activistpost--2020-09-17--Waze To Keep 7-Day Records Of Americans’ Driving Habits

Two weeks have passed since I warned everyone about Amazon drone deliveries being the biggest threat to our privacy that Americans have ever seen .
But a recent news release revealed that Google is giving them a run for their money .
Waze ’ s latest feature “ save your drive ” on Live Map will record Americans driving habits in real-time , effectively turning Waze into a national drivers ’ surveillance program .
As Waze explains on Medium , the ” save your drive ” feature gives users “ the ability to take that planned drive and save it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across our platforms , making trip planning even easier.
” Hiding behind the convenience factor , 9 to 5 Google tries to explain how using Waze anonymously alleviates the headache of entering your personal information each and every time .
How could allowing Waze to know a person ’ s 7-day driving habits threaten their privacy ?
Waze reveals how they store drivers ’ personal travel information to the cloud .
Motorists who allow Waze to save their driving pattern [ s ] will “ ensure you head out at the right time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As The Verge explains , Waze “ will show personalized information pulled from other trips you ’ ve taken or places you ’ ve driven to recently , such as how long the app anticipates it will take for you to get to work.
” Letting Waze know your favorite and frequent travel destinations is just asking for trouble .
Not only do Americans have to worry about DHS tracking everyone ’ s license plates but now Google knows where your friends and family live .
And they will know the time you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at your destination [ s ] .
Giving Google access to a person ’ s entire driving habits , what could possibly go wrong ?
Google is so intent on tracking everyone , they installed Waze “ Beacons ” in tunnels throughout the country .
Google also figured out how to take advantage of COVID-19 by creating a “ Waze Crisis Response Team , ” which lets governments track motorists ’ driving trends or habits .
Google ’ s “ Waze Crisis Response Team ” is all too eager to give governments [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s driving trends .
Read another way , law enforcement can request a person ’ s personal driving habits to look for COVID-19 travel violations or any number of traffic violations .
I wonder who could have predicted that Google would give Amazon a run for their money as one of the biggest threats to Americans ’ privacy .

By MassPrivateI
Two weeks have passed since I warned everyone about Amazon drone deliveries being the biggest threat to our privacy that Americans have ever seen. But a recent news release revealed that Google is giving them a run for their money.
Waze’s latest feature “save your drive” on Live Map will record Americans driving habits in real-time, effectively turning Waze into a national drivers’ surveillance program.
As Waze explains on Medium, the”save your drive” feature gives users “the ability to take that planned drive and save it to the app for a unified experience across our platforms, making trip planning even easier.”
Hiding behind the convenience factor, 9 to 5 Google tries to explain how using Waze anonymously alleviates the headache of entering your personal information each and every time.
This not only relieves the headache of entering your home address over and over, but it allows for 7-day customized planning on the Live Map. What time you should leave Monday might be very different than what time you should leave Friday.
How could allowing Waze to know a person’s 7-day driving habits threaten their privacy?
Waze reveals how they store drivers’ personal travel information to the cloud. Motorists who allow Waze to save their driving pattern[s] will “ensure you head out at the right time based on the latest real-time information.”
Activist Post Recommended Book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
As The Verge explains, Waze “will show personalized information pulled from other trips you’ve taken or places you’ve driven to recently, such as how long the app anticipates it will take for you to get to work.”
New traffic notifications, also rolling out next month, will tell you to hit the road when Waze detects traffic build-ups to your favorite and frequent destinations and along one-time planned drives so that you can try to beat the rush.
Letting Waze know your favorite and frequent travel destinations is just asking for trouble. Not only do Americans have to worry about DHS tracking everyone’s license plates but now Google knows where your friends and family live. And they will know the time you leave your house and when you arrive at your destination[s].
Giving Google access to a person’s entire driving habits, what could possibly go wrong?
Google is so intent on tracking everyone, they installed Waze “Beacons” in tunnels throughout the country.
The Waze Beacons Program empowers partners, such as municipalities and tunnel owners, to:Enable uninterrupted location services underground ensuring drivers never miss an in-tunnel exit.
Google also figured out how to take advantage of COVID-19 by creating a “Waze Crisis Response Team,” which lets governments track motorists’ driving trends or habits.
The Waze Crisis Response Team is working together with our community of volunteer Map Editors and governments around the globe to add quarantine-related road closures, map pins for medical testing centers, and emergency food distribution center locations.
Google’s “Waze Crisis Response Team” is all too eager to give governments [law enforcement] insight into people’s driving trends.
We are making our Waze COVID-19 Impact Dashboard externally available so governments, academics and the interested public can gain more insight into local driving trends.
Read another way, law enforcement can request a person’s personal driving habits to look for COVID-19 travel violations or any number of traffic violations.
I wonder who could have predicted that Google would give Amazon a run for their money as one of the biggest threats to Americans’ privacy.
Source: MassPrivateI Blog


activistpost--2020-09-16--Australia’s Violent Enforcement of Lockdowns Sparks Memories of the Eureka Rebellion

2020 is looking eerily similar to 1854 for the people of Victoria , Australia ’ s second most populous state .
This footage reveals a little of the current scene , with Aussies protesting against draconian lockdowns , and police in riot gear arresting them in large numbers .
More on this below .
First let us wind the clock back 170 years… Australia is not yet an independent nation , Victoria is still a British colony .
Established as penal colonies for convicts under the guard of British soldiers , the Australian settlements were government projects from the outset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experience as producing “ an attitude to authority in which private resentment mingled with ostensible resignation.
” But the ‘ gold rush ’ of the mid-1800s brings in a new aspirational class of workers , including Americans , Irish , British Chartists , and people involved in various European revolutions .
The Australian diggings were notably more lawful and organized than those in California .
People were well behaved and generally unarmed—they just wanted to get on with digging in the hope of striking it rich .
It would take an especially egregious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these otherwise lawful men into rebellion .
Government at this time consists of an appointed Governor and a legislative council containing some appointees and some elected members , but voting is mostly limited to landowners—so miners are not represented .
With urban employers and wealthy landowners worried about a labor shortage and an exodus of workers to the diggings , the colonial government comes up with a scheme to coerce the entrepreneurial miners back into structured employment .
Their scheme was a ‘ license fee ’ similar to a poll tax , initially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Miners were forced to pay it whether or not they found gold .
As gold became harder to find , the license fee became increasingly burdensome and resented .
The police were not neutral law enforcers , but would engage in “ digger hunts ” with accusations of extorting money , taking bribes , and imprisoning people without due process .
Diggers were often asked for their licenses several times in one day .
As testified by Peter Lalor “ the diggers were subjected to the most unheard of insults and cruelties in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in many instances chained to logs if they could not produce their license.
” The miners moreover had no neutral court of law to appeal to if they were unjustly treated—their cases would be heard by the taxation administrators who were themselves “ parties to the case.
” Miners tried sending delegations to appeal to Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe regarding the fees , but to no avail .
On October 17 , 1854 , some 5,000 miners gathered over what they felt was an injustice , as a hotel owner and friend of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bribed his way out of a murder charge .
In an unfortunate spill-over of fury , the Eureka Hotel was burned down .
This was the catalyst for what was to become a more organized resistance movement .
On November 11 , the Ballarat Reform League was formed under the direction of Chartist John Basson Humffray .
Their demands were the release of three miners charged with the Eureka Hotel fire , and a Chartist inspired program of “ no taxation without representation.
” But when delegates tried to negotiate with the Victorian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the fact that they made “ demands ” rather than the traditional “ petition.
” As a rebuff to their apparent insolence , he instead sent 150 soldiers to Ballarat to bolster the police presence .
Then ( as now ) the situation was moving from petty despotism to organized tyranny .
Authorities threatened to use the riot act to essentially ban gatherings of twelve people or more .
On November 29 , as the miners hear Hotham ’ s response , they collectively decide to burn their licenses in outright defiance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more aggressive “ digger hunt ” the next morning .
From this point , to use an Australian expression , it was on .
The land we now know as Australia had previously seen a coup d ’ etat by the military , and scattered uprisings by Aborigines , Convicts , and Outlaws , which had all been swiftly quelled by those in power .
There had never been a George Washington-type character or a popular uprising .
But on November 30 that year , the miners at Ballarat came the closest .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ miners hoisted their own Southern Cross flag and made a pledge : “ We swear by the Southern Cross , to stand truly by each other , and fight to defend our rights and liberties.
” With Lalor elected as a pseudo-military leader , the miners built a ‘ stockade ’ ( a crude fort ) and started engaging in military drills .
But not for long .
Almost immediately , on Sunday December 3 ( when the predominantly Catholic Irish would be at Mass ) government troops attacked and quickly obliterated their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five soldiers .
The police arrested and detained 113 of the miners while many others went into hiding .
Eventually 13 were taken to Melbourne to stand trial for high treason , including John Joseph—an African American man from Baltimore .
The trials were held in the capital rather than Ballarat to avoid any local attachments .
The miners must have known that they never stood a chance militarily .
But the real battleground , both then and now , lay with public opinion .
People in the capital were initially fearful of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government ’ s heavy-handedness and of the miners ’ courageous stand against such brutal treatment , gradually started to win the sympathy of the general public .
Large crowds would gather outside courtrooms , with juries frequently taking less than an hour to throw out the case .
Given that the accused probably were guilty of what they were charged with , it was a form of jury nullification of unjust laws .
Anybody interested from a legal point of view can read about the trials here .
In the end , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amnesty declared for those still in hiding , including Lalor .
The license fee was removed , replaced by an export duty and a nominal £1 per year miner ’ s right .
Half the police on the goldfields were sacked and one warden replaced the multitude of gold commissioners .
The Victorian Legislative Council was expanded to include eight members elected by diggers who held a miner ’ s right .
One of these elected members was Peter Lalor who had survived the stockade as an amputee after being shot in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court Michael Kirby states : This brings us to the present day .
At time of writing , the state of Victoria is facing perhaps the developed world ’ s most oppressive and mean-spirited overreaction from the government in response the COVID virus .
Police in riot gear are forcefully clearing out farmers markets , harassing elderly women for sitting on a park bench , snatching infants in strollers from fathers , and fining people for catching a bus without a ‘ work permit.
’ In the modern town of Ballarat , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and arrested in her own home over a Facebook post promoting a peaceful protest , in a town not even under the severest level of lockdown .
She was charged with ‘ incitement ’ similar to a terrorism charge , and could face 15 years in jail .
People are being threatened with fines for merely ‘ liking ’ a Facebook post .
Meanwhile parliament has voted to suspend itself , giving dictatorial powers to the Premier under a so called “ state of emergency ” .
The people are under an 9:00 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of their homes to exercise for two hours a day in their local neighborhood .
Comparisons to dystopian novels can sound trite , but are fitting in this case .
Readers might be thinking that ‘ the virus ’ must be pretty bad in Victoria to elicit such an authoritarian response .
Guess again .
At time of writing there are 12 people in ICU in the entire state—check the latest figures here if you like .
What makes Victoria different is the impossible threshold set by the Premier—as though viruses can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Premier has iterated that the lockdowns will remain in place until there are no new cases for 14 consecutive days .
The number of new COVID cases is reported every day almost like a taunt to the public , while every other statistic—like suicides , business closures , bankruptcies , cancelled weddings , undiagnosed cancers , lonely deaths from other causes , etc , etc , is ignored .
It is zero tolerance for a virus , or innocent people will be punished in countless other ways in perpetuity .
This excessive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of doctors , epidemiologists , lawyers , legal experts , the World Health Organization , and even Federal government medical officers .
The modelling that provoked it has been shown to be wrong .
Public policy experts have made the seemingly obvious point that a pandemic requires different responses from different sections of the public using dispersed knowledge , so any ‘ one rule for all ’ response is doomed to fail .
And since any reported case means prolonged lockdown and suffering for everybody , people are increasingly reluctant to report infections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As a result , contact tracing is failing in Victoria , while working well in other states .
Of course , the Premier has his paid staff of experts who naturally say that the emperor has clothes on this .
But even his own chief medical officer backed away from the Premier ’ s most excessive dictates , leaving him grasping for scapegoats .
Apparently people will only sell so much of their soul .
C.S .
Lewis famously wrote : “ Of all tyrannies , a tyranny sincerely exercised for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most oppressive… those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
” Perhaps the Premier really believes he is doing good by doing evil .
Or perhaps he is just doubling down on past mistakes to save face .
But with so little intellectual support , it is hard to see this as anything other than a ruthless social experiment to see just how compliant Australian people can be .
So Where Does the Public Stand ?
Politics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no exception .
Those supporting the Premier are generally those with a more comfortable work-from-home existence .
The ‘ pajama class panickers ’ as they are sometimes called , just want a strong leader to ‘ do something ’ that seems like it might work , even if it doesn ’ t , having no concept of the cost—since the cost of their perceived protection generally falls onto others .
Worse , there are some who , Gillette ads notwithstanding , seem to think that violence against women is totally fine when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ They cheer and gloat when people are arrested for simply living their life , because it apparently ‘ serves them right.
’ Some elements of the media are quick to smear any protesters as crazy conspiracy theorists , while the brother of the pregnant Facebooker mentioned above has reportedly received death threats for trying to raise funds for her legal defense .
But on the brighter side , just as the general public turned against the excesses of the police state in 1854 , the same is happening today .
When the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives , criminalizes actually living your life , people start to realize what libertarians have been saying for a long time : the state is them not us .
The state is not on the side of peaceful individuals that make up society , and there is no aspect of your life that they won ’ t step on to show you who is boss .
States can usually rely on corporate CEOs and celebrities to tow the politically correct line—but thankfully not in this case .
Business leaders are pointing out absurdities—like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but private contractors are prohibited from even mowing a lawn by themselves .
Those with a public voice are lambasting the Premier , like this football player whose father ( also a famous footballer ) died alone , saying “ I lost my 78-year-old father , Premier… He wasn ’ t dying from this , he was dying from the isolation and the loneliness.
” The general public is realizing it has a voice , that the medical experts ( besides courtiers on the Premier ’ s payroll ) are on our side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasingly fumbling for excuses .
What Can Be Done ?
It would be nice if the police could have some backbone at this time—to say to their bosses , “ We are not doing this anymore .
We refuse to be degraded in this way , being sent to war against the people we are supposed to protect.
” But that is unlikely .
More realistically , in the Australian political system , State Premiers can be ousted within days without parliament even sitting , if their own party room turns against them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deputy leader or cabinet minister who was ‘ fully on board ’ with the agenda five minutes ago , can suddenly come out as being diametrically opposed to it , and take the top job .
That is the most plausible way out of this nightmare for the people of Victoria .
Viruses are not going away , but Premiers can be sent packing pretty easily .
The backbenchers of the ruling Labor party need to fear for their own re-election more than they crave the favor of their failed leader .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groundswell of support for peaceful coexistence with sensible , contextually appropriate safeguards , and the removal of support bullies and thugs .
Resolute Victorians stood up to tyranny at least once before , and will stand up once again .
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By Mark Hornshaw and Zachary Gorman
2020 is looking eerily similar to 1854 for the people of Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state. This footage reveals a little of the current scene, with Aussies protesting against draconian lockdowns, and police in riot gear arresting them in large numbers. More on this below.
Eureka Then
First let us wind the clock back 170 years… Australia is not yet an independent nation, Victoria is still a British colony. Established as penal colonies for convicts under the guard of British soldiers, the Australian settlements were government projects from the outset. Historian Robert Hughes described the convict experience as producing “an attitude to authority in which private resentment mingled with ostensible resignation.”
But the ‘gold rush’ of the mid-1800s brings in a new aspirational class of workers, including Americans, Irish, British Chartists, and people involved in various European revolutions. The Australian diggings were notably more lawful and organized than those in California. People were well behaved and generally unarmed—they just wanted to get on with digging in the hope of striking it rich. It would take an especially egregious assault by those in power to drive these otherwise lawful men into rebellion.
Government at this time consists of an appointed Governor and a legislative council containing some appointees and some elected members, but voting is mostly limited to landowners—so miners are not represented. With urban employers and wealthy landowners worried about a labor shortage and an exodus of workers to the diggings, the colonial government comes up with a scheme to coerce the entrepreneurial miners back into structured employment.
Their scheme was a ‘license fee’ similar to a poll tax, initially set at 30 shillings a month. Miners were forced to pay it whether or not they found gold. As gold became harder to find, the license fee became increasingly burdensome and resented.
The police were not neutral law enforcers, but would engage in “digger hunts” with accusations of extorting money, taking bribes, and imprisoning people without due process. Diggers were often asked for their licenses several times in one day. As testified by Peter Lalor “the diggers were subjected to the most unheard of insults and cruelties in the collection of this tax, being in many instances chained to logs if they could not produce their license.”
The miners moreover had no neutral court of law to appeal to if they were unjustly treated—their cases would be heard by the taxation administrators who were themselves “parties to the case.” Miners tried sending delegations to appeal to Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe regarding the fees, but to no avail.
On October 17, 1854, some 5,000 miners gathered over what they felt was an injustice, as a hotel owner and friend of the local magistrate was said to have bribed his way out of a murder charge. In an unfortunate spill-over of fury, the Eureka Hotel was burned down. This was the catalyst for what was to become a more organized resistance movement.
On November 11, the Ballarat Reform League was formed under the direction of Chartist John Basson Humffray. Their demands were the release of three miners charged with the Eureka Hotel fire, and a Chartist inspired program of “no taxation without representation.”
But when delegates tried to negotiate with the Victorian government, Governor Charles Hotham felt affronted by the fact that they made “demands” rather than the traditional “petition.” As a rebuff to their apparent insolence, he instead sent 150 soldiers to Ballarat to bolster the police presence.
Then (as now) the situation was moving from petty despotism to organized tyranny. Authorities threatened to use the riot act to essentially ban gatherings of twelve people or more.
On November 29, as the miners hear Hotham’s response, they collectively decide to burn their licenses in outright defiance. The police respond with an even more aggressive “digger hunt” the next morning. From this point, to use an Australian expression, it was on.
The land we now know as Australia had previously seen a coup d’etat by the military, and scattered uprisings by Aborigines, Convicts, and Outlaws, which had all been swiftly quelled by those in power. There had never been a George Washington-type character or a popular uprising. But on November 30 that year, the miners at Ballarat came the closest.
Led by Irish immigrant Peter Lalor the miners hoisted their own Southern Cross flag and made a pledge: “We swear by the Southern Cross, to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.”
With Lalor elected as a pseudo-military leader, the miners built a ‘stockade’ (a crude fort) and started engaging in military drills. But not for long. Almost immediately, on Sunday December 3 (when the predominantly Catholic Irish would be at Mass) government troops attacked and quickly obliterated their makeshift fort, killing 22 diggers and five soldiers.
The police arrested and detained 113 of the miners while many others went into hiding. Eventually 13 were taken to Melbourne to stand trial for high treason, including John Joseph—an African American man from Baltimore. The trials were held in the capital rather than Ballarat to avoid any local attachments.
The Rebels Win Public Sympathy
The miners must have known that they never stood a chance militarily. But the real battleground, both then and now, lay with public opinion. People in the capital were initially fearful of a full-blown rebellion, but news of the government’s heavy-handedness and of the miners’ courageous stand against such brutal treatment, gradually started to win the sympathy of the general public.
Large crowds would gather outside courtrooms, with juries frequently taking less than an hour to throw out the case. Given that the accused probably were guilty of what they were charged with, it was a form of jury nullification of unjust laws. Anybody interested from a legal point of view can read about the trials here.
In the end, the accused were released and a general amnesty declared for those still in hiding, including Lalor. The license fee was removed, replaced by an export duty and a nominal £1 per year miner’s right. Half the police on the goldfields were sacked and one warden replaced the multitude of gold commissioners.
The Victorian Legislative Council was expanded to include eight members elected by diggers who held a miner’s right. One of these elected members was Peter Lalor who had survived the stockade as an amputee after being shot in the shoulder.
Former Justice of the High Court Michael Kirby states:
Eureka stands as a warning to indifferent politicians, judges and other officials. In the ultimate, the law is not obeyed because it is made in this or that way or even because it is declared in courts of the highest authority. In the end it depends upon the community’s acceptance of it.
Eureka Now
This brings us to the present day.
At time of writing, the state of Victoria is facing perhaps the developed world’s most oppressive and mean-spirited overreaction from the government in response the COVID virus. Police in riot gear are forcefully clearing out farmers markets, harassing elderly women for sitting on a park bench, snatching infants in strollers from fathers, and fining people for catching a bus without a ‘work permit.’ In the modern town of Ballarat, a pregnant woman in her pajamas is handcuffed and arrested in her own home over a Facebook post promoting a peaceful protest, in a town not even under the severest level of lockdown. She was charged with ‘incitement’ similar to a terrorism charge, and could face 15 years in jail. People are being threatened with fines for merely ‘liking’ a Facebook post.
Meanwhile parliament has voted to suspend itself, giving dictatorial powers to the Premier under a so called “state of emergency”. The people are under an 9:00 p.m. curfew, and are only allowed out of their homes to exercise for two hours a day in their local neighborhood. Comparisons to dystopian novels can sound trite, but are fitting in this case.
Readers might be thinking that ‘the virus’ must be pretty bad in Victoria to elicit such an authoritarian response. Guess again. At time of writing there are 12 people in ICU in the entire state—check the latest figures here if you like. What makes Victoria different is the impossible threshold set by the Premier—as though viruses can be made to obey human laws.
The Premier has iterated that the lockdowns will remain in place until there are no new cases for 14 consecutive days. The number of new COVID cases is reported every day almost like a taunt to the public, while every other statistic—like suicides, business closures, bankruptcies, cancelled weddings, undiagnosed cancers, lonely deaths from other causes, etc, etc, is ignored. It is zero tolerance for a virus, or innocent people will be punished in countless other ways in perpetuity.
This excessive level of restriction goes against the advice of doctors, epidemiologists, lawyers, legal experts, the World Health Organization, and even Federal government medical officers. The modelling that provoked it has been shown to be wrong. Public policy experts have made the seemingly obvious point that a pandemic requires different responses from different sections of the public using dispersed knowledge, so any ‘one rule for all’ response is doomed to fail.
And since any reported case means prolonged lockdown and suffering for everybody, people are increasingly reluctant to report infections or admit to having left their homes. As a result, contact tracing is failing in Victoria, while working well in other states.
Of course, the Premier has his paid staff of experts who naturally say that the emperor has clothes on this. But even his own chief medical officer backed away from the Premier’s most excessive dictates, leaving him grasping for scapegoats. Apparently people will only sell so much of their soul.
C.S. Lewis famously wrote: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive… those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” Perhaps the Premier really believes he is doing good by doing evil. Or perhaps he is just doubling down on past mistakes to save face. But with so little intellectual support, it is hard to see this as anything other than a ruthless social experiment to see just how compliant Australian people can be.
So Where Does the Public Stand?
Politics always divides and this present case is no exception. Those supporting the Premier are generally those with a more comfortable work-from-home existence. The ‘pajama class panickers’ as they are sometimes called, just want a strong leader to ‘do something’ that seems like it might work, even if it doesn’t, having no concept of the cost—since the cost of their perceived protection generally falls onto others.
Worse, there are some who, Gillette ads notwithstanding, seem to think that violence against women is totally fine when it is carried out by ‘law enforcers.’ They cheer and gloat when people are arrested for simply living their life, because it apparently ‘serves them right.’ Some elements of the media are quick to smear any protesters as crazy conspiracy theorists, while the brother of the pregnant Facebooker mentioned above has reportedly received death threats for trying to raise funds for her legal defense.
But on the brighter side, just as the general public turned against the excesses of the police state in 1854, the same is happening today. When the government, in the name of saving lives, criminalizes actually living your life, people start to realize what libertarians have been saying for a long time: the state is them not us. The state is not on the side of peaceful individuals that make up society, and there is no aspect of your life that they won’t step on to show you who is boss.
States can usually rely on corporate CEOs and celebrities to tow the politically correct line—but thankfully not in this case. Business leaders are pointing out absurdities—like how municipal workers can work in groups but private contractors are prohibited from even mowing a lawn by themselves.
Those with a public voice are lambasting the Premier, like this football player whose father (also a famous footballer) died alone, saying “I lost my 78-year-old father, Premier… He wasn’t dying from this, he was dying from the isolation and the loneliness.” The general public is realizing it has a voice, that the medical experts (besides courtiers on the Premier’s payroll) are on our side, and the tyrants in charge are increasingly fumbling for excuses.
What Can Be Done?
It would be nice if the police could have some backbone at this time—to say to their bosses, “We are not doing this anymore. We refuse to be degraded in this way, being sent to war against the people we are supposed to protect.” But that is unlikely.
More realistically, in the Australian political system, State Premiers can be ousted within days without parliament even sitting, if their own party room turns against them and calls a ‘spill.’ A deputy leader or cabinet minister who was ‘fully on board’ with the agenda five minutes ago, can suddenly come out as being diametrically opposed to it, and take the top job.
That is the most plausible way out of this nightmare for the people of Victoria. Viruses are not going away, but Premiers can be sent packing pretty easily. The backbenchers of the ruling Labor party need to fear for their own re-election more than they crave the favor of their failed leader.
All that is required is enough of a groundswell of support for peaceful coexistence with sensible, contextually appropriate safeguards, and the removal of support bullies and thugs. Resolute Victorians stood up to tyranny at least once before, and will stand up once again.
Source: FEE.org
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activistpost--2020-09-16--Operation Legend: Feds Funding More Unconstitutional Local Surveillance

Pushing for “ law and order ” but ignoring the supreme law of the land , the DOJ has been @ @ @ @ @ to implement expansive , warrantless surveillance programs .
This is really nothing new , but @ @ @ @ @ .
• What Criminal Laws are Congress Authorized by the Constitution to Make ?
• @ @ @ @ @ Overview of Federal Programs that Militarize and Nationalize Local Police • Project Guardian : Another @ @ @ @ @ and Liberty Michael Boldin [ send him email ] is the founder of the Tenth @ @ @ @ @ raised in Milwaukee , WI , and currently resides in Los Angeles , CA .
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By Michael Boldin
Pushing for “law and order” but ignoring the supreme law of the land, the DOJ has been throwing cash at local governments to implement expansive, warrantless surveillance programs. This is really nothing new, but even more of the same.
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activistpost--2020-09-16--Overturning COVID Restrictions and States of Emergency

“ You think you got the horses for that ?
Well , good luck and God bless , but I tell you this…the last place you want to see me is in court.
” ( attorney Arthur Edens , in the film , Michael Clayton , 2007 ) Memo to lawyers : What are you waiting for ?
File big cases now .
I ’ ve been covering the decision in the Pennsylvania COVID case and the court filing in Ohio .
They give us the templates for potential victories in other states and countries .
In Pennsylvania ( ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Governor Wolf ’ s COVID containment measures are unconstitutional .
The judge went further .
NO emergency cancels the Constitution .
There is a line that can not be crossed .
The right to assemble , to have freedom of movement , to earn a living—they can ’ t be wiped off the board by lockdowns for ANY reason .
This is , indeed , a heroic ruling .
It affirms the unmistakable rays of light emanating from the basis of the American Republic .
In Tom Renz ’ s gigantic Ohio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Constitution and issues of fact/science are asserted .
Facts mean something .
A declaration of emergency must undergo scrutiny , to determine whether a clear and present danger justifies the declaration .
Otherwise , a government can destroy the Constitution , the rule of law , and human rights by falsely claiming danger when there is none .
We would be back in the time of Royal Edict , with the king ’ s army as the “ rationale.
” In 2020 , lunatic cultural proclivities , media propaganda , political jockeying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rigging of “ facts , ” and profit motives are in the mix .
They produce amnesia about basic principles .
The law , when correctly applied , refreshes memory and sweeps away a blizzard of claims and counter-claims .
The law comes to the point .
Using the law , one can say to governors and their public health advisors , “ You ’ ve been going on for months now about the COVID spread and the emergency and the containment measures , but we want to reduce this to basics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to strip away our freedoms , and is there a factual reason to believe a state of emergency is necessary—so we ’ re going to court.
” Or , putting it another way : “ Sir , you ’ re holding a gun to my head while you ’ re explaining at length why I can ’ t move .
But you see , nothing has happened in court yet .
Meet my lawyer .
Are you going to shoot us both ?
Is that where you really want to go ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 per month at Patreon .
In Ohio , attorney Tom Renz , on behalf of his clients , and against the governor , is asking for a jury trial .
He wants citizens to hear the complex arguments about COVID SCIENCE .
He wants citizens to understand the con and the game that is being played , in great detail .
This is impressive .
Renz believes The People deserve to know and they are capable of understanding .
From my nearly 40 years working as a reporter , experience tells me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth is laid out step by step , The People come to their senses .
They cut through their own malaise .
They cut through media indoctrination .
As if they once took a voyage to an island called Logic , they suddenly remember that voyage .
After all , the COVID lockdowns and the economic destruction are being visited on the population at large , so let a dozen of their members ( OUR members ) hear the case and adjudicate it .
I ’ m not naïve about courts and judges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do know that , among the denizens of that system , there are keen minds and persons of good will .
Persons who know that the Law , as it was once enshrined by the Founders , is a beacon and a breakthrough .
It is a culmination , after centuries of struggle , which places freedom at the head of the table .
What is COVID science ?
Has the virus actually been defined ?
Have case and death numbers been drastically inflated ?
Is there a pandemic ?
Why is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that has never been properly validated , being deployed ?
How many obfuscations has the CDC planted to hide official secrets ?
Let ’ s go to court and turn on the lights and explore the rabbit hole .
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He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the purpose of which is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics , health , logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
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By Jon Rappoport
“You think you got the horses for that? Well, good luck and God bless, but I tell you this…the last place you want to see me is in court.” (attorney Arthur Edens, in the film, Michael Clayton, 2007)
Memo to lawyers: What are you waiting for? File big cases now.
I’ve been covering the decision in the Pennsylvania COVID case and the court filing in Ohio. They give us the templates for potential victories in other states and countries.
In Pennsylvania (ruling), a federal judge just ruled that Governor Wolf’s COVID containment measures are unconstitutional. The judge went further. NO emergency cancels the Constitution. There is a line that cannot be crossed. The right to assemble, to have freedom of movement, to earn a living—they can’t be wiped off the board by lockdowns for ANY reason.
This is, indeed, a heroic ruling. It affirms the unmistakable rays of light emanating from the basis of the American Republic.
In Tom Renz’s gigantic Ohio filing against Governor Mike DeWine, both the Constitution and issues of fact/science are asserted. Facts mean something. A declaration of emergency must undergo scrutiny, to determine whether a clear and present danger justifies the declaration.
Otherwise, a government can destroy the Constitution, the rule of law, and human rights by falsely claiming danger when there is none. We would be back in the time of Royal Edict, with the king’s army as the “rationale.”
(Attorney press release posted here; Attorney plaintiff document filed with court posted here.)
In 2020, lunatic cultural proclivities, media propaganda, political jockeying, pretensions of science, scare tactics, rigging of “facts,” and profit motives are in the mix. They produce amnesia about basic principles.
The law, when correctly applied, refreshes memory and sweeps away a blizzard of claims and counter-claims. The law comes to the point.
Using the law, one can say to governors and their public health advisors, “You’ve been going on for months now about the COVID spread and the emergency and the containment measures, but we want to reduce this to basics: do you have the Constitutional right to strip away our freedoms, and is there a factual reason to believe a state of emergency is necessary—so we’re going to court.”
Or, putting it another way: “Sir, you’re holding a gun to my head while you’re explaining at length why I can’t move. But you see, nothing has happened in court yet. Meet my lawyer. Are you going to shoot us both? Is that where you really want to go?”
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In Ohio, attorney Tom Renz, on behalf of his clients, and against the governor, is asking for a jury trial. He wants citizens to hear the complex arguments about COVID SCIENCE. He wants citizens to understand the con and the game that is being played, in great detail. This is impressive. Renz believes The People deserve to know and they are capable of understanding.
From my nearly 40 years working as a reporter, experience tells me attorney Renz is correct. When the truth is laid out step by step, The People come to their senses. They cut through their own malaise. They cut through media indoctrination. As if they once took a voyage to an island called Logic, they suddenly remember that voyage.
After all, the COVID lockdowns and the economic destruction are being visited on the population at large, so let a dozen of their members (OUR members) hear the case and adjudicate it.
I’m not naïve about courts and judges and lawyers and juries. But I do know that, among the denizens of that system, there are keen minds and persons of good will. Persons who know that the Law, as it was once enshrined by the Founders, is a beacon and a breakthrough.
It is a culmination, after centuries of struggle, which places freedom at the head of the table.
Freedom—not edicts, not lockdowns.
What is COVID science? Has the virus actually been defined? Have case and death numbers been drastically inflated? Is there a pandemic? Why is a diagnostic test that has so many holes, that has never been properly validated, being deployed? How many obfuscations has the CDC planted to hide official secrets?
Let’s go to court and turn on the lights and explore the rabbit hole.
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The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails here or his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.
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activistpost--2020-09-16--19 Families Buy Nearly 100 Acres To Create Their Own “Safe Community”

19 families calling themselves the “ Freedom Georgia Initiative ” have purchased nearly 100 acres of land and are planning to create a small community in rural Georgia , which they say will be a safe space for Black people .
The community will be located about 130 miles south of Atlanta and is about 97 total acres in size .
The plan began a few weeks ago when Renee Walters called her friend Ashley Scott and told her that the rural town of Toomsboro was for sale .
Scott is a real estate agent , so she began looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was just such a beautiful piece of land .
It was affordable , and it just made sense that we could create something that would be amazing for our families , ” Scott said told CNN .
The women had been considering creating a safe community like this as an answer to the violence that black people face from police and racists , especially in places like Georgia .
“ So , watching our people protesting in the streets , while it is important , and I want people to stay out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the injustices of black people .
We needed to create a space and a place where we could be a village again , a tribe again , ” Walters said .
The two women then began reaching out to family and friends to see who would want to get involved and there was plenty of interest .
They say that while their community will be a safe place for Black people , it will not be exclusively Black .
“ It ’ s impossible to have anything exclusively Black because our families are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tolerant and diverse community even as Black people , so we don ’ t intend for it to be exclusively Black , but we do intend for it to be pro Black in every way , ” Scott said .
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Supporters of the community reportedly drove to the land from all over the country on Labor Day weekend for a “ Big Black Camp Out.
” Now that the property is purchased , the Freedom Georgia Initiative plans to start @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and even a lake for fishing .
Eventually , they hope to expand the area into a fully operational city .
“ By being able to create a community that is thriving , that is safe , that has agriculture and commercial businesses that are supporting one another and that dollars circulating in our community .
That is our vision , to be able to pass this land down to my children and to the children that are represented by each of our 19 families as a piece of legacy , ” Scott @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Collective Courage : A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice and professor of community justice at John Jay College , said that this idea is actually fairly common throughout history .
“ We have a very long history of doing cooperative economics , economic cooperation , creating our own communal towns .
More recently , we ’ ve been establishing community land trust , which actually give official land ownership to the community , ” Nembhard said .
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By John Vibes
19 families calling themselves the “Freedom Georgia Initiative” have purchased nearly 100 acres of land and are planning to create a small community in rural Georgia, which they say will be a safe space for Black people. The community will be located about 130 miles south of Atlanta and is about 97 total acres in size.
The plan began a few weeks ago when Renee Walters called her friend Ashley Scott and told her that the rural town of Toomsboro was for sale. Scott is a real estate agent, so she began looking for listings in the area.
“It was just such a beautiful piece of land. It was affordable, and it just made sense that we could create something that would be amazing for our families,” Scott said told CNN.
The women had been considering creating a safe community like this as an answer to the violence that black people face from police and racists, especially in places like Georgia.
“So, watching our people protesting in the streets, while it is important, and I want people to stay out in the streets, bringing attention to the injustices of black people. We needed to create a space and a place where we could be a village again, a tribe again,” Walters said.
The two women then began reaching out to family and friends to see who would want to get involved and there was plenty of interest.
They say that while their community will be a safe place for Black people, it will not be exclusively Black.
“It’s impossible to have anything exclusively Black because our families are integrated. We are an integrated, tolerant and diverse community even as Black people, so we don’t intend for it to be exclusively Black, but we do intend for it to be pro Black in every way,” Scott said.
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Supporters of the community reportedly drove to the land from all over the country on Labor Day weekend for a “Big Black Camp Out.”
Now that the property is purchased, the Freedom Georgia Initiative plans to start building farms, facilities for recreation, and even a lake for fishing. Eventually, they hope to expand the area into a fully operational city.
“By being able to create a community that is thriving, that is safe, that has agriculture and commercial businesses that are supporting one another and that dollars circulating in our community. That is our vision, to be able to pass this land down to my children and to the children that are represented by each of our 19 families as a piece of legacy,” Scott said.
Jessica Gordon Nembhard, author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice and professor of community justice at John Jay College, said that this idea is actually fairly common throughout history.
“We have a very long history of doing cooperative economics, economic cooperation, creating our own communal towns. More recently, we’ve been establishing community land trust, which actually give official land ownership to the community,” Nembhard said.
Freedom Georgia Initiative on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomga2020/
Source: The Mind Unleashed
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School Daze

I ’ m both a teacher and a parent of a student .
I can say with authority that distance learning and the in-school New Normal are beyond bad .
They are society-killing , man-made disasters .
My students are amazing , and we are making the best of the situation .
I know my class will be beneficial to the students , but they are being robbed .
Quite literally .
They are paying for one academic and social experience and receiving a much diluted and polluted version of college life .
We are all starting the semester at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t tell me that it ’ s better than dying , because attending school is not a death sentence , no matter what you have been told .
My high school son has said that online learning is “ All of the bad parts of school and none of the good.
” He has had more than one meltdown over the stress and confusion .
His experience in the physical school was no better .
He is masked and distanced all day long .
He said he did not talk to one other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day of hybrid learning !
!
!
!
The following is from a “ friend ” : Children are crying because they can hear but can ’ t see their classmates .
They ’ re crying because they can see but not hear their teachers .
They ’ re crying because they raise their hands but don ’ t get called because their teacher can ’ t see them .
My second grader ’ s teacher was on the verge of tears and ended her class early .
My ninth-grader was in tears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever be able to learn anything .
Distance learning isn ’ t just no learning .
It ’ s actually emotionally harmful .
No learning would be neutral .
It ’ s not even neutral .
It ’ s actually causing problems , creating more obstacles that will put children further behind .
Distance learning is causing emotional harm and mental distress — a TRAGEDY for our students , for our teachers , and for our parents .
My style of teaching is very personal .
I want to get to know the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop a strategic intervention plan to define and set bridge goals that will lead them on a path to success .
You get a sense of a person from a real space human interaction that is clearly not duplicated by an online encounter .
Some of my students choose the option of turning their cameras off , so now I am teaching to a blank screen .
A disembodied voice .
I ’ m teaching an avatar .
When you ask a question to the class , you often get dead air .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ wall .
The most effective means of online teaching has proven for me to be one-on-one lessons .
The problem is that I have 25 students , so we are often rushed off-screen to bring on the next student .
I am on the faculty of a prestigious Manhattan art school and teach seniors .
I love teaching seniors because they have a sense of urgency and even a bit of warranted fear about leaving the relative comfort of academia to enter the extremely competitive world of professional , commercial art .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ methods to transform the negative emotion of fear into productive and hopeful energy via the creative process .
A little fear can be a good tool for a teacher .
Too much fear can become a major obstacle to learning .
When we keep our thoughts in the areas of the brain associated with the production of fear , we can become paralyzed .
Journaling is a powerful tool we can use to make sense of and overcome fears .
Writing moves our fears into areas of the brain associated with plan-making and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today , one also needs to be a therapist .
These kids are traumatized .
I have them answer the following questions in their journals .
The answers are not for me .
They remain private .
• How has this crisis impacted you personally ?
• In what ways has the lock-down negatively changed your social , work , and personal life ?
• In what ways have you benefited from the situation ?
• Try and think positively and answer honestly .
( Maybe you are an introvert and don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maybe you enjoy spending more time with your loved ones or dog ) • Has the situation changed your long-term goals or are you determined to stay on the track you were on ?
• What could you do to make the situation better for yourself and the people around you or your community ?
• What are you grateful for ?
We are doing damage-control , but the long-term damage that will be done to our children and all of humanity if this fear-based-mind-control psyop continues can not be overstated .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison-like nightmare .
There is no safe harbor , other than parental homeschooling , which is obviously a major challenge .
I do , however , want to end on a positive note .
I see a push-back happening around the world and I remain hopeful that sanity will prevail .
My art has been used on protest signs at large demonstrations all over Europe .
By immersing ourselves in purposeful , creative work , we divert our energy from counter-productive thoughts and actions and channel it into something positive .
Every act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The universe was not created in a state of fear .
The creation of the cosmos was an act of infinite hope !
We can create our own New Normal of imagination and beauty and inspire ourselves and others in the process .
We can , via the creative process , transform negative emotions of fear and pity into hope .
Based in Long Island NY , Freda works as an editorial illustrator , visual political activist and as part of the adjunct faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clients , such as Time , The New Yorker , Rolling Stone and The New York Times , he also contributes to many alternative news websites and publication , such as Activist Post , Washington ’ s Blog , and The Trends Journal .
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By Anthony Freda
I’m both a teacher and a parent of a student.
I can say with authority that distance learning and the in-school New Normal are beyond bad. They are society-killing, man-made disasters.
My students are amazing, and we are making the best of the situation. I know my class will be beneficial to the students, but they are being robbed. Quite literally. They are paying for one academic and social experience and receiving a much diluted and polluted version of college life. We are all starting the semester at a disadvantage. And please don’t tell me that it’s better than dying, because attending school is not a death sentence, no matter what you have been told.
My high school son has said that online learning is “All of the bad parts of school and none of the good.” He has had more than one meltdown over the stress and confusion.
His experience in the physical school was no better. He is masked and distanced all day long. He said he did not talk to one other child all day long on his first day of hybrid learning!!!!
The following is from a “friend”:
Children are crying because they can hear but can’t see their classmates. They’re crying because they can see but not hear their teachers. They’re crying because they raise their hands but don’t get called because their teacher can’t see them. My second grader’s teacher was on the verge of tears and ended her class early. My ninth-grader was in tears and felt hopeless that she’d ever be able to learn anything. Distance learning isn’t just no learning. It’s actually emotionally harmful. No learning would be neutral. It’s not even neutral. It’s actually causing problems, creating more obstacles that will put children further behind. Distance learning is causing emotional harm and mental distress — a TRAGEDY for our students, for our teachers, and for our parents.
My style of teaching is very personal. I want to get to know the student’s dreams so we can develop a strategic intervention plan to define and set bridge goals that will lead them on a path to success. You get a sense of a person from a real space human interaction that is clearly not duplicated by an online encounter. Some of my students choose the option of turning their cameras off, so now I am teaching to a blank screen. A disembodied voice.
I’m teaching an avatar. When you ask a question to the class, you often get dead air. It’s like teaching to a wall. The most effective means of online teaching has proven for me to be one-on-one lessons. The problem is that I have 25 students, so we are often rushed off-screen to bring on the next student.
I am on the faculty of a prestigious Manhattan art school and teach seniors. I love teaching seniors because they have a sense of urgency and even a bit of warranted fear about leaving the relative comfort of academia to enter the extremely competitive world of professional, commercial art. In normal times, I have developed teaching methods to transform the negative emotion of fear into productive and hopeful energy via the creative process. A little fear can be a good tool for a teacher. Too much fear can become a major obstacle to learning. When we keep our thoughts in the areas of the brain associated with the production of fear, we can become paralyzed. Journaling is a powerful tool we can use to make sense of and overcome fears. Writing moves our fears into areas of the brain associated with plan-making and comprehension. To be an effective teacher today, one also needs to be a therapist. These kids are traumatized.
I have them answer the following questions in their journals. The answers are not for me. They remain private.
How has this crisis impacted you personally?
In what ways has the lock-down negatively changed your social, work, and personal life?
In what ways have you benefited from the situation?
Try and think positively and answer honestly. (Maybe you are an introvert and don’t mind missing gatherings, etc. Maybe you enjoy spending more time with your loved ones or dog)
Has the situation changed your long-term goals or are you determined to stay on the track you were on?
What could you do to make the situation better for yourself and the people around you or your community?
What are you grateful for?
We are doing damage-control, but the long-term damage that will be done to our children and all of humanity if this fear-based-mind-control psyop continues cannot be overstated.
The in-school experience has been turned into a prison-like nightmare. There is no safe harbor, other than parental homeschooling, which is obviously a major challenge.
I do, however, want to end on a positive note. I see a push-back happening around the world and I remain hopeful that sanity will prevail. My art has been used on protest signs at large demonstrations all over Europe.
Fear is the real virus plaguing humanity.
By immersing ourselves in purposeful, creative work, we divert our energy from counter-productive thoughts and actions and channel it into something positive. Every act of creation is an act of hope. The universe was not created in a state of fear. The creation of the cosmos was an act of infinite hope! We can create our own New Normal of imagination and beauty and inspire ourselves and others in the process. We can, via the creative process, transform negative emotions of fear and pity into hope.
Source: UncoverDC
Based in Long Island NY, Freda works as an editorial illustrator, visual political activist and as part of the adjunct faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In addition to many mainstream clients, such as Time, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and The New York Times, he also contributes to many alternative news websites and publication, such as Activist Post, Washington’s Blog, and The Trends Journal.
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activistpost--2020-09-16--America’s Largest Landlord To Make $550 Million Bet On Trailer Parks

A decade ago , Blackstone Group Inc. became America ’ s largest landlord , purchasing tens of thousands of single-family homes during the foreclosure crisis .
Now the private equity firm has spotted the next big opportunity as the virus-induced recession crushes the working poor , that is , betting on mobile-home parks .
The alternative asset manager has made a drastic shift in investment focus in the last 12 months .
This time last year , Blackstone was bidding on a portfolio of luxury hotels – now they ’ re in talks to purchase up to 40 mobile-home parks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to Bloomberg , who spoke with several people with direct knowledge .
Sources said Blackstone could make the purchase through a vehicle known as Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust ( BREIT ) .
If the private equity firm purchases the portfolio , many of the properties will undergo upgrades .
“ Though our investments in this asset class are very limited , we are proud to partner with a best in class operator and plan to invest significant capital into these communities – which are largely occupied by seasonal residents and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ places where people want to live , ” Blackstone said in a statement .
One source said the deal has yet to be finalized and could still fall through .
Interest among Blackstone to acquire mobile-home parks comes as it acquired seven parks , worth $ 200 million , in Florida and Arizona , earlier this year .
Real estate company JLL said mobile-home parks have been the hottest space within commercial real estate this year .
Many firms , like Blackstone , are avoiding malls , hotels , and other retail properties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dove headfirst with a bet on mobile-home parks , purchasing 14 communities sold by Tricon Capital Group Inc .
The private equity firm owns a little less than 1 % of the manufactured housing market .
Blackstone is set to capitalize on the trend of working-poor Americans downsizing into doublewide trailers .
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By Tyler Durden
A decade ago, Blackstone Group Inc. became America’s largest landlord, purchasing tens of thousands of single-family homes during the foreclosure crisis. Now the private equity firm has spotted the next big opportunity as the virus-induced recession crushes the working poor, that is, betting on mobile-home parks.
Blackstone Said to Boost Mobile-Home Bet With $550 Million Deal: BBG Having become the biggest landlord in the world, Blackstone is now moving downmarket. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 14, 2020
The alternative asset manager has made a drastic shift in investment focus in the last 12 months. This time last year, Blackstone was bidding on a portfolio of luxury hotels – now they’re in talks to purchase up to 40 mobile-home parks from Summit Communities for $550 million, according to Bloomberg, who spoke with several people with direct knowledge.
Sources said Blackstone could make the purchase through a vehicle known as Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT). If the private equity firm purchases the portfolio, many of the properties will undergo upgrades.
“Though our investments in this asset class are very limited, we are proud to partner with a best in class operator and plan to invest significant capital into these communities – which are largely occupied by seasonal residents and retirees – to create high-quality housing in places where people want to live,” Blackstone said in a statement.
One source said the deal has yet to be finalized and could still fall through. Interest among Blackstone to acquire mobile-home parks comes as it acquired seven parks, worth $200 million, in Florida and Arizona, earlier this year.
Real estate company JLL said mobile-home parks have been the hottest space within commercial real estate this year. Many firms, like Blackstone, are avoiding malls, hotels, and other retail properties.
2018 marked the year when Blackstone dove headfirst with a bet on mobile-home parks, purchasing 14 communities sold by Tricon Capital Group Inc. The private equity firm owns a little less than 1% of the manufactured housing market.
Blackstone is set to capitalize on the trend of working-poor Americans downsizing into doublewide trailers.
Next stop, securitize tiny homes?
Source: Zerohedge
Image: Pixabay
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activistpost--2020-09-16--Mask-Enforcing Humanoid Robots Set To Invade Office Spaces

As some Wall Street banks have summoned traders and other employees back to offices , their ability to enforce social distancing measures will be challenging unless human-like mask-detecting robots are deployed .
Pepper , designed by SoftBank Robotics , is the world ’ s first social humanoid robot able to recognize faces and basic human emotions .
The robot stands 120 cm ( 47 inches ) uses optical sensors and artificial intelligence to recognize if people are wearing masks .
Pepper features voice interaction to warn people if they ’ re not wearing a mask , telling them : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ properly.
” The robot then identifies someone responding to the request to put on their mask – it then says : “ Thank you for having put on your mask.
” The idea of having a humanoid robot patrolling office buildings , or maybe trading floors , or research departments , searching for mask violates makes a whole lot more sense compared to employing humans , which are more costly to do the same job .
Plus , why have a low-level employee , looking over traders ’ shoulders as sensitive data could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this was sarcasm – Ed . )
Pepper can even alert management of repeated non-mask offenders .
Here ’ s the robot in action : With JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks requesting employees to return back to the office , where some of these folks spent the summer partying in the Hamptons without masks , it ’ s going to be difficult to enforce mask-wearing , unless policing robots are deployed .
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By Tyler Durden
As some Wall Street banks have summoned traders and other employees back to offices, their ability to enforce social distancing measures will be challenging unless human-like mask-detecting robots are deployed.
Pepper, designed by SoftBank Robotics, is the world’s first social humanoid robot able to recognize faces and basic human emotions. The robot stands 120 cm (47 inches) uses optical sensors and artificial intelligence to recognize if people are wearing masks.
Pepper features voice interaction to warn people if they’re not wearing a mask, telling them: “You always have to wear a mask properly.”
The robot then identifies someone responding to the request to put on their mask – it then says: “Thank you for having put on your mask.”
The idea of having a humanoid robot patrolling office buildings, or maybe trading floors, or research departments, searching for mask violates makes a whole lot more sense compared to employing humans, which are more costly to do the same job. Plus, why have a low-level employee, looking over traders’ shoulders as sensitive data could be on trading terminals. (Hoping this was sarcasm – Ed.)
Pepper can even alert management of repeated non-mask offenders. Here’s the robot in action:
With JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks requesting employees to return back to the office, where some of these folks spent the summer partying in the Hamptons without masks, it’s going to be difficult to enforce mask-wearing, unless policing robots are deployed.
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Source: Zerohedge
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