“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 None of us are perfect. All of us bend the rules occasionally. Even before the age of overcriminalization, when the most upstanding citizen could be counted on […]
Smart Meters: What Consumers Can Do To Get Them Removed
Posted on February 17, 2015 Written by
“…[B]y enabling two-way, real-time communications, smart meters can give customers the information they need to control their own energy use and reduce their electricity cost,” so said Jim Marston, a ‘smart meter’ supporter with the Environmental Defense Fund. [1] [CJF emphasis added] That, obviously, is only one part of the serious issues regarding electromagnetic energy technology known […]
Watch Out For Opt Out!
Posted on February 15, 2015 Written by
A “Seismic Shift” In Assessing Students “The group calls for what’s called “assessment literacy” for teachers, but also administrators, school boards, parents — and students.” (Source) A 3D Research Report by Mari Caplan Many parents, understandably fed up by the aggressive testing associated with Common Core Standards or now Career and College Ready Standards, are […]
Obama Unveils His Executive Order To Share Your Confidential Information With Corporations: Live Webcast
Posted on February 14, 2015 Written by
As reported earlier, today Obama will unleash his latest executive order, one which will set the stage for “information sharing and analysis organizations” (ISAOs) — or, in political jargon “hubs where companies share cyber threat data with each other and with the Department of Homeland Security.” In regular parlance, what Obama will do is merely […]
Utility Commissioner’s Emails Reveal Smart Meter Conspiracy
Posted on February 14, 2015 Written by
FAT CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG: Evidence has now been made public of illegal actions and collusion between former California Public Utilities Commission president Michael Peevey and utility PG&E, as criminal investigations continue. As part of a federal and state investigation into what appears to be systemic corruption involving former senior executives at PG&E […]
Go to Prison for Sharing Files? That’s What Hollywood Wants in the Secret TPP Deal
Posted on February 13, 2015 Written by
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) poses massive threats to users in a dizzying number of ways. It will force other TPP signatories to accept the United States’ excessive copyright terms of a minimum of life of the author plus 70 years, while locking the US to the same lengths so it will be harder to […]
As TPP Sails Forth, It Drags the West Into Uncharted Waters
Posted on February 10, 2015 Written by
‘Free trade’ isn’t what Trans-Pacific Partnership would deliver … Think the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a free trade agreement? Think again. In principle, almost everyone’s in favor of free trade. It promotes international harmony, raises wages, helps economies grow. It’s an article of historical faith that the enactment of harsh protective U.S. tariffs in 1930 contributed […]
Trading Away Their Oaths
Posted on February 8, 2015 Written by
On the opening day of each new Congress, every member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives takes an oath of office to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” and “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” For many members, no doubt, this solemn […]
