U. S. A.! A-me-ri-cah, f--- yeah! - How to rule the world, U.S. style

[Tim Beelen]

On 6/24/2015 10:36 AM, Shelley wrote:
> ...how in the hell did you get to someone doing test charges to guess 
> your cvv2s from trying to armchair-psychoanalyze Juan and issuing 
> blanket insults to Europeans, et al?
>
> If you're going to post Aspie word salad like this, you have no basis 
> to complain about what Juan and Zenaan post.  At least they have a point.
>
> Take your meds, Tim ;)
>
Sorry. I'll try to reply in once sitting next time-- in the hope that 
it'll be more concise and to the point. No promises.

Again, my bad. I'll take my multivitamin as prescribed. Nobody should be 
tormented in such a way. Makes me very self conscious to think that I 
might read like Slavoj Žižek's earlier lectures.

> -S
>
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> On June 24, 2015 7:17:32 AM Tim Beelen <tim at diffalt.com> wrote:
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>> On 6/23/2015 11:12 PM, Juan wrote:
>> > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:39:21 -0400
>> > Tim Beelen <tim at diffalt.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I think Cathal's comment was a general remark. It did not necessarily
>> >> concern you.
>> >
>> >     I disagree. "Ted Smith" is explicitly whining about me
>> >
>> >     "But now there are 2-3 posters who continually post random
>> >     conspiracy crap"
>> >
>> >     and given the 'context' of the thread, Cathal is also commenting
>> >     on those '2 or 3' posters. Zeenan - and me.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>> Oh yes. I'm anti west agent on the payroll of? Putin? The chinese?
>> >>> Or?
>> >> I think you're South American. Your rhetoric squarely puts you there.
>> >> Overly defensive on the subject of projecting power. Blatantly
>> >> anti-American (rhetoric only, if you'd ever find yourself living here
>> >> you'd find yourself a lot less radical and carry yourself a bit more
>> >> respectful)
>> >
>> >     So, did you look me up in the NSA database or not? That was the
>> >     exercise.
>> >
>> >     Your first conjecture is unwarranted. People from all over the
>> >     world rightly despise the US government and its supporters.
>> >
>> >     Now, if my 'rhetoric' drew inspiration from che guevara you
>> >     might deduce that I'm from south america. However my
>> >     'rhetoric' (political philosophy actualy) can be traced to the
>> >     likes of Lysander Spooner and other private property anarchists,
>> >     who, I assure you, aren't popular authors in south america. Or
>> >     anywhere else for that matter.
>> >
>> I read the motorcycle diaries-- and loved it. I have not read Lysander.
>>
>> I squarely base my assumptions on you being incongruous. And I'll have
>> you know-- every man is a sum of it's experiences. So I can tell quite
>> reliable where people are from. You are, if only partly, a product of
>> your own government.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >> You are very sensitive on the subject of being run over by a foreign
>> >> power indicates a permanent identity crisis (Argentine) as to where
>> >> you fit in the world of things.
>> >
>> >     Okay. So now we've descended into psychobable. 'identity
>> >     crisis'? Mildly amusing.
>> >
>> >     You did a couple of searches and correctly found out that I
>> >     come from argentina - the info is in the public domain. And
>> >     based on that, you are making up a story.
>> Maybe. But I'm pleased I was right. I wasn't sure I was right. Again,
>> incongruancies (has a red squiggly I don't know how to spell it).
>> Everyone talks shit non-sequitur. It triggers something in my brain
>> (anger mostly) and I sort people by who they are based on that. It is
>> one of my things.
>>
>> >> Your over-sized ego i.e. taking things personally that are actually a
>> >> general remark is quite a cultural trait. So is calling people by
>> >> name instead of addressing the issue.
>> >>
>> >> Everything North of Chile  sans Bolivia has common sensibilities
>> >> towards the Government. Brazilians are not that outspoken, better at
>> >> diverting and quite introverted. Bolivian culture is more refined and
>> >> does not call out people like it's taking a piss. That makes you
>> >> Chilean, Argentinian or Spanish.
>> >>
>> >> You're not European. Your English is too good.
>> >
>> >     Now that's interesting. How do you go from "good english"* to
>> >     "not european"? If anything, europeans from germanic countries
>> >     are likely to speak (way) better english than me.
>> >
>> >     *and my english is so so at any rate.
>> Not necessarily true. You'd be surprised which people I consider
>> functionally illiterate (not in the actual meaning, but diminished
>> ability to convey information in writing etc.). Usually conflict areas
>> are great places to look for people who can actually put two and two
>> together and subsequently rely on language to convey critical
>> information that is generally more particular and less generic. Which
>> develops certain language skills. So far, the best all-round experience
>> I had concerning people and their functional literacy: Albania, Finland,
>> South Africa, Denmark, UAE, South South America. Great experience with
>> Afghan refugees. Just to name a few. The Swiss. Singaporeans. But
>> overall not mainland Europeans.
>>
>> Mainland Europeans are over all a hit or miss. In Spain just about no
>> one speaks proper English.
>>
>> The average European. Even though they have a rudimentary understanding
>> of the English language a lot of them can't formulate a sentence to save
>> their life. They rarely have any deeper understanding of idiom BECAUSE
>> it resembles their own language. Also they fuck up the prepositions.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >> And my guess is Argentinian.
>> >
>> >     Nominally, yes. I was born here and that's it.
>> >
>> >     Now find out what government (terrorist organization) I work
>> >     for. Take into account that the argentine government isn't
>> >     going to pay me or anybody else to discuss libertarian
>> >     principles on an obscure mailing list.
>> No. You're a disgruntled individual. You work for yourself.
>> >
>> >     Anyway, this is getting too boring. I suggest you ask "Ted
>> >     Smith" to post some real cypherpunk stuff. Like, how great the
>> >     pentagon's anonimity network is and how it spreads cancer, I
>> >     mean democracy in china. Or something.
>> >
>> >
>> Wut.
>>
>> Cypherpunk-ness for me comes mainly in the form of using crypto so
>> secure my data and the information of others. Good examples are, I can
>> run a VPN to access my documents remotely-- but I could also use sftp.
>> Which is easier to implement? Arguably SFTP. Added bonus is that my RSA
>> certificates can be used to auth for both implementations.
>>
>> I encrypt client data with my public PGP key on a public server. Prefer
>> the KISS model to cyber security rather then adding layers. VLAN?
>> retarded. VPN? retarded (most use cases). Why do we (I) use these tools?
>> Because the attacker, in my case, which usually comes from overseas are
>> individuals looking for stuff to break into. CC numbers. That sort of
>> thing.
>>
>> And most of my problems originate from India and China. Not that that is
>> a reliable statement since we all know that the perp can be in Djibouti
>> for all we know. But not very likely because most people don't care that
>> much for OPSEC. They are not governments. 404s on my server: 70-80%
>> originates from India/China. Port scans are almost all from India.
>>
>> And what really grinds my gears is that with shit standards like PCI
>> compliance most payment gateways in the U.S. are 100% open.
>>
>> EXAMPLE: if I use my CC in a particular mall at a particular store, one
>> month from now I get a call from the bank and have multiple $1 test
>> charges of people guessing my CVC code. It had to happen 5 times before
>> I could connect the dots. And it's all foreign malicious attacks. No
>> governments.
>>
>> We need crypto to get in there and secure my transactions. Regardless if
>> you think that CC companies are the square root of all evil.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > J.
>> >
>> >> On 6/23/2015 9:03 PM, Juan wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:27:47 -0400
>> >>> Tim Beelen <tim at diffalt.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Juan, you just put yourself up as an unsolicited reference for
>> >>>> COINTELPRO. Good Job.
>> >>>     I'm trying to decypher...what the hell you mean?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Juan Garofalo.
>> >>>     Right. Look me up in the nsa database and report back
>> >>> please.
>> >>>
>> >>>
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