activistpost--2020-09-16--Credible 5G Skeptics Being Marginalized Is as Ridiculous as NY Times Partnering with Verizon for a 5

Credible 5G Skeptics Being Marginalized Is as Ridiculous as NY Times Partnering with Verizon for a 5G Journalism Lab

It ’ s true – last year The New York Times partnered with Verizon to create a 5G Journalism Lab .
See how excited they are : Also true – cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) .
The majority of scientists worldwide also oppose deployment until studies show that it ’ s safe .
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Of course other sources of wireless radiation and Electromagnetic Fields ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) can cause symptoms and illnesses too .
In fact , LAST YEAR the World Health Organization issued a warning about a significant percentage of people being affected by exposure .
Of course , 5G opposition isn ’ t isolated to biological and environmental radiation exposure risks ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) .
Nevertheless , proponents are becoming increasingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter how credible they are .
Do 5G Promises Come with Real Human Costs ?
As a science and technology aficionado who believes in using science to promote human health and prosperity , I was startled to find myself being classified as a Luddite in a recent commentary by authored by a Frontier Center research associate .
The commentary was entitled “ Luddites Stand in the Way of 5G Prosperity : Fears Overblown , Ignore Benefits of Communications Connectivity ” and was released on July 29 , 2020 .
The one thing I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that faster communications would provide many benefits to humankind .
However , choices have to be made about how to deliver faster communications to households , offices , farms , and manufacturing buildings .
Not all choices are good ones .
And you can ’ t do a proper cost/benefit analysis without thoroughly exploring all of the costs .
The expression “ 5G ” refers to the fifth generation of wireless technology , which will carry more data , at higher speeds , than previous cellular networks .
But wireless 5G is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes to delivering high-speed internet .
It faces stiff competition from fibre optic systems .
Fibre optic cables consist of extremely thin interior strands of glass or plastic which carry signals in the form of light , surrounded by multiple layers of cladding , coating , and jacketing which prevent the light signals from escaping .
Fibre optic cables are already in use for most of the world ’ s internet transmissions .
This 2010 article estimated that “ ninety-nine percent of the Internet ’ s physical distance has been strung with fiber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good chance that the street where your home or workplace is located already has fibre optic cable running along its length , even though it may not yet be in use ( this is known as “ dark fibre ” ) .
I ’ ve been told that ’ s the case in the municipality where I live .
The problem stems from what ’ s called “ the last mile ” : the distance between the street ’ s central fibre optic cable and the customer ’ s wifi router or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last mile ( which might be only 20 feet in some cases ) has ordinarily been wired with coaxial cable or DSL ( Digital Subscriber Lines ) .
Such cables transmit data reliably over shielded wires , but the transmission speed is relatively slow compared to fibre optics .
It ’ s the last mile that the two competing new technologies propose to speed up .
This can be done in two ways : either by replacing the coaxial or DSL cable running from the street to your home with additional fibre optic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wirelessly to your devices using antennae referred to as “ small cells ” .
Wireless 5G in North America would require the installation of millions of small cellular antennae in order to ensure continuous coverage.1 That ’ s because the wavelengths they use have a very short range , so antennae have to be placed close together .
For indoor use , small cells might need to be located as little as 10 meters apart .
Outdoors , small cells have a range varying from 500 meters to 2.5 kilometers.2 Some neighbourhoods might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost every telephone pole .
Different companies use different frequency bands for their 5G , but the most important thing to note is that none of the wireless 5G technologies have undergone any safety testing whatsoever with respect to the impact of these waves on human health .
None .
This was admitted by industry representatives at a U.S. Senate hearing held on February 7 , 2019 , an excerpt of which can be seen in this YouTube video .
Yes , there are government guidelines for electromagnetic energy .
Here in Canada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6 .
Critics such as Canadians for Safe Technology ( “ C4ST ” ) allege that the code is severely obsolete.3 It was created by Health Canada in the 1970s ( long before the development of smartphones ) to evaluate the technology existing at that time .
It has not had any major revisions made to it in the last 30 years—but it has nevertheless has been extended to constitute the guidelines for a host of later-developed technologies including smartphones and cell phone antennae .
Health Canada is apparently content to let it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ untested 5G wireless radiation .
An international appeal signed by 398 scientists and doctors has recommended a moratorium on the roll-out of wireless 5G .
They say new scientific evidence demonstrates that living organisms ( both plants and animals ) are adversely affected by EMFs ( that is , existing electromagnetic frequencies emitted by 2G , 3G , and 4G technologies—let alone 5G ) at levels well below current national and international guidelines .
The problem would simply be exacerbated by 5G .
The National Toxicology Program in the U.S. has published a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the incidence of brain and heart cancer in animals exposed to EMF below the… guidelines followed by most countries.
” The Bioinitiative Report ( published in 2012 and recently updated to cover the period up to 2020 ) was authored by 29 people from 10 countries .
Among them , they held 10 medical degrees ( MD ) , 21 PhDs , and a few other degrees .
This group doesn ’ t seem to fit the description of Luddites .
Among the health problems they identified from EMFs , as indicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Increased oxidative stress and free radical production ( associated with numerous conditions such as Alzheimer ’ s disease , high blood pressure , atherosclerosis , heart disease , arthritis and diabetes—all of which have increased dramatically since the 1990s ) ; • Neurological effects ( changes in memory , learning or perception ) ; • Disrupted immune function ( an especially important problem in these days of COVID-19 ) .
Dr. Martin Pall , Ph.D. , is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University .
He has studied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and summarized his findings in a letter to California legislators three years ago .
His list of 14 different adverse health effects include life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias , lower sperm counts , cataract formation , and sleep disruption .
In short , it is absurd to dismiss the health concerns about EMFs that have been brought forward by hundreds of scientists as the grumpy rumblings of Luddites who just can ’ t get their heads around the potential benefits of science .
Opponents of 5G have additional concerns besides human health .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EMFs on plants , insects , and animals .
Even the microbes in our soil and in our intestines might be affected .
The importance of healthy microbes to human health is only just beginning to be understood .
Of particular concern is the possibility that insect pollinators such as bees and butterflies might be prevented from performing their crucial function of ensuring that the world has enough to eat .
Many 5G critics are concerned about possible data leaks , especially to China , the home country of Huawei , a major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to C4ST , the competing fibre optic technology can provide even faster connectivity speeds than wireless 5G , without emitting radiation .
These cables are also less vulnerable to natural disaster or attack , and more protective of privacy .
It may cost more to run fibre optics across the last mile to individual homes than it would to install a street ’ s worth of 5G small cells , but that ’ s a cost that can be borne by the individual who purchases the technological upgrade .
And this raises the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all economists .
The installation of 5G is not—unlike the installation of fibre optics—a private concern .
Once the small cells start broadcasting , their radiation impacts everyone within range , whether they are 5G customers are not .
In economists ’ terminology , 5G imposes negative externalities on people who just happen to live in or meander through the territory where 5G customers and their suppliers are causing radiation to be emitted .
In a densely populated city , your neighbour may want 5G while you don ’ t .
The result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a telephone pole 20 feet away from your bedroom window and bathes you in unwanted electromagnetic radiation all night .
Ms. Gomez ’ s article placed speculative values on the anticipated benefits of wireless 5G , but dismissed as “ unsupported ” any claims of harm .
Consequently , her cost/benefit analysis of 5G failed to take into account the following possible costs : • Health care costs of treating individuals who might be adversely affected by wireless 5G ; • Lost productivity of individuals who might be rendered unable to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of crops that might ensue if insect pollinators or important soil microbes are killed off or incapacitated .
There is also one certain , non-speculative cost that she has failed to take into account : namely , the cost of protective gear that many people are already acquiring to protect themselves from 5G as it expands relentlessly into Canada .
Since becoming aware of the adverse impacts of earlier generations of EMFs , I myself have purchased a device that I hope will reduce the impact of EMFs , and I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , my bed , and my work area in case 5G comes to my town .
New companies in this field are springing up all over the place , selling everything from metallic-lined clothing to pendants to Faraday cages for your bedroom .
At common law , the case of Rylands v. Fletcher ( 1868 ) established that a person is liable for damages if he allows something harmful to escape from his land onto neighbouring property .
Here ’ s the most famous passage from the British House of Lords : If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on his land anything which , if it should escape , may cause damage to his neighbour , he does so at his peril .
If it does escape , and cause damage , he is responsible , however careful he may have been , and whatever precautions he may have taken to prevent the damage .
It has not yet been tested whether a court would apply this rule to 5G electromagnetic waves ( or even 4G , for that matter ) but a UK group called Action Against 5G has retained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proceedings .
Like the Canadian group C4ST , the UK group does not oppose technology .
Rather , it opposes untested and suspected unsafe technology .
It advocates the use of fibre optics instead of wireless 5G to achieve speedier communications .
Likewise , a group called Stop5GNetherlands applied for an injunction on February 25 , 2020 to invoke an emergency procedure to stop the installation of 5G in the Netherlands .
In the US , the Children ’ s Health Defense organization headed up by lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for refusing to update its safety guidelines which ( like Canada ’ s ) are more than 25 years old .
In 2019 , an appellate court in Turin , Italy confirmed the trial court ’ s decision that the plaintiff ’ s acoustic neuroma ( a tumor affecting the inner ear ) was caused by the use of his mobile phone .
The city of Brussels and several parts of Switzerland have proactively imposed moratoriums on the rollout of 5G .
Many other municipalities around the world have followed suit , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire countries are on the list of places where 5G moratoriums are under consideration .
It would be the height of folly to close our eyes to the risks of wireless 5G when a huge percentage of our population is already suffering from chronic illnesses that have become increasingly more commonplace with every new generation of EMFs already deployed .
I hope more Canadians will wake up to the risks and join with concerned individuals around the world to prevent this untested and probably harmful technology from being inflicted upon non-consenting victims .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Frontier Centre for Public Policy , and the owner of Keen Eyes Editing .
Karen Selick received her law degree at the University of Toronto and spent 7 years as in-house counsel at CIBC , then 24 years in private practice until 2009 .
Karen went on to serve as Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation until 2015 .
She has written widely about legal issues from a libertarian perspective .
She has been a columnist for The Lawyers Weekly and Canadian Lawyer magazine .
Her work has also appeared in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post , Readers ’ Digest , The Freeman , and many other newspapers and magazines .
David Zarnett , in this recent article for Macleans magazine , says 273,000 small cells will probably have to be installed for Canada alone .
The US has nine times the population , so they might well need over 2,457,000 antennae .
What are small cells in 5G technology , https : //www.rfpage.com/what-are-small-cells-in-5g-technology/ accessed 18 August 2020 .
See , for instance , this page from C4ST ( a volunteer organization founded by Frank Clegg , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : http : //c4st.org/safety-code-6/ .
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology .
For more information , visit our archives and the following websites : Subscribe to Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By B.N. Frank
It’s true – last year The New York Times partnered with Verizon to create a 5G Journalism Lab. See how excited they are:
Also true – cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). The majority of scientists worldwide also oppose deployment until studies show that it’s safe.
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illnesses after 5G has been turned on (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Of course other sources of wireless radiation and Electromagnetic Fields (aka “Electrosmog”) can cause symptoms and illnesses too. In fact, LAST YEAR the World Health Organization issued a warning about a significant percentage of people being affected by exposure.
Of course, 5G opposition isn’t isolated to biological and environmental radiation exposure risks (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Nevertheless, proponents are becoming increasingly desperate in trying to discredit opponents no matter how credible they are.
From Frontier Centre for Public Policy:
Do 5G Promises Come with Real Human Costs?
Karen Selick September 7, 2020
As a science and technology aficionado who believes in using science to promote human health and prosperity, I was startled to find myself being classified as a Luddite in a recent commentary by authored by a Frontier Center research associate. The commentary was entitled “Luddites Stand in the Way of 5G Prosperity: Fears Overblown, Ignore Benefits of Communications Connectivity” and was released on July 29, 2020.
The one thing I can agree with in that commentary is that faster communications would provide many benefits to humankind. However, choices have to be made about how to deliver faster communications to households, offices, farms, and manufacturing buildings. Not all choices are good ones. And you can’t do a proper cost/benefit analysis without thoroughly exploring all of the costs.
The expression “5G” refers to the fifth generation of wireless technology, which will carry more data, at higher speeds, than previous cellular networks. But wireless 5G is not the only game in town when it comes to delivering high-speed internet. It faces stiff competition from fibre optic systems.
Fibre optic cables consist of extremely thin interior strands of glass or plastic which carry signals in the form of light, surrounded by multiple layers of cladding, coating, and jacketing which prevent the light signals from escaping.
Fibre optic cables are already in use for most of the world’s internet transmissions. This 2010 article estimated that “ninety-nine percent of the Internet’s physical distance has been strung with fiber already.”
This means there’s a good chance that the street where your home or workplace is located already has fibre optic cable running along its length, even though it may not yet be in use (this is known as “dark fibre”). I’ve been told that’s the case in the municipality where I live.
The problem stems from what’s called “the last mile”: the distance between the street’s central fibre optic cable and the customer’s wifi router or receiving devices. Until recently, this last mile (which might be only 20 feet in some cases) has ordinarily been wired with coaxial cable or DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines). Such cables transmit data reliably over shielded wires, but the transmission speed is relatively slow compared to fibre optics.
It’s the last mile that the two competing new technologies propose to speed up. This can be done in two ways: either by replacing the coaxial or DSL cable running from the street to your home with additional fibre optic cable, or by simply beaming signals wirelessly to your devices using antennae referred to as “small cells”.
Wireless 5G in North America would require the installation of millions of small cellular antennae in order to ensure continuous coverage.1 That’s because the wavelengths they use have a very short range, so antennae have to be placed close together. For indoor use, small cells might need to be located as little as 10 meters apart. Outdoors, small cells have a range varying from 500 meters to 2.5 kilometers.2 Some neighbourhoods might end up with small cells located on almost every telephone pole.
Different companies use different frequency bands for their 5G, but the most important thing to note is that none of the wireless 5G technologies have undergone any safety testing whatsoever with respect to the impact of these waves on human health. None. This was admitted by industry representatives at a U.S. Senate hearing held on February 7, 2019, an excerpt of which can be seen in this YouTube video.
Yes, there are government guidelines for electromagnetic energy. Here in Canada, they’re called Safety Code 6. Critics such as Canadians for Safe Technology (“C4ST”) allege that the code is severely obsolete.3 It was created by Health Canada in the 1970s (long before the development of smartphones) to evaluate the technology existing at that time. It has not had any major revisions made to it in the last 30 years—but it has nevertheless has been extended to constitute the guidelines for a host of later-developed technologies including smartphones and cell phone antennae. Health Canada is apparently content to let it serve as the safety guideline for the untested 5G wireless radiation.
An international appeal signed by 398 scientists and doctors has recommended a moratorium on the roll-out of wireless 5G. They say new scientific evidence demonstrates that living organisms (both plants and animals) are adversely affected by EMFs (that is, existing electromagnetic frequencies emitted by 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies—let alone 5G) at levels well below current national and international guidelines. The problem would simply be exacerbated by 5G. The National Toxicology Program in the U.S. has published a study showing “a statistically significant increase in the incidence of brain and heart cancer in animals exposed to EMF below the… guidelines followed by most countries.”
The Bioinitiative Report (published in 2012 and recently updated to cover the period up to 2020) was authored by 29 people from 10 countries. Among them, they held 10 medical degrees (MD), 21 PhDs, and a few other degrees. This group doesn’t seem to fit the description of Luddites. Among the health problems they identified from EMFs, as indicated in scientific studies, are:
Increased oxidative stress and free radical production (associated with numerous conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, heart disease, arthritis and diabetes—all of which have increased dramatically since the 1990s);
Neurological effects (changes in memory, learning or perception);
Disrupted immune function (an especially important problem in these days of COVID-19).
Dr. Martin Pall, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University. He has studied extensively the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, and summarized his findings in a letter to California legislators three years ago. His list of 14 different adverse health effects include life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, lower sperm counts, cataract formation, and sleep disruption.
In short, it is absurd to dismiss the health concerns about EMFs that have been brought forward by hundreds of scientists as the grumpy rumblings of Luddites who just can’t get their heads around the potential benefits of science.
Opponents of 5G have additional concerns besides human health. They point to studies showing adverse effects of EMFs on plants, insects, and animals. Even the microbes in our soil and in our intestines might be affected. The importance of healthy microbes to human health is only just beginning to be understood. Of particular concern is the possibility that insect pollinators such as bees and butterflies might be prevented from performing their crucial function of ensuring that the world has enough to eat.
Many 5G critics are concerned about possible data leaks, especially to China, the home country of Huawei, a major manufacturer of wireless 5G technology.
According to C4ST, the competing fibre optic technology can provide even faster connectivity speeds than wireless 5G, without emitting radiation. These cables are also less vulnerable to natural disaster or attack, and more protective of privacy. It may cost more to run fibre optics across the last mile to individual homes than it would to install a street’s worth of 5G small cells, but that’s a cost that can be borne by the individual who purchases the technological upgrade.
And this raises the problem that should be of concern to all economists. The installation of 5G is not—unlike the installation of fibre optics—a private concern. Once the small cells start broadcasting, their radiation impacts everyone within range, whether they are 5G customers are not. In economists’ terminology, 5G imposes negative externalities on people who just happen to live in or meander through the territory where 5G customers and their suppliers are causing radiation to be emitted.
In a densely populated city, your neighbour may want 5G while you don’t. The result may be that a small cell sits on a telephone pole 20 feet away from your bedroom window and bathes you in unwanted electromagnetic radiation all night.
Ms. Gomez’s article placed speculative values on the anticipated benefits of wireless 5G, but dismissed as “unsupported” any claims of harm. Consequently, her cost/benefit analysis of 5G failed to take into account the following possible costs:
Health care costs of treating individuals who might be adversely affected by wireless 5G;
Lost productivity of individuals who might be rendered unable to work due to 5G;
The loss of crops that might ensue if insect pollinators or important soil microbes are killed off or incapacitated.
There is also one certain, non-speculative cost that she has failed to take into account: namely, the cost of protective gear that many people are already acquiring to protect themselves from 5G as it expands relentlessly into Canada. Since becoming aware of the adverse impacts of earlier generations of EMFs, I myself have purchased a device that I hope will reduce the impact of EMFs, and I’m investigating other devices to shield my windows, my bed, and my work area in case 5G comes to my town. New companies in this field are springing up all over the place, selling everything from metallic-lined clothing to pendants to Faraday cages for your bedroom.
At common law, the case of Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) established that a person is liable for damages if he allows something harmful to escape from his land onto neighbouring property. Here’s the most famous passage from the British House of Lords:
If a person brings, or accumulates, on his land anything which, if it should escape, may cause damage to his neighbour, he does so at his peril. If it does escape, and cause damage, he is responsible, however careful he may have been, and whatever precautions he may have taken to prevent the damage.
It has not yet been tested whether a court would apply this rule to 5G electromagnetic waves (or even 4G, for that matter) but a UK group called Action Against 5G has retained a team of lawyers to commence legal proceedings. Like the Canadian group C4ST, the UK group does not oppose technology. Rather, it opposes untested and suspected unsafe technology. It advocates the use of fibre optics instead of wireless 5G to achieve speedier communications.
Likewise, a group called Stop5GNetherlands applied for an injunction on February 25, 2020 to invoke an emergency procedure to stop the installation of 5G in the Netherlands.
In the US, the Children’s Health Defense organization headed up by lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for refusing to update its safety guidelines which (like Canada’s) are more than 25 years old.
In 2019, an appellate court in Turin, Italy confirmed the trial court’s decision that the plaintiff’s acoustic neuroma (a tumor affecting the inner ear) was caused by the use of his mobile phone.
The city of Brussels and several parts of Switzerland have proactively imposed moratoriums on the rollout of 5G. Many other municipalities around the world have followed suit, or are considering doing so. Even some entire countries are on the list of places where 5G moratoriums are under consideration.
It would be the height of folly to close our eyes to the risks of wireless 5G when a huge percentage of our population is already suffering from chronic illnesses that have become increasingly more commonplace with every new generation of EMFs already deployed. I hope more Canadians will wake up to the risks and join with concerned individuals around the world to prevent this untested and probably harmful technology from being inflicted upon non-consenting victims.
Karen Selick is a senior research associate with Frontier Centre for Public Policy, and the owner of Keen Eyes Editing. Karen Selick received her law degree at the University of Toronto and spent 7 years as in-house counsel at CIBC, then 24 years in private practice until 2009. Karen went on to serve as Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation until 2015. She has written widely about legal issues from a libertarian perspective. She has been a columnist for The Lawyers Weekly and Canadian Lawyer magazine. Her work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, Readers’ Digest, The Freeman, and many other newspapers and magazines.
Notes:
David Zarnett, in this recent article for Macleans magazine, says 273,000 small cells will probably have to be installed for Canada alone. The US has nine times the population, so they might well need over 2,457,000 antennae.
What are small cells in 5G technology, https://www.rfpage.com/what-are-small-cells-in-5g-technology/ accessed 18 August 2020.
See, for instance, this page from C4ST (a volunteer organization founded by Frank Clegg, the retired former president of Microsoft Canada): http://c4st.org/safety-code-6/.
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology. For more information, visit our archives and the following websites:
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activistpost--2020-09-18--Three Interactive Tools for Understanding Police Surveillance

As law enforcement and government surveillance technology continues to become more and more advanced , it has also become harder for everyday people to avoid .
Law enforcement agencies all over the United States are using body-worn cameras , automated license plate readers , drones , and much more—all of which threat people ’ s right to privacy .
But it ’ s often difficult for people to even become aware of what technology is being used where they live .
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has three interactive tools that help you learn about the new technologies being deployed around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you : the Atlas of Surveillance , Spot the Surveillance , and Who Has Your Face ?
The Atlas of Surveillance is a database and map that will help you understand the magnitude of surveillance at the national level , as well as what kind of technology is used locally where you live .
Developed in partnership with the University of Nevada , Reno ’ s Reynolds School of Journalism , the Atlas of Surveillance is a dataset with more than 5,500 points of information on technology surveillance used by law enforcement agencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and EFF volunteers gathered online research , such as news articles and government records , on 10 common surveillance technologies and two different types of surveillance command centers .
By clicking any point on the map , you will get the name of an agency and a description of the technology .
If you toggle the interactive legend , you can see how each technology is spreading across the country .
You can also search a simple-to-use text version of the database of all the research , including links to news articles or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technology in that region .
Who Has Your Face ?
https : //whohasyourface.org/ Half of all adults in the United States likely have their image in a law enforcement facial recognition database , according to a 2016 report from the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law .
Today , that number is probably higher .
But what about your face ?
Face recognition is a form of biometric surveillance that uses software to automatically identify or track someone based on their physical characteristics .
People are subjected to face recognition in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government has a number of uses for the technology , from screening passengers at airports to identifying protesters caught on camera .
Who Has Your Face ?
is a short quiz that allows a user to see which government agencies can access their official photographs ( such as a driver ’ s license or a mugshot ) and whether investigators can apply face recognition technology to those photos .
The site doesn ’ t collect personal information , but it does ask five basic questions , such as whether you have a driver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what state issued it .
Based on your choice , the system will automatically generate a list of agencies that could potentially access your images .
It also includes a resource page listing what each state ’ s DMV and other agencies can access .
If you drove past an automated license plate reader , would you know what it looks like ?
Ever look closely at the electronic devices carried by police officers ?
Most of the time , people might not even notice when they ’ ve walked into the frame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a virtual reality experience where you will learn how to identify surveillance technology that local law enforcement agencies use .
The experience takes place in a San Francisco neighborhood , where a resident is having an interaction with two police officers .
You ’ ll look in every direction to find seven technologies being deployed .
After you find each technology , you ’ ll learn more about how it operates and how it ’ s used by police .
Afterwards , you can try your new skills to identify these technologies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spot the Surveillance works with most VR headsets , but is also available to use on a regular web browser .
There ’ s also a Spanish version .
Get To Know The Surveillance That ’ s Getting To Know You EFF has fought back against surveillance for decades , but we need your help .
What other interactive tools would you like to see ?
Let us know on social media or by emailing [ email protected ] , so we can continue to help you protect your privacy .
This post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Romo , a student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at University of Nevada , Reno .
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By Jessica Romo
As law enforcement and government surveillance technology continues to become more and more advanced, it has also become harder for everyday people to avoid. Law enforcement agencies all over the United States are using body-worn cameras, automated license plate readers, drones, and much more—all of which threat people’s right to privacy. But it’s often difficult for people to even become aware of what technology is being used where they live.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has three interactive tools that help you learn about the new technologies being deployed around the United States and how they impact you: the Atlas of Surveillance, Spot the Surveillance, and Who Has Your Face?
The Atlas of Surveillance
https://atlasofsurveillance.org
The Atlas of Surveillance is a database and map that will help you understand the magnitude of surveillance at the national level, as well as what kind of technology is used locally where you live.
Developed in partnership with the University of Nevada, Reno’s Reynolds School of Journalism, the Atlas of Surveillance is a dataset with more than 5,500 points of information on technology surveillance used by law enforcement agencies across the United States. Journalism students and EFF volunteers gathered online research, such as news articles and government records, on 10 common surveillance technologies and two different types of surveillance command centers.
By clicking any point on the map, you will get the name of an agency and a description of the technology. If you toggle the interactive legend, you can see how each technology is spreading across the country. You can also search a simple-to-use text version of the database of all the research, including links to news articles or documents that confirm the existence of the technology in that region.
Who Has Your Face?
https://whohasyourface.org/
Half of all adults in the United States likely have their image in a law enforcement facial recognition database, according to a 2016 report from the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law. Today, that number is probably higher. But what about your face?
Face recognition is a form of biometric surveillance that uses software to automatically identify or track someone based on their physical characteristics. People are subjected to face recognition in hundreds of cities around the country. Government has a number of uses for the technology, from screening passengers at airports to identifying protesters caught on camera.
Who Has Your Face? is a short quiz that allows a user to see which government agencies can access their official photographs (such as a driver’s license or a mugshot) and whether investigators can apply face recognition technology to those photos.
Protect Your Privacy with a Phone Shield Faraday Bag
The site doesn’t collect personal information, but it does ask five basic questions, such as whether you have a driver’s license and if so, what state issued it. Based on your choice, the system will automatically generate a list of agencies that could potentially access your images.
It also includes a resource page listing what each state’s DMV and other agencies can access.
Spot the Surveillance
https://eff.org/spot
If you drove past an automated license plate reader, would you know what it looks like? Ever look closely at the electronic devices carried by police officers? Most of the time, people might not even notice when they’ve walked into the frame of surveillance technology.
Spot the Surveillance is a virtual reality experience where you will learn how to identify surveillance technology that local law enforcement agencies use.
The experience takes place in a San Francisco neighborhood, where a resident is having an interaction with two police officers. You’ll look in every direction to find seven technologies being deployed. After you find each technology, you’ll learn more about how it operates and how it’s used by police. Afterwards, you can try your new skills to identify these technologies in real life in your hometown.
Spot the Surveillance works with most VR headsets, but is also available to use on a regular web browser. There’s also a Spanish version.
Get To Know The Surveillance That’s Getting To Know You
EFF has fought back against surveillance for decades, but we need your help. What other interactive tools would you like to see? Let us know on social media or by emailing info@eff.org, so we can continue to help you protect your privacy.
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This post was written by Summer 2020 Intern Jessica Romo, a student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at University of Nevada, Reno.
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activistpost--2020-09-18--What are They Hiding? Human Rights Groups Blocked from Monitoring Julian Assange Trial

The high profile extradition hearing of publisher and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued in Central London today .
But it did so without oversight from international human rights groups .
Julia Hall , an expert on criminal justice and human rights for Amnesty International , revealed that her organization was again denied entry to the court today , despite their repeated requests to be recognized as fair trial monitors .
Fair trial monitors are a critical component to upholding transparency and regulation in courtrooms across the world , reminding authorities that independent witnesses are scrutinizing them .
Hall noted that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fair trial monitors for cases in many repressive states , including Bahrain and Turkey , and even oversaw cases at Guantanamo Bay .
“ It is a disgrace that the UK has failed to recognize that international fair trial monitors should be officially recognized and permitted access to the Assange hearings .
Open justice is not served by this failure , it is profoundly undermined , ” she wrote .
Amnesty International ’ s Europe Director , Nils Muižnieks , described the hearing as a “ full-scale assault on the right to freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he were prosecuted , it would have a “ chilling effect on media freedom , leading publishers and journalists to self-censor in fear of retaliation.
” Hall added that it was not only Assange who was on trial but the fundamental tenets of media freedom .
Amnesty also warned that an international smear campaign against him had threatened his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty .
Britain would also be breaking its obligation to international human rights law by transferring the Australian to a known human rights abusing nation , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with violating the US Espionage Act and 17 counts of publishing secret American government information .
If extradited from the United Kingdom , he faces up to 175 years in a supermax prison in Florence , Colorado , described as the only “ black site ” on U.S. soil .
Yet prosecutors today argued that , in reality , he would be unlikely to serve a sentence anything like as long .
And while Assange ’ s father John Shipton said , “ the entire indictment would allow for somebody to be arrested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argued there was no threat whatsoever to the First Amendment .
Assange ’ s defense team feels they have been fighting this case with not one , but both hands tied behind their back .
They were barred from meeting with their client until the day of the trial , while judge Vanessa Baraitser has made a number of decisions that have led many to question her impartiality .
For instance , she rejected 89-year-old defense witness Daniel Ellsberg ’ s request to speak at a time any later than 6:30 a.m .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ threatened to remove Assange from his own trial if he cast doubt upon its legitimacy .
“ This is not due process .
It is due revenge , ” wrote veteran journalist John Pilger .
The majority of the charges against Assange , an Australian citizen living on the other side of the world at the time of the incidents , criminalize the act of cultivating leaks from sources and receiving classified or stolen documents , something which is the lifeblood of investigative journalism .
It is for this reason that longtime activist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Assange has also received support from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden , who yesterday told popular podcast host Joe Rogan that , Snowden was referencing the Iraq and Afghanistan War logs , the 2010 release of hundreds of thousands of military documents exposing U.S. malfeasance in those two countries .
Perhaps the most famous leak was the infamous “ Collateral Murder ” video , which showed footage of American helicopter pilots casually carrying out a massacre of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007 , two of whom were Reuters-employed journalists .
Assange has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published .
In 2010 , a Swedish prosecutor issued an international arrest warrant for him on sexual assault charges .
Fearing it was a pretext for extradition to the United States , he sought and was given refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by the progressive administration of Rafael Correa .
After a change of government in Ecuador , however , he was arrested after seven years inside the building .
Since then , he has been kept in Belmarsh prison in London , where he was often kept in solitary confinement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human rights groups and international organizations like the United Nations .
His treatment was so poor that other high security inmates in the notorious prison staged a protest , leading to somewhat more ethical treatment .
Assange ’ s father said that it had been a “ strong day ” for his son in court .
But it remains far from clear how the trial will proceed .
Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News .
After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books : Bad News From Venezuela @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age : Still Manufacturing Consent .
He has also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , The Guardian , Salon , The Grayzone , Jacobin Magazine , Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary .
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By Alan MacLeod
The high profile extradition hearing of publisher and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued in Central London today. But it did so without oversight from international human rights groups. Julia Hall, an expert on criminal justice and human rights for Amnesty International, revealed that her organization was again denied entry to the court today, despite their repeated requests to be recognized as fair trial monitors.
Fair trial monitors are a critical component to upholding transparency and regulation in courtrooms across the world, reminding authorities that independent witnesses are scrutinizing them. Hall noted that Amnesty monitors have been recognized as international fair trial monitors for cases in many repressive states, including Bahrain and Turkey, and even oversaw cases at Guantanamo Bay. “It is a disgrace that the UK has failed to recognize that international fair trial monitors should be officially recognized and permitted access to the Assange hearings. Open justice is not served by this failure, it is profoundly undermined,” she wrote.
Amnesty International’s Europe Director, Nils Muižnieks, described the hearing as a “full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression,” noting that if he were prosecuted, it would have a “chilling effect on media freedom, leading publishers and journalists to self-censor in fear of retaliation.” Hall added that it was not only Assange who was on trial but the fundamental tenets of media freedom. Amnesty also warned that an international smear campaign against him had threatened his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Britain would also be breaking its obligation to international human rights law by transferring the Australian to a known human rights abusing nation, according to the organization.
1/ .@amnesty denied access again today to the court in the #Assange extradition hearing. We’ve made 3 applications requesting recognition as expert fair trial monitors. Judge states that no “special provision” will be made for our trial monitor’s attendance. pic.twitter.com/psQ53H4aKU — Julia Hall (@JuliaHall18) September 16, 2020
Assange is charged with violating the US Espionage Act and 17 counts of publishing secret American government information. If extradited from the United Kingdom, he faces up to 175 years in a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, described as the only “black site” on U.S. soil. Yet prosecutors today argued that, in reality, he would be unlikely to serve a sentence anything like as long. And while Assange’s father John Shipton said, “the entire indictment would allow for somebody to be arrested for reading” leaked documents, prosecutors argued there was no threat whatsoever to the First Amendment.
Assange’s defense team feels they have been fighting this case with not one, but both hands tied behind their back. They were barred from meeting with their client until the day of the trial, while judge Vanessa Baraitser has made a number of decisions that have led many to question her impartiality. For instance, she rejected 89-year-old defense witness Daniel Ellsberg’s request to speak at a time any later than 6:30 a.m. Earlier this week, she also reportedly threatened to remove Assange from his own trial if he cast doubt upon its legitimacy. “This is not due process. It is due revenge,” wrote veteran journalist John Pilger.
Today in the Old Bailey I watched the grim farce of the US/UK attempt to extradite Julian #Assange. The bullying prosecutor is reduced to insulting the integrity of expert witnesses. Trapped behind glass, Julian is denied free access to his barrister. This is Britain’s shame. — John Pilger (@johnpilger) September 14, 2020
The majority of the charges against Assange, an Australian citizen living on the other side of the world at the time of the incidents, criminalize the act of cultivating leaks from sources and receiving classified or stolen documents, something which is the lifeblood of investigative journalism. It is for this reason that longtime activist and political scientist Noam Chomsky remarked that,
Not only is Julian Assange’s fate at risk in this sordid affair, but so is that of journalism, freedom of speech, and democratic rights [more] generally. We can’t stand by and permit this monstrous offense against our highest values to proceed.”
Assange has also received support from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who yesterday told popular podcast host Joe Rogan that,
The US government under William Barr is trying to extradite this guy and put him in prison for the rest of his life for the best work that Wikileaks ever did, that has won awards in basically every country, including the United States.”
Snowden was referencing the Iraq and Afghanistan War logs, the 2010 release of hundreds of thousands of military documents exposing U.S. malfeasance in those two countries. Perhaps the most famous leak was the infamous “Collateral Murder” video, which showed footage of American helicopter pilots casually carrying out a massacre of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, two of whom were Reuters-employed journalists.
Assange has been wanted since the war logs were published. In 2010, a Swedish prosecutor issued an international arrest warrant for him on sexual assault charges. Fearing it was a pretext for extradition to the United States, he sought and was given refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by the progressive administration of Rafael Correa. After a change of government in Ecuador, however, he was arrested after seven years inside the building.
Since then, he has been kept in Belmarsh prison in London, where he was often kept in solitary confinement, a practice denounced as torture by human rights groups and international organizations like the United Nations. His treatment was so poor that other high security inmates in the notorious prison staged a protest, leading to somewhat more ethical treatment.
Assange’s father said that it had been a “strong day” for his son in court. But it remains far from clear how the trial will proceed.
Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. He has also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary.
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activistpost--2020-09-17--Vive La France! 60+ Mayors and Officials Call for a 5G Moratorium!

Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) .
In France , 60+ mayors and officials have also asked for a moratorium on deployment .
In France , Over 60 Mayors and Officials Call for a 5G Moratorium A petition addressed to Prime Minister Jean Castex , signed by over sixty elected officials including Jean-Luc Mélenchon ( deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône ( FI ) ) , Manon Aubry ( European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rubirola ( mayor of Marseille ) who urged the government to decide on a moratorium on the deployment of 5G .
The petition references the increase in wireless exposure and the need to assess environmental effects before deploying 5G .
“ We , mayors and elected officials are immediately proposing a moratorium on the deployment of 5G at least until the summer of 2021 .
During this moratorium , we are asking for a decentralized democratic debate on 5G and on digital uses .
We ask the municipalities for the right to subsidiarity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ The 5G wave emissions are added to those of previous technologies , 4G , 3G and 2G , which will lead to an increase in the level of exposure of the population to the waves .
Likewise , it is urgent to question the health impact of the proliferation of hyperconnected objects.
” “ The environmental impact induced by digital uses continues to increase , and , with the explosion of uses , the gains expected by the falsely called “ dematerialization ” have not been demonstrated .
…In addition , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources , pollution due to the extraction of rare metals , and the generation of a quantity of waste that can hardly be recycled .
At present , a very small number of mobile phones in circulation and on sale are compatible with 5G .
The deployment of this mobile network will therefore involve the renewal of a large part of the equipment , further increasing the ecological footprint and the weight of waste , in an attempt to benefit from a technological innovation whose usefulness remains to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study on 5G is therefore necessary before considering its deployment.
” Link to Petition of France Mayors and Elected officials A rapidly growing list of governments are investigating 5G amidst the growing awareness of health and environmental impacts .
Many are suspending deployment while the issue is examined .
Examples include Slovenia , Nigeria , PaPau New Guinea , Belgium , Netherlands , and Australia .
Over 415 Cities in Italy , several Cantons in Switzerland , and several municipalities in the United Kingdom and Ireland have passed resolutions to halt the roll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing body of scientific evidence indicating that the densification of 5G and small cells will create serious health and environmental impacts due t the increased radiofrequency radiation exposure .
Read published research HERE .
This petition from France joins numerous official calls to halt 5G .
For example : • Scientific Appeal on 5G To the European Commission • 5G Appeal to Stop Deployment on Earth and Space : There are 201,383 signatories from 202 nations and territories as of February 14th , 2020 ; Scientists ( 4,503 ) , Engineers ( 8,036 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Nurses ( 4,177 ) , Psychologists , Psychotherapists and Social Workers ( 9,663 ) , Doctors of Naturopathy , Homeopathy , Ayurveda and Medical Qigong ( 2,777 ) , Doctors of Oriental Medicine ( 770 ) , Chiropractors ( 412 ) , Dentists ( 438 ) , Pharmacists ( 552 ) , Architects and Builders ( 3,137 ) , Building Biologists ( 271 ) , Veterinarians ( 344 ) , • 70 doctors from Baden-Württemberg have signed the open letter to Prime Minister Kretschmann • Position Paper on 5G of the Pancyprian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Environment and Child Health • International Society of Doctors for the Environment .
LETTERS AND OFFICIAL BRIEFINGS ON 5G Briefing on 5G Health Impacts by Dr. Martin Pall : “ 5G : Great risk for EU , U.S. and International Health !
Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field ( EMF ) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them ” November 19 , 2018 – Magda Havas , BSc , PhD , Trent University , Peterborough , Canada – Open Letter : Need to Consider Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Radiation before Deployment of 5G .
November 19 , 2018 – Paul Héroux , Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism , McGill University Medicine , Montreal – Open Letter November 21 , 2018 – Yuri Grigoriev , Dr. Sc .
Med.
, Professor , Academician of Russian Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences – Open Letter : From Electromagnetic Smog to Electromagnetic Chaos Evaluating the Hazards of Mobile Communication for Public Health December 7 , 2018 – David O. Carpenter , Director , Institute for Health and the Environment , University at Albany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Open Letter to Ministers and Members of Parliament of the Brussels Capital Region December 13 , 2018 – Olle Johansson , associate professor / retired from the Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden , and the Royal Institute of Technology , Stockholm , Sweden – Letter of Concern , addressed to the decision-makers of the City of Brussels May 15 , 2019- Magda Havas , BSc , PhD , Trent University , Peterborough , Canada Affidavit on 5G to Canadian Parliament with non profit EMF OFF .
2019 Letters to the Government of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Salles to Mrs. Andrea Dudley-Owen , VP of Health and Social Security , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Dr. Sharon Goldburg to Mrs. Heidi Soulsby & Mrs. Andrea Dudley-Owen , President of Health & Social Care & Vice President , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Don Maisch PhD to Chairman Michael O ’ Higgins Chief Minister Gavin St Pier , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5g Letter from David O. Carpenter , MD to Charles Parkinson Esq President of Economic Development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Re : 5G Letter from Devra Davis PhD , MPH , to to Chairman Michael O ’ Higgins Chief Minister Gavin St Pier , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Dr. Christos D. Georgiou , Ph.D. to Charles Parkinson Esq/Deputies of Guernsey President Committee of Economic Development The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from EMF 249 Scientists to Mr. Charles Parkinson/Mrs .
Andrea Dudley-Owen President & Vice President of Economic Development , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Jerry L. Phillips Ph.D. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dudley-Owen President & Vice President Of Economic Development , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Paul Héroux , PhD to The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Health Effects of Electromagnetism ( Detailed Report ) submitted to The States of Guernsey by Paul Héroux , PhD Letter from Anthony B. Miller , MD , FRCP to Gavin St Pier Esq , Chief Minister , The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Letter from Professor Colin Pritchard to The States of Guernsey , Re : 5G Declaration to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A Moratorium on 5G Cell Antennas , September 13 , 2017 Letter from Dr. Lennart Hardell To Governor Jerry Brown on SB649 Letter from Dr. Martin Pall in Opposition to SB649 Letter from Dr. Devra Davis to Chair Aguiar-Curry on SB 649 , June 28 , 2017 Letter from Dr. Devra Davis to Governor Jerry Brown on SB 649 , September 17 , 2017 Letter from Dr. Paul Ben Ishai in Opposition to SB 649 , September 08 , 2017 Letter from Dr. Cindy Russell in opposition to SB649 Letter from Physicians For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Dr. Cindy Russell on Impacts of 5G Technology , January 2017 Santa Clara Bulletin , pg .
20-23 , “ A 5G Wireless Future : Will It Give Us a Smart Nation or Contribute to An Unhealthy One ?
” by Cindy Russell , January 2017 Letter from Dr. Joel Moskowitz To Governor Jerry Brown on SB649 Letter from Dr. Hugh Scully to the City of Toronto Letter from Dr. Stephen Sinatra to Toronto City Councilors in Opposition to Item 26.21 Joint letter from 541 health , environment and justice advocates and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposition to bills on 5G and wireless radiation expansion – 13 November , 2017 The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until studies show that it ’ s safe .
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experience symptoms and illnesses after it was installed ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Of course other sources of wireless radiation and Electromagnetic Fields ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) can cause symptoms and illnesses too .
LAST YEAR the World Health Organization issued a warning about a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exposure .
5G opposition isn ’ t isolated to increased radiation risks ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
For one thing , experts predict it will cause millions of people to lose their jobs .
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By B.N. Frank
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
In France, 60+ mayors and officials have also asked for a moratorium on deployment.
From Environmental Health Trust:
In France, Over 60 Mayors and Officials Call for a 5G Moratorium
A petition addressed to Prime Minister Jean Castex, signed by over sixty elected officials including Jean-Luc Mélenchon (deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône (FI)), Manon Aubry (European deputy (FI)) or Michèle Rubirola ( mayor of Marseille) who urged the government to decide on a moratorium on the deployment of 5G. The petition references the increase in wireless exposure and the need to assess environmental effects before deploying 5G.
“We, mayors and elected officials are immediately proposing a moratorium on the deployment of 5G at least until the summer of 2021. During this moratorium, we are asking for a decentralized democratic debate on 5G and on digital uses. We ask the municipalities for the right to subsidiarity concerning the application of the precautionary principle.”
“The 5G wave emissions are added to those of previous technologies, 4G, 3G and 2G, which will lead to an increase in the level of exposure of the population to the waves. Likewise, it is urgent to question the health impact of the proliferation of hyperconnected objects.”
“The environmental impact induced by digital uses continues to increase, and, with the explosion of uses, the gains expected by the falsely called “dematerialization” have not been demonstrated. …In addition, the deployment of 5G will exponentially accelerate the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources, pollution due to the extraction of rare metals, and the generation of a quantity of waste that can hardly be recycled. At present, a very small number of mobile phones in circulation and on sale are compatible with 5G. The deployment of this mobile network will therefore involve the renewal of a large part of the equipment, further increasing the ecological footprint and the weight of waste, in an attempt to benefit from a technological innovation whose usefulness remains to be demonstrated. A preliminary environmental impact study on 5G is therefore necessary before considering its deployment.”
Link to Petition of France Mayors and Elected officials
A rapidly growing list of governments are investigating 5G amidst the growing awareness of health and environmental impacts. Many are suspending deployment while the issue is examined. Examples include Slovenia, Nigeria, PaPau New Guinea, Belgium, Netherlands, and Australia. Over 415 Cities in Italy, several Cantons in Switzerland, and several municipalities in the United Kingdom and Ireland have passed resolutions to halt the roll out.
There is a large and growing body of scientific evidence indicating that the densification of 5G and small cells will create serious health and environmental impacts due t the increased radiofrequency radiation exposure. Read published research HERE.
This petition from France joins numerous official calls to halt 5G. For example:
LETTERS AND OFFICIAL BRIEFINGS ON 5G
Read scientific research on 5G HERE.
Briefing on 5G Health Impacts by Dr. Martin Pall: “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field(EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them”
November 19, 2018 – Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada – Open Letter: Need to Consider Health Effects Associated with Radio Frequency and Microwave Radiation before Deployment of 5G.
November 19, 2018 – Paul Héroux, Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism, McGill University Medicine, Montreal – Open Letter
November 21, 2018 – Yuri Grigoriev, Dr. Sc. Med., Professor, Academician of Russian Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences – Open Letter: From Electromagnetic Smog to Electromagnetic Chaos Evaluating the Hazards of Mobile Communication for Public Health
December 7, 2018 – David O. Carpenter, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, State University of New York – Open Letter to Ministers and Members of Parliament of the Brussels Capital Region
December 13, 2018 – Olle Johansson, associate professor / retired from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden – Letter of Concern, addressed to the decision-makers of the City of Brussels
May 15, 2019- Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada Affidavit on 5G to Canadian Parliament with non profit EMF OFF.
2019 Letters to the Government of Guernsey
Letter from Dr. Alvaro Augusto de Salles to Mrs. Andrea Dudley-Owen, VP of Health and Social Security, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Dr. Sharon Goldburg to Mrs. Heidi Soulsby & Mrs. Andrea Dudley-Owen, President of Health & Social Care & Vice President, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Don Maisch PhD to Chairman Michael O’Higgins Chief Minister Gavin St Pier, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5g
Letter from David O. Carpenter, MD to Charles Parkinson Esq President of Economic Development Committee, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Devra Davis PhD, MPH, to to Chairman Michael O’Higgins Chief Minister Gavin St Pier, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Dr. Christos D. Georgiou, Ph.D. to Charles Parkinson Esq/Deputies of Guernsey President Committee of Economic Development The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from EMF 249 Scientists to Mr. Charles Parkinson/Mrs. Andrea Dudley-Owen President & Vice President of Economic Development, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Jerry L. Phillips Ph.D. to Mr. Charles Parkinson & Mrs. A Dudley-Owen President & Vice President Of Economic Development, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Paul Héroux, PhD to The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Health Effects of Electromagnetism (Detailed Report) submitted to The States of Guernsey by Paul Héroux, PhD
Letter from Anthony B. Miller, MD, FRCP to Gavin St Pier Esq, Chief Minister, The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Letter from Professor Colin Pritchard to The States of Guernsey, Re: 5G
Declaration to European Commission by 180 Scientists Calling For A Moratorium on 5G Cell Antennas, September 13, 2017
National Health Integrated Associates October 29, 2018 Letter to Montgomery County Council
Letter from Dr. Lennart Hardell To Governor Jerry Brown on SB649
Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD Lettter in Opposition to SB649
Letter from Dr. Martin Pall in Opposition to SB649
Attachment to Dr. Pall Letter – 142 Microwave Radiation Review Studies
Letter from Dr. Devra Davis to Chair Aguiar-Curry on SB 649, June 28, 2017
Letter from Dr. Devra Davis to Governor Jerry Brown on SB 649, September 17, 2017
Letter from Dr. Paul Ben Ishai in Opposition to SB 649, September 08, 2017
Letter from Dr. Cindy Russell in opposition to SB649
Letter from Physicians For Safe Technology in opposition to SB649
Article from Dr. Cindy Russell on Impacts of 5G Technology, January 2017
Santa Clara Bulletin, pg. 20-23, “A 5G Wireless Future: Will It Give Us a Smart Nation or Contribute to An Unhealthy One?” by Cindy Russell, January 2017
Letter from Dr. Joel Moskowitz To Governor Jerry Brown on SB649
Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD Lettter in Opposition to SB649
Letter from Dr. Sam Milhelm
Letter from Dr. John West
Letter from Dr. Hugh Scully to the City of Toronto
Letter from Dr. Stephen Sinatra to Toronto City Councilors in Opposition to Item 26.21
Joint letter from 541 health, environment and justice advocates and organizations to US Senators and Representatives in opposition to bills on 5G and wireless radiation expansion – 13 November, 2017
The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until studies show that it’s safe. Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experience symptoms and illnesses after it was installed (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Of course other sources of wireless radiation and Electromagnetic Fields (aka “Electrosmog”) can cause symptoms and illnesses too. LAST YEAR the World Health Organization issued a warning about a significant percentage of people being affected by exposure.
5G opposition isn’t isolated to increased radiation risks (see 1, 2, 3, 4). For one thing, experts predict it will cause millions of people to lose their jobs.
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activistpost--2020-09-18--In this Red Dawn, Who Invaded Whom?

In this Red Dawn, Who Invaded Whom?

The gigantic mess of 2020 called lockdown began with an email thread called Red Dawn , based on the old movie about a Russian invasion of the US .
The idea , I suppose , was that the virus was the invader .
The public health lockdowners and fanatics on the list who urged the overthrow of American life as we knew it imagined themselves to be the saviors .
What actually happened was a different kind of invasion .
It was the saviors who invaded our schools , churches , sports , commercial lives , and even our homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ random edicts by the day concerning what we could and could not do .
They enforced these edicts at the point of a gun , thus wrecking countless businesses , driving millions into depression , violating all human rights , and shattering the lives of countless millions not only in the US but all over the world .
All they needed to do to accomplish this was to tap into a premodern and unscientific ( and essentially childish ) penchant to believe that the right way to deal with a virus is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if human beings didn ’ t evolve with viruses in a complicated dance for a million years .
Forget everything we ’ ve learned from science over the 20th century ; instead , we should behave like Prince Prospero in Edgar Allen Poe ’ s short story “ Masque of the Red Death ” ( yes , the use of the word masque here is word play ) .
To this end , left-liberalism gave up all its ideals : concern for the poor , high regard for civil liberties , opposition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the arts , and even its attachment to public schools and personal privacy .
The people among the right and the libertarians who went along , through whatever kind of twisted thinking , found themselves trapped too : limited government , the Constitution , and human rights all had to bow to the great agenda of virus control .
The victims of this invasion – mainly the people not in a position to pretend to live life fully digitally at home – were so shocked at what was happening that they couldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to the lockdowners .
Those who dared protest were jeered mercilessly by a pro-lockdown mainstream media machine .
Many people thought : Surely this must be a terrible and ghastly emergency .
Otherwise they never would have done this .
But as the months have rolled on , we are discovering an even more horrible truth : this is a normal virus that behaves like every widespread respiratory virus that science has encountered in the past , best dealt with not via state coercion but with medical therapeutics and immunological adaptation .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ years what really happened to us through two pieces of data : excess deaths over a five-year period , which will not reveal much that is unusual ( and this fact will confuse future generations ) , and the GDP data , which will reveal astonishing economic devastation never seen before in the modern world , not even in depression or war .
The great suppression has wrecked not only whole sectors of industry and art but has fundamentally shaken public confidence in core expectations concerning law , liberty , and the protection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nowhere near coming to terms with what has happened to our world .
Attorney General William Barr , in a question and answer session at Hillsdale College , rightly decried the Covid lockdowns as a grotesque intervention in people ’ s lives .
Where was the ACLU ?
Where was the civil-liberties defending left ?
Why did the courts wait so long in most states finally to act ?
For that matter , how did this happen at all in a country that prides itself on the rule of law and freedom for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be asking for a long time .
The sheer evil that has transpired over these six months is mind-boggling .
And one of the major political parties has made it a campaign issue that we should have lockdowned even more !
I just spent a bit of time watching the arguments in the Kentucky Supreme Court , during which one side says the governor can not legally exercise dictatorial power on a whim , and the other side keeps saying “ But there is a virus , ” as if the presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justifies throwing out all human rights and freedoms .
It ’ s astonishing that we are , at this late date , debating fundamental issues of freedom itself , and that in the United States , of all places , we have major sectors of public opinion pushing for autocratic absolutism as a recommended theory of law .
This was indeed Red Dawn .
The invader was not the virus but rather governments who imagined that with enough edicts and guns they could intimidate the virus into going away .
They tried to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence but in the end , governments have only one ability : the capacity to control people .
The sooner we recognize the real enemy is government overreach , the sooner we can get on with making sure nothing like this ever happens again .
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By Jeffrey A. Tucker
The gigantic mess of 2020 called lockdown began with an email thread called Red Dawn, based on the old movie about a Russian invasion of the US. The idea, I suppose, was that the virus was the invader. The public health lockdowners and fanatics on the list who urged the overthrow of American life as we knew it imagined themselves to be the saviors.
(You can read many, but not all, of the emails here. They were enormously influential in generating the necessary panic to kick their sadistic social experiment into high gear.)
What actually happened was a different kind of invasion. It was the saviors who invaded our schools, churches, sports, commercial lives, and even our homes. They took total control, issuing random edicts by the day concerning what we could and could not do. They enforced these edicts at the point of a gun, thus wrecking countless businesses, driving millions into depression, violating all human rights, and shattering the lives of countless millions not only in the US but all over the world.
All they needed to do to accomplish this was to tap into a premodern and unscientific (and essentially childish) penchant to believe that the right way to deal with a virus is to run and hide from it, as if human beings didn’t evolve with viruses in a complicated dance for a million years. Forget everything we’ve learned from science over the 20th century; instead, we should behave like Prince Prospero in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “Masque of the Red Death” (yes, the use of the word masque here is word play).
To this end, left-liberalism gave up all its ideals: concern for the poor, high regard for civil liberties, opposition to biases against The Other, its celebration of the arts, and even its attachment to public schools and personal privacy. The people among the right and the libertarians who went along, through whatever kind of twisted thinking, found themselves trapped too: limited government, the Constitution, and human rights all had to bow to the great agenda of virus control.
The victims of this invasion – mainly the people not in a position to pretend to live life fully digitally at home – were so shocked at what was happening that they couldn’t marshal the nerve to stand up to the lockdowners. Those who dared protest were jeered mercilessly by a pro-lockdown mainstream media machine.
Many people thought: Surely this must be a terrible and ghastly emergency. Otherwise they never would have done this. But as the months have rolled on, we are discovering an even more horrible truth: this is a normal virus that behaves like every widespread respiratory virus that science has encountered in the past, best dealt with not via state coercion but with medical therapeutics and immunological adaptation.
We’ll see in a few years what really happened to us through two pieces of data: excess deaths over a five-year period, which will not reveal much that is unusual (and this fact will confuse future generations), and the GDP data, which will reveal astonishing economic devastation never seen before in the modern world, not even in depression or war. The great suppression has wrecked not only whole sectors of industry and art but has fundamentally shaken public confidence in core expectations concerning law, liberty, and the protection of property against invasion.
We are nowhere near coming to terms with what has happened to our world. Attorney General William Barr, in a question and answer session at Hillsdale College, rightly decried the Covid lockdowns as a grotesque intervention in people’s lives.
“You know, putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. It’s — you know, other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”
“The person in the white coat is not the ‘grand seer’ who can come up with a right decision for society. A free people makes its decision through its elected representative.”
Where was the ACLU? Where was the civil-liberties defending left? Why did the courts wait so long in most states finally to act? For that matter, how did this happen at all in a country that prides itself on the rule of law and freedom for the individual?
These are questions we will be asking for a long time. The sheer evil that has transpired over these six months is mind-boggling. And one of the major political parties has made it a campaign issue that we should have lockdowned even more!
“It would have been great if we had a national lockdown, so that people’s lives would be saved and our children would be going on with their lives today as they should be.” ~ House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn.
I just spent a bit of time watching the arguments in the Kentucky Supreme Court, during which one side says the governor cannot legally exercise dictatorial power on a whim, and the other side keeps saying “But there is a virus,” as if the presence of a pathogen is unprecedented and thereby justifies throwing out all human rights and freedoms.
It’s astonishing that we are, at this late date, debating fundamental issues of freedom itself, and that in the United States, of all places, we have major sectors of public opinion pushing for autocratic absolutism as a recommended theory of law.
This was indeed Red Dawn. The invader was not the virus but rather governments who imagined that with enough edicts and guns they could intimidate the virus into going away. They tried to scare the disease away with rhetoric and violence but in the end, governments have only one ability: the capacity to control people. The sooner we recognize the real enemy is government overreach, the sooner we can get on with making sure nothing like this ever happens again.
Source: AIER.org
Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. Jeffrey is available for speaking and interviews via his email. Tw | FB | LinkedIn
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activistpost--2020-09-18--A “Supercomputer” is Deciding the Politics of Australians

By decree of an anonymous university “ supercomputer , ” Victoria ’ s Dan Andrews has opted to extend stage @ @ @ @ @ once again stalling the economic recovery of the region and plundering the wealth and liberty @ @ @ @ @ .
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By Taleed Brown
By decree of an anonymous university “supercomputer,” Victoria’s Dan Andrews has opted to extend stage 4 lockdowns. This is once again stalling the economic recovery of the region and plundering the wealth and liberty of millions across the state.
Source: AIER.org
Taleed Brown, Media Production Specialist at AIER, is a creative professional with experience in digital marketing and content creation. He is Co-founder of Atlanta based startup Bespoke Black Media and has a YouTube channel with more than 5 million collective views. He’s been featured on The Rubin Report, FEE.org, and has spoken at the Anarchapulco conference.
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activistpost--2020-09-18--Man Facing 15 years in Prison For Breaking a Cop’s Hand … With His Face

Branson , MO — A Missouri man is fighting for his freedom this month in a trial after being charged with assault for breaking a police officer ’ s hand — with his face .
An Ozark cop repeatedly punched the man in the face , leading to the officer breaking his hand , and now this man faces 15 years behind bars as a result .
On the night of December 14 , 2019 , Matthew Calhoun was driving down the road and had harmed no one when Ozark Police Department Officer Trevor Spencer claimed he saw him speeding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speeding and he admitted in court that he had no radar to confirm the allegations .
Nevertheless , he started following Calhoun .
In what amounted to little more than a fishing expedition based solely on a whim , Spencer then began following Calhoun .
When Spencer ran Calhoun ’ s license plate , he found that Calhoun allegedly violated the terms of his probation for drug possession and moved to kidnap the man .
Spencer followed Calhoun as he pulled off the highway and parked in a convenience store before going inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ store , Spencer was there to strike .
The officer turned on his emergency lights and blocked Calhoun ’ s car in the spot .
According to Spencer , he then proceeded to take Calhoun into custody and a physical struggle ensued .
Exactly how that struggle unfolded or who initiated it remains unclear and is a situation of the cop ’ s word versus the suspect ’ s word .
One thing is perfectly clear , however , and that is the fact that the only injury reported by Spencer was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the face .
Spencer claimed Calhoun took a fighting stance during this alleged struggle and he reacted accordingly — a claim frequently made by many officers to justify an unprovoked attack on an otherwise entirely innocent person .
At this point , Spencer claims Calhoun made a fist , so the officer had no other choice but to begin repeatedly punching him in the face .
As Calhoun tried to get out of the way of the cop ’ s fists , Spencer tasered him and then placed him under arrest .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Calhoun ’ s face , Spencer broke his hand .
After breaking his hand on Calhoun ’ s face , police charged Calhoun with a felony resisting arrest charge along with the assault charge , which carried a sentence nearly twice as long as the assault charge alone .
However , Judge Douglas Bacon chose to move the assault charge on to trial court , dismissing the resisting charge because it was unclear if Spencer was ever trying to arrest Calhoun .
Calhoun ’ s defense attorney Stacie Bilyeu called it ridiculous to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cause “ serious physical injury ” to an officer ’ s fist .
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“ Are we supposed to feel sorry for Officer Spencer because he broke his hand on my client ’ s face ?
” Bilyeu asked the court in a rhetorical question .
Janette Bleau , assistant Christian County prosecutor , disagreed and said Calhoun ’ s actions that night put the officer at risk .
But was Spencer ever at risk and did he even tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions are now surfacing at the trial , poking major holes in the prosecution ’ s case .
Bilyeu argued the state could not prove Spencer ever told Calhoun he was under arrest , which resulted in Judge Bacon dismissing the felony resisting arrest charge that Calhoun had been facing .
Bilyeu also called into question whether Spencer had probable cause to stop Calhoun in the first place since it would have been difficult to positively identify Calhoun as the driver of the car after seeing the vehicle pass by on the highway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convenience store from about 50 feet away .
What ’ s more , if the above criteria are true , then Spencer had no justification for punching Calhoun in the face to begin with and the entire case should be thrown out .
The idea that a cop can charge a man with crimes that could put him in jail for the rest of his life because that cop broke his fist on the man ’ s face over a questionable stop is shocking .
It also speaks to the two-sided nature of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the free .
To show this disparity within the justice system , we can compare this case to the case of officer Ravi Singh .
Arlington police officer Singh was charged on Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide for killing Maggie Brooks , 30 , the daughter of an Arlington fire captain .
Brooks did not break her fist on Singh ’ s face .
She was asleep and was entirely innocent when Singh attempted to kill her dog and shot her instead .
As Calhoun faces 15 years in a cage for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s fist , Singh faces a maximum of 2 years for ending Brooks ’ life .
And we still have the audacity to call this the land of the free .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
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Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
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By Matt Agorist
Branson, MO — A Missouri man is fighting for his freedom this month in a trial after being charged with assault for breaking a police officer’s hand — with his face. An Ozark cop repeatedly punched the man in the face, leading to the officer breaking his hand, and now this man faces 15 years behind bars as a result.
On the night of December 14, 2019, Matthew Calhoun was driving down the road and had harmed no one when Ozark Police Department Officer Trevor Spencer claimed he saw him speeding. Spencer never actually confirmed Calhoun was speeding and he admitted in court that he had no radar to confirm the allegations. Nevertheless, he started following Calhoun.
In what amounted to little more than a fishing expedition based solely on a whim, Spencer then began following Calhoun. When Spencer ran Calhoun’s license plate, he found that Calhoun allegedly violated the terms of his probation for drug possession and moved to kidnap the man.
Spencer followed Calhoun as he pulled off the highway and parked in a convenience store before going inside. When Calhoun came out of the store, Spencer was there to strike. The officer turned on his emergency lights and blocked Calhoun’s car in the spot.
According to Spencer, he then proceeded to take Calhoun into custody and a physical struggle ensued. Exactly how that struggle unfolded or who initiated it remains unclear and is a situation of the cop’s word versus the suspect’s word. One thing is perfectly clear, however, and that is the fact that the only injury reported by Spencer was the broken hand — from repeatedly punching Calhoun in the face.
Spencer claimed Calhoun took a fighting stance during this alleged struggle and he reacted accordingly — a claim frequently made by many officers to justify an unprovoked attack on an otherwise entirely innocent person. At this point, Spencer claims Calhoun made a fist, so the officer had no other choice but to begin repeatedly punching him in the face. As Calhoun tried to get out of the way of the cop’s fists, Spencer tasered him and then placed him under arrest.
During the melee the officer unleashed on Calhoun’s face, Spencer broke his hand.
After breaking his hand on Calhoun’s face, police charged Calhoun with a felony resisting arrest charge along with the assault charge, which carried a sentence nearly twice as long as the assault charge alone. However, Judge Douglas Bacon chose to move the assault charge on to trial court, dismissing the resisting charge because it was unclear if Spencer was ever trying to arrest Calhoun.
Calhoun’s defense attorney Stacie Bilyeu called it ridiculous to charge her client with using his face to cause “serious physical injury” to an officer’s fist.
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“Are we supposed to feel sorry for Officer Spencer because he broke his hand on my client’s face?” Bilyeu asked the court in a rhetorical question.
Janette Bleau, assistant Christian County prosecutor, disagreed and said Calhoun’s actions that night put the officer at risk.
But was Spencer ever at risk and did he even tell Calhoun he was under arrest? These questions are now surfacing at the trial, poking major holes in the prosecution’s case.
As the Springfield New-Leader reports:
Bilyeu argued the state could not prove Spencer ever told Calhoun he was under arrest, which resulted in Judge Bacon dismissing the felony resisting arrest charge that Calhoun had been facing. Bilyeu also called into question whether Spencer had probable cause to stop Calhoun in the first place since it would have been difficult to positively identify Calhoun as the driver of the car after seeing the vehicle pass by on the highway and then seeing Calhoun walk into the convenience store from about 50 feet away.
What’s more, if the above criteria are true, then Spencer had no justification for punching Calhoun in the face to begin with and the entire case should be thrown out.
The idea that a cop can charge a man with crimes that could put him in jail for the rest of his life because that cop broke his fist on the man’s face over a questionable stop is shocking. It also speaks to the two-sided nature of the justice system in the land of the free.
To show this disparity within the justice system, we can compare this case to the case of officer Ravi Singh. Arlington police officer Singh was charged on Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide for killing Maggie Brooks, 30, the daughter of an Arlington fire captain.
Brooks did not break her fist on Singh’s face. She was asleep and was entirely innocent when Singh attempted to kill her dog and shot her instead. As Calhoun faces 15 years in a cage for the damage his face caused to the officer’s fist, Singh faces a maximum of 2 years for ending Brooks’ life. And we still have the audacity to call this the land of the free.
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--2020-09-18--First Full At-Home COVID-19 Test Available. But Will It Be Accurate or Will There Be More False Posi

First Full At-Home COVID-19 Test Available. But Will It Be Accurate or Will There Be More False Positives?

COVID-19 is certainly nothing to sneeze at .
Neither are the reports about the people testing positive who really weren ’ t .
Only time will tell how accurate this new test will be .
Gauss , a computer vision startup , and Cellex , a biotech company that works on diagnostics , are announcing the first rapid COVID-19 test that can be fully performed by people at home without involving a laboratory .
Why it matters : Experts agree that the U.S. still needs far more widespread testing to help contain the coronavirus pandemic .
An antigen test that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at home could help reduce testing delays and allow people to quickly find out whether they need to isolate because of a COVID-19 infection .
How it works : In the antigen test , which was developed by Cellex , a user will take a nasal swab to both nostrils , and then place the swab in a small vial filled with a buffer solution .
• Four droplets from the tube are placed on a rapid test cassette , and test lines will show up of varying intensity , based on whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sample .
• Users will then take a picture of the rapid test , and Gauss ’ s app will use AI to deliver back the results — all within 15 minutes .
In a perfect world , The FDA would have a laudable history of approving only products that were safe and accurate .
Unfortunately , they don ’ t ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) and have even been blamed for “ igniting ” the Opioid Crisis .
Other products being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approval include biosensors implanted under the skin to detect illness , and computer chips implanted inside human heads that were described by manufacturer Elon Musk as “ a Fitbit in the skull.
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Also Read : If The PCR Test Is Unreliable – Why Are Health Officials Demanding The Public Be Tested ?
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By B.N. Frank
COVID-19 is certainly nothing to sneeze at. Neither are the reports about the people testing positive who really weren’t. Only time will tell how accurate this new test will be.
From Axios:
Exclusive: First full at-home COVID-19 test Gauss, a computer vision startup, and Cellex, a biotech company that works on diagnostics, are announcing the first rapid COVID-19 test that can be fully performed by people at home without involving a laboratory. Why it matters: Experts agree that the U.S. still needs far more widespread testing to help contain the coronavirus pandemic. An antigen test that could be performed and provide results rapidly at home could help reduce testing delays and allow people to quickly find out whether they need to isolate because of a COVID-19 infection. How it works: In the antigen test, which was developed by Cellex, a user will take a nasal swab to both nostrils, and then place the swab in a small vial filled with a buffer solution. Four droplets from the tube are placed on a rapid test cassette, and test lines will show up of varying intensity, based on whether and how much virus is in the sample.
Users will then take a picture of the rapid test, and Gauss’s app will use AI to deliver back the results — all within 15 minutes. Read full article
In a perfect world, The FDA would have a laudable history of approving only products that were safe and accurate. Unfortunately, they don’t (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and have even been blamed for “igniting” the Opioid Crisis.
Other products being considered for the regulatory agency’s approval include biosensors implanted under the skin to detect illness, and computer chips implanted inside human heads that were described by manufacturer Elon Musk as “a Fitbit in the skull.”
Activist Post reports regularly about invasive and unsafe technology. For more information visit our archives.
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