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  23.  
  24. Volume 1 - Issue 1 - May 2015
  25.  
  26. G R A P H I C A L R E P R E S E N T A T I O N O F D E E P W E B
  27.  
  28. ===============================================================================
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  51. ===============================================================================
  52.  
  53. MATT KIBBE: A Libertarian Manifesto PREMIERE ISSUE!
  54.  
  55. THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT: SMS for Tor PREMIERE ISSUE!
  56.  
  57. ERIC SNOWDEN: Hero or Criminal? I SAID, PREMIERE ISSUE!
  58. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  59.  
  60. T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
  61.  
  62. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  63.  
  64.  
  65. ACQUIRING RELAY 3
  66. Welcome... or not!
  67.  
  68. BLURBZ 4
  69. A Libertarian Manifesto
  70.  
  71. QUOTABLE QUOTES 4
  72.  
  73. TODAY'S DEEP LINK 5
  74. SMS For Tor
  75.  
  76. ARTICLE
  77. Write a Guest Article 5
  78.  
  79. ARTICLE 6
  80. WHO ? AM ? I ?
  81.  
  82. FEATURE 7
  83. The Nolan Chart: A Short Introduction
  84.  
  85. CLASSIC TEXT FILE OF THE DAY 15
  86. The Scariest Number in the World
  87.  
  88. FEATURE 18
  89. Eric Snowden: Hero or Criminal?
  90.  
  91. ARTICLE 19
  92. How To Be a Liber-TOR-ian
  93.  
  94. EXTRANEOUS
  95. Traitors! The Electronic Frontier Foundation 19
  96.  
  97. DNS LOOKUP FAILED 20
  98. \\
  99. GLOSSARY \\\ 20
  100. ____)| |____
  101. / ________ \
  102. | / __ \ |
  103. | | / \ | |
  104. | | | | | |
  105. | | \__/ | |
  106. | \________/ |
  107. \____________/
  108.  
  109.  
  110. LiberTORian Volume 1, Issue 1 is a publication of Synonymous 1.
  111. Published May, 2015.
  112. LiberTORian is released on an irregular basis.
  113. N(c) 2015. Readers are freely welcome to copy and redistribute this text by
  114. any means possible, preferable by photocopying.
  115.  
  116.  
  117.  
  118. - Page 2 -
  119.  
  120. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  121.  
  122. A C Q U I R I N G R E L A Y - By Synonymous 1 -
  123.  
  124. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  125.  
  126.  
  127. WELCOME..... OR NOT! LiberTORian is dedicated primarily
  128. with issues regarding the right to
  129. LiberTORian is a freedom-minded privacy and expression with no fear
  130. publication for deep web users. of reprimand from government,
  131. You may have noticed something technologies that enable private
  132. unusual about this: it's not a communications, and the libertarian
  133. blog with video links everywhere. philosophy and issues in general.
  134. It's not hosted on a web site with This magazine welcomes opposing
  135. Javascript. The latter decision is points of view, even if the pub-
  136. so that you have to worry about lishers disagree. This doesn't
  137. potential Tor exploits. necessarily mean that what you say
  138. will be shared on this forum. Free
  139. In these days where Big Brother is speech doesn't mean I can't control
  140. indeed watching us, privacy of over my publication. If you don't
  141. electronic communications is like it, make your own magazine!
  142. increasingly important to concerned
  143. citizens everywhere. Curiously, That's the beauty of Libertarianism.
  144. the hidden internet has its share In my excursions in the deep web, I
  145. of resources for those who are came across much that I don't like.
  146. interested in protecting their The vast majority, in fact. Some of
  147. right to privacy, but it is buried it is downright repugnant. Well I'm
  148. beneath a homogeneous mix of digital not going there and telling you to
  149. destinations that have little to do adhere to what I want. I just went
  150. with libertarian values. and did it myself. So can you!
  151. LiberTORian magazine is designed to
  152. be a destination for all types of One other thing: I was born in the
  153. thought. Still, this may not be for United States. And while my govern-
  154. everyone. You may not be interested ment has betrayed its founding
  155. in LiberTORian if you: principles, it's those running it
  156. and not the country itself, that I
  157. o Wear Guy Fawkes masks lost respect for. And if you are
  158. o Don't like Jews from outside the U.S.A., and hate
  159. o Think Karl Marx is cool America or its troops, go tell
  160. o Think that the Benghazi attack someone else. Whatever you think of
  161. was a protest over a video America and the U.S. Military,
  162. o Think that fire doesn't melt without them you would be less free,
  163. steel, although that's how regardless of where you live.
  164. steel is made
  165.  
  166. As a libertarian, I'm totally fine HAPPY READING!
  167. if you read this and are from one of
  168. the above groups. Just be cool and - Synonymous 1
  169. respect opposing points of view. We
  170. don't need another person who goes
  171. around saying, “all information should
  172. be free!!!!!!!!” and then turns around
  173. and hacks web sites which convey
  174. messages they don't like. What the
  175. heck do you call that?
  176.  
  177.  
  178.  
  179.  
  180. - Page 4 -
  181.  
  182. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  183.  
  184. B L U R B Z - By Synonymous 1 -
  185.  
  186. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  187.  
  188.  
  189. A LIBERTARIAN MANIFESTO there really isn't that much more to
  190. it. Actually there is; it is truly
  191. Matt Kibbe is a fellow libertarian the most diverse of all political
  192. who wrote a book on the subject. or social vantage points. Yet its
  193. Revolutionaries are always into core's essentially the same: “Don't
  194. expressing themselves in some sort hurt people, and don't take their
  195. mission statement. Well, in a time stuff.” Perhaps we could consider
  196. where young people worldwide are Matt Kibbe's aforementioned text as
  197. thrilled with surrendering their the official manifesto (for now, as
  198. freedoms for government control, the it mentions some issues that are
  199. very notion of individual liberty is current now but may not be in the
  200. itself revolutionary! And so, in future) and the simple statement,
  201. his new book, "Don't Hurt People and “Don't hurt people, and don't take
  202. Don't Take Their Stuff”, Matt Kibbe their stuff,” as its concise form.
  203. sums up everything succinctly in the
  204. jacket text: So let's make this our motto.
  205. I sure like it better than anything
  206. "Don't Hurt People and Don't Take from John Lennon's “Imagine”. If
  207. Their Stuff." Simple and we envision a world where no one
  208. straightforward, that’s liberty in hurt anyone else and no one took
  209. a nutshell—no assembly required. The property of others, wouldn't it
  210. be a much better world?
  211. And yet it seems like, more and
  212. more, the decisions Washington You may say I'm just a dreamer
  213. makes about what to do for us, or But if no one took my stuff
  214. to us, or even against us, are And if no one hurt each other
  215. having an increasingly adverse The world would be good enough!
  216. impact on our lives. Young people
  217. can’t find jobs, millions of (Oh yeah. I'm to the Beatles
  218. Americans are losing the health what Charlie Hebdo is to Mohammed.)
  219. care plans they were promised they
  220. could keep, and every one of us is
  221. somehow being targeted, monitored, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  222. snooped on, conscripted, induced,
  223. taxed, subsidized or otherwise Q U O T A B L E Q U O T E S
  224. manipulated by someone else’s
  225. agenda, based on someone else’s &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  226. decisions made in some secret
  227. meeting or closed-door legislative
  228. deal. “...Live and let live. Mostly
  229. 'live'”.
  230. What gives?
  231. -Archie Bunker,
  232. Our government is out of control. “All In The Family”
  233. But setting things right again
  234. requires that you step up and take
  235. your freedom back.
  236.  
  237. It's that simple. Matt Kibbe strikes
  238. the heart of the matter, because
  239.  
  240.  
  241.  
  242. - Page 5 -
  243.  
  244. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  245.  
  246. T O D A Y 'S D E E P L I N K - By Synonymous 1 -
  247.  
  248. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  249.  
  250.  
  251. SMS For Tor The site has been used to process
  252. over 150 thousand messages, all of
  253. URL: sms4tor3vcr2geip.onion them encrypted and away from the
  254. prying eyes of the NSA.
  255.  
  256. Don't you have writing an email to
  257. someone and saying something like, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  258. “Just between me, you, and the
  259. NSA...”? What business do they have WRITE A GUEST ARTICLE
  260. sticking their noses in our private
  261. messages? Well, now you can bypass &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  262. the government middleman with SMS
  263. for Tor (A.K.A. SMS4Tor).
  264. Do I have to write everything here?
  265. What I like about SMS for Tor:
  266. At least this time I do.
  267. o For an onion link, it is easy
  268. to memorize; it even has VCR Maybe next time, too.
  269. in its name!
  270. o The link works! You know how But one day, God-willing, I will
  271. nice that is in the post-2013 have a TorMail or other private
  272. deep web. Email address. When that time gets
  273. o It's anonymous, encrypted, and here, you can write a guest article
  274. out of the scope of the NSA. For LiberTORian. If I like it,
  275. maybe it will wind up in a future
  276. The SMS in SMS for Tor in this case issue! You can send a message via
  277. stands for SECURE MESSAGING SYSTEM. SMS for Tor. The only problem is,
  278. It proclaims itself as offering I don't have a way for you to reach
  279. “Anonymous encrypted messages that me yet. So even if you encrypt a
  280. self-destruct when read.” message, there's no way to get the
  281. key URL to me... yet!
  282. Sending a message is executed in 3
  283. simple steps: So please read future issues... you
  284. know I'll need your help! After
  285. o Create a note; get an encrypt- all, it's obvious that it won't be
  286. tion key URL long before everyone gets sick of
  287. o Send the URL to a single whatever _I_ have to say!
  288. person who can use it to read
  289. your note In the meantime, write a guest
  290. o The note will self-destruct the article and tuck it away safely
  291. first time the key URL is until it can one day grow up and
  292. accessed successfully. Grace the pages of LiberTORian.
  293.  
  294. It's quite simple, and therein lies UPDATE: I HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS
  295. its elegance. Just make sure you do IN THE DEEP WEB NOW!
  296. not lose the URL or hope that your
  297. computer doesn't crash while your IT IS
  298. message is being processed, or it [email protected]
  299. will hang like an election 2000 chad
  300. forever! Can't wait to hear from yuh!
  301.  
  302.  
  303.  
  304. - Page 6 -
  305.  
  306. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  307.  
  308. W H O ? A M ? I ? - By Synonymous 1 -
  309.  
  310. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  311.  
  312.  
  313. I am a man. Or not. freedom, and that of my fellow
  314. citizens, and my children after me
  315. I could be anybody. Maybe I'm the and their fellow citizens.
  316. boy who bags your groceries at the
  317. supermarket. And I care enough that I will speak
  318. up about it.
  319. Or maybe I'm the guy you see at the
  320. back of the bus, who's always And I am wary of the persecution of
  321. talking out loud. citizens for criticizing Obama and
  322. his policies and violations of the
  323. Maybe I'm that lady who lives alone. Constitution. And I'm wise enough
  324. to know that there will be direct
  325. Except for the nine cats. attacks on me for doing so.
  326.  
  327. Maybe I'm someone you can see on TV, For there is one thing about me
  328. like Dinesh D'Sousa. And this is that is certain. It has happened to
  329. where I moonlight. me before. And many others like me.
  330. We have been personally attacked for
  331. Maybe I'm someone who looks innocent espousing the truth.
  332. to you, but in secret, I do all
  333. sorts of nasty things to animals to Our character can be assassinated.
  334. satisfy some kind of sick pleasure. But it won't change the truth. And
  335. it is futile to take one person out.
  336. Maybe I'm a disgruntled politician
  337. who has become disillusioned by the I am Synonymous 1. But somewhere
  338. corruption in Washington. Out there is a Synonymous 2. And
  339. Synonymous 3. And many more. Too
  340. Maybe I'm working for President many to effectively assign numbers
  341. Obama, but secretly documenting all to.
  342. his corruption and criminal activity
  343. from the inside, while I pretend to Notice the name “Synonymous”. We
  344. be his ally. are not “anonymous”, the group. We
  345. may agree in principle with them at
  346. Maybe I'm someone you work with. times, but we abhor their methods.
  347.  
  348. Maybe I'm just a tired mom, who only We are not “Legion”, which is a name
  349. wants the government to leave me for Satan. We're not here to
  350. alone. And this is how I express destroy. We're here to expose the
  351. myself. Light of Truth in dark places.
  352.  
  353. Maybe I'm all of these people, or There is no network. We are not a
  354. some, or none. collection. We are individuals with
  355. a common uniting cause: maximum
  356. It doesn't matter, does it? liberty. We will defend it. We
  357. will protect it. We will stand
  358. Because I am not special. defiant when they attack us. And
  359. we will prevail over the dark forces
  360. I'm an ordinary person. That's it. that wish to snuff out basic
  361. freedoms. That is who we are. That
  362. And I care enough about my personal is who I am.
  363.  
  364.  
  365.  
  366. - Page 7 -
  367.  
  368. T H E N O L A N C H A R T :
  369.  
  370. A S H O R T I N T R O D U C T I O N
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  415.  
  416.  
  417. Developed in the late 1960s, the Nolan test is also known as the “shortest
  418. political test ever devised”. The test gauges one's political standing on the
  419. Nolan Chart. It's uncanny in its accuracy, especially in the face of its
  420. imitators. But what exactly the Nolan test's deal and how does it work?
  421. LiberTORian's guide will answer all these questions and more.
  422.  
  423. By Synonymous 1
  424.  
  425.  
  426.  
  427.  
  428. - Page 8 -
  429.  
  430. The Nolan Chart was developed by David Nolan, a sociologist and libertarian.
  431. He realized that the one-dimensional “Left-Right” scale was inadequate to paint
  432. a political affiliation. There was too much diversity in value systems among
  433. people in the left, right, or center. People of varied affiliations often have
  434. shared areas of agreement. He sought to find a better classification system.
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  480. David H. Nolan.
  481.  
  482. To compensate for the “left-right” system, David Nolan devised a two-dimensional
  483. scale. The second dimension, “Up” and “Down”, were added to gauge a person's
  484. views on individual liberty. Originally the Nolan chart was measured on a
  485. square, but eventually it was turned 45 degrees to be seen as a diamond.
  486.  
  487.  
  488.  
  489.  
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  491.  
  492. The up-down scale represents indi- Constitutional liberal and
  493. vidual liberty. The higher one Constitutional conservative. The
  494. appears on the Nolan scale, the same applies for the other four
  495. more they stand for individual areas. The image of the Nolan chart
  496. liberty. The lower one appears on at the beginning of this article
  497. the chart, the more the person portrays the author's position on
  498. believes that government should the Nolan Chart. The chart itself
  499. have control over individuals. provides the onlooker an instant
  500. visual reference that describes a
  501. David Nolan divided the Nolan chart person clearly.
  502. into five regions. At the top is
  503. “Libertarian”, who believe in
  504. maximum liberty. David Nolan THE NOLAN TEST
  505. himself was a libertarian. At the
  506. very opposite end – the bottom – is To find one's position on the Nolan
  507. “Statist”. Statists believe in Chart, one takes the 10-question
  508. minimum personal liberty. The left Nolan Test. Marshall Fritz in the
  509. and right sides are “Liberal” and late 1980s wrote the test, which he
  510. “Conservative”, respectively. As billed, “World's smallest political
  511. one can see on the chart, these two quiz”. Surprisingly, the ten
  512. designations are somewhere in the questions are very accurate at
  513. middle of the chart, for believers gauging one's political affiliation.
  514. in either philosophy believe in a They were carefully chosen and were
  515. form of government enforcement of subject to heavy testing, and there
  516. their systems. Conservatives, for are often slight changes to
  517. instance, believe in law and order, accommodate changing social issues.
  518. and some government is required to
  519. enforce it. Liberals believe in
  520. higher taxation, and a large IMPOSTERS
  521. bureaucracy is required to collect
  522. and properly distribute it. A British imposter of the Nolan Test
  523. is the Political Compass test. It
  524. In the center is “moderate”, people attempts to be more comprehensive
  525. whose views are one way on some by asking a larger range of questions
  526. issues and different on others that on a wide variety of topics. But,
  527. are similar. The system is highly arbitrary. The
  528. system used to measure one's position
  529. Each region is broad enough to hold on the chart is unknown, and the
  530. a wide range of ideas. The liber- identities of the test's creators are
  531. tarian area, for instance, has a unknown. Nor is it known what, if
  532. pinnacle at the top, advocating no any, sociology or science credentials
  533. government at all. These extreme they had, or if the test was tested.
  534. libertarians are “anarchists”. As
  535. one slides down the right slope, One thing is certain: Something is
  536. they remain libertarian but do seriously flawed when a libertarian
  537. believe in just enough government such as myself falls to the left of
  538. to enforce the law. These are where the test's creators claim
  539. referred to as “Constitutional Barack Obama stands! He's considered
  540. Conservative”. The mirror image is right-wing in the test, which should
  541. the “Constitutional Liberal”. They raise concerns outright. The problem
  542. may embrace things like marriage with the Political Compass test is
  543. for homosexuals and other social that it is based on the European
  544. freedoms not accepted by conserva- system of left and right, which is
  545. tives, but they both agree in the based on WWII era designations. In
  546. principles of limited government. That time, there was no prevailing
  547. libertarian thought, and what was
  548. A wide range exists in between considered “left” and “right” were
  549.  
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  553.  
  554. communism and fascism, respective- HOW YOU CAN TAKE THE NOLAN TEST
  555. ly. Both of these systems were
  556. forms of socialism, which are both Here are the ten questions of the
  557. located as “statism” on the Nolan current Nolan Test. Answer each one
  558. Chart. The whole political spec- honestly, and choose the closest
  559. trum at the time could be answer if yours is not provided.
  560. expressed on one quadrant of the Another thing you can do to prepare
  561. Nolan Chart! is to cut a piece of graph paper into
  562. a 20 by 20 square square.
  563. Someone who later comes along like
  564. Margaret Thatcher is an anomaly, QUESTION 1:
  565. who would appear “moderate”, be- What is your view on speech, press,
  566. cause her conservatism is far more assembly, internet and property
  567. libertarian than socialism in any rights?
  568. form, and libertarianism is rather
  569. centrally located on the Nolan A. Government should not restrict
  570. Chart. speech, press, internet, or media.
  571. The rights of free citizens who
  572. Another chart, that is similar to don't violate the rights of others
  573. the Nolan test, but designed to must be respected and protected at
  574. measure political coordinates of all times. Exercise of eminent
  575. entire cultures, is the Inglehart- domain should be extremely limited
  576. Welzel chart. This chart measures and its use avoided whenever
  577. social scores as “traditional possible. Property rights and
  578. values” versus “secular values”. private property should be
  579. “traditional values” represents protected at all times.
  580. individual freedom, while “secular
  581. values” represents group freedoms B. Speech, press, internet and media
  582. (at the expense of individual should be free except when it
  583. freedoms.) The lower the up-down comes to protecting against
  584. score, the more the society values terror and other threats against
  585. individual freedoms. The left and public safety. Free speech zones
  586. right are defined with “self- can be established to protect the
  587. expression values” and “survival right of free speech while
  588. values”, the latter being poorly ensuring security at public
  589. defined. The chart itself may be events. Eminent domain should be
  590. accurate, but the creators' place- maintained in practice, but it
  591. ment of some nations is patently should not be available merely as
  592. absurd: Canada charts higher than a means to enrich private develop-
  593. the United States in self- ers via enforced land transfers.
  594. expression values. Canada, a
  595. nation that labels quoting the C. Speech, assembly, press, and
  596. Bible in public a “hate crime”, and internet should be free except
  597. whose government censors critics of when controversies such as global
  598. Islamic terrorists? Australia is warming have already been settled
  599. also strangely higher than America. and legitimate public policies
  600. In both countries, self-expression would be undermined by its few
  601. is not as free as it is in America, remaining detractors. Property
  602. and one must wonder what criteria rights should be subject to the
  603. was used, or if the authors of the needs of the government but
  604. study used a dart board or pulled otherwise should be respected.
  605. the stated positions out of their
  606. rear ends. Some of the category D. Government should regulate speech,
  607. groupings are unusual as well: press, media, Internet, and
  608. respect for human life and blind property rights at its own
  609. patriotism are together as discretion within reason as needed
  610. “Traditional values”. to meet all of government's
  611.  
  612.  
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  615.  
  616. many obligations. sexual couples enjoy should also
  617. be granted to gay couples.
  618. QUESTION 2:
  619. What is your view on guns? B. The government should pass laws
  620. that favor whatever view the
  621. A. The Second Amendment only applies majority of the population
  622. to "militias" (such as the supports regarding homosexual
  623. National Guard), and thus there is relationships, including
  624. no specific protection afforded by homosexual marriage.
  625. it to individuals. It should be up
  626. to the government to decide the C. There should be no laws regarding
  627. degree to which guns should be either heterosexual or homosexual
  628. regulated for the public good. relationships among consenting
  629. adults. Marriage of any kind is a
  630. B. The Second Amendment to the private, contractual matter
  631. Constitution clearly protects the between free, private individuals
  632. right of all individuals to bear that should not be regulated.
  633. arms. Government regulation of
  634. guns is a violation of the Second D. Homosexuality is an abomination
  635. Amendment. Having the right to and is banned by the Bible. Gay
  636. self-defense is meaningless marriage should be illegal in all
  637. without also having the means to cases.
  638. defend yourself. An armed society
  639. is a peaceful society, is the QUESTION 4:
  640. best defense against criminals, What is your view on U.S. foreign
  641. and serves as a deterrent against policy?
  642. government tyranny. Gun control
  643. has encouraged society to become A. A strong defense requires playing
  644. lax and negligent in teaching and an active, interventionist role
  645. training on the safe handling and in world affairs. As the last
  646. maintenance of weapons by remaining superpower, we have a
  647. individuals. moral duty to police the world at
  648. any cost, or else we will surely
  649. C. In general, I support the right pay the ultimate price. If we
  650. to bear arms. However, it is don't militarily wipe out terror-
  651. prudent to have government ism, the terrorists will wipe us
  652. regulate arms via registration out. We must resolve to win no
  653. requirements and other regu- matter how long it takes. It's
  654. lations to ensure that mentally better to strike now than to pay
  655. unstable people can't get guns later for our inaction.
  656. and go on shooting rampages.
  657. B. America should play an active
  658. D. Gun control is essential and must role in world affairs. We need to
  659. continually be made stronger if move toward more world government,
  660. we're ever going to reduce and particularly when it comes to
  661. hopefully eliminate gun violence issues such as global warming. The
  662. in this country. war on terror should rely heavily
  663. on diplomatic action. Military
  664. QUESTION 3: intervention should be used when
  665. What is your view on homosexual there is a threat to our
  666. marriage? sovereignty, but this position
  667. can and should be reversed when-
  668. A. Gay rights should be supported by ever public opinion turns against
  669. passing laws which protect gay it.
  670. marriage, including civil statute
  671. alternatives to gay marriage. All C. The role of our government, and
  672. government benefits that hetero- the role of the United Nations,
  673.  
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  677.  
  678. should be constantly expanded to A. The government has a duty to
  679. help ensure that all of the world ensure that all individuals have
  680. moves toward democracy. food, clothing, and shelter and
  681. Complaints that government is too should also invest in private
  682. big already are simply counter- industry whenever it deems such
  683. productive and should be ignored. investment to be in the public
  684. interest.
  685. D. Peace, commerce and honest
  686. friendship with all nations; B. End “corporate welfare”. No
  687. entangling alliances with none, government handouts to business.
  688. said Thomas Jefferson in his 1st
  689. inaugural address. America's C. Government involvement is
  690. interventionist policies over the necessary where private industry
  691. past 100+ years have done little can't do the job all by itself.
  692. to reduce international insta- As an example, agricultural sub-
  693. bility, have led us into an sidies should continue to support
  694. endless series of wars, and have small farmers.
  695. cost us dearly in American lives
  696. and money. The best defense of D. Corporate welfare should be
  697. our borders is to defend our eliminated for big business, but
  698. rights and liberty, not to sacri- the social safety net for indi-
  699. fice them while constantly viduals should be retained.
  700. growing our gigantic military,
  701. led by a parade of Presidents who QUESTION 7:
  702. repeatedly stick our nose into What is your view on trade and money?
  703. other countries' affairs.
  704. A. Trade that isn't fair isn't free.
  705. QUESTION 5: Fair trade practices should be
  706. What is your view on a national ID enforced as needed to ensure free
  707. card? trade while maintaining reason-
  708. ably open borders. The Fed's
  709. A. There should be no national ID policies should be revised to
  710. card. Period. The issuance of help the poor rather than the
  711. required National IDs controlled rich.
  712. via interconnected databases will
  713. effectively end all privacy in B. The government should involve
  714. this country. itself in the regulation of trade
  715. as needed to ensure a healthy
  716. B. We need a national ID card in economy at all times. The Federal
  717. order to prevent events like the Reserve system has made our money
  718. attacks of 9/11 but without supply the most stable in all
  719. intruding too far into the history.
  720. personal privacy of the innocent.
  721. C. End government barriers to inter-
  722. C. National ID cards should be per- national free trade. The
  723. mitted but greatly restricted in regulation of trade tends enrich
  724. scope because the potential for elected interest groups and
  725. danger to personal liberty is industry captains at the expense
  726. present. of everyone else. We must move
  727. away from the inflationary
  728. D. I'm not at all concerned about approach of the Federal Reserve
  729. having a national ID card. Only by re-adopting a hard money
  730. the guilty need to worry. approach and dissolving the
  731. Federal Reserve system. Ever
  732. QUESTION 6: wonder why prices of everything
  733. What is your view on corporate (including real estate) keep going
  734. welfare? up over time? The Federal Reserve
  735.  
  736.  
  737.  
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  739.  
  740. system is the culprit. President Security becomes completely
  741. Woodrow Wilson, who signed the insolvent.
  742. Federal Reserve Act into law
  743. regretted his decision 3 years QUESTION 9:
  744. later saying, "I am a most What is your view on health care?
  745. unhappy man. I have unwittingly
  746. ruined my country." A. Government regulation of health
  747. care is the main cause of the
  748. D. Trade should be free in general, health care industry's upward
  749. but it should be controlled as spiraling costs. The FDA, EPA,
  750. needed to ensure that our borders Medicare, and a host of other
  751. are protected against outside bureaucracies have created
  752. threats. Monetary policy under mountains of regulations that have
  753. the Fed has generally been good led to the deaths of thousands and
  754. for our economy. Hard money can't even millions of people who were
  755. keep up with a modern economy. denied needed treatments and
  756. resources. The cost of creating
  757. QUESTION 8: new treatments is also out of
  758. What is your view on Social control because of this regu-
  759. Security? lation. The only way to make
  760. health care affordable again is
  761. A. Social Security should be main- to get government out of the
  762. tained and protected by the health care business.
  763. government, although we do need
  764. to offer individuals an alterna- B. Health care costs are spiraling
  765. tive government-managed solution primarily due to lawsuits. We
  766. if they so choose. need to place caps on these suits
  767. while avoiding socialized medi-
  768. B. Social Security is a vital part cine. Where possible, we should
  769. of the social safety net and reduce regulation to save money.
  770. should be properly funded and The rising cost of health care is
  771. protected at all times. If primarily the fault of big
  772. necessary, make big business and government politicians and
  773. the rich pay for any shortfalls. Lobbying groups.
  774.  
  775. C. Government has an obligation to C. Government regulation has gone a
  776. provide for people in their long way toward making health care
  777. twilight years, and Social universally accessible and safe,
  778. security is a proper expression but there's a long way to go. We
  779. of governmental control. The need universal health insurance
  780. system is sound and does not need to ensure all Americans are
  781. anything more than minor adjust- adequately protected.
  782. ments from time to time.
  783. D. Private enterprise has failed to
  784. D. Let people control their own re- deliver satisfactory health
  785. tirement and they'll retire care. Government's role is clear:
  786. richer and better off. The Social fix the problem.
  787. Security system is already bank-
  788. rupt, despite what the poli- QUESTION 10:
  789. ticians and bureaucrats keep What is your view on taxes, spending,
  790. telling us. Allow individuals to and the national debt?
  791. choose for themselves whether to
  792. opt out of the Social Security A. There should be no limits placed
  793. system. If we force everyone to on the ability of government to
  794. remain in its pyramid scheme, the raise sufficient revenue to do all
  795. end result will be disastrous. We the jobs government should be
  796. must act now before Social doing better, as expressed via
  797.  
  798.  
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  800. - Page 14 -
  801.  
  802. majority rule. Questions 1, 5, and 9
  803. A: U
  804. B. Cut taxes and government spending B: R
  805. by 50% or more. This will have an C: L
  806. incredibly positive impact on the D: D
  807. economy starting at its very
  808. lowest and smallest levels. The Questions 2, 6, and 10:
  809. national debt must be paid down A: D
  810. rather than endlessly increased, B: U
  811. or we'll soon face national C: R
  812. bankruptcy. D: L
  813.  
  814. C. The budget should be balanced and Questions 3 and 7:
  815. fully funded at all times, rather A: L
  816. than actually cutting spending on B: D
  817. a permanent basis. As needed, the C: U
  818. national debt should be expanded D: R
  819. to ensure that there is
  820. sufficient funding for government Questions 4 and 8:
  821. operation and military growth A: R
  822. needs. Occasional, temporary tax B: L
  823. cuts should be offered in token C: D
  824. amounts to keep the taxpayers D: U
  825. mollified.
  826. D. We should be emphasizing the good
  827. that government can do to help Now that you have your results, take
  828. people without getting all a pencil onto the graph diamond you
  829. wrapped up in the costs involved. cut out. Place it in the exact
  830. By spreading the load, such good center of the grid. For every U, D,
  831. can be spread out fairly and L and R in your letter string, move
  832. evenly. Progressive taxation one space up, down, left or right,
  833. helps ensure that the rich don't respectively. Match your ending
  834. live at the expense of the poor. Position to the chart on page 7.
  835. However, we want to make sure we Voila! You're a libertarian (or
  836. don't place too much of a burden something else)!
  837. on the middle class.
  838. The image on the next page is pre-
  839. sented to you to find your position
  840. That wasn't so hard now, was it? without graph paper. Instructions
  841. The next thing is to examine the are just as simple:
  842. results. For each answer you chose,
  843. jot down the appropriate letter in a 1) Start at the X.
  844. string of letters. For instance, 2) For each U, go up one space.
  845. one person who took the test wrote: For each D, go down one space.
  846. 3) For each L, go left one space.
  847. U U R U R U U U R U 4) For each R, go right one space.
  848.  
  849. ANSWER GRID: Match the symbol you wound up on to
  850. the key to the upper left of the
  851. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 chart. That is your affiliation!
  852.  
  853. A U D L R U D L R U D The closer to a corner you are, the
  854. B R U D L R U D L R U more intense your view!
  855. C L R U D L R U D L R
  856. D D L R U D L R U D L The closer to a border you are, the
  857. closer you lean to the faction you
  858. Here's longhand to make it clearer: are near.
  859.  
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  863.  
  864. Y O U R N O L A N C H A R T
  865.  
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  870. . Liberal / / / / / / / / /
  871. + Statist / / / / / / / / / / /
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  883. + + + + + + +
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  896.  
  897. Text files are straightforward. One Naturally, the lack of regulation
  898. character per byte. A universally attracted the same unsavory types
  899. accepted ANSI unicode character set. that populate the hidden internet
  900. It was a conscious decision to today. Instead of distributing
  901. publish LiberTORian as a text file. cracked versions of PhotoShop, it
  902. Part of it is nostalgia. Part of it was old DOS games such as “The
  903. is a desire to keep everything President Is Missing” and the “Zork”
  904. absolutely clear. And still part of trilogy. ASCII art was considered
  905. it is to provide a file that is image sharing. The same people who
  906. available to, literally, anyone with hated the rich then are still with
  907. a computer, no matter how ancient. us today, along with those with
  908. manuals to build bombs.
  909. In the halcyon days of dial-up BBS
  910. services, the text file was the Hacking was much less complex, too.
  911. standard mode of mass communication. But they were just as resourceful as
  912. People would share information in today. And there was the 1980s sub-
  913. these private networks, that set, the “phreakers”. In those days
  914. existed before there was a World there was a charge for long distance
  915. Wide Web. These were completely calls. Fon Phreakers were able to
  916. private networks, before the NSA manipulate the phone company with
  917. monitored all our phone calls and secret numbers, DIY technology, and
  918. internet usage. It is the late other methods to make free long
  919. 1970s and 1980s equivalent to the distance or pay phone calls. Our
  920. deep web. Text file of the week is a recount
  921.  
  922.  
  923.  
  924. - Page 16 -
  925.  
  926. of an experience from a phone
  927. phreaker, entitled, “The Scariest
  928. Number in the World”. Travel back
  929. in time and look at the world
  930. through the eyes of the author, as
  931. if you're there in his body. Here
  932. is the original text file in its 80
  933. column glory, from the popular fon
  934. phreak magazine, “2600”:
  935.  
  936.  
  937. dontcall.phk
  938.  
  939. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  940.  
  941. *******************************************************************************
  942. * *
  943. * The Scariest Number in the World *
  944. * [2600 -- December 1984] *
  945. * *
  946. *******************************************************************************
  947.  
  948. Recently, a telephone fanatic in the northwest made an interesting
  949. discovery. He was exploring the 804 area code (Virginia) and found out that
  950. the 840 exchange did something strange. In the vast majority of cases, in fact
  951. in all of the cases except one, he would get a recording as if the exchange
  952. didn't exist. However, if he dialed 804-840 and four rather predicatable
  953. numbers, he got a ring!
  954.  
  955. After one or two rings, somebody picked up. Being experienced at this kind
  956. of thing, he could tell that the call didn't "supe", that is, no charges were
  957. being incurred for calling this number. (Calls that get you to an error
  958. message, or a special operator, generally don't supervise.) A female voice,
  959. with a hint of a Southern accent said, "Operator, can I help you?"
  960.  
  961. "Yes," he said. "What number have I reached?"
  962.  
  963. "What number did you dial, sir?"
  964.  
  965. He made up a number that was similar.
  966.  
  967. "I'm sorry that is not the number you reached." Click.
  968.  
  969. He was fascinated. What in the world was this? He knew he was going to
  970. call back, but before he did, he tried some more experiments. He tried the 840
  971. exchange in several other area codes. In some, it came up as a valid exchange.
  972. In others, exactly the same thing happened -- the same last four digits, the
  973. same Southern belle. Oddly enough, he later noticed, the areas worked in
  974. seemed to travel in a beeline from Washington DC to Pittsburgh, PA.
  975.  
  976. He called back from a payphone. "Operator, can I help you?"
  977.  
  978. "Yes, this is the phone company. I'm testing this line and we don't seem to
  979. have an identification on your circuit. What office is this, please?"
  980.  
  981. "What number are you trying to reach?"
  982.  
  983.  
  984.  
  985.  
  986. - Page 17 -
  987.  
  988. "I'm not trying to reach any number. I'm trying to identify this circuit."
  989.  
  990. "I'm sorry, I can't help you."
  991.  
  992. "Ma'am, if I don't get an ID on this line, I'll have to disconnect it. We
  993. show no record of it here."
  994.  
  995. "Hold on a moment, sir."
  996.  
  997. After about a minute, she came back. "Sir, I can have someone speak to you.
  998. Would you give me your number, please?"
  999.  
  1000. He had anticipated this and he had the payphone number ready. After he gave
  1001. it, she said, "Mr. XXX will get right back to you."
  1002.  
  1003. "Thanks." He hung up the phone. It rang. INSTANTLY! "Oh my God," he
  1004. thought, "They weren't asking for my number -- they were confirming it!"
  1005.  
  1006. "Hello," he said, trying to sound authoritative.
  1007.  
  1008. "This is Mr. XXX. Did you just make an inquiry to my office concerning a
  1009. phone number?"
  1010.  
  1011. "Yes. I need an identi--"
  1012.  
  1013. "What you need is advice. Don't ever call that number again. Forget you
  1014. ever knew it."
  1015.  
  1016. At this point our friend got so nervous he just hung up. He expected to
  1017. hear the phone ring again but it didn't.
  1018.  
  1019. Over the next few days he racked his brains trying to figure out what the
  1020. number was. He knew it was something big -- that was pretty certain at this
  1021. point. It was so big that the number was programmed into every central office
  1022. in the country. He knew this because if he tried to dial any other number in
  1023. tht exchange, he'd get a local error message from his CO, as if the exchange
  1024. didn't exist.
  1025.  
  1026. It finally came to him. He had an uncle who worked in a federal agency. He
  1027. had a feeling that this was government related and if it was, his uncle could
  1028. probably find out what it was. He asked the next day and his uncle promised to
  1029. look into the matter.
  1030.  
  1031. The next time he saw his uncle, he noticed a big change in his manner. He
  1032. was trembing. "Where did you get that number?!" he shouted. "Do you know I
  1033. almost got fired for asking about it?!? They kept wanting to know where I got
  1034. it."
  1035.  
  1036. Our friend couldn't contain his excitement. "What is it?" he pleaded.
  1037. "What's the number?!"
  1038.  
  1039. "IT'S THE PRESIDENT'S BOMB SHELTER!"
  1040.  
  1041. He never called the number after that. He knew that he could probably cause
  1042.  
  1043.  
  1044.  
  1045. - Page 18 -
  1046.  
  1047. quite a bit of excitement by calling the number and saying something like, "The
  1048. weather's not good in Washington. We're coming over for a visit." But our
  1049. friend was smart. he knew that there were some things that were better off
  1050. unsaid and undone. <>
  1051.  
  1052. SF][G2:ba003.021785
  1053.  
  1054. Cortesy of BIOC Agent 003, 2600 Magazine, & Sherwood Forest ][
  1055. (914) 359-1517
  1056.  
  1057. -----End of File
  1058.  
  1059.  
  1060. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  1061.  
  1062. ERIC SNOWDEN: HERO OR CRIMINAL? - By Synonymous 1 -
  1063.  
  1064. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  1065.  
  1066. We all know the story of Eric Now from the point of view of the
  1067. Snowden- an NSA insider who saw the mob, such a person is a “rat”. I
  1068. Constitutional violations on privacy for one don't care a whit about the
  1069. that even the ACLU turned a blind “omerta” and this supposed code of
  1070. eye to, because it happened to be a honor amongst crooks. Snowden is
  1071. president they liked running things. Not a rat, he's a whistleblower.
  1072. He did break into files and, yes,
  1073. And he had access to many of the that makes him a criminal. I do
  1074. documents that proved what they were believe that he should face justice.
  1075. up to. He also was restricted from On the other hand, this admini-
  1076. other files, but he knew how to get stration has a notorious track
  1077. them. record of injustice, and instead
  1078. of a fair trial, Snowden will be
  1079. And he did. persecuted for crossing Obama's
  1080. path.
  1081. And he leaked them on the internet.
  1082. It's ironic that a place like
  1083. Did he break the law? Why, yes. Russia, not known for either
  1084. freedom or justice, granted asylum
  1085. Did he violate the Constitution? to Eric Snowden as a political
  1086. No, he didn't. refugee. _Russia_, protecting an
  1087. _American_ from persecution from
  1088. Did the NSA break the law? There its own government? Things have
  1089. is no doubt, and we owe it to Eric really changed since the 1980s.
  1090. Snowden.
  1091. If I understand correctly, Eric
  1092. Did the NSA violate the U.S. Consti- Snowden was cautious with the
  1093. tution? You bet your sweet bippy. Information he released. Unlike
  1094. Whatever that means. Just what is a WikiLeaks, he made sure that the
  1095. bippy? Maybe the cast of “Laugh-In” information that indicts the Obama
  1096. could've clued us in. crime syndicate didn't expose
  1097. sensitive information that exposed
  1098. Anyway, The NSA knowingly did what our troops fighting the already
  1099. they did. So did Snowden. But lost War on Terror.
  1100. the administration running the
  1101. country like a mob family. And So, the answer is twofold. Snowden
  1102. Snowden's biggest crime was being is a criminal. He broke the law.
  1103. a whistleblower. But the laws he broke were made
  1104.  
  1105.  
  1106.  
  1107. - Page 19 -
  1108.  
  1109. to protect the guilty. The crimes QUESTIONS?
  1110. he exposed were far more grievous. COMMENTS?
  1111. The U.S. Constitution is the highest SUGGESTIONS?
  1112. authority in the land. While I SAGE ADVICE?
  1113. don't advocate violating the law to PRAISE?
  1114. uphold the law, without Snowden's GRIPE?
  1115. whistleblowing, we wouldn't be able
  1116. to prove the NSA phone scandal. Contact LiberTORian!!
  1117. Some of the information he did have
  1118. access to legally. I don't know Send email to:
  1119. what information was available at [email protected]
  1120. his security level. All I know is
  1121. the second part of the question:
  1122. Eric Snowden is a hero. He was ************************************
  1123. an average person working for his
  1124. government. While there, he saw HOW TO BE A LIBER-TOR-IAN
  1125. that the very government he worked
  1126. for, which swore to uphold the ************************************
  1127. Constitution, was acting above the
  1128. law to retain its own power. He
  1129. has a problem with it. And so he 1) Don't hurt other people.
  1130. told the truth about people who
  1131. betray the truth without blinking 2) Don't take other people's stuff.
  1132. an eye. So, yes, he is a hero too.
  1133. And if I had to choose only one, 3) Use TOR for privacy, not because
  1134. I would say that Eric Snowden is, you're doing anything wrong, but
  1135. in fact, a hero. because it's your right.
  1136.  
  1137.  
  1138.  
  1139.  
  1140.  
  1141. - Page 20 -
  1142.  
  1143. ************************************
  1144.  
  1145. E X T R A N E O U S - By Synonymous 1 -
  1146.  
  1147. ************************************
  1148.  
  1149. TRAITORS! Comcast is a despicable business.
  1150. The Electronic Frontier Foundation But enabling three power-hungry,
  1151. unelected statists to grab more
  1152. There are millions who supported the power for themselves is not the
  1153. FCC's recent move to regulate the answer. (two of the five on the
  1154. Internet. FCC board voted against Net Neu-
  1155. trality.)
  1156. They are all lemmings.
  1157. The FCC now has the power to reg-
  1158. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, ulate the internet, including the
  1159. which ordinarily advocates for power to dictate data transfer
  1160. internet privacy, were huge pushers rates, and to censor speech they
  1161. of Net Neutrality. Most of the don't like. Read FCC chair Mark
  1162. people who went out to support it Lloyd's comments on how glorious
  1163. had no idea what it really meant. It was when Hugo Chavez shut down
  1164. free speech the same way the FCC
  1165. There are people who hate business. Just seized the power to do so! It
  1166. That's fine with me. But many of is easy to find the footage.
  1167. these people will do anything it
  1168. takes to punish business... even if So thank you, Electronic Frontier
  1169. it means taking themselves out in Foundation. We are less free now,
  1170. the process. thanks to you.
  1171. ************************************ ************************************
  1172.  
  1173. D N S L O O K U P F A I L E D G L O S S A R Y
  1174.  
  1175. ************************************ ************************************
  1176.  
  1177. Well, I wrote this first issue all For those new to the Deep Web, I'm
  1178. by my lonesome self. I really was not far ahead of you. Here are
  1179. lonely. It's hard to find other some terms for those of you who
  1180. libertarians in the deep web. Never dove in:
  1181.  
  1182. I thought that people merely
  1183. concerned with privacy would be .onion
  1184. easier to find on the Onion relay. Pseudo-top-level domain name for
  1185. Maybe I'm not just looking in the deep web sites.
  1186. right place. I'm seeking you out.
  1187. So if you read this and like it, Clearnet
  1188. seek me out. TOR has potential to The surface web, and parts of the
  1189. allow freedom-minded people to come deep web accessible by traditional
  1190. together and speak their mind web browsers.
  1191. freely. So share your knowledge
  1192. with other LiberTORian readers. Deep Web
  1193. We're looking for: Technically, any web site not
  1194. accessible via conventional search
  1195. o Links engines. Commonly, used to only
  1196. o Forums describe non-clearnet areas of the
  1197. o Web logs Internet.
  1198. o Inside information that
  1199. exposes government corruption Mariana's Web
  1200. o Entertaining stuff A fictitious name for the deepest
  1201. o Enlightening stuff recesses of the deep web. Mariana's
  1202. web's existence supposes that, if
  1203. Just send an email and fill it the deep web is a hidden "level" of
  1204. with your knowledge! the internet, the deep web itself
  1205. has its own hidden levels that are
  1206. [email protected] are geometrically increasingly
  1207. difficult to enter. Only the most
  1208. Are you up there on clearnet? most skilled and mathematically
  1209. intelligent computer users allegedly
  1210. Send email to can access Mariana's web. Mariana's
  1211. Web is named after Mariana's Trench,
  1212. [email protected] located in the deepest recesses in
  1213. the ocean. It doesn't exist.
  1214.  
  1215. ^ Onionland
  1216. / \ Term for the world of the deep web
  1217. / \ that is not part of the surface web
  1218. / \ (or clearnet).
  1219. / \
  1220. / T O P \ TOR
  1221. / W I N G \ Acronym for The Onion Relay.
  1222. / \
  1223. / \ Vidalia
  1224. / LiberTORian \ A TOR front end module for use with
  1225. \ / with conventional web browsers.
  1226. \ /
  1227. \_____________/ ---- E N D - O F - F I L E ----
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