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Today's Topics:
1. US Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Cyber Command to ?Stand
Down? on All Russia Operations (Stephen Loosley)
2. Re: O/t: Henry Lawson Colonial Poet (Antony Barry)
3. Re: O/t: Henry Lawson Colonial Poet (Marghanita da Cruz)
4. Donald Trump supporters lose $12, 000, 000, 000 after his
meme coin collapses (Stephen Loosley)
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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:50:38 +1030
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
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?Stand Down? on All Russia Operations
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Trump?s Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Cyber Command to ?Stand Down? on All
Russia Operations
Russia is not a significant cyber threat to the U.S. anymore, Trump's new
Defense Secretary says.
By Lucas Ropek Published March 2, 2025 | Comments (313)
https://gizmodo.com/trumps-defense-secretary-hegseth-orders-cyber-command-to-stand-down-on-all-russia-operations-2000570343
[Photo caption: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum reversing
the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 operated by
the 300th Airlift Squadron en route to Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 10, 2025 ?
DVIDS / DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza]
It appears that the U.S. no longer considers Russia a significant cyber threat,
according to multiple new reports on a drastic policy reversal that has taken
hold under the new Trump administration.
The cybersecurity outlet The Record originally reported that under Trump?s new
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Cyber Command has been ordered to ?stand
down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.?
https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning
The outlet cites three anonymous sources who are familiar with the matter. The
order reportedly does not apply to the National Security Agency.
The policy shift represents a complete 180-degree turn from America?s posture
over the past decade, which has consistently considered Russia one of the top
cybersecurity threats. Credible reporting and government investigations have
shown that Russia has hacked into U.S. systems countless times.
The Guardian has reported that a memo recently circulated to staff at America?s
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) established ?new
priorities? for the agency and, while mentioning the threat of digital
incursions by China and other enemies, failed to mention Russia.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security
?Russia and China are our biggest adversaries. With all the cuts being made to
different agencies, a lot of cyber security personnel have been fired. Our
systems are not going to be protected and our adversaries know this,? a source,
who was familiar with the internal memo, told The Guardian. ?People are saying
Russia is winning. Putin is on the inside now.?
Another anonymous source, who said that CISA staff had been ?verbally informed
that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats,? expressed concern
for the shift: ?There are thousands of US government employees and military
working daily on the massive threat Russia poses as possibly the most
significant nation state threat actor. Not to diminish the significance of
China, Iran, or North Korea, but Russia is at least on par with China as the
most significant cyber threat,? they said.
The U.S.?s new Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, recently fired
about 100 National Security Agency employees after they were exposed for having
sexually explicit chats on work computers. ?They were brazen in using an NSA
platform intended for professional use to conduct this kind of really, really
horrific behavior,? Gabbard told Fox News.
As far as layoffs go, the NSA purge is a drop in the bucket for America?s
signals intelligence agency. One of the intel community?s biggest outfits is
reputed to employ at least 20,000 employees but has been estimated to use as
many as 50,000.
https://irp.fas.org/nsa/oldind.html
In general, despite Trump?s promise to smash the ?deep state,? America?s dark
and powerful national security state has remained largely untouched since he
took office, with his administration?s wrecking ball DOGE content to spend most
of its time smashing agencies that dispense services to the public.
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Mister Sterling
13 hours ago
Any InfoSec professional would tell you that you never ignore a source of
threats. Even if a nation decreased its illegal activity, you never declare a
region or nation to be "green." This is madness.
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LocalFrog
10 hours ago
Well...
unless you have reasons to do so, like a nice sum in a Bahamas or Swiss bank
account deposited there for you if you do that.
unless you're a foreign agent that managed to ingrain itself so high he can
gives executive orders.
unless you and the circus around you has no clue about computer an...
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FF in Florida
5 hours ago
Does anyone else find it ironic that a democratically elected U.S. president is
going about trying to undermine the same democratic government he was elected
to lead, turning it into an authoritarian paradise, voting at the U.N. with the
likes of Russia, Iran, and North Korea, alienating our allies...
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Chris
3 hours ago
nothing ironic. The Oligarchs have arrived. Just see Russia for a reference on
what the outcome looks like.
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bluewander
12 hours ago
How can anyone, especially the CIA, not see Trump as a very serious, real and
present danger to national security? If this isn't an ongoing coup by a
foreign power, what is it?
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guest
12 hours ago
Sadly, that Trump wasn't aggressively outed as a Russian asset in 2017 shows
that our intelligence services aren't as top notch as we sometimes think.
Hopefully we have a chance to rebuild them into a more robust protection force
in 4 years. Hopefully.
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Guest2
8 hours ago
What Russia never managed to achieve during the entire four decades of Cold
War, Trump has given them in less than six weeks in charge.
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Zeiram
2 hours ago
?and they did it for far fewer rubles than they spent stockpiling nukes for
decades. If you told me in the 90s that the internet and our own media would
be Russia?s ultimate weapons against the US I would not have believed you.
They really played a long game.
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Dr. Smith
11 hours ago
Russia is not a significant cyber threat to the U.S. anymore, Trump's new
Defense Secretary says.
You don't get much farther removed from reality than this.
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50-year-fan
11 hours ago
Its clear the Republican US government ,is going to collapse, its going to be
impossible for their spin doctors to explain, hopefully there's still enough
good, honest, people left to defy the insane directives coming
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Krankor
10 hours ago
Of course they are not a cyber-threat anymore, DOGE gave them complete open
access so Russia doesn't have to bother cracking systems. They just log in with
approved credentials.
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Elliot
13 hours ago
Can they can explain how this makes America great again?
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 18:19:51 +1100
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
To: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
Cc: link <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LINK] O/t: Henry Lawson Colonial Poet
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On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 1:04?AM Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Every Man Should have a Rifle
>
>
>
>
Apologies for this I asked Chat-GPT to write a poem in the style of Lawson
about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in the oval office -
The Meeting in the Oval Room
(In the Style of Henry Lawson)
The Yanks they sat in Washington, beneath the grand White Dome,
Where power shifts like desert sands and egos make their home.
The cameras clicked, the voices hummed, the world stood still to see,
As Trump sat grand, with outstretched hand, beside Zelenskyy.
A man from lands where winters bite and war drums never cease,
He came to seek the iron might that might restore some peace.
His suit was neat, his shoulders squared, his gaze was sharp and keen,
Yet in his eyes, a shadow lay?of things he?d heard and seen.
And Trump, he leaned back in his chair, his grin both wide and sly,
He waved his hand, dismissed the past, and loosed a heavy sigh.
?You?re doing great,? he told the man, ?a leader strong and bold!
Now tell me more?perhaps, my friend, of Biden?s deeds of old??
The air grew thick, the moment paused, the cameras caught the stare?
Of one who saw diplomacy and one who played it bare.
Zelenskyy?s smile was tight and thin, his words were clear yet few,
For in his heart he weighed the cost of deals with men untrue.
The meeting ended, hands were clasped, the world was left to guess?
Had honour stood, or had it bowed to whispers in the press?
And back beyond the Dnieper?s bend, where cannon echoes roared,
The people watched, the people hoped?and prayed they weren?t ignored.
--
Mob:04 3365 2400 Email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:36:10 +1100
From: Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LINK] O/t: Henry Lawson Colonial Poet
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Henry Lawson received first hand experience of WW1
1. "Grant was a frequent visitor to Henry Lawson's home in North Sydney.
Cowan another returned soldier would play the violin while Grant
provided the conversation while Lawson wrote.(ref
<https://ramin.com.au/annandale/story1-douglas-grant.shtml#hl>)"
2. Another friend of Lawson at the later phase was Douglas Grant, who is
a pure blood aborigine, born in North Queensland and educated In Sydney,
Douglu once told me bow he and Cowan with the violin, often used to go
over to where Lawson lodged In North Sydney, where Cowan would play
whilst Lawson sat writing at tha table, which was usually cover ed with
old newspaper In lieu of a table-cloth. Douglas did not say what he did
on those occasions but he is a very good conversationalist and like
Cowan, he had been to the front so they had much to talk about,
especially Douglas' experiences of his life when captured by the
Germans.1936 'HENRY LAWSON AND THE VIOLIN.', Townsville Daily Bulletin
(Qld. : 1885 - 1954), 6 August, p. 8, viewed 23 July, 2013,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64079226
3. Video - The Skin of Others: when Douglas Grant met Henry Lawson
https://youtu.be/ZJ9_zOXoIMY
Marghanita
On 3/3/25 18:19, Antony Barry wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 1:04?AM Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Every Man Should have a Rifle
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Apologies for this I asked Chat-GPT to write a poem in the style of Lawson
> about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in the oval office -
>
> The Meeting in the Oval Room
> (In the Style of Henry Lawson)
>
> The Yanks they sat in Washington, beneath the grand White Dome,
> Where power shifts like desert sands and egos make their home.
> The cameras clicked, the voices hummed, the world stood still to see,
> As Trump sat grand, with outstretched hand, beside Zelenskyy.
>
> A man from lands where winters bite and war drums never cease,
> He came to seek the iron might that might restore some peace.
> His suit was neat, his shoulders squared, his gaze was sharp and keen,
> Yet in his eyes, a shadow lay?of things he?d heard and seen.
>
> And Trump, he leaned back in his chair, his grin both wide and sly,
> He waved his hand, dismissed the past, and loosed a heavy sigh.
> ?You?re doing great,? he told the man, ?a leader strong and bold!
> Now tell me more?perhaps, my friend, of Biden?s deeds of old??
>
> The air grew thick, the moment paused, the cameras caught the stare?
> Of one who saw diplomacy and one who played it bare.
> Zelenskyy?s smile was tight and thin, his words were clear yet few,
> For in his heart he weighed the cost of deals with men untrue.
>
> The meeting ended, hands were clasped, the world was left to guess?
> Had honour stood, or had it bowed to whispers in the press?
> And back beyond the Dnieper?s bend, where cannon echoes roared,
> The people watched, the people hoped?and prayed they weren?t ignored.
>
--
Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ramin.com.au
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:04:12 +1030
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
To: "link" <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] Donald Trump supporters lose $12, 000, 000, 000 after
his meme coin collapses
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
It's not bad poetry 'in the style' of Henry Lawson, thanks Tony.
Marghanita, your video with Max Cullen playing Lawson's great!
Meanwhile, there's the DT's ..
Donald Trump supporters lose $12,000,000,000 after his meme coin collapses
By Tom Chapman Published 11:32 28 Feb 2025
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-news/donald-trump-supporters-lose-12-billion-after-meme-coin-collapse-393345-20250228
What goes up...
The idea of celebrating Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office with a meme
coin might've sounded like a patriotic way to usher in this new era of
cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence advancements, and with 500 people
reportedly becoming millionaires overnight, it looked like some were destined
to become pretty rich.
Not least of them was Trump himself, with the returning POTUS making billions
off the back of the meme coin. As we've already warned, meme coins can be
volatile and have been compared to 'gambling' by some, which was shown by the
launch of Melania Trump's own $MELANIA coin wiping a ton of value off her
husband's.
The Commander in Chief and his wife have come under fire recently, with the
current worth of Melania's coin being branded as 'disgusting' just over a month
after it was first launched. To put it into context, those who invested $10,000
in Melania's coin during its inauguration peak of $13.73 find the total would
now be worth just $652.44.
Things aren?t looking much better for $TRUMP, as it's managed to wipe 80% off
its value since its January 17 launch. As reported by The Telegraph, $TRUMP has
spectacularly dropped from its January 19 peak of $73.43.
Having plummeted from $15 billion to $2.7 billion on February 27, it currently
sits at a measly $11.27 at the time of writing and has lost over $12 billion.
The site also claims that the value of the coins owned by Trump himself has
been slashed by a jaw-dropping $50 billion.
It's bad news across the board for crypto, with the dramatic drop of interest
in $TRUMP and $MELANIA being part of a wider fallout. After Bitcoin similarly
hit an all-time high of $108,786 on January 20's inauguration day, it's slumped
down to just $79,844. This goes against the projections of some, who predicted
Bitcoin could soar past $200,000 per coin in 2025.
Things aren't looking great for Trump vowing to be the world's first 'crypto
president' or the appointment of venture capitalist David Sacks as the White
House's very own 'Crypto Tsar'.
[Photo caption: It's not looking good for the Trump family meme coins
(CoinGecko)]
These crypto concerns come as California freshman Democrat Rep. Sam Liccardo
puts the President's meme coin monopoly in his crosshairs. Speaking to ABC
News, Liccardo explained how he wants to enact legislation that would stop
White House officials and their families from capitalizing on meme coins.
The Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act would prevent
everyone from the President to members of Congress (as well as their families)
from "sponsoring or endorsing a security, future, commodity or digital asset."
Liccardo added: "Let?s make corruption criminal again. Our public offices
belong to the public, not the officeholders, nor should they leverage their
political authority for financial gain.
"The Trumps? issuance of meme coins financially exploits the public for
personal gain, and raises the specter of insider trading and foreign influence
over the Executive Branch."
If things continue the way they are, Liccardo might not have much to worry
about, as the interest in the Trump dynasty meme coins looks like it's
continuing to dwindle.
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