Spain’s solar police to kick in residents’ doors for generating free power

“Whereas Spain once flung money at companies who set up solar power programmes in the country, it now plans to slap a fee on people who create their energy for personal consumption.  The PP’s plan is to raise cash to help pay off their ‘tariff deficit’, or the difference between the cost of operating the country’s electricity grid and the money it rakes in.  ‘Imposed by decree, the reform aims to raise money for tackling a €26 billion debt to power producers which the state has built up over the years in regulating energy costs and prices,’  Australia’s Business Spectator reported.  According to VozPopuli, the ‘payback’ to big energy companies has taken the form of this new Solar Energy Law.”

http://www.thelocal.es/20131112/spains-solar-police-to-kick-in-your-door

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Obamacare and the New Soviet Man

“All that is missing from Emanuel’s blueprint is the punishment. If America’s youth does not live up to Emanuel’s version of the New American Man, they will not suffer the carnage of the kulaks. No one is suggesting that. But something will be done. And, with government, ‘something done’ always means coercion, even if it comes in the disguised form of an incentive that someone else needs to fund. Obama will not allow his signature legacy to become a signature failure. The extraordinary website problems attending Obamacare may be good news for its advocates. It distracts attention from what could be a far less solvable problem.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34740/Wendy-McElroy-Obamacare-and-the-New-Soviet-Man/

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New street lights that can record your conversations installed in Vegas

“The wireless, LED lighting, computer-operated lights are not only capable of illuminating streets, they can also play music, interact with pedestrians and are equipped with video screens, which can display police alerts, weather alerts and traffic information. The high tech lights can also stream live video of activity in the surrounding area.  But there’s one major concern. These new street lights, being rolled out with the aid of government funding, are also capable of recording video and audio.  The lights are being touted as security devices that can assist with ‘Homeland Security’ measures by providing applications like video surveillance and motion sensors.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2497624/Las-Vegas-street-lights-record-conversations.html

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Now the taxman is spying on your home using Google Earth

HMRC has spent nearly £1billion over the past three years trying to enforce the rules. Over the past 18 months, it has set up dozens of taskforces to probe the tax receipts and business practices of industries as diverse as restaurants, private cab firms, hairdressers, outdoor markets, car dealerships and even Avon Ladies. It has also spent £50million on the supercomputer, which is called Connect. Created by defence giant BAE Systems three years ago, it now holds more than a billion pieces of information about any taxpayers it suspects.  It includes tax payment records, interest on bank accounts, details of any properties owned, loans, job history and electoral records.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2494152/Now-taxman-spying-home-using-Google-Earth-Satellite-images-clues-wealth-lifestyle-youre-paying-enough.html

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C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data

“The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company’s vast database of phone records, which includes Americans’ international calls, according to government officials.  The cooperation is conducted under a voluntary contract, not under subpoenas or court orders compelling the company to participate, according to the officials. Because the C.I.A. is prohibited from spying on the domestic activities of Americans, the agency imposes privacy safeguards on the program, said the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because it is classified.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/us/cia-is-said-to-pay-att-for-call-data.html?pagewanted=all

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Alexis Breaks Down The $13 Billion Chase Settlement

“Today, we’ll be talking about the Department of Justice’s proposed settlement with JP Morgan Chase for $13 Billion.  This settlement is about making a number of open investigations and lawsuits go away. Now the good news is the settlement does NOT immunize JPMorgan from future criminal charges, but you should know that Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase has been getting really cozy with US Attorney General Eric Holder. He’s been hacing personal phone calls with Holder and staff at the Justice Department since as early as July, negotiating his own settlement, as the NYTimes reported.”

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Democrats and Republicans Have Joined Forces Against You

“The hidden consensus amongst the U.S. political elite on matters of national security is a matter worthy of detailed investigation and reporting. So is their consensus on the failed drug war, mass incarcerations, asset forfeiture and many other matters. What are we to make of the fact that Senator Feinstein’s husband, Richard C. Blum, is heavily invested in EG&G Technical Services – a leading contractor to the federal defense and intelligence sectors? Or that congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has received almost half a million dollars in campaign contributions from defense contractors – despite having no serious challengers?”

http://thesovereigninvestor.com/2013/11/05/democrats-republicans-joined-forces/

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Japan Fukushima panel proposals include Tepco breakup

“The task force of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe‘s Liberal Democratic Party favors reorganizing Tokyo Electric, known as Tepco, by creating a unit within the company to handle the key functions of decommissioning the reactors and cleaning up massive amounts of toxic water, the source said.  The panel will also list the options of breaking that unit off from the listed utility giant or hiving it off as a government-affiliated independent administrative agency, the source said. The amount of taxpayer money to be spent on Fukushima is a matter of fierce debate. An existing special tax for reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the Fukushima facility will not be enough.”

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/japan-fukushima-panel-proposals-include-tepco-breakup-source-29711221.html

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Government claims small gold miners won’t be affected by mercury ban

“The phasing out and eventual banning of mercury, which is expected to take effect in 2022, will not have a severe impact on small miners and their operations.  This is according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud. Prior to the signing, local small miners had been nervous about plans to ban the dangerous chemical, stating that there is no immediate and cheaper way to recover gold for its ore. However, he posited that the government did not see the ban having any impact on the mining sector, highlighting that it can only lead to positive benefits for the economy. This approach has been supported by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association.”

http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/?p=35312

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U.S. Will Simulate a Knockout Blow of Electric Power Grid This November

“Thousands of utility workers, business executives, National Guard officers, F.B.I. antiterrorism experts and officials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico are preparing for an emergency drill in November that will simulate physical attacks and cyberattacks that could take down large sections of the power grid.  They will practice for a crisis unlike anything the real grid has ever seen, and more than 150 companies and organizations have signed up to participate.  The utility industry argues that the government has extensive information on threats but keeps it classified. Government officials concede the problem, and they have suggested that some utility executives get security clearances.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/us/as-worries-over-the-power-grid-rise-a-drill-will-simulate-a-knockout-blow.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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