Fight the Power

"The Company"

2012-02-24T07:06:00.008-06:00

Post Vita Launch VViP Hackers Target Unofficial Sony Site

by Alastair Stevenson

As originally posted on: International Business Times
February 22, 2012

Team VViP Hackers have attacked an unofficial Australian Vaio laptop sites, defacing its frontpage.

The hackers targeted the unofficial Sony site on Wednesday replacing its frontpage with VViP's logo and a message claiming responsibility for the attack.

VViP announced the attack on its Facebook page, with a hacker operating under the Sykes Vvip moniker posting messages indicating they were the individual that actually mounted the attack.

The attack follows a number of intrusions on Sony's official networks. Prior to the attack on its Australian site, the

Anonymous hacker s3rverexe had mounted a similar assault on the company's Pictures website. The attack was reportedly enacted to "punish" Sony for its support of the controversial U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Before this, in April 2011 the company had suffered a major security breach on its PlayStation Network (PSN). The breach saw hackers break into the company's PSN - the network that runs the company's PlayStation 3 console and PSP and Vita handhelds - compromising the personal and billing information of as many as 100 million Sony account holders.

The company was subsequently forced to shut down the network leaving Sony console and handheld owners without its services for several weeks. VViP gave no clear reason why it chose to target Sony's Austalian laptop site. The attack immediately follows the UK release of the company's Vita handheld.

"Thugs such as Themselves"

2012-02-23T19:09:00.007-06:00

There is no consent

by Kent McManigal

As originally posted on: Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog
February 16, 2012

There is a billboard in the next town that shows a girl, passed out on a couch, surrounded by liquor bottles. The caption states "Just because she isn't saying 'no' doesn't mean she's saying 'yes'."

True. And the same goes for any other kind of supposed "implied consent" as well.

Just because I am not shooting reavers/cops, bureaucrats, and politicians doesn't mean I consent to be subject to their rule. Only a rapist would believe otherwise.

Besides, I am saying "no". Over and over. In language that leaves no room for misinterpretation. But, the rapists of State refuse to hear since it is not in a language that they comprehend. Only brutal, naked force would be understood by thugs such as themselves. They are lucky I am peaceable and my trigger is so difficult to trip.

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"Your Country" and "the IMF and the Bankers"

2012-02-22T07:51:00.009-06:00

The following press release has been edited in terms of its formatting.

#OpGreece

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Citizens of Greece

We are Anonymous. We watch every day your government abolish the constitution and institutions of your country. We see them leading you closer and closer to poverty. We see them pass laws that deprive you of any right to dignity. We see them delivering your country to the IMF and the bankers. We know about the rations in schools, for the armies of the homeless, for people looking in the garbage for food, for people who are left jobless and now wait in lines for a plate of food. We know that your country voted ACTA in your effort to silence Greeks. We know everything ...

The Democracy in Greece has died.It died whith a government that has not been elected by the people. And for this reason the time for discussion has come and gone. We are not negotiating anything with any of those who murdered it. You can hunt us as you like, you can even capture some of us in our attempt to muzzle you, but for every one that will be captured 3 others will spring up. We We are not 5 or 10 or 100. Now the Greeks are all Anonymous. We are millions against you and the 300 in this war, tear gas will not help you.

Occupying Government of Greece

These days you are going to vote for a bill that will be the last nail in the coffin of the Greeks. A bill to return the country to a totalitarian rule. To bring the country and its people in absolute poverty. We will not allow another misery to the Greek people. We demand the immediate resignation of you, and elections. We demand not a cent paid to moneylenders 'friends' of you. We demand the immediate withdrawal of the IMF from Greece. The Justice Department was only a small sample of what we are able to do and still have not seen the full wrath of Anonymous. For each article of a bill that would shame the vote, we will shut the system and keep deleting Inland Revenue debts of Greek citizens. Debts which requires them in a fascist way to pay. You might be able in the demonstrations of the Greeks to make them face incredible violence continuously hitting them, but the internet is our field. And we love this war. We are many and we will be brief.

Citizens of Greece, Anonymous is now fighting on your side .....

Government of Greece, expect us ...

# In the name of # Op Greece

We are Anonymous

We are Legion

We do not forget

We do not forgive

United as one with Greek People

Expect us!

The System

2012-02-21T15:34:00.005-06:00

Three Greek Anonymous hackers arrested for defacing Government Sites

As originally posted on: The Hacker News [ THN ]
February 21, 2012

According to a press release by the Greek police,They has arrested an eighteen-year-old and identified two other teenagers it accuses of having defaced the Greek Ministry of Justice website.

The attack happened at the start of February, Aged 16, 17 and 18, the three targeted schoolboys are suspected of taking part in this group under the nicknames ’delirium’, ‘nikpa’ and ‘extasy’.

The Greek Cybercrime division has found electronic traces that supposedly lead to the subjects and claim that they’ve attacked many sites in the past. Besides the arrests, the unit also seized 12 HDD and 3 notebooks. A police statement says the three claim to be part of the international “Anonymous” activist collective, which has attacked computers in several countries.

Hackers posted a video and messages on the Justice Ministry website on February 3, protesting the Greek government’s signing of a global copyright treaty and its handling of the financial crisis.

"What is going on in your country is unacceptable. You were chosen by your people to act on behalf of them and express their wishes, but you have derogatorily failed," says the message that is still available on Youtube.

Capitalism

2012-02-20T12:32:00.003-06:00

"The US Gov"

2012-02-19T22:08:00.008-06:00

Dear Internet, I love you and can't live without you. If the US Gov finds a way to censor you, #Anonymous will find 3 ways to free you. -OL

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (OperationLeakS) on Twitter
January 5, 2012

The System

2012-02-18T08:54:00.005-06:00

Innocent Until Proven Guilty, So Why Not Legal Until Proven Illegal?

by Zacqary Adam Green

As originally posted on: Falkvinge on Infopolicy
February 17, 2012

Before a court can restrict a citizen’s freedom with a prison sentence, it must prove guilt. Why don’t legislatures require the same burden of proof when making laws?

This may seem like a silly comparison; common wisdom would never equate imprisonment with a law being on the books. They certainly don’t feel like the same thing — unless the law in question is unjust, unnecessary, or just plain unwelcome. Take, for example, the US federal government’s law which refuses to recognize same-sex marriage. The fact that, were I to one day marry, I’d have to limit my residence to a select few states — and still be regarded as “single” for federal tax purposes, regardless — certainly feels like imprisonment to me.

Laws, like imprisonment, are a restriction on individual liberty. They are a limitation on what an individual is allowed to do, plain and simple. This is not an argument against laws, in favor of lawlessness; this is simply a statement of fact. Just because some laws are necessary does not change the fact that they do restrict liberty.

And that’s the key thing to think about: we should not restrict anyone’s liberty unless it is absolutely, positively necessary, without a shadow of a doubt. Our court systems already recognize this; it’s arguably necessary to throw a murderer in jail, but it’s not necessary to throw a person falsely-accused of murder in jail. This is why courts require evidence before they will convict an individual of a crime, and then — as a consequence — restrict that individual’s liberty.

Legislative bodies, on the other hand, do not insist on evidence to make laws; they base their decisions solely on the opinions of their members. There is no requirement for these opinions to be based on evidence, which is why they often are not. We regularly take away freedoms based solely on the whims and beliefs of our elected officials, and not based on whether it is necessary to take these freedoms away. Certain behaviors are deemed wrong until proven right — or just wrong, despite proof to the contrary.

For too long, we have seen that beliefs, morals, or sentiments are not an appropriate basis for lawmaking. We are also well aware that they are not an appropriate basis for criminal justice. Why do we allow laws to be made without proof of their necessity, but disallow criminal convictions without the same?

Before acting, courts ask themselves the question: will justice be done? Legislators must begin doing the same.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ZACQUARY ADAM GREEN

Filmmaker, artist, and the Chief Executive Plankhead of Plankhead, a free culture arts organization/collective/pirate ship. He produces absurd projects, with titles like "Your Face is a Saxophone", from his home of Long Island, New York.

Canadian Federal Member of Parliament / Public Safety Minister Vic Toews

2012-02-17T16:32:00.005-06:00

"On January 28th 2007 Vic informed me that he had been having an affair for the past 3 years and that the woman was pregnant." #c30

by "Vikileaks"

As originally posted on: Vikileaks (vikileaks30) on Twitter
February 15, 2012

Canadian Federal Member of Parliament / Public Safety Minister Vic Toews

2012-02-17T06:03:00.005-06:00

" He was in fact having an affair with our children's former babysitter from 1986 to 1993. " #cdnpoli #c30

by "Vikileaks"

As originally posted on: Vikileaks (vikileaks30) on Twitter
February 14, 2012

The System

2012-02-16T13:39:00.005-06:00

Twitter feed 'leaks' alleged Vic Toews divorce details

Tweets timed with tabling of 'lawful access' bill

by Jordan Press

As originally posted: Calgary Herald
February 16, 2012

Hours after Public Safety Minister Vic Toews introduced a controversial bill that would give police more powers to com-bat cybercrime by accessing users' personal information, Toews was at the centre of an online attack that released purported details of his own personal history.

The string of tweets posted online portions of alleged details relating to his divorce proceedings.

It is part of a trend that has seen political subterfuge move from back-room hallways to the Internet, and politicians and experts agree that it can only grow.

"Well, this is one of the aspects of social media, that all sorts of information can come out. It's not necessarily the right information, but that's the way the world works now," said Liberal MP Marc Garneau. "I think it behooves us all to try to be reasonable in these circumstances, but we can't control what some people will say."

The tweets began late Tuesday night and, according to the first tweets, were posted directly in response to the tabling of the government's "lawful access" bill.

The legislation, named the "Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act," requires Internet service providers and cellphone companies to install equipment for real-time surveillance and will create new police powers designed to access the surveillance data.

The bill also allows for warrantless access to some subscriber information.

"Vic wants to know about you. Let's get to know about Vic," reads the first tweet.

"Let's start with affidavits from Vic's divorce case."

What followed were dozens of tweets with alleged quotes from affidavits connected to Toews' divorce proceedings. The contents of the tweets was unverified.

Toews's office didn't know about the feed before being contacted by Post-media News Wednesday. Through a spokesman, Toews declined to comment.

"I won't get involved in this kind of gutter politics," Toews said in an e-mailed statement that he later put on his own Twitter account. "Engaging in or responding to this kind of discussion leads nowhere."

As the feed continued to put out 140-character length messages throughout the day, the number of followers grew by leaps and bounds.

By late Wednesday afternoon, the account had almost 3,000 followers fuelled by users angry over the government's "lawful access" legislation tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons.

Canadian Federal Member of Parliament / Public Safety Minister Vic Toews

2012-02-16T09:07:00.004-06:00

"In late 2006, I discovered that the woman with whom I was having an affair was pregnant with my child." #c30

by "Vikileaks"

As originally posted on: Vikileaks (vikileaks30) on Twitter
February 15, 2012

"Most Reavers"

2012-02-15T15:14:00.005-06:00

Blocked paths and robbery

by Kent McManigal

As originally posted on: Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog
February 15, 2012

In the old days reavers known as "highwaymen" would block roads with downed trees so they could rob travelers.

Some of the intended victims didn't submit so easily, and some thieves died. Some of the surviving reavers got wise and realized it would be helpful if they could find a way to get their victims to stop fighting back.

So, now most reavers use speed limits instead of logs.

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Capitalism

2012-02-14T15:36:00.004-06:00

The System

2012-02-14T07:38:00.004-06:00

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. We love you. Expect us.

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous Operations (Anony_Ops) on Twitter
[Post date not given]

"The USA"

2012-02-13T17:44:00.009-06:00

Peoples Liberation Front Press Release - Commander X Escapes Into Exile

Saturday - February 11, 2012

The PLF is delighted to announce that Commander X, aka Christopher Mark Doyon - has fled the jurisdiction of the USA and entered the relative safety of the nation of Canada. Using the underground railroad and network of safe houses created after the launch of Operation Vendetta in January 2011 (following the initial FBI raids on Anonymous USA), Commander X was spirited to the Canadian border - where he hiked through the forest of the north west into Canada.

The Peoples Liberation Front would like to thank our friends and allies in Anonymous and the Occupy USA movement for their invaluable assistance in creating this dissident escape network, and for the great care they took with the first person to utilize it to seek freedom from the tyranny of the USA. Every person along the way acted with great discretion and professionalism, and treated the "package" with deep honor, respect and concern.

The PLF calls upon the government of the USA to come to it's senses and cease the harassment, surveillance - and arrest of not only Anonymous, but ALL activists. We DEMAND that the USA drop all charges against the Anonymous 15 immediately and apologize for harassing these courageous human rights and

information activists. We DEMAND that President Obama immediately grant a full executive pardon to Bradley Manning, and order an end to the investigation of Julian Assange. As for Commander X, he will release a communique shortly detailing his own demands of the government of the USA.

The Peoples Liberation Front calls upon the government of Canada to NOT co-operate with the USA in apprehending Commander X, or any other Anons or PLF Members. The PLF reminds Canada of it's decades long and noble tradition of harboring American political dissidents during times of great tyranny in the USA. Finally we call upon all Canadian members of the PLF and Anonymous to lend any aid or assistance possible to Commander X.

SIGNED -- PLF Central Command

www.PeoplesLiberationFront.tk

The System

2012-02-13T07:06:00.005-06:00

The Internet is here. Are you ready for The Year of Cyber War? We are. Rise up and join us to fight for your rights.

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter
January 19, 2012

The System

2012-02-12T19:25:00.002-06:00

Greek Protesters Set Fire to Notable Buildings, Starbucks

by Louis Peitzman

As originally posted on: Gawker
February 12, 2012

In order to salvage a tanking economy, Greece is expected to pass a package of severe budget cuts — and many citizens are not taking it well. As Parliament prepared to vote on the new plan, which would cut 3.3 billion euro from people's wages and pensions, protesters began rising up, starting a series of fires using homemade explosives.

On the streets many businesses were ablaze, including the neo-classical home to the Attikon cinema dating from 1870 and a building housing the Asty, an underground cinema used by the Gestapo during World War Two as a torture chamber.

There have been less historically significant targets as well, including a Starbucks. Buzzfeed has rounded up photos of the coffee chain in flames from firsthand photos posted to Twitter.

"The Status Quo"

2012-02-10T07:41:00.008-06:00

Church, state will never separate

by Kent McManigal

As originally posted: Clovis News Journal
February 2, 2012

Much is made of the separation of Church and state, but the truth is that while Church and state sometimes temporarily separate, on the insistence of those who get caught in the middle, they will never divorce. They were made for each another.

Church is possibly a little older than her partner, but she hides her age well by getting a face-lift every few years. State just matures and gets more efficient, sly, and paranoid as he ages.

No one knows when Church and state first married; it seemed as if they had always been a couple. They slap each other around a lot, and do a lot of shouting and cussing at one another — because it isn’t a peaceful marriage, but it is a convenient arrangement that neither wants to end.

Church and state will each occasionally do something good for society, in order to encourage people to say how essential they are. Each partner has their supporters, and some people actually support both. A small minority support neither, and throughout history this demographic hasn’t usually fared well at the hands of the couple’s fans. Yet, neither Church nor state has been loyal to their ardent supporters.

No one objected to the marriage for many years, until a few people decided Church and state would be less harmful — to each other or to innocent bystanders — if they could be kept apart. This separation is opposed by those who want the couple to stay together in order to use them against specific enemies. Only the naive believe that this pair will ever be limited to bullying bad guys.

So, a while back there was a more concerted effort to split up the couple, and a separation — at least on paper — finally happened. However, it was only for appearances. The couple may live in different apartments but they are still “friends with benefits” and only give lip service to the separation when it seems useful. Most people try really hard to pretend they don’t see the nudging and winking in public. But, knock on one partner’s door and the other will usually be sitting on the couch, perfectly at home, in the background.

The truth remains that while you may believe the couple is separated, they are still married and will never divorce. There’s just no real reason to. They are too comfortable with the status quo and gain too much from the marriage.

‘Til death do they part.

Kent McManigal is a freelance writer who sometimes offers commentary on our websites. Contact him at dullhawk@hotmail.com

The System

2012-02-09T19:36:00.003-06:00

Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Servers Hacked, Exposing Vendor Usernames and Passwords

As originally posted on: The Hacker News [ THN ]
February 9, 2012

Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly been hacked, exposing the usernames and passwords of the company’s clients and employees. Hacker group SwaggSec just released a dump of Foxconn internal information, including a mail server login/password dump and logins to various online procurement sites and Intranets.

"We encourage media, security experts, and other interested individuals to explore our leaks. Foxconn did have an appropriate firewall, but fortunately to our intent, we were able to bypass it almost flawlessly. Of course with funding ourselves we did have our limitations. But with several hacking techniques employed, and a couple of days in time, we were able to dump most of everything of significance." Hacker said.

The group made a 6.04MB file available earlier this evening first on Demonoid, and then on The Pirate Bay which purported to contain login and password information for Foxconn's email servers, intranets, and various other company-affiliated sites.

9to5Mac was able to verify these logins worked, though the servers have now been disabled by Foxconn and logins no longer valid. According to the original posting the logins and passwords could allow individuals to make orders under company accounts such as Apple, IBM, Microsoft and Intel.

Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, posted an image that showed details of the company’s host naming system, including what looked like a list of customers. Foxconn, a major contract manufacturer of electronics including Apple's iPhone, has faced negative publicity repeatedly since 2010 following a string of suicides at the company's Chinese facilities.

"Both Russian and Syrian Repressing Regimes"

2012-02-08T07:55:00.008-06:00

A Joint Message from Russian and Syrian Anarchists

by "Autonomous Action - Russia", et al

As posted on: Linchpin
February 7, 2012

To the masses, oppressed and revolutionaries of Russian Federation and Syria,

We, Russian and Syrian anarchists, as we see the infamous collaboration of both Russian and Syrian repressing regimes, and the support of the Russian ruling regime to the bloody crackdown of Assad regime against the Syrian revolting masses; either in supplying arms and ammunition to Assad's forces or providing diplomatic protection to Assad's massacres against the revolting Syrians, we see this as a logical result of the similarity of the repressive and exploitative nature and structure of both regimes; and as a part of their war against the oppressed of their own people. We, as anarchists and anti–authoritarians, condemn this infamous collaboration and the repressive practices of both regimes, and we call for a strong and brotherly solidarity between

the repressed masses, revolutionaries and anarchist of both countries, in their struggle against the repressing elites in both countries.

Autonomous Action - Russia
Syrian Anarchist feminist movement
Syrian Anarchists

Capitalism

2012-02-07T20:48:00.002-06:00

The System

2012-02-06T22:40:00.007-06:00

#RISE UP!

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: AnonymousIRC Brasil (AnonIRC) on Twitter
February 6, 2012

Capitalism

2012-02-05T22:05:00.005-06:00

The System

2012-02-04T17:21:00.005-06:00

Capitalism

2012-02-03T16:23:00.006-06:00

The United States of America (USA)

2012-02-02T19:35:00.015-06:00

I

112TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION

H. R. 3785

To repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.

_________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 18, 2012

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_________________

A BILL

To repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SECTION 1021 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012.

Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) is hereby repealed.

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Capitalism

2012-02-01T08:18:00.003-06:00

The System

2012-01-31T10:43:00.005-06:00

Richmond cop's Twitter comment attacking Internet hackers draws anger, criticism

by Karl Fischer

As originally posted: San Jose Mercury News
January 31, 2012

RICHMOND -- A Richmond police officer is facing criticism and anger Monday for a Twitter comment he made about Internet hackers.

Angry posts on the Facebook pages of the Richmond Police Department and the Contra Costa Times are criticizing the officer for his Jan. 26 tweet about a hacker attack on the Ultimate Fighting Championship website.

"Get those hacking (expletive). I'm a cop in the bay area CA. (sic) I would go at them with both guns!" Richmond police Sgt. Mike Rood wrote via Twitter to UFC President Dana White.

The hacker group Anonymous and its supporters viewed the comment as a criminal threat, and called for the department to punish Rood.

"In his tweet, he expresses his desire to use firearms to deal with problematic people," several posters wrote on the Contra Costa Times' Facebook page, apparently copying a form letter. "I fear for the safety of the citizens of Richmond after seeing such irresponsible action displayed by one of its very own police officers."

Richmond police Capt. Mark Gagan would not confirm the identity of the officer, citing state privacy protections, or discuss

particulars of the case. He said the department received a flood of complaints beginning Monday evening.

"We are well aware of the response people have had to the situation," Gagan said. "We are opening an investigation, and we will get to the bottom of it. If there were policy violations, we will deal with it appropriately."

Rood's tweet apparently referenced an attack by a hacker group last week on the UFC website.

The UFC is a sports organization that promotes professional mixed martial arts fights, and has aggressively pursued piracy in the courts, according to mmajunkie.com, a site that promotes mixed martial arts.

Recently, the UFC site published an editorial supporting the controversial anti-piracy bills SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP). In response, hackers defaced the site and publicized the personal information of White, including phone number, Social Security number and current and past addresses.

However, a Las Vegas woman who does not know White told FOX 5 Vegas last weekend that her telephone number and address were apparently included in that file, and she received more than 500 harassing phone calls.

In an interview posted Jan. 26 on mmajunkie.com, White said, "I said a couple years ago piracy is a serious issue to us, and we are going after it guns a blazin.'"

"Your █████ ████ Government"

2012-01-30T23:47:00.008-06:00

EU citizens: █████ █ ████ everything ███ █████ is █████ ████ ████ fine ████ ███ ██████ trust ███ ██████ ███ your █████ ████ government. #ACTA

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (Anon_Support) on Twitter
January 26, 2012

Capitalism

2012-01-30T17:23:00.005-06:00

"Your #Governement"

2012-01-29T10:33:00.006-06:00

Silence your #Governement before they silence you! Stand up for your #Rights and #Freedom . #Anonymous

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous NEWS (ANON_OPNEWS) on Twitter
January 22, 2012

"#USGOV"

2012-01-28T00:00:00.005-06:00

#USGOV We urge you to stop with your #TERRORIST repression around the world and within your own country #Anonymous

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (Anonymous_SA) on Twitter
January 9, 2012

"Any Agency, Political Subdivision, Employee, or Member of the Military of Virginia" and the United States of America (USA)

2012-01-27T14:57:00.007-06:00

The following legislation has been edited in terms of its formatting.

2012 SESSION

INTRODUCED

12103119D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1160
Offered January 16, 2012
A BILL to prevent any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency or the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of a United States citizen in violation of the Constitution of Virginia.
________
Patron - Marshall, R.G.
________
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
________
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no agency of the Commonwealth as defined in § 8.01-385 of the Code of Virginia, political subdivision of the Commonwealth as defined in § 8.01-385 of the Code of Virginia, employee of either acting in his official capacity, or any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, when such a member is serving in the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia Defense Force on official state duty, may engage in any activity that aids an agency of or the armed forces of the United States in the execution of 50 U.S.C. 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-18, § 1021) in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of any citizen of the United States in violation of Article I, Section 8 or 11 of the Constitution of Virginia.

The International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and the United Nations (UN)

2012-01-26T21:25:00.014-06:00

The following resolution has been edited in terms of its original formatting.

Official copy of the RNC Resolution Exposing United Nations Agenda 21 passed at the WM12 -1-13-12
__________________________________

GOP.COM

Republican National Committee
* Member Services *

Resolution Exposing United Nations Agenda 21

WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control that was initiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and,

WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pushed into local communities throughout the United States of America through the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) through local “sustainable development” policies such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and other “Green” or “Alternative” projects; and,

WHEREAS, this United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called “sustainable development” views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms; all as destructive to the environment; and,

WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy, social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment which would be accomplished by socialist/communist redistribution of wealth; and,

WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy National sovereignty is deemed a social injustice; now therefore

be it

RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee recognizes the destructive and insidious nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and hereby exposes to the public and public policy makers the dangerous intent of the plan; and therefore be it further

RESOLVED, that the U.S. government and no state or local government is legally bound by the United Nations Agenda 21 treaty in that it has never been endorsed by the (U.S.) Senate, and therefore be it further

RESOLVED, that the federal and state and local governments across the country be well informed of the underlying harmful implications of implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 destructive strategies for “sustainable development” and we hereby endorse rejection of its radical policies and rejection of any grant monies attached to it, and therefore be it further

RESOLVED, that upon the approval of this resolution the Republican National Committee shall deliver a copy of this resolution to each of the Republican members of Congress, all Republican candidates for Congress, all Republican candidates for President who qualify for RNC sanctioned debates, and to each Republican state and territorial party office and recommend for adoption into the Republican Party Platform at the 2012 Convention.
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The System

2012-01-26T07:28:00.006-06:00

Alaska Sovereign Citizens Indicted On Murder Conspiracy Charges

by Jillian Rayfield

As originally posted on: TPMMuckraker
January 24, 2012

Schaeffer Cox and two of his followers in the Alaska Peacemaker Militia appeared in court on Monday expecting to file more motions to dismiss the charges against them. Instead they were greeted with additional indictments by a federal grand jury charging them with conspiring to kill government officials, including law enforcement officers.

According to the latest indictment, Cox and company did “knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully conspire and agree together” to “kill, with premeditation and malice aforethought, officers and employees of the United States, including law enforcement officers.”

The maximum sentence for the charges is life in prison.

The charges stem from an alleged plot that came to light in March of last year, when Cox, Coleman Barney and Lonnie Vernon were first arrested. At the time, each was charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the state level, and were indicted for several weapons charges at the federal level. The state charges were eventually thrown out.

Cox is a self-described “sovereign citizen” and leader of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia and Alaska Assembly Post. He also is the “Secretary of Defense” for the national Assembly Post, and Commander-in-Chief” of the “several States of the United States of America.” Barney and Vernon are also “officers” in the Militia and Alaska Assembly Post.

According to the latest indictment, Cox, Barney and Vernon conspired to stockpile weapons, including silencers, hand grenades, grenade launchers and a “Hornet’s Nest” anti-personnel round “as part of their membership in the Alaska Peacemaker Militia and the Alaska Assembly Post, and in furtherance of their collective belief that at some undetermined and unknown point in the future they would be compelled to take up arms against the government.” The indictments also allege that Cox “did solicit, command, induce and endeavor to persuade” Barney and Vernon to kill a law enforcement officer, which carries an additional sentence of up to a 20-years.

The indictment alleges that with the Alaska Assembly Post, Cox formed a military arm, legal arm, judiciary and even his own currency, in preparation for a government take-over or to form a new government in the event of a “government collapse.” Cox also created a list of state and federal government employees — including U.S. Marshals, employees of the TSA and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, and Alaska State Troopers — and gathered personal information about them “so that Cox and others could kill them in the event of a ‘government collapse,’” the indictment alleges.

In one November 2010 incident described by court documents, Cox was slated to appear on a local television program in North Pole, Alaska, and arranged for Barney and Vernon to provide him with armed protection based on Cox’s belief that a federal “hit team” was planning to assassinate him in Fairbanks. According to court documents, Barney and Vernon “established a tactical and armed perimeter security force of militia members” around Cox during the interview, which even stopped locals and asked them for names and identification.

In the same month, according to the indictment, Cox paid for 16,000 newspapers ads with the title “Court Fraud! Thousands of Judgments Void” The ads contained information on a public meeting about the “deceptively named ‘Alaska Court System’” that, along with the Alaska Bar Association, “are under criminal investigation. If you have had a case decided without full disclosure of the true nature of the ‘Alaska Court System’ the damages can be corrected.”

In December of 2010, Cox assembled with members of the Alaska Assembly Post in the back of a Denny’s for a “common law court” that would “try” Cox for a weapons charge against him. He was unanimously acquitted by the “jury,” which he brought up in a hearing that same month in District Court in Alaska. He told the judge that the courts did not have any jurisdiction over him.

In February 2011, Cox failed to appear at his next hearing over the weapons charge, and a warrant was put out for his arrest. According to the indictment, he met with members of his militia and “directed the others regarding actions they should take in the event that Cox was arrested for failing to appear. Cox and others developed a ‘2-4-1’ plan that if Cox or any militia members were killed then COX and the others would kill two other people (specifically law enforcement, judges, or district attorneys) in return.”

In the hearing Monday, Cox and the others pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. When the conspiracy to commit murder charge was announced, Cox said “I’m not guilty — and totally innocent,” the Anchorage Daily News reports.

The trial was also delayed until May 7 during the hearing.

Full coverage of the trial here.

"Pleasure Haters" and "the Illegitimate Institution of the State"

2012-01-25T01:06:00.003-06:00

Pleasure haters

by Kent McManigal

As originally posted on: Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog
January 24, 2012

I saw a quote in an issue of Reason Magazine that just kept coming back to my mind. It was in reference to Prohibition (both the old one and the current one):

"The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure"

I think it could also be expressed as "The eternal temptation to get pleasure from preventing the pleasure of others".

Either way, there are an awful lot of awful people who seem determined to try to make sure no one is having any fun. That's fine if they stick to being annoying pains in the rear. Unfortunately, the illegitimate institution of The State gives these perverts a way to exert power over others. What a messed up shame.

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"All Power which Has No True Legitimacy"

2012-01-24T16:36:00.005-06:00

The logical conclusion to the Occupy Movement: The Great Collective

by "Kilgoar"

As originally posted on: The Internet Chronicle
January 19, 2012

Occupy has proven the power of Social Media. Protests are more visible, sustainable, and effective than ever before. However, the movement is struggling to maintain momentum as it reaches the inherent boundaries of protest.

The Great Collective is the logical conclusion to Occupy, the decentralized masses with no leaders and no agenda, not a political party, a collective. Effective campaigns can now run with little or no money using crowd-sourcing, viral marketing, and social media.

The decentralized Occupy model is inherent in the structure of Social Media. Occupy’s life is not the flesh that is sitting in the park, facing down Stormtroopers. It’s the people watching, organizing, and supporting via the Internet. This throbbing neural

pathway which has burned itself into the great network of social networks is absolutely determined to overthrow all power which has no true legitimacy. Occupy is only the first rumblings of something much, much bigger.

The System

2012-01-24T08:43:00.005-06:00

Respect for the law

by Kent McManigal

As originally posted on: Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog
January 23, 2012

Is "respect for the law" important for civilization? If so, then civilization is doomed. And it isn't our fault.

You can't have respect for something which is absurd. For me to have respect for the law, the law has to follow Natural Law. It can't be arbitrary and bizarre. It can't be counterfeit. But that is just about all it is anymore. The "law" is fake. No one with a lick of sense or any ethics at all could have any respect for it anymore.

So, if "respect for the law" is necessary in order for civilization to survive, 99.9999% or so of the "laws" on the books (the statutory "laws") must- absolutely MUST- be tossed into the garbage heap. Before it is too late. Otherwise no reasonable person can possibly have any respect for the "law". None.

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The System

2012-01-23T10:45:00.009-06:00

Anonymous Nails CBS.com, Universal Music and International Targets in Weekend Spree -- Is Facebook Next?

by Dave Thier

As originally posted on: Forbes.com
January 23, 2012

“What would YOU Like #Anonymous to hack next?” the shadowy group dared its followers over twitter. “Tweet and let us know ^__^.”

The shadowy group made it clear that the backlash against the shutdown of Megaupload.com was not going to stop anytime soon. After already hitting prominent targets like the Department of Justice, the FBI and the MPAA, Anonymous moved on CBS.com over the weekend, deleting the entire site in a massive assault that briefly reduced the company’s web presence to a single file. The attack was a step-up from their usual Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks, which they refer to as a “Low Orbit Ion Cannon.”

Later, they proceeded to move against Universal Music, repeating an earlier attack. After that, several Brazillian targets such as Tangara De Serra received similar treatments, followed by French Media Company and former Universal Owner Vivendi.

It’s unclear where the attack will go from here, but the momentum from the Megaupload.com backlash will be difficult to maintain, even coming from a group with as many tendrils as Anonymous. Some have even speculated that the group could lash out against some of the largest presences on the internet: sites like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

“Lulz at people saying we would take down Twitter, FaceBook, and YouTube…” YourAnonNewsTweeted. “Why would Anon take down how we send our messages?”

But Anonymous is a loose coalition at best, and that particular Twitter voice doesn’t speak for every hacker that sails under their banner. Large sites like Facebook may be safe from coordinated attacks, but lone wolves and smaller groups of hackers are far more difficult to control.

Anonymous has received criticism for aligning themselves with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (yes, that is his legal name), a lavish millionaire who used the proceeds from Megaupload to fuel a persona that sat somewhere between hacker nerd and hip-hop mogul. He’s currently behind in a New Zealand prison, and Anonymous has vowed to continue attacking until he’s released.

In the meantime, other torrent and file-sharing websites like thepiratebay.org remain clear and viable alternatives to Megaupload. For file-sharing proponents, the free and unabated exchange of all kinds of information is an inalienable right of the internet, and they’ve made it clear that they will respond with an impressive array of digital weaponry against anyone that stands in their way.

“Support file-sharing. Legal or not. It is our right,” tweeted Sabu, a prominent Anon. hacker.

The System

2012-01-22T11:13:00.005-06:00

For Protest Against #SOPA 68 Website hacked By Dinelson

As originally posted on: The Hacker News [ THN ]
January 22, 2012

Dinelson deface 68 Websites for Protest Against SOPA and PIPA. List of all Hacked site is posted here. A protest to a Congressional bill called SOPA caused quite a stir on Wednesday as thousands of websites protested SOPA with blacked-out pages.

Megaupload, a hugely popular website for sharing files, was a major SOPA target, because it allegedly disobeys copyright laws and legislation. After the SOPA protest, the Department of Justice issued a release stating that federal officials had taken the site down. Following this announcement, a hacking collective called Anonymous launched several attacks on government and entertainment industry websites, including those for the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Universal Music.

2 days back SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing doubt on their future viability.

"American Government"

2012-01-21T18:17:00.004-06:00

God please destroy American government,because if you dont we will. #MegaUpload #StopPIPA #StopFEDS

by "Phantom~"

As originally posted on: Phantom~ (phantom4life) on Twitter
January 20, 2012

The System

2012-01-21T11:51:00.002-06:00

SOPA: An Architecture for Censorship

by Julian Sanchez

As originally posted on: Cato @ Liberty
December 20, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act—a bill misleadingly named for its aspirations, not its probable effect—has provoked an outpouring of justified opposition, much of it centered on two primary concerns: The virtual certainty that it will result in the ancillary blocking of much legitimate free speech, and the damage it would do to the basic architecture of the open Internet. One point I haven’t seen pressed forcefully enough thus far, however, is that architectural and free speech concerns are not entirely independent. The practical effect of SOPA will be to create an architecture for censorship—both legal and technological—that will radically alter the costs of engaging in future censorship unrelated to piracy or counterfeiting.

SOPA is a 70 page statute establishing a detailed legal process by which the Justice Department can initiate blocking of supposed pirate domains by ISPs and search engines, and by which private parties can seek orders requiring payment processors and ad networks to sever ties. After flying largely below the radar of public attention for many months, we’re finally seeing sustained scrutiny and fierce debate over the bill. But the portion of the bill laying out the specific types of criminal conduct that trigger this Rube Goldberg censorship machine occupy just a couple of paragraphs. With the legal framework in place, expanding it to cover other conduct—obscenity, defamation, “unfair competition,” patent infringement, publication of classified information, advocacy in support of terror groups—would be a matter of adding a few words to those paragraphs. One sentence slipped in as a rider on some must-pass omnibus bill would do it: “Section 102(2)(B) is amended to add ‘or civil action under 17 USC §271′.”—voila, a nuclear weapon for patent trolls.

Then there’s the technological architecture. If SOPA passes, thousands of commercial ISPs, colleges, small businesses, nonprofits, and other entities that maintain domain servers are going to have to reconfigure their networks, potentially at substantial cost, in order to easily comply with the new law. There is an introductory clause in the latest version of the bill stipulating that no network operator will be required to implement a specific technology or redesign their networks in any particular manner in order to be considered in compliance. But let’s think realistically about what compliance will look like. Genuine “rogue sites” often operate via dozens of different domains, which means we’re apt to see regular updates to the government’s standing blacklist, potentially adding dozens or hundreds of domains in one go. Any sane network operator is just going to build a filter that reads off the current list of banned domains from a government feed and automatically stops resolving them. (This will, incidentally, be an enormously attractive attack surface for hackers: Spoof the SOPA feed—either at the source or to a particular provider—and you’ve got an instant bulk denial of service attack!)

Once the up-front costs of implementing that filter mechanism are paid, the marginal cost of additional censorship is effectively zero for the providers. It won’t much matter to the providers, at that point, whether the blacklist contains 10 domains or 10,000. The technology itself, needless to say, will be indifferent to the rationale for blacklisting. The filter will just automatically implement the list of domains it’s given; it won’t know or care whether they’re being blocked for hosting pirated movies, Hamas propaganda, or the Pentagon Papers.

These twin architectures will obliterate major institutional barriers to Internet censorship generally, not just censorship for antipiracy purposes. Political actors—or special interest groups—who want to expand the scope of blocking will no longer have to justify putting in place a wholly new system of Internet blocking. Instead, the rhetorical question will become: Now that we’ve got this whole filter architecture in place for music and movie pirates, how can we possibly justify not using it for sites that host terrorist propaganda or classified documents, for sites that implement a patented business model without permission, for sites enabling speech some U.S. court has held libelous, and for whatever new moral panic is gracing the cover of Time in five years. Surely you’re not suggesting that illicit downloads of Norbit are a bigger problem than whatever outrage Joe Lieberman is fulminating against this week, are you?

Changing legal and technological architectures also changes the costs of future political decisions that make use of those architectures. Speech is more likely to stay free when censorship isn’t. The cheaper the muzzle, the dimmer the prospects for online expression.

The System

2012-01-20T12:27:00.004-06:00

You cannot censor the internet. You cannot subpoena a hashtag. You cannot arrest an idea. You CAN expect us #OpMegaupload

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter
January 19, 2012

The System

2012-01-20T09:19:00.001-06:00

Fair breeze blows, the white foam flows, the furrow follows free. Let’s pillage & plunder, rifle & loot; a pirate’s life for me! #Megaupload

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter
January 19, 2012

The System

2012-01-20T04:48:00.006-06:00

The government takes down #Megaupload ? 15 minutes later #Anonymous takes down government & record label sites. #ExpectUs

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter
January 19, 2012

"A 'Big Bully'"

2012-01-19T15:22:00.012-06:00

The following release has been edited in terms of its formatting.

CabinCr3w

==========================
@CabinCr3w & @Doxcak3
#OpPigRoast
==========================

--------Reason
Mario Bonilla, driver of OPD car 1844 on 1/15 has been identified as the officer who taunted a 6yr old homeless child. Also being overly aggressive towards #OccupyOakland protesters.

--------Target
Mario Bonilla
Oakland Police Department
Was driving car 1844 on 01/15/2012
Ex-Marine

--------Work Info
Call Sign: 38L18
Celluar: 773-8149
Fax: 777-8640
E-Mail: mbonilla@oaklandnet.com

--------Personal
(510) 633-5782
1264 W Cypress Rd
Oakley, CA 94561
Confirmed Current Address

Confirmed Connected

4641 Oak Forest Ave
Oakley, CA 94561

2043 7th Ave #1
Oakland, CA 94606

2039 109th Ave
Oakland, CA 94603

--------Family
Mario Bonilla Jr.
Gaby Bonilla
Ruben bonilla

--------Additional Info
He is reffered to as a "big bully" by civilians.

The System

2012-01-19T11:49:00.002-06:00

Did SOPA And PIPA Survive Yesterday's Blackout???

by "Perez Hilton" [a/k/a Mario Lavandeira, Jr.]

As originally posted on: PerezHilton.com
January 19, 2012

They may still be alive, but they're MUCH weaker now!

To recap - yesterday, a bunch of websites went dark for the day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

As the day went on, we were pleased to hear that several senators backed down as supporters of PIPA! We were also happy to hear that more House reps decided to stop supporting SOPA!

Now, we've learned some of the IMPRESSIVE results of yesterday's anti-Internet censorship blackout! Here are some highlights….

- Wikipedia claims over 162 million people saw their anti-SOPA/PIPA message, 12,000+ people commented on it, and over 8 million people used the site's zip code tool to look up their representatives

- Congressional websites were slow to load all day, and some were temporarily shut down due to traffic

- "At least 10 senators and nearly twice that many House members announced their opposition [to SOPA and PIPA]"

- Progress for Change Campaign Committee claims that over 468 websites from PCCC-members were blacked out yesterday

Definitely sounds like we're headed very strongly in the right direction!

As we said before - PIPA and SOPA are going down!!!!!!!!

2012-01-18T07:34:00.002-06:00

"The Whole Chain of Command"

2012-01-17T07:00:00.004-06:00

the whole chain of command is corrupt, there is no system that is not under this corruption.

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anon_Rabbit0809 (Anon_Rabbit) on Twitter
December 29, 2011

The System

2012-01-16T20:00:00.007-06:00

Is Your Council A Council Or A Company?

by "Pete"

As originally posted on: News Truth
January 16, 2012

Well, I was a tad bored today and decided to do some research about councils, police and other companies.

I know that some of you will already be aware of the fact that your council is not really a council but instead it is a company that is trading for profit. This also applies to many other organisations that the general public think are public servants, they are not, they are employees of private companies.

Here is a selection of images that I clipped from Dun and Bradstreet today, just a wee bit of proof for you but feel free to do your own research.

Glasgow District and Glasgow City Council

Strathclyde Police

Bank Of England

Revenue and Customs

Ministry Of Justice

Labour Party

Conservative Party

Scottish National Party

These are just a few of the ones that I dug out. They are all listed as companies on Dun and Bradsteet. Go figure!

"Your Government"

2012-01-16T05:56:00.005-06:00

Do not trust your government, they lie. They hate you, they do not care about you and never will. #J17 #SOPA #NDAA

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: n_nsec (AnonNCarolina2) on Twitter
December 28, 2011

"The Revolting US Government and Its Inhuman Stooges" and "All of Them"

2012-01-15T10:11:00.009-06:00

The Syrian Crackdown

by "thwap"

As originally posted on: thwap's schoolyard
January 9, 2012

Syria's government is a revolting abomination. I recall Abdullah Almalki, the Canadian citizen who CSIS had Syria torture for them mention how he could hear children being tortured in the other

room behind the back wall of his cell. I despise it just as much as I despise the rapist theocratic bullshit government of Iran.

But at the same time, let's put something into perspective. The USA's detestable puppet-regimes making all that noise for the Syrian government to stop with the crackdown and the killing of innocent people, ... while Bahrain and Saudi Arabia murdered their innocent protesters! And while they did jack-shit about Israel's mass-murdering of innocent civilians in Operation "Cast Lead."

It's the same nauseating, hypocritical expropriation of the call for democracy in the Middle East by the revolting US government and its inhuman stooges. (Of whom, stephen harper is one of the most contemptible.)

None of those governments, Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, The USA, Canada, are worth a damn. To hell with all of them.

The System

2012-01-14T09:05:00.011-06:00

#EvictTheFed

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Pastebin.com
January 11, 2012

The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve Corporation, and informally as the The Fed) is the Private central banking system owned by foreign bankers. It was fraudulently created in 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, generally resulting in "bank runs", particularly a severe panic in 1907. Over time, the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System have expanded and its structure has evolved. The FED began with approximately 300 people or banks that became owners (stockholders purchasing stock at $100 per share - the stock is not publicly traded) in the Federal Reserve Banking System. They make up an international banking cartel of wealth beyond comparison. The FED banking system collects billions of dollars in interest annually and distributes the profits to its shareholders. The Congress illegally gave the FED the right to print money (through the Treasury) at no interest to the FED. The FED creates money from nothing, and loans it back to us through banks, and charges interest on our currency. The FED also buys Government debt with money printed on a printing press and charges U.S. taxpayers interest. Many Congressmen and Presidents say this is fraud .Events such as the Great Depression were major factors leading to changes in the system. Its duties today, according to official Federal Reserve documentation, are to conduct the nation's monetary policy, supervise and regulate banking institutions, maintain the stability of the financial system and provide financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions.

On June 11th, 2011 we attempted (with a video release: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySGw-g2tyk) to provoke the people of the U.S. to #Occupy a public space and demand Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke (http://pastebin.com/FwXtLkjx) step down. A lot of people said that this wouldn't cause any real change. We disagree. Of course it won't fix the problem, but it is a start. Imagine the effect it would have. It would force the media to reveal to the masses the exact impact the Federal Reserve has had on our country. It would boost the morale of those already occupying in way which is almost indescribable, and we would continue as follows:

"We have all seen the world wide protests of occupy wall street and seen such great support worldwide. A lot of people such as Ron Paul, Michael Ruppert, David DeGraw have talked about this issue, but not enough action has been taken.

People may think it's all Wall Street, corporations and politicians. But they are all linked to the Federal Reserve. We need to start on one realistic and solid goal.

The Fed is responsible for destroying the U.S. dollar, and impacting the global economy. We may be in debt but the Fed makes the money we dont have and loans it out. (http://pastehtml.com/view/bkd7oyhd0.html) This effects the banks corporations and politicians, this will show them we are not unorganized or dumb. When the Fed is gone we will then proceed to clean up the rest of the filth consuming the world economy by voting them out of office and boycotting them.

But we need to start with a significant impact."

Our demands

1. Ben S. Bernanke steps down from all goverment positions indefinitaley and is tried in criminal court.

2. The Fed reserve is removed. (i.e. "evicted")

3. That all board members are investigated and tried in criminal court for crimes against humanity.

On June 17th we will gather at Zuccoti Park, the place it all began and this spot is historical and signiffigant to our demands due to the Federal Reserve branch being near and Ben Bernanke as well.

Come brothers and sisters we are no longer occupying we are #evicting.

"A Complete Asshole" and "His GOP Cronies"

2012-01-13T08:35:00.003-06:00

Jerkoff To Retire From Congress

by Ken Layne

As originally posted on: Wonkette
January 12, 2012

Indefensible lifelong asshole Jerry Lewis, Republican crook from California’s “Inland Empire,” will finally retire from the House because his district is no longer a geometric abomination carved out by his GOP cronies. Lewis, a hateful clown in a white fright wig, has spent his career being a complete asshole while lavishing pork projects on his district as long as they were named for “Representative Jerry Lewis.”

A Democrat will easily win the new district, the lines of which were drawn up by a committee of voters, so they reflect the actual population in the region (heavily Latino) of poor and working-class Californians. Jerry Lewis will spend the last years of his miserable life greasing palms on Capitol Hill for some lobbying firm or another. He sucks. [LA Times/Huffington Post]

The System

2012-01-12T21:16:00.005-06:00

Homeland Security Is In Your Tweets, Waiting For Your Revolution

by Liz Colville

As originally posted on: Wonkette
January 12, 2012

The US government is watching our every tweet, but don’t worry, it’s just to get a “situational awareness” of the world. Since 2010, the Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring “publicly available” information such as forums, Twitter accounts, and websites like WikiLeaks, Facebook and Hulu (what? – “Hey boss, I’m just monitoring these SNL clips for classified information disguised as terrible jokes”). So millions of people saying things that may or may not be true makes the job of the government easier? Not surprisingly, the DHS seems a little confused about how long it holds on to the information it trawls: a spokesperson says it doesn’t hold on to Internet traffic data; the document pertaining to this initiative says it does, but “for no more than five years.” Oh, whew.

The biggest takeaway from the publicly available list of publicly available sites that the DHS monitors is that Twitter appears to be officially Important, despite the ridiculous volume of crap that it publishes (to sift through it all, the DHS uses no less than 13 different trend sites and six search sites).

Of course, ideally, the US government would like more than just the public tweets: it subpoenaed Twitter in December 2010 in an attempt to obtain private messages sent between Julian Assange and other Wikileaks workers.

And when insidery maneuvers and legal action doesn’t work, the government isn’t afraid to turn to the private sector to get the digital wisdom of people who have venture capital enough to obtain such wisdom: in the Bay Area, a private company creepily named Vigilant Video helps the police by tracking the locations of people’s cars using license plate scanners. That doesn’t yet conflict with the Supreme Court’s as-yet-undecided verdict on whether it’s constitutional for investigators to track cars using GPS devices without a warrant (if it ever will). But SCOTUS has “expressed deep reservations” about such tracking, which is nice of it.

What of the Internet “kill switch” legislation currently coming back onto the scene, which could give the government authorization to shut down the Internet, Egypt-steez, in times of crisis? Presumably it would still give the government the ability to somehow “work offline.” [Reuters]

The System

2012-01-12T07:35:00.004-06:00

For all you in America 18 & up. Buy guns! It is important that you the people bear arms. You'll also need it for the #revolution

by "AntiSec"

As originally posted on: AntiSec (AntiSec_) on Twitter
August 24, 2011

The System

2012-01-11T21:34:00.003-06:00

The Shadow Superpower

Forget China: the $10 trillion global black market is the world's fastest growing economy -- and its future.

by Robert Neuwirth

As originally posted: Foreign Policy
October 28, 2011

With only a mobile phone and a promise of money from his uncle, David Obi did something the Nigerian government has been trying to do for decades: He figured out how to bring electricity to the masses in Africa's most populous country.

It wasn't a matter of technology. David is not an inventor or an engineer, and his insights into his country's electrical problems had nothing to do with fancy photovoltaics or turbines to harness the harmattan or any other alternative sources of energy. Instead, 7,000 miles from home, using a language he could hardly speak, he did what traders have always done: made a deal. He contracted with a Chinese firm near Guangzhou to produce small diesel-powered generators under his uncle's brand name, Aakoo, and shipped them home to Nigeria, where power is often scarce. David's deal, struck four years ago, was not massive -- but it made a solid profit and put him on a strong footing for success as a transnational merchant. Like almost all the transactions between Nigerian traders and Chinese manufacturers, it was also sub rosa: under the radar, outside of the view or control of government, part of the unheralded alternative economic universe of System D.

You probably have never heard of System D. Neither had I until I started visiting street markets and unlicensed bazaars around the globe.

System D is a slang phrase pirated from French-speaking Africa and the Caribbean. The French have a word that they often use to describe particularly effective and motivated people. They call them débrouillards. To say a man is a débrouillard is to tell people how resourceful and ingenious he is. The former French colonies have sculpted this word to their own social and economic reality. They say that inventive, self-starting, entrepreneurial merchants who are doing business on their own, without registering or being regulated by the bureaucracy and, for the most part, without paying taxes, are part of "l'economie de la débrouillardise." Or, sweetened for street use, "Systeme D." This essentially translates as the ingenuity economy, the economy of improvisation and self-reliance, the do-it-yourself, or DIY, economy. A number of well-known chefs have also appropriated the term to describe the skill and sheer joy necessary to improvise a gourmet meal using only the mismatched ingredients that happen to be at hand in a kitchen.

I like the phrase. It has a carefree lilt and some friendly resonances. At the same time, it asserts an important truth: What happens in all the unregistered markets and roadside kiosks of the world is not simply haphazard. It is a product of intelligence, resilience, self-organization, and group solidarity, and it follows a number of well-worn though unwritten rules. It is, in that sense, a system.

It used to be that System D was small -- a handful of market women selling a handful of shriveled carrots to earn a handful of pennies. It was the economy of desperation. But as trade has expanded and globalized, System D has scaled up too. Today, System D is the economy of aspiration. It is where the jobs are. In 2009, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a think tank sponsored by the governments of 30 of the most powerful capitalist countries and dedicated to promoting free-market institutions, concluded that half the workers of the world -- close to 1.8 billion people -- were working in System D: off the books, in jobs that were neither registered nor regulated, getting paid in cash, and, most often, avoiding income taxes.

Kids selling lemonade from the sidewalk in front of their houses are part of System D. So are many of the vendors at stoop sales, flea markets, and swap meets. So are the workers who look for employment in the parking lots of Home Depot and Lowe's throughout the United States. And it's not only cash-in-hand labor. As with David Obi's deal to bring generators from China to Nigeria, System D is multinational, moving all sorts of products -- machinery, mobile phones, computers, and more -- around the globe and creating international industries that help billions of people find jobs and services.

In many countries -- particularly in the developing world -- System D is growing faster than any other part of the economy, and it is an increasing force in world trade. But even in developed countries, after the financial crisis of 2008-09, System D was revealed to be an important financial coping mechanism. A 2009 study by Deutsche Bank, the huge German commercial lender, suggested that people in the European countries with the largest portions of their economies that were unlicensed and unregulated -- in other words, citizens of the countries with the most robust System D -- fared better in the economic meltdown of 2008 than folks living in centrally planned and tightly regulated nations. Studies of countries throughout Latin America have shown that desperate people turned to System D to survive during the most recent financial crisis.

This spontaneous system, ruled by the spirit of organized improvisation, will be crucial for the development of cities in the 21st century. The 20th-century norm -- the factory worker who nests at the same firm for his or her entire productive life -- has become an endangered species. In China, the world's current industrial behemoth, workers in the massive factories have low salaries and little job security. Even in Japan, where major corporations have long guaranteed lifetime employment to full-time workers, a consensus is emerging that this system is no longer sustainable in an increasingly mobile and entrepreneurial world.

So what kind of jobs will predominate? Part-time work, a variety of self-employment schemes, consulting, moonlighting, income patching. By 2020, the OECD projects, two-thirds of the workers of the world will be employed in System D. There's no multinational, no Daddy Warbucks or Bill Gates, no government that can rival that level of job creation. Given its size, it makes no sense to talk of development, growth, sustainability, or globalization without reckoning with System D.

The growth of System D presents a series of challenges to the norms of economics, business, and governance -- for it has traditionally existed outside the framework of trade agreements, labor laws, copyright protections, product safety regulations, antipollution legislation, and a host of other political, social, and environmental policies. Yet there's plenty that's positive, too. In Africa, many cities -- Lagos, Nigeria, is a good example -- have been propelled into the modern era through System D, because legal businesses don't find enough profit in bringing cutting- edge products to the third world. China has, in part, become the world's manufacturing and trading center because it has been willing to engage System D trade. Paraguay, small, landlocked, and long dominated by larger and more prosperous neighbors, has engineered a decent balance of trade through judicious smuggling. The digital divide may be a concern, but System D is spreading technology around the world at prices even poor people can afford. Squatter communities may be growing, but the informal economy is bringing commerce and opportunity to these neighborhoods that are off the governmental grid. It distributes products more equitably and cheaply than any big company can. And, even as governments around the world are looking to privatize agencies and get out of the business of providing for people, System D is running public services -- trash pickup, recycling, transportation, and even utilities.

Just how big is System D? Friedrich Schneider, chair of the economics department at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, has spent decades calculating the dollar value of what he calls the shadow economies of the world. He admits his projections are imprecise, in part because, like privately held businesses everywhere, businesspeople who engage in trade off the books don't want to open their books (most successful System D merchants are obsessive about profit and loss and keep detailed accounts of their revenues and expenses in old-fashioned ledger books) to anyone who will write anything in a book. And there's a definitional problem as well, because the border between the shadow and the legal economies is blurry. Does buying some of your supplies from an unlicensed dealer put you in the shadows, even if you report your profit and pay your taxes? How about hiding just $1 in income from the government, though the rest of your business is on the up-and-up? And how about selling through System D even if your business is in every other way in compliance with the law? Finding a firm dividing line is not easy, as Keith Hart, who was among the first academics to acknowledge the importance of street markets to the economies of the developing world, warned me in a recent conversation: "It's very difficult to separate the nice African ladies selling oranges on the street and jiggling their babies on their backs from the Indian gangsters who control the fruit trade and who they have to pay rent to."

Schneider suggests, however, that, in making his estimates, he has this covered. He screens out all money made through "illegal actions that fit the characteristics of classical crimes like burglary, robbery, drug dealing, etc." This means that the big-time criminals are likely out of his statistics, though those gangsters who control the fruit market are likely in, as long as they're not involved in anything more nefarious than running a price-fixing cartel. Also, he says, his statistics do not count "the informal household economy." This means that if you're putting buckles on belts in your home for a bit of extra cash from a company owned by your cousin, you're in, but if you're babysitting your cousin's kids while she's off putting buckles on belts at her factory, you're out.

Schneider presents his numbers as a percentage of the total market value of goods and services made in each country that same year -- each nation's gross domestic product. His data show that System D is on the rise. In the developing world, it's been increasing every year since the 1990s, and in many countries it's growing faster than the officially recognized gross domestic product (GDP). If you apply his percentages (Schneider's most recent report, published in 2006, uses economic data from 2003) to the World Bank's GDP estimates, it's possible to make a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the approximate value of the billions of underground transactions around the world. And it comes to this: The total value of System D as a global phenomenon is close to $10 trillion. Which makes for another astonishing revelation. If System D were an independent nation, united in a single political structure -- call it the United Street Sellers Republic (USSR) or, perhaps, Bazaaristan -- it would be an economic superpower, the second-largest economy in the world (the United States, with a GDP of $14 trillion, is numero uno). The gap is narrowing, though, and if the United States doesn't snap out of its current funk, the USSR/Bazaaristan could conceivably catch it sometime this century.

In other words, System D looks a lot like the future of the global economy. All over the world -- from San Francisco to São Paulo, from New York City to Lagos -- people engaged in street selling and other forms of unlicensed trade told me that they could never have established their businesses in the legal economy. "I'm totally off the grid," one unlicensed jewelry designer told me. "It was never an option to do it any other way. It never even crossed my mind. It was financially absolutely impossible." The growth of System D opens the market to those who have traditionally been shut out.

This alternative economic system also offers the opportunity for large numbers of people to find work. No job-cutting or outsourcing is going on here. Rather, a street market boasts dozens of entrepreneurs selling similar products and scores of laborers doing essentially the same work. An economist would likely deride all this duplicated work as inefficient. But the level of competition on the street keeps huge numbers of people employed. It liberates their entrepreneurial energy. And it offers them the opportunity to move up in the world.

In São Paulo, Édison Ramos Dattora, a migrant from the rural midlands, has succeeded in the nation's commercial capital by working as a camelô -- an unlicensed street vendor. He started out selling candies and chocolates on the trains, and is now in a more lucrative branch of the street trade -- retailing pirate DVDs of first-run movies to commuters around downtown. His underground trade -- he has to watch out for the cops wherever he goes -- has given his family a standard of living he never dreamed possible: a bank account, a credit card, an apartment in the center of town, and enough money to take a trip to Europe.

Even in the most difficult and degraded situations, System D merchants are seeking to better their lives. For instance, the garbage dump would be the last place you would expect to be a locus of hope and entrepreneurship. But Lagos scavenger Andrew Saboru has pulled himself out of the trash heap and established himself as a dealer in recycled materials. On his own, with no help from the government or any NGOs or any bank (Andrew has a bank account, but his bank will never loan him money -- because his enterprise is unlicensed and unregistered and depends on the unpredictable labor of culling recyclable material from the megacity's massive garbage pile), he has climbed the career ladder. "Lagos is a city for hustling," he told me. "If you have an idea and you are serious and willing to work, you can make money here. I believe the future is bright." It took Andrew 16 years to make his move, but he succeeded, and he's proud of the business he has created.

We should be too. As Joanne Saltzberg, who heads Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore -- a business development group -- told me, we need to change our attitude and to salute the achievements of those who are engaged in this alternate economy. "We only revere success," she said. "I don't think we honor the struggle. People who have no access to business development resources. People who have to work two and three jobs just to survive. When you are struggling in this economy and still you commit yourself to having a better life, that's really something to honor."

The System

2012-01-11T15:28:00.007-06:00

Can't spell Patriots without riots. #patRIOTS

by "AntiSec"

As originally posted on: AntiSec (AntiSec_) on Twitter
August 24, 2011

The System

2012-01-11T09:20:00.008-06:00

Dutch ISPs Ordered To Block The Pirate Bay

by "enigmax"

As originally posted on: TorrentFreak
January 11, 2012

Despite claims that freedom of expression is at stake, today a pair of ISPs have been ordered to block The Pirate Bay. Following a demand from Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, the Court of The Hague ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL have to block subscriber access to the world’s most famous torrent site. XS4ALL say they are “bitterly disappointed”, noting that fundamental rights have been traded for “commercial interests”.

In 2010, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN went to court to try and force Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, to implement a DNS and IP address block of The Pirate Bay.

To help avoid a damaging legal precedent, Ziggo was joined in the case by rival ISP XS4ALL. Initially the partnership was successful. The Court of The Hague decided that blocking all customer access to The Pirate Bay was a step too far. BREIN, refusing to give in, launched a full trial.

During November last year that case was heard before the Court of The Hague. BREIN argued that it would be trivial for the ISPs to initiate a block of The Pirate Bay, while the ISPs stated that doing so could compromise the security of their networks, threaten freedom of expression, and would ultimately prove ineffective.

BREIN countered by insisting they have rights too – copyrights – and that the reason the ISPs don’t want to block TPB is because they profit by selling bandwidth to users so they can access it.

Today, the Court of the Hague delivered its verdict – and it’s victory for BREIN.

The Court noted that approximately 30% of Ziggo subscribers and 4.5% of XS4ALL subscribers use The Pirate Bay to share unauthorized media. Downloading copyright material is currently legal in the Netherlands but uploading is not, so due to the two-way nature of BitTorrent it is deemed that those customers are infringing copyright.

While the Court noted that an ISP blockade against The Pirate Bay would also prevent subscribers with legitimate business from accessing the site, it said that the legal offerings available there are not only limited, but also available from other sites. Preventing a large number of copyright infringements trumps the availability of a more limited supply of legal content, the Court noted.

Furthermore, the Court concluded that in granting an injunction to block The Pirate Bay it would only be preventing access to a site already subject to a court order which forced its operators to block access to Internet users in the Netherlands. That order was previously issued by the Amsterdam Court but was ignored by the site’s operators.

Spokesperson for XS4ALL, Niels Huijbregts, said the company is “bitterly disappointed” by the decision, noting that fundamental rights had been traded for “commercial interests”.

The ISPs have ten days in which to initiate the blockade – failure to do so will result in fines of 10,000 euros per day.

The System

2012-01-10T21:43:00.011-06:00

Hackers expose defence and intelligence officials in US and UK

Security breach by 'hacktivists' reveals email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 Nato officials

by Ed Pilkington and Richard Norton-Taylor

As originally posted: The Guardian
January 8, 2012

Thousands of British email addresses and encrypted passwords, including those of defence, intelligence and police officials as well as politicians and Nato advisers, have been revealed on the internet following a security breach by hackers.

Among the huge database of private information exposed by self-styled "hacktivists" are the details of 221 British military officials and 242 Nato staff. Civil servants working at the heart of the UK government – including several in the Cabinet Office as well as advisers to the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which acts as the prime minister's eyes and ears on sensitive information – have also been exposed.

The hackers, who are believed to be part of the Anonymous group, gained unauthorised access over Christmas to the account information of Stratfor, a consultancy based in Texas that specialises in foreign affairs and security issues. The database had recorded in spreadsheets the user IDs – usually email addresses – and encrypted passwords of about 850,000 individuals who had subscribed to Stratfor's website.

Some 75,000 paying subscribers also had their credit card numbers and addresses exposed, including 462 UK accounts.

John Bumgarner, an expert in cyber-security at the US Cyber Consequences Unit, a research body in Washington, has analysed the Stratfor breach for the Guardian. He has identified within the data posted by the hackers the details of hundreds of UK government officials, some of whom work in sensitive areas.

Many of the email addresses are not routinely made public, and the passwords are all encrypted in code that can quickly be cracked using off-the-shelf software.

Among the leaked email addresses are those of 221 Ministry of Defence officials identified by Bumgarner, including army and air force personnel. Details of a much larger group of US military personnel were leaked. The database has some 19,000 email addresses ending in the .mil domain of the US military.

In the US case, Bumgarner has found, 173 individuals deployed in Afghanistan and 170 in Iraq can be identified. Personal data from former vice-president Dan Quayle and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger were also released.

Other UK government departments have been affected: seven officials in the Cabinet Office have had their details exposed, 45 Foreign Office officials, 14 from the Home Office, 67 Scotland Yard and other police officials, and two employees with the royal household.

There are also 23 people listed who work in the houses of parliament, including Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP for Islington North, Lady Nicholson and Lord Roper. Corbyn said he had been unaware of the breach, adding that although his email address was public he was disturbed by the idea that his password could be cracked and used to delete or write emails in a way that "could be very damaging".

Nicholson, speaking on a phone from Iraq, said she had no idea that her personal information had been hacked. She said she was very unhappy that private individuals had had their fundamental right to privacy violated. "To expose civil servants is monstrously unfair," she said. "Officials in sensitive areas like defence and the military could even be exposed to threats. Guarding data like this is extremely difficult, but it's not impossible, and we should do a great deal more."

The hacking has had a big impact because Stratfor offers expert analysis of international affairs, including security issues, and attracts subscribers from sensitive government departments.

The British victims include officials with the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) responsible for assessing intelligence from all sources, including MI6 secret agents.

A former deputy head of Whitehall's strategic horizons unit is listed. The unit is part of the JIO based in the Cabinet Officeand was set up four years ago to give early warning of potential serious problems that might have an impact on Britain's security or environment.

The extent of the security risk posed by the breach is not known. Bumgarner said officials who did not take extra precautions in securing passwords through dual authentication or other protection systems could find email and other databases they use being compromised. "Any foreign intelligence service targeting Britain could find these emails useful in identifying individuals connected to sensitive government activities," he said.

British officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were aware of the hacking but it did not pose a risk to national security. Passwords for their communications within Whitehall would be different from any used to access the Stratfor sites. Whitehall communications would also be protected by extra security walls, officials said.

However, they added that their personal communications could be at risk if individuals used the same password as they used to access Stratfor for their bank accounts and other personal communications.

A government spokesman said: "We are aware that subscriber details for the Stratfor website have been published in the public domain. At present, there is no indication of any threat to UK government systems. Advice and guidance on such threats is issued to government departments through the Government Computer Emergency Response Team."

Stratfor has taken down its website while it investigates the security breach. The company says it is "working diligently to prevent it from ever happening again".

This is just the latest action to hit the headlines by hackers associated with Anonymous. The group, whose loose collection of members are scattered around the world and linked through internet chatrooms, has previously targeted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal in protest at the companies' refusal to accept donations for the WikiLeaks website.

"Finnish Government"

2012-01-10T18:22:00.003-06:00

So Finnish government is trying to censor the internet. I should serve them a gentle slap on the cheek, or perhaps root one of their boxes?

by "Exphin1ty"

As originally posted on: exph1n (exphin1ty) on Twitter
January 9, 2012

"Them"

2012-01-10T07:16:00.004-06:00

Finland is apparently just begging for some sweet, sweet Anonymous action. We shall oblige them. #Elisagate ^_^

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter
January 9, 2012

The System

2012-01-09T15:08:00.003-06:00

Hackers compromise James Bond, intelligence emails

Anonymous members finally get Pussy Galore

by Nick Farrell

As originally posted on: TechEye
January 9, 2012

A hacktivist cell, allegedly connected to Anonymous, has managed to crack the US and UK intelligence computers and have published the email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 NATO officials.

Thousands of British email addresses and encrypted passwords, including those of defence, MI6 intelligence and coppers as well as politicians and NATO advisers, have been published on the net.

Among those outed were advisers to the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which acts as the prime minister's eyes and ears on sensitive information.

Oddly they did not think of hacking the British Prime Minister David Cameron's iPad which we would have thought had all the up-to-date information about what's happening in the UK without much in the way of security protection.

What they chose instead was to take out Stratfor, a consultancy based in Texas that specialises in foreign affairs and security. The database had recorded in spreadsheets the user IDs, email addresses and encrypted passwords of about 850,000 individuals who had subscribed to Stratfor's website.

Some 75,000 paying subscribers also had their credit card numbers and addresses exposed, including 462 UK accounts.

Insecurity expert John Bumgarner told the Guardian that in the data, he identified the details of hundreds of UK government officials, some of whom work in sensitive areas.

The passwords are encrypted in code that can quickly be cracked using off-the-shelf software.

The database has some 19,000 email addresses ending in the .mil domain of the US military. This included 173 individuals deployed in Afghanistan and 170 in Iraq. There was personal data from former vice-president Dan Quayle and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.

Seven officials in the UK Cabinet Office have had their details exposed, 45 Foreign Office officials, 14 from the Home Office, 67 Scotland Yard and other police officials, and two employees within the royal household were also compromised.

None of the 23 people in the houses of parliament, including Jeremy Corbyn, Lady Nicholson and Lord Roper, were aware that they had been hacked.

"The Status Quo"

2012-01-09T10:23:00.009-06:00

[Untitled]

by "Anonymous"

As originally posted on: Your Anon News
January 8, 2012

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We are everywhere and anywhere. We are gay in Texas, black in 1950s Selma, Basque separatists in Spain, Kurdish in Iraq and Syria, an anarchist in France, a Palestinian in Israel, a dissident Chinese blogger, a Gypsy in Poland, an Inuit in Nunavut, a hackivist in the UK, a single woman on the Metro at 2am, a peasant without land, an Occupier in Zuccotti Park, a gang member in the slums, the boy in the cafeteria sitting alone, a protestor in Egypt, a child soldier in Somalia, an unhappy student drowning in debt, a family foreclosed upon, and of course, you.

We are all exploited, marginalized, and oppressed minorities who feel the fire of rebellion in their hearts and rise up to resist and alter the status quo. We are every disenfranchised person who is waking up to find that yes, he has worth and deserves more out of life. We are every majority that must now be silent and listen to the message of dissatisfaction thrust before us on the global stage. We are every movement and rebellion channeling its energy into physaction. The nagging fear of reprisal, the Cimmerian thoughts that keep those in power awake at night and disquieted — this is all Anonymous.

The System

2012-01-08T14:21:00.007-06:00

Sony Pictures Facebook Page & Website Hacked again !

by Mohit Kumar

As originally posted on: The Hacker News
January 7, 2012

The hacking group Anonymous has confirmed that they have once again hacked Sony Pictures, gaining access to their Facebook account and website. Anonymous did threaten Sony for supporting the controversial SOPA bill and now it seems that the threats materialized.

The hack hit the Sony Pictures Facebook page and its web site

homepage, according to reports and tweets from those involved. Comments were left on the web pages, but have since been removed.

The attacks carry the name Op Sony and were noted through the @s3rver_exe Twitter account. "#OpSony SonyPictures Hacked! by s3rver.exe , Anonnerd and N3m3515," says a tweet from that user, who continued, "I uploaded a @YouTube video (link removed) Sony Pictures Hacked By Anonymous."

“Your support of the act is a signed death warrant to Sony Company and Associates. Therefore, yet again, we have decided to destroy your network. We will dismantle your phantom from the internet. Prepare to be extinguished. Justice will be swift, and it will be for the people, whether some like it or not,” Anonymous.

"The hack wasn't big, but still the servers were vulnerable and I got access to the admin too," Hacker Said.

Anonymous caused major problems for Sony in 2011 after successfully hacking into the firm's online gaming network and stealing the login information of thousands of users, forcing the system offline for several weeks.

The System

2012-01-07T00:09:00.003-06:00

Anonymous Blitzkrieg: Hactivists declare war on Neo-Nazis

As originally posted on: RT
January 6, 2012

Activists of the Anonymous online hacker community have launched a web campaign against German neo-Nazi and other far-right sites. Their website nazi-leaks.net makes it obvious the hactivists favor the Wikileaks strategy.

A statement alleged to be attributed to the Anonymous group announced the start of what it calls Operation Blitzkrieg, stating the goal of identifying "sites where the nazis gather.”

The campaign started with nazi-leaks.net publishing a list of names and personal data, including e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, of those who Anonymous consider linked to the National Democratic Party (NPD), an extreme-right political party in Germany, donating to it, or alleged to have had some business with various extreme-right sites.

Emails of NPD members and customer lists from far-right shops have been posted online for public access as part of the operation. Some of those who wrote for the Junge Freiheit (Boys Freedom) newspaper are also on the ‘black’ list, which contains hundreds of names.

The NPD is reportedly planning to start legal action against the new website.

Hackers also put down several sites linked to neo-Nazi activities.

Anonymous is famous for politically-motivated attacks over the Internet. Among their numerous hacker assaults are the 2010 attacks on Mastercard, Visa and Paypal after they rescinded services from Wikileaks.

In late December 2011, the hactivists allegedly put down the servers of global intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, and in a separate development gained access to thousands of passwords and credit card numbers from Specialforces.com, an online military and law enforcement equipment retailer.

"Our Society"

2012-01-06T07:44:00.003-06:00

A Few Thoughts on Kopimism as a Religion

by Nicholas Miles

As originally posted on: Then Piratska Argus
January 4, 2012

The Missionary Church of Kopimism has now been officially ratified as a religion in Sweden. I have in the past heard it accused of being a frivolous endeavour, but I find such calumny ignorant.

This Kopimism values and reveres copying of information as a holy act of intrinsic sanctity. Far from being an excuse for filesharing, it is an endorsement of friendship and sociable nature as virtues to be held in higher esteem than fame, fortune, beauty, or ”success”. Copying is a social act, you see, as copying information one has for one’s own sake would be meaningless. By sanctifying copying as an act, Kopimism elevates the exchange of knowledge, opinions, and culture – the fundaments of social interaction – to paramount admirability. In so doing, it invokes concepts traceable to the philosophies of antiquity.

Eipcureanism and Stoicism primarily spring to mind, being movements that stress friendship and contemplation over wealth, power, and licentiousness. Such beliefs entail no frivolous enterprise, but a profound re-evaluation of those precepts of our society which have led to that vicious love for money and status which has dogged our species since prehistory. By extolling the elimination of pain and cultivation of pleasant relations over the pursuit of licentious pleasures – wheather in this life or a perceived next one – these philosophies undermined in theory and metaphysics, if not always in practical authority and influence, the paradigm of the heaven-hunting theists, money-craving capitalists, tax-toting socialists, and technophobic environmentalists which remains the scourge of civilisation to this day.

By invoking such ideals of so dignified origins, Kopimism sets itself beyond the merely political ideal of a free internet, and affirms instead the metaphysical importance of the proliferation of information among people as a supremely social act, and therefore a supremely meaningful act. By virtue of its new beginnings, however, Kopimism is not weighed down by the baggage of the ancient philosophies, such as the determinism of the Stoics, or the personality cult of the Epicureans. Kopimism is, in short, a religion with ideological roots in antiquity, but which also embraces Enlightenment ideals like secular humanism and a belief in people’s ability to change the world.

The World-System

2012-01-05T22:56:00.003-06:00

US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law

by "enigmax"

As originally posted on: TorrentFreak
January 5, 2012

In a leaked letter sent to Spain’s outgoing President, the US ambassador to the country warned that as punishment for not passing a SOPA-style file-sharing site blocking law, Spain risked being put on a United States trade blacklist . Inclusion would have left Spain open to a range of “retaliatory options” but already the US was working with the incoming government to reach its goals.

United States government interference in Spain’s intellectual property laws had long been suspected, but it was revelations from Wikileaks that finally confirmed the depth of its involvement.

More than 100 leaked cables showed that the US had helped draft new Spanish copyright legislation and had heavily influenced the decisions of both the government and opposition.

Now, another diplomatic leak has revealed how the US voiced its anger towards outgoing President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero last month upon realizing that his government was unlikely to pass the US-drafted Sinde (site blocking) Law before leaving office.

In a letter dated December 12th and sent by US Ambassador Alan D. Solomont to the Spanish Prime Minister’s office, the US expressed “deep concern” over the failure to implement the SOPA-style censorship law.

“The government has unfortunately failed to finish the job for political reasons, to the detriment of the reputation and economy of Spain,” read the letter obtained by El Pais.

Racing against the clock in the final days of the government, Solomont had one last push.

“I encourage the Government of Spain to implement the Sinde Law immediately to safeguard the reputation of Spain as an innovative country that does what it says it will, and as a country that breeds confidence,” he wrote.

But along with the pleas came the stick.

In the letter, which was also sent to Minister of Culture Ángeles González-Sinde after whom the law is named, Solomont noted that Spain is already on the Special 301, the annual report prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) detailing ‘trade barriers’ based on intellectual property issues.

Solomont’s threat was that should Spain not pass the Sinde Law (described by some as the Spanish SOPA) then the country would be degraded further and placed on the Priority Watch List. This serious step would mean that Spain was in breach of trade agreements and could be subjected to a range of “retaliatory actions”.

In the event Zapatero’s government left office without passing the law, but the incoming Partido Popular (People’s Party) were quickly pressured by the US to take the necessary action.

In another media leak it’s now been revealed that American Chamber of Commerce in Spain chief Jaime Malet wrote a cautionary letter to incoming Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. He warned of the potential flight of foreign investment from Spain and urged him to take action on the protection of intellectual property once in office.

“[The law's] lack of approval before the elections has been a blow to the country’s seriousness in this matter of such importance,” said Malet, while urging Rajoy to “to retrieve the consensus reached.”

Rajoy’s government quickly responded and fully implemented the legislation within 10 days of taking office.