@desmukh Maybe to deal with bad actors who wish to do them harm? 🤔
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Threeballes
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Threeballes
@threeballes
Rational thinker.
Ontario, Canada Katılım Ekim 2022
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But definitely dont ask why the United States has a military base 15,000km away from its territory, on a coral island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, that was illegally cleansed of all of its native inhabitants to make way for the installation
Ari Fleischer@AriFleischer
Iran just fired two missies at a target 4000 kilometers away. London is 4400 kilometers from Tehran. Tell me Iran is not a threat to the world. (Paris, Rome, Vienna and Berlin are closer…)
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@Jihooncrypto Where did the second missile fail? Was it half-way there? A third? A quarter?
Maybe they can't reach Diego Garcia after all 🤔
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🚨🚨🚨 IRAN JUST DID SOMETHING NO COUNTRY HAS EVER DONE IN HISTORY. THEY ATTACKED DIEGO GARCIA. 🚨🚨🚨
Diego Garcia is a joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean
Iran fired 2 intermediate-range ballistic missiles directly at it.
Do you understand what that means?
💀 Diego Garcia distance from Iran — 4,000 km
💀 Iran's known maximum missile range — 2,000 km
💀 That means Iran has weapons DOUBLE what any Western agency estimated
💀 One missile was intercepted. The other failed mid-flight.
💀 ZERO countries have EVER attempted to strike Diego Garcia — in its ENTIRE 60-year existence
⚠️ The US ran bombing campaigns from Diego Garcia for 20 years — Iraq, Afghanistan, the entire War on Terror. Not a single nation dared touch it. Iran just did on DAY 6.
⚠️ The UK gave the US permission to use Diego Garcia against Iran just days ago. Iran's response? Fire missiles AT THE BASE ITSELF.
The media is showing you "both missiles failed" headlines and "no damage reported."
They're NOT showing you that Iran just exposed a missile capability that makes EVERY Western intelligence assessment from the last decade WRONG.
If Iran can reach 4,000 km — London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, every US base from Qatar to Bahrain, every carrier group in the Indian Ocean — ALL within striking distance.
If their missiles only go 2,000 km like every agency claimed… how did they reach a target DOUBLE that range?
Complete silence.
Iran just told every capital on Earth: your distance means NOTHING to us.
This is the most dangerous moment of the entire war. And it's barely making the news.
Prepare accordingly. 🚨🚨🚨
Twitter is suppressing this. Like + RT + Follow before it's gone. 🚨
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@HeathMayo You should respect his honesty - Mueller morphed into a bad actor.
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What a sick human being. A permanent disfiguring scar on the dignity of our nation.
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Threeballes retweetledi
🚨 Tweet #48: Here is the official government conclusion most people remember.
November 2020. CISA declared the 2020 election:
"The safest and most secure election in American history."
That statement came from the same agency this thread has documented throughout.
The same CISA that was on the DARPA/CISA/MS-ISAC coordination call in March 2020.
The same CISA that received Georgia Tech's findings about Russian and Iranian command and control in election networks.
The same CISA that Ian Crone said pushed back on DARPA because "if we're right it makes them look bad."
Now read what researchers discovered when they dug into CISA's own documents:
CISA's March 2021 summary stated:
"As of October 24 - no election data hacked."
But their own underlying source document showed:
Data WAS exfiltrated - before October 30.
Six days after they said nothing happened.
And DARPA had already alerted CISA to active targeting of election networks back in March 2020.
Eight months before Election Day.
So the agency that declared the election the most secure in history:
Was warned by DARPA in March.
Watched Georgia Tech confirm foreign penetration was "beyond dispute."
Then published a summary saying no data was hacked.
While their own documents showed data had been exfiltrated. Two possibilities:
They did not know - and were catastrophically incompetent.
Or they knew - and chose to say otherwise. There is no third option.
Coming to a close on this story.....
GATech email to DARPA below. And a photo of the national liar Chris Krebs, former head of CISA, whom President Trump rightly fired:
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ICE did this to 2 American’s just months ago.
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NOW - Trump: "[Iran] executed three young people for protesting."
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@Rothbard1776 Your story is all over the place - yesterday, it was "one cop with a knife". 🤔
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He killed two police officers with a machete.
The U.S. military bombed a girls’ school filled with children and killed 175 people.
House Republicans@HouseGOP
This is 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi, who the terrorist regime in Iran just executed. This is who the mullahs are: Terroristic savages willing to slaughter their own people to maintain their grip on power. Just imagine what the mullahs would do to us.
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These fucking morons are allowing Iran to get $14 billion in the middle of a war against them. This is the biggest, dumbest concession ever given to Iran by the US and all you need to know about what a disaster Trump’s policy is.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
Iran is the head of the snake for global terrorism, and through President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, we are winning this critical fight at an even faster pace than anticipated. In response to Iran’s terrorist attacks against global energy infrastructure, the Trump Administration will continue to deploy America’s economic and military might to maximize the flow of energy to the world, strengthen global supply, and seek to ensure market stability. Today, the Department of the Treasury is issuing a narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea. At present, sanctioned Iranian oil is being hoarded by China on the cheap. By temporarily unlocking this existing supply for the world, the United States will quickly bring approximately 140 million barrels of oil to global markets, expanding the amount of worldwide energy and helping to relieve the temporary pressures on supply caused by Iran. In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against Tehran to keep the price down as we continue Operation Epic Fury. This temporary, short-term authorization is strictly limited to oil that is already in transit and does not allow new purchases or production. Further, Iran will have difficulty accessing any revenue generated and the United States will continue to maintain maximum pressure on Iran and its ability to access the international financial system. So far, the Trump Administration has been working to bring around 440 million additional barrels of oil to the global market, undercutting Iran’s ability to leverage its disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump’s pro-energy agenda has driven U.S. oil and gas production to record levels, strengthening energy security and lowering fuel costs. Any short-term disruption now will ultimately translate into longer-term economic gains for Americans – because there is no prosperity without security.
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🚨 Tweet #45: This email was written by Eric Coomer himself. April 25, 2006.
Subject: WinEDS Release V3.1.023
WinEDS = Dominion's Election Data System.
"On Election night Insight can transmit the results via wireless modem. These results are collected into one file on a server and updated throughout the night by wireless communication via insight modem."
Wireless modem. Server. Updated throughout the night.
Then this:
"At this time user has the option to either append or replace the tally data coming from SPP file."
Append or replace the tally data.
The man who told a Georgia grand jury he had no access and no ability to affect election results - wrote in his own 2006 email that the system he built could replace tally data transmitted wirelessly on election night.
Then look at the modification log.
Developer column: ECcoomer. Ecoomer. Ecoomer.
His name on every critical modification. Including a procedure that:
"Distributes rotation sets across precincts for a contest based on registered voters."
Written by Coomer. In 2006. Before anyone was asking questions.
His grand jury testimony said he had no access and no ability.
His own 2006 email says otherwise.
My apologies, I do not remember where I got this Eric Coomer email from; thank you to whoever obtained it.
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@originalhoundog @mark_slapinski I just got back from a Road Trip through 5 states to Florida and back... everyone I encountered was friendly and welcoming.
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@mark_slapinski Funny that myself and many other people who continue to travel to the US on a regular basis see none of this. In fact the Canadian/US issue literally never comes up. They don’t care as much as you want them to. It’s just another day there. Quit lying you useless dork.
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I'd highly encourage Canadians to AVOID ALL TRAVEL to the United States.
Not out spite, but out of safety.
Even Canadian citizens with proper documentation are being arrested and sent to detention camps!
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@bff77777 @CynicalPublius In the right place at the right time! Thanks!
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@threeballes @CynicalPublius hey thats actually awesome. what timing with the sailboat
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📸EARLY WEEKEND PHOTOGRAPHY TIMELINE CLEANSE📸
I took this from Sausalito, California, looking across the Bay into San Francisco. If you look closely you can see the SF skyline and the Bay Bridge way off in the distance.
I got out there super early to capture sunrise, and I was really fortunate. An early morning jogger ran by and told me: "I've been living here twenty years and this is the most beautiful sunrise I've ever seen here."
Sometimes a photographer gets blessed.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70mm @ 24mm, ISO 200, 15 seconds, f/4.0, Really Right Stuff tripod.
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Ok, I'm apparently not good at writing parables, because nearly everyone interpreted it wrong.
I used a parable because I want to respect others' service records, especially when not all the facts are out yet.
So let's pivot to a much more direct analogy.
In 2016, career intelligence professionals, people who had genuinely spent their lives fighting America's enemies, became convinced that a foreign power had compromised the incoming president. They had data points. Real ones. Trump had business dealings in Moscow. He said nice things about Putin on camera. People in his orbit had meetings with Russian nationals. A dossier appeared with salacious claims. Each data point individually was... a data point.
But they were looking for Russia. So they found Russia. Everywhere.
They were so certain they were right that they leaked to the press. They used classification authority to spy on American citizens. They presented unverified opposition research to a FISA court as intelligence. Peter Strzok texted about "insurance policies." Andrew McCabe authorized leaks.
They were experienced professionals who genuinely believed the republic was in danger. Their service records were real. Their concern was sincere.
And they were wrong.
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican
I'm a Smurf. I've been hired to run counter-intelligence operations at Smurf Village. My role is political; I've personally gone up against the evil wizard Gargamel. But once I'm on the inside, I discover that Smurf Village has a relationship with a goat-riding human boy called Peewit. Peewit isn't a Smurf. He's caused a lot of damage with his antics over the years. Why is he even here? I start digging. I pull up Papa Smurf's history with Peewit. Papa Smurf has been collaborating with this kid for years. Protecting him. Making excuses for him. Why? Peewit is reckless. Peewit makes messes. But Papa Smurf keeps letting him back in. The more I dig, the more Peewit I find. He's everywhere. In every file, behind every favor, connected to every mess. A picture forms in my head: if I'm looking for Peewit everywhere and I keep finding Peewit, the only logical conclusion is that Peewit is the one controlling Papa Smurf. Then a prominent Smurf gets assassinated. They say Gargamel's people did it. Case closed, move along. But I get access to the dead Smurf's private messages. And there's Peewit. Right there in the chats. The same Peewit I've been laser-focused on all year. Pressuring him. Making demands. I bring this to Papa Smurf and his inner circle. I bring it with alarm. Papa Smurf looks at me funny. And then — just like that — I'm kicked out of the investigation. No explanation. Just... out. This is the final proof that Peewit is controlling the Smurf Village. I know what I saw. I have to get the truth out there. So I do the unthinkable. I leak the information.
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@krassenstein You are such a fraud.
Who invited you here, anyway?
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TRUMP DID THIS.
I heard 2 Canadians next to me complaining about how Trump is making Canada unaffordable.
Trump is screwing the world.
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Yet another example of just how great Canada's fReE HeAlThCaRe is - my cousin was admitted to the hospital with heart palpitations (late 30's, female), they observed her for a short time and then said she was fine and sent her home. My aunt found her passed away this morning.
RIP, Jocelyn.
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@yayacam04663507 @CynicalPublius That's fantastic! I think my neighbors were celebrating too...there was quite a crowd.
Enjoy your day - I'm about to eat dinner.
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@threeballes @CynicalPublius Yeah my friend Jason
How are you doing
Today is Eid day here
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@StephenKenyon13 @TheLastRefuge2 @DataRepublican I'll go on record saying that the Steele Dossier was intentionally fabricated bullshit.
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@TheLastRefuge2 @DataRepublican Wait…. are you going in record claiming, for example, that the Steele Dossier was NOT a giant mistake?
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It will take Tara Vista 50 years or more to look anywhere near Greenleaf!
We would never get approvals to clear-cut Greenleaf here... the woodlot would be protected. And OP is somewhat correct - although it is not cheap to remove the trees, it is very difficult to build houses with a bunch of trees in the way.
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@threeballes @aakashgupta Here's the black and white photo from 1995 when the tree-shaded Greenleaf development was 10 years old (top, green outline).
The future clear-cut Tara Vista development site (bottom, red outline) was mostly wooded at the time.
Both attached, R2 zoning, 4-8 units/acre
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Let me explain exactly why every new subdivision in America looks like the top photo, because the math is wild.
A mature tree increases a home's value by 7 to 19 percent. On a $400,000 house, that's $28,000 to $76,000. A single shade tree produces the cooling equivalent of ten room-size air conditioners running 20 hours a day. One tree on the west side of a house cuts energy bills by 12 percent within 15 years. The bottom photo is worth more, costs less to live in, and sells faster. This has been documented by the University of Washington, Clemson, Michigan State, and the USDA. The data is not in dispute.
Removing those trees saves the builder roughly $5,000 per lot. Concrete trucks need twice the dripline radius of every standing tree. Utility trenches need flat ground. A bulldozer flattens 200 lots in an afternoon. Preserving trees adds weeks and thousands per home.
So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room.
The Woodlands, Texas is the proof of what happens when they are. George Mitchell bought 28,000 acres of Houston timberland in 1974 and preserved 28% as permanent green space. He forced McDonald's to build behind the tree canopy. That McDonald's became one of the highest-volume locations in Texas. The first office building, designed to reflect the surrounding forest so you couldn't see it from the street, leased completely.
The Woodlands median home price today: $615,000. Katy, a comparable Houston suburb that clear-cut: $375,000. Named #1 community to live in America two years running.
Fifty years of data. The trees are worth more than removing them saves. Developers clear-cut anyway because they sell the house once and leave. You live in it for 30 years.
bitfloorsghost@bitfloorsghost
we ruined such a good thing
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Threeballes retweetledi
🚨 Tweet #21: Georgia Tech Professor Manos Antonakakis worked directly with University of Michigan Professor J. Alex Halderman.
You already know Antonakakis. Georgia Tech professor. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contractor. The man running Active DNS Pythia surveillance on voting machine manufacturer networks eight months before the 2020 election.
The man whose colleague typed "It's Dominion Voting" and who responded "Oh, shit. These look like egress points." Thirteen days before you voted (and early voting was taking place that day).
Now meet his co-author. J. Alex Halderman Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Antonakakis and Halderman are listed as co-authors on a landmark 2017 cybersecurity paper titled
"Understanding the Mirai Botnet" - published at the USENIX Security Symposium.
That paper was funded in part by a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant.
The same Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding network running the election surveillance operation documented throughout this thread.
In April 2018 Halderman traveled to Georgia Tech - Antonakakis's own campus - and gave a live demonstration.
He infected voting machines with malware before a live audience.
He guaranteed a chosen candidate would always win.
A 2-2 split in the test votes showed Arnold winning 3-1 on the machine's results.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographed the event. It happened at Georgia Tech, Antonakakis's campus.
Then in 2020 a federal judge gave Halderman something extraordinary. Court-ordered physical access to Georgia's actual Dominion Voting machines.
Full passwords. Security cards. Exact election files. Everything. He spent three months with a Fulton County Dominion machine.
What he found was so alarming the judge sealed his 96-page report to keep it away from real hackers.
Here is what was eventually made public from that report:
-The machines could be hacked remotely.
-Without physical access.
-Votes could be changed.
-Barcodes on printed ballots could be altered so no audit or recount would ever detect the fraud.
-"All records of the voter's intent would be wrong."
Halderman's exact words.
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reviewed his findings and confirmed the vulnerabilities were real.
Now hold those two men side by side.
Antonakakis: had network-level surveillance visibility into Dominion Voting system traffic from the outside. Using Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded Active DNS Pythia. Found egress points - outbound data connections - in Dominion network data during the 2020 election.
Halderman: had court-ordered physical access to the actual Dominion machines from the inside. Found they could be hacked remotely. Confirmed votes could be changed without detection.
One man had the network view from outside. His co-author had the machine access from inside.
Both connected to the same federal funding apparatus.
Both working in the same ecosystem - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Georgia election infrastructure.
Both with knowledge that together forms a complete picture of how Dominion voting machines could be accessed, monitored, and potentially manipulated - from the network level all the way down to the ballot barcode.
And there is one more thing.
Halderman's own public profile lists Antonakakis as a verified collaborator. Antonakakis's Google Scholar academic page lists Halderman with his verified University of Michigan institutional email.
These are not strangers. These are documented collaborators.
One surveilling Dominion networks from the outside.
One with court-ordered access to Dominion machines on the inside.
Both connected to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding.
Both in the Georgia election security ecosystem.
Both knowing things about Dominion Voting Systems that the American public was never told.
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