March 2019 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

corporate fraud
by Punk 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

here's an amazing example of it, which had somehow slipped my attention.

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corporate fraud
by Punk 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

here's an amazing example of it, which had somehow slipped my attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos company "Shut down and liquidated; founder indicted for wire fraud and conspiracy" the founder is this cunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes what a sad day for feminazism.

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contextualizing Jewish elitism in a positive way - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Direct: A Celebration of the Jewish People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljMPafQpfDU Transcript: Brilliant YouTuber Lampoons Censorship of Jewish Influence - Must-See Viral Video (Full Transcript) https://russia-insider.com/en/history/brilliant-youtuber-lampoons-censorshi…

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First Quantum-Secured Blockchain Technology Tested in Moscow
by Steven Schear 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608041/first-quantum-secured-blockchain-…

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Operation Condor: Sponsored Torture Murder in Latin America
by grarpamp 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor Operation Condor (Spanish: Operación Cóndor, also known as Plan Cóndor; Portuguese: Operação Condor) was a United States–backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents, officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America. The program, nominally intended to eradicate communist or Soviet influence and ideas, was created to suppress active or potential opposition movements against the participating governments' neoliberal economic policies, which sought to reverse the economic policies of the previous era.[6][7] Due to its clandestine nature, the precise number of deaths directly attributable to Operation Condor is highly disputed. Some estimates are that at least 60,000 deaths can be attributed to Condor, roughly 30,000 of these in Argentina,[8][9] and the so-called "Archives of Terror" list 50,000 killed, 30,000 disappeared and 400,000 imprisoned.[5][10] American political scientist J. Patrice McSherry gives a figure of at least 402 killed in operations which crossed national borders in a 2002 source,[11] and mentions in a 2009 source that of those who "had gone into exile" and were "kidnapped, tortured and killed in allied countries or illegally transferred to their home countries to be executed . . . hundreds, or thousands, of such persons—the number still has not been finally determined—were abducted, tortured, and murdered in Condor operations."[1] Victims included dissidents and leftists, union and peasant leaders, priests and nuns, students and teachers, intellectuals and suspected guerillas.[11] Condor's key members were the governments in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. Ecuador and Peru later joined the operation in more peripheral roles.[12][13] The United States government provided technical support and supplied military aid to the participants during the Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations.[2] Such support was frequently routed through the Central Intelligence Agency.

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The Tao of tmux
by grarpamp 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

https://leanpub.com/the-tao-of-tmux/read

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State Terrorism
by grarpamp 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_committed_by_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponsored_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing "The legal definition of terrorism excludes acts done by recognized states."

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Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks
by grarpamp 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

https://www.apnews.com/569631f2b11c400cac05a29e0853624b https://theintercept.com/2019/03/02/chelsea-manning-subpoena-grand-jury/ https://www.sparrowmedia.net/2019/03/chelsea-manning-grand-jury/ https://twitter.com/xychelsea https://twitter.com/resistschelsea https://twitter.com/wikileaks https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1KHiDjWwAAMPbI.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1EtwnMWwAEwgpW.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1J0LeYXcAEcJe8.jpg https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/ Free Chelsea. Wake up. End this State of affairs worldwide.

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Zerowedgie: Association Of American Physicians & Surgeons [1943] "Strongly Opposes" Mandatory Vaccines
by Zenaan Harkness 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

A high-level org suggesting individual liberty, autonomy, and parental choice about child-rearing. Very well written, fact backed 'public' letter by the way... in My Extremely High Opinion of course ;) The Association Of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) "Strongly Opposes" Mandatory Vaccines https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-06/association-american-physicians-s… https://aapsonline.org/measles-outbreak-and-federal-vaccine-mandates/?fbcli… To: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, House Energy and Commerce Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Re: Statement federal vaccine mandates Feb. 26, 2019 The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) strongly opposes federal interference in medical decisions, including mandated vaccines. After being fully informed of the risks and benefits of a medical procedure, patients have the right to reject or accept that procedure. The regulation of medical practice is a state function, not a federal one. Governmental preemption of patients’ or parents’ decisions about accepting drugs or other medical interventions is a serious intrusion into individual liberty, autonomy, and parental decisions about child-rearing. A public health threat is the rationale for the policy on mandatory vaccines. But how much of a threat is required to justify forcing people to accept government-imposed risks? Regulators may intervene to protect the public against a one-in-one million risk of a threat such as cancer from an involuntary exposure to a toxin, or-one-in 100,000 risk from a voluntary (e.g. occupational) exposure. What is the risk of death, cancer, or crippling complication from a vaccine? There are no rigorous safety studies of sufficient power to rule out a much lower risk of complications, even one in 10,000, for vaccines. Such studies would require an adequate number of subjects, a long duration (years, not days), an unvaccinated control group (“placebo” must be truly inactive such as saline, not the adjuvant or everything-but-the-intended-antigen), and consideration of all adverse health events (including neurodevelopment disorders). Vaccines are necessarily risky, as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court and by Congress. The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has paid some $4 billion in damages, and high hurdles must be surmounted to collect compensation. The damage may be so devastating that most people would prefer restored function to a multimillion-dollar damage award. The smallpox vaccine is so dangerous that you can’t get it now, despite the weaponization of smallpox. Rabies vaccine is given only after a suspected exposure or to high-risk persons such as veterinarians. The whole-cell pertussis vaccine was withdrawn from the U.S. market, a decade later than from the Japanese market, because of reports of severe permanent brain damage. The acellular vaccine that replaced it is evidently safer, though somewhat less effective. The risk: benefit ratio varies with the frequency and severity of disease, vaccine safety, and individual patient factors. These must be evaluated by patient and physician, not imposed by a government agency. Measles is the much-publicized threat used to push for mandates, and is probably the worst threat among the vaccine-preventable illnesses because it is so highly contagious. There are occasional outbreaks, generally starting with an infected individual coming from somewhere outside the U.S. The majority, but by no means all the people who catch the measles have not been vaccinated. Almost all make a full recovery, with robust, life-long immunity. The last measles death in the U.S. occurred in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). Are potential measles complications including death in persons who cannot be vaccinated due to immune deficiency a justification for revoking the rights of all Americans and establishing a precedent for still greater restrictions on our right to give—or withhold—consent to medical interventions? Clearly not. Many serious complications have followed MMR vaccination, and are listed in the manufacturers’ package insert, though a causal relationship may not have been proved. According to a 2012 report by the Cochrane Collaboration, “The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate” (cited by the National Vaccine Information Center). Mandate advocates often assert a need for a 95% immunization rate to achieve herd immunity. However, Mary Holland and Chase Zachary of NYU School of Law argue, in the Oregon Law Review, that because complete herd immunity and measles eradication are unachievable, the better goal is for herd effect and disease control. The best outcome would result, they argue, from informed consent, more open communication, and market-based approaches. Even disregarding adverse vaccine effects, the results of near-universal vaccination have not been completely positive. Measles, when it does occur, is four to five times worse than in pre-vaccination times, according to Lancet Infectious Diseases, because of the changed age distribution: more adults, whose vaccine-based immunity waned, and more infants, who no longer receive passive immunity from their naturally immune mother to protect them during their most vulnerable period. Measles is a vexing problem, and more complete, forced vaccination will likely not solve it. Better public health measures—earlier detection, contact tracing, and isolation; a more effective, safer vaccine; or an effective treatment are all needed. Meanwhile, those who choose not to vaccinate now might do so in an outbreak, or they can be isolated. Immunosuppressed patients might choose isolation in any event because vaccinated people can also possibly transmit measles even if not sick themselves. Issues that Congress must consider: ∙ Manufacturers are virtually immune from product liability, so the incentive to develop safer products is much diminished. Manufacturers may even refuse to make available a product believed to be safer, such as monovalent measles vaccine in preference to MMR (measles-mumps-rubella). Consumer refusal is the only incentive to do better. ∙ There are enormous conflicts of interest involving lucrative relationships with vaccine purveyors. ∙ Research into possible vaccine adverse effects is being quashed, as is dissent by professionals. ∙ There are many theoretical mechanisms for adverse effects from vaccines, especially in children with developing brains and immune systems. Note the devastating effects of Zika or rubella virus on developing humans, even though adults may have mild or asymptomatic infections. Many vaccines contain live viruses intended to cause a mild infection. Children’s brains are developing rapidly—any interference with the complex developmental symphony could be ruinous. ∙ Vaccines are neither 100% safe nor 100% effective. Nor are they the only available means to control the spread of disease. AAPS believes that liberty rights are unalienable. Patients and parents have the right to refuse vaccination, although potentially contagious persons can be restricted in their movements (e.g. as with Ebola), as needed to protect others against a clear and present danger. Unvaccinated persons with no exposure to a disease and no evidence of a disease are not a clear or present danger. AAPS represents thousands of physicians in all specialties nationwide. It was founded in 1943 to protect private medicine and the patient-physician relationship. Respectfully yours, Jane M. Orient, M.D., Executive Director Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

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Phys.org: Listening to quantum radio
by jim bell 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Phys.org: Listening to quantum radio. https://phys.org/news/2019-03-quantum-radio.html

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