#GM folks. Seems like the whole media apparatus is using whatever funding they have left from USAID to shout from the rooftops about the alleged leaked confidential information being shared over Signal. Except...it seems like there may not have been any confidential information. And it also seems like Signal may be widely used and even preinstalled on many if not most government systems for non-confidential information (having replaced gmail a few years back).
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-encryption-hegseth-cia/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43478091
It seems to be a thing in the past few years for the mud to fly about how everyone's using insecure communications in general. And to be fair, they all are. Perhaps rather than worry so much about how government's confidential data is handled though, we should be seeking a government that doesn't involve itself in so much cloak and dagger nonsense, and focuses instead on, you know, making and enforcing laws, and not stirring up enmity around the world.
Meanwhile, we did get some good looking content in the leak;
>The ‘JD Vance’ account noted that “3% of US trade runs through the Suez. 40% of European trade does” and went on to say “I just hate bailing Europe out again” while adding “if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it”. The Pete Hegseth account responded “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.”
>Participants openly discussed the United States being the only naval power “on our side of the ledger” capable of ensuring freedom of navigation through the Red Sea region. A participant speculated to be White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller added “we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”
>source: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-signal-leak-kickstarted-mar-lago-accord
This sort of angle, rather than talks about specific targets or dates, seems to be why the media is so panicked. Forget about Brent Johnson's Dollar Milkshake; this looks like an attempt to turn on the industrial shopvac to pull dollars out of the Eurodollar system and force nations to hold more treasuries to cover their dollar liabilities, driving down interest rates and allowing the national debt to get refinanced at lower rates. In short, taking Europe down a peg into the "emerging market" it's been functioning as.
Let's be clear; I definitely don't love bombing of Yemen; one of the only countries that is stepping in to enforce morality (sure, International Law too, but that may as well be toilet paper for all I care) in the face of the Zionist genocide. The sooner they get left alone, or better yet, get assistance such that it can be enforced with less haphazard violence, the better. But if it's going to be happening, it being done in a context that will finally be sucking the power away from the European power structures is better than the realistic alternatives. In the meantime, I've no worry that the Americans are going to do with half assed attacks what the Saudis with American assistance couldn't get done over a decade of war against Ansar Allah. They'll stop the blockade when they decide to, and not a moment sooner.
Egypt is the other player here, and let me just specify that the world's smallest violin plays for the impact on their economy caused by the blockade while they refuse to open the Rafah crossing and continue down the path Kissinger put them on in the 70's. That anyone is being hit with missiles has everything to do with Egypt not putting the blockade on at the canal itself, where it belongs. Anyone doing trade with the Zionist occupation is complicit with genocide and warcrimes, and the only thing we should be doing about Ansar Allah is assisting in carrying out justice. And perhaps sending them some food to feed their starving population, as compensation for doing the work we couldn't be bothered to.
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"content": "#GM folks. Seems like the whole media apparatus is using whatever funding they have left from USAID to shout from the rooftops about the alleged leaked confidential information being shared over Signal. Except...it seems like there may not have been any confidential information. And it also seems like Signal may be widely used and even preinstalled on many if not most government systems for non-confidential information (having replaced gmail a few years back). \n\nhttps://theintercept.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-encryption-hegseth-cia/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43478091\n\nIt seems to be a thing in the past few years for the mud to fly about how everyone's using insecure communications in general. And to be fair, they all are. Perhaps rather than worry so much about how government's confidential data is handled though, we should be seeking a government that doesn't involve itself in so much cloak and dagger nonsense, and focuses instead on, you know, making and enforcing laws, and not stirring up enmity around the world.\n\nMeanwhile, we did get some good looking content in the leak; \n\n \u003eThe ‘JD Vance’ account noted that “3% of US trade runs through the Suez. 40% of European trade does” and went on to say “I just hate bailing Europe out again” while adding “if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it”. The Pete Hegseth account responded “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.”\n\n\u003eParticipants openly discussed the United States being the only naval power “on our side of the ledger” capable of ensuring freedom of navigation through the Red Sea region. A participant speculated to be White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller added “we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”\n\u003esource: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-signal-leak-kickstarted-mar-lago-accord\n\nThis sort of angle, rather than talks about specific targets or dates, seems to be why the media is so panicked. Forget about Brent Johnson's Dollar Milkshake; this looks like an attempt to turn on the industrial shopvac to pull dollars out of the Eurodollar system and force nations to hold more treasuries to cover their dollar liabilities, driving down interest rates and allowing the national debt to get refinanced at lower rates. In short, taking Europe down a peg into the \"emerging market\" it's been functioning as.\n\nLet's be clear; I definitely don't love bombing of Yemen; one of the only countries that is stepping in to enforce morality (sure, International Law too, but that may as well be toilet paper for all I care) in the face of the Zionist genocide. The sooner they get left alone, or better yet, get assistance such that it can be enforced with less haphazard violence, the better. But if it's going to be happening, it being done in a context that will finally be sucking the power away from the European power structures is better than the realistic alternatives. In the meantime, I've no worry that the Americans are going to do with half assed attacks what the Saudis with American assistance couldn't get done over a decade of war against Ansar Allah. They'll stop the blockade when they decide to, and not a moment sooner.\n\nEgypt is the other player here, and let me just specify that the world's smallest violin plays for the impact on their economy caused by the blockade while they refuse to open the Rafah crossing and continue down the path Kissinger put them on in the 70's. That anyone is being hit with missiles has everything to do with Egypt not putting the blockade on at the canal itself, where it belongs. Anyone doing trade with the Zionist occupation is complicit with genocide and warcrimes, and the only thing we should be doing about Ansar Allah is assisting in carrying out justice. And perhaps sending them some food to feed their starving population, as compensation for doing the work we couldn't be bothered to.",
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