I have to admit when republicans vote in blocks to restrict freedoms on American citizens it not only aggravates me more than the 211 democrats that voted to fund the privacy infringement, but I believe its the reason why people stay home on Election Day.
Republican impotence is as clear as day, just look at Saturday, the republican president has a 3rd assassination attempt and the republicans sit on their hands, not eliminating the filibuster, while the secret service goes unpaid for over 2 months now. It makes it hard to see any difference between the supposed conservative and the communist democrat. Again we give them all three levers of power and they refuse to do what they were elected to do.
From someone who was there (not me): they did not have the parking cars drive over a mirror, there were no dogs patrolling cars, and anyone was allowed to enter the lobby; only the ballroom access was restricted; the entering SWAT team did not wear insignia, nor did they identify themselves as the good guys. Total security failure set-up. If there had been a couple more guys who were a little better organized, they would have had 2000 hostages. Which makes the conspiracies fly off the shelves....And why is Trump not investigating the Butler incident? Or the Epstein files? There is something VERY fishy going on in DC, and I think he's been "got at". I no longer put any eggs in that basket.
Well, I will say, James, that is why I quit financially backing any political party. No matter how much money they have, they will vote the way they want - not for what the people want. I have changed my 'donations' to individuals that report facts based on science and never have to back pedal. You know, people like Robert and Jill Malone.
I see the problem as not bad Republicans or bad Democrats, but a bad system that needs badly to be fixed. Check out the convention of states initiative (https://conventionofstates.com) that aims to create term limits for politicians, limit the scope of and power of the federal government in its meddling with what should be state affairs, and promotes fiscal responsibility in government. It may not be a cure-all, but its a good start.
I stopped sending ANY money to political parties, most charities & ailment foundations (that never seem to find any cures for anything) in part because all I've gotten for my trouble is a mountain of mail obtained from having made it to the "sucker's" list! Nothing gets done for my dollars as far as I can tell, except causing me great aggravation at the mailbox!
It was looking into the financial structure of the Clinton Foundation, via Charity Navigator, that turned me from a vaguely liberal independent to an angry cynical R-leaning independent. That year the CF paid 11% (!) to charity, and pocketed 89% for their 'different business model.' I now do Hope Intl. and Samaritans Purse and some local stuff.
Samaritan's Purse & Wounded Warrior Project here. Probably switching WWP to Tunnels to Towers or Gary Sinese, tho. Read WWP spends too much on outlying fee structure compared to other organizations. Samaritan's Purse is pretty rock solid!
Yes, many good ones. I try to focus on local charities. Ones where I can actually call the people in charge and talk with them. And ones who send a handwritten thank-you. When I started donating to Tunnel to Towers when they first started, I called and actually talked with Frank's sister, who was working in the office!
The mountains fof mail lood in. Many of us have become savvy over the years. I throw most of the mountains of mail into the recycle box at the post office.
One learns who is legit and puts money to the right cause/charity.
I have been an advocate for term limits for at least a decade. I no longer send them contributions because I have not seen any return on getting the job done.
Have heard about this many years ago. I think I even signed up. No updates. No word. Is anything really happening? Sounded great at the beginning. Lots of great names on the list. But what???
It’s this habitual problem the republicans have of stabbing their constituents in the back over and over again, and then they get smoked in the mid terms. The f’d up thing is they hardly ever pay, it’s us that pay again and again, and I’m afraid we’re going to pay big time for this republican congress.
Mine did not. The answer is to vote them out of office. That they are not purely an indictment against pols but also is an indication that not all rinos are politicians....one hell of a lot of voters obviously are too.
The problem with people like Mike Lawler is that he's in a very blue area and he just tries to be slightly better than the dems, some of the time. NYS is spiraling.
James, I got a nasty response when you and I were having a conversation here recently. neli d let me have it. From "The rise of Autism" article. This observation could sic her on you too.
You know who got under my skin good, was Leo, (nora). She always took something I said completely out of context and then would make an extremely rude comment to me. The last one she said I was glad Iranians were being killed. So after I crushed her I blocked her, best thing I’ve done in a long time😎.
If you click on the icon beside their name three dots appear in the upper right corner. Click on that and block shows up. Click on block and it will block the person from replying to your comment or going into your notes etc. you can google what it does but it makes harassing people stop. It’s a great tool!
Really I missed that. I’ll try to go back and take a look. I never saw neli d make rough comments like that. Honestly I’ve changed a lot over these past 4 years. I very rarely let it out on people. I read what they say, learn; about them, and keep it to myself, move on. Arguing on sub stack may get your blood pressure up but it doesn’t move people in your direction.
I have known about this particular requirement since it was signed, sealed and delivered against the Real American citizens and I refuse to buy any automobile manufactured after 2021. I don't trust the government of this country about anything anymore and I believe smart people will do the same thing.
I just spent $12,000 to keep my 21 year old car running in top condition and consider it money very well spent. No monitoring, no cameras, no communication with external systems. Friends think I'm foolish but I know the truth.
Actually I paid attention to everything biteme did and I read a little about this particular thing. I have a friend who bought a Lincoln Navigator and he told me about the various ‘new features' that ‘came’ with his new Navigator and I remembered that particular thing biteme signed into law and I became acutely aware. Recently another friend of mine bought a new Kia and from what she has been telling me and I'm not sure about all of the cameras that might exist, but I remember her saying that she got a bit of a discount on the new car but I don't remember what the specifics are. Personally, I'm driving a 2013 and if I want cameras I can install them, as it is I have a backup camera and that's all I need. I'm very careful when and where I drive and I DON'T drive when I'm tired!!!
I don't know if what I have said helps, but I'm looking for a car that is between 2014 to 2020.
I got 256,000 miles on a 2010 Corolla stick shift but gave it to a friend because the second transmission put in went bust. He knows cars and has worked on old engines, clutches for many years. He is very happy with it- roll up windows, CD player.
I am also in snow country- now with 2023 Corolla. No CD player.
Agreed! Hanging on to my year 2000 Chrysler convertible... she's in great shape having been garaged, had regular oil & belt changes. Work's been done when necessary, which has been very little & not stretching the budget much. As a senior, I'm hoping she'll outlive me! Single owner all the way! CD AND cassette player, but no spyware that I'm aware of. No major wrecks, either.. just rear-ended once. Am not selling! Certainly NOT buying new, even if she doesn't make it to my ending!
Excellent essay on this step to further monitor and control every aspect of our lives. I'm amazed by how many people think this is a good thing. Every day we are asked to give up another small slice of our freedom until eventually the entire pie is gone, consumed by the government.
One of my sisters, who at 67 should know better (I keep trying to clue her in), has the attitude "I'm not doing anything wrong, so why should I care? If they watch me, they'll be very bored." I wonder how many people will wake up one day and realize they have bought into slavery because they insisted on shutting their eyes.
That was determined after the civil war. Why feed and house the slaves when they can be paid a small wage so they can house and feed themselves and the owner class can even tax that. It also solved the problem of enslaving a particular race when they can enslave everyone. They will even let them vote for preselected acceptable candidates. ( Cynical much, who me?)
She needs to get bitten. An aquaintaince of mine voted for prop 19 in CA, thinking it wouldn't impact her. After her father died she moved into his house within a year and made it her primary residence. Last year she got hit with $100,000 tax bill for the past couple of years taxing her more than what she thought she would be taxed because her dad's home is her primary and under old inheritance tax law, except prop 19 changed that some. People who vote to screw over others with more taxes deserve it when they get screwed by it. The income tax was sold as only the very rich would be affected and it was illegally passed while most of the representatives had left for break. They did a lot of that kind of stuff in the two years around this. I think voting needs a property requirement again like it originally did, there was good reason for that requirement.
One of my biz buddies that grew up in communist China has a good perspective on surveillance of citizens…I have nothing to hide…BUT nothing you need to see. PERIOD.
I don't want ANYBODY watching me being an upstanding citizen! I'm neurotic about keeping curtains closed at night, even! Creeps me out, even the thought of someone watching as I do mundane things (fully clothed senior.. nothing to oggle at, most certainly, as well!).
We should all keep this in mind as we learn more about the progress of AI out of control development and what the Tech Bros think they are developing and for what purposes. Pay attention to Joe Allen, author of Dark Aeon. He has a substack =Singularity Weekly, Appears on Bannon's Warroom quite a lot.
I saw a video where a man explained that some of the biometrics, repiration, movement,eye monitors, could be they same as someone in a panic. He said if you are reacting to an emergency and try to drive, the car might not allow you to put it in gear. Interesting to look into, for sure.
I have been on top on this issue too. I drive a 2004 classic type car with 70k miles. I hope to keep it forever (I am 69). Husband wants me to update to a new vehicle with more safety features. I am refusing, but now know to replace it with a pre-2021 vehicle if it ever comes to that. Thanks for that info.
And I have a 2019 that I know is my last car. In the beginning there was a huge problem with battery drain, totally unrelated to Dr. JGM’s article. At the time, mechanics could not discover what was causing it. Two years and several new batteries and jump starts later, it was finally discovered: a little communication engine fuse searching 24/7 for a 3G cell tower. It never slept and was on a continuous loop because it could not find the 3G cell tower it was instructed to locate. It could not find one because they no longer exist. A quick search handed me a YouTube video identifying and directing which fuses to pull to stop the madness. I did and several more problems were unwittingly solved in less than five minutes.
Truly!!! Subaru dealerships and independent mechanics have been slow to acknowledge that quick fix when even their best diagnostics didn’t work. Once they did, YouTube mechanics spread it far and wide.
It's funny that he mentioned "legacy" vehicles. I wrote a screenplay once where some sort of mysterious disruption disables all the microcontrollers on Earth. The ONLY technologies that work are those that don't rely on such devices, and the experts in those technologies become the heroes of the story.
I have also noticed - for a long time - a push to wipe out the standalone, unconnected, personal computer. It was (or seemed to be) led by Microsoft. Today the unconnected computer is a rarity and "useless" for most tasks. Yet if there were an attack that used the internet as its primary vector, only unconnected computers would survive it.
It reminds me of the scene in The Postman where the soldiers get mad at the technician for playing The Sound of Music on movie night. But if it weren't for that technician, they'd have no movies to watch; he was the only one who knew how to run the projector.
I wish I could gave an unconnected computer. But alas, I run a CPA firm that is on the cloud (so I can travel). I will admit to keeping hard copies of anything important. Someday us dinosaurs may rule again.
I still have a Dell XPS from 1995 that runs Windows from that same time I think I bought windows 4. I ran all my book keeping on it and backed everything up on floppy drives. I would send a floppy drive to my accountant. Apps then called software was bought at stores not downloaded. ( I also still have an Amiga 2000).
These days I back up everything on Seagate expansion drives and keep them in a Faraday Bag. I also have a spare laptop I keep in a Faraday bag. an EMP in these times is a real possibility.
My current workstation is a 2 year old Dell XPS on Windows 10. I won't switch to Windows 11. I have bought Office Suite and Open Office software from Amazon and installed it on my laptop. It is compatible with Microsoft Office for Excel and Word.
Yes. Even computer sellers are offering computers with Linux presently. Plus a lot of people are having problems with 11 during upgrades. Before my current Dell XPS I bought a Dell Inspiron with Windows 11. Windows11 used up most of the resources of the computer to run itself and the computer ran slower than my old Packard Bell from the mid 1990s/ I returned it immediately and bought the XPS I am using today = fast, 1T on Data drive, no problems to date.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we don't really want to "rule." We'd be happy just to get along.
To go a bit esoteric on you: It's been discovered that the dinosaurs were the victims of a hostile takeover. They didn't want to rule, either, I don't imagine, so became sitting ducks in someone else's war.
It's available online; but you don't "publish" screenplays, you get movie producers to buy them and make them into movies. And that actually costs money, so I haven't pursued it.
The Amish opted out of all this a long time ago. Did they foresee the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Maybe it would be good to go back to horse and buggy.
I've been getting regular newsletters from ReclaimtheNet.org for some time. The surveillance is everywhere: your phones, your apps, your vehicle, and it's spreading. Internet spyware is heralded as "protecting children" as it monitors adults; automobile spyware is called "safety measures" as it exerts control.
I have a 2010 vehicle and plan to keep it as long as possible and buy newer only if I can get something without tracking software. My son still drives a 1999 Volvo that has almost 400,000 miles on it. Not only are the older vehicles surveillance free, but they were better made.
We are rapidly moving to a Chinese style social credit system being cloaked as convenience and safety.
The issues with cars are just the tip of the iceberg. Anything you do with your smart cell phone is surveillance. Using the internet (especially Google, Facebook, et al) is surveillance. Using REAL ID (e.g., driver’s license “Star Card”) is surveillance. TSA facial recognition is surveillance. The entire medical system is surveillance. Using anything but cash or checks is surveillance.
We also addressed some of these topics here: REAL ID, a national digital identification, surveillance, and control system: https://tinyurl.com/3pjcv7y2
Privacy phones with Graphene OS instead of Android or iOS are one step everyone can take. And with the current surveillance on laptops and tablets, it's a good idea to take a long look and jump to Linux. Most Linux platforms are pushing back hard against the trend to start "child protection" at the operating system level.
Mark37.com sells Ghost Phones, laptops, and tablets, all open source operating systems. Beware of anything not open source because no one can tell if they're tracking you. Something like Apple claiming it's private, but who really knows?
We use dumb flip phones — voice and text only — and love them. Anything that involves software likely is subject to tracking and hacking, despite reassurances otherwise. (There are many flavors of Linux, though we haven’t explored the security issues of any of them.)
I have two computers. The one I use daily came with Zorin OS, which is for "newbies". I used to have Mint and my second computer will have that again soon. Mint isn't marketed for newbies, but it's an easy OS to learn, and to my mind much better than Zorin.
LinuxQuestions.org, Linux.org, rch Linux Forums, which offers dedicated sub-forums for installation, kernel issues, and desktop environments, and Linux Mint has its own forums https://forums.linuxmint.com/. There are many distros (distributions) of Linux, and Mint is built on Ubuntu. It does have a learning curve, but being free of Windows and Apple is worth it.
I've been yapping about the Real ID every day. Most people are lazy, they are worse than Sheep. 45 states do NOT have the necessary State Law to require it of you. And even in the 5 that do, it's UnConstitutional as Fed $ cannot be used in state programs.
Resources: DO THIS FOLKS. NOW.
- Bret Weinstein USA, with Twaila Graves from USA's Citizens Council for Health (.org).
She advises - get back your standard license right away, don't wait for your "renewal".
- S Africa's Nick Hudson of the PANDA Group. He speaks about the tactic of the Progressive Enforcement Rule. THIS is what we're experiencing now in the US. Kristi Noem, saying Real ID was necessary by May 7th last year, a 110% LIE - it was this EXACT tactic.
(The UK People shut it down, the Britcard. But they are now using children's "well-being" as a excuse. They slid it into a bill called, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Hidden in the bill is a clause, "Consistent Identifier", for every child.)
- Citizens' Council for Health: Twaila Graves mentioned in many of these US interviews, this is the USA's leading site for Real ID (ending it) advocacy. They advocate for us on many issues. The REAL ID - without a FEDERAL ID, the Evil Ones, cannot implement all these systems to AI us ALL to death.
I would be more willing to entertain the idea of mandatory kill switches in motor vehicles for impaired driving if congress first would pass a law mandating kill switches for impaired legislators voting for toxic, dangerous, and unconstitutional legislation. Wrong vote, and out you go! It's algorithmic.
I suppose our response to COVID mandates clearly demonstrated to The Powers That Be that incentives on up to threats don’t work on all of the people, all of the time. Consequently, TPTB now firmly believe they must control us through force, which can and will take any number of creative forms.
As has been the case for 70 years, I’ll be too busy just stepping through each day to keep track of all the plans being formulated against me. When it comes to my “tribe” or “community,” as was the case with the COVID hysteria, I fully expect to wake up some morning and realize almost everyone I know and know of is back in a mask, socially distanced, and waiting in line for a vaccine.
As a consequence of TPTB drive to control so many aspects of my life, coupled with the complicity of my fellow citizens, I’m gradually losing my drive to stick around. Unlike a lot of people, apparently, I’m unable to distract myself indefinitely from contemplating the evils of TPTB, and the passive, sheeplike behavior of my neighbors.
I’m mildly fascinated by those who express a desire to live forever. I’m grateful to have now entered my 70s and am hoping just to exit the planet quietly when I’m called, with my sanity intact.
I can't help but think that an awful lot of the "sheep" people will meet an early death or disability, having put full faith in the genetic-altering shots from the Covid-era. Every single person I know who is battling Stage 4 cancer or heart issues took those jabs! One exception was a Stage 1 Breast Cancer, which probably would have resolved in its own if undetected (wasn't the aggressive type) & she never had the jab. I am surrounded by people whose health is failing more rapidly & too suspiciously acquired at about the same time. Some are already gone. So, the culling has begun. Some who treated themselves with methods to remove the evil garbage in the jabs plus those who never got them will be the only ones left standing. The true Sheep will be gone. Early deaths. So, your neighborhood will be having a lot of houses going up for sale soon enough!
I'm seeing the sickness, disease, and disability - including cognitive decline - all around me as well. One of the reasons for my hopeless outlook is that so many of the jab takers who are now suffering are adamantly opposed to connecting the dots between the shots and their health. Their loved ones are hiding it as well, along with the medical profession, and most of our "representatives" in D.C. A similar scenario is playing out with the Ozempic crowd. I look around sometimes and wonder which "race" I belong to, because it doesn't seem I have much in common with the human race these days. It's not a good feeling.
Not knowing which "race" you belong to anymore is a perfect description about the current status of the world in which we find ourselves in.
I've likened it to being part of a vast dysfunctional family with some having escaped via whatever "therapies" they chose (I choose education & God, myself.. Jesus seems the most sane!) & are left standing in bewilderment of all the denial still abounding in the "world" family. Have had realtime experience with that scenario which is probably why that came to mind. Once I "did" therapy, I was astounded that I'd actually made it out of quite a crazy-making family with any sense of reality in tact with which to navigate the world with. This FEELS too familiar to that.. only on a global scale!
Your "race" descriptive is shorter & more to the point, tho. It is certainly not about skin color(s) anymore, is it? It's about who's based in reality & who's not, regardless of ethnicity!
As a youth in the 80s, I drove a short series of hand-me-down Fords. My powder blue 1972 Ford Galaxie was built as federal bureaucracy was in the midst of knee-capping its own domestic auto industry. Its strangled 400 cu in engine cranked out a massive 170 or so horsepower (net), and it got about 13 mpg. It was homely, with a column shifter, and vinyl bench seats that did offer advantages for young men. Whatever its faults, I'll always appreciate that it never spied on me or baffled me with computerization.
Haunted in the best and worst of ways by what was, and never will be again.
Does anyone know the EMF impact of being inside a car with all these active monitoring devices? In his book EMF*D Joseph Mercola (p 187) advises against using your cell phone in your car. Says because you’re in motion the phone has to work harder to stay in communication w the cell tower & because you are encased in metal inside the car the radiation reflects off the inside surfaces & is amplified. He suggests using airplane mode in the car.
"Elevators and Phones Don’t Mix. Do not talk on your phone while in an elevator, car or when the signal is weak. Enclosed metal objects cause cell phones to boost RF transmission power and this increases exposure."
All programs can be hacked. If your car can prevent you from operating in an impaired state, a hacker can also do this, whether or not a designated third party is assigned to the job.
The vehicle surveillance is the same as home surveillance. No matter who thinks they have control over the system, someone else, including little kit users, can gain access. Our allies and adversaries can access all of it.
Due to inertia, government data systems are antiquated, and are the least secure.
Since very rich people like historic cars, we will probably be able to keep some of them rolling for a long time.
I take heart in knowing that as soon as systems are implemented in vehicles, mechanics and others are at work, learning to bypass them. There's a physical bypass for the lockouts that prevent you from scanning various newer vehicles for example, but you have to pull the dash to install it.
Nailed it Weedom1. Including all Bitcoin and Crypto currencies. IF the Evils are successful in getting all us SHEEP on a Federal Digital ID, like the Real ID, soon after, will be mandatory Digital $$ Money, and soon after that.....our money is easily Hacked into oblivion.
It's a National ID. Digital. As in Controllable, Hackable. It's Very different from a State drivers license, Passport, or your Social. It's a Data System, Your personal information, Federally CONTROLLED.
We have to assume it's being pushed for nefarious reasons. The REAL ID Act of 2005 landed SPLAT on us, our FREEDOMS, the same year as the horrific PREP Act of 2005. Folks didn't like it, at all. Legislators fought it. A National Digital ID can (AND WILL) be used to Control your everything. AND it's hackable. It's a data system! Here is a 2007 article. Back then, folks immediately KNEW it was an invasion. The links I provided will fill you in, fully. https//www.nyclu.org/report/why-oppose-real-id-act
I would have felt more strongly about real ID if i didn’t think that all federal employees, contractors, all gun owners, tax payers, international travelers, students with loans, and social security recipients were already digitized within the hackable federal systems. Seems that once you pay federal tax they have you. Also the banks and credit card companies are recording all your purchases for them. Vehicle and phone tell them where you are. Cash is nice, but I expect that transactional privacy will be only possible through bartering very soon.
I'm a Freedom fighter, I admit. You're not unusual. Most folks got the Real ID, because they've thrown up their arms, and said, AOK Federal Government, seems like you already have me, so what's one more tool in your quiver.
Very well stated/written article. You see the big picture and how it plays out over time in little steps. And this is going on all around us in many industries…frankly I cannot think of one area of our freedoms that are not under siege! Be vigilant. The fight is only over when you quit.
Thanks for this great article. I have been constantly encouraged by Allstate to add "Drive Wise" for an about $4 discount on my monthly policy bill. It is an App on the cell phone that means I must have the phone on whenever I drive and it will track where I go and who knows what else. I don't usually have my phone on when I drive. I find it a distraction because of the compulsion to answer when it rings or when a text comes in. That becomes distracted driving and a cause of accidents. I also only drive about 5000 miles per year. My personal habits = alcohol consumption could be measured in ounces per year since I was about 30. I have let my Allstate agent know these things and even told her that I think having the phone on when I drive could be construed as impaired driving if they look at the accident statistics. Allstate is now also offering home monitoring for break ins and fires and such. Who needs that when a Smart TV or Alexis will monitor everything you do, say or events already = It is all spyware for control.
People have been testing this and if you are late to work (stressed), having a medical emergency (stressed) or anything else the car won't go. Next business opportunity is replacing the computer with one that is neutral and bipasses all this crap. A man has a suit against the car company for selling his data and his insurance company for raising his rates because they recorded non dangerous regular events as him being a reckless driver (all without his knowledge). Everyday his cat would run to the driveway and greet him recorded as "near miss", you get the idea. Time to get rid of all of these regulations and get cars built with the best and most effecient technology without the computerization, screens and locks on fixing the car. 40 years ago there were cars that got much better mileage, something they have since sabotaged, probably as part of pushing electric cars which is not an effecient or green technology.
Our government is the single biggest threat to our freedom and independence. With their control over our money (can't even receive a check from them anymore--they demand direct access to our bank account; so they can monitor everything you do and take any of your money they want). We can't fly anywhere without their permission. Now we can't even drive anywhere. They monitor your health information and mostly control your access. The secret police (any national police force that can keep information secret is a secret police force)--they don't even need a warrant to tap your phone. Our "freedoms" are illusion.
They won't be able to monitor or steal from our new Quantum Financial System access accounts. They'll all be individualized; even married people won't share accounts.
I have to admit when republicans vote in blocks to restrict freedoms on American citizens it not only aggravates me more than the 211 democrats that voted to fund the privacy infringement, but I believe its the reason why people stay home on Election Day.
Republican impotence is as clear as day, just look at Saturday, the republican president has a 3rd assassination attempt and the republicans sit on their hands, not eliminating the filibuster, while the secret service goes unpaid for over 2 months now. It makes it hard to see any difference between the supposed conservative and the communist democrat. Again we give them all three levers of power and they refuse to do what they were elected to do.
From someone who was there (not me): they did not have the parking cars drive over a mirror, there were no dogs patrolling cars, and anyone was allowed to enter the lobby; only the ballroom access was restricted; the entering SWAT team did not wear insignia, nor did they identify themselves as the good guys. Total security failure set-up. If there had been a couple more guys who were a little better organized, they would have had 2000 hostages. Which makes the conspiracies fly off the shelves....And why is Trump not investigating the Butler incident? Or the Epstein files? There is something VERY fishy going on in DC, and I think he's been "got at". I no longer put any eggs in that basket.
Sadly -- what you say makes sense.
I have been feeling the same way, but he is a smart man and will figure his way out of a mess.
All my eggs will stay in that basket, Sahara.
Well, I will say, James, that is why I quit financially backing any political party. No matter how much money they have, they will vote the way they want - not for what the people want. I have changed my 'donations' to individuals that report facts based on science and never have to back pedal. You know, people like Robert and Jill Malone.
I see the problem as not bad Republicans or bad Democrats, but a bad system that needs badly to be fixed. Check out the convention of states initiative (https://conventionofstates.com) that aims to create term limits for politicians, limit the scope of and power of the federal government in its meddling with what should be state affairs, and promotes fiscal responsibility in government. It may not be a cure-all, but its a good start.
I stopped sending ANY money to political parties, most charities & ailment foundations (that never seem to find any cures for anything) in part because all I've gotten for my trouble is a mountain of mail obtained from having made it to the "sucker's" list! Nothing gets done for my dollars as far as I can tell, except causing me great aggravation at the mailbox!
It was looking into the financial structure of the Clinton Foundation, via Charity Navigator, that turned me from a vaguely liberal independent to an angry cynical R-leaning independent. That year the CF paid 11% (!) to charity, and pocketed 89% for their 'different business model.' I now do Hope Intl. and Samaritans Purse and some local stuff.
Samaritan's Purse & Wounded Warrior Project here. Probably switching WWP to Tunnels to Towers or Gary Sinese, tho. Read WWP spends too much on outlying fee structure compared to other organizations. Samaritan's Purse is pretty rock solid!
Yes, many good ones. I try to focus on local charities. Ones where I can actually call the people in charge and talk with them. And ones who send a handwritten thank-you. When I started donating to Tunnel to Towers when they first started, I called and actually talked with Frank's sister, who was working in the office!
The mountains fof mail lood in. Many of us have become savvy over the years. I throw most of the mountains of mail into the recycle box at the post office.
One learns who is legit and puts money to the right cause/charity.
I have been an advocate for term limits for at least a decade. I no longer send them contributions because I have not seen any return on getting the job done.
Mark, I would spread this info into a regular comment instead of a response. This action looks hopeful, I wonder what Dr. Malone thinks?
Have heard about this many years ago. I think I even signed up. No updates. No word. Is anything really happening? Sounded great at the beginning. Lots of great names on the list. But what???
Voted in to do. Heck, they can’t even honor their oath of office.
It’s this habitual problem the republicans have of stabbing their constituents in the back over and over again, and then they get smoked in the mid terms. The f’d up thing is they hardly ever pay, it’s us that pay again and again, and I’m afraid we’re going to pay big time for this republican congress.
Mine did not. The answer is to vote them out of office. That they are not purely an indictment against pols but also is an indication that not all rinos are politicians....one hell of a lot of voters obviously are too.
The problem with people like Mike Lawler is that he's in a very blue area and he just tries to be slightly better than the dems, some of the time. NYS is spiraling.
James, I got a nasty response when you and I were having a conversation here recently. neli d let me have it. From "The rise of Autism" article. This observation could sic her on you too.
You know who got under my skin good, was Leo, (nora). She always took something I said completely out of context and then would make an extremely rude comment to me. The last one she said I was glad Iranians were being killed. So after I crushed her I blocked her, best thing I’ve done in a long time😎.
How do you block people on here James?
If you click on the icon beside their name three dots appear in the upper right corner. Click on that and block shows up. Click on block and it will block the person from replying to your comment or going into your notes etc. you can google what it does but it makes harassing people stop. It’s a great tool!
I found it! Thanks 😊
Really I missed that. I’ll try to go back and take a look. I never saw neli d make rough comments like that. Honestly I’ve changed a lot over these past 4 years. I very rarely let it out on people. I read what they say, learn; about them, and keep it to myself, move on. Arguing on sub stack may get your blood pressure up but it doesn’t move people in your direction.
Agree James it is utterly infuriating! 🤬
I have known about this particular requirement since it was signed, sealed and delivered against the Real American citizens and I refuse to buy any automobile manufactured after 2021. I don't trust the government of this country about anything anymore and I believe smart people will do the same thing.
I just spent $12,000 to keep my 21 year old car running in top condition and consider it money very well spent. No monitoring, no cameras, no communication with external systems. Friends think I'm foolish but I know the truth.
I’m looking to buy a car. Is there a reason you picked 2021 as the cut off year?
Actually I paid attention to everything biteme did and I read a little about this particular thing. I have a friend who bought a Lincoln Navigator and he told me about the various ‘new features' that ‘came’ with his new Navigator and I remembered that particular thing biteme signed into law and I became acutely aware. Recently another friend of mine bought a new Kia and from what she has been telling me and I'm not sure about all of the cameras that might exist, but I remember her saying that she got a bit of a discount on the new car but I don't remember what the specifics are. Personally, I'm driving a 2013 and if I want cameras I can install them, as it is I have a backup camera and that's all I need. I'm very careful when and where I drive and I DON'T drive when I'm tired!!!
I don't know if what I have said helps, but I'm looking for a car that is between 2014 to 2020.
That’s funny I have a 2013 Toyota Corolla. Still low mileage but I’m in snow country and the rust is becoming a problem.
I got 256,000 miles on a 2010 Corolla stick shift but gave it to a friend because the second transmission put in went bust. He knows cars and has worked on old engines, clutches for many years. He is very happy with it- roll up windows, CD player.
I am also in snow country- now with 2023 Corolla. No CD player.
I was getting rust but modest.
You may want to consider a horse, LOL.
But horses are more expensive than cares.
Agreed! Hanging on to my year 2000 Chrysler convertible... she's in great shape having been garaged, had regular oil & belt changes. Work's been done when necessary, which has been very little & not stretching the budget much. As a senior, I'm hoping she'll outlive me! Single owner all the way! CD AND cassette player, but no spyware that I'm aware of. No major wrecks, either.. just rear-ended once. Am not selling! Certainly NOT buying new, even if she doesn't make it to my ending!
Excellent essay on this step to further monitor and control every aspect of our lives. I'm amazed by how many people think this is a good thing. Every day we are asked to give up another small slice of our freedom until eventually the entire pie is gone, consumed by the government.
One of my sisters, who at 67 should know better (I keep trying to clue her in), has the attitude "I'm not doing anything wrong, so why should I care? If they watch me, they'll be very bored." I wonder how many people will wake up one day and realize they have bought into slavery because they insisted on shutting their eyes.
the best slaves are the ones that don't even know they're slaves
That was determined after the civil war. Why feed and house the slaves when they can be paid a small wage so they can house and feed themselves and the owner class can even tax that. It also solved the problem of enslaving a particular race when they can enslave everyone. They will even let them vote for preselected acceptable candidates. ( Cynical much, who me?)
I heard someone say "I'm so cynical, I doubt the other cynics!" Kinda resonated.
She needs to get bitten. An aquaintaince of mine voted for prop 19 in CA, thinking it wouldn't impact her. After her father died she moved into his house within a year and made it her primary residence. Last year she got hit with $100,000 tax bill for the past couple of years taxing her more than what she thought she would be taxed because her dad's home is her primary and under old inheritance tax law, except prop 19 changed that some. People who vote to screw over others with more taxes deserve it when they get screwed by it. The income tax was sold as only the very rich would be affected and it was illegally passed while most of the representatives had left for break. They did a lot of that kind of stuff in the two years around this. I think voting needs a property requirement again like it originally did, there was good reason for that requirement.
One of my biz buddies that grew up in communist China has a good perspective on surveillance of citizens…I have nothing to hide…BUT nothing you need to see. PERIOD.
I don't want ANYBODY watching me being an upstanding citizen! I'm neurotic about keeping curtains closed at night, even! Creeps me out, even the thought of someone watching as I do mundane things (fully clothed senior.. nothing to oggle at, most certainly, as well!).
Do AI's get bored?
Great, yet scary question! Would make a wonderful thread for commentary, but I don't see anyone biting!
We should all keep this in mind as we learn more about the progress of AI out of control development and what the Tech Bros think they are developing and for what purposes. Pay attention to Joe Allen, author of Dark Aeon. He has a substack =Singularity Weekly, Appears on Bannon's Warroom quite a lot.
I saw a video where a man explained that some of the biometrics, repiration, movement,eye monitors, could be they same as someone in a panic. He said if you are reacting to an emergency and try to drive, the car might not allow you to put it in gear. Interesting to look into, for sure.
Or by big business, which funds the politicians in the government.
I have been on top on this issue too. I drive a 2004 classic type car with 70k miles. I hope to keep it forever (I am 69). Husband wants me to update to a new vehicle with more safety features. I am refusing, but now know to replace it with a pre-2021 vehicle if it ever comes to that. Thanks for that info.
And I have a 2019 that I know is my last car. In the beginning there was a huge problem with battery drain, totally unrelated to Dr. JGM’s article. At the time, mechanics could not discover what was causing it. Two years and several new batteries and jump starts later, it was finally discovered: a little communication engine fuse searching 24/7 for a 3G cell tower. It never slept and was on a continuous loop because it could not find the 3G cell tower it was instructed to locate. It could not find one because they no longer exist. A quick search handed me a YouTube video identifying and directing which fuses to pull to stop the madness. I did and several more problems were unwittingly solved in less than five minutes.
Sybil, Crazy! What make/model is your car?
Subaru Outback - an iPad on wheels
My sister had this exact issue with her 2020 ish Subaru. ...Searching for a 3G tower that no longer exists. NOT so Brilliant is technology. Geez.
Truly!!! Subaru dealerships and independent mechanics have been slow to acknowledge that quick fix when even their best diagnostics didn’t work. Once they did, YouTube mechanics spread it far and wide.
It's funny that he mentioned "legacy" vehicles. I wrote a screenplay once where some sort of mysterious disruption disables all the microcontrollers on Earth. The ONLY technologies that work are those that don't rely on such devices, and the experts in those technologies become the heroes of the story.
I have also noticed - for a long time - a push to wipe out the standalone, unconnected, personal computer. It was (or seemed to be) led by Microsoft. Today the unconnected computer is a rarity and "useless" for most tasks. Yet if there were an attack that used the internet as its primary vector, only unconnected computers would survive it.
It reminds me of the scene in The Postman where the soldiers get mad at the technician for playing The Sound of Music on movie night. But if it weren't for that technician, they'd have no movies to watch; he was the only one who knew how to run the projector.
I wish I could gave an unconnected computer. But alas, I run a CPA firm that is on the cloud (so I can travel). I will admit to keeping hard copies of anything important. Someday us dinosaurs may rule again.
I still have a Dell XPS from 1995 that runs Windows from that same time I think I bought windows 4. I ran all my book keeping on it and backed everything up on floppy drives. I would send a floppy drive to my accountant. Apps then called software was bought at stores not downloaded. ( I also still have an Amiga 2000).
These days I back up everything on Seagate expansion drives and keep them in a Faraday Bag. I also have a spare laptop I keep in a Faraday bag. an EMP in these times is a real possibility.
My current workstation is a 2 year old Dell XPS on Windows 10. I won't switch to Windows 11. I have bought Office Suite and Open Office software from Amazon and installed it on my laptop. It is compatible with Microsoft Office for Excel and Word.
Swabbie, So, you are thinking Windows 11 is compromised?
Yes. Even computer sellers are offering computers with Linux presently. Plus a lot of people are having problems with 11 during upgrades. Before my current Dell XPS I bought a Dell Inspiron with Windows 11. Windows11 used up most of the resources of the computer to run itself and the computer ran slower than my old Packard Bell from the mid 1990s/ I returned it immediately and bought the XPS I am using today = fast, 1T on Data drive, no problems to date.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we don't really want to "rule." We'd be happy just to get along.
To go a bit esoteric on you: It's been discovered that the dinosaurs were the victims of a hostile takeover. They didn't want to rule, either, I don't imagine, so became sitting ducks in someone else's war.
Larry, Time to publish your screenplay!
It's available online; but you don't "publish" screenplays, you get movie producers to buy them and make them into movies. And that actually costs money, so I haven't pursued it.
On YouTube there are channels that talk about older cars and trucks that last much longer than others brands. Worth looking into.
The Amish opted out of all this a long time ago. Did they foresee the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Maybe it would be good to go back to horse and buggy.
I've been getting regular newsletters from ReclaimtheNet.org for some time. The surveillance is everywhere: your phones, your apps, your vehicle, and it's spreading. Internet spyware is heralded as "protecting children" as it monitors adults; automobile spyware is called "safety measures" as it exerts control.
I have a 2010 vehicle and plan to keep it as long as possible and buy newer only if I can get something without tracking software. My son still drives a 1999 Volvo that has almost 400,000 miles on it. Not only are the older vehicles surveillance free, but they were better made.
Thanks, I subscribed!
Joy, before I join Reclaim, what do they say about the Real ID? I saw they have a article about Digital ID, but it's behind a paywall. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-eurail-breach-and-the-digital-id-problem
We are rapidly moving to a Chinese style social credit system being cloaked as convenience and safety.
The issues with cars are just the tip of the iceberg. Anything you do with your smart cell phone is surveillance. Using the internet (especially Google, Facebook, et al) is surveillance. Using REAL ID (e.g., driver’s license “Star Card”) is surveillance. TSA facial recognition is surveillance. The entire medical system is surveillance. Using anything but cash or checks is surveillance.
For great coverage of these issues, see Financial Rebellion on CHD.TV (https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/financial-rebellion-with-catherine-austin-fitts/) and the Solari Report (https://solari.com/).
We also addressed some of these topics here: REAL ID, a national digital identification, surveillance, and control system: https://tinyurl.com/3pjcv7y2
Privacy phones with Graphene OS instead of Android or iOS are one step everyone can take. And with the current surveillance on laptops and tablets, it's a good idea to take a long look and jump to Linux. Most Linux platforms are pushing back hard against the trend to start "child protection" at the operating system level.
Mark37.com sells Ghost Phones, laptops, and tablets, all open source operating systems. Beware of anything not open source because no one can tell if they're tracking you. Something like Apple claiming it's private, but who really knows?
Thank you for the suggestions.
We use dumb flip phones — voice and text only — and love them. Anything that involves software likely is subject to tracking and hacking, despite reassurances otherwise. (There are many flavors of Linux, though we haven’t explored the security issues of any of them.)
Sample flip phone search (snags a few smart phones, but still helpful) https://www.amazon.com/s?k=dumb+flip+phones&i=mobile
I haven't tried this yet, but I hear good things.
https://www.linuxmint.com/
I have two computers. The one I use daily came with Zorin OS, which is for "newbies". I used to have Mint and my second computer will have that again soon. Mint isn't marketed for newbies, but it's an easy OS to learn, and to my mind much better than Zorin.
Thx. Any recommendations for learning it?
LinuxQuestions.org, Linux.org, rch Linux Forums, which offers dedicated sub-forums for installation, kernel issues, and desktop environments, and Linux Mint has its own forums https://forums.linuxmint.com/. There are many distros (distributions) of Linux, and Mint is built on Ubuntu. It does have a learning curve, but being free of Windows and Apple is worth it.
Joy and Big E - your comments, your advice is very Helpful!
I stupidly bought a Unihertz phone, thinking it was a safe alternative. NOPE, it uses the Google OP. Sexy looking phone, but its in a drawer now.
I've been yapping about the Real ID every day. Most people are lazy, they are worse than Sheep. 45 states do NOT have the necessary State Law to require it of you. And even in the 5 that do, it's UnConstitutional as Fed $ cannot be used in state programs.
Resources: DO THIS FOLKS. NOW.
- Bret Weinstein USA, with Twaila Graves from USA's Citizens Council for Health (.org).
She advises - get back your standard license right away, don't wait for your "renewal".
https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1975054847318667600?s=61
- Quick way to CCH's Twaila's page on Real ID - refuserealid.org.
- World Council for Health, Dr. Tess Lawrie's site: Saying No to Digital IDs.
https://worldcouncilforhealth.substack.com/p/saying-no-to-digital-ids?r=3pgazk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
- S Africa's Nick Hudson of the PANDA Group. He speaks about the tactic of the Progressive Enforcement Rule. THIS is what we're experiencing now in the US. Kristi Noem, saying Real ID was necessary by May 7th last year, a 110% LIE - it was this EXACT tactic.
https://x.com/nickhudsonct/status/1936273826200862861?s=61
- UK, Britcard - Neil Oliver:
https://rumble.com/v6umlqf-britcard-mandatory-digital-id-the-path-to-orwellian-tyranny-neil-oliver.html
(The UK People shut it down, the Britcard. But they are now using children's "well-being" as a excuse. They slid it into a bill called, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Hidden in the bill is a clause, "Consistent Identifier", for every child.)
- IMAhealth (aka FLCCC):
https://x.com/honest_medicine/status/1917834471052898647?s=57
- Children's Health Defense:
https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/financial-rebellion-with-catherine-austin-fitts/real-id-real-enforcement-show-page/
- Citizens' Council for Health: Twaila Graves mentioned in many of these US interviews, this is the USA's leading site for Real ID (ending it) advocacy. They advocate for us on many issues. The REAL ID - without a FEDERAL ID, the Evil Ones, cannot implement all these systems to AI us ALL to death.
https://www.cchfreedom.org/national-id/
I would be more willing to entertain the idea of mandatory kill switches in motor vehicles for impaired driving if congress first would pass a law mandating kill switches for impaired legislators voting for toxic, dangerous, and unconstitutional legislation. Wrong vote, and out you go! It's algorithmic.
Wonderful idea that of course will never come to fruition. My God! We can't even get Term Limits! Groan.
I suppose our response to COVID mandates clearly demonstrated to The Powers That Be that incentives on up to threats don’t work on all of the people, all of the time. Consequently, TPTB now firmly believe they must control us through force, which can and will take any number of creative forms.
As has been the case for 70 years, I’ll be too busy just stepping through each day to keep track of all the plans being formulated against me. When it comes to my “tribe” or “community,” as was the case with the COVID hysteria, I fully expect to wake up some morning and realize almost everyone I know and know of is back in a mask, socially distanced, and waiting in line for a vaccine.
As a consequence of TPTB drive to control so many aspects of my life, coupled with the complicity of my fellow citizens, I’m gradually losing my drive to stick around. Unlike a lot of people, apparently, I’m unable to distract myself indefinitely from contemplating the evils of TPTB, and the passive, sheeplike behavior of my neighbors.
I’m mildly fascinated by those who express a desire to live forever. I’m grateful to have now entered my 70s and am hoping just to exit the planet quietly when I’m called, with my sanity intact.
I can't help but think that an awful lot of the "sheep" people will meet an early death or disability, having put full faith in the genetic-altering shots from the Covid-era. Every single person I know who is battling Stage 4 cancer or heart issues took those jabs! One exception was a Stage 1 Breast Cancer, which probably would have resolved in its own if undetected (wasn't the aggressive type) & she never had the jab. I am surrounded by people whose health is failing more rapidly & too suspiciously acquired at about the same time. Some are already gone. So, the culling has begun. Some who treated themselves with methods to remove the evil garbage in the jabs plus those who never got them will be the only ones left standing. The true Sheep will be gone. Early deaths. So, your neighborhood will be having a lot of houses going up for sale soon enough!
I'm seeing the sickness, disease, and disability - including cognitive decline - all around me as well. One of the reasons for my hopeless outlook is that so many of the jab takers who are now suffering are adamantly opposed to connecting the dots between the shots and their health. Their loved ones are hiding it as well, along with the medical profession, and most of our "representatives" in D.C. A similar scenario is playing out with the Ozempic crowd. I look around sometimes and wonder which "race" I belong to, because it doesn't seem I have much in common with the human race these days. It's not a good feeling.
Not knowing which "race" you belong to anymore is a perfect description about the current status of the world in which we find ourselves in.
I've likened it to being part of a vast dysfunctional family with some having escaped via whatever "therapies" they chose (I choose education & God, myself.. Jesus seems the most sane!) & are left standing in bewilderment of all the denial still abounding in the "world" family. Have had realtime experience with that scenario which is probably why that came to mind. Once I "did" therapy, I was astounded that I'd actually made it out of quite a crazy-making family with any sense of reality in tact with which to navigate the world with. This FEELS too familiar to that.. only on a global scale!
Your "race" descriptive is shorter & more to the point, tho. It is certainly not about skin color(s) anymore, is it? It's about who's based in reality & who's not, regardless of ethnicity!
Strange times, indeed!
But we do live forever; it can't be helped. Just not in the same body, or even necessarily on the same planet.
As a youth in the 80s, I drove a short series of hand-me-down Fords. My powder blue 1972 Ford Galaxie was built as federal bureaucracy was in the midst of knee-capping its own domestic auto industry. Its strangled 400 cu in engine cranked out a massive 170 or so horsepower (net), and it got about 13 mpg. It was homely, with a column shifter, and vinyl bench seats that did offer advantages for young men. Whatever its faults, I'll always appreciate that it never spied on me or baffled me with computerization.
Haunted in the best and worst of ways by what was, and never will be again.
Does anyone know the EMF impact of being inside a car with all these active monitoring devices? In his book EMF*D Joseph Mercola (p 187) advises against using your cell phone in your car. Says because you’re in motion the phone has to work harder to stay in communication w the cell tower & because you are encased in metal inside the car the radiation reflects off the inside surfaces & is amplified. He suggests using airplane mode in the car.
You're right! See this quote from CHD article: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/emr/a-10-step-guide-to-reduce-rf-exposure/
"Elevators and Phones Don’t Mix. Do not talk on your phone while in an elevator, car or when the signal is weak. Enclosed metal objects cause cell phones to boost RF transmission power and this increases exposure."
All programs can be hacked. If your car can prevent you from operating in an impaired state, a hacker can also do this, whether or not a designated third party is assigned to the job.
The vehicle surveillance is the same as home surveillance. No matter who thinks they have control over the system, someone else, including little kit users, can gain access. Our allies and adversaries can access all of it.
Due to inertia, government data systems are antiquated, and are the least secure.
Since very rich people like historic cars, we will probably be able to keep some of them rolling for a long time.
I take heart in knowing that as soon as systems are implemented in vehicles, mechanics and others are at work, learning to bypass them. There's a physical bypass for the lockouts that prevent you from scanning various newer vehicles for example, but you have to pull the dash to install it.
Nailed it Weedom1. Including all Bitcoin and Crypto currencies. IF the Evils are successful in getting all us SHEEP on a Federal Digital ID, like the Real ID, soon after, will be mandatory Digital $$ Money, and soon after that.....our money is easily Hacked into oblivion.
Two things can stop this -
-Keep Cash Alive.
-Refuse the Real ID.
Can you explain how the Real ID differs from a passport, or a combination of State driver’s license plus social security number?
It's a National ID. Digital. As in Controllable, Hackable. It's Very different from a State drivers license, Passport, or your Social. It's a Data System, Your personal information, Federally CONTROLLED.
We have to assume it's being pushed for nefarious reasons. The REAL ID Act of 2005 landed SPLAT on us, our FREEDOMS, the same year as the horrific PREP Act of 2005. Folks didn't like it, at all. Legislators fought it. A National Digital ID can (AND WILL) be used to Control your everything. AND it's hackable. It's a data system! Here is a 2007 article. Back then, folks immediately KNEW it was an invasion. The links I provided will fill you in, fully. https//www.nyclu.org/report/why-oppose-real-id-act
I would have felt more strongly about real ID if i didn’t think that all federal employees, contractors, all gun owners, tax payers, international travelers, students with loans, and social security recipients were already digitized within the hackable federal systems. Seems that once you pay federal tax they have you. Also the banks and credit card companies are recording all your purchases for them. Vehicle and phone tell them where you are. Cash is nice, but I expect that transactional privacy will be only possible through bartering very soon.
I'm a Freedom fighter, I admit. You're not unusual. Most folks got the Real ID, because they've thrown up their arms, and said, AOK Federal Government, seems like you already have me, so what's one more tool in your quiver.
Do you believe you have a plan to turn back that clock?
What will be left in place, and how will it affect voter integrity in the states that use voter ID?
(We know that some states have zero voter ID.)
Very well stated/written article. You see the big picture and how it plays out over time in little steps. And this is going on all around us in many industries…frankly I cannot think of one area of our freedoms that are not under siege! Be vigilant. The fight is only over when you quit.
Thanks for this great article. I have been constantly encouraged by Allstate to add "Drive Wise" for an about $4 discount on my monthly policy bill. It is an App on the cell phone that means I must have the phone on whenever I drive and it will track where I go and who knows what else. I don't usually have my phone on when I drive. I find it a distraction because of the compulsion to answer when it rings or when a text comes in. That becomes distracted driving and a cause of accidents. I also only drive about 5000 miles per year. My personal habits = alcohol consumption could be measured in ounces per year since I was about 30. I have let my Allstate agent know these things and even told her that I think having the phone on when I drive could be construed as impaired driving if they look at the accident statistics. Allstate is now also offering home monitoring for break ins and fires and such. Who needs that when a Smart TV or Alexis will monitor everything you do, say or events already = It is all spyware for control.
Moen has Smart faucets that work on voice command. I thought smart refrigerators were over the top!
People have been testing this and if you are late to work (stressed), having a medical emergency (stressed) or anything else the car won't go. Next business opportunity is replacing the computer with one that is neutral and bipasses all this crap. A man has a suit against the car company for selling his data and his insurance company for raising his rates because they recorded non dangerous regular events as him being a reckless driver (all without his knowledge). Everyday his cat would run to the driveway and greet him recorded as "near miss", you get the idea. Time to get rid of all of these regulations and get cars built with the best and most effecient technology without the computerization, screens and locks on fixing the car. 40 years ago there were cars that got much better mileage, something they have since sabotaged, probably as part of pushing electric cars which is not an effecient or green technology.
Our government is the single biggest threat to our freedom and independence. With their control over our money (can't even receive a check from them anymore--they demand direct access to our bank account; so they can monitor everything you do and take any of your money they want). We can't fly anywhere without their permission. Now we can't even drive anywhere. They monitor your health information and mostly control your access. The secret police (any national police force that can keep information secret is a secret police force)--they don't even need a warrant to tap your phone. Our "freedoms" are illusion.
They won't be able to monitor or steal from our new Quantum Financial System access accounts. They'll all be individualized; even married people won't share accounts.