine <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881342?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Eddie Beaver Lloyd's of London's Belgian unit has denied owing a wealth advisory business $3.7 million to cover alleged losses after a ship was struck by a mine, claiming the vessel at the time was trading in Ukrainian waters so it wasn't covered under the insurance policy. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881342?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1881342?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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UK's 1st Sanction Fine Fires Warning Shot, But A Muffled One
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

UK's 1st Sanction Fine Fires Warning Shot, But A Muffled One <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884447?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Christopher Crosby Britain's sanctions enforcer's recently imposed its first fine for a breach of Russia-related restrictions — a modest reminder that the watchdog will penalize companies that fail to understand black-letter regulations rather than the warning shot that lawyers had expected. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884447?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884447?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Gunnar Larson With CBS This Morning anchor Norah O'Donnell (she is rad), at The Courage in Journalism Awards
by Gunnar Larson 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Gunnar Larson With CBS This Morning anchor Norah O'Donnell (she is rad), at The Courage in Journalism Awards: https://www.facebook.com/share/Nbn7c23M6fYRsKeS/?mibextid=oFDknk

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Hurricane Helene Dumped 20 Trillion Gallons of Rain, Destroying Entire Towns in Western North Carolina, Hundreds of Miles from any Coastline
by Gunnar Larson 01 Oct '24

01 Oct '24

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/10/hurricane-helene-dumped-20-trillion-… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: October 1, 2024 ~ If you think you are safe from climate change, sea level rise, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes, storm surge and the like because you don’t live near an ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, the humanitarian crisis from Hurricane Helene that is playing out in Western North Carolina should quickly reorient your thinking on the matter. (You can be assured that it is doing just that in actuarial offices at insurance companies across the United States right now.) The worst hit areas of Western North Carolina – cities and towns like Asheville, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, Fairview, Black Mountain, and Swannanoa – are 485 miles north of Perry, Florida, the town closest to where Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night, September 26, as a Category 4 hurricane on the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. These decimated towns in Western North Carolina are also hundreds of miles from the Atlantic Ocean coastline. But none of that prevented apocalyptic flooding from Hurricane Helene to reduce much of these towns to rubble, leaving citizens without electricity, running water, cell phone service, or the necessities of life like food and sanitary water. For those that survived, this is the fifth day of this dystopian hell. Most Americans are rightly confused as to how a Category 4 hurricane could sustain this type of wallop after traveling 485 miles to northern inland country over rugged terrain. The main problem for Western North Carolina wasn’t wind speed – but over two feet of rainfall in some areas over three days that transformed scenic rivers into raging beasts that wiped out homes, entire towns, roads, bridges, water mains and left some electric utility substations submerged under water according to Duke Energy, which supplies electricity to much of the area. Meteorologist Ryan Maue (who has been a climate change skeptic in the past) posted the above graph on his Twitter (X) page on Sunday, indicating that between Tuesday, September 24, and Sunday, September 29, there had been 20 trillion gallons of rainfall across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. We’ve added the white arrow to his chart above, pointing out the pinkish area where over two feet of rain fell in Western North Carolina. Maue may be underestimating what happened in Western North Carolina, however. His graph shows a maximum 5-day rainfall over the Hurricane Helene impacted area of 25.84 inches. A Weather Station in Busick, North Carolina, however, recorded a 3-day rain total of 31.33 inches. The North Carolina State Climate Office posted the chart below, showing record-setting 3-day rainfall totals at 12 Weather Stations in Western North Carolina. According to the Busick, North Carolina Weather Station, as of 8:00 a.m. this morning, Busick has had 79.02 inches of rain year-to-date – but an unfathomable 31.33 inches of that rain came in the three-day period of September 25-27 during Hurricane Helene. That means 40 percent of the rainfall year-to-date in Busick arrived over 72 hours. Equally frightening, as the graph below shows, a record-setting 14.91 inches of rain fell in just one day, Friday, September 27 – the day that rivers raged over their banks and erased multiple towns and dozens of human lives in Western North Carolina. (As of this morning, the state of North Carolina is reporting a total of 56 confirmed deaths from the hurricane with more than 600 persons still missing.) North Carolina Weather Station Totals of Rain During Hurricane Helene According to NOAA Senior Scientist Tom Knutson, the most recent assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded the following: Hurricane “rainfall rates are projected to increase in the future due to anthropogenic warming and accompanying increase in atmospheric moisture content.” Anthropogenic warming means that as greenhouse gas emissions increase, they trap the sun’s heat. This leads to global warming and climate change. The planet is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history. Hurricane Helene drew its energy from the Gulf of Mexico, whose waters hit record hot temperatures in August, registering surface temperatures of 90 degrees. At one point before landfall, Hurricane Helene was 430 miles wide — packing enormous amounts of hot moisture to sustain its own energy as it moved hundreds of miles inland. The IPCC assessment also concludes that hurricane intensities globally are projected to increase. “Rapid intensification is also projected to increase.” Hurricane Helene went from a Category 1 to a Category 4 in less than 24 hours as it fed on the record hot waters of the Gulf of Mexico. For what you can do to cut back on energy usage to help reduce global warming, see our report here.

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Re: cypherpunks Digest, Vol 109, Issue 22
by Gunnar Larson 01 Oct '24

01 Oct '24

My mother's birthday is July 4th. On Mon, Jul 4, 2022, 6:56 AM is when I first shared "The Entrapment Controversy" with this list. On Mon, Jul 4, 2022, 6:56 AM <cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)lists.cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Coronavirus: Thread (grarpamp) > 2. Re: Coronavirus: Thread (grarpamp) > 3. Cryptocurrency: WarOnCash - Banks Ratchet Up Restrictions and > Tracking (grarpamp) > 4. Cryptocurrency: Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All, Saylor Buys > TFD (grarpamp) > 5. The Entrapment Controversy (Gunnar Larson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 04:50:31 -0400 > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Re: Coronavirus: Thread > Message-ID: > < > CAD2Ti2_zN6vu57ZD2k5V5umBjV9qdM45fdS+jcr4881_J+oXfw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > The State's goal with its Plandemic, and Politician Media FUD, > was to alienate you from anything and everything that > competes with the State, including religion... > > > > https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/us-religious-leaders-explain-why-faith-in-god… > > https://www.justfacts.com/news_covid-19_anxiety_lockdowns_life_destroyed_sa… > > US religious leaders explain why faith in God hit lowest level ever, > say COVID made it worse > By > Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News > July 3, 2022 5:48pm > Updated > The new poll showed that 81% of Americans believe in God, which is a > six-point drop from 2017. The new poll showed that 81% of Americans > believe in God, which is a six-point drop from 2017. Getty Images > Originally Published by: > Fox News > > Lee Greenwood on 4th of July and America: 'Grateful to be in a free > country' > Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade after we marched, prayed, and > kept the faith > As Supreme Court rules for coach and prayer, faith leaders weigh > in: 'We rejoice' > > A new Gallup poll shows that Americans’ faith in God has hit an all-time > low. > > And four Christian faith leaders said that a variety of factors, > including young people filling their lives with things besides God and > anxiety from coronavirus lockdowns, have contributed to the decline. > > The poll showed that 81% of Americans believe in God, which is a > six-point drop from 2017 and represents the lowest percentage Gallup > has ever recorded. The biggest drop in faith in terms of age groups > was a 10% decline in 18- to 29-year-olds who say they believe in God. > > Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville in rural > East Texas and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, told Fox > News Digital that more and more people in the United States have “not > only no connection to faith congregation but also really no time in > life to stop and contemplate anything spiritual.” > > “Even some of the people who identify themselves as Christians and say > they believe in God and have accepted the gospel, for a lot of them, > church and contemplation and worship have been squeezed out by the > schedule in their lives,” Barber explained. > > Rev. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., president of Concordia Theological Seminary > in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a former Lutheran pastor, told Fox News > Digital, “People are continuing to search and continuing to think > about the larger questions, but the lack of dedicated spaces and time > set aside for that leads to the chaos that we see around us > presently.” > > Young people are the demographic that Catholic Bishop Robert Barron, > bishop-designate of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester and founder of > Word on Fire, “worries about the most” because they have “inherited > the attenuation of religious practice” that is prevalent in society. > The poll reported the biggest drop in faith in terms of age groups was > a 10% decline in 18- to 29-year-olds who say they believe in God.The > poll reported the biggest drop in faith, in terms of age groups, was a > 10% decline in 18- to 29-year-olds who say they believe in God.Getty > Images/iStockphoto > > “When I was a kid, my parents took it for granted that we’d be brought > to mass, we’d be taught the ways of prayer, we learned about the > saints. They just immersed us in that world,” Barron recalled. “Well, > when you don’t immerse people in that world, you say things like, ‘Oh, > it’s up to you, you decide what you want to do when you’re 16.’ You > lose all that. And then we’re surprised that young people are adrift > and young people have lost their sense of purpose and meaning?” > > Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton, president of the Council of Bishops of The > United Methodist Church, told Fox News Digital that, in some ways, the > poll is not surprising because churches have lost multiple generations > of parishioners by not “nurturing” young people in the faith. > > “We’re missing two or three generations of people who aren’t steeped > in the rhythm or the liturgy of the church. They are not involved in > the relationships in the church. They are doing other things,” > Bickerton said. “For me, the practice of my faith is what steeps my > deepened belief in God, and if you get generations that aren’t in > church practicing the rhythm of worship or practicing their faith, > there’s no surprise they are now doubting whether or not God exists.” > Start your day with all you need to know > > Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. > > The lack of relationship building and practicing of church traditions > that has contributed to the decline in the belief in God was severely > exacerbated by the coronavirus lockdowns across the United States, the > faith leaders said. > > “I’ve talked to a lot of young people who say, ‘You know, all through > this COVID thing, I’ve come to doubt whether God exists or what my > relationship with God is,” Bickerton said, adding that people > approaching him with questions about struggling to keep their faith is > an “everyday occurrence.” > > “You cannot underestimate the power of relationships,” Bickerton > added. “So I think isolation has bred that sense of doubt.” > > Barber recounted a situation during COVID lockdowns that “moved the > needle” for him when a grandmother in his congregation urged him to > reopen the sanctuary because her son was struggling with depression > after losing his father and was in a “bad place” mentally and > emotionally without access to worship. > > “COVID, when you throw that in, people are even more isolated and > people are also removed from church,” Barber said. “COVID accelerated > these things that were already trends before that.” > > A study conducted by conservative think tank Just Facts concluded that > stress and anxiety caused by coronavirus lockdowns will destroy seven > times more years of life than lockdowns saved, and several studies > have shown that alcoholism, drug use and suicides noticeably increased > during the pandemic. > > “You see it on almost every level where if there is not the > opportunity for engagement with the community or if there’s a > purposeful rejection of engagement with the community. Whichever form > that might take, folks try and fill that void in some way or another,” > Rast said. “So higher instances of self-harm, higher instances of > suicide, real issues with mental well-being that people are facing, > and how do you address those? Well, oftentimes folks self-medicate, > and so we’ve seen a real increase in that regard as well.” > Christian church leaders said that a variety of factors, including > young people filling their lives with things besides God and anxiety, > is the reason behind the drop.Christian church leaders said that a > variety of factors, including young people filling their lives with > things besides God and anxiety, are reasons behind the drop.Getty > Images > > Barron said that the pandemic “had a huge impact,” including a “very > negative impact on young people” that he has seen “close-up.” > > “The religious practice, prayer, going to mass, going to a religious > service, as that fades away, the convictions are going to fade away,” > Barron said. “They have to be embodied, they have to be practiced.” > > Multiple faith leaders who spoke with Fox News Digital placed some > blame for the declining belief in God in the United States on churches > themselves. > > Barron told Fox News Digital that churches deserve some blame because > they have stopped “challenging” young people. > > “We try to make religion too user-friendly,” Barron said. “We try to > make it too accommodating to the culture. No. We speak out of the > ancient tradition, which has been initiating people into the mystery > of life and path and meaning for millennia. > > “And if we just adopt the hand-wringing stance and apologetics then > we’re just caving into the culture, and young people are going to say, > ‘The heck with you,’ and they’re going to find it uncompelling and > uninteresting. Stop dumbing down the faith.” > While the Gallup poll is cause for concern among church leaders, some > of the faith leaders showed optimism for the future.While the Gallup > poll is cause for concern among church leaders, some of the faith > leaders showed optimism for the future.Getty Images/iStockphoto > > Rast told Fox News Digital he believes various scandals in churches > around the country have contributed to people drifting away from their > faith. > > “I think that has given any number of people a permission to > themselves to say, ‘If this is what the church is all about, if this > is what Christianity is all about, if this is what belief in God > results in, then who needs it?’” > > Bickerton said young people in the church have become disillusioned by > not seeing what they hear in church on Sunday being practiced on > Monday. > > “I think replacing God with other things is definite, but I also > believe the church is at fault at that point because the younger > generation is pretty vocal about saying they’ve grown weary of what > they hear on Sunday is not what they experience on Monday from the > people who sit in the pew,” Bickerton explained. > > “The living out of our faith is not just a journey in a worship > service, it’s an encounter in the world. And the younger generation > wants to see how faith is lived out in the culture. And when it’s not, > when there’s inconsistency from the people in the church. It casts a > great deal of doubt within them about, ‘Does this faith really > matter?’” > > While the Gallup poll is cause for concern among church leaders, some > of the faith leaders who spoke to Fox News Digital expressed optimism > for the future, including Rast. He pointed out that the percentage of > people who believe in God in the United States is still higher than > polling shows in European countries. > > “When you take the longer view, the truly remarkable thing is that, > even with the recent Gallup poll indicating just over 80% of Americans > believe in God, that’s really quite a striking number comparatively > speaking to the rest of Western culture.” > > Barber explained that his optimism for the future comes from his > studying of history and his belief that atheism does not provide the > answers that people who leave the faith are looking for. > > “There have been a whole lot of times in the history of Western > civilization where societies have been disillusioned by the idea of > religion in general or Christianity in specific and have turned away > from the idea of God or from the practice of a faith saw in their > parents or grandparents by deciding to choose differently for > themselves,” Barber said. > > “But I’m encouraged by the fact that, after times like that, > repeatedly, over and over again, in cycles of history, people have > been growing disillusioned with life without God because there are > profound questions in life for which atheism just doesn’t provide good > answers. > > “So I remain optimistic,” Barber added. “I’m a long-term optimist and > a short-term realist about the situation with regard to people and > their faith in the United States right now.” > Filed under > > Coronavirus > god > polls > religion > 7/3/22 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 05:01:11 -0400 > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Re: Coronavirus: Thread > Message-ID: > < > CAD2Ti281LHZzWReKs0ZdzJexG8ESQFjVqAJx6O3rXjdA2WpFUQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Biden and his bureaucrats lies about COVID, > a ruinous venture... > > > > Remember Biden’s ‘summer of freedom’ and victory over COVID? No wonder > his credibility’s shot > > > https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/remember-bidens-summer-of-freedom-and-victory… > > By > James Bovard > July 3, 2022 3:51pm > Updated > President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 response and > the vaccination program at the South Court Auditorium of Eisenhower > Executive Office Building July 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Last July > 4, > President Joe Biden proclaimed victory over COVID. Alex Wong/Getty > Images > More On: joe biden > > Still suffering at the pump? Get used to it — it’s Biden’s liberal > world order > US energy producers roast Biden over gas prices tweet they suggest > written by WH ‘intern’ > NYC nurse who got first COVID vaccine to receive Presidential > Medal of Freedom > Jeff Bezos blasts Biden for blaming gas companies for high pump prices > > Last July 4, President Joe Biden proclaimed victory over COVID: > “Thanks to our heroic vaccine effort, we’ve gained the upper hand > against this virus. We can live our lives. We are closer than ever to > declaring our independence from a deadly virus.” A few weeks later, > Biden promised that people who got vaccinated would not get COVID. > > Since last July 4, COVID has killed more than 400,000 Americans. More > than 55 million have been diagnosed with the virus, and there have > probably been tens of millions of unconfirmed or unreported cases. > > Biden has been more successful decimating freedom than ending the > pandemic. The wreckage of his COVID promises explains much of the > collapse of Biden’s credibility and approval ratings. > > Government coverups paved the way to Biden’s pratfalls. In May 2021, > the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ceased keeping track of > almost all “breakthrough” COVID infections among vaccinated > individuals unless they resulted in hospitalization or death. Last > July, a COVID outbreak affecting more than 500 vaccinated individuals > in Provincetown, Mass., hit the headlines. > > On Aug. 5, CDC chief Rochelle Walensky formally confessed: “What > [COVID vaccines] can’t do anymore is prevent transmission.” Prior to > that admission, the Biden administration even refused to disclose the > number of “breakthrough” infections that had occurred among White > House staff. > > On Aug. 11, the Mayo Clinic revealed that the efficacy of the Pfizer > COVID vaccine had fallen to 42% — a stunning collapse after early > boasts of 95% effectiveness in safeguarding people against infection. > Biden responded to the failures by repudiating his 2020 promise not to > make vaccines mandatory. > President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response and the US > vaccination program in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in > Washington, DC, July 6, 2021.President Biden speaks about the COVID-19 > response and the US vaccination program in Washington, DC, July 6, > 2021.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images > > Biden dictated Sept. 9 that all health-care workers and any American > working for a company employing more than 100 people must get > vaccinated. Biden told viewers: “Recent data indicates there’s only > one confirmed positive case per 5,000 fully vaccinated Americans per > day.” That wildly inaccurate statement was the linchpin of his > calculus of compulsion. Biden issued the equivalent of a declaration > of war on 80 million unvaccinated Americans, portraying them as Public > Enemy No. 1. > > A month later, Biden boasted that thanks to his mandate, there were > only “67 eligible Americans who aren’t vaccinated.” The White House > Press Office added a correction to the transcript: “[million].” > > Biden’s pandemic policy ignored the natural immunity that protects > people after they recover from the virus. A major Israeli study > revealed that people who had COVID-19 had far better protection > against the Delta variant than people who received multiple COVID > vaccine injections. COVID vaccines can offer some protection for the > elderly and people with compromised immunity, but Biden wildly > oversold them to justify seizing more power. > see also > long covid biden administration > Biden administration announces plan to tackle long COVID > > Following the “summer of freedom,” Biden promised in December “a > winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated” and declared > that “almost everyone who has died from COVID-19 in the past many > months has been unvaccinated.” Wrong again. Two months earlier, the > CDC ceased publishing data showing soaring deaths among the fully > vaxxed because the data “might be misinterpreted as the vaccines being > ineffective,” The New York Times revealed early this year. > > Even though almost two-thirds of the US population was fully > vaccinated, COVID cases exploded late last year and soon exceeded a > million new cases a day. The CDC later admitted that almost half the > COVID deaths in early 2022 were among the fully vaxxed. > > On Jan. 13, the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s vaccine mandate for > Americans working for large companies, though it narrowly upheld the > health-care-worker mandate. Biden’s prerogative to forcibly inject > average Americans was obliterated. > Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and > Prevention (CDC), and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, > testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions > Committee on Capitol hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021.Dr. > Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Anthony Fauci testify before the Senate > Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in > Washington, DC, July 20, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS > > As the president’s credibility faded, Team Biden became more > aggressive in suppressing criticism. On March 3, Biden’s surgeon > general, Vivek Murthy, demanded that social-media companies report to > the feds anyone who posted “misinformation” regarding COVID. The > odious Disinformation Governance Board was tasked with targeting COVID > misinformation, among other suppression targets. Biden’s own false > statements on COVID are exempt from the hit list. > > The CDC recently estimated that that almost 200 million Americans (60% > of adults and 75% of children) have already been infected by COVID. > The CDC continues to report more than 100,000 new daily cases, and the > White House forecasts up to 100 million new COVID cases in the coming > fall and winter. What was the point of the last 18 months of Pandemic > Security Theater? > > America cannot afford any more Biden victories over COVID. The most > honest thing the president said slipped out by accident Dec. 27: > “There is no federal solution” to COVID-19. Biden’s debacles confirm > the axiom of historian John Barry, author of “The Great Influenza.” > Barry warned: “When you mix politics and science, you get politics.” > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 05:16:30 -0400 > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Cryptocurrency: WarOnCash - Banks Ratchet Up Restrictions and > Tracking > Message-ID: > <CAD2Ti29KzHCG=2EUd+E+PMWvhZysjfAKV2tFy91zGVqP= > 6E9nQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://twitter.com/jacski/status/1542682049466626050 > Control of money is HERE! PULL OUT. > > The great reset remember when that was a conspiracy theory and it was > laughed at? > > Right.. Anyone reading this. It’s absolutely essential you look into > Bitcoin. PERMISSIONLESS money The system is starting to squeeze you > like a Boa constrictor snake and it won’t stop.. We don’t need the > their system! Think bigger think #Bitcoin > > Anything over $10k is flagged as “suspicious “. I got asked when I > withdrew $10k. I lied and said it was for a car. They even quizzed me > about the car. > > This is a low-key way of bringing in the #cashban > > Wait until cash 💰 is phased out by 2025, and replaced with a > CBDC,then you’ll know all about control. > > Y'all don't understand. When you deposit YOUR money, you're giving the > bank an UNSECURED LOAN. This is why they can make you jump through > hoops to get it back. It, legally, isn't your money any more once they > have it. This is from a US Supreme Court case. Likely the same in OZ. > > Same in the UK too. And they can use your money for a bank bail in, > then issue you with worthless shares > > Fractional reserve lending. They don’t have the money. Get ready for > the shitshow. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 06:53:46 -0400 > From: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Cryptocurrency: Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All, Saylor Buys > TFD > Message-ID: > <CAD2Ti28YRbyGM9qiGBDKnsY3sU5eJwx+69+Ysoh6h3D9ip= > XmQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Earning themselves some laughing stock, > HODL-Corp performs classic buy-high sell-low > capitulation maneuver at major $20k support level, > alienating almost $7M out of play from the next > untimeable turnup ramp. > As many wish... their self-inflicted bankruptcy, to be a fine > remedy for appropriating and abusing the cypherpunk name. > > > > https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/28/investment-firm-cypherpunk-hol… > > https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2022/06/28/cypherpunk-holdings-a… > > Meanwhile, Saylor buys the dip... > https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1543281124494958592 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 06:55:08 -0400 > From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > Subject: The Entrapment Controversy > Message-ID: > <CAPc8xwNw33YA_-+7LqKD9E5neWMW= > EQoG3E+miG+XFzNoQ6sEg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Author: Roger C. Park > Title: The Entrapment Controversy > Source: Minnesota Law Review > Citation: 60 Minn. L. Rev. 163 (1976). > > 212 Highlights by Brody Larson: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhPWgd_OniZVLeJIlieDBx5VNC2chenn/view?usp=… >

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