A C&C Special Edition: after readers reacted strongly to last week's Flock story, it became obvious it needed a little more treatment. Today— the whole privacy story. And lawn darts.
If we get enough of these cameras, we can be just like Great Britain. Everyone wants to be just like Great Britain. Just like everyone wants to be like Cleveland. Said no one. Ever.
Not only "deserve", but you absolutely won't have either one. The Leftists want to censor "incorrect" thought, the Right wants to build impenetrable walls, all for security. It seems this train of thought supersedes political ideology; it's turned into a universal mind set.
Jeff did some nice work here on researching the individual police officers taking advantage of the surveillance system. A much bigger threat is when the government decides to do so. We already had a taste of this with the government involvement in the Russia-Gate conspiracy to cancel Donald Trump. So, a people who sacrifice their freedom for security, will have neither.
IF the judicial system did it's job and put them in jail where they should be instead of letting them go free, all these cameras may not be needed. This is cultural decay. People don't face consequences so more people join the party. Lack of teaching at home. Progressive teaching in schools. Lack of pastors in churches addressing the real underlying problem. Lack of morals. Maybe just maybe most of this started when we the people let GOD be taken out of our country. When prayer and GOD were being deleted from schools, very few people showed up to stop it..but if it would have been football or sports in general, the majority of the community would have fighting it. So ultimately we are where we are as a country because we have not repented for not only our sins but our ancestors as well, asked forgiveness along with humbly ourselves, turned back to GOD and HIS laws for HIM to heal our lands. The internet could be used for good but as of now it is a tool of satan...that goes for most of "science". Read the Books of Enoch...this is the guy who walked with GOD for hundreds of years with GOD taking him to be with HIM. His book should be in the Bible. It was written long before Moses wrote his books. It tells what happened on earth that brought about the flood. Read them.
Your take was mine from the moment I read the article. All you mention is true, and let's dethrone these judges who throw the criminals right back on the street and return to harsh consequences for everything from violent crime to porch piracy.
It's also the state Legislatures, even those of many red states, who have substantially diminished punishment for serious offenses in the name of criminal justice reform.
I believe people can be taught morality without Bibles or threats of God watching them (or punishing them). I agree the justice system seems broken as are the governments-local, state, federal. Huge bureaucracies lost in a sea of rules. I heard a guy say that the massive number of laws we have doesn't show a moral society but a failed one. We shouldn't need to write laws for every aspect of our behaviors.
You wrote, [When prayer and GOD were being deleted from schools, very few people showed up to stop it..but if it would have been football or sports in general, the majority of the community would have fighting it. So ultimately we are where we are as a country because we have not repented for not only our sins but our ancestors as well, asked forgiveness along with humbly ourselves, turned back to GOD and HIS laws for HIM to heal our lands.]
Prayer was never deleted from schools. Anyone can pray anywhere at anytime for any reason.
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
2 Chronicles 7:14 wasn't written to us and wasn't written to or for Americans and is in no way about America.
Not sure of your point, Aaron, and don't get why you need to throw shade on Carolyns' comment, but I for one won't disregard the 39 Canonized books of the OT. 'All Scripture is inspired by God and is beneficial for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness'. Since we both are using scripture as a hammer I'll add this:' For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them'. I typically don't invite anyone else into my closet when in sincere conversation with our God. I also prefer to 'be in prayer without ceasing' as recommended.
Now back to the surveillance state we find ourselves in...
Childers: "The sane solution is probably not to eliminate AI cameras altogether... But until they get the idea and install appropriate guardrails, people will keep cutting them down."
Uh huh, sure! "Guardrails for thee but none for me." Gee, that sounds familiar.
Come on, Jeff reduces the threat of a 24/7 surveillance system down to individuals in law enforcement misusing the system? We just need better guardrails???
Judging from the comments, I think most here see through this. I don't care about a few cops misusing the system to track their ex's. Seriously, that's not a threat to me. That's a local management issue.
I also think most here understand that the deep state in the US is in the process of building a total surveillance control grid and the cameras are but one aspect of this control grid. This control grid, which is well explained by people like Catherine Austin Fitts, is nearing completion with the buildout of thousands of AI data centers in the US. When this grid is snapped shut, we will have lost any chance of retaining ANY of our liberties that the writers of the Declaration of Independence talked about. THAT is the threat and there are no guardrails for the deep state.
One of my God given, unalienable rights is a reasonable expectation of autonomy and privacy. Being tracked 24/7 is not liberty and does not ALLOW for any liberty.
I'm sorry but Jeff is wrong to support (ed - this aspect of) the deep state. But as a trained lawyer in post-Constitutional law, his understanding is, shall we say, limited. (But that is a deep well for another time.)
Besides... When have we EVER been protected by "guardrails"? I mean really.
Looking to Expand Surveillance? Is the World Just Losing Its Mind?
OK, now we get into the question of whether or not Trump is actually with the Deep State Globalists. Because the AI data centres are his project. And he just briefly tossed them out there as if they were nothing of concern. I am also aware of the Technocracy notions of a few generations ago, beloved of Elon Musk's grandfather.
I have questions that have not been answered yet. So I keep an open mind here.
Just like the wheel and electricity, AI can be used for good or evil. In order to have a reasonably sedate society we must have government - the alternative is chaos despite what idealists choose to believe - which means we inevitably have laws that control society. Genius lies in limiting what laws governments can pass. That is exactly what the authors of our constitution knew and understood far better than most Americans do today. Public education has inculcated this trust of government for decades - which is a pretty damned good argument for doing away with public education as it exists at present. I'm not arguing for ignorance. Look into what MacKenzie is doing in Austin, TX to reconstitute how primary and secondary education is done.
Yes, AI CAN be used for good or evil, but given the thrust of Western civilization right now, how do we keep evil out? I'm afraid it is more likely in the 2020s that evil will be the guiding force.
As for the Austin, TX project, "MacKenzie Price is revolutionizing education through Alpha School and the AI tutor platform 2 Hour Learning. Her tech-focused model allows K-12 students to spend just two hours daily using AI for core academics, freeing the rest of the day for entrepreneurial projects and life skills".
I homeschooled my children 20 years ago, and we used a few online classes then, which were commonly available. These were OK to good, as far as they went. But children need to engage in human relationships for learning, so AI education cannot be their sole source or daily source. I would not be sold on all-AI learning. MacKenzie Price may understand AI, but not human Attachment and learning needs.
The tech billionaires certainly seem to have a great deal of influence and power for unelected types.
I have listened to Catherine Austin Fitts support Trump and say she voted for him, but still warn about the digital control grid he appears to be involved in.
Every profession demands that you drink its particular brand of Kool-Aid, just like Jones did in Guiana. Every lawyer is fed his dose in law school and gets regular refills from the bar association.
Jeff does better than most, but I agree that he is gagging at a gnat and swallowing a camel here.
You make some very good points, but then you turn into this troll all too often.
"I'm sorry but Jeff is wrong to support the deep state."
So Jeff is "supporting the deep state", is he? Buddy....you need to pause before hitting Reply.
"But as a trained lawyer in post-Constitutional law, his understanding is, shall we say, limited."
Oh really....do go on and educate us on exactly where Jeff has demonstrated his understanding of the law to be "limited". Take all the space you need - not usually an issue for you, it seems.
Nowhere has it been discussed the Flock agreement with the camera users. They are allowed to use the data however THEY choose. I don’t have the link, but Flock has free rein with the data. They promise they erase it after 30 days, but hackers have shown they retain it for themselves. No guardrails on Flock at all.
That is exactly how the Patriot Act was sold to us, and you all know how that turned out. A society without a moral compass that points "true north" (that foundation being the Judeo Christian ethic), will continue to be a lost society. Our founders knew that the type of government birthed in 1776 was only good for a religious people.
Yes! All so true, Patriotic Mama. That is precisely why the Marxist/Communist/Islamic terrorists work so hard to indoctrinate our children, as well the adults, with non-stop propaganda. I remember well in the seventies when the headline of the NY Times was "God Is Dead." I still resent that rag today. But at least they exposed themselves for who they are and what they represent. And surely, it's NOT Judeo Christian ethic and values. God Bless You, PM - as well as our Country!
Very aware, Johnny-O. Which leads me to believe, and as I've stated many times before, Congress is compromised! Hell, they can't/won't even pass the SAVE Act (Election integrity; voter ID, etc) which 90% of Americans are clamoring for. Thune? Same as McDonnell - Compromised! We are f*cked!
Absolutely. They always attach some kind of virtuous-sounding motivation or name to what they are doing, to scam anyone they manage to draw into their scheme.
The type of government birthed in 1776 - our original constitution - the Articles of the Confederation - understood that a central government would grow corrupt bc human nature is self serving, always, as a survival instinct.
The Anti-Federalists warned us that creating a consolidated, central government would grow corrupt - how did the balance of power work out?
So first un-vetted immoral violent criminals from other countries are allowed to flood across our borders. And then their behavior is used as justification for citizen surveillance and drones with taser capabilities.
What you are describing is a strategy that has been used in various forms. Basically, you intentionally cause the problem for which you then profit out of selling the solution.
For instance, investors who purposely messed-up the real estate market of private homes by pushing properties to crazy price levels so that more people would have to turn to rentals. And guess who owned those rentals?
However I do like that people are required to have a driver's license to legally operate a vehicle, I do like that insurance is required to renew your registration and I do appreciate that vehicles need to be registered. All these things compromise my freedom but try to ensure my safety. Every child needs a birth certificate to get a social security number. And what about social security numbers. I'm often willing to accept less freedom for expected benefit
I am changing my mind. I used to agree with your statement, but now I will support anything that frees enslaves children who are raped many times EVEEY DAY and left to die without medical care.
And that is how they push this through - pulling on people's heartstrings. There are MANY other ways to serve justice and prevent such atrocities from occurring without compromising the privacy and liberties of all. Like, y'know....not releasing violent criminals back into society for starters?
Seatbelts -> seatbelt laws -> cameras to enforce them -> location data ->behavioral scoring.
This is factual.
I just got my auto policy renewed and they defaulted the plan to "safe driver" and sent me a beacon in the mail...which I promptly threw away. Not sure what happens now....
They will never be fine. They will always end up being abused because we know that one day, a leader who fully intends to abuse them will be elected into office. That dangerous leader cannot have this technology in place when they take office. The abuse of power they will be capable of is too vast, too immense for us to take the risk!
What if The Nazis had flock cameras...finish the sentence should be a required thought exercise for every time our overlords think about stepping further onto the slippery slope.
The root of virtually every problem we have is that the average person has an attention span of 10 seconds...so they are incapable of understanding that the only law of history is the law of unintended consequences
We need to stop using the Nazis as a benchmark for evil. The globalists of today have and are doing far more than the Nazis ever did. or planned to do. Do your research if you doubt me.
He is talking about telematics tracking (using an app in your car), I know you've seen Progressive ins commercials offering a "safe driver discount" - that is what that is.
Here's what I found -
Telematics is a technology that uses your smartphone (via an app) or a plug-in device to monitor your driving habits, such as hard braking, rapid acceleration, phone use, and mileage. Insurance companies use this data for usage-based programs to potentially lower your premiums.
How this data works and impacts you can be broken down as follows:
What is Tracked: Programs actively record the time of day you drive, how often you travel, speed, cornering, and distracted driving (if you interact with your phone while driving).
User Experience: users have mixed opinions; while some appreciate the score feedback, others find apps overly sensitive to normal maneuvers, like registering a light tap on the brakes in traffic as "hard braking".
Of course, you don't know what use that collected data is being used for or who it is ending up with, past the company offering the discount. And more modern vehicles have bluetooth & wifi capabilties, so who knows what else they are collecting.
By the way - Those "safety services" offered on many vehicles have ever more tracking abilities. Such as On Star and others - most major automakers offer a comparable suite of connected and safety services:
On Star: Safety & Security (Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance), Connectivity (built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi, app controls), and Navigation. Different payment tiers offer different servive levels as well.
Toyota Safety Connect: Features emergency assistance, automatic collision notification, and stolen vehicle locator.
FordPass & Lincoln Way: Provides remote start, vehicle health alerts, and complimentary roadside assistance.
Hyundai Blue Link: Includes remote climate control, geofencing for teen drivers, and SOS emergency assistance.
Mercedes-Benz me connect: Features remote locking, vehicle monitoring, and live traffic data.
I've long said, and proven in a industrial work environment, that you can get away with most anything if you tout it as, or prove it related to "SAFETY". Especially with corporation culture. Corps are hard focused on reducing insurance rates for workers comp, etc. and proving non liability ("see we gave him safety training, which he signed off on, it is not our fault he disregarded that training to get the job done [that we demanded he complete on a totally unrealistic & unsafe] timeline") for injuries which happen on the job. All those signup sheets for 'safety training' are scanned and kept in files for these reasons.
Those same ideas translate to the public, as well. Well, it is for "SAFETY". - These cameras are for the safety of little kids- you don't want little kids kidnapped off the street - or do you? See how that works? Of course you don't want little kids kidnapped; so if you object to the methods used, for say invasion of privacy, you are now branded as someone who does not care about kid's safety, or you are a disgusting, selfish person who cares more about your own privacy than keeping a kid from being kidnapped.
Seriously tho, if my insurer sends me a beacon I'll take a little trip in the country until I find an old vehicle with weeds growing around & thru it and I'll install the beacon on it.
This tech is built into the engine control modules in many newr vehicles. Some programs in these modules can be 'disabled' by the manufacturer, I think some cannot be. Is this also a way to circumvent warranty issues too??
That's insane and sounds as though if it isn't illegal, it should be. It seems they are latently accusing you of covering up bad behavior which they can't prove without invading your space.
When my insurance offered an OPTION of monitoring my driving for better rate, having put over 200K on 3 cars in a few decades w/a decent safety record, I quickly declined!
Monitoring your every vehicular move is the goal, Conservative C. Eventually you will be penalized (taxed) for driving 'too much', adding to pollution etc etc. Don't forget the automatic tolling tokens in use.
Recently I rented a relatively new Penske 26' truck and I'll never rent another one. It beeps if you are off center of your lane, goes no faster than 71 mph, beeps/slows down if you are within 25 +/- feet of the vehicle in front of you. It's a total piece of junk! Never again!
It appears 15 minute cities are getting closer every day
Ironically one of the best news outlet for surveillance is out of the UK called ReClaim the Net. Safetyism is pitched to obtain compliance. It is just Covid policies continued. Who wants to be labeled a grandma killer? Apps that need age verification? Who wants to be labeled a pervert? Once you get the formula, you see it everywhere.
Yes...THAT is the tactic they use. Induce mass fear, then sell you the promise of safety in exchange for freedom. Even when there was nothing to be abnormally afraid of to begin with.
Given the state of Britain - and especially London - with the invasion by islam which has captured and subverted ancient concepts of a high trust society - my suspicion is that those hooded figures removing the cameras are not freedom loving Brits.
Note that in Great Britain, like in the USA, when there is an actual crime committed, the cameras are malfunctioning. They have had a couple of stabbing rampages there where they just couldn't figure out whodunnit because the ubiquitous cameras failed.
We all remember Jeffrey Epstein, but do not forget that the FBI went out and collected the camera footage from 85 cameras pointed at the Pentagon, within minutes after the strike.
The only footage we were ever shown was a blurry 3 second video which showed nothing, but the talking heads all nodded wisely and assured us that we were seeing a plane coming in at ground level and hitting the Pentagon.
And apparently they did the same thing at the JFK assassination. Zapruder was not the only one with a movie camera there, but the FBI confiscated everyone else's.
The real question is, were they actually "malfunctioning," or is that just something to say when you don't want an answer or the answer is inconvenient?
ln the three years following the murders of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, seventeen of the 22 witnesses interviewed by the Dallas Police and the FBl died: six by gunfire, three in motor accidents, two by suicide, one from a cut throat, one from a karate chop to the neck, three from heart attacks, and two from 'natural causes'."
Why were 17 innocent, good Americans who thought they were doing their duty by testifying, murdered?
Just because they were saying that the shots came from the Grassy Knoll and the limo slowed to almost a complete stop???
Why do we continue to accept the construct for public education that was developed before the US Civil War to train future factory workers? Had the need for written instructions in manufacturing not existed, public education for everyone would not exist. The paradigm is as calcified and ineffective as Mitch McConnell. We should be adapting AI to educate each student at his own pace to mastery, not to a standardized test known to teachers who then are paid based on their minions' success at passing the tests. That is not how knowledge is gained.
If not then this comment doesn’t apply to you but it does apply to anyone here who is complaining about the very thing they are doing. Because let’s be real: surveillance is surveillance. No, a doorbell camera can't issue traffic tickets or wield government power. But every single time the lens logs a neighbor walking their dog, a delivery driver, or a passing car on a public street without their consent, you are still actively “invading their privacy.” You can't genuinely advocate for public anonymity while maintaining a digital log of everyone else's movements on your block. And while that doorbell camera itself records just a small slice, when combined with hundreds of other neighborhood cameras….If we are going to fight against mass surveillance, we have to look at the lenses we’ve put up on our own front doors first.
We have no doorbell cameras, but my neighbor is aware when we get a delivery. So much for privacy. Scary times, I keep seeing the book 1984 coming more to life every day.
It is and always has been utter nonsense and ludicrous to pretend that anything done in public can be private. Think through the concept. The very definition of 'public' is hte antonym of 'private', The issue should be to limit for what ends those cameras can be used .
I do not have one and would not have one but I "think" they are ok if you do not share the info. I could be wrong and they could be hackable but if you do not share with nextdoor or the police then the footage gets recorded over.
Even 25 years ago, who could have foreseen how quickly Great Britain would tumble into no-man's land? Well, maybe Mark Steyn and Theodore Dalrymple and myself.
Even though -- oddly enough -- Globalist Central for about 2000 years since the fall of Rome has been located in the City of London. This has not stopped them from destroying the native British culture, however.
I do think, though, that the latest big push on social destruction began in the post-war years, ramping-up by the 1960s when all of those Baby Boom tots were starting to come of age. THAT was when high Marxism/high-leftwing-rot began coming into fullswing.
Not that I think far-rightwing attitudes are the way to go. Because I don't. All you need to do is to read a few days of the religious Fundamentalist posts on this Substack to see that the far-right can be just as bad in other ways.
The centre of the psychological spectrum, or homeostasis, is where you want to aim
Some officers in Houston are already threatening people for “hate speech”. Basically for saying something someone else disagrees with. Kind of like Great Britain.
Saw 2 videos on x, one with s female officer speaking to a former pastor & others on the lgbq issue I believe. She threatened them with arrest if they continued with their “hate” speech. The other was a male officer. Both seemed to feel they have a right to be the arbiter of speech.
AHHH! Former HPD officer Ashley Gonzalez, who was fired in April. Dena, you know as well as I do, hispanics and blacks get into it sometimes, right? She got into it and could not get out, apparently. Can't be doing that around here!
So, local enforcement and consequences are good. But when EVER has that much data been fire walled from Feds? When ever has the data captured and searchable EVER remained limited to exactly the original intention when the system was installed?
If you limit the data to license plates only, and you force data entry validation against actual cases, I'm with you. But the cameras are tracking phone signals, BT transmissions, car BT transmissions, bumper stickers, on and on. And it will only grow.
NONE of that data has anything to do with law enforcement. But it has EVERYTHING to do with control.
Jeff showed us how even the reddest Florida local governments spent every last dime of the ever more obscene increases in property tax. If we have not learned by now that Reagan was dead right when he said the 10 most terrifying words in the English language are "we are here from the government and want to help you", then you are part of the problem.
the gipper was an actor. What are actors good at? . . . learning, remembering and regurgitating lines written by others. I've lived more than a third of the nation's history and through 16 POTUS administrations (but I don't recall much of FDR's). That gives me a perspective few of you have. I like and voted for Reagan, but hindsight tells me he was nowhere as good as his reputation would have you believe.
This is the issue: CONSENT!! If they haven't sought our consent first by presenting the case and then seeking petition signers and then by conducting an election (if they get the requisite number of petition signers), then they DONT GET TO INTRUDE on OUR LIVES in this most INTRUSIVE manner or otherwise. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, NOT THE GOVERNMENT's and they NEED TO ASK US FOR CONSENT. NO CONSENT - NO CAMERAS.
Let me also add some personal reality to all of Childers stories of cop misuse of the system. When I filed an election lawsuit against the county, the very next day, I received a visit from two Deputy Sheriffs at my front door - full battle gear, very menacing looking. When I sought FOIA on the visit, I was given a bullshit story about them searching for a lost teenager, yet, when I asked my neighbors if the cops had visited them too, not a single one told me they too were visited. Now, give them flock cams and the ability to know where I am at any given moment while out driving. Does anyone think they will not use it?
If most people consent and they followed the correct laws in gaining their consent, then that is how the system is supposed to work. I can live with that.
However, if we find that the system is being misused in ways that violate our constitutional rights, then we also have the same process to remove the cameras except in this case, it is called a referendum. We can get them removed but people need to coalesce and help fight and fund the removal.
And let me be clear, by consent I mean they signed the petition, or voted for it, or both. But just saying they consent is not nearly good enough. More people need to stand up and say, you must get our consent to do this and that. They can’t just do it, unless we let them.
We saw in the plandemic what the governments of the world will do given unlimited powers. The crowning glory to me was cops boating out to arrest a surfer. As far as what percentage did take the shots, sadly, I think the estimate in the US of ~70 % is probably accurate, given my own experience. So many people I thought did not take the shot I later learned did.
Im not sure how many people took the jab, many were forced against their will which is horrific. Many lied about taking it. Its likely a lot of false records were made so that all the dishonest complicit people got paid. I doubt we will ever know the truth.
The wife and I took the jab because our only daughter is a nurse, at high risk of catching the virus (and she did, multiple times) would not visit us for fear of infecting us. All of us were told - and foolishly believed - that the jab would keep us from getting the virus as were were told it would. With the wisdom of hindsight, I would have refused it. I no longer trust any medical provider or any public health advice. What a price we paid as a society to protect and reward a microscopically small number of people.
There's the rub for sure, Asa. Who needs advice from old relics like Ben Franklin? "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
I can't find the reason Flock is called Flock. Something tells me it has something to do with techno-governmental “superiors” who see citizens as beasts to be herded. If we ever had an instinctive aversion to mass surveillance, it's too late now. That genii is out of the bottle.
Years ago, way before AI and these cameras, we had moved into a new neighborhood. We went outside one morning and saw that our car parked on the street in front of our house had been bashed in. There were tire marks coming from the drive way of the house across the street, paint the color of the car in the driveway, and a dented area missing some paint. We called the police and they told us to come file a report. But a motorcycle cop showed up shortly afterwards. Saw the damage and incriminating evidence and left. Another cop showed up and took the full report. As it turned out, the first cop actually owned the house across the street, was separated from his wife, and had moved out but was going through a reconciliation. Or so he thought. The wife had a boyfriend she was still seeing. Apparently the boyfriend had backed out and committed the hit & run. My point is this: When we made the call, that address was flagged and the police officer was told immediately. And in this case, I'm glad he was. We didn't have to go to the station and file a report (which at the bottom of the form states that that is all the police will do. Deal with your insurance company.) We got our car fixed without having to have our insurance pay for it and then raised because we made a claim. I don't know what happened afterwards except that the house was sold. I assume the couple divorced. The cop had rightly turned the case over to another officer. But if the cop was abusive in any way, he already had inside information not available to the rest of us. If he had had cameras he could have accessed and was not an officer with integrity, who knows what could happen? And that is the question we must always asked regarding the trust of our public servants. Just as we can't trust the $cience, we can't trust all law enforcement, doctors, and certainly not politicians.
Speaking of trusting politicians: an IL state rep and her husband (convicted felon who ‘paid his debt to society’ is the County Clerk responsible for elections) and daughter are now under federal indictment (the parents) for ‘siphoning’ money from grant programs the rep was responsible for bestowing. She requested gift$ from the entity receiving the grants. The daughter is charged with fraud in gaining illegal unemployment benefits when she was, in fact, employed. The daughter was charged before her parents… makes one wonder if she gave up the golden geese? Guess the party affiliation. Has the rep been tossed from the House? Hahaha! It is IL, after all. Innocent until proven guilty.
The government and officials abuse during Covid and the 2020 election/J6 debacles showed us what’s in store for We the People if we don’t curtail this soon. IMO every American citizen should possess a legal, Supreme Court ruled upon "copyright" ownership of every personal datapoint in their life, including voice, facial/body recognition, DNA, retinal patterns, etc. Misuse would enable the victims to immediately sue violators for an exorbitant amount of money with possible criminal penalties. Absolute transparency needs to be enabled for anyone to be able to search to see if their data has been accessed, with each citizen receiving a yearly Data Access Report. This would also include the ability of homeowners to be able to access drone data to see who and why their property was subjected to surveillance.
Not sure if anyone is organizing this. It probably would be best if it could be a consolidated lawsuit that winds its way through the courts and could potentially land in front of SCOTUS. That would take victims and damages.
Yes, I think the spray would have to be reapplied occasionally, at least where I am in SEPA. They brine the heck out of our roads here in winter and that stuff can be corrosive.
It’s not a perfect solution of course, we’re Flocked if we do, Flocked if we don’t. 😉
I wonder if this A) Actually works and B) if there is a way for the police to test to see if this has been applied? If there is they will ticket you for it.
You spray it on your license plate making it reflective to the infrared sensor used to detect your plates rendering the image unreadable. Does not affect the ability to see your plate under normal conditions.
I had a license plate cover back when I cared about/could afford vanity plates. The cover was plastic and did not stand the test of carwashes, UV rays, etc. and became clouded. I was stopped by a police officer who strongly suggested I remove the cover as it obscured my plate and was illegal. I wonder how long before the ‘photo blocker paint’ will be outlawed also. 🙏🏻
That is already illegal in most states. When I lived in FL a cop told me that even having a license plate holder around an otherwise completely visible tag was a violation. All states have laws about making vehicle license plates obscured.
This is my fear too with flock surveillance…the weaponization of public offices to scare, threaten, arrest citizens simply because one is not conforming to their desired wishes. The Communists love this.
Our government is a representative republic because it was created at a time when communications and travel were nearly impossible. Certainly, through time, both were eventually accomplished; but not in timely enough fashion for government to run. We had to choose men who would try to represent what those who chose them wanted. Sadly, even the pretext of doing so no longer exists. Those we elect spend most of their time raising money - which requires appeasing donors - for their next election.
Perhaps it's time to rethink that paradigm. Instead of giving representatives carte blanche to vote what they think we want them to do, maybe we should require that they refer all issues to the vote of the electorate. Yes, most of the electorate doesn't even bother to vote; so expecting them to pay heed to issues is a false premise. To that I say that just like the poor, the ignorant will always be with us as will the callous and irresponsible. They deserve what ever they get, IMO.
Jeff says, “And we must prosecute every single official who misuses these systems.” Yeah please, but …. I’d go a step further and say we wouldn’t need to use surveillance systems like this at all, ever, if we simply enforced the laws on the books and applied appropriate punishments when someone is found guilty. Instead, almost every crook these days is let off with or without bail, and like Judge Dugan’s recent punishment when it’s time for penalties they get off with a 5k slap on the wrist, or Tim Walz pardoning a child rapist, with a tear in his eye. When crime isn’t penalized justly, crime increases exponentially and THEN they can say that the only way to crack down on the out of control culture is to take away our privacy rights. Almost like it was planned.
The cameras are wrong. Period. Deterrence is the answer, and deterrence happens when punishments make it way too big of a risk to break the law. Worked for centuries before.
Juju, that is an EXCELLENT point. I think Jeff is right, though. The genie is not gonna get back in the bottle. I personally think all this is leading to the final antichrist. May not be for a long time yet, but leading in that direction for sure.
But it's for our safety! And sheep love safety above damn near everything else. And of course you have wolves in sheep's clothing cashing in on it. And worse, they use our money to buy the damn things without our consent.
So, local enforcement and consequences are good. But when EVER has that much data been fire walled from Feds? When ever has the data captured and searchable EVER remained limited to exactly the original intention when the system was installed?
If you limit the data to license plates only, and you force data entry validation against actual cases, I'm with you. But the cameras are tracking phone signals, BT transmissions, car BT transmissions, bumper stickers, on and on. And it will only grow.
NONE of that data has anything to do with law enforcement. But it has EVERYTHING to do with control.
During the plandemic we did not comply with the “suggestion” that we stay holed up at home. We were in the middle of building a house an hour away and construction didn’t halt and we had to supervise. That meant traveling back and forth several times a week. At the time there was no way for authorities to know whether we were complying. Now there is. Next time, the lockdowns will be exactly that. That’s what we have to fight against.
That is an excellent point! We saw how the power to control people’s lives came into play then. This would give so much more power to control. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I am a believer who believes that one day, as the Bible tells us there will be “the man of lawlessness” - aka the antichrist. And this technology will fit right into his hands and plans. Terrifying is not too strong a word for that.
The pandemic did not affect my life. I went shopping without wearing a stupid mask. No one said a word to me. I also did not get any of those dangerous shots that will be killing people far into the future.
I ran pretty much the same path. Except that I had to trick a matronly gatekeeper at some store I went into, having her divulge the "secret code" that guarantees a pass... "I have a disability". The law also prohibits anyone asking me to divulge my "disability". Mine? I cannot tolerate kabuki theatre with respect to my health. and/or liberty and/or peace. Increases my heart rate and bood pressure.
Hobby Lobby had a sign up saying that no one with a disability had to wear a mask, and that employees would not question anyone about their disability.
Susan, its important you call it what it was, it was a pLandemic, a crime against humanity, conducted to control the world and send millions of people to their unnatural deaths.
And the worst part is that it doesn’t look like we are going to get accountability. Why isn’t that motherfucker fauci hanging from a yard arm until his body rots?
It absolutely was a crime against humanity and it will harm people in a variety of ways from now on. Not everyone in Congress, though, because they did not have to take the shot.
Many of them also fell to the fear mongering and took the shot anyway - and, many of them are now having "unexplained or mysterious" illnesses, just as the general public. Liike Tutle McConnell who started freezing up mid speech. (clot building strokes?).
I read that Congress was excluded from taking the shot. Don’t know if it was true or not. I suspect any politician we saw getting one, like Biden, was actually getting saline solution.
I hope this is how that RINO POS is finally getting called to answer for his sins. Why haven’t we heard from the doctors about his condition, why is it such a damned secret that the American people dont know if that rotten criminal is dead or alive. This keeping info from the American Citizens just pisses me off.
But I hope you are right and all of them who got the shot pay a price with increasingly poorer health and eventual death, they sure have earned that.
That is what it was. The witch who is running as the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio was the one who shut down our schools for two years. Amy Acton is a nasty piece of work.
I lived in Oregon at that time and was kicked out of a Whole Foods for not wearing a mask and out of a Kohl's store for not wearing the mask up over my nose. Also got harassed numerous times flying and having the stewardesses constantly telling people to pull it up over your nose. The funniest experience was dining out. You had to wear your mask at all times at a restaurant except when you sit down.
Well, you know those so dangerous virus particles would never attack while you are sitting, eating or drinking. My eyes rolled so hard at that stupidity they almost got stuck!
I was in Clackamas during "the kabuki theatre" time, and needed some items out o Trader Geoe's. Parked,n noticing the queue most theway down the car park, waiting to get in. Admittance was very stingiiy dosed out by the workers there. Everyone had their mug nappies on. I went straight up to the two empoyees "dosing" the poor saps into the store, and expained that I have a disabiity and cannot wear the nappie on my mug. He asked did I know what I need? Yes, 4 items. He motioned an associae oveV, told her to get take care o me. I had her wrote down the items, gave her my credit card and the list. She cheerily wen in, gatheved my 4 items, paid, and brough my card, receipt, list, and goods, then thanked me shopping. During the time it took her to go in and take care o my order I counted two customers granted entry.
How wonderful for you!😏My daughter’s job was considered “non-essential” so no money for her! Thank the Good Lord we were able to help her until that bit of craziness passed. ✊🏼🇺🇸
I didn’t have a job loss facing me, which made it very hard for many. I am self-employed and work from home, although there was not much work coming in.
Years from now, people will look back on the pandemic and be astonished at how we let the government betray us.
and wander along cluelessly as they willingy waddle right into the next tricks "they" have up their sleeves The "immigration" issue, sound money, surveilance, "climate change", elections/voting,
It's crazy that Biden mandated those shots because POTUS Trump and Operation Warp Speed bequeathed him a vaccine that was self-disseminating to the entire herd through shedding.
I went to the bank once during the pandemic. It had a big sign in the lobby that said no masks or backpacks And right next to it, a printed sign that said “masks required.” oh the irony.
Ha. Good for you!! You must not have been living in a blue jurisdiction during C-19. We were and if you wanted to shop (in person) you had to wear a mask. 😡
One (especially women) becomes invisible at a certain age. Personally, I find it liberating. Watching is just fascinating. In limited doses, of course. And with a quiet place to escape the madness.
that "man o awlessness" already came and went. His name is Titus, son o Vespasian, both were roman generals sent to deal with the rowdy jews. They went into the temple, on a known and recorded date, desecrated it by sacriphicing a pig in the Holy Place, just as Jesus predicted. They returned some time later and utterly destroyed that temple, again, as Jesus predicted. This is recorded in both Jewish and roman records, considered valid and accurate. I don't have those dates commited to memory but coud locate them.
As to "The Antichrist". you need to reread John's words concerning "antichrist". John is not suggesting some monster who will escape out o the shed in the side yard and come and do nasty things at some point in time. No, he is simply providing the Church with a simple and reliable means to discern whether any given person is "one o us" or not. Does that individual hold to the truth that Jesus Christ has come in the phlesh, or not? That test still works today. And always will.
There have been many ‘antichrists’, as the spirit of antichrist has existed from the beginning. So, yeah maybe he was one of many with the spirit of antichrist.
John also spoke of the sun going dark and the moon turning to blood and the sky being split apart like a scroll. Pretty sure those things haven’t happened yet. Same John. Same Spirit speaking through Him, the one given the special privilege of being given the messages to the seven churches and the vision of Jesus Christ, who told him through His angel the things which would take place in the future. Has not happened yet.
aow me to recommend an amazing book on the subject. ken Gentry, Before jerusalem fell As new hardbound copies on eBay, around $40.
Mosty drawn out o roman and hebrew records on those events as they occured.. Considered by historians as accurate.
The sky dark and red moon are described in the period beween the cruciphixion and the end destruction o Jerusalem. Sky split, can't recall. Every detail Jesus described in the Olivet discourse clearly happned.
Indeed. Poorly paid employees at an establishment won’t need to scream at you to wear a mask. They can just submit camera footage and a government bill will arrive at your home a week later. Or thinking ahead, they can lock your car so you can’t drive anywhere, etc
Anyone remember 15 minute cities? One step closer…
The days of the blameless? But not one of us is blameless. Not ever, past or present. Heavy sigh. Some of the verses in the Bible are confounding to me.
And Jeff even had this in his stack today, "There are none without sin; no, not one. Rom. 3:10-12; Psa. 14, 53; Ecc. 7:20."
He is prophesied about in the OT. He did not appear in person to humans. As far as the examples below, it is God the Father or Angels like Michael. Jews were not aware of a Holy Trinity so they only saw God as one entity, Yahweh.
The Commander of the Lord's Army (Joshua 5:13-15): Before the siege of Jericho, Joshua encountered a man with a drawn sword. When Joshua asked whose side He was on, the man identified Himself as the commander of the army of the LORD and instructed Joshua to remove his sandals because the ground was holy—a command mirroring God’s encounter with Moses.The Fourth Figure in the Fire (Daniel 3:24-25): After Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a blazing furnace, King Nebuchadnezzar looked in and saw four men walking unharmed. He described the fourth man's appearance as "like a son of the gods" (or "the Son of God"), widely interpreted as a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus coming to deliver His people.The Visitor to Abraham (Genesis 18:1-2, 13-22): The LORD appeared to Abraham near the oaks of Mamre as three men. Abraham addressed one of them as "the LORD" (Yahweh) and engaged in conversation with Him regarding the impending judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah.The Man Who Wrestled Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30): Before reuniting with his brother Esau, Jacob wrestled a "man" until daybreak. When the man blessed Jacob, Jacob realized he had physically wrestled with God and survived, famously calling the place Peniel ("face of God").
Lori, His presence is found through prophetic descriptions of a coming Messiah, symbolic foreshadowing, and physical appearances prior to his earthly life. These are usually called Christophanies—manifestations of the pre-incarnate Son of God. Some of those would be - Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and ALL through the book of Daniel, who was given many prophcies. He may be refered to as Annointed One, Messiah, Son of Man - those are all our Jesus. <3
The Jews refer to Yahweh and did not see Jesus in the flesh in the OT. Angels were appearing to people in the OT. Foreshadowing yes, in person no. And what good did it do anyway? Jews despise Jesus today (unless you are a Jew for Jesus) and what they say about Him is beyond disgusting. They had all the proof, foreshadowing and still they rejected and reject Him to this day.
You are correct that there are Messianic Jews that accept Jesus as the Messiah. Also, when denigrating the Jews keep in mind that there are many Gentiles that reject Jesus as the Christ. Keep praying that everyone will have a revelation that Jesus is truly our Lord, and accept Him and be saved.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
They are installing them all over Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina. This came before the city Council and County commissioners very quietly with little to no public notice before being passed by both.
But it’s so much worse than what is being reported. Flock explicitly markets connections between police agencies and private entities (businesses, HOAs, schools). Private camera data can feed directly into the shared platform for ‘faster response and investigations.’
Flock has also partnered with Amazon’s Ring, allowing Ring camera owners to share footage with law enforcement via Flock’s platforms (e.g., through community requests or Neighbors feed). This data becomes available in Flock’s RTCC where its totally controlled by Flock forever.
Nothing like violating your fourth amendment rights at scale folks……move along now.
It’s shows install of Flock camera across lower 48, over time. Big ol’ spike in 2025!
Also, hit the ‘Network’ button and you can zoom in on each Flock network across USA and all the other Flock networks who they share data with. It’s a crazy spaghetti chart.
Doing what is right is every persons choice daily.
There have been times when I’ve looked to hire people to work with me. Like all companies I try to get good people that would represent my company in the best positive light. A person that’s trustworthy, friendly and kind. Someone that looks like they take care of themselves, seems more likely to care for my business. Someone who could be an example to others.
Wouldn’t it make sense, if it’s important how an employee represents my company it’s more important how I present myself, especially in my life. You never really know who’s watching you. People watch how we live. Our kids, our co workers, even people at the store where we shop. Our actions, how we treat people, helping others, even our body language should make people feel comfortable. If we are kind, good to people, take time for people, that’s a message we are sending out.
We are called to be the light of the world. We should always pay attention to that. Our life in a way is a ministry. Every day when we interact with others we are sending a message. Some people we see are the only interaction they may have all day, we should always want to leave a positive impression of ourselves.
When somebody does something nice for us, don’t just look down and mumble ok thanks. Slow down, show them that you care, look them in the eye with a smile on your face, in a pleasant tone, say thank you I really appreciate that. We can’t get so busy, so preoccupied, that we don’t take time for people. God brings all types of people across our path. We never know if they need something positive added into their life. They may be going through all kinds of difficulty that we know nothing about, yet one kind word, one heartfelt thank you, one look of care and concern can help them through their day. It’s the little things we do.
People don’t see God, they see us. We are vessels and should try to give out some good to somebody, give out hope give out encouragement. We may have difficulties in our own life and one of the best things we can do is take our mind off ourselves. The best thing we can do is go out and be a blessing to someone else. If you will make someone else’s day you are sure to see it come back to you. If we go out each day being a good example you’ll not only make a positive impact in other people’s lives, God will use that to impact our own life, He will cause you to climb higher. Take time out of your busy life to help someone whenever you can.
I see God James. Every Single Day. He is everywhere and all things. Nature, Sunshine, Wind, Flowers, Grass, Oceans. In fact, I cannot not see Him wherever I go and that is beautiful to me! And when we help others, they see God working in and through us.
Amen. It confounds me that people say they can’t believe in God, when he is an absolutely everything. How can this world be? How can you not see how special and awesome this world is? Everything interlocks. How can you not see it? You can you call it Whatever you want, Climate, ecology, environment, but it all works together. And that is the divine.
I LOVE this, James!!! And you are spot on entirely! Bless you for the reminder. Technology has caused a great deal of isolation in many cases. So true that a kindness, whether spoken or demonstrated, can make such a difference. 🙏🥰
Hi Jeff. Thanks for the link to the DeFlock website. I live in a small city of 9,000 and was surprised to find that we have 12 Flock cameras in our area. Looking at map of the surrounding area, it shows that they are turning up in quite a few small cities and towns. Disturbing.
I was told by our Police Chief that, in Texas, one cannot be charged/fined/cited solely with the use of cameras. State law. An Officer MUST witness the infraction, otherwise there is no witness against you in Court, and the case would be dismissed.
CUT THEM DOWN. Damage and destroy them. Better to apologize - or force authorities to challenge you in court. No government - local, state, or federal - and no individual business - can violate constitutional rights - unless we LET them.
The Flock cameras started showing up in our city of Maricopa, AZ a couple of months ago. Small city of 80K near Phoenix. No public approval to my knowledge.
In our area, the cameras are strategically placed to capture all vehicular traffic entering and exiting the county. I was told the local sheriff’s department contracted with Flock to install the cameras and they did not seek approval from county commissioners. Does anyone know if NC requires a sheriff dept to obtain approval from commissioners?
I think it’s somewhat interesting how much current technology is ushering in the ability for Revelation to happen. If you’ve read about the tribulation period, you know the Antichrist has the ability to monitor everyone for compliance with his directives.
I never really understood how people without the mark could be prohibited from buying and selling until CBDC and the implanted chips were introduced.
How could he monitor millions of people? AI and flock cameras make it possible.
Is the False Prophet not even a person? Is it AI?
It’s an interesting time to be alive. Changing ages.
I remember a Bible study many years ago in which the pastor said that there were some curious translation issues regarding the Antichrist as a person. He suggested that the gender, among other things, was rather ambiguous.
The problem is that we live post covid where we have seen, under the cover of “emergency” all of our rights upended. From unlawful arrests to mask nazis harassing and bullying. Walk the wrong way in a grocery store aisle? Bam. Flock fine. As well AI generated images can “create” any scenario “necessary” to try and convict. In an Orwellian world where good people are an endangered species I see zero benefit.
Sandra: 100%. During covid, we were ‘policed’ by our fellow citizens, into compliance and that was before cameras were everywhere. I can only imagine the fresh hell these cameras will bring when the next control device is deployed on the masses.
We had a case here in NE Florida where a flock camera helped prove someone's wrongful arrest and ultimately, their innocence for a hit and run vehicular homicide.
Unfortunately, the problems still seem to far outweigh the benefits.
Yep. This is always an issue, what can help to solve the problem in one instance and be incredibly useful can also be used for the wrong reasons in the wrong hands. We have to decide if the tradeoff is really worth it but we are not even being asked.
In this case the police work was about as good as it could be. An arrest was made based on eyewitness reports and a description of the vehicle.
Unfortunately, the actual vehicle was similar but it took the flock cameras to show the mixup. The person arrested in error has filed a suit now and will no doubt subpoena the flock video if it gets that far.
Where are you, if I may ask, in NE FL? We're in the panhandle currently but desperately want to move to Atlantic beach!
WRT the cameras doing anything good, one could always install a dash cam in their own car, of their own choice and that would have likely exonerated the wrongly accused in this case too.
We're in Jax Beach. Been here most of our adult lives. Wouldn't live anywhere else. Atlantic Beach is quite nice as is Neptune Beach. Hope you figure out!
OMG Tony_K! If you know of anyone wanting to sell let me know!! Bonus for properties that are older and as original as possible! And within about 15-20 minutes walk to the beach. 🙂
The very idea that strapping on a gun and badge, and taking an oath, somehow makes that human a better person is laughable. I’ve been on a long holiday weekend with a bunch of cops from one of the named cities. What a bunch of children. And I’m talking about the supervisors.
100%. The intention behind it can be good in the beginning but there will always be someone down the road who will abuse the power and boy, did we learn from history!
It is not the cameras that pose the threat to our privacy. Federal, state, and local governments will always have cameras - as well as microphones, GPS trackers, and many other devices potentially used to control us. As Orwell tried to explain in '1984', what matters is what the Control Class does with the information (i.e., records) these devices collect. This explains why the Obama administration dismantled the Federal records management program during the first few months of his first term.
The Control Class controls period. We can expect nothing else. And the cameras are the problem just as the govts. They are the tools used to spy on us.
You can have more laws, more restrictions, more monitoring and control in the name
of crime prevention but people will always find ways to commit crimes including some of the very people who are supposed to be in charge of such technology and charged with its use for the good of society. Go to the root cause of why there is so much crime and general dissatisfaction in the country and only then will you truly make changes for the better.
I totally agree. And the solution is so simple that nobody would believe it. All laws could be scrapped and replaced by one law - Natural Law. Basically we are all free individuals and have the innate right to do whatever we please as long as we cause no harm to others. It really is that simple. Mistakes will still be made and accidents will happen and there will be people who simply refuse to obey such a law but if the majority of people at least tried to abide by such a law, the world would become a far better place.
Natural Law cannot be activated and benefitted from when for members of society who depend day to day, minute by minute on technology, experts, and institutions. These influences constantly press down on Conscience.
You can start by activating it in your life and simply being more mindful in your everyday interactions. You can then try to introduce the principle to friends and family. The world cannot be changed overnight but your life and those close to you can make their worlds better. The key is recognising and understanding the principle of Natural Law in the first place and having the intention to cause no harm.
While that would be a start, it still doesn’t address the root cause. People will still commit crime if they think they can get away with it and many will just go to greater lengths to hide their crimes. Not so long ago in China, robbers would often receive the death penalty. This resulted in more murders as the criminals would make sure there were no witnesses to their crimes. We need to look into why people feel that it’s ok to cause harm to others in the first place.
Not unlike visiting a shopping website, that you Do Not have a log in for, and then receive an email saying “hey we see you were checking this out, here are some things you might be interested in.” AND I DO use a “non-tracking” browser.
If we get enough of these cameras, we can be just like Great Britain. Everyone wants to be just like Great Britain. Just like everyone wants to be like Cleveland. Said no one. Ever.
Yep.
If you are willing to give up freedom for security you deserve neither.
Not only "deserve", but you absolutely won't have either one. The Leftists want to censor "incorrect" thought, the Right wants to build impenetrable walls, all for security. It seems this train of thought supersedes political ideology; it's turned into a universal mind set.
Jeff did some nice work here on researching the individual police officers taking advantage of the surveillance system. A much bigger threat is when the government decides to do so. We already had a taste of this with the government involvement in the Russia-Gate conspiracy to cancel Donald Trump. So, a people who sacrifice their freedom for security, will have neither.
IF the judicial system did it's job and put them in jail where they should be instead of letting them go free, all these cameras may not be needed. This is cultural decay. People don't face consequences so more people join the party. Lack of teaching at home. Progressive teaching in schools. Lack of pastors in churches addressing the real underlying problem. Lack of morals. Maybe just maybe most of this started when we the people let GOD be taken out of our country. When prayer and GOD were being deleted from schools, very few people showed up to stop it..but if it would have been football or sports in general, the majority of the community would have fighting it. So ultimately we are where we are as a country because we have not repented for not only our sins but our ancestors as well, asked forgiveness along with humbly ourselves, turned back to GOD and HIS laws for HIM to heal our lands. The internet could be used for good but as of now it is a tool of satan...that goes for most of "science". Read the Books of Enoch...this is the guy who walked with GOD for hundreds of years with GOD taking him to be with HIM. His book should be in the Bible. It was written long before Moses wrote his books. It tells what happened on earth that brought about the flood. Read them.
Your take was mine from the moment I read the article. All you mention is true, and let's dethrone these judges who throw the criminals right back on the street and return to harsh consequences for everything from violent crime to porch piracy.
Your porch piracy is my stealing.
It's also the state Legislatures, even those of many red states, who have substantially diminished punishment for serious offenses in the name of criminal justice reform.
I believe people can be taught morality without Bibles or threats of God watching them (or punishing them). I agree the justice system seems broken as are the governments-local, state, federal. Huge bureaucracies lost in a sea of rules. I heard a guy say that the massive number of laws we have doesn't show a moral society but a failed one. We shouldn't need to write laws for every aspect of our behaviors.
Carolyn,
You wrote, [When prayer and GOD were being deleted from schools, very few people showed up to stop it..but if it would have been football or sports in general, the majority of the community would have fighting it. So ultimately we are where we are as a country because we have not repented for not only our sins but our ancestors as well, asked forgiveness along with humbly ourselves, turned back to GOD and HIS laws for HIM to heal our lands.]
Prayer was never deleted from schools. Anyone can pray anywhere at anytime for any reason.
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
2 Chronicles 7:14 wasn't written to us and wasn't written to or for Americans and is in no way about America.
You're stealing someone else's mail:
https://youtu.be/P5S7v_8vSFQ?si=qCaBHwDwuxovc7qV
Not sure of your point, Aaron, and don't get why you need to throw shade on Carolyns' comment, but I for one won't disregard the 39 Canonized books of the OT. 'All Scripture is inspired by God and is beneficial for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness'. Since we both are using scripture as a hammer I'll add this:' For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them'. I typically don't invite anyone else into my closet when in sincere conversation with our God. I also prefer to 'be in prayer without ceasing' as recommended.
Now back to the surveillance state we find ourselves in...
Didn't throw shade, just shedding light one the most misinterpreted passages in all of Scripture. Also, my point still stands and is worth repeating:
Prayer was never deleted from schools. Anyone can pray anywhere at anytime for any reason.
"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." Was that verse pertaining to prayer? Nope. So I'm not sure why you brought it up.
Childers: "The sane solution is probably not to eliminate AI cameras altogether... But until they get the idea and install appropriate guardrails, people will keep cutting them down."
Uh huh, sure! "Guardrails for thee but none for me." Gee, that sounds familiar.
Come on, Jeff reduces the threat of a 24/7 surveillance system down to individuals in law enforcement misusing the system? We just need better guardrails???
Judging from the comments, I think most here see through this. I don't care about a few cops misusing the system to track their ex's. Seriously, that's not a threat to me. That's a local management issue.
I also think most here understand that the deep state in the US is in the process of building a total surveillance control grid and the cameras are but one aspect of this control grid. This control grid, which is well explained by people like Catherine Austin Fitts, is nearing completion with the buildout of thousands of AI data centers in the US. When this grid is snapped shut, we will have lost any chance of retaining ANY of our liberties that the writers of the Declaration of Independence talked about. THAT is the threat and there are no guardrails for the deep state.
One of my God given, unalienable rights is a reasonable expectation of autonomy and privacy. Being tracked 24/7 is not liberty and does not ALLOW for any liberty.
I'm sorry but Jeff is wrong to support (ed - this aspect of) the deep state. But as a trained lawyer in post-Constitutional law, his understanding is, shall we say, limited. (But that is a deep well for another time.)
Besides... When have we EVER been protected by "guardrails"? I mean really.
Looking to Expand Surveillance? Is the World Just Losing Its Mind?
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/looking-to-expand-surveillance-is-the-world-just-losing-its-mind/
I must mostly agree with you. We must all resist the total surveillance control grid in any way we can while we still can. Thank you for your comment
OK, now we get into the question of whether or not Trump is actually with the Deep State Globalists. Because the AI data centres are his project. And he just briefly tossed them out there as if they were nothing of concern. I am also aware of the Technocracy notions of a few generations ago, beloved of Elon Musk's grandfather.
I have questions that have not been answered yet. So I keep an open mind here.
Just like the wheel and electricity, AI can be used for good or evil. In order to have a reasonably sedate society we must have government - the alternative is chaos despite what idealists choose to believe - which means we inevitably have laws that control society. Genius lies in limiting what laws governments can pass. That is exactly what the authors of our constitution knew and understood far better than most Americans do today. Public education has inculcated this trust of government for decades - which is a pretty damned good argument for doing away with public education as it exists at present. I'm not arguing for ignorance. Look into what MacKenzie is doing in Austin, TX to reconstitute how primary and secondary education is done.
Yes, AI CAN be used for good or evil, but given the thrust of Western civilization right now, how do we keep evil out? I'm afraid it is more likely in the 2020s that evil will be the guiding force.
As for the Austin, TX project, "MacKenzie Price is revolutionizing education through Alpha School and the AI tutor platform 2 Hour Learning. Her tech-focused model allows K-12 students to spend just two hours daily using AI for core academics, freeing the rest of the day for entrepreneurial projects and life skills".
I homeschooled my children 20 years ago, and we used a few online classes then, which were commonly available. These were OK to good, as far as they went. But children need to engage in human relationships for learning, so AI education cannot be their sole source or daily source. I would not be sold on all-AI learning. MacKenzie Price may understand AI, but not human Attachment and learning needs.
Yeah, when he did that photo op in the White House with all the Tech billionaires like Thiel, I knew the jig was up.
The tech billionaires certainly seem to have a great deal of influence and power for unelected types.
I have listened to Catherine Austin Fitts support Trump and say she voted for him, but still warn about the digital control grid he appears to be involved in.
Every profession demands that you drink its particular brand of Kool-Aid, just like Jones did in Guiana. Every lawyer is fed his dose in law school and gets regular refills from the bar association.
Jeff does better than most, but I agree that he is gagging at a gnat and swallowing a camel here.
You make some very good points, but then you turn into this troll all too often.
"I'm sorry but Jeff is wrong to support the deep state."
So Jeff is "supporting the deep state", is he? Buddy....you need to pause before hitting Reply.
"But as a trained lawyer in post-Constitutional law, his understanding is, shall we say, limited."
Oh really....do go on and educate us on exactly where Jeff has demonstrated his understanding of the law to be "limited". Take all the space you need - not usually an issue for you, it seems.
The problems of brevity.
Nowhere has it been discussed the Flock agreement with the camera users. They are allowed to use the data however THEY choose. I don’t have the link, but Flock has free rein with the data. They promise they erase it after 30 days, but hackers have shown they retain it for themselves. No guardrails on Flock at all.
Check out Sundance and all he has to say about FISA court. The feds have been collecting data on all of us since the Patriot Act passed.
Patriot Act is an abomination. Talk about a misleading title for a law!
And we can’t get it eliminated. Just a simple cursory evaluation of the Patriot Act divulges corruption after corruption….
You hit the nail on the head, Dave, I will spare you the Psychoanalytical explanations, and just say -- Spot on!
Ditto
As Jeff noted, those cases in the post were all local. Who knows what the Feds are up to.
I agree. This could very well go badly down the road. 1984
That is exactly how the Patriot Act was sold to us, and you all know how that turned out. A society without a moral compass that points "true north" (that foundation being the Judeo Christian ethic), will continue to be a lost society. Our founders knew that the type of government birthed in 1776 was only good for a religious people.
Yes! All so true, Patriotic Mama. That is precisely why the Marxist/Communist/Islamic terrorists work so hard to indoctrinate our children, as well the adults, with non-stop propaganda. I remember well in the seventies when the headline of the NY Times was "God Is Dead." I still resent that rag today. But at least they exposed themselves for who they are and what they represent. And surely, it's NOT Judeo Christian ethic and values. God Bless You, PM - as well as our Country!
You are aware, that most of congress votes for the Patriot act, not just marxists.....
Very aware, Johnny-O. Which leads me to believe, and as I've stated many times before, Congress is compromised! Hell, they can't/won't even pass the SAVE Act (Election integrity; voter ID, etc) which 90% of Americans are clamoring for. Thune? Same as McDonnell - Compromised! We are f*cked!
Of course, they fear not being re-elected; so, of course, they voted for the act.
My question is where are the court rulings that adjudge them unconstitutional.
The name gave it away. Waving "patriotism" or "save the children " is the purview of knaves and politicians.
Absolutely. They always attach some kind of virtuous-sounding motivation or name to what they are doing, to scam anyone they manage to draw into their scheme.
The type of government birthed in 1776 - our original constitution - the Articles of the Confederation - understood that a central government would grow corrupt bc human nature is self serving, always, as a survival instinct.
The Anti-Federalists warned us that creating a consolidated, central government would grow corrupt - how did the balance of power work out?
We should have listened to Brutus: https://substack.com/@lizlasorte/note/p-179358098?r=76q58&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Amen, Sister!
YES.YES.YES.
Its only going to get worse.
Check this out:
https://x.com/i/status/2075819181216543064
So first un-vetted immoral violent criminals from other countries are allowed to flood across our borders. And then their behavior is used as justification for citizen surveillance and drones with taser capabilities.
Can't be on purpose, right? Right?
What you are describing is a strategy that has been used in various forms. Basically, you intentionally cause the problem for which you then profit out of selling the solution.
For instance, investors who purposely messed-up the real estate market of private homes by pushing properties to crazy price levels so that more people would have to turn to rentals. And guess who owned those rentals?
This was the entire premise of the COVID debacle as well, A.
Exactly, Katie. That was my thought too.
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US Air Force Engineer Charged With Sawing Down Flock Surveillance Cameras Receives Thousands of Dollars from Supporters Across the Country
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-air-force-engineer-charged-110200536.html
-Benjamin Franklin.
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”
Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin made observation as well.
However I do like that people are required to have a driver's license to legally operate a vehicle, I do like that insurance is required to renew your registration and I do appreciate that vehicles need to be registered. All these things compromise my freedom but try to ensure my safety. Every child needs a birth certificate to get a social security number. And what about social security numbers. I'm often willing to accept less freedom for expected benefit
How far would you take that before it becomes unbalanced and corrupt?
Not me Chloe, And don't make me wear a seatbelt or wear a helmet, those 'laws' don't do anything to protect others.
Repeat after me: baa baa
I am changing my mind. I used to agree with your statement, but now I will support anything that frees enslaves children who are raped many times EVEEY DAY and left to die without medical care.
And that is how they push this through - pulling on people's heartstrings. There are MANY other ways to serve justice and prevent such atrocities from occurring without compromising the privacy and liberties of all. Like, y'know....not releasing violent criminals back into society for starters?
How exactly is that going to find the missing children?
Yes the pretext makes one helluva option value.
For example:
Seatbelts -> seatbelt laws -> cameras to enforce them -> location data ->behavioral scoring.
This is factual.
I just got my auto policy renewed and they defaulted the plan to "safe driver" and sent me a beacon in the mail...which I promptly threw away. Not sure what happens now....
They will never be fine. They will always end up being abused because we know that one day, a leader who fully intends to abuse them will be elected into office. That dangerous leader cannot have this technology in place when they take office. The abuse of power they will be capable of is too vast, too immense for us to take the risk!
What if The Nazis had flock cameras...finish the sentence should be a required thought exercise for every time our overlords think about stepping further onto the slippery slope.
But as Jeff mentioned it unstoppable:
https://x.com/i/status/2075283976479224288
The root of virtually every problem we have is that the average person has an attention span of 10 seconds...so they are incapable of understanding that the only law of history is the law of unintended consequences
We need to stop using the Nazis as a benchmark for evil. The globalists of today have and are doing far more than the Nazis ever did. or planned to do. Do your research if you doubt me.
Yes. They killed 20 million people with rat juice in one year during the scamdemic
Spot on. Softly, softly catchee monkey…
What do you mean they sent you a beacon?
To monitor my driving behavior for a piddly discount.
Which is one thing, but to make it the default is the thin wedge
How does it work?
I'm asking here, they "gave" it to you to supposedly to justify giving you a better rate or was it because they thought you were a risk?
This is the first I've heard about something like this.
He is talking about telematics tracking (using an app in your car), I know you've seen Progressive ins commercials offering a "safe driver discount" - that is what that is.
Here's what I found -
Telematics is a technology that uses your smartphone (via an app) or a plug-in device to monitor your driving habits, such as hard braking, rapid acceleration, phone use, and mileage. Insurance companies use this data for usage-based programs to potentially lower your premiums.
How this data works and impacts you can be broken down as follows:
What is Tracked: Programs actively record the time of day you drive, how often you travel, speed, cornering, and distracted driving (if you interact with your phone while driving).
Pros and Cons: Safe drivers can earn up to a 10% to 40% discount, depending on the provider. However, as noted by Consumer Reports, these apps can also raise your rates if you have frequent nighttime commutes or heavy braking habits. https://www.consumerreports.org/money/car-insurance/car-insurance-telematics-pros-and-cons-a5869096072/
User Experience: users have mixed opinions; while some appreciate the score feedback, others find apps overly sensitive to normal maneuvers, like registering a light tap on the brakes in traffic as "hard braking".
Privacy: Beyond direct apps, some modern vehicles track and transmit this data via built-in connected services. You can learn more about how tracking devices process your data from this U.S. News & World Report guide. https://www.usnews.com/insurance/auto/how-do-those-car-insurance-tracking-devices-work
Of course, you don't know what use that collected data is being used for or who it is ending up with, past the company offering the discount. And more modern vehicles have bluetooth & wifi capabilties, so who knows what else they are collecting.
By the way - Those "safety services" offered on many vehicles have ever more tracking abilities. Such as On Star and others - most major automakers offer a comparable suite of connected and safety services:
On Star: Safety & Security (Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance), Connectivity (built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi, app controls), and Navigation. Different payment tiers offer different servive levels as well.
Toyota Safety Connect: Features emergency assistance, automatic collision notification, and stolen vehicle locator.
FordPass & Lincoln Way: Provides remote start, vehicle health alerts, and complimentary roadside assistance.
Hyundai Blue Link: Includes remote climate control, geofencing for teen drivers, and SOS emergency assistance.
Mercedes-Benz me connect: Features remote locking, vehicle monitoring, and live traffic data.
I've long said, and proven in a industrial work environment, that you can get away with most anything if you tout it as, or prove it related to "SAFETY". Especially with corporation culture. Corps are hard focused on reducing insurance rates for workers comp, etc. and proving non liability ("see we gave him safety training, which he signed off on, it is not our fault he disregarded that training to get the job done [that we demanded he complete on a totally unrealistic & unsafe] timeline") for injuries which happen on the job. All those signup sheets for 'safety training' are scanned and kept in files for these reasons.
Those same ideas translate to the public, as well. Well, it is for "SAFETY". - These cameras are for the safety of little kids- you don't want little kids kidnapped off the street - or do you? See how that works? Of course you don't want little kids kidnapped; so if you object to the methods used, for say invasion of privacy, you are now branded as someone who does not care about kid's safety, or you are a disgusting, selfish person who cares more about your own privacy than keeping a kid from being kidnapped.
Hmmmmm, sorry I asked ..... hahaha
Seriously tho, if my insurer sends me a beacon I'll take a little trip in the country until I find an old vehicle with weeds growing around & thru it and I'll install the beacon on it.
The Hyundai Blue Link- remote climate control? Are they going to keep the AC at a cool 78*? I hate gadgets plain and simple.
This tech is built into the engine control modules in many newr vehicles. Some programs in these modules can be 'disabled' by the manufacturer, I think some cannot be. Is this also a way to circumvent warranty issues too??
With the car I’m currently driving, hard acceleration is the point.
Justification for better rate.
Im 54 and have only had one ticket in my life...and it was a non moving violation
That's insane and sounds as though if it isn't illegal, it should be. It seems they are latently accusing you of covering up bad behavior which they can't prove without invading your space.
How does it work?
When my insurance offered an OPTION of monitoring my driving for better rate, having put over 200K on 3 cars in a few decades w/a decent safety record, I quickly declined!
Monitoring your every vehicular move is the goal, Conservative C. Eventually you will be penalized (taxed) for driving 'too much', adding to pollution etc etc. Don't forget the automatic tolling tokens in use.
Recently I rented a relatively new Penske 26' truck and I'll never rent another one. It beeps if you are off center of your lane, goes no faster than 71 mph, beeps/slows down if you are within 25 +/- feet of the vehicle in front of you. It's a total piece of junk! Never again!
It appears 15 minute cities are getting closer every day
None of those cameras apparently found the illegal immigrant that killed his American girlfriend in Ireland.
Ironically one of the best news outlet for surveillance is out of the UK called ReClaim the Net. Safetyism is pitched to obtain compliance. It is just Covid policies continued. Who wants to be labeled a grandma killer? Apps that need age verification? Who wants to be labeled a pervert? Once you get the formula, you see it everywhere.
Yes...THAT is the tactic they use. Induce mass fear, then sell you the promise of safety in exchange for freedom. Even when there was nothing to be abnormally afraid of to begin with.
"Ordo ab Chao"
Order from chaos.
Its their motto.
They create the chaos and then impose their order.
Your last sentence is an excellent point. We are ginned up to fear something unlikely to happen while told to ignore what is right before our eyes.
Ha, the Brits were way ahead in cutting down the cameras, and even pre-empted Jeff’s “don’t buy this or do this” advice. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-bVn5Byx8pk
Love that! When the government does not seek OUR consent, this type of response is justified, is it not?
The blade runners are hero’s in the UK!
Given the state of Britain - and especially London - with the invasion by islam which has captured and subverted ancient concepts of a high trust society - my suspicion is that those hooded figures removing the cameras are not freedom loving Brits.
Note that in Great Britain, like in the USA, when there is an actual crime committed, the cameras are malfunctioning. They have had a couple of stabbing rampages there where they just couldn't figure out whodunnit because the ubiquitous cameras failed.
We all remember Jeffrey Epstein, but do not forget that the FBI went out and collected the camera footage from 85 cameras pointed at the Pentagon, within minutes after the strike.
The only footage we were ever shown was a blurry 3 second video which showed nothing, but the talking heads all nodded wisely and assured us that we were seeing a plane coming in at ground level and hitting the Pentagon.
And apparently they did the same thing at the JFK assassination. Zapruder was not the only one with a movie camera there, but the FBI confiscated everyone else's.
Mrs. RW
The real question is, were they actually "malfunctioning," or is that just something to say when you don't want an answer or the answer is inconvenient?
Either way, it shows that the "They're for your protection" line is not true.
Mrs. RW
it is not an either way, it is a fact that the UK gubmint has failed in favor of
Islam. Brits will either continue or fight. There is a better option...
Exactly, would give 10:1 odds they were working and some illegal skated.
That is because the UK has fallen, they are not falling, they are gone.
That is because they have no 2nd amendment etc.
And they ignore the witnesses!
ln the three years following the murders of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, seventeen of the 22 witnesses interviewed by the Dallas Police and the FBl died: six by gunfire, three in motor accidents, two by suicide, one from a cut throat, one from a karate chop to the neck, three from heart attacks, and two from 'natural causes'."
Why were 17 innocent, good Americans who thought they were doing their duty by testifying, murdered?
Just because they were saying that the shots came from the Grassy Knoll and the limo slowed to almost a complete stop???
Kinda defies the laws of probability doesn't it?
Excellent point, Mrs RW!
Thank you for the 911 context
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”.
Benjamin Franklin
Should be on a flag flying just below the Stars and Stripes at EVERY SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES!
Why do we continue to accept the construct for public education that was developed before the US Civil War to train future factory workers? Had the need for written instructions in manufacturing not existed, public education for everyone would not exist. The paradigm is as calcified and ineffective as Mitch McConnell. We should be adapting AI to educate each student at his own pace to mastery, not to a standardized test known to teachers who then are paid based on their minions' success at passing the tests. That is not how knowledge is gained.
Knowledge is handed down with Wisdom as governance. AI has zero Wisdom. Drink not the kool aid
Reminding of the obvious
Just curious, do you have a doorbell camera?
If not then this comment doesn’t apply to you but it does apply to anyone here who is complaining about the very thing they are doing. Because let’s be real: surveillance is surveillance. No, a doorbell camera can't issue traffic tickets or wield government power. But every single time the lens logs a neighbor walking their dog, a delivery driver, or a passing car on a public street without their consent, you are still actively “invading their privacy.” You can't genuinely advocate for public anonymity while maintaining a digital log of everyone else's movements on your block. And while that doorbell camera itself records just a small slice, when combined with hundreds of other neighborhood cameras….If we are going to fight against mass surveillance, we have to look at the lenses we’ve put up on our own front doors first.
We have no doorbell cameras, but my neighbor is aware when we get a delivery. So much for privacy. Scary times, I keep seeing the book 1984 coming more to life every day.
It is and always has been utter nonsense and ludicrous to pretend that anything done in public can be private. Think through the concept. The very definition of 'public' is hte antonym of 'private', The issue should be to limit for what ends those cameras can be used .
Your point is well taken. Excellent reasoning on offer.
I do not have one and would not have one but I "think" they are ok if you do not share the info. I could be wrong and they could be hackable but if you do not share with nextdoor or the police then the footage gets recorded over.
Even 25 years ago, who could have foreseen how quickly Great Britain would tumble into no-man's land? Well, maybe Mark Steyn and Theodore Dalrymple and myself.
Even though -- oddly enough -- Globalist Central for about 2000 years since the fall of Rome has been located in the City of London. This has not stopped them from destroying the native British culture, however.
As I posted, I did. It started with cordless phones not having the same privacy rights as hardwired phones. And here we are.
I believe you, Roland.
I do think, though, that the latest big push on social destruction began in the post-war years, ramping-up by the 1960s when all of those Baby Boom tots were starting to come of age. THAT was when high Marxism/high-leftwing-rot began coming into fullswing.
Not that I think far-rightwing attitudes are the way to go. Because I don't. All you need to do is to read a few days of the religious Fundamentalist posts on this Substack to see that the far-right can be just as bad in other ways.
The centre of the psychological spectrum, or homeostasis, is where you want to aim
Or China!
Some officers in Houston are already threatening people for “hate speech”. Basically for saying something someone else disagrees with. Kind of like Great Britain.
I'd love to know your proof for this, as I live in Baytown. And I hope the proof isn't a Houston Chronicle article...
Saw 2 videos on x, one with s female officer speaking to a former pastor & others on the lgbq issue I believe. She threatened them with arrest if they continued with their “hate” speech. The other was a male officer. Both seemed to feel they have a right to be the arbiter of speech.
AHHH! Former HPD officer Ashley Gonzalez, who was fired in April. Dena, you know as well as I do, hispanics and blacks get into it sometimes, right? She got into it and could not get out, apparently. Can't be doing that around here!
So, local enforcement and consequences are good. But when EVER has that much data been fire walled from Feds? When ever has the data captured and searchable EVER remained limited to exactly the original intention when the system was installed?
If you limit the data to license plates only, and you force data entry validation against actual cases, I'm with you. But the cameras are tracking phone signals, BT transmissions, car BT transmissions, bumper stickers, on and on. And it will only grow.
NONE of that data has anything to do with law enforcement. But it has EVERYTHING to do with control.
Control is the actual motivation, it has zero to do with safety.
True. Also, best user name ever.
Said the WEF/Transnational gangsters....
Yes.
Dont you love how nobody voted for or even asked cities/towns about Flock cameras. They just started popping up everywhere.
Who approved them, and how did they do it without public approval?
Why is that....hmmm....
THIS is why you know they will be abused. Its just matter of degree.
So obvious.
Jeff showed us how even the reddest Florida local governments spent every last dime of the ever more obscene increases in property tax. If we have not learned by now that Reagan was dead right when he said the 10 most terrifying words in the English language are "we are here from the government and want to help you", then you are part of the problem.
AMEN. Miss The Gipper
the gipper was an actor. What are actors good at? . . . learning, remembering and regurgitating lines written by others. I've lived more than a third of the nation's history and through 16 POTUS administrations (but I don't recall much of FDR's). That gives me a perspective few of you have. I like and voted for Reagan, but hindsight tells me he was nowhere as good as his reputation would have you believe.
Just like the massive 5G roll out
Got that right!
"Trust us, we're keeping you safe", is wearing kind of thin.
This is the issue: CONSENT!! If they haven't sought our consent first by presenting the case and then seeking petition signers and then by conducting an election (if they get the requisite number of petition signers), then they DONT GET TO INTRUDE on OUR LIVES in this most INTRUSIVE manner or otherwise. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, NOT THE GOVERNMENT's and they NEED TO ASK US FOR CONSENT. NO CONSENT - NO CAMERAS.
Let me also add some personal reality to all of Childers stories of cop misuse of the system. When I filed an election lawsuit against the county, the very next day, I received a visit from two Deputy Sheriffs at my front door - full battle gear, very menacing looking. When I sought FOIA on the visit, I was given a bullshit story about them searching for a lost teenager, yet, when I asked my neighbors if the cops had visited them too, not a single one told me they too were visited. Now, give them flock cams and the ability to know where I am at any given moment while out driving. Does anyone think they will not use it?
I'm with you, Dan. Problem is . . . most people will consent (to "feel" safe). [See: Covid jabs]
If most people consent and they followed the correct laws in gaining their consent, then that is how the system is supposed to work. I can live with that.
However, if we find that the system is being misused in ways that violate our constitutional rights, then we also have the same process to remove the cameras except in this case, it is called a referendum. We can get them removed but people need to coalesce and help fight and fund the removal.
And let me be clear, by consent I mean they signed the petition, or voted for it, or both. But just saying they consent is not nearly good enough. More people need to stand up and say, you must get our consent to do this and that. They can’t just do it, unless we let them.
I think we'll never know for sure as I do NOT believe any 'stats' from C-19 but I wonder exactly what percentage DID take the shots?
We saw in the plandemic what the governments of the world will do given unlimited powers. The crowning glory to me was cops boating out to arrest a surfer. As far as what percentage did take the shots, sadly, I think the estimate in the US of ~70 % is probably accurate, given my own experience. So many people I thought did not take the shot I later learned did.
My friend I hadn't seen in 35 years called me out of the blue in 2021.
We chatted for a while and then she asked me if I took the shots.
I said "No", and she said "I didn't think you would''.
Wow, that blew my mind. How did she know?
I guess I've been contrary my whole life.
Mrs. RW
Im not sure how many people took the jab, many were forced against their will which is horrific. Many lied about taking it. Its likely a lot of false records were made so that all the dishonest complicit people got paid. I doubt we will ever know the truth.
The wife and I took the jab because our only daughter is a nurse, at high risk of catching the virus (and she did, multiple times) would not visit us for fear of infecting us. All of us were told - and foolishly believed - that the jab would keep us from getting the virus as were were told it would. With the wisdom of hindsight, I would have refused it. I no longer trust any medical provider or any public health advice. What a price we paid as a society to protect and reward a microscopically small number of people.
That's interesting. I'm pretty sure most of the people did not get any shots!
It my experience it was about 50/50, with less compliance from rural people.
There's the rub for sure, Asa. Who needs advice from old relics like Ben Franklin? "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
I can't find the reason Flock is called Flock. Something tells me it has something to do with techno-governmental “superiors” who see citizens as beasts to be herded. If we ever had an instinctive aversion to mass surveillance, it's too late now. That genii is out of the bottle.
Flocks are protected by shepherds, no?
Years ago, way before AI and these cameras, we had moved into a new neighborhood. We went outside one morning and saw that our car parked on the street in front of our house had been bashed in. There were tire marks coming from the drive way of the house across the street, paint the color of the car in the driveway, and a dented area missing some paint. We called the police and they told us to come file a report. But a motorcycle cop showed up shortly afterwards. Saw the damage and incriminating evidence and left. Another cop showed up and took the full report. As it turned out, the first cop actually owned the house across the street, was separated from his wife, and had moved out but was going through a reconciliation. Or so he thought. The wife had a boyfriend she was still seeing. Apparently the boyfriend had backed out and committed the hit & run. My point is this: When we made the call, that address was flagged and the police officer was told immediately. And in this case, I'm glad he was. We didn't have to go to the station and file a report (which at the bottom of the form states that that is all the police will do. Deal with your insurance company.) We got our car fixed without having to have our insurance pay for it and then raised because we made a claim. I don't know what happened afterwards except that the house was sold. I assume the couple divorced. The cop had rightly turned the case over to another officer. But if the cop was abusive in any way, he already had inside information not available to the rest of us. If he had had cameras he could have accessed and was not an officer with integrity, who knows what could happen? And that is the question we must always asked regarding the trust of our public servants. Just as we can't trust the $cience, we can't trust all law enforcement, doctors, and certainly not politicians.
Speaking of trusting politicians: an IL state rep and her husband (convicted felon who ‘paid his debt to society’ is the County Clerk responsible for elections) and daughter are now under federal indictment (the parents) for ‘siphoning’ money from grant programs the rep was responsible for bestowing. She requested gift$ from the entity receiving the grants. The daughter is charged with fraud in gaining illegal unemployment benefits when she was, in fact, employed. The daughter was charged before her parents… makes one wonder if she gave up the golden geese? Guess the party affiliation. Has the rep been tossed from the House? Hahaha! It is IL, after all. Innocent until proven guilty.
Best advise I can give anyone is "trust no one but yourself". if you do trust someone, as Teddy said, "verify"
Easy solution before it becomes The Final Solution:
Just inform the tweaker community that every flock camera contains gold, silver, and copper.
Sometimes you have to ally with strange bed fellows
LMAO!!!!!! That is actually brilliant Ryan!
I have read in a meme that it is $300 worth.
Seems if it was rumored to be 3000 worth,those things would be coming down like leaves in fall.
It's like the FISA court....... they can spy on us with judicial permission, which is granted 99.99% of the time!
The government and officials abuse during Covid and the 2020 election/J6 debacles showed us what’s in store for We the People if we don’t curtail this soon. IMO every American citizen should possess a legal, Supreme Court ruled upon "copyright" ownership of every personal datapoint in their life, including voice, facial/body recognition, DNA, retinal patterns, etc. Misuse would enable the victims to immediately sue violators for an exorbitant amount of money with possible criminal penalties. Absolute transparency needs to be enabled for anyone to be able to search to see if their data has been accessed, with each citizen receiving a yearly Data Access Report. This would also include the ability of homeowners to be able to access drone data to see who and why their property was subjected to surveillance.
In the meantime, I’m using this: https://photoblocker.com/product-category/photoblocker-spray/
I like this idea about ownership of our data, do you know if this is being done?
Great idea on the spray, does it last indefinitely? Does it need to be re-applied periodically? Im going to buy some, thanks for the link.
Not sure if anyone is organizing this. It probably would be best if it could be a consolidated lawsuit that winds its way through the courts and could potentially land in front of SCOTUS. That would take victims and damages.
Yes, I think the spray would have to be reapplied occasionally, at least where I am in SEPA. They brine the heck out of our roads here in winter and that stuff can be corrosive.
It’s not a perfect solution of course, we’re Flocked if we do, Flocked if we don’t. 😉
I wonder if this A) Actually works and B) if there is a way for the police to test to see if this has been applied? If there is they will ticket you for it.
Thanks. I just bought some
How is this used?
Probably best when sprayed directly on the lens of the camera 🤷🏻♂️
😂
You spray it on your license plate making it reflective to the infrared sensor used to detect your plates rendering the image unreadable. Does not affect the ability to see your plate under normal conditions.
I had a license plate cover back when I cared about/could afford vanity plates. The cover was plastic and did not stand the test of carwashes, UV rays, etc. and became clouded. I was stopped by a police officer who strongly suggested I remove the cover as it obscured my plate and was illegal. I wonder how long before the ‘photo blocker paint’ will be outlawed also. 🙏🏻
That is already illegal in most states. When I lived in FL a cop told me that even having a license plate holder around an otherwise completely visible tag was a violation. All states have laws about making vehicle license plates obscured.
Well, that’s pretty cool!
Need to order some.
This may be similar: https://www.rustoleum.com/-/media/DigitalEncyclopedia/Documents/RustoleumUSA/TDS/English/CBG/Specialty/SPC-20_Specialty_Reflective_Spray_TDS_2.ashx
This is my fear too with flock surveillance…the weaponization of public offices to scare, threaten, arrest citizens simply because one is not conforming to their desired wishes. The Communists love this.
Our government is a representative republic because it was created at a time when communications and travel were nearly impossible. Certainly, through time, both were eventually accomplished; but not in timely enough fashion for government to run. We had to choose men who would try to represent what those who chose them wanted. Sadly, even the pretext of doing so no longer exists. Those we elect spend most of their time raising money - which requires appeasing donors - for their next election.
Perhaps it's time to rethink that paradigm. Instead of giving representatives carte blanche to vote what they think we want them to do, maybe we should require that they refer all issues to the vote of the electorate. Yes, most of the electorate doesn't even bother to vote; so expecting them to pay heed to issues is a false premise. To that I say that just like the poor, the ignorant will always be with us as will the callous and irresponsible. They deserve what ever they get, IMO.
WOW!! Can I ask what county you're in?? Or at least red or blue??
I think "we're keeping you safe" passed 'wearing thin' about six years ago!
"Why are we marching naked to a trench full of dead people? "
- useful idiots
Jeff says, “And we must prosecute every single official who misuses these systems.” Yeah please, but …. I’d go a step further and say we wouldn’t need to use surveillance systems like this at all, ever, if we simply enforced the laws on the books and applied appropriate punishments when someone is found guilty. Instead, almost every crook these days is let off with or without bail, and like Judge Dugan’s recent punishment when it’s time for penalties they get off with a 5k slap on the wrist, or Tim Walz pardoning a child rapist, with a tear in his eye. When crime isn’t penalized justly, crime increases exponentially and THEN they can say that the only way to crack down on the out of control culture is to take away our privacy rights. Almost like it was planned.
The cameras are wrong. Period. Deterrence is the answer, and deterrence happens when punishments make it way too big of a risk to break the law. Worked for centuries before.
Juju, that is an EXCELLENT point. I think Jeff is right, though. The genie is not gonna get back in the bottle. I personally think all this is leading to the final antichrist. May not be for a long time yet, but leading in that direction for sure.
Any stats that are given about Flock cameras catching criminals needs to include how many were actually found guilty and did their time.
Right!! Why infringe on our privacy if you’re not going to deter future criminals with proper convictions.
But it's for our safety! And sheep love safety above damn near everything else. And of course you have wolves in sheep's clothing cashing in on it. And worse, they use our money to buy the damn things without our consent.
The limited Constitutional powers allowed to the government are not built upon the foundation of "Trust Us".
The technology is one thing… the human element is another.
We are only human and flawed in some way…it’s inevitable.
"Trust us, we're keeping us safe" is much more accurate.
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So, local enforcement and consequences are good. But when EVER has that much data been fire walled from Feds? When ever has the data captured and searchable EVER remained limited to exactly the original intention when the system was installed?
If you limit the data to license plates only, and you force data entry validation against actual cases, I'm with you. But the cameras are tracking phone signals, BT transmissions, car BT transmissions, bumper stickers, on and on. And it will only grow.
NONE of that data has anything to do with law enforcement. But it has EVERYTHING to do with control.
During the plandemic we did not comply with the “suggestion” that we stay holed up at home. We were in the middle of building a house an hour away and construction didn’t halt and we had to supervise. That meant traveling back and forth several times a week. At the time there was no way for authorities to know whether we were complying. Now there is. Next time, the lockdowns will be exactly that. That’s what we have to fight against.
That is an excellent point! We saw how the power to control people’s lives came into play then. This would give so much more power to control. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I am a believer who believes that one day, as the Bible tells us there will be “the man of lawlessness” - aka the antichrist. And this technology will fit right into his hands and plans. Terrifying is not too strong a word for that.
The pandemic did not affect my life. I went shopping without wearing a stupid mask. No one said a word to me. I also did not get any of those dangerous shots that will be killing people far into the future.
I ran pretty much the same path. Except that I had to trick a matronly gatekeeper at some store I went into, having her divulge the "secret code" that guarantees a pass... "I have a disability". The law also prohibits anyone asking me to divulge my "disability". Mine? I cannot tolerate kabuki theatre with respect to my health. and/or liberty and/or peace. Increases my heart rate and bood pressure.
Hobby Lobby had a sign up saying that no one with a disability had to wear a mask, and that employees would not question anyone about their disability.
Mrs. RW
Interesting. Good for them.
Love it. Mine would be I am a grudge-carrying Irishwoman.
oh now THAT woud instill a mortal panic into the hearts o any who have known the Irish well I grew up in a very much Irish home. .
😀 One of my favorite jokes is: What do you get if you cross an Irishman with a pig? A pig that carries a grudge!
I bought a Lone Ranger mask, so I was complying as I got strange looks.
The one time in Costco I wore a mask it was the Anonymous mask they stole from "V for Vendetta"
Hahahaha!
I worked with a guy who wore a bandana train robber style:)
How funny!
Susan, its important you call it what it was, it was a pLandemic, a crime against humanity, conducted to control the world and send millions of people to their unnatural deaths.
And the worst part is that it doesn’t look like we are going to get accountability. Why isn’t that motherfucker fauci hanging from a yard arm until his body rots?
It absolutely was a crime against humanity and it will harm people in a variety of ways from now on. Not everyone in Congress, though, because they did not have to take the shot.
Also the USPS was exempt. That is when they tipped their hand.
Many of them also fell to the fear mongering and took the shot anyway - and, many of them are now having "unexplained or mysterious" illnesses, just as the general public. Liike Tutle McConnell who started freezing up mid speech. (clot building strokes?).
I read that Congress was excluded from taking the shot. Don’t know if it was true or not. I suspect any politician we saw getting one, like Biden, was actually getting saline solution.
I hope this is how that RINO POS is finally getting called to answer for his sins. Why haven’t we heard from the doctors about his condition, why is it such a damned secret that the American people dont know if that rotten criminal is dead or alive. This keeping info from the American Citizens just pisses me off.
But I hope you are right and all of them who got the shot pay a price with increasingly poorer health and eventual death, they sure have earned that.
Only thing I Ever call it, unless I am feeling mean, and then I come right out with scamdemic.
That is what it was. The witch who is running as the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio was the one who shut down our schools for two years. Amy Acton is a nasty piece of work.
That may have worked in some Red areas, but certainly not NC. I was often accosted by “karens.”
I lived in Oregon at that time and was kicked out of a Whole Foods for not wearing a mask and out of a Kohl's store for not wearing the mask up over my nose. Also got harassed numerous times flying and having the stewardesses constantly telling people to pull it up over your nose. The funniest experience was dining out. You had to wear your mask at all times at a restaurant except when you sit down.
Well, you know those so dangerous virus particles would never attack while you are sitting, eating or drinking. My eyes rolled so hard at that stupidity they almost got stuck!
Hah!
I was in Clackamas during "the kabuki theatre" time, and needed some items out o Trader Geoe's. Parked,n noticing the queue most theway down the car park, waiting to get in. Admittance was very stingiiy dosed out by the workers there. Everyone had their mug nappies on. I went straight up to the two empoyees "dosing" the poor saps into the store, and expained that I have a disabiity and cannot wear the nappie on my mug. He asked did I know what I need? Yes, 4 items. He motioned an associae oveV, told her to get take care o me. I had her wrote down the items, gave her my credit card and the list. She cheerily wen in, gatheved my 4 items, paid, and brough my card, receipt, list, and goods, then thanked me shopping. During the time it took her to go in and take care o my order I counted two customers granted entry.
The kabuki Theatre was in high gear that day.
Mug Nappies! That’s a good one😅
Very smart. I did not know there was a magic work until someone wrote today.
Total insanity.
That's an ever present danger, pretty much any time, anywhere.
Everyone needs to understand the concept of “situational awareness.”
That is unfortunate and unfair. No one should be accosted by anyone, ever.
Hah! Try wokeville, ie Santa Fe! Shunned, physically attacked, socially excluded. Love the place but can't live there!
How wonderful for you!😏My daughter’s job was considered “non-essential” so no money for her! Thank the Good Lord we were able to help her until that bit of craziness passed. ✊🏼🇺🇸
I didn’t have a job loss facing me, which made it very hard for many. I am self-employed and work from home, although there was not much work coming in.
Years from now, people will look back on the pandemic and be astonished at how we let the government betray us.
We hope people will look back and be astonished.
And smarter.
and wander along cluelessly as they willingy waddle right into the next tricks "they" have up their sleeves The "immigration" issue, sound money, surveilance, "climate change", elections/voting,
It's crazy that Biden mandated those shots because POTUS Trump and Operation Warp Speed bequeathed him a vaccine that was self-disseminating to the entire herd through shedding.
This time around POTUS is bequeathing the AI infrastructure buildout. It’ll be all set up and ready to go for the next guy.
Praise the Lord! Thank you POTUS Trump!
I went to the bank once during the pandemic. It had a big sign in the lobby that said no masks or backpacks And right next to it, a printed sign that said “masks required.” oh the irony.
Ha. Good for you!! You must not have been living in a blue jurisdiction during C-19. We were and if you wanted to shop (in person) you had to wear a mask. 😡
I refuse to consider myself old, and I just say that I have lived a long time. People tend not to mess with people who have lived a long time. ;-)
Frankly , I wish more did. I am prepared to defend any position on any subject , no notes. Sadly, they leave me alone.
One (especially women) becomes invisible at a certain age. Personally, I find it liberating. Watching is just fascinating. In limited doses, of course. And with a quiet place to escape the madness.
AH, brava! I like that spin on it.
Me either! Scam alert was my first thought….& ….chemical warfare
Me neither but they did not have trqacking cameras then.
Same here!!!
that "man o awlessness" already came and went. His name is Titus, son o Vespasian, both were roman generals sent to deal with the rowdy jews. They went into the temple, on a known and recorded date, desecrated it by sacriphicing a pig in the Holy Place, just as Jesus predicted. They returned some time later and utterly destroyed that temple, again, as Jesus predicted. This is recorded in both Jewish and roman records, considered valid and accurate. I don't have those dates commited to memory but coud locate them.
As to "The Antichrist". you need to reread John's words concerning "antichrist". John is not suggesting some monster who will escape out o the shed in the side yard and come and do nasty things at some point in time. No, he is simply providing the Church with a simple and reliable means to discern whether any given person is "one o us" or not. Does that individual hold to the truth that Jesus Christ has come in the phlesh, or not? That test still works today. And always will.
There have been many ‘antichrists’, as the spirit of antichrist has existed from the beginning. So, yeah maybe he was one of many with the spirit of antichrist.
John also spoke of the sun going dark and the moon turning to blood and the sky being split apart like a scroll. Pretty sure those things haven’t happened yet. Same John. Same Spirit speaking through Him, the one given the special privilege of being given the messages to the seven churches and the vision of Jesus Christ, who told him through His angel the things which would take place in the future. Has not happened yet.
aow me to recommend an amazing book on the subject. ken Gentry, Before jerusalem fell As new hardbound copies on eBay, around $40.
Mosty drawn out o roman and hebrew records on those events as they occured.. Considered by historians as accurate.
The sky dark and red moon are described in the period beween the cruciphixion and the end destruction o Jerusalem. Sky split, can't recall. Every detail Jesus described in the Olivet discourse clearly happned.
Interesting... thanks for sharing
I am gad that "some guy" on a bicyce" is pretty hard to track and/or ID
This can be enhanced when that "some guy" owns several bikes, an assortment o jerseys, and some helmets.
Soon enough the paranoid dweebs will be demanding some means o identiphication be visible at all times.
Orwell was too correct.........
Flock will make sure you comply with your two week lockdown
Indeed. Poorly paid employees at an establishment won’t need to scream at you to wear a mask. They can just submit camera footage and a government bill will arrive at your home a week later. Or thinking ahead, they can lock your car so you can’t drive anywhere, etc
Anyone remember 15 minute cities? One step closer…
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Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the LORD sustains the righteous.
The LORD knows the days of the blameless,
And their inheritance will be forever.
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have abundance.
— Psalm 37:16-19 NAS95
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HalleluYah! For Yahweh is good:
Sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.
Your name, O Yahweh, endures forever;
Your memorial name, O Yahweh, throughout all generations.
Psalm 135: 3, 13
The days of the blameless? But not one of us is blameless. Not ever, past or present. Heavy sigh. Some of the verses in the Bible are confounding to me.
And Jeff even had this in his stack today, "There are none without sin; no, not one. Rom. 3:10-12; Psa. 14, 53; Ecc. 7:20."
I think the blameless are those in Christ. No?
Yes, in Christ we are blameless. According to the lexicon:
sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity;
what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact
This was written in Psalms, the OT and Jesus was not on the scene for years yet.
Jesus appears many times in the Old Testament.. It is called a Christophany.
He is prophesied about in the OT. He did not appear in person to humans. As far as the examples below, it is God the Father or Angels like Michael. Jews were not aware of a Holy Trinity so they only saw God as one entity, Yahweh.
The Commander of the Lord's Army (Joshua 5:13-15): Before the siege of Jericho, Joshua encountered a man with a drawn sword. When Joshua asked whose side He was on, the man identified Himself as the commander of the army of the LORD and instructed Joshua to remove his sandals because the ground was holy—a command mirroring God’s encounter with Moses.The Fourth Figure in the Fire (Daniel 3:24-25): After Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a blazing furnace, King Nebuchadnezzar looked in and saw four men walking unharmed. He described the fourth man's appearance as "like a son of the gods" (or "the Son of God"), widely interpreted as a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus coming to deliver His people.The Visitor to Abraham (Genesis 18:1-2, 13-22): The LORD appeared to Abraham near the oaks of Mamre as three men. Abraham addressed one of them as "the LORD" (Yahweh) and engaged in conversation with Him regarding the impending judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah.The Man Who Wrestled Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30): Before reuniting with his brother Esau, Jacob wrestled a "man" until daybreak. When the man blessed Jacob, Jacob realized he had physically wrestled with God and survived, famously calling the place Peniel ("face of God").
Quote is from the OT, not the NT.
"Some of the verses in the Bible are confounding to me."
Me too! These verses, I let rattle around in my head until I'm given the answer.
It has been my experience that the answer glorifies Jesus Christ. (See the replies to your comment from JoJo and Janice.)
Jesus was hundreds of years away from Psalms and this was written for Old Testament audience.
Lori, His presence is found through prophetic descriptions of a coming Messiah, symbolic foreshadowing, and physical appearances prior to his earthly life. These are usually called Christophanies—manifestations of the pre-incarnate Son of God. Some of those would be - Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and ALL through the book of Daniel, who was given many prophcies. He may be refered to as Annointed One, Messiah, Son of Man - those are all our Jesus. <3
The Jews refer to Yahweh and did not see Jesus in the flesh in the OT. Angels were appearing to people in the OT. Foreshadowing yes, in person no. And what good did it do anyway? Jews despise Jesus today (unless you are a Jew for Jesus) and what they say about Him is beyond disgusting. They had all the proof, foreshadowing and still they rejected and reject Him to this day.
You are correct that there are Messianic Jews that accept Jesus as the Messiah. Also, when denigrating the Jews keep in mind that there are many Gentiles that reject Jesus as the Christ. Keep praying that everyone will have a revelation that Jesus is truly our Lord, and accept Him and be saved.
Jesus has always been.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
— Colossians 1:15-17 NAS95
TRUTH!
They are installing them all over Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina. This came before the city Council and County commissioners very quietly with little to no public notice before being passed by both.
But it’s so much worse than what is being reported. Flock explicitly markets connections between police agencies and private entities (businesses, HOAs, schools). Private camera data can feed directly into the shared platform for ‘faster response and investigations.’
Flock has also partnered with Amazon’s Ring, allowing Ring camera owners to share footage with law enforcement via Flock’s platforms (e.g., through community requests or Neighbors feed). This data becomes available in Flock’s RTCC where its totally controlled by Flock forever.
Nothing like violating your fourth amendment rights at scale folks……move along now.
https://x.com/evans_wroten/status/2075905884882915404?s=46
Evans, check out this website.
Launch the Map
Then hit the Timeline
It’s shows install of Flock camera across lower 48, over time. Big ol’ spike in 2025!
Also, hit the ‘Network’ button and you can zoom in on each Flock network across USA and all the other Flock networks who they share data with. It’s a crazy spaghetti chart.
https://deflock.org/
Yep. It’s a great resource!
A Reminder To Myself
Doing what is right is every persons choice daily.
There have been times when I’ve looked to hire people to work with me. Like all companies I try to get good people that would represent my company in the best positive light. A person that’s trustworthy, friendly and kind. Someone that looks like they take care of themselves, seems more likely to care for my business. Someone who could be an example to others.
Wouldn’t it make sense, if it’s important how an employee represents my company it’s more important how I present myself, especially in my life. You never really know who’s watching you. People watch how we live. Our kids, our co workers, even people at the store where we shop. Our actions, how we treat people, helping others, even our body language should make people feel comfortable. If we are kind, good to people, take time for people, that’s a message we are sending out.
We are called to be the light of the world. We should always pay attention to that. Our life in a way is a ministry. Every day when we interact with others we are sending a message. Some people we see are the only interaction they may have all day, we should always want to leave a positive impression of ourselves.
When somebody does something nice for us, don’t just look down and mumble ok thanks. Slow down, show them that you care, look them in the eye with a smile on your face, in a pleasant tone, say thank you I really appreciate that. We can’t get so busy, so preoccupied, that we don’t take time for people. God brings all types of people across our path. We never know if they need something positive added into their life. They may be going through all kinds of difficulty that we know nothing about, yet one kind word, one heartfelt thank you, one look of care and concern can help them through their day. It’s the little things we do.
People don’t see God, they see us. We are vessels and should try to give out some good to somebody, give out hope give out encouragement. We may have difficulties in our own life and one of the best things we can do is take our mind off ourselves. The best thing we can do is go out and be a blessing to someone else. If you will make someone else’s day you are sure to see it come back to you. If we go out each day being a good example you’ll not only make a positive impact in other people’s lives, God will use that to impact our own life, He will cause you to climb higher. Take time out of your busy life to help someone whenever you can.
Happy Saturday!
J.Goodrich
I see God James. Every Single Day. He is everywhere and all things. Nature, Sunshine, Wind, Flowers, Grass, Oceans. In fact, I cannot not see Him wherever I go and that is beautiful to me! And when we help others, they see God working in and through us.
Amen. It confounds me that people say they can’t believe in God, when he is an absolutely everything. How can this world be? How can you not see how special and awesome this world is? Everything interlocks. How can you not see it? You can you call it Whatever you want, Climate, ecology, environment, but it all works together. And that is the divine.
Agree 1000%
By your fruits shall ye be known.
Well said.
A great reminder James! Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Thank You Jane! And You as well!
I LOVE this, James!!! And you are spot on entirely! Bless you for the reminder. Technology has caused a great deal of isolation in many cases. So true that a kindness, whether spoken or demonstrated, can make such a difference. 🙏🥰
That was wonderful, James. Gonna share that to my FB page! 😇🙌🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼😇
Thank you, James, for those words! Very encouraging!
Beautiful! Thanks James!
A Flock of baboons is called a Congress…which is actually the place these cameras should be on our members of Congress 24/7/365…
LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea.
Hi Jeff. Thanks for the link to the DeFlock website. I live in a small city of 9,000 and was surprised to find that we have 12 Flock cameras in our area. Looking at map of the surrounding area, it shows that they are turning up in quite a few small cities and towns. Disturbing.
Money makers. And don't let the fact that the camera company gets a cut of the fine make you worry about false positives. That would NEVER happen.
I was told by our Police Chief that, in Texas, one cannot be charged/fined/cited solely with the use of cameras. State law. An Officer MUST witness the infraction, otherwise there is no witness against you in Court, and the case would be dismissed.
I wish it were that way in Florida
CUT THEM DOWN. Damage and destroy them. Better to apologize - or force authorities to challenge you in court. No government - local, state, or federal - and no individual business - can violate constitutional rights - unless we LET them.
It’s been happening at scale already. No fly lists? Gun permits? Please….
I live in a small city (population 2,069) just south of Louisville. We have flock cameras.
We only have one.
The Flock cameras started showing up in our city of Maricopa, AZ a couple of months ago. Small city of 80K near Phoenix. No public approval to my knowledge.
In our area, the cameras are strategically placed to capture all vehicular traffic entering and exiting the county. I was told the local sheriff’s department contracted with Flock to install the cameras and they did not seek approval from county commissioners. Does anyone know if NC requires a sheriff dept to obtain approval from commissioners?
I think it’s somewhat interesting how much current technology is ushering in the ability for Revelation to happen. If you’ve read about the tribulation period, you know the Antichrist has the ability to monitor everyone for compliance with his directives.
I never really understood how people without the mark could be prohibited from buying and selling until CBDC and the implanted chips were introduced.
How could he monitor millions of people? AI and flock cameras make it possible.
Is the False Prophet not even a person? Is it AI?
It’s an interesting time to be alive. Changing ages.
I remember a Bible study many years ago in which the pastor said that there were some curious translation issues regarding the Antichrist as a person. He suggested that the gender, among other things, was rather ambiguous.
His name is Bill Gates.
The list of potential Antichrists is extensive, and has thus far been wrong. 😉
BOOM!
Great questions, Queen
My experience is that Revelation describes both the inner and outer world.
The Anti Christ may just be a collective, a demonic consciousness.
The problem is that we live post covid where we have seen, under the cover of “emergency” all of our rights upended. From unlawful arrests to mask nazis harassing and bullying. Walk the wrong way in a grocery store aisle? Bam. Flock fine. As well AI generated images can “create” any scenario “necessary” to try and convict. In an Orwellian world where good people are an endangered species I see zero benefit.
Think it was Beria who told Stalin "show me the man and I'll show you the crime"
Sandra: 100%. During covid, we were ‘policed’ by our fellow citizens, into compliance and that was before cameras were everywhere. I can only imagine the fresh hell these cameras will bring when the next control device is deployed on the masses.
I would add that the benefits are CURRENTLY real.
The 'rub' is that technology ALWAYS creates effects antithetical to the problems it's invented to fix.
I'll be watching
We had a case here in NE Florida where a flock camera helped prove someone's wrongful arrest and ultimately, their innocence for a hit and run vehicular homicide.
Unfortunately, the problems still seem to far outweigh the benefits.
Yep. This is always an issue, what can help to solve the problem in one instance and be incredibly useful can also be used for the wrong reasons in the wrong hands. We have to decide if the tradeoff is really worth it but we are not even being asked.
Right, Thomas Sowell's wonderful observation.
Just like guns.
Yup.
I wonder if the same evidence would have come to light with good, competent police work.
A question that I suspect is looming on the horizon, with so many cameras do we need as many police officers?
In this case the police work was about as good as it could be. An arrest was made based on eyewitness reports and a description of the vehicle.
Unfortunately, the actual vehicle was similar but it took the flock cameras to show the mixup. The person arrested in error has filed a suit now and will no doubt subpoena the flock video if it gets that far.
Where are you, if I may ask, in NE FL? We're in the panhandle currently but desperately want to move to Atlantic beach!
WRT the cameras doing anything good, one could always install a dash cam in their own car, of their own choice and that would have likely exonerated the wrongly accused in this case too.
We're in Jax Beach. Been here most of our adult lives. Wouldn't live anywhere else. Atlantic Beach is quite nice as is Neptune Beach. Hope you figure out!
OMG Tony_K! If you know of anyone wanting to sell let me know!! Bonus for properties that are older and as original as possible! And within about 15-20 minutes walk to the beach. 🙂
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The very idea that strapping on a gun and badge, and taking an oath, somehow makes that human a better person is laughable. I’ve been on a long holiday weekend with a bunch of cops from one of the named cities. What a bunch of children. And I’m talking about the supervisors.
Low IQ bunch for sure. Thankful they are there when we need them, but certain toys need to be kept out of their childish reach.
100%. The intention behind it can be good in the beginning but there will always be someone down the road who will abuse the power and boy, did we learn from history!
BOOM!
It is not the cameras that pose the threat to our privacy. Federal, state, and local governments will always have cameras - as well as microphones, GPS trackers, and many other devices potentially used to control us. As Orwell tried to explain in '1984', what matters is what the Control Class does with the information (i.e., records) these devices collect. This explains why the Obama administration dismantled the Federal records management program during the first few months of his first term.
The Control Class controls period. We can expect nothing else. And the cameras are the problem just as the govts. They are the tools used to spy on us.
You can have more laws, more restrictions, more monitoring and control in the name
of crime prevention but people will always find ways to commit crimes including some of the very people who are supposed to be in charge of such technology and charged with its use for the good of society. Go to the root cause of why there is so much crime and general dissatisfaction in the country and only then will you truly make changes for the better.
The reason is the erosion of morality. It’s been happening for at least 50 years.
I totally agree. And the solution is so simple that nobody would believe it. All laws could be scrapped and replaced by one law - Natural Law. Basically we are all free individuals and have the innate right to do whatever we please as long as we cause no harm to others. It really is that simple. Mistakes will still be made and accidents will happen and there will be people who simply refuse to obey such a law but if the majority of people at least tried to abide by such a law, the world would become a far better place.
Natural Law cannot be activated and benefitted from when for members of society who depend day to day, minute by minute on technology, experts, and institutions. These influences constantly press down on Conscience.
You can start by activating it in your life and simply being more mindful in your everyday interactions. You can then try to introduce the principle to friends and family. The world cannot be changed overnight but your life and those close to you can make their worlds better. The key is recognising and understanding the principle of Natural Law in the first place and having the intention to cause no harm.
My experience ... MY experience ... is simple ... study my life ... abandon everything but the nectar of my triumphs and sufferings, past and present.
The criminals are not afraid to get caught. Start there.
While that would be a start, it still doesn’t address the root cause. People will still commit crime if they think they can get away with it and many will just go to greater lengths to hide their crimes. Not so long ago in China, robbers would often receive the death penalty. This resulted in more murders as the criminals would make sure there were no witnesses to their crimes. We need to look into why people feel that it’s ok to cause harm to others in the first place.
Not unlike visiting a shopping website, that you Do Not have a log in for, and then receive an email saying “hey we see you were checking this out, here are some things you might be interested in.” AND I DO use a “non-tracking” browser.
Surveillance State Indeed 🥴
And suddenly, it’s 1984.