activistpost--2020-12-15--Gym Owners Who Racked Up $1.2 Million in Fines for Defying Lockdowns Go Viral

Nearly 100,000 US businesses on Yelp failed to survive the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing government lockdowns .
Ian Smith , the co-owner of Atilis Gym , was determined not to be one of them .
The New Jersey entrepreneur has defied Gov .
Phil Murphy ’ s lockdown orders for months now .
On a typical day hundreds of people go to the gym to exercise , and Smith estimates 84,000 people have worked out at the facility since the state resumed its lockdown in May .
For gym patrons , Smith ’ s lockdown defiance has brought benefits .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and soul fit in what has been a stressful and strange year , and Smith claims not a single COVID-19 case has been traced to his facility .
For Smith and co-owner Frank Trumbetti , however , the decision has had consequences .
“ Governor Murphy has thrown everything he possibly could to shut us down .
He has arrested my partner and I , given us over 60 citations , some of them criminal .
He fines us $ 15,497.76 per day for every day we ’ re in operation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Our fines are totaling over $ 1.2 million , but every single day , Frank and I open our gym.
” The prospect of facing more than a million dollars in fines and criminal charges is enough to cow most business owners into compliance .
Not Smith .
Following his interview with Fox , he posted a short video clip to Twitter showing people working out in his facility and had a simple message for Governor Murphy : “ No Science .
No Shutdown.
” The clip has already been viewed more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as of Monday morning .
Smith is hardly the only business owner to defy lockdown orders .
As I wrote before Thanksgiving , Americans of all stripes—business owners , religious observers , and even political officials—are embracing the tradition of civil disobedience and peaceful resistance to lockdowns that have been shown to be largely ineffective at slowing transmission of the virus .
From city officials in Beverly Hills , to restaurants in Kentucky , to gym owners in Buffalo , New York , Americans have begun to stand up to lockdown orders that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first rise in extreme global poverty in decades .
The pandemic has been one of the most trying and terrible chapters in American history .
More than 300,000 Americans have died of or with the virus , according to official statistics , and attempts to mitigate the spread of the virus have resulted in widespread economic destruction and mental health deterioration .
But a silver lining is that Americans are witnessing a renaissance of civil disobedience against government overreach .
From seatbelt laws , to compulsory schooling , to smoking bans on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decades Americans have obediently acquiesced to laws that have violated individual freedom in the pursuit of an alleged collective good .
The lockdowns , however , have reminded Americans of the true nature of government .
“ The essence of government is force , and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends , ” the late economist Walter Williams once observed .
By complying with laws that seem reasonable in the pursuit of a common good , Americans had largely forgotten that government is an evil—a necessary one , perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and shackled at every turn to prevent it from devolving into tyranny .
This is precisely why the American founders created a fractured system of government that decentralized power and was fortified with numerous checks and balances .
“ An elective despotism was not the government we fought for ; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others , ” Thomas Jefferson wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As strange as it may sound to many today , the raison d ’ être of government isn ’ t to create “ a better world , ” but the protection of liberty .
Because it ’ s only through the protection of liberty that a better world will be created .
To be sure , the coronavirus is a serious and deadly threat .
But it ’ s one individuals must manage , not central planners .
“ Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision-making is nothing less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once said .
Depriving healthy individuals of the ability to work or do commerce is tyranny—even if it ’ s wearing a dress .
Ian Smith sees that , and his defiance against Murphy—whose clumsy attempts to slow the virus have only resulted in New Jersey having the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in America—is an act of heroism .
Hopefully his act of civil disobedience will inspire others to remember man ’ s true nature and natural rights .
“ I was not born to be forced , ” wrote Henry David Thoreau @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and essayist .
“ I will breathe after my own fashion.
” Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org .
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By Jon Miltimore
Nearly 100,000 US businesses on Yelp failed to survive the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing government lockdowns. Ian Smith, the co-owner of Atilis Gym, was determined not to be one of them.
The New Jersey entrepreneur has defied Gov. Phil Murphy’s lockdown orders for months now. On a typical day hundreds of people go to the gym to exercise, and Smith estimates 84,000 people have worked out at the facility since the state resumed its lockdown in May.
For gym patrons, Smith’s lockdown defiance has brought benefits. They get to keep body, mind, and soul fit in what has been a stressful and strange year, and Smith claims not a single COVID-19 case has been traced to his facility.
For Smith and co-owner Frank Trumbetti, however, the decision has had consequences.
“Governor Murphy has thrown everything he possibly could to shut us down. He has arrested my partner and I, given us over 60 citations, some of them criminal. He fines us $15,497.76 per day for every day we’re in operation,” Smith recently told Fox News. “Our fines are totaling over $1.2 million, but every single day, Frank and I open our gym.”
The prospect of facing more than a million dollars in fines and criminal charges is enough to cow most business owners into compliance. Not Smith.
Following his interview with Fox, he posted a short video clip to Twitter showing people working out in his facility and had a simple message for Governor Murphy: “No Science. No Shutdown.”
“I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion."
– Henry David Thoreau pic.twitter.com/5wbbkahnGR — Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) December 12, 2020
The clip has already been viewed more than 7.7 million times on Twitter alone as of Monday morning.
Smith is hardly the only business owner to defy lockdown orders. As I wrote before Thanksgiving, Americans of all stripes—business owners, religious observers, and even political officials—are embracing the tradition of civil disobedience and peaceful resistance to lockdowns that have been shown to be largely ineffective at slowing transmission of the virus.
From city officials in Beverly Hills, to restaurants in Kentucky, to gym owners in Buffalo, New York, Americans have begun to stand up to lockdown orders that have ravaged small businesses and caused the first rise in extreme global poverty in decades.
A Dark Year—With a Silver Lining?
The pandemic has been one of the most trying and terrible chapters in American history. More than 300,000 Americans have died of or with the virus, according to official statistics, and attempts to mitigate the spread of the virus have resulted in widespread economic destruction and mental health deterioration.
But a silver lining is that Americans are witnessing a renaissance of civil disobedience against government overreach. From seatbelt laws, to compulsory schooling, to smoking bans on a private property and beyond, in recent decades Americans have obediently acquiesced to laws that have violated individual freedom in the pursuit of an alleged collective good.
The lockdowns, however, have reminded Americans of the true nature of government.
“The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends,” the late economist Walter Williams once observed.
By complying with laws that seem reasonable in the pursuit of a common good, Americans had largely forgotten that government is an evil—a necessary one, perhaps, but one that should be limited and shackled at every turn to prevent it from devolving into tyranny.
This is precisely why the American founders created a fractured system of government that decentralized power and was fortified with numerous checks and balances.
“An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in Notes on the State of Virginia.
As strange as it may sound to many today, the raison d’être of government isn’t to create “a better world,” but the protection of liberty. Because it’s only through the protection of liberty that a better world will be created.
To be sure, the coronavirus is a serious and deadly threat. But it’s one individuals must manage, not central planners.
“Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision-making is nothing less than tyranny dressed up,” Williams once said.
Depriving healthy individuals of the ability to work or do commerce is tyranny—even if it’s wearing a dress.
Ian Smith sees that, and his defiance against Murphy—whose clumsy attempts to slow the virus have only resulted in New Jersey having the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in America—is an act of heroism.
Hopefully his act of civil disobedience will inspire others to remember man’s true nature and natural rights.
“I was not born to be forced,” wrote Henry David Thoreau, the American poet, abolitionist, and essayist. “I will breathe after my own fashion.”
Source: FEE.org
Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune.
Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, the Epoch Times.
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activistpost--2020-12-15--Did The FCC Just Blow $9 Billion To Give Broadband To Already Served Rich People? Apparently So.

According to lawsuits and the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) Chairman , Americans have already paid to have high speed internet where they live ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) .
Regardless , the FCC recently gave billions more to telecom companies and claimed it was for installation in underserved areas .
Nope .
The FCC Just Blew $ 9 Billion To Deliver Broadband To Already Served Rich People The FCC last week held a reverse auction to dole out $ 9 billion to , purportedly , improve patchy U.S. broadband service .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing of the sort , instead delivering $ 9 billion to a dodgy roster of companies with existing histories of fraud that will be using much of the funds to expand broadband to affluent areas where broadband is often already available .
The reverse auction involved doling out billions from the FCC ’ s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund ( RDOF ) , paid into via Universal Service Fund ( USF ) contributions affixed to your broadband and phone bills .
To be very clear : some of this money will absolutely help shore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after digging into the FCC maps of the winning bidders , consumer groups like Free Press say something ugly is afoot .
The group found a long list of examples where companies got millions of dollars to dole out broadband to a handful of wealthy homes in affluent areas , many of which already have service : There are plenty of examples of this in the data .
Like this affluent section of LA : Or here at LAX , where a company is getting ratepayer money to deploy broadband to a whopping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ajit Pai and friends are , you ’ ll recall , the same folks who like to hyperventilate over community broadband as an inevitable taxpayer boondoggle ( it isn ’ t , but that doesn ’ t stop them ) .
There ’ s an absolute ocean of telecom-linked consultants , lobbyists , policy wonks , academics , and think tankers who ’ ll be happy to go on at great lengths about how localized community broadband networks are some kind of socialistic hellscape of taxpayer fraud .
But bring up how we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AT & T in exchange for reduced investments , empty promises , and layoffs and .
.
.
crickets .
Enter this new auction data , which indicates your money is being thrown at ISPs that already have long histories of dodgy behavior and being misleading about how subsidies are spent .
That includes Frontier Communications , which has faced repeated accusations of subsidy fraud in places like West Virginia .
And Charter Communications ( Spectrum ) , which almost got [ kicked out of New York State recently ] ( https : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nine months after a New , exchange for further broadband expansions . )
for repeatedly lying to regulators about broadband deployment efforts .
These are companies with pretty long histories of extremely dodgy behavior , being given millions to do something they ’ ve already failed to do , repeatedly .
Of course there are some new players getting money for dubious reasons too .
Like Starlink , which is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the history of the planet , getting a billion dollars so it can deploy broadband @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s own logic and data , parking lots near the Pentagon : Why does one of the wealthiest men in America need ratepayer subsidization to deploy broadband to areas his project was already targeted to serve ?
Good question !
The company wouldn ’ t respond to reporter inquiries asking why the money was needed or what it plans to do with it , which is always a good sign .
There ’ s a good early breakdown of the results and how this auction was supposed to work by Christopher Mitchell at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Telecom consultant Doug Dawson also does a good job breaking down what went wrong , noting that because the FCC let fixed wireless providers pretend fixed wireless is the equivalent of fiber ( it ’ s most certainly not ) , a lot of genuine fiber expansion efforts got the short end of the stick : “ By allowing WISPS to claim gigabit capabilities , the FCC cheated huge numbers of people out of getting fiber .
There were numerous electric cooperatives , small telcos , CLECs , fiber overbuilders , and public/private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fiber to entire rural counties .
In looking at the footprints won due to this fiction , I ’ m guessing the FCC ’ s decision to allow fixed wireless to falsely bid as gigabit technology killed fiber construction to at least a few hundred rural counties.
” I don ’ t understand why the FCC couldn ’ t get this right .
The FCC could have talked to any one of a hundred telecom engineers I know who would have laughed at the idea that fixed wireless can deliver gigabit speeds across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A huge portion of this auction was based upon this lie , and that never bodes well for the long run .
There ’ s this thing deregulatory telecom zealots do where they overhype emerging telecom tech , pretending it ’ s some kind of deus ex machina that will magically fix everything .
This lets them pretend that magic new tech will bring competition to market , thereby justifying mindless deregulation and napping regulators .
Ex-FCC boss turned top cable lobbyist Mike Powell did this with broadband over powerline ( BPL ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dud .
You ’ re seeing it happen again with 5G , despite U.S. 5G being too patchy , underwhelming , and expensive to fix America ’ s affordable broadband problem .
This is all pretty well in line for an Ajit Pai FCC that talks endlessly about its “ dedication for the digital divide , ” but has such little respect for accurate data it can ’ t actually tell you where broadband is or isn ’ t available ( but pretends to ) .
And because folks like Pai are so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even acknowledge that the biggest problem in U.S. broadband is monopolistic domination by a handful of giants resulting in massive swaths of the country where competition is virtually nonexistent .
As such , it ’ s not surprising the end policies are often fluff and nonsense untethered from the reality on the ground .
A serious , functioning FCC would make accurate data the priority .
It would then focus on the best , smartest , and most creative ways to drive new technology and competition to those markets , whether you ideologically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instead , we have an FCC that literally pretends America ’ s broadband competition problems don ’ t exist , misidentifies the real problem out of ideological and partisan hubris , then applies solutions that largely involve throwing billions at companies with a twenty year track record of taking subsidies in exchange for empty promises .
The FCC has been corrupt agency for decades ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Lawsuits have been filed against them for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as controversial and dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 , 3 , 4 ) and in space .
Doctors and scientists have asked MANY TIMES and again recently that health and environmental risks from radiation from 5G , cell towers and other wireless sources be evaluated by experts with no conflicts of interest ( see also 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
The agency won ’ t even update 24-year-old radiation exposure guidelines .
High speed internet is achievable , safer and more secure with a wired internet connection ( see 1 , 2 ) – not 5G or WiFi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have asked for 5G moratoriums on Earth and in space due to health and environmental risks ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illnesses after 5G was installed ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
In 2019 , telecom executives gave congressional testimony that they had NO independent scientific evidence that 5G is safe .
Some research has already determined that it ’ s not !
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment .
The majority of scientists worldwide oppose deployment .
Of course exposure risks ARE NOT exclusive to 5G .
Last year , the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population .
None of the above makes America great , does it ?
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By B.N. Frank
According to lawsuits and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Americans have already paid to have high speed internet where they live (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Regardless, the FCC recently gave billions more to telecom companies and claimed it was for installation in underserved areas. Nope.
From Scientists4WiredTech:
The FCC Just Blew $9 Billion To Deliver Broadband To Already Served Rich People
By Karl Bode Dec 14, 2020 | Original Techdirt article here.
The FCC last week held a reverse auction to dole out $9 billion to, purportedly, improve patchy U.S. broadband service. But consumer groups say the auction did nothing of the sort, instead delivering $9 billion to a dodgy roster of companies with existing histories of fraud that will be using much of the funds to expand broadband to affluent areas where broadband is often already available.
The reverse auction involved doling out billions from the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), paid into via Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions affixed to your broadband and phone bills. To be very clear: some of this money will absolutely help shore up access in underserved communities. But after digging into the FCC maps of the winning bidders, consumer groups like Free Press say something ugly is afoot.
The group found a long list of examples where companies got millions of dollars to dole out broadband to a handful of wealthy homes in affluent areas, many of which already have service:
There are plenty of examples of this in the data. Like this affluent section of LA:
Or here at LAX, where a company is getting ratepayer money to deploy broadband to a whopping two already-served locations near the airport:
Ajit Pai and friends are, you’ll recall, the same folks who like to hyperventilate over community broadband as an inevitable taxpayer boondoggle (it isn’t, but that doesn’t stop them). There’s an absolute ocean of telecom-linked consultants, lobbyists, policy wonks, academics, and think tankers who’ll be happy to go on at great lengths about how localized community broadband networks are some kind of socialistic hellscape of taxpayer fraud.
But bring up how we throw way, way more money at AT&T in exchange for reduced investments, empty promises, and layoffs and . . . crickets.
Enter this new auction data, which indicates your money is being thrown at ISPs that already have long histories of dodgy behavior and being misleading about how subsidies are spent. That includes Frontier Communications, which has faced repeated accusations of subsidy fraud in places like West Virginia. And Charter Communications (Spectrum), which almost got [kicked out of New York State recently](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190422/10421942061/charter-spectrum-wont-get-kicked-out-new-york-state-after-isp-promises-to-suck-less.shtml#:~:text=”Nine months after a New,exchange for further broadband expansions.) for repeatedly lying to regulators about broadband deployment efforts. These are companies with pretty long histories of extremely dodgy behavior, being given millions to do something they’ve already failed to do, repeatedly.
Of course there are some new players getting money for dubious reasons too. Like Starlink, which is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the history of the planet, getting a billion dollars so it can deploy broadband to, according to the FCC’s own logic and data, parking lots near the Pentagon:
Why does one of the wealthiest men in America need ratepayer subsidization to deploy broadband to areas his project was already targeted to serve? Good question! The company wouldn’t respond to reporter inquiries asking why the money was needed or what it plans to do with it, which is always a good sign.
There’s a good early breakdown of the results and how this auction was supposed to work by Christopher Mitchell at the Institute for Local Self Reliance. Telecom consultant Doug Dawson also does a good job breaking down what went wrong, noting that because the FCC let fixed wireless providers pretend fixed wireless is the equivalent of fiber (it’s most certainly not), a lot of genuine fiber expansion efforts got the short end of the stick:
“By allowing WISPS to claim gigabit capabilities, the FCC cheated huge numbers of people out of getting fiber. There were numerous electric cooperatives, small telcos, CLECs, fiber overbuilders, and public/private partnerships in the auction hoping to bring fiber to entire rural counties. In looking at the footprints won due to this fiction, I’m guessing the FCC’s decision to allow fixed wireless to falsely bid as gigabit technology killed fiber construction to at least a few hundred rural counties.” I don’t understand why the FCC couldn’t get this right. The FCC could have talked to any one of a hundred telecom engineers I know who would have laughed at the idea that fixed wireless can deliver gigabit speeds across big tracts of extremely rural America. A huge portion of this auction was based upon this lie, and that never bodes well for the long run.
There’s this thing deregulatory telecom zealots do where they overhype emerging telecom tech, pretending it’s some kind of deus ex machina that will magically fix everything. This lets them pretend that magic new tech will bring competition to market, thereby justifying mindless deregulation and napping regulators.
Ex-FCC boss turned top cable lobbyist Mike Powell did this with broadband over powerline (BPL), which wound up being an interference-prone dud. You’re seeing it happen again with 5G, despite U.S. 5G being too patchy, underwhelming, and expensive to fix America’s affordable broadband problem.
This is all pretty well in line for an Ajit Pai FCC that talks endlessly about its “dedication for the digital divide,” but has such little respect for accurate data it can’t actually tell you where broadband is or isn’t available (but pretends to). And because folks like Pai are so ideologically rigid, they can’t even acknowledge that the biggest problem in U.S. broadband is monopolistic domination by a handful of giants resulting in massive swaths of the country where competition is virtually nonexistent. As such, it’s not surprising the end policies are often fluff and nonsense untethered from the reality on the ground.
A serious, functioning FCC would make accurate data the priority. It would then focus on the best, smartest, and most creative ways to drive new technology and competition to those markets, whether you ideologically agree with the solution or not. Instead, we have an FCC that literally pretends America’s broadband competition problems don’t exist, misidentifies the real problem out of ideological and partisan hubris, then applies solutions that largely involve throwing billions at companies with a twenty year track record of taking subsidies in exchange for empty promises.
The FCC has been corrupt agency for decades (see 1, 2). Lawsuits have been filed against them for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as controversial and dangerous 5G on Earth (see 1, 2, 3, 4) and in space. Doctors and scientists have asked MANY TIMES and again recently that health and environmental risks from radiation from 5G, cell towers and other wireless sources be evaluated by experts with no conflicts of interest (see also 1, 2, 3). The agency won’t even update 24-year-old radiation exposure guidelines.
High speed internet is achievable, safer and more secure with a wired internet connection (see 1, 2) – not 5G or WiFi. Since 2017, doctors and scientists have asked for 5G moratoriums on Earth and in space due to health and environmental risks (see 1, 2). Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illnesses after 5G was installed (see 1, 2, 3, 4). In 2019, telecom executives gave congressional testimony that they had NO independent scientific evidence that 5G is safe. Some research has already determined that it’s not!
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment. The majority of scientists worldwide oppose deployment. Of course exposure risks ARE NOT exclusive to 5G. Last year, the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields (aka “Electrosmog”) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population.
None of the above makes America great, does it?
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activistpost--2020-12-14--“Smart Home” Tech in U.S. and Europe Succumbs to Google Outage

Privacy and security experts have been warning about cybersecurity risks with “ Smart Home ” technology for many years .
There have been countless reports about people being spied on and taunted by hackers ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Of course , manufacturers collect personal data too – often without users ’ knowledge or consent .
Mozilla just released their annual “ Privacy Not Included ” list for those who ’ d like to learn more before buying “ Smart ” products .
Those not deterred by any of the above may be concerned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” tech fails .
Google Nest users have experienced this before .
Unfortunately , the company ’ s outage earlier today seemed more widespread .
Update ( 0800ET ) : Google says problems with its services “ for the vast majority of users ” should now be resolved .
Meanwhile , a lot of Google Home early adopters are probably doing a big rethink right about now .
Because of the outage , some schools decided to cancel online school for the day .
We look forward to the inevitable flood of thinkpieces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outage early Monday morning in New York as Gmail , Google Cloud , Google Classroom and pretty much all of the company ’ s other cloud-based services went down , snarling business and education across the country .
Starting at around 0653ET , the website Downdetector reported tens of thousands of user outage reports from the US , the UK and across Europe .
Errors range from “ something went wrong ” on YouTube , to “ there was an error .
Please Try again later .
That ’ s all we know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the company ’ s mail product .
Google products were failing to load for users in New York , the UK and across Europe .
Google confirmed to Bloomberg that the outage affected “ the majority of its services according to a Workspace Status Dashboard , which monitors the health of its products.
” Fortunately for shareholders , the company ’ s search product continued to function correctly , as did its third-party ad business , which is Google ’ s main revenue driver .
On social media , people made light of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try “ unplugging gmail then plugging it back in ” , or some variation on that line .
Read all tweets and see rest of article here Internet technology is a wonderful tool .
Reliance on it though obviously has disadvantages – one of them being that “ Smart ” and wireless products emit harmful electromagnetic radiation ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) which can • cause rashes , other skin irritations , and premature skin aging • reduce immunity to viruses and other illnesses Got pets ?
Exposure can affect them too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , more secure , and more reliable with wired Ethernet connections .
Many have already made the switch .
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By B.N. Frank
Privacy and security experts have been warning about cybersecurity risks with “Smart Home” technology for many years. There have been countless reports about people being spied on and taunted by hackers (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Of course, manufacturers collect personal data too – often without users’ knowledge or consent. Mozilla just released their annual “Privacy Not Included” list for those who’d like to learn more before buying “Smart” products.
Those not deterred by any of the above may be concerned about what can happen when “Smart” tech fails. Google Nest users have experienced this before. Unfortunately, the company’s outage earlier today seemed more widespread.
From Zero Hedge:
Update (0800ET): Google says problems with its services “for the vast majority of users” should now be resolved.
Meanwhile, a lot of Google Home early adopters are probably doing a big rethink right about now.
I’m sitting here in the dark in my toddler’s room because the light is controlled by @Google Home. Rethinking… a lot right now. — Joe Brown (@joemfbrown) December 14, 2020
Because of the outage, some schools decided to cancel online school for the day.
We look forward to the inevitable flood of thinkpieces.
* * *
Google was hit with a massive outage early Monday morning in New York as Gmail, Google Cloud, Google Classroom and pretty much all of the company’s other cloud-based services went down, snarling business and education across the country.
Starting at around 0653ET, the website Downdetector reported tens of thousands of user outage reports from the US, the UK and across Europe.
User reports indicate Youtube TV is having problems since 6:59 AM EST. https://t.co/Aof8XRrMNJ RT if you're also having problems #youtubetvdown — Downdetector (@downdetector) December 14, 2020
User reports indicate Gmail is having problems since 6:56 AM EST. https://t.co/EsWw2oLYjH RT if you're also having problems #Gmaildown — Downdetector (@downdetector) December 14, 2020
User reports indicate Google Classroom is having problems since 6:59 AM EST. https://t.co/mhdsqbRjFF RT if you're also having problems #googleclassroomdown — Downdetector (@downdetector) December 14, 2020
User reports indicate Google Home is having problems since 7:01 AM EST. https://t.co/YGBGopsMdB RT if you're also having problems #googlehomedown — Downdetector (@downdetector) December 14, 2020
Errors range from “something went wrong” on YouTube, to “there was an error. Please Try again later. That’s all we know,” when attempting to login to the company’s mail product. Google products were failing to load for users in New York, the UK and across Europe.
Google confirmed to Bloomberg that the outage affected “the majority of its services according to a Workspace Status Dashboard, which monitors the health of its products.”
Fortunately for shareholders, the company’s search product continued to function correctly, as did its third-party ad business, which is Google’s main revenue driver.
On social media, people made light of the situation, jauntily suggesting that Alphabet try “unplugging gmail then plugging it back in”, or some variation on that line.
Read all tweets and see rest of article here
Internet technology is a wonderful tool. Reliance on it though obviously has disadvantages – one of them being that “Smart” and wireless products emit harmful electromagnetic radiation (aka “Electrosmog”) which can
Got pets? Exposure can affect them too.
Internet connections can be made safer, more secure, and more reliable with wired Ethernet connections. Many have already made the switch.
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activistpost--2020-12-14--France Says It’s Developing Bionic Supersoldiers Because “Everyone Else Is Doing It”

A report published last Tuesday by the French Military Ethics Committee has indicated that the country has begun to develop technology for bionically enhanced soldiers .
The report discussed conditions in which devices like implants can be used to improve soldier performance on the battlefield .
“ Human beings have long sought ways to increase their physical or cognitive abilities in order to fight wars .
Possible advances could ultimately lead to capacity enhancements being introduced into soldiers ’ bodies , ” the report said , according to the BBC .
The report said that maintaining clear ethical lines would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soldiers .
The report called for eugenic or genetic applications of the technology to be banned , as well as anything “ that could jeopardise the soldier ’ s integration into society or return to civilian life ” .
The country ’ s military leaders believe that it is necessary to develop this technology because not doing so would allow other countries to get ahead and gain a military advantage .
In a speech last week , Defence Minister Florence Parly , said that the country ’ s military doesn ’ t plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right away , but said that this could be an option in the future because other countries will be pushing the technology as far as they can .
“ We must face the facts .
Not everyone shares our scruples and we must be prepared for whatever the future holds , ” Parly said .
Parly went on to promise that the French government would seek to find a balance , and will find “ ways to maintain our operational superiority without turning our backs on our values.
” Parly also pointed out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implants , have already been introduced to civilian fields without much controversy .
Intelligence officials in the United States have suggested that the Chinese military has conducted biological tests on its soldiers in hopes of creating an army of enhanced supersoldiers .
The disturbing claim was made in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial written by John Ratcliffe , Donald Trump ’ s director of national intelligence .
In his article , Ratcliffe claimed that Ratcliffe suggested that the Chinese government has “ no ethical boundaries.
” “ US intelligence shows that China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the People ’ s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with biologically enhanced capabilities .
There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing ’ s pursuit of power , ” Ratcliffe wrote .
His assertions are likely based on a paper that was published by American researchers last year that looked into China ’ s use of biological technology for military applications .
According to Mint , Elsa Kania , one of the authors of the paper , said that the Chinese government was using CRISPR gene-editing technology to enhance soldiers .
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By John Vibes
A report published last Tuesday by the French Military Ethics Committee has indicated that the country has begun to develop technology for bionically enhanced soldiers. The report discussed conditions in which devices like implants can be used to improve soldier performance on the battlefield.
“Human beings have long sought ways to increase their physical or cognitive abilities in order to fight wars. Possible advances could ultimately lead to capacity enhancements being introduced into soldiers’ bodies,” the report said, according to the BBC.
The report said that maintaining clear ethical lines would be important in the development of bionic soldiers. The report called for eugenic or genetic applications of the technology to be banned, as well as anything “that could jeopardise the soldier’s integration into society or return to civilian life”.
The country’s military leaders believe that it is necessary to develop this technology because not doing so would allow other countries to get ahead and gain a military advantage.
In a speech last week, Defence Minister Florence Parly, said that the country’s military doesn’t plan on developing anything extremely “invasive” right away, but said that this could be an option in the future because other countries will be pushing the technology as far as they can.
“We must face the facts. Not everyone shares our scruples and we must be prepared for whatever the future holds,” Parly said.
Parly went on to promise that the French government would seek to find a balance, and will find “ways to maintain our operational superiority without turning our backs on our values.”
Parly also pointed out that similar technologies, such as neural implants, have already been introduced to civilian fields without much controversy.
Intelligence officials in the United States have suggested that the Chinese military has conducted biological tests on its soldiers in hopes of creating an army of enhanced supersoldiers.
The disturbing claim was made in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial written by John Ratcliffe, Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence.
In his article, Ratcliffe claimed that
The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the US and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically. Many of China’s major public initiatives and prominent companies offer only a layer of camouflage to the activities of the Chinese Communist Party.
Ratcliffe suggested that the Chinese government has “no ethical boundaries.”
“US intelligence shows that China has even conducted human testing on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with biologically enhanced capabilities. There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing’s pursuit of power,” Ratcliffe wrote.
His assertions are likely based on a paper that was published by American researchers last year that looked into China’s use of biological technology for military applications. According to Mint, Elsa Kania, one of the authors of the paper, said that the Chinese government was using CRISPR gene-editing technology to enhance soldiers.
Source: The Mind Unleashed
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activistpost--2020-12-14--Danger Ahead as Markets Detach from Fundamentals

Americans may start the New Year without certainty as to who will be sworn in as president on Inauguration Day .
President Donald Trump and his supporters can ’ t find courts willing to consider their evidence of widespread voter fraud .
Trump is not likely to concede .
The battle continues in the courts and in the swing state legislatures .
The election isn ’ t the only issue dividing Americans .
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic also has people at odds .
Some argue government health authorities should be dutifully followed – and we must submit to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being overwhelmed .
Others are more concerned about the loss of personal liberty and see evidence lockdowns carry hideous economic and psychological costs while not meaningfully reducing the spread .
This is the sociopolitical backdrop as markets enter 2021 .
That doesn ’ t sound like a “ risk on ” environment .
Nevertheless , stock markets will start the year with valuations at , or near , all-time highs .
That is , unless the wheels come off in the last half of December .
The equity markets appear just as broken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pricing stocks based on fundamentals .
Bullion investors should keep a close eye on the equity markets .
If the bubble pops there , it will drive safe-haven buying for coins , rounds , and bars .
The spike in demand earlier this year may have only been a preview .
Another fundamental driver to watch is the explosion in negative yielding debt .
Last week , a record $ 17.5 trillion in bonds yielded less than zero percent in nominal terms .
That makes zero yield gold and silver bars relatively more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The M1 money supply quadrupled over the past decade .
That freshly printed money was gifted to the banks and the Treasury Department to keep stock and bond valuations elevated .
If even a fraction of that cash rotates into the precious metals markets , it will be something to behold .
There are also extremes to consider in the gold and silver futures markets .
The COMEX delivered more metal in 2020 than in the prior 5 years combined .
This is not sustainable for the bullion banks .
We aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to be honest .
One thing is sure .
The banks and the COMEX are not to be trusted .
One way to deliver that many bars without creating a massive spike in the price is to deliver paper receipts rather than actual metal .
Those who stood for delivery of COMEX bars may be wise to remove their bars from the exchange altogether and place them into segregated storage .
There is no telling if 2021 will finally be the year where powerful fundamental drivers finally break the rigged paper price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought us a lot closer to that day .
Clint Siegner is a Director at Money Metals Exchange , a precious metals dealer recently named “ Best in the USA ” by an independent global ratings group .
A graduate of Linfield College in Oregon , Siegner puts his experience in business management along with his passion for personal liberty , limited government , and honest money into the development of Money Metals ’ brand and reach .
This includes writing extensively on the bullion markets and their intersection with policy and world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By Clint Siegner
Americans may start the New Year without certainty as to who will be sworn in as president on Inauguration Day.
President Donald Trump and his supporters can’t find courts willing to consider their evidence of widespread voter fraud. Trump is not likely to concede.
The battle continues in the courts and in the swing state legislatures.
The election isn’t the only issue dividing Americans. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic also has people at odds.
Some argue government health authorities should be dutifully followed – and we must submit to restrictions in order to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.
Others are more concerned about the loss of personal liberty and see evidence lockdowns carry hideous economic and psychological costs while not meaningfully reducing the spread.
This is the sociopolitical backdrop as markets enter 2021. That doesn’t sound like a “risk on” environment.
Nevertheless, stock markets will start the year with valuations at, or near, all-time highs. That is, unless the wheels come off in the last half of December.
The equity markets appear just as broken as the COMEX when it comes to pricing stocks based on fundamentals.
Bullion investors should keep a close eye on the equity markets. If the bubble pops there, it will drive safe-haven buying for coins, rounds, and bars. The spike in demand earlier this year may have only been a preview.
Another fundamental driver to watch is the explosion in negative yielding debt. Last week, a record $17.5 trillion in bonds yielded less than zero percent in nominal terms. That makes zero yield gold and silver bars relatively more attractive to investors looking for security.
The M1 money supply quadrupled over the past decade. That freshly printed money was gifted to the banks and the Treasury Department to keep stock and bond valuations elevated. If even a fraction of that cash rotates into the precious metals markets, it will be something to behold.
There are also extremes to consider in the gold and silver futures markets. The COMEX delivered more metal in 2020 than in the prior 5 years combined.
This is not sustainable for the bullion banks. We aren’t sure how they managed thus far, to be honest.
One thing is sure. The banks and the COMEX are not to be trusted.
One way to deliver that many bars without creating a massive spike in the price is to deliver paper receipts rather than actual metal. Those who stood for delivery of COMEX bars may be wise to remove their bars from the exchange altogether and place them into segregated storage.
There is no telling if 2021 will finally be the year where powerful fundamental drivers finally break the rigged paper price discovery mechanism in metals. But 2020 brought us a lot closer to that day.
Clint Siegner is a Director at Money Metals Exchange, a precious metals dealer recently named “Best in the USA” by an independent global ratings group. A graduate of Linfield College in Oregon, Siegner puts his experience in business management along with his passion for personal liberty, limited government, and honest money into the development of Money Metals’ brand and reach. This includes writing extensively on the bullion markets and their intersection with policy and world affairs.
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activistpost--2020-12-14--California as Ground Zero for Cultural Change — What the Heck Happened?

It was , at one time , established fact , or at least commonly held opinion that “ Everything starts in California.
” That would include hula hoops , freeways , the internet , hippies , and—for those who remember this still—the Free Speech movement .
In 1964 , Mario Savio stood on the steps of Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley and made a short speech , which has resonated through the decades : That speech , according to some pundits , marked the birth of the counterculture .
What followed then—the Free Speech Movement , the protests against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angela Davis and the Black Panthers , even the Symbionese Liberation Party–all began in California .
Berkeley today is quiet .
Dead , almost .
The soap boxers of the ’ 60s , the shirtless young men throwing frisbees in Sproul Plaza on a Spring Day , the leafletters , all seem to have gone the way of psychedelia and tie dye t-shirts .
The political climate in California has also done a 180 .
And nothing portrays that more clearly than the general subservience to the mainstream mandates about Covid .
California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a history as a trendsetter and as a hotbed of innovation .
However , the California of today bears little resemblance to the maverick of yore .
One might go as far as to say that California has been brought into the fold .
Before I plunge into a dissection of “ What the heck happened to California , ” I should say that I was born in California .
I attended UC Berkeley as well , years after Mario Savio but during years of protest and civil disobedience .
And the generalizations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and compliant certainly do not apply to everyone in California .
However , the general impression is that California is deeply committed to the “ official narrative.
” Back when I was growing up , the Democratic Party was considered to be the party of the people .
Growing up in a Democratic household , we looked askance and with suspicion at the Republican party , considering it to be the Money Party and the party of warmongers , corporate CEOs and hawks .
But as protest movements become folded into established policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more and more mainstream and less and less like a clear alternative to the monied guys across the aisle .
Today , the only stark difference between the two parties is that one proposes totalitarian government rule and the other advances a corporatocracy .
And California , wild and crazy California , a stronghold of the Democratic Party , morphed into a bastion of values that are actually more consonant with a government-run totalitarian system than with the well being of those living under the system .
Become an Activist Post Patron for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California was one of the first states to pass an Assisted Suicide law , which many view as a thin cover for a eugenics agenda .
The atrocities of California ’ s guardianship system produced one of the first ( faux ) exposés of its probate courts , prompting the California legislature to pass a package of new laws , which parenthetically have made no difference whatsoever .
Sssh !
Apparently the venerable LA Times hasn ’ t figured this out yet .
It was the Times ’ series back in 2005 When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which prompted the legislative action .
Specifically , the new laws called for the creation of a “ Professional Fiduciaries Bureau , ” ostensibly to oversee the actions of conservators ( most states call them “ guardians ” ) for the elderly and disabled .
As has been the case in other states which have established similar bureaus , the PFB serves the interests of the conservators and has actively covered up their crimes , which include felony murder as well as theft of assets .
One of the lead reporters on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied to information that the new laws were worthless by saying , “ We aren ’ t covering this any more.
” One explanation for the change in California — and Californians — is that they may have been chemically lobotomized .
California has extensively fluoridated most of its water systems , from San Diego to Sonoma .
Fluoride is known to cause docility in those who imbibe it .
Checking the statistics on which state consumes the most antidepressant medications ( which often contain fluoride ) did not yield much information pointing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specifically in California .
According to Statista , 7.4 % of Californians are on antidepressant medication .
Checking for the consumption of anti-anxiety drugs , we find that California scores somewhat higher on the list of states .
We were unable to locate statistics for the consumption of anti-psychotics per state .
Atypical anti-psychotics , also known as neuroleptics , have a long history of inhibiting “ unacceptable ” behaviors .
Several years ago , a former DEA agent confided to me that a behavior modification experiment was done in Northern California , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designed to affect heterosexual bonding behavior .
According to this agent , the result was the mass “ gayification ” of San Francisco .
Were other behavior modification experiments run on Californians ?
Many of these aerosol projects have since been declassified , in the wake of the largely useless Church and Pike hearings of the ’ 70s , which were intended to bring to light and to terminate secret CIA experiments on populations .
While many projects were subsequently declassified , apparently not all were .
It has become apparent through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as Dr. Robert Duncan and Bill Binney , that these experiments did not in fact end , but simply became more swaddled in secrecy .
This reporter stumbled upon an active human experimentation program on a “ secret ” ward at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital up and running into the early 2000s , if not later .
The subjects of the brain electricity experiments on A-South , in which patients were subjected to not only large numbers of shock treatments but also were forced to take “ medications ” which caused seizure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on state aid .
While UCLA continues to deny that ward A-South even existed , this reporter has ascertained that a Dr. Barry Guze was the head of the ward and that a Dr. Derek Ott did his residency on the ward at the time the project was in full swing .
This interest in the scientific modification of citizens was sparked by an announcements made recently by some scientists , suggesting that what amounts to “ chemical persuasion ” be considered to motivate people to adhere to state mandates re coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the population is reluctant to take the Covid vaccine , and given that Trump ’ s recent Executive Order mandates that the vaccine remain optional , it is important to note that the Pentagon recently hinted that the jab may be made mandatory .
A recent protest in front of the home of the head of the LA County Department of Health , Barbara Ferrer , was reported by CNBC to have drawn about fifty protesters .
In Long Beach , the numbers protesting at Long Beach City Hall were reported as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beach Press Telegram .
Hundreds were reported as recently gathering in Huntington Beach to protest , which was downscaled by ABC news to “ dozens.
” A protest in California ’ s capital , Sacramento , piggybacked on election count concerns and was reported as being joined by a “ hate group.
” In response to the furor over the first wave of lockdowns , California Governor Gavin Newsom banned protests at the capitol building in April .
As of December 3 , 2020 , Governor Newsom has issued orders for another lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Northern California , which includes Berkeley and San Francisco , has largely been reported as acquiescing to lockdown protocols .
However , the recent lockdown mandate sparked protests in Marin County .
It has been said that “ As Goes California , So Goes the Country.
” The manifestation of solid conformity to government mandates is not a healthy sign for the state of the union .
It is , however , a sign that needs to be recognized , analyzed and understood .
Image caption and credit : Mario Savio , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , speaks to assembled students on the campus at the University of California , Berkeley , on Dec. 7 , 1964 .
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By Janet Phelan
It was, at one time, established fact, or at least commonly held opinion that “Everything starts in California.” That would include hula hoops, freeways, the internet, hippies, and—for those who remember this still—the Free Speech movement.
In 1964, Mario Savio stood on the steps of Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley and made a short speech, which has resonated through the decades:
There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part! And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop! And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!

That speech, according to some pundits, marked the birth of the counterculture. What followed then—the Free Speech Movement, the protests against the Vietnam War, the LSD culture, Angela Davis and the Black Panthers, even the Symbionese Liberation Party–all began in California.
Berkeley today is quiet. Dead, almost. The soap boxers of the ’60s, the shirtless young men throwing frisbees in Sproul Plaza on a Spring Day, the leafletters, all seem to have gone the way of psychedelia and tie dye t-shirts.
The political climate in California has also done a 180. And nothing portrays that more clearly than the general subservience to the mainstream mandates about Covid.
California is a special case. It has a history as a trendsetter and as a hotbed of innovation. However, the California of today bears little resemblance to the maverick of yore. One might go as far as to say that California has been brought into the fold.
Before I plunge into a dissection of “What the heck happened to California,” I should say that I was born in California. I attended UC Berkeley as well, years after Mario Savio but during years of protest and civil disobedience. And the generalizations made here that Californians have become unquestioning and compliant certainly do not apply to everyone in California. However, the general impression is that California is deeply committed to the “official narrative.”
Growing up Californian
Back when I was growing up, the Democratic Party was considered to be the party of the people. Growing up in a Democratic household, we looked askance and with suspicion at the Republican party, considering it to be the Money Party and the party of warmongers, corporate CEOs and hawks. But as protest movements become folded into established policies and parties, so the Democrats became more and more mainstream and less and less like a clear alternative to the monied guys across the aisle. Today, the only stark difference between the two parties is that one proposes totalitarian government rule and the other advances a corporatocracy.
And California, wild and crazy California, a stronghold of the Democratic Party, morphed into a bastion of values that are actually more consonant with a government-run totalitarian system than with the well being of those living under the system.
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California was one of the first states to pass an Assisted Suicide law, which many view as a thin cover for a eugenics agenda. The atrocities of California’s guardianship system produced one of the first (faux) exposés of its probate courts, prompting the California legislature to pass a package of new laws, which parenthetically have made no difference whatsoever.
Sssh! Apparently the venerable LA Times hasn’t figured this out yet. It was the Times’ series back in 2005 When a Family Matter Turns Into a Business which prompted the legislative action. Specifically, the new laws called for the creation of a “Professional Fiduciaries Bureau,” ostensibly to oversee the actions of conservators (most states call them “guardians”) for the elderly and disabled. As has been the case in other states which have established similar bureaus, the PFB serves the interests of the conservators and has actively covered up their crimes, which include felony murder as well as theft of assets.
One of the lead reporters on the Times’ series, Jack Leonard, replied to information that the new laws were worthless by saying, “We aren’t covering this any more.”
Has California Been Chemically Altered?
One explanation for the change in California — and Californians — is that they may have been chemically lobotomized.
California has extensively fluoridated most of its water systems, from San Diego to Sonoma. Fluoride is known to cause docility in those who imbibe it.
Checking the statistics on which state consumes the most antidepressant medications (which often contain fluoride) did not yield much information pointing to a dedicated distribution of these drugs specifically in California. According to Statista, 7.4% of Californians are on antidepressant medication.
Checking for the consumption of anti-anxiety drugs, we find that California scores somewhat higher on the list of states. We were unable to locate statistics for the consumption of anti-psychotics per state. Atypical anti-psychotics, also known as neuroleptics, have a long history of inhibiting “unacceptable” behaviors.
Several years ago, a former DEA agent confided to me that a behavior modification experiment was done in Northern California, involving the release of an aerosol agent designed to affect heterosexual bonding behavior. According to this agent, the result was the mass “gayification” of San Francisco.
Were other behavior modification experiments run on Californians?
Many of these aerosol projects have since been declassified, in the wake of the largely useless Church and Pike hearings of the ’70s, which were intended to bring to light and to terminate secret CIA experiments on populations. While many projects were subsequently declassified, apparently not all were. It has become apparent through the reports of targeted individuals and of whistleblowers, such as Dr. Robert Duncan and Bill Binney, that these experiments did not in fact end, but simply became more swaddled in secrecy. This reporter stumbled upon an active human experimentation program on a “secret” ward at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital up and running into the early 2000s, if not later. The subjects of the brain electricity experiments on A-South, in which patients were subjected to not only large numbers of shock treatments but also were forced to take “medications” which caused seizure activity, were mental patients who were on state aid.
While UCLA continues to deny that ward A-South even existed, this reporter has ascertained that a Dr. Barry Guze was the head of the ward and that a Dr. Derek Ott did his residency on the ward at the time the project was in full swing.
This interest in the scientific modification of citizens was sparked by an announcements made recently by some scientists, suggesting that what amounts to “chemical persuasion” be considered to motivate people to adhere to state mandates re coronavirus.
Given now that some polls show half of the population is reluctant to take the Covid vaccine, and given that Trump’s recent Executive Order mandates that the vaccine remain optional, it is important to note that the Pentagon recently hinted that the jab may be made mandatory.
Signs of Life
A recent protest in front of the home of the head of the LA County Department of Health, Barbara Ferrer, was reported by CNBC to have drawn about fifty protesters.

In Long Beach, the numbers protesting at Long Beach City Hall were reported as “over thirty” by the Long Beach Press Telegram. Hundreds were reported as recently gathering in Huntington Beach to protest, which was downscaled by ABC news to “dozens.”
A protest in California’s capital, Sacramento, piggybacked on election count concerns and was reported as being joined by a “hate group.”
In response to the furor over the first wave of lockdowns, California Governor Gavin Newsom banned protests at the capitol building in April.
As of December 3, 2020, Governor Newsom has issued orders for another lockdown, citing an uptick in Covid statistics.
Northern California, which includes Berkeley and San Francisco, has largely been reported as acquiescing to lockdown protocols. However, the recent lockdown mandate sparked protests in Marin County.
It has been said that “As Goes California, So Goes the Country.” The manifestation of solid conformity to government mandates is not a healthy sign for the state of the union. It is, however, a sign that needs to be recognized, analyzed and understood.
Image caption and credit: Mario Savio, leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, speaks to assembled students on the campus at the University of California, Berkeley, on Dec. 7, 1964. Robert W. Klein/AP – NPR
Janet Phelan has been on the trail of the biological weapons agenda since the new millennium. Her book on the pandemic, At the Breaking Point of History: How Decades of US Duplicity Enabled the Pandemic, will be published in 2021 by Trine Day. Her articles on this issue have appeared in Activist Post, New Eastern Outlook, Infowars and elsewhere. Educated at Grinnell College, UC Berkeley and the University of Missouri Graduate School of Journalism, Janet “jumped ship” and since 2004 has been writing exclusively for independent media. Her articles previously appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Oui Magazine, Orange Coast Magazine, the Long Beach Press Telegram, the Santa Monica Daily Press and other publications. She is the author of the groundbreaking expose, EXILE and two books of poetry. She resides abroad. You may follow Janet on Parler here @JanetPhelan. To support her work, please go to JanetPhelan
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activistpost--2020-12-14--As Gov’t Shuts Down Restaurants, Guy Fieri Raises $21.5 Million for Workers “Doing More than Congres

As Gov’t Shuts Down Restaurants, Guy Fieri Raises $21.5 Million for Workers “Doing More than Congress”

Thanks to hypocritical governor Gavin Newsom ’ s tyrannical lockdown in the state of California , 1 in every 3 California restaurants will be permanently closing their doors this year .
Other states , like New York , Michigan , Pennsylvania and Minnesota face similar fates while most states across America have suffered massive layoffs in the restaurant industry .
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on December 4 showed employment in leisure and hospitality is down by 3.4 million jobs since February .
About 17,000 jobs in “ food services and drinking places ” were cut in November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties have been so hellbent on attacking each other that all attempts to provide aid to the American people have failed .
As a result of the gross incompetence among those in power , food lines are growing longer by the day as Americans experience a food shortage akin to the Great Depression .
Despite massive unemployment , widespread homelessness , and the closure of thousands of small businesses in California , Newsom seems hellbent on continuing the tyrannical lockdown .
It has gotten to the point that now people are fighting back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at restaurants last month — including outdoor dining — the California Restaurant Association , or CRA , has since joined a growing number of restaurant industry groups in cities and states across the country attempting legal action to overturn COVID-related dining restrictions .
Similar lawsuits have been filed in cities like Philadelphia and St. Louis , as well as states such as Michigan and Oregon in recent weeks — each in different ways attempting to get COVID-19-era dining bans overturned .
As government continues to prove its incompetence , those in private industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Network personality Guy Fieri worked to raise more than $ 21.5 million over the last seven weeks to help unemployed restaurant workers .
His work has led to many folks praising him online , correctly stating that he is “ doing more than Congress ” to aid struggling workers during the pandemic .
“ Guy Fieri has raised $ 21.5 million for unemployed restaurant workers , which means Guy Fieri has done more for unemployed restaurant workers than Congress has in the last 8 months , ” tweeted author Dan Price .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 21.5 million in seven weeks to assist unemployed restaurant workers .
Shame on every single one of our government ‘ leaders ’ who have failed them .
God bless the ‘ Fundraiser of Flavortown , ’ ” tweeted Janice Dean , senior meteorologist at Fox News .
Over the weekend , Fieri took it a step further and joined the resistance against the lockdowns .
He announced his support from the CRA lawsuit mentioned above .
Fieri is obviously passionate about food but noted that restaurants are more than just food — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of America .
“ I ’ ve traveled coast to coast visiting thousands of restaurants across the country on Diners , Drive-Ins and Dives , and after all the time on the road , it ’ s clear that restaurants are the heart and soul of their communities , ” Fieri said in a statement released through the Discovery Channel last week .
“ When the COVID-19 pandemic hit , the impact on the restaurant industry was immediate .
Restaurant Hustle 2020 : All On The Line provides a real and intimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top restaurateurs [ as they ] navigate through it all.
” As government employees continue to collect their paychecks , while failing the people who pay their exorbitant salaries , it is heartening to see the private industry step in to help .
Sadly , however , because of the damage done by the lockdowns , $ 21.5 million is a drop in the bucket of what is actually needed .
The only thing that will save the “ heart and soul ” of America now will be government reversing course — which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive resistance , which is already happening .
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By Matt Agorist
Thanks to hypocritical governor Gavin Newsom’s tyrannical lockdown in the state of California, 1 in every 3 California restaurants will be permanently closing their doors this year. Other states, like New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota face similar fates while most states across America have suffered massive layoffs in the restaurant industry.
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on December 4 showed employment in leisure and hospitality is down by 3.4 million jobs since February. About 17,000 jobs in “food services and drinking places” were cut in November alone.
In the meantime, both parties have been so hellbent on attacking each other that all attempts to provide aid to the American people have failed. As a result of the gross incompetence among those in power, food lines are growing longer by the day as Americans experience a food shortage akin to the Great Depression.
Despite massive unemployment, widespread homelessness, and the closure of thousands of small businesses in California, Newsom seems hellbent on continuing the tyrannical lockdown. It has gotten to the point that now people are fighting back.
After Los Angeles officials banned eating at restaurants last month — including outdoor dining — the California Restaurant Association, or CRA, has since joined a growing number of restaurant industry groups in cities and states across the country attempting legal action to overturn COVID-related dining restrictions.
Similar lawsuits have been filed in cities like Philadelphia and St. Louis, as well as states such as Michigan and Oregon in recent weeks — each in different ways attempting to get COVID-19-era dining bans overturned.
As government continues to prove its incompetence, those in private industry are stepping in to help. Food Network personality Guy Fieri worked to raise more than $21.5 million over the last seven weeks to help unemployed restaurant workers.
His work has led to many folks praising him online, correctly stating that he is “doing more than Congress” to aid struggling workers during the pandemic.
“Guy Fieri has raised $21.5 million for unemployed restaurant workers, which means Guy Fieri has done more for unemployed restaurant workers than Congress has in the last 8 months,” tweeted author Dan Price.
“.@GuyFieri has raised more than $21.5 million in seven weeks to assist unemployed restaurant workers. Shame on every single one of our government ‘leaders’ who have failed them. God bless the ‘Fundraiser of Flavortown,’” tweeted Janice Dean, senior meteorologist at Fox News.
As Newsweek reports:
The longtime TV host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives made personal pleas with large corporate sponsors, including PepsiCo, Uber Eats and Moët Hennessy USA, to support his Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. Fieri started the fund on March 27 as the COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly spreading through the U.S. and much of the world. The group has helped more than 43,000 restaurant workers “who have suffered financially due to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis,” particularly through $500 grants to restaurant workers in every state.
Over the weekend, Fieri took it a step further and joined the resistance against the lockdowns. He announced his support from the CRA lawsuit mentioned above.
“We gotta keep Flavortown open for biz!” Fieri tweeted.
Fieri is obviously passionate about food but noted that restaurants are more than just food — they are the “heart and soul” of America.
“I’ve traveled coast to coast visiting thousands of restaurants across the country on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and after all the time on the road, it’s clear that restaurants are the heart and soul of their communities,” Fieri said in a statement released through the Discovery Channel last week. “When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the impact on the restaurant industry was immediate. Restaurant Hustle 2020: All On The Line provides a real and intimate first-hand look into the lives of four top restaurateurs [as they] navigate through it all.”
As government employees continue to collect their paychecks, while failing the people who pay their exorbitant salaries, it is heartening to see the private industry step in to help. Sadly, however, because of the damage done by the lockdowns, $21.5 million is a drop in the bucket of what is actually needed. The only thing that will save the “heart and soul” of America now will be government reversing course — which is not at all likely — or massive resistance, which is already happening.
Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter Steemit , and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-12-14--Instead of Arresting Hungry Woman for Stealing Food, Cop Pays for Her Groceries

Arlington , TX — Last month , the Dallas-Fort Worth area made national headlines as thousands of people waited up to 8 hours in a miles-long line to get food .
Due to the lockdowns and subsequent economic impact , many folks have found themselves having a hard time paying their rent and mortgages , with many others barely being able to afford food .
Some of these folks are homeless , living in tents , trying to do everything they can not to starve to death .
To avoid starving , one homeless woman in Arlington resorted to shoplifting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so police responded .
The following incident happened on Thanksgiving day , but the body camera footage was only just released .
The footage shows how Officer Nick Ghidina responded to a shoplifting call at a local grocery store .
Upon conducting his investigation .
Ghidina learned that the woman had stolen several food items from the store .
When Ghidina caught up to the woman , she admitted to taking the food and told the officer that she was going through some tough times .
“ Are you hungry ?
Is all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked .
“ Where are you taking this too ?
” the officer asked .
Instead of arresting the woman , Ghidina showed compassion for his fellow human .
“ Okay , I am going to take a picture of what ’ s in here , and I am going to drive you back to your tent because I don ’ t want you walking in traffic .
Then , I am going to go back there ( to the store ) and I am going to take care of that for you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drove the woman back to her tent before returning to the store and paying the store for the food she had taken .
According to NBC DFW , the Arlington Police Department said that it does not condone theft and strongly encourages the public to support our local businesses by paying for the goods and services they provide .
Police said while there will be instances when officers will cite or fine individuals for stealing , but the department applauds Ghidina for using his discretion and showing compassion in this situation .
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and should serve as an example for other officers , if a regular citizen tries to feed the homeless in Dallas , they face arrest because feeding the homeless is illegal .
In December 2014 , the Dallas city council enacted Ordinance No .
29595 , which makes it illegal to serve food to the homeless without jumping through a statist myriad of bureaucratic hoops , including a fee , training classes , and written notices .
One should not need to file multiple forms and pay a fee to obtain a permit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are willingly ready to accept it .
Luckily , however , there are still good people willing to carry that act out .
The aptly named organization , Don ’ t Comply , and dozens of volunteers from children to adults alike take to the streets of Dallas several times a year to hand out food , sleeping bags , clothing , and tents to the area ’ s less fortunate .
As TFTP has reported on numerous occasions , often times , police will swoop in and shut down those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state and conduct charity without a permit .
However , most organizations aren ’ t like Don ’ t Comply .
When Don ’ t Comply takes to the streets to give food and supplies to the homeless , many of the members of the organization open carry their weapons .
This is done—not out of an act of intimidation—but merely to assert rights as well as protect them .
The resultant heavily armed group of do-gooders effectively staves off any attempts by police to shut down the charitable efforts .
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By Matt Agorist
Arlington, TX — Last month, the Dallas-Fort Worth area made national headlines as thousands of people waited up to 8 hours in a miles-long line to get food. Due to the lockdowns and subsequent economic impact, many folks have found themselves having a hard time paying their rent and mortgages, with many others barely being able to afford food.
Some of these folks are homeless, living in tents, trying to do everything they can not to starve to death. To avoid starving, one homeless woman in Arlington resorted to shoplifting food from a local grocery store, so police responded.
The following incident happened on Thanksgiving day, but the body camera footage was only just released. The footage shows how Officer Nick Ghidina responded to a shoplifting call at a local grocery store.
Upon conducting his investigation. Ghidina learned that the woman had stolen several food items from the store. When Ghidina caught up to the woman, she admitted to taking the food and told the officer that she was going through some tough times.
“Are you hungry? Is all of this food?” the officer asked.
“Yes,” the woman responded.
“Where are you taking this too?” the officer asked.
“Um, my tent,” she replied.
Instead of arresting the woman, Ghidina showed compassion for his fellow human.
“Okay, I am going to take a picture of what’s in here, and I am going to drive you back to your tent because I don’t want you walking in traffic. Then, I am going to go back there (to the store) and I am going to take care of that for you,” Ghidina said.
He then drove the woman back to her tent before returning to the store and paying the store for the food she had taken.
According to NBC DFW, the Arlington Police Department said that it does not condone theft and strongly encourages the public to support our local businesses by paying for the goods and services they provide.
Police said while there will be instances when officers will cite or fine individuals for stealing, but the department applauds Ghidina for using his discretion and showing compassion in this situation.
While Ghidina’s actions were certainly inspiring and should serve as an example for other officers, if a regular citizen tries to feed the homeless in Dallas, they face arrest because feeding the homeless is illegal.
In December 2014, the Dallas city council enacted Ordinance No. 29595, which makes it illegal to serve food to the homeless without jumping through a statist myriad of bureaucratic hoops, including a fee, training classes, and written notices.
One should not need to file multiple forms and pay a fee to obtain a permit to give food to those in need who are willingly ready to accept it.
Luckily, however, there are still good people willing to carry that act out.
The aptly named organization, Don’t Comply, and dozens of volunteers from children to adults alike take to the streets of Dallas several times a year to hand out food, sleeping bags, clothing, and tents to the area’s less fortunate.
As TFTP has reported on numerous occasions, often times, police will swoop in and shut down those who would dare defy the authority of the state and conduct charity without a permit. However, most organizations aren’t like Don’t Comply.
When Don’t Comply takes to the streets to give food and supplies to the homeless, many of the members of the organization open carry their weapons. This is done—not out of an act of intimidation—but merely to assert rights as well as protect them.
The resultant heavily armed group of do-gooders effectively staves off any attempts by police to shut down the charitable efforts.
Source: The Free Thought Project
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activistpost--2020-12-14--Ghislaine Maxwell Offers $30 Million Bail And Reveals Husband’s Name

Ghislaine Maxwell is having such a rough time in prison that she is offering up a bail package of nearly $ 30 million , and is revealing details about her private life that she has never confirmed with investigators .
If her proposal is accepted , she hopes to be out of prison for the Christmas holiday .
An estimated $ 25 million of the sum will reportedly be raised by Maxwell ’ s husband , tech CEO Scott Borgerson , according to the Telegraph .
While it was suspected that she and Borgerson were married , she refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearing this summer .
An additional $ 5 million for the bail will come from Ghislaine ’ s brothers , Kevin and Ian Maxwell .
If her release is granted , Maxwell has promised to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet until her trial .
Maxwell ’ s defense team was hoping to keep the details of the bond ’ s co-signers private , due to fears that they would be harassed by members of the public .
“ They are legitimately afraid if their identities become public , they will be subjected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threats that Ms. Maxwell has experienced for more than a year , ” Maxwell ’ s attorney ’ s argued in a bail request .
In a letter to the court this month , Maxwell attorney Bobbi Sternheim argued that her client was being mistreated in custody because officials at a different prison failed to keep Jeffrey Epstein safe last year .
“ The conditions under which she is detained are punitive , unwarranted , deleteriously impacting her ability to prepare her defense , and interfering with counsel ’ s ability to provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and any other detainee , deserves , ” Sternheim said , according to Newsweek .
She also claimed that Maxwell is starting to lose her hair and has lost a significant amount of weight while she has been behind bars .
“ It is obvious that Ms Maxwell is bearing the brunt of BOP [ Board of Prisons ] incompetence , ” Sternheim said .
“ The Department of Justice is seeking to repair the BOP ’ s tarnished reputation by placing Ms. Maxwell under extraordinarily harsh conditions , not in any response @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but rather in response to the failed handling of a completely different inmate , ” she added .
At first , Maxwell ’ s clothes were taken away , and she was forced to wear paper gowns as a precaution , so she didn ’ t have any materials that she could use to hang herself with .
Maxwell ’ s was later allowed to wear normal prison clothes and is now no longer considered a suicide risk , but authorities are still taking extreme measures , according to her attorneys .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that she is having her sleep interrupted by guards with flashlights every 15 minutes .
The guards are apparently checking to make sure that she ’ s still breathing .
Maxwell is under constant video surveillance , even during her meetings with attorneys .
She has also complained about being held in solitary confinement and asked to be moved in with the general prison population , but her request was denied for her own safety .
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By John Vibes
Ghislaine Maxwell is having such a rough time in prison that she is offering up a bail package of nearly $30 million, and is revealing details about her private life that she has never confirmed with investigators.
If her proposal is accepted, she hopes to be out of prison for the Christmas holiday.
An estimated $25 million of the sum will reportedly be raised by Maxwell’s husband, tech CEO Scott Borgerson, according to the Telegraph.
While it was suspected that she and Borgerson were married, she refused to reveal his name at an initial bail hearing this summer. An additional $5 million for the bail will come from Ghislaine’s brothers, Kevin and Ian Maxwell.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband Scott Borgerson? – The Sun https://t.co/yOXri97cxq — NewsLinez (@LinezNews) December 12, 2020
If her release is granted, Maxwell has promised to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet until her trial.
Maxwell’s defense team was hoping to keep the details of the bond’s co-signers private, due to fears that they would be harassed by members of the public.
“They are legitimately afraid if their identities become public, they will be subjected to the same relentless media scrutiny and threats that Ms. Maxwell has experienced for more than a year,” Maxwell’s attorney’s argued in a bail request.
Ghislaine Maxwell and husband Scott Borgerson pledge $30 million bail for Christmas in freedom https://t.co/LyvPlowmu4 — Lilian Davis (@DavisLilian) December 12, 2020
In a letter to the court this month, Maxwell attorney Bobbi Sternheim argued that her client was being mistreated in custody because officials at a different prison failed to keep Jeffrey Epstein safe last year.
“The conditions under which she is detained are punitive, unwarranted, deleteriously impacting her ability to prepare her defense, and interfering with counsel’s ability to provide the legal representation to which she, and any other detainee, deserves,” Sternheim said, according to Newsweek.
She also claimed that Maxwell is starting to lose her hair and has lost a significant amount of weight while she has been behind bars.
“It is obvious that Ms Maxwell is bearing the brunt of BOP [Board of Prisons] incompetence,” Sternheim said.
“The Department of Justice is seeking to repair the BOP’s tarnished reputation by placing Ms. Maxwell under extraordinarily harsh conditions, not in any response to Ms. Maxwell’s requirements, but rather in response to the failed handling of a completely different inmate,” she added.
At first, Maxwell’s clothes were taken away, and she was forced to wear paper gowns as a precaution, so she didn’t have any materials that she could use to hang herself with. Maxwell’s was later allowed to wear normal prison clothes and is now no longer considered a suicide risk, but authorities are still taking extreme measures, according to her attorneys.
In court last month, her attorneys argued that she is having her sleep interrupted by guards with flashlights every 15 minutes. The guards are apparently checking to make sure that she’s still breathing.
Maxwell is under constant video surveillance, even during her meetings with attorneys. She has also complained about being held in solitary confinement and asked to be moved in with the general prison population, but her request was denied for her own safety.
Yeah not happening 🤣
Ghislaine Maxwell and husband Scott Borgerson will put up $30 million bail – with $5M from her siblings and the rest themselves – in bid to get her home before Christmashttps://t.co/wDIYiNtQBA pic.twitter.com/mKdAf89ryC — TAFKAG (@tafkag) December 12, 2020
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activistpost--2020-12-14--Michael Jordan’s New Golf Course Uses Drone To Deliver Beer To Golfers

Michael Jordan ’ s new golf course in Florida is the latest example of robots , drones , and the uncertain future of work for humans .
The course , called The Grove XXIII , has opted to deliver snacks and beer to golfers via a drone .
Traditionally , food and beverages on courses are delivered to golfers on refreshment golf carts , operated with one or two servers .
As shown in the video below , the last-mile delivery , from the clubhouse to the golfer , is conducted by drone .
Drone deliveries on the course will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , increasing margins because golf carts and servers are no longer required – just a drone operator .
As for all those teenagers working courses during the summer break – well , be careful in this decade , technology will not just result in a displacement of their jobs – it will also lead to the displacement of millions of other jobs , in other industries , in the coming years .
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By Tyler Durden
Michael Jordan’s new golf course in Florida is the latest example of robots, drones, and the uncertain future of work for humans.
The course, called The Grove XXIII, has opted to deliver snacks and beer to golfers via a drone.
Traditionally, food and beverages on courses are delivered to golfers on refreshment golf carts, operated with one or two servers.
As shown in the video below, the last-mile delivery, from the clubhouse to the golfer, is conducted by drone.
Here’s video Caroline Wozniacki posted yesterday of the food and drink delivery by drone out at Michael Jordan’s newish golf course, Grove XXIII. (Also the scooters in the background) pic.twitter.com/QEAyUCI0yO — Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) December 7, 2020
Drone deliveries on the course will likely be huge cost-savings for the club, increasing margins because golf carts and servers are no longer required – just a drone operator.
As for all those teenagers working courses during the summer break – well, be careful in this decade, technology will not just result in a displacement of their jobs – it will also lead to the displacement of millions of other jobs, in other industries, in the coming years.
Source: Zero Hedge
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