Well, your response is still gentle, in its way. It's honest, blunt, but
basically gentle, with a touch of sarcasm at the end. I applaud your patience
and fortitude.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 12:09 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] To Miriam
Miriam,
We were speaking of my gentleness? Here's my response to a rather mild attack
by a list member on the ACB Chat List.
Dear Chris,
You wrote, "Spoken just like a true Marxist: mass murder and genocide, no big
deal."
Gosh Chris, I didn't mean to sound just like Donald Trump.
Seriously though, you make a strong statement for my disliking of Labels.
Since you are more conversant with Karl Marx's writing than I, please point me
to his statements supporting abortion.
Chris, you and I have never met. How dare you tell me, and all who have so
much idle time to be reading this, that you know me and my private life, beyond
that which I share on this list.
Over and over I have proclaimed my opposition to the reckless murder happening
daily...hourly around the Earth. While I'm not a Pacifist, I oppose the
building and use of nuclear devices so long as we have no good method of
getting rid of the nuclear waste. I am in support of gun control that includes
mandatory training in the care and use of weapons. I am opposed to war and the
murder that is part of war, the murder not only of young soldiers, but of
elderly folks, women, and children. I am opposed to a government that only
looks out for its Wealthiest citizens while ignoring the sufferings of its
Working Class. I am opposed to a government that sits idly by doing nothing
other than lying to its people, while it leads the world in COVID-19 infections
and deaths, and places a strong economy above the well being of its Working
Class. I'm opposed to the murders of so many women and small children by
predators and White Slavers. I am opposed to murders conducted and protected
by the nation's law enforcement. I am opposed to Slum Lords, Red Lining,
Greed, and all other forms of behavior that places the lives of others in
danger. Finally, I support the right of women to determine whether or not to
bring another life into their world. I support the right of all women to make
their choice privately, rather than in the current system where women of means
can afford to abort in seclusion while their less wealthy sisters must do so in
broad daylight with the entire world watching...and judging.
So Chris, I could go on, but tell me how Karl Marx and I have it all wrong? By
the way, I know so little about the real Chris, that I have no idea if you are
Black, White or Brown. I have no idea where you live, whether you are married
or single, and even whether "Chris" is a male or female identifier.
But anyway, I feel better. You're attitude toward my attempts to express my
views irritated me to a point that I decided to let you know that you finally
got under my skin...something that is very hard for folks to do.
And after listening to the speech last night by President Donald Trump, it was
just more lies and inferences than I could stand.
Good success with your crusade on behalf of little Fetuses. Being born into a
dangerous world, they'll need all the help you can provide...you are going to
provide help...aren't you?
And remember, if you need any more broken glass, I do have a large bin full,
just waiting for that glorious day when you come crawling along on your hands
and knees to your voting place...if it's still there.
.
Cordially,
Carl Jarvis
On 8/27/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Cyber Command Gets New Surveillance Powers Under Guise of Battling
Election Meddling US Cyber Command and the Pentagon are availing
themselves of the Russian meddling narratives and added a few others
to justify the creation of a cyberwar army with international and
domestic capabilities via the National Guard.
by Raul Diego
August 26th, 2020
By Raul Diego
China doesn't want Trump to win in November, according to William
Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center
(NCSC).
Russia, on the other hand, is "using a range of measures" to undermine
Joe Biden's candidacy. The intelligence official also accuses China of
"expanding its influence" ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential
election, but only to "deflect and counter criticism" as opposed to a
direct attack on the incumbent.
As the election nears, calls for bolstering cybersecurity efforts from
the U.S. military establishment and other quarters are intensifying.
Former head of the NSA, Mike Rogers, leaned into the Russian meddling
narrative in a recent interview with NPR to justify increased
surveillance and more proactive approaches to the ostensible "threat"
posed by social media memes and hashtags to the American electoral
process. In early February, the top three cyber chiefs pitched a
social media hashtag of their own, #Protect2020, which has been posted
enthusiastically by FBI twitter accounts, but few others.
Rogers' successor at the NSA, Gen. Paul Nakasone revealed in a Foreign
Affairs article published Tuesday, that he had received authorization
to carry out operations against Russian "interference" in the 2018 U.S.
midterm
elections and had sent "an undisclosed number of defensive cyber-operators"
to countries bordering American adversaries for the purposes of
defending against foreign meddling.
Microsoft's ElectionGuard a Trojan Horse for a Military-Industrial
Takeover of US Elections Microsoft's ElectionGuard promises to
"protect" American elections from interference, but election experts
warn it could do just the opposite
MintPress News | Whitney Webb | Jul 26, 2019 Domestically, the
potential targeting of American citizens as foreign actors or agents
was moved forward by Bill Barr's Justice Department in June, in
response to the Minneapolis riots, Barr released a statement naming
"Antifa and other similar groups" as possible targets of its 56
regional FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) offices. In the same
statement the top prosecutor invoked the National Guard, which would
be "deployed on the streets to reestablish law and order" if necessary.
Now, the National Guard has been taken under the wing of U.S. Cyber
Command, which will coordinate a new DHS program called the Election
Security Group; a "partnership between federal, state and local
government and private sector entities", that among other things,
directs state and local governments to "disburse funds for the
procurement of updated voting equipment" and "administer statewide
voter registration databases."
Hunt forward, look backwards
Mission "hunt forward" was first described in the DoD Cyber Strategy
for 2018, which called for countermeasures against the "persistent campaigns"
of
enemy nations like China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. The 2018
operation included "partner" nations Montenegro, Ukraine and (North)
Macedonia where U.S. cybersec troops went to work to "find [hacking tools on
networks]".
The information is passed on to the newly established Election
Security Group - a "partnership between federal, state and local
government and private sector entities" - that assesses the data to
determine if a threat exists and communicates it to DHS, FBI and,
notably, to the National Guard, which allows the Pentagon "to
potentially look at something that may be occurring in the United
States", according to Army Brig. Gen. William Hartman, Cybercom's election
security lead.
Cybercom is located at Fort Meade, Maryland and "directs,
synchronizes, and coordinates cyberspace planning and operations in
defense of the U.S. and its interests". Created in 2010, the military
agency was elevated by the Trump administration in 2017 on then-Defense
Secretary James Mattis'
recommendation to promote Cybercom to a "Unified Combatant Command",
responsible for cyberspace operations, instead of a sub-unified
command under USSTRATCOM.
From Russiagate with love
The Russiagate narrative was established early on in the 2016
presidential election and U.S. intelligence agencies have been
sounding the alarm bells for a repeat of supposed Russian interference
in the 2020 election since then. As November approaches, U.S.
officials are ramping up the rhetoric pointing to potential
cyberattacks and election interference from their enemies.
DARPA Launches Project CHARIOT in Bid to Shield Big Tech Profits DARPA
announces a new type of cryptography to protect the Big Tech firm
profits from the dawn of quantum computers and allow backdoor access
into 3 trillion internet-connected devices. , DARPA, encryption,
Internet of Things, Project Chariot, quantum computing,
MintPress News | Raul Diego | Aug 18
Nakasone asserts that the "Chinese government uses cyber capabilities
to steal sensitive data, intellectual property, and personal data from
the U.S.
government", while Russia uses "cyberspace for espionage and theft and
to disrupt U.S. infrastructure while attempting to erode confidence in
the nation's democratic processes." Iran, North Korea, and other
non-aligned nations all have their particular bone to pick with the
United States, according to the NSA chief, and it is the
responsibility of Cyber Command to thwart all of these threats.
As part of the election security strategies, an information exchange
program
(IEP) called Cyber 9-Line was established to monitor domestic cases of
potential election interference through the National Guard, which will
coordinate with its National Guard Cyber Protection Team, Cybercom and
the FBI "enabling the defense of elections" by tracking down cases of
election meddling and interference by "foreign actors" in the United
States. Cyber 9-Line works in partnership with the Joint Cyber Command
and Control program
(JCC2) office, "which aims to provide commanders with enhanced
situational awareness and to assist in battle management as it relates to
cyber."
