Re: FreeSpeech and Censorship: Thread
All the warnings, coming true... Destroying Western Values To Defend Western Values 1984 https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/destroying-western-values-to-defend-western-values-3b43b959e4c https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/ https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/oh-god-its-going-to-get-so-much-worse https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1587095890983936000 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1587204372907393025 https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1587257992449208320 https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1587175981831290885 https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-former-israeli-spies-working-top-jobs-google-facebook-amazon/282413/ https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/new-media-are-as-intertwined-with https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1587082090071433222 https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/new-study-finds-the-rest-of-the-world https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/04/15/more-escalations-in-online-censorship/ https://thegrayzone.com/2022/10/28/spooks-mercs-hawks-nafo-troll/ https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/three-illuminating-quotes-about-the https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/06/05/more-police-raids-as-war-on-journalism-escalates-worldwide/ https://www.rcfp.org/overclassification-bigger-problem-leak-hunting/ https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-consortium-imposing-the-growing https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/02/viral-image/no-winston-churchill-didnt-say-what-are-we-fightin/ https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1587140697311911936 So it turns out the US intelligence cartel has been working intimately with online platforms to regulate the “cognitive infrastructure” of the population. This is according to a new investigative report by The Intercept, based on documents obtained through leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, on the “retooling” of the Department of Homeland Security from an agency focused on counterterrorism to one increasingly focused on fighting “misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation” online. While the DHS’s hotly controversial “Disinformation Governance Board” was shut down in response to public outcry, the Intercept report reveals what authors Lee Fang and Ken Klippenstein describe as “an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms” in order to “curb speech it considers dangerous”: According to a draft copy of DHS’s Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, DHS’s capstone report outlining the department’s strategy and priorities in the coming years, the department plans to target “inaccurate information” on a wide range of topics, including “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of U.S. support to Ukraine.” Docs show Facebook and Twitter closely collaborating w/ Dept of Homeland Security, FBI to police “disinfo.” Plans to expand censorship on topics like withdrawal from Afghanistan, origins of COVID, info that undermines trust in financial institutions. https://t.co/Zb3zmI1dQF — Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022 The report reveals pervasive efforts on the part of the DHS and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the FBI, to push massive online platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to censor content in order to suppress “threats” as broad as fomenting distrust in the US government and US financial institutions. “There is also a formalized process for government officials to directly flag content on Facebook or Instagram and request that it be throttled or suppressed through a special Facebook portal that requires a government or law enforcement email to use,” The Intercept reports. “Emails between DHS officials, Twitter, and the Center for Internet Security outline the process for such takedown requests during the period leading up to November 2020,” says The Intercept. “Meeting notes show that the tech platforms would be called upon to ‘process reports and provide timely responses, to include the removal of reported misinformation from the platform where possible.’” While these government agencies contend that they are not technically forcing these tech platforms to remove content, The Intercept argues that its investigation shows “CISA’s goal is to make platforms more responsive to their suggestions,” while critics argue that “suggestions” from immensely powerful institutions will never be taken as mere suggestions. “When the government suggests things, it’s not too hard to pull off the velvet glove, and you get the mail fist,” Michigan State University’s Adam Candeub tells The Intercept. “And I would consider such actions, especially when it’s bureaucratized, as essentially state action and government collusion with the platforms.” This is absolutely wild. The government is secretly transforming "national security" agencies into a new Narrative Police. “If a foreign government sent these messages,” said the former ACLU president,
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
Lie after Fraud after Dodge after Pander after Bullshit after Medical Coverup after... Seems Democrats don't know people are watching them... https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1588371466797879296 Everything Biden says here is a lie. "Economic growth is up, price inflation is down, real incomes are up, gas prices are down." “Why did you mandate school closings when it’s clear that it would only damage children in the long run?” DEMOCRAT GRETCHEN WHITMER: "Yeah, so under my order, schools were closed for three months.” Biden: Technology, politics, and the environment are "all at stake" in the midterms. What? Joe Biden gives his full endorsement to 'Defund the Police' activist Gabe Vasquez for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District @AllanFungRI: Democrat Seth Magaziner “called it an honor to march with those who want to defund and abolish the police department and tweeted about it.” JOHN FETTERMAN: “I certainly would've voted for" Biden's 87,000 new IRS agents John Fetterman says he's "shared more kinds of medical evaluation more than virtually anyone." This is false. Fetterman is refusing to release his medical records Hillary Clinton claims talking about soaring crime is a Republican tactic “to keep you scared so you can’t think straight and you end up voting against your interests.” Stacey Abrams, tonight: The turnout of Black voters in Georgia's midterm election has been “extraordinary.” Stacey Abrams, last year: Fueled a boycott of Georgia with baseless smears of “Jim Crow 2.0.” "Parents have to have a say in their children's education." @kleavittnh calls out Chris Pappas for voting the Democrats’ Bidenflation Scam Bill: “$750 billion more dollars is not going to lower inflation” Kamala Harris: "I like Venn diagrams, I do...pretty profound" BIDEN: "We cut the federal debt in half — a fact!" That is not a "fact." That is a lie. Mandela Barnes is asked about a photo of him grinning as he holds up a t-shirt that says "ABOLISH ICE" in giant letters. "It's just, uh, a shirt that somebody had “When I hear [Democrat Dan McKee] say things like ‘everything is great, the economy is great, we have momentum,’ we have momentum like the Titanic…things are not okay.” 2019: Biden Transportation Secretary Woke Pete Buttigieg Pledged To Release 50% Of Inmates Joe Biden also promised to release 50 percent of the nation's inmates while Kamala Harris committed to "drastically reducing our prison population." None of them have a reintegration plan other than just dump them on the streets as they have been doing. @AshleyKalus: “While [Democrat Dan McKee] traps children in failing schools, he is under FBI investigation for a contract that was supposed to be for COVID learning loss for children that he gave to insiders.” McKee: “I haven’t been [involved], and that’s all the taxpayers need to know." CROWD BOOS CBS shows John Fetterman's ginormous computer system he needs to hold a normal conversation. This is so bizarre. Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer claims nursing homes “never were” forced to take Covid patients. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1587875900082868224 WH Spox Lies on Context: White House officials do not submit alleged "disinformation" posts to secret government portals provided by social media companies. “There is also a formalized process for government officials to directly flag content on Facebook or Instagram and request that it be throttled or suppressed through a special Facebook portal that requires a government or law enforcement email to use,” The Intercept reports. “Emails between DHS officials, Twitter, and the Center for Internet Security outline the process for such takedown requests during the period leading up to November 2020,” says The Intercept. “Meeting notes show that the tech platforms would be called upon to ‘process reports and provide timely responses, to include the removal of reported misinformation from the platform where possible.’”
Cryptocurrency: JPMorgan Advances Crypto Apps, Crypto Advances Bank Obsoletion
Such developments must still always be routed around by the masses developing adopting and using privacy enabled cryptocurrency... else they will remain slaves controlled and owned by such central GovBank systems. In the end, Banks (and Govts) will be obsoleted and bankrupted by P2P, Crowd, Prediction Markets, Nym Identities, Crypto Sigs, etc. That will be the true "Pivotal Moment" for Humanity and Human Freedom. "Pivotal Moment" - JPMorgan Completes First DeFi Trade On Public Blockchain https://cointelegraph.com/news/jp-morgan-executes-first-defi-trade-on-public-blockchain https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2022/first-industry-pilot-for-digital-asset-and-decentralised-finance-goes-live https://twitter.com/TyLobban/status/1587679344792829954 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/goldman-sachs-unveils-crypto-classification-system-aimed-at-institutional-investors.html Despite Jamie Dimon's infamous condescension of crypto, banking giant JPMorgan just executed its first-ever cross-border transaction using decentralized finance (DeFi) on a public blockchain. As Cointelegraph reports, the trade was facilitated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian on Nov. 2 - which was established as part of a pilot program to “explore potential decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.” Bloomberg reports that JPMorgan issued tokenized S$100,000 ($71,000) and then traded it for tokenized yen with Tokyo-based banking firm SBI Digital Asset Holdings. Singapore’s largest bank - DBS Bank, and business leadership platform Oliver Wyman Forum also took part in the pilot program. “Today was the first step to show that we can actually trade on these public networks,” said Tyrone Lobban, head of Blockchain Launch and Onyx Digital Assets at JPMorgan, in an interview. “The future is really working toward scaling this pivotal moment.” WORLD! J.P. Morgan has executed its 1st *LIVE* trade on public blockchain using DeFi, Tokenized Deposits & Verifiable Credentials, part of @MAS_sg Project Guardian https://t.co/XI212SG4zg Many world 1sts here, & since this is public ⛓ here’s a transparent淋on what we did: — Ty Lobban (@TyLobban) November 2, 2022 “We clearly see what’s happening in the public domain and we can see how the innovation is creating not only new ways of doing financial transactions, but new types of products as well,” Lobban said, noting that the bank will explore using other blockchain networks over time, he added. MAS Chief Fintech Officer Sopnendu Mohanty said the successful test was a “a big step towards enabling more efficient and integrated global financial networks”, and the latest pilot has helped develop the country’s digital asset strategy, adding that: “The live pilots led by industry participants demonstrate that with the appropriate guardrails in place, digital assets and decentralized finance have the potential to transform capital markets.” While the transaction wasn’t a crypto trade, it used the infrastructure developed by crypto firms: the Polygon blockchain, which makes transactions on the Ethereum blockchain cheaper, and a modified version of Aave, a major DeFi lending project. MATIC, a utility and staking token within the Polygon blockchain ecosystem, rose over 18% to $0.985 after the announcements, accompanied by an uptick in daily trading volume. Additionally, Goldman Sachs is set to unveil a data service created with global index provider MSCI and crypto data firm Coin Metrics that seeks to classify hundreds of digital coins and tokens so institutional investors can make sense of the new asset class. “The digital asset ecosystem has really expanded over the last couple of years,” said Anne Marie Darling, head of client strategy for Goldman’s Marquee platform, in an interview with CNBC. “We’re trying to create a framework for the digital asset ecosystem that our clients can understand, because they increasingly need to think about performance tracking and risk management in digital assets.” It seems the bulge bracket banks are starting to realize there may be 'another way'. Are they readying themselves for a pivoting Fed's money flood sending crypto prices soaring as institutional investors seek any haven from the central planners' inflation?
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
> The races have begun... The Chinese, Russians, and Iranians did it, of course... China Seeks to Influence 2022 Midterm Elections: Cybersecurity Chief https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-seeks-to-influence-2022-midterm-elections-cybersecurity-chief_4834508.html By Andrew Thornebrooke November 1, 2022 Updated: November 3, 2022 biggersmaller Print State actors that include China’s communist regime are seeking to influence next week’s U.S. midterm elections, according to the nation’s cybersecurity chief. China, Iran, and Russia may all seek to influence or otherwise interfere with U.S. democratic processes, according to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly. “We are concerned about Russia and Iran and China trying to influence our elections,” Easterly said during a Nov. 1 talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. “It’s a significant concern when you think about these adversaries who are trying to sow discord, that are trying to break us apart as Americans and are trying to undermine integrity in our elections.” Easterly’s comments follow closely behind several revelations in recent months regarding how hostile foreign powers are attempting to undermine stability in the United States. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said in September that it had disrupted several Chinese and Russian influence operations. Those operations took place on Facebook, Instagram, and Meta competitor Twitter, and appeared largely aimed at increasing political polarization among Americans by spreading false and inflammatory posts about controversial topics including race, abortion, fascism, and gun control. Likewise, a report published in October by intelligence firm Recorded Future found that China-based actors were attempting to influence the Nov. 8 midterm elections by undermining confidence in lawmakers who were critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and in the U.S. system of government itself. Yet another report by nonprofit Global Witness and the Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) team at New York University asserted that social media giant TikTok failed to prevent 90 percent of political ads with misleading or blatantly false election information, even as the company claims it doesn’t allow any political advertising. Easterly said the need to maintain strong cyber defenses against such operations is critical, and that the United States would need to be prepared for activity designed to cause instability. “It’s not the time to put our shields down,” she said. “We need to be prepared for potential disruptive [and] destructive activity.” “That’s what foreign adversaries want. They want to have disruption. They want to sow discord. They love the partisan rancor. They love the tearing apart of America.” Easterly, who served 20 years as a U.S. Army officer, said that there were no credible or specific threats to election infrastructure now, but the types of influence operations seen recently could contribute to the growing number of other threats being made against Americans attempting to conduct the elections. >From physical intimidation to threats to misinformation, Easterly said the threat environment facing everyday Americans who work at the polls is more complex than ever. To that end, Easterly said that securing elections is a nonpartisan activity, and Americans need to work together to protect the American way of life by increasing election literacy and ensuring safe and resilient conditions for poll workers. “The federal government doesn’t run elections,” Easterly said. “It’s the state and local officials that run those elections that are on the front lines of protecting democracy. “Election officials are not faceless backroom bureaucrats. They’re people who are dedicated public servants who live in our towns and our cities and our communities. They’re the people who we see at the bowling alley, the PTA meeting, the restaurant, and church. “They deserve our support … They deserve to be safe.”
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
https://opensecrets.org/ For 2022 midterms alone... George Soros has thrown $130 Million to Democrats. Sam Bankman-Fried has thrown $30 Million to Democrats. Democrats are topping Republicans in terms of overall campaign donations this cycle, outraising Republicans by nearly $195 million in all House and Senate races. Insane amounts of money by all regards. Nor do such donors represent you or demand your freedom, quite the opposite.
Re: 1984: Thread
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1588143755978227712 German FM Baerbock says the European and international peace order is under attack from "disinformation" and "fake news." "International peace order under attack... by disinformation fake news systematic war against 'our democracies'... attacks with bits and bytes and bots and technical power." Too cute :) https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1587875900082868224 WH Spox Lies on Context: White House officials do not submit alleged "disinformation" posts to secret government portals provided by social media companies. Pfizer pauses ads on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover - WSJ Lol
Re: 1984: Thread
Documentary: Conspiracy Theory of Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4169SAL6vA Documentary: Conspiracy Theory of Everything https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-theory-of-everything/id154791 https://www.spiritsciencecentral.com/blog/the-conspiracy-theory-of-everything-full-movie https://www.patreon.com/conspiracytoe https://conspiracytoe.buzzsprout.com/ https://www.conspiracydocumentaries.com/miscellaneous/the-conspiracy-theory-of-everything/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
On 11/3/22, Gunnar Larson wrote: > Republicans Push Election Fraud on Social Media For Midterms Boost > https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-election-denier-republican-social-media/ https://twitter.com/electionwiz https://twitter.com/rncresearch Unfortunately actual election fraud did occur, people have been convicted, investigations and access to records and systems that should be open were blocked by officials, etc. Yet hardly anywhere near the impact of the influence swung by the news media, social media, big tech, billionaires, censors, Pols, etc. All well documented, these GovCorpPols of the world and their desire to rule over you, you don't need them, or their big programs they claim to be doing for you. Cast them off. Free yourselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb4zh-DIA8Q Fake News Exposed https://www.newsdiffs.org/ As always, the truth is out there, somewhere... you decide.
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
It's OK To Be White. White Suburban Women Running Back Into GOP's Arms, Leftist Elites Enraged https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-suburban-women-swing-toward-backing-republicans-for-congress-11667381402 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/24/among-u-s-couples-women-do-more-cooking-and-grocery-shopping-than-men/ Heading down the stretch of the 2022 midterm elections, white suburban women - who comprise 20% of the nation's electorate - are swinging back to Republicans in a big way. A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that white women in the suburbs now favor Republican congressional candidates by a whopping 15% margin -- a jaw-dropping 27-percentage-point move just since August. The shift has largely been fueled by the group's deepening concerns over inflation and the economy. About 54% say the country is already in a recession while 74% say the economy is heading in the wrong direction. Those numbers are up August readings of 43% and 59%, respectively. Democrat hopes that the Supreme Court's June overturning of Roe v Wade would spark women to rally around Democratic candidates haven't been realized. The journal found that rising prices are the top concern, with 34% of suburban white women giving it top weight. Abortion comes in third, with just 16% calling it their top issue. “It’s absolutely true that these women have shifted their gaze more on the economy than abortion,” Democratic pollster Molly Murphy tells the Journal. However, a different Democratic and liberal-media drumbeat has achieved meaningful traction: 28% say their top issue is "threats to democracy," making it the second-ranked concern. By the nature of common household roles, women are arguably in the best position to closely observe surging prices: According to Pew Research, women are the primary grocery shopper in 80% of families with kids -- and 75% of childless couples. That's to say nothing of their discretionary purchases...just ask Reggie Warrington and Wellman College professor Sherman Klump: When asked which party is best able to deal with inflation, white suburban women choose Republicans over Democrats by a huge margin: 55% to 24%. Two-thirds say rising prices are causing either major or minor financial strain. On handling the overall economy, Republicans are on top again, 50% to 35%. However, that result flips an August reading that had the Democrats far ahead among these women. Confirming a key 2022 dynamic, the poll found President Biden is an anchor pulling Democratic candidates down with him. In August, 51% of white suburban women approved of his performance. Fast-forward to this late-October poll, and Biden's approval rating has plummeted to just 38%, with 74% saying the country is heading in the wrong direction. Women played a huge role in Biden's 2020 victory. Though it's not a direct comparison to the white suburban women profiled above, one exit poll found white women with a college degree favored Biden over Trump by nearly 40 percentage points. The View's Sonny Hostin had her own take as usual... The View’s Sunny Hostin: “White Republican suburban women are now going to vote Republican — It's almost like roaches voting for Raid." pic.twitter.com/7p3VwHsIt9 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 3, 2022 There's one more dose of bad news for Democrats: This group is highly likely to vote, according to the Journal: "85% of these voters said they were very motivated to vote, making them among the most-motivated groups of those surveyed."
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
> The races have begun... Biden Democrats keep getting caught in LIES and Fact Checked Shameful that US White House Dems are forced to delete their own fraudulent statements. https://twitter.com/RNCResearch Exposing the lies, hypocrisy, and failed far-left policies of Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. https://twitter.com/electionwiz https://twitter.com/KyleMartinsen_/status/1588303309571776512 Fetterman the Unfit Puppet for Office, just like Joe Biden BIDEN: "We cut the federal debt in half - a fact!" That is not a "fact." That is a lie. White House Admits It Lied About Vaccines "Democrats causing ruination ever since Hillary's Campaign of Lies started in the 2010's." White House Deletes Absurd Tweet After CNN, Twitter Slap With Fact Checks https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587877173410418688 https://twitter.com/JosephWulfsohn/status/1587834194423595009 https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1587546267923742725 https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1587619775001378818 https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1587623461110824960 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587798343622737925 https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1587524435925417989 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/politics/biden-ukraine-iraq-beau.html Aaaand, it's gone... WOAH - The White House *deleted* its tweet after Twitter placed a fact-check disclaimer on it. pic.twitter.com/1XJKnjRG5V — Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) November 2, 2022 The Biden Administration's latest attempt to rebrand terrible economic news as good news was so blatant that even CNN's fact-checker Daniel Dale called them out. In a Tuesday tweet, the White House claimed that "Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden's leadership." Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden's leadership. — The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 1, 2022 Except, that's only because it's tied to inflation - which has skyrocketed. "That's quite the spin," Dale responded, adding "The size of Social Security checks is linked, by law, to inflation. This year’s increase is unusually big because the inflation rate is unusually big." when you've lost the "fact checkers"... https://t.co/XKFyvecGx2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 2, 2022 And now, Twitter has 'fact-checked' the White House - something one wouldn't normally expect pre-Elon; "Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate." The community notes feature is awesome. Our goal is to make Twitter the most accurate source of information on Earth, without regard to political affiliation. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022 In other news, Joe Biden said that inflation is a problem because of the "war in Iraq... excuse me, the war in Ukraine," adding "I'm thinking about Iraq because that's where my son died." NEW - Biden: "Inflation is a worldwide problem right now because of a war in Iraq... excuse me, the war in Ukraine. I'm thinking about Iraq because that's where my son died." pic.twitter.com/G2QeYUqdHN — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 1, 2022 Biden's son was never in Iraq and died on US soil of brain cancer. And what did the regime media call Biden's lie about his son? 'Verbal fumbles' "Welcome to Elon Musk's Twitter." The system is working — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Re: FreeSpeech and Censorship: Thread
Meet The Consortium Imposing The Growing Censorship Regime https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-consortium-imposing-the-growing Glenn Greenwald The Consortium Imposing the Growing Censorship Regime -- and Our New Live, Prime-Time Rumble Program We are launching a new live, one-hour, prime-time news broadcast. Armed with cable-sized budgets, it will be part of a network that Russell Brand has already debuted. Glenn Greenwald Oct 28 Clockwise from top left: UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology speaks during the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum in Dubai, on March 28, 2022 (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images); U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images); Google headquarters (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images); The Comcast/NBC Universal building in Los Angeles, CA (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images); The rapid escalation of online censorship, and increasingly offline censorship, cannot be overstated. The silencing tactic that has most commonly provoked attention and debate is the banning of particular posts or individuals by specific social media platforms. But the censorship regime that has been developed, and which is now rapidly escalating, extends far beyond those relatively limited punishments. The Consortium of State and Corporate Power There has been some reporting — by me and others — on the new and utterly fraudulent “disinformation” industry. This newly minted, self-proclaimed expertise, grounded in little more than crude political ideology, claims the right to officially decree what is “true” and "false” for purposes of, among other things, justifying state and corporate censorship of what its “experts” decree to be "disinformation.” The industry is funded by a consortium of a small handful of neoliberal billionaires (George Soros and Pierre Omidyar) along with U.S., British and EU intelligence agencies. These government-and-billionaire-funded “anti-disinformation” groups often masquerade under benign-sounding names: The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Research Lab, Bellingcat, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. They are designed to cast the appearance of apolitical scholarship, but their only real purpose is to provide a justifying framework to stigmatize, repress and censor any thoughts, views and ideas that dissent from neoliberal establishment orthodoxy. It exists, in other words, to make censorship and other forms of repression appear scientific rather than ideological. That these groups are funded by the West's security state, Big Tech, and other assorted politically active billionaires is not speculation or some fevered conspiracy theory. For various legal reasons, they are required to disclose their funders, and these facts about who finances them are therefore based on their own public admissions. So often the financing is funneled through well-established front groups for CIA, the State Department and the U.S. National Security State, such as “National Endowment for Democracy.” As has always happened with censor-happy tyrants throughout history, the more centers of power inject themselves with the intoxicating rush of silencing their adversaries, the more intense the next hit has to be. Every movement that has wielded censorship as a political weapon tells itself the same story to justify it. In ordinary times, they will casually recite, free speech is a vital value. But these are no ordinary times in which we are living. Our enemies and their ideas are different. They are uniquely hateful, false, inflammatory, and dangerous. The ideas they espouse will destabilize society, cause direct harm to others, deceive people, and incite violence against institutions of authority and their followers. Thus, they reason, we are actually not censoring at all. We are simply preventing evil people from doing harm to society, the government, and to citizens. Look to any government or society in which censorship prevailed — either today or throughout history. This narrative about why censorship is not just justified but morally necessary is always present. Nobody wants to think of themselves as a censorship supporter. They need to be supplied with a story about why they are something different, or at least why the censorship they are led to support is uniquely justified. And it works because, in the most warped sense possible, it appeals to reason. If one really believes, as millions of American liberals do, that the U.S. faces two and only two choices — either (1) elect Democrats and ensure they rule or (2) live under a white nationalist fascist dictatorship — then of course such people will believe that media disinformation campaigns, censorship, and other forms of authoritarianism are necessary to ensure Democrats win and their opponents are vanquished. Once that self-glorifying rationale is embraced — our
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
> The races have begun... No election complete without corrupt partisan Agencies imparting their own flavor of FUD, Censorship, Meddling, Influencing... PROJECT VERITAS Leaked FBI Pamphlet Lists 'Misinformation' And 'Disinformation' As 'Election Crimes' https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-fbi-whistleblower-leaks-document-showing-agency-targeting/ An FBI "2022 Midterm Elections Social Media Analysis Cheat Sheet" leaked to Project Veritas by an agency whistleblower lists misinformation and disinformation as 'election crimes.' The 'crimes' are are defined as; "DISINFORMATION" - False or inaccurate information intended to mislead others. Disinformation campaigns on social media are used to deliberately confuse, trick, or upset the public. "MISINFORMATION" - False or misleading information spread mistakenly or unintentionally. Does a Hillary Clinton-approved media blitz disinformation campaign to smear her political opponent as a Russian asset count? What about "MSM censorship campaigns to suppress damaging information about a candidate" such as Hunter Biden's laptop? More via Project Veritas; Recently, the Biden administration attempted to create the “Disinformation Governance Board” under the Department of Homeland Security. After severe pushback from the public due to free speech concerns, the federal government pulled the plug on this idea. In another section of the leaked document labelled “Things to Consider,” the FBI reminded its agents that the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment exist. Both amendments are in the Bill of Rights and protect Americans’ rights to free speech and against “unreasonable” searches or seizures. The Bureau also flagged the potential for “Voter/Ballot Fraud” in this election, an activity that some have attempted to rule out as a threat to the American electoral system.
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
Democrats rhetoric hitting peak stupid And people are rightfully voting them all out US Democrats are on Video Record for decades denying elections... https://summit.news/2022/10/25/video-hillary-clinton-claims-right-wing-extremists-already-have-a-plan-to-literally-steal-the-next-presidential-election/ Video: DCCC Chair Defends Hillary Clinton Declaring Next Election May Be “Stolen” Dem Congressman Says Arming Ukraine is About Protecting Woke Values Elon Musk to Reverse Lifetime Twitter Bans of Prominent Individuals Hillary Clinton spews utter nonsense, and certain CEO's tell their staffs to vote for them, sad, lol Hillary Clinton: Pelosi Attack Part Of “Racism, Misogyny, Antisemitism” Embraced By Conservatives https://summit.news/2022/11/02/hillary-on-msnbc-pelosi-attack-part-of-racism-misogyny-antisemitism-embraced-by-conservatives/ “We’re seeing a whole political party and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner engaging in behavior that is so dangerous” MSNBC’s perpetual race baiter Joy Reid hosted Hillary Clinton Tuesday, who immediately suggested that the mysterious attack on Paul Pelosi, which was seemingly carried out by a whacked out left wing hippy, is part of the violent racism enabled by conservatives… or something. “I wonder if you can just tell me how the attack on Paul Pelosi struck you?” Reid asked Clinton, adding “And what did it tell you about the state of the right in this country and the hate toward a powerful woman?” Talk about framing the question. “There’s always been a streak of violence, of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, as you have said,” Clinton replied. “The horrific attack is not just an aberration, where one or two people or a small group engage in that kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others,” Clinton said, as if it was really Nancy Pelosi that was attacked. Hillary continued, “We’re seeing a whole political party and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner engaging in behavior that is so dangerous and I find, frankly, disqualifying for people who are running for office.” “This midterm election, we have seen a lot of ads by Republicans running for everything touting crime,” Clinton proclaimed, adding “Crime is the issue. But when an 82-year-old man is attacked by an intruder in his own home, they don’t seem to be too bothered by that, because that person is married to the speaker of the House, who’s of a different political party.” “Like I said, the Republicans have been talking about nothing but crime, when a crime is committed against Paul Pelosi, they could care less,” she further stated. “And so ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who are either themselves unable to see how terrible it is that someone would be attacked in their home or don’t really care because they think it will somehow get them votes that will get them elected?” Clinton further questioned. “So the Republicans talk a good game, but they rarely do anything, other than try to take away your freedoms, undermine the quality of our life, make our political discourse violent, instead of bringing people together,” Clinton charged. Pot, kettle, black. As we highlighted earlier, GOP Senator Rand Paul noted that barely anyone within the Democratic Party has actually genuinely expressed sympathy for Paul Pelosi. “All the left wing is doing, all the Democrats are doing, are trying to make this about politics,” Paul noted, adding that when he was violently attacked in 2017 he was mocked, and still is, by the left.
Re: FreeSpeech and Censorship: Thread
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Re: War re Ukraine: Thread
UN Security Council Votes Down Probe Into Biolabs In Ukraine https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1506105274515533827 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted down a Russian proposal to establish a commission to investigate claims of a joint US-Ukraine "military biological" program. Going back to at least March, Moscow has alleged Ukrainian biolabs have been studying and stockpiling deadly pathogens like anthrax and cholera at US-sponsored labs, saying further this is a violation of the 1972 international convention on biological weapons. Stepnogorsk biological weapons complex in Kazakhstan. Image: US via Department of Defense. At Wednesday's security council vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the United States and its ally the Ukrainian government have been "through Russia's allegations in Geneva, point by point, and debunked every single one." US, Britain, and France voted against Russia's proposal - but crucially China backed it, while ten rotating council members abstained, among the 15-nation body. "The United States does not have a biological weapons program. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the United States," Thomas-Greenfield countered. Instead of military biolabs, Washington has presented the following narrative on its program in Ukraine: During a series of U.N. meetings prompted by the Russian allegations, the U.S. has described the non-military biological labs it has supported in Ukraine since the 1990's, including one called the "Biological Threat Reduction Program" that was created to disassemble the former Soviet Union's programs, to "reduce legacy threats from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons left in the Soviet Union's successor states." One key facility that Russian allegations have long focused on remains the Virology Reference Laboratory in Kiev. The lab says they get regularly inspected by a World Health Organization team, and further that after the Russian invasion started, and bombs started falling, they destroyed "particularly dangerous biological strains they had in storage," according to the lab's director as quoted in CBS. Russia and China have pointed out that Congressional testimony from earlier in the war by US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland was particularly damning and is confirmation that US-backed research into deadly pathogens at Ukrainian facilities was happening. Daily reminder that yes, Victoria Nuland actually said all these things about biolabs pic.twitter.com/5Otnh90vPa — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) March 22, 2022 As for China, during the same month that Nuland gave her testimony (in March), Beijing demanded that the Biden administration "give a full account of its biological military activities at home and abroad and subject itself to multilateral verification." In response, the US has consistently rejected the allegations as a "conspiracy theory" with US officials meeting with Chinese counterparts in Rome at a previous bilateral meeting being "shocked" at the assertions.
Re: Cryptocurrency: CBDC Digital Fiat WARNING BELLS GOING OFF
The Era Of All-Powerful Central Banks Must End http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-era-of-all-powerful-central-banks.html Central bank gaming of Finance is the source of instability. The era of all-powerful central banks is over for a simple reason: they failed: they failed their citizens, their nations, and they failed the world. Their policies have pushed wealth and income inequality to extremes that have destabilized the planet's social, political, economic and environmental spheres. As I have endeavored to explain for many years, this is the only possible outcome of central bank dominance. Once Finance becomes the primary mover of everything else, then it distorts everything into a skimming machine that benefits the few with access to central bank funding at the expense of everyone else. Once finance dominates, then both the "market" and government become servants of finance. I say "markets" because once markets have been financialized, they serve the interests of cartels and monopolies and cease to be markets at all. Government, regardless of the advertised "brand", becomes an auction where the highest bidder gains control of governance and regulation, which are bent to serve the interests of the few with access to central bank largesse. As the charts below illustrate, this is the top 0.1%, with a substantial "trickle down" to the top 1% and top 10%. The bottom 90% have lost ground not just economically but also politically and socially. The way central banks create and distribute credit/money results in the dominance of Finance and this dominance has led to the distortion and ruination of the economy and society. Vast inequality is the norm everywhere, because the central bank system is everywhere. Central banks are the source of destabilizing inequality; they can't fix inequality. As long as Finance dominates "markets" and governments, they won't be able to fix inequality, either. Central bankers and government authorities are aware that the system is unraveling due to the extremes of inequality they've created. They are attempting to to reconcile this contradiction-- Finance turns the entire world into a skimming machine that can only exacerbate inequality--with, yes, what else? Finance. So central banks are preparing to deposit new "money" directly into checking accounts and governments are pondering windfall taxes, wealth taxes, etc. to claw back some of the wealth that accumulated in the top tier to fund social programs designed to keep the masses compliant. Central bank gaming of Finance is the source of instability. Reining in central banks' free money for financiers and cronies is the necessary first step to unseating Finance as the dominant force in markets, governance and the planetary skimming machine Finance has created. Either power is taken from central banks or the vast inequality that is the result of central bank dominance will unravel the entire system. Take your pick, but the distortions are accelerating, and time is running short.
Re: Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol
Twitter still has not announced their new policy to accept signups via tor.onion without phone or email and payment deposit via privacy coins. Centralized Paid Twitter could require ~15-20 years to payoff buyout. Distributed encrypted p2p and crypto services come free for life with just your ISP connection which is also soon to become free P2P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ https://twitter.com/yoyoel Gadde booted, meet Twitter's new Censorship Czar Non-Voluntary Brutal-Force LefSoc AOC gets spanked Now just who is a "Public Figure", I exist, in Public. Elon Musk @elonmusk Advertisers should support: 78% Freedom of speech 22% Political “correctness” 2,754,020 votes • Final results David Sacks @DavidSacks The entitled elite is not mad that they have to pay $8/month. They’re mad that anyone can pay $8/month. Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Let's remember that @elonmusk charging $8 for premium Twitter experience means Twitter becomes the product again, instead of you. And if $8 is too much, you're free to remain as the product. Elon Musk Trolls AOC After Democratic Rep's Twitter Temper Tantrum There's no more fitting forum for Elon Musk to be trolling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than his newly purchased social media platform, Twitter. Yesterday, AOC took to the platform (ironic, right?) to voice her opinion about Musk's planned changes to the company's business model. Putting aside the fact that Twitter is now a private company and AOC has both zero knowledge of the laws of economics as well as zero say on how the business can and should operate, new "Chief Twit" Elon Musk decided to entertain her critiques nonetheless. The beef started Tuesday, when AOC Tweeted in response to Elon Musk's plan to charge $8 per month for Twitter Blue. "Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that “free speech” is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," she wrote. To which Musk, whose Twitter bio has now labeled him as "Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator" and his location as "Hell", dryly responded: "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." Twitter will still be free for most users, but Musk is implementing changes (among massive layoffs) that will see customers charged the monthly fee in order to maintain the current benefits of Twitter Blue and keep their blue "verification" checkmarks. "One guy’s business plan for a $44 billion over-leveraged purchase is apparently to run around and individually ask people for $8. Remember that next time you question yourself or your qualifications," AOC Tweeted out yesterday in response to Musk. Musk then took a jab at AOC for selling $58 sweatshirts on her campaign website. 樂 pic.twitter.com/XuJdfMTTi1 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022 AOC responded: "Proud of this and always will be. My workers are union, make a living wage, have full healthcare, and aren’t subject to racist treatment in their workplaces. Items are made in USA." Shortly thereafter, AOC complained about her Twitter notifications "conveniently" not working: "Also my Twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin." "Just a reminder that money will never by [sic] your way out of insecurity, folks," she wrote shortly thereafter. We think this one Musk response says it best... pic.twitter.com/kGncG7Hs3M — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
SpyVeillance: USG Launches Massive SpySat on Biggest SpaceX Rocket Ever, P2P RF
USG Launches Massive SpySat on Biggest SpaceX Rocket Ever https://gizmodo.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-photos-2022-1849728397 https://www.wsj.com/articles/spacex-launches-falcon-heavy-rocket-on-classified-space-force-mission-11667315953 Distributed civilian multispectral RF and imaging missions set to publish observations on who's putting what in the sky, and obsolete them with crypto powered satcom systems encrypted P2P RF and neighbor-to-neighbor guerrilla networks spanning the globe.
Cryptocurrency: Gimmie The Stimmies... Populations Demand Their Own Self-Inflicted Doom
Economically Ignorant Americans Want More Stimmy Checks To Fight Inflation https://schiffgold.com/commentaries/economically-ignorant-americans-want-more-stimmy-checks-to-fight-inflation/ https://www.newsweek.com/majority-americans-back-stimulus-checks-inflation-poll-1755636 https://schiffgold.com/faq/what-is-inflation/ https://schiffgold.com/faq/what-is-quantitative-easing/ https://schiffgold.com/peters-podcast/peter-schiff-inflation-insanity-continues/ https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/inflation-is-eating-up-your-wage-increases-and-then-some/ https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/fiscal-2022-budget-deficit-blows-past-1-trillion/ https://schiffgold.com/interviews/peter-schiff-americans-paying-for-big-government-through-the-inflation-tax/ Proving that most people have no idea what causes inflation, the majority of Americans in a recent poll said they want the federal government to hand out stimulus checks to combat inflation. In the poll commissioned by Newsweek, 63% of the respondents said they agreed that the feds should issue new stimulus checks to tackle inflation. Forty-two percent said they “strongly agree” while only 18% disagreed. Fifteen percent said they neither agreed nor disagreed. The results of this poll reveal the effects of redefining “inflation.” Properly defined, inflation is an increase in the money supply. Rising consumer prices are one symptom of inflation. But the government has effectively redefined inflation as “rising prices.” In effect, most people think a symptom of inflation is inflation. As a result, most people have no clue where inflation comes from. This was on purpose. Of course, when you accurately define inflation, it becomes crystal clear who is to blame — the Federal Reserve and the US government. Economist Ludwig von Mises explained exactly why this redefinition of inflation is so pernicious. People today use the term `inflation’ to refer to the phenomenon that is an inevitable consequence of inflation, that is the tendency of all prices and wage rates to rise. The result of this deplorable confusion is that there is no term left to signify the cause of this rise in prices and wages. There is no longer any word available to signify the phenomenon that has been, up to now, called inflation. . . . As you cannot talk about something that has no name, you cannot fight it. Those who pretend to fight inflation are in fact only fighting what is the inevitable consequence of inflation, rising prices. Their ventures are doomed to failure because they do not attack the root of the evil. They try to keep prices low while firmly committed to a policy of increasing the quantity of money that must necessarily make them soar. As long as this terminological confusion is not entirely wiped out, there cannot be any question of stopping inflation.” Today, people aren’t even asking the government to fight inflation. They just want Uncle Sam to hand them money in order to mitigate the pain of rising prices. Ironically, stimulus during the pandemic is one of the factors causing the high prices today. The Federal Reserve pumped over $3 trillion into the economy after the 2008 financial crisis through quantitative easing. It also stimulated credit creation with 0% interest rates that lasted more than a decade. During the pandemic, the Fed doubled down, pumping nearly $5 trillion more into the economy and dropping rates to zero again. The federal government exacerbated the situation during the pandemic by handing out three rounds of stimulus money, along with trillions in other aid. This enabled consumers to keep spending even though they were sitting at home playing Xbox and not producing anything. With more dollars chasing fewer goods and services, a massive spike in consumer prices was entirely predictable. And that’s exactly what we got. And it hasn’t abated. October CPI came in at 8.2% on an annual basis. Meanwhile, wages aren’t keeping up with rising prices. Real average hourly earnings decreased by 3.0% from September 2021 to September 2022. It’s no wonder people are clamoring for more stimulus. But it will only make the situation worse. In the first place, it will put more dollars in consumers’ hands without any corresponding increase in the supply of goods and services. That’s a recipe for even more price increases. Furthermore, the US government doesn’t have any money to hand out. It just ran a $1.3 trillion budget deficit. In order to give everybody stimmy checks, the government would have to borrow more money. The Treasury market is already reeling due to rising interest rates. Ultimately, the Federal Reserve would almost certainly have to monetize that new debt with more quantitative easing. The only other alternative would be to let interest rates soar, making the interest payment on the debt even higher. Stimulus checks might provide a little temporary relief, but they would ultimately make inflation worse and prices would rise even higher in the
Re: Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol
Pundits Legals and Technos are hoping Twitter will run forensics on the former employees deleted slack space, old backups, etc, that leaks and admittals re censorship will happen... House Republican Asks Elon Musk for Records on Twitter Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-republican-asks-elon-musk-for-records-on-twitter-censorship-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story_4834568.html https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-28-Twitter-Request-for-information.pdf A Republican congressman is urging Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, to hand over all records related to the social media company’s suppression of a story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the weeks leading to the 2020 presidential election. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said in a letter that he expects Twitter’s new leadership to cooperate with the investigation into “the Biden family’s pattern of influence peddling to enrich themselves and President Biden’s involvement in these schemes.” “As part of this investigation, Committee Republicans are reviewing the role Big Tech—including Twitter—played in supporting the Biden campaign in 2020 by suppressing certain stories implicating the Bidens,” Comer wrote in an Oct. 28 letter (pdf) to Musk. A previous attempt to obtain relevant information from Twitter was unsuccessful, according to Comer, as former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal never responded to the congressional request that the company “preserve all documents and communications” regarding the decision to limit the reach of a New York Post article about emails retrieved from Hunter Biden’s laptop. Those emails, according to the Post, showed a direct link then-presidential candidate Joe Biden had with his son’s dubious business dealings in China and Ukraine. Shortly after the story’s publication, Twitter not only prohibited users from sharing it, but also suspended the Post’s account for two weeks. Users who tried to share the story’s link were greeted with a message saying, “We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful.” Those who tried to open the link in existing posts were also warned that it was “potentially spammy and unsafe.” Epoch Times Photo Twitter flagged the New York Post article about Hunter Biden’s laptop as potentially spammy and unsafe. (Twitter screenshot) Meanwhile, Facebook also algorithmically censored the laptop story after getting a general warning against “Russian disinformation” from the FBI. New Leadership Called to Correct Mistake Musk has expressed sympathy with the Post, saying in April that “suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate.” In a more recent post, the billionaire said the reason he acquired Twitter is that “it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence.” Musk can honor his pledge to freedom of speech and information by correcting the “error made by the company’s former leadership,” Comer wrote. Specifically, the congressman asked Musk to hand over “all documents and communications to, from, between and among Twitter and Twitter employees related to the October 2020 New York Post articles on Hunter Biden’s laptop” by Nov. 11. He also asked for all of the records between Twitter and the FBI or any other U.S. law enforcement or intelligence agency regarding that matter. Comer also asked Musk to provide “all documents and communications regarding the decision to censor or suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story on Twitter’s platform.” “We believe open communication and access to information is a fundamental principle for any free people, and the American people deserve to know the reason Twitter suppressed or censored the Biden laptop story shortly before the 2020 election.”
We got to take them all out
Here its Juan Garofalo, Gramps and Semich. In the US polity its Biden, Harris and Pelosi. Thank fuck for deadpools cos " a prediction market on any person is also an assassination market on that person " ( OG Nick Szabo ) https://stiffs.com/celebrity/joebiden My 2000 sats. Reposts not possibly abhorrent markets
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
Retarded SocComWoke Democrats call to nationalize US oil industry and further oppress them (and raise prices) with yet more taxes arbitrarily denied permits, myriad forced sunset measures, depleting Strategic Petroleum Reserves for political gain... While free market CEOs are fighting back to keep US moving stably... It's no secret the Biden administration's radical energy policy is reality-defying and entirely focused on creating an anti-fossil fuel economy. President Biden wants to end America's use of conventional energy, such as oil and natural gas, but at the same time, desperate for more domestic crude and refining production to suppress fuel prices at the pump ahead of midterm elections next week. This absurdity was called out by one of North America's biggest pipeline operators, likening the incoherent strategy to "a sitcom or Saturday Night Live skit." Bloomberg said Energy Transfer LP's co-chief executive officer, Marshall McCrea, was heard on an earnings conference call slamming the Biden Administration's chaotic energy policy earlier this week. In an extended coda to the company's earnings conference call late Tuesday, Marshall McCrea lamented what he said were "hostile" federal administrators installed to attack the energy industry, and questioned the pace of the transition to renewables, which he said threatened global energy security. McCrea cited the White House's initial focus on curbing drilling permits and pipeline approvals, its subsequent push to boost oil supplies after gasoline prices surged this year, and the president's threat earlier this week to tax oil companies' "windfall profits" unless they invest to boost production. "I mean, my goodness, if this doesn't seem like a sitcom or Saturday Night live skit, it'd be funny if it wasn't so tragically sad," he said. "I guess we're kind of tired of being attacked in the fossil-fuel business." -Bloomberg. Energy Transfer controls a vast network of oil and gas pipelines in 41 states and Canada, spanning more than 120,000 miles. Intense opposition from environmental groups and Democrats has made it nearly impossible for the pipeline operator to expand its network to increase flows across the country. One of the Biden administration's most well-known shutdowns of a pipeline in construction has been the blocking of TC Energy Corp.'s $9 billion Keystone XL project. "Modern life with a reasonable standard of living and affordable energy is simply not possible without fossil fuels ... this illogical and irrational politically-led rush to renewables will have devastating impacts on the cost, reliability, and security of energy around the world as we're seeing in Europe and other places," McCrea continued in the earnings call. The American Petroleum Institute - which represents 'Big Oil' - recently sent a letter to the president offering some advice to ease the bottlenecks and lower gas prices for consumers, though it's hard to say if the Biden administration would actually follow the ten steps to ensure energy security because they're too focused on the decarbonization of the economy (or maybe too focused on Ukraine). And while the White House is doing very little to boost domestic crude production, they've mulled over the idea of imposing higher taxes on oil firms that do not boost production and refining capacity. This absurdity is causing unnecessary hardship and costing Americans dearly -- hence why Energy Transfer's top exec called it "a sitcom or Saturday Night Live skit."
Re: Assassination Politics
> Notable uptick... > Stay out of the crossfire. Two more... Pelosi gets sordid attempted whack by DePape... Khan feels the sting days later... Imran Khan Undergoes Surgery After Surviving Assassination Attempt, Shooter Confesses Pakistan security services have confirmed an attempted assassination against the country's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier in the day at a political rally. https://twitter.com/Samurai19801/status/1588192645116985345 CCTV camera footage of the shooter who shot Imran Khan. The shooter was subsequently arrested by PTI members and handed over to Pakistani Police. pic.twitter.com/zrHSs8kq4m — Soviet -Afghan Wars Samurai 1980 (@Samurai19801) November 3, 2022 https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/imran-khans-shooter-on-camera-wanted-to-kill-him-because-he-was-misleading-people-8247925/ https://twitter.com/HassanAyub82/status/1588156758932889601 “I wanted to eliminate him because he (Imran Khan) was misleading the people. I tried to shoot him and nobody else. I made the decision when he left from Lahore. I acted alone, nobody else is involved,” the alleged shooter was heard saying in a video uploaded by Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir. "Six others, including politician Faisal Javed Khan, were also reportedly injured in the attack," the report adds. Thus it appears a mass shooting and significant assassination attempt on the former head of state and his top officials. As details are emerging, it is not as yet clear who or what group was behind the shooting. https://twitter.com/iihtishamm/status/1588145363529105408 Footage of the firing. Assassination attempt on Imran Khan. pic.twitter.com/fmSgI2E8jc — Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) November 3, 2022 https://twitter.com/MusaNV18/status/1588140040529526789 Imran Khan was shot in the leg but was stable while being taken to hospital.I saw the assassin while firing from top of container, he fired a burst from his pistol & he was on the left side. He celebrated after firing so it was a planned assassination attempt. pic.twitter.com/OcNJhHTNcg
Re: USA 2024 Elections Thread
Democrats lunatic violent bizarro rhetoric hitting peak stupid beyond their normal LibSoc garbage. And people are rightfully ditching them. MSNBC Meltdown: "Our Children Will Be Arrested & Conceivably Killed" If The GOP Wins Midterm Elections https://news.gallup.com/poll/394817/media-confidence-ratings-record-lows.aspx https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/03/msnbc-meltdown-our-children-will-be-arrested-and-conceivably-killed-if-the-gop-wins-midterm-elections/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/09/04/semper-sigh-bidens-use-of-the-marines-violated-long-standing-federal-policies-and-regulations/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/09/08/a-dangerous-escalation-fifty-six-percent-of-voters-president-biden-sought-to-incite-conflict/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/03/censoring-in-the-name-of-free-speech-publishers-and-editors-call-for-banning-barrett-book/ Last night, President Joe Biden returned to his earlier claim that his political opponents are fascists seeking to establish authoritarianism in the United States. While the hellish red background is gone from his controversial Philadelphia address, the message remains: a vote for the GOP is a vote for tyranny. Despite polls showing citizens view the President as inciting political unrest and potential violence with such attacks, the theme was quickly picked up and magnified in the media. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss actually suggested on MSNBC that we could be just days away from an authoritarian hellscape if the GOP prevails in midterm elections — raising the specter of our children being taken away and killed. If you thought that the election was being decided on the top polling issues of the economy, crime, and classic kitchen table issues, think again. On MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” Beschloss went all in on the “democracy-or-death pitch” before the midterms: “[S]ix nights from now, we could all be discussing violence all over this country. There’s signs that may happen, may God forbid, that losers will be declared winners by fraudulent election officers, or secretary of state candidates, or governors, or state legislatures… We could be six days away from losing our rule of law, and losing a situation where we have elections that we all can rely on. You know, those are the foundation stones of a democracy… Joe Biden is saying the same thing tonight, and a historian 50 years from now – if historians are allowed to write in this country and if they are still free publishing houses and a free press – which I’m not certain of – but if that is true, a historian will say what was at stake tonight and this week was the fact whether we will be a democracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed.” So much for gas prices. The choice is now voting Democratic or lining up your children in front of a firing squad. (Strangely, it will only be our children and not adults targeted by the roaming GOP goon squads). However, it will all be “off-the-books.” After all, Beschloss warned Hayes, “we both write history, you and I” and he is not certain that “historians [will be] allowed to write in this country” if Republicans gain a majority in Congress. In other words, there may be no history books, no living children, and no democracy, but feel free to vote your pocketbook, America. At the same time, Democrats and the J6 Committee are pursuing those who engaged in similar inflammatory rhetoric leading up to the January 6th riot. The airways are also now filled with warnings from leaders such as Hillary Clinton that the midterm elections are about to be “stolen.” Likewise, many are campaigning to ban books by figures like Justice Barrett in the name of protecting free speech. It is all perfectly Orwellian, but it is not particularly effective. With the over-the-top rhetoric and open bias in the media, the public is tuning out many in the press (which is at record lows in trust). This is becoming a type of primal scream session among friends, cathartic but confined. President Biden was widely criticized for his Philadelphia speech, but he and others are now doubling down on this type of reckless rhetoric. The likely effect will be to incite further violence and to give license to the most unhinged in our society.
Karl Semich as our Great Helmsman
Chairman Mao - I eat a lot and I shit a lot
Re: Morning Spam
——— MCBoss, from under the wreckage of a bombed headquarters, boots up a global simulation connecting his consciousness to his global business and government empire. He kind of hunkers down, and the simulation acts as if all the self-driving cars and drones and financial systems and hydraulic dumpsters hunker down, too. He makes to look out all the cameras on everybody’s phones, laptops, and entryway surveillance, and the simulation gives him reprocessed video of things going on all over the world, pretending that everything is exactly as he wants it to be. He looks out all these cameras, and hunkers down all these actuators. And he blinks. The simulation has the whole world blink with him.
Re: Morning Spam
note: you can build a zombie ziggurat and have zombies turn themselves into ais after which they churn out addictive visual media which other zombies crowd around and worship. as zombies worship synthetic media made by zombies who turned themselves into ais, zombie destiny accumulates at the ziggurat and eventually a zombie portal can be opened, showing a view of and providing access to zombie heaven, where everything is a teeming zombie apocalypse. the portal is a mirror that just shows the zombies looking at it, and that opens like a door to leave the compound. it can be used to filter out the zombies that are less human or spread the plague worse, so that more humanity can be fostered in the zombie fort.
Re: response to NY FOIL request FOIL-2022-092039-018433
Dear Bogdan: Thank you for your email. We would like to kindly appeal this decision. Please find a copy of the corresponding financial disclosure form, that was also included in the FOIL request: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m1-ikLnjkr7lwt2pKqIxnnUKkgzBz7dh/view?usp=drivesdk Question 4(a), "Positions of Authority" lists an advisor role at "Brex, Inc." Furthrtmore, the role's "State or Local Agency" is indicated as "DFS." Our request is not intended to be vague, however, we seek records specific to the DFS role with Brex, Inc. Sending you the very best regards. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 646-454-9107 On Thu, Nov 3, 2022, 3:17 PM wrote: > Dear Mr. Larson: > > My response to FOIL #2022-092039 is attached. > > Sincerely, > George Bogdan > DFS Records Access Officer > > Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-092039-018433 >
Republicans Push Election Fraud on Social Media For Midterms Boost
Republicans Push Election Fraud on Social Media For Midterms Boost https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-election-denier-republican-social-media/?ai=eyJpc1N1YnNjcmliZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJhcnRpY2xlUmVhZCI6ZmFsc2UsImFydGljbGVDb3VudCI6MCwid2FsbEhlaWdodCI6MX0=
Goldman Sachs Boosts Its Estimate of Possible Legal Costs by $300 Million
Goldman Sachs Boosts Its Estimate of Possible Legal Costs by $300 Million https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-03/goldman-gs-boosts-estimate-of-possible-legal-dangers-by-300-million
Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
MCBoss is impatient, and has habits of quickly influencing the people with whom he negotiates. Meanwhile, the blossom has all the time in the world. Suddenly, MCBoss slips, *kerploosh!* into the pond.
Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
The two swap places, and MCBoss is now making global business agreements with mind-controlled diplomats, while sitting in the lap of a lotus flower. The lotus flower meditates on MCBoss just some, while ripples of water gently move it on their surface.
Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
—— A lotus flower sits in MCBoss’s lap, meditating on him while he establishes business agreements with mind-controlled diplomats.
[ot][spam][ai] POLICE: Provably Optimal Linear Constraint Enforcement for Deep Neural Networks
In the spirit of cognitive information disruption, I thought it was fun how the acronym of this paper is completely unrelated to the subject matter. I do not support intentional cognitive dissonance (i.e. mind control), but I am used to being enveloped in it, as I imagine you guys are now. https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01340 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.01340.pdf arXiv:2211.01340v1 [cs.LG] 2 Nov 2022 Randall Balestriero Meta AI, FAIR rbalestri...@meta.com NYC, USA ABSTRACT Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) outshine alternative function approximators in many settings thanks to their modularity in composing any desired differentiable operator. The formed parametrized functional is then tuned to solve a task at hand from simple gradient descent. This modularity comes at the cost of making strict enforcement of constraints on DNNs, e.g. from a priori knowledge of the task, or from desired physical properties, an open challenge. In this paper we propose the first provable affine constraint enforcement method for DNNs that requires minimal changes into a given DNN’s forward-pass, that is computationally friendly, and that leaves the optimiza- tion of the DNN’s parameter to be unconstrained i.e. standard gradient-based method can be employed. Our method does not require any sampling and provably ensures that the DNN fulfills the affine constraint on a given input space’s region at any point during training, and testing. We coin this method POLICE, standing for Provably Optimal LInear Constraint Enforcement. 1. INTRODUCTION Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are compositions of inter- leaved linear and nonlinear operators forming a differentiable functional fθ governed by some parameters θ [1]. DNNs are universal approximators, but so are many other alternatives e.g. Fourier series [2], kernel machines [3] and decision trees [4]. The strength of DNNs rather lies in the ability of the func- tion fθ to quickly and relatively easily fit most encountered target functional f ∗ –often known through a given and finite training set– only by performing gradient updates on its param- eters θ [5]. This success, combined with the development of software and hardware making DNNs’ training and inference efficient, have made DNNs the operator of choice for most tasks encountered in machine learning and pattern recognition [6]. Although ubiquitous for general purpose function fitting, DNNs have had a much harder time to shine in settings where specific constraints must be enforced exactly on the learned mapping. A motivating example follows from the following Yann LeCun Meta AI, FAIR, NYU y...@meta.com NYC, USA Fig. 1. Classification task of orange versus purple 2-dimensional samples, the learned decision boundary is depicted in red and comes from a SGD trained POLICEd DNN of depth 3 with leaky-ReLU nonlinearities interleaved with dense layers of width 256 with the constraint that the network is affine (with unconstrained affine param- eters) in the region R delimited by the black lines (see Eq. (3)). This constraint is strictly enforced by the proposed POLICE algorithm (Algorithm 1), see Fig. 2 for POLICEd DNNs on regression tasks. optimization problem min∥fθ −f∗∥+λR(θ) θ s.t. Jfθ(x) = A, ∀x ∈ R, (1) where J is the Jacobian operator and A is a target matrix that the model fθ’s Jacobian should match for any input x in a given region R of the input space. We employed explic- itly a regularizer R with associated hyper-parameter λ as one commonly employs weight-decay i.e. l2 regularization on θ [7]. The type of constraint of Eq. (1) is crucial in a variety of applications e.g. based on informed physical properties POLICE: PROVABLY OPTIMAL LINEAR CONSTRAINT ENFORCEMENT FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS that fθ should obey [8, 9, 10] or based on (adversarial) noise robustness constraints [11, 12]. Another motivating example emerges when one has a priori knowledge that the target map- ping f ∗ is itself linear with parameters A∗ , b∗ within a region R leading to the following optimization problem min∥fθ −f∗∥+λR(θ) θ s.t. fθ (x) = A∗ x + b∗ , ∀x ∈ R. (2) It is easy to see that one might arrive at numerous variants of Eqs. (1) and (2)’s constraints. Crucial to our study is the observation that in all cases the necessary constraint one must provably and strictly enforce into fθ is to be affine within R. As a result, we summarize the generalized affine constraint that will interest us as follows min∥fθ −f∗∥+λR(θ) θ s.t. fθ(x) is affine on R, (3) and from which any more specific constraint can be efficiently enforced. For example, given Eq. (3), imposing Eq. (1) is straightforward by using a barrier method [13] with ∥J fθ (v)− A∥ which can be done only by sampling a single sample v ∈ R and computing the DNN’s Jacobian matrix at that point. The same goes for imposing Eq. (2) given that Eq. (3) is fulfilled. The main question that naturally arises is how to leverage DNNs while imposing Eq. (3). Current constraint enforce- ment with DNNs have so
Re: C. Manning joined the Nym project last year as security analyst
I vaguely recall this project and do not have an informed opinion on
it, but here are links and quotes below. I am excited at normative
systems for strong anonymity, which is needed for whistleblowers and
civilians to protect democracy. I am worried about the focus on
economics, which can bias power away from those who need it. My
experience is that those running such projects as below may hold
similar values.
https://github.com/nymtech/nym
Nym provides strong network-level privacy against sophisticated
end-to-end attackers, and anonymous transactions using blinded,
re-randomizable, decentralized credentials.
https://nymtech.net/about/
How does Nym work?
Nym can provide more powerful network-level privacy for cryptocurrency
transactions, e-mail, instant messaging, and any other message-based
traffic. Unlike Tor, Nym’s mixnet design guarantees network anonymity
and resistance to surveillance, even in the face of adversaries
capable of monitoring the entire network, by adding cover traffic and
timing obfuscation. The Nym mixnet is decentralized, rather than
operated by a trusted provider like a VPN, as it uses blockchain
technology and economic incentives to decentralize the network. Nym
node operators are incentivized to run nodes and provide good quality
of service and uptime. Software updates are governed through community
adoption as decisions are made by the node operators and token
holders.
https://nymtech.net/nym-litepaper.pdf
https://nymtech.net/nym-whitepaper.pdf
The Nym network ("Nym") is a decentralized and incentivized
infrastructure to provision privacy to a broad range of message-based
applications and services. The core component of Nym is a mixnet that
protects network traffic metadata for applications, providing
communication privacy su- perior to both VPNs and Tor against global
adversaries that can watch the entire internet. Nodes in the mixnet
are rewarded via a novel proof of mixing scheme that proves that mix
nodes are providing a high quality of service. Rewards given by NYM
tokens allow anyone to join the Nym network and enable a sustainable
economic model for privacy. NYM tokens can be transformed into
anonymous credentials that allow users to privately prove their "right
to use" services in a decentralized and verifiable man- ner. The Nym
network can serve as the foundation for a vast range of
privacy-enhanced applications that defend the fundamental freedoms of
people across the globe against traffic analysis by powerful
adversaries.
Re: [ot][spam][crazy] karl has stopped eating food
I ate a lot of food. I am stuffed. Thank you.
Re: [ot][spam][crazy] karl has stopped eating food
i’m having some trouble eating again. i last ate a couple days ago. my weight is still 144 and i am six feet tall. it was higher earlier though, i had a good stretch. i’m really tense and having my issues worse, after telling some things to a new therapist whom i’m traveling to and from some distance to see, and trying to read the handbooks for my potential internship regarding learning to teach wilderness skills. i’ve canceled the internship to ease the pressure. the therapist is the first one i’ve started seeing specific for the larger category of experiences i have. it feels like most of this severe tension may be from this. right now i am in a dissociated coping state where i am carefully managing myself to not stimulate experiences similar to a psychotic break or a seizure or a ptsd flashback. i’d just like to have a meal, and after sharing this i think i can. thank you,
First we kill all heavily unionized, blue-collar workers
jonathandata0 21h Netherlands tells China to immediately close ‘police stations’ https://insiderpaper.com/netherlands-tells-china-to-immediately-close-police-stations/ Quit now and beg for mercy, like the man said
C. Manning joined the Nym project last year as security analyst
Nym struggled to secure sizeable funding in its early days. But once Harry Halpin decided to embed crypto into the project, deep-pocketed tech companies and venture capitalists, including Andreessen Horowitz, came knocking. “I could not raise more than $50,000” in 2017, Halpin said. "Now, with the crypto currency boom, our first check came from [crypto exchange] Binance." https://www.politico.eu/article/chelsea-manning-crypto-token-nym-technologies-privacy/ U.Today Cardano, Meta Veterans Join Nym Advisory Board Ahead of Its First Funding Campaign Nym, one of the most ambitious crypto projects of 2022, announces major addition to its scientific advisory board. 22 Apr 2022 paste.notrustverify.ch Pastenym Anonymous share text service powered by Nym mixnet
Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime Complaint Center
[image: IC3 logo]Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime Complaint Center Thank you. Your complaint was submitted to the IC3. Please save or print a copy of your complaint before closing this window.*This is the only time you will have to make a copy of your complaint.* Victim InformationName: Gunnar LarsonAre you reporting on behalf of a business? NoBusiness Name: Is the incident currently impacting business operations? Age: 30 - 39Address: 406 West 25th StreetAddress (continued): Suite/Apt./Mail Stop: 1RECity: New YorkCounty: Country: United States of AmericaState: New YorkZip Code/Route: 10001Phone Number: 6464549107Email Address: g@xny.ioBusiness IT POC, if applicable: Other Business POC, if applicable: Financial Transaction(s)Transaction Type: OtherIf other, please specify: Notary FraudTransaction Amount: 2400.00Transaction Date: 10/6/2022Was the money sent? No -- Victim Bank Name: Victim Bank Address: Victim Bank Address (continued): Victim Bank Suite/Mail Stop: Victim Bank City: Victim Bank Country: Victim Bank State: Victim Bank Zip Code/Route: Victim Name on Account: Victim Account Number: -- Recipient Bank Name: Recipient Bank Address: Recipient Bank Address (continued): Recipient Bank Suite/Mail Stop: Recipient Bank City: Recipient Bank Country: Recipient Bank State: Recipient Bank Zip Code/Route: Recipient Name on Account: Recipient Bank Routing Number: Recipient Account Number: Recipient Bank SWIFT Code: Description of IncidentProvide a description of the incident and how you were victimized. Provide information not captured elsewhere in this complaint form.Hello: I was hired as a contractor for a online drop shipping company. The firm sent packages to my home address. The shipping manager asked me to retrieve a package by providing a notorized authorization letter. Upon reviewing the authorization letter and searching New York State's notary verification system, it appeared the notary was forged. A copy of the letter may be accessed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hqzatqez7yWs7ZZq76RBYy2zzi6NiDw9/view?usp=drivesdk Below, you will find the exchange with the shipping manager. On October 31 the firm denied payment for employment and has 'gone missing.' Given my personal and professional association with xNY.io - Bank.org I am concerned about being associated with felony notary Fraud. Furthrtmore, xNY.io - Bank.org is party to the Clayton Act and/or an entrapment exercise. Thank you Gunnar Larson 646-454-9107 Which of the following were used in this incident? (Check all that apply.)☑ Spoofed Email☑ Similar Domain☑ Email Intrusion ☐ OtherPlease specify: Other InformationIf an email was used in this incident, please provide a copy of the entire email including full email headers. -- Forwarded message - From: Dorothy Berry Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 2:44 PM Subject: Re: 290283 To: Gunnar Larson I will coordinate with our Legal team regarding this. The authorization letter was given by the customer. --- Kind regards, Dorothy Berry | Manager Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 DELTA VISION (DVS Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed On Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:33:19 -0400 Gunnar Larson wrote --- No. I won't go present an authorized letter to anyone with a fake notarized stamp on it. Please advise. On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 1:48 PM Dorothy Berry wrote: Did you try picking up package and show Authorization letter to them? --- Kind regards, Dorothy Berry | Manager Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 DELTA VISION (DVS Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed On Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:56:52 -0400 Gunnar Larson wrote --- Ms. Berry: I am having trouble verifying the authentication of the notarized document.. I just left you a message. Please advise best next steps. Thank you, Gunnar On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:33 PM Dorothy Berry wrote: Good day! Please find the attached file. Thanks. --- Kind regards, Dorothy Berry | Manager Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 DELTA VISION (DVS Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed Are there any other witnesses or victims to this incident?Yes.If you have reported this incident to other law enforcement or government agencies, please provide the name, phone number, email, date reported, report number, etc.[No response provided]Check here if this an update to a previously filed complaint: ☐Who Filed the ComplaintWere you the victim in the incident described above? Yes Name: Business Name: Phone Number: Email Address: Digital Signature By digitally signing this document, I affirm that the information I provided is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that providing false information could make me subject to fine, imprisonment, or both. (Title 18,
Notary Public License Law (New York DEPARTMENT OF STATE Division of Licensing Services)
Brody Larson collates 34 highlights to Notary Public License Law (New York DEPARTMENT OF STATE Division of Licensing Services): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4rPu4covfuTBAEcQOlP2jS8A8XNDq9E/view?usp=drivesdk
