Tag Archives: Technocracy

Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge

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“The letter, sent on November 13, informs her father that the Smart ID program, which was phased in with the new school year, is now in ‘full implementation’ and requires all students to comply by wearing the location-tracking badges.  Since Andrea Hernandez has refused to wear the badge, she is being withdrawn from the magnet school and her program at the Science and Engineering Academy, and instead will have to attend William Howard Taft HS, which is not currently involved in the ID scheme, unless she changes her position.”

http://www.infowars.com/student-expelled-for-refusing-location-tracking-rfid-badge/

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Feds Expand Definition of “Cash” To Include Stored Value Cards

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“Bitcoin and similar digital currencies make FinCEN’s currency reporting rules, and their expansion to encompass TPADs, obsolete before they’re even finalized. But don’t think for a minute that technological innovation will prevent these rules from coming into effect. Whether the initiative actually accomplishes anything is much less important than whether it appears to be accomplishing something. And it’s simply inconceivable to ask whether the wars are worth fighting at all, and if we should simply allow individuals to move their assets anywhere in the world, as they see fit, without government imposed restrictions.”

http://www.nestmann.com/feds-expand-definition-of-cash-to-include-stored-value-cards/

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Canada: Privacy Commissioner Blasts License Plate Readers

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“Commissioner Elizabeth Denham opened her inquiry after receiving a number of requests from concerned members of the public. She focused on determining whether use of cameras to track and store license plate data from all passing vehicles, even when their occupants were not suspected of any crime, was permissible under Canada’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/39/3951.asp

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Public Health Proposal Considers Mandatory ‘Smokers License’

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“A public health proposal suggests that tobacco smokers should be required to apply and pay for a ‘smoker’s license’ in order to continue buying cigarettes, writing that it could discourage young people from picking up the habit.  In a controversial move, the smartcard would allow the government to limit how many cigarettes a smoker could buy. Professor Chapman suggests 50 per day averaged over two weeks to accommodate heavy smokers.”

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/11/15/public-health-proposal-considers-mandatory-smokers-license/

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Google report reveals world government requests for private data rising sharply

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“Government surveillance of their citizens’ online lives is rising sharply around the world, according to Google’s latest report.  The US accounted for the most requests, as it has consistently since the report was launched. US authorities asked for private details of Google users on 7,969 occasions, up from 6,321 in the last reporting period. The number is more than a third of the 20,938 requests for users’ details worldwide. Google fully or partially complied with 90% of those requests.  Over the six months, Google was asked to remove seven YouTube videos criticising local and state agencies, police and other public officials.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/13/google-report-reveals-world-government-requests-for-private-data-rising-sharply/

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HOA Installs Radar, Issues Speeding Tickets

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“A homeowners association in Colorado has set up a radar system and begun issuing tickets to speeders.  Drivers caught violating the max. 30 mph speed limit in the community will be subject for fines from anywhere from $15 to $100, depending on how fast they are driving.  If the violating driver is a visitor of the subdivision, their ticket will be given to whichever homeowner they are visiting at the time.”

http://consumerist.com/2012/11/05/hoa-installs-radar-issues-speeding-tickets/

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Directed History: A Fact of Life?

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“Last Wednesday, just before Angela Merkel flew to London to tell David Cameron how desperately she wants Britain to stay in the EU, she told the European Parliament: ‘Of course the European Commission will one day become a government, the European Council a second chamber and the European Parliament will have more powers – but for now we have to focus on the euro and give people a little more time to come along.’ In other words, the EU is still on track to become precisely that ‘government of Europe’ that Jacques Delors was boasting about in 1989 (to which Mrs Thatcher famously responded ‘No, no, no’).”

http://www.thedailybell.com/28283/Directed-History-A-Fact-of-Life

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EU suspends aircraft emissions trading rules

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“The European Union has agreed to suspend its rules that require airlines flying to and from airports in the EU to pay for their carbon emissions.  The rules had been unpopular with countries outside Europe such as the US, China and India.  Climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard said she had proposed ‘stopping the clock for one year’. The EU brought in the Emissions Trading Scheme on 1 January. India and China have been among the most vocal opponents of the ETS, with India banning its airlines from complying with it in April.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20299388

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Why License Plates Exist

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“So the State can sell us yet another item no one needs or wants and milk more money from us, not only in the initial fee but later in fines, of course. The excuse that license plates help solve crimes is patently bogus. So rarely does that happen that a fascist organization actually awards a prize when it does. But license plates hand Leviathan another huge advantage, too: utter control of the serfs.  Mayor Mike ‘Nanny’ Bloomberg has forced owners of gas stations to ration their product. And how does he accomplish that? Via those useless but expensive license plates.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/125846.html

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US, Canada announce cross-border action plan

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“Since its announcement, the Beyond the Border program has been shrouded in secrecy. Its provisions included multiple information-sharing clauses, including common technical standards for sharing biometric data.   The Beyond the Border initiative has been criticized by privacy advocates who worry that Canadians’ personal data could be misused by multiple governmental agencies in the United States. Information on Canadian citizens is already being given to the U.S. government under the Secure Flight initiative, a program of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).”

http://www.scmagazine.com/us-canada-announce-cross-border-action-plan/article/267495/

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