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The smart grid isn’t coming. It’s already here. Everywhere people’s houses are being fitted if they already haven’t with smart electric meters and smart water meters. These meters communicate real-time usage data via radio frequency (which comes with its own set of health problems). Essentially, consumption of utilities in your home is being big brother […]
Back in the summer of 2014, something very calculated apparently happened in the Pennsylvania state legislature that ought to be investigated by the Commonwealth’s Attorney General [1] and the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission [2]. What happened was a crime against the democratic principles of governance, i.e., deliberately dis-allowing constituents, voters—and citizens in general—to exercise their […]
Laurence Tribe, a liberal Harvard law professor, in fact, he was one of Obama’s law professors, claims that Obama and his EPA is “burning the constitution”. Tribe explains the limitations that the constitution allows to the EPA: “EPA possesses only the authority granted to it by Congress. Its gambit here raises serious questions under the separation […]
New e‑mails brought to light between Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) reveal the extent of corruption and backroom dealing that have characterized the state’s smart meter program. E‑mails reveal that former CPUC President Michael Peevey was aware of health problems caused by smart meters […]
FA Question: How will foreign (H‑1B) IT workers controlling our critical infrastructure maintain the “security” of the Smart Grid promised by DHS? Southern California Edison’s replacement of IT workers with H‑1B workers is getting attention from one U.S. lawmaker who is in a positon to influence immigration law. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R‑Ala.), who heads the Senate’s immigration […]
“…[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 […]
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 […]
The “Internet of Things” (IoT) and Smart Grid technologies will together be aggressively integrated into the developed world’s socioeconomic fabric with little-if-any public or governmental oversight. This is the overall opinion of a new report by the Federal Trade Commission, which has announced a series of “recommendations” to major utility companies and transnational corporations heavily […]
Increasingly, our freedom and autonomy are threatened by those who seek to monitor and control every aspect of our daily lives. George Orwell’s “Big Brother” from the novel 1984 is a pale threat in comparison to the dystopian reality our leaders which have created for us since that book was published more than six decades […]
John W. Whitehead, Founder, the Rutherford Institute “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me.’” ― Philip K. Dick If ever Americans sell their birthright, it will be for the promise of expediency and comfort delivered by way […]
(Bloomberg) — Vincent Thornley, head of Siemens AG’s U.K. smart-grid research, talks about the role of smart grids in the future of energy where a network can run household appliances when power is abundant and cheap. He spoke with Bloomberg’s Alex Webb in Newcastle, England. (Source: Bloomberg) FA Note: The Smart Grid is promoted as […]
Rev. Edward Pinkney “In places like Benton Harbor, Michigan and Detroit, there is something called the emergency manager, which essentially is a local dictator. He can depose the mayor and offer decrees and answer to no one except the governor. In these two cities and others, because they are lacking tax revenue (because of lack […]
Technology leaders in three cities imagine how they would harness Chicago’s innovative sensor pilot in their communities This fall, Chicago will install a network of 40 sensors to discover how new data sets can inform decisions that make the city a better place to live. The Array of Things initiative will begin with devices being […]
Dozens of residents speak to Alamo Heights City Council on Monday evening Residents of Alamo Heights in San Antonio, Texas Win Support of City Council in “Spark Meter” Battle Dozens of residents speak to Alamo Heights City Council on Monday evening (Sept. 22, 2014) ALAMO HEIGHTS, TX— Monday evening, more than 20 residents spoke out at […]
(Photo: Provided by the Reno Fire Department) RENO — The Reno and Sparks fire chiefs are asking the Public Utilities Commission to investigate the safety of smart meters installed by NV Energy on homes throughout the state in the wake of a troubling spate of blazes they believe are associated with the meters, including one […]
Think about that and then look around you. Globalization is standardization of systems. In order to have a single government, all of the systems have to be the same. The systems have to be the same so that they can be monitored, measured, and controlled, all at once. Uniformity is a requirement. Systems. What are […]
Dr. Stanley Monteith Dr. Stan Monteith, age 85, founder and radio program host of Radio Liberty, broadcasting out of Santa Cruz, California, passed away September 29, 2014, of lymphoma in a hospital in Santa Cruz, California. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones. Dr. Stan will be greatly missed by his many radio fans […]
The newspaper in Idaho Falls, ID is the Post Register. Yesterday they had an editorial written by a member of [sic] City Council. Apparently, he is a quasi-staff member because the Register allows him a bully pulpit on a regular basis. I found that out when I wrote a response to an editorial he wrote […]
Bruce Schneier “Who controls the off switch?” by Ross Anderson and Shailendra Fuloria. Abstract: We’re about to acquire a significant new cybervulnerability. The world’s energy utilities are starting to install hundreds of millions of ‘smart meters’ which contain a remote off switch. Its main purpose is to ensure that customers who default on their payments […]
While more people and places are switching to energy-saving LED light bulbs, a California company has found a way to turn them into smart networks that can collect and feed data. However, the new technological opportunities are also raising privacy concerns. For example, should you find yourself in terminal “B” at Newark airport, look up. […]
Imagine a dishwasher that requires a username and password. Smart homes will require unprecedented effort to ensure not just security but also usability. June 30, 2014 The battle between Google and Apple is moving from smart phones to smart things, with both companies vying to provide the underlying architecture that networks your appliances, utilities, and entertainment […]
U.N.‘s urban planning program turns the population into mere serfs who are easily controlled by the government July 1, 2014 Signed in 1992 by multiple nations, including the United States, the United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development program is an urban planning “action plan” which calls for government to eventually take control of all land use […]
July 6, 2014 Smart home technology is convenient, state-of-the-art and undeniably cool. But does it help where it really matters—in consumers’ pocket? The growing market ranges from Wi-Fi thermometers to automated kitchen appliances and air conditioners. Yet a central question remains: Do these bells and whistles—and the technology that helps them run—actually help consumers save money […]
I’ve been reviewing all of the documentation I have on the infiltration of our country by the Communist Chinese government behind front companies in connection with Harry Reid, the Bundy Ranch, solar farms, cattle rustling by the BLM — all of it. Every time I do this kind of backward review of where my research […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
