activistpost--2020-02-12--Switzerland Stops 5G — Medical Association Concerned About Cancer and Damage to Nervous System

In 2017 , doctors and scientists worldwide requested a 5G moratorium .
In 2018 5G was installed in some New York neighborhoods anyway and residents and their pets immediately started experiencing symptoms from exposure .
Some put their homes up for sale because of it .
This was reported on social media by Dr. Naomi Wolf .
People getting sick from 5G isn ’ t exclusive to New York ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Residents of Switzerland have been particularly vocal about their opposition especially after being exposed to it .
Now the country has stopped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From the Financial Times : The country ’ s environment agency has called time on the use of all new towers Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G , but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt .
Switzerland , one of the world ’ s leaders in the rollout of 5G mobile technology , has placed an indefinite moratorium on the use of its new network because of health concerns .
The move comes as countries elsewhere around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5G standards amid a furious rearguard diplomatic campaign by the US to stop them using Chinese technology provided by Huawei .
Washington says the company , which is fundamental to most European networks ’ upgrade plans , presents a grave security risk .
Worldwide opposition to 5G continues to increase .
The first Global 5G Opposition Day was held in January .
Cities and countries have taken action against 5G – even banning it .
In December doctors , scientists , engineers , and public advocates asked President Trump for a moratorium on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and safety risks ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Multiple 5G lawsuits have also been filed in the U.S. ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Telecom companies have still offered NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that 5G is safe .
Of course all sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are also biologically and environmentally harmful .
Pollution from Electromagnetic Radiation ( “ Electrosmog ” ) was also a problem before 5G .
Many experts have been insisting we should be drastically reducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 5G ” does the exact opposite .
It even includes blasting 5G at Earth from space with satellites .
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By B.N. Frank
UPDATE: A report by Silicon Republic, Feb. 14, reads in part: “While some cantons had imposed restrictions on planning permission for 5G sites, it does not apply to the whole of Switzerland.”
This just in — Precautionary Principle Prevails! 3-Year Moratorium on 5G AND 4G Deployment in Geneva, Switzerland
In 2017, doctors and scientists worldwide requested a 5G moratorium. In 2018 5G was installed in some New York neighborhoods anyway and residents and their pets immediately started experiencing symptoms from exposure. Some put their homes up for sale because of it. This was reported on social media by Dr. Naomi Wolf.
People getting sick from 5G isn’t exclusive to New York (see 1, 2, 3). Residents of Switzerland have been particularly vocal about their opposition especially after being exposed to it. Now the country has stopped the use of all new towers.
From the Financial Times:
The country’s environment agency has called time on the use of all new towers Sam Jones, Financial Times, Feb 12, 2020 Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G, but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt. Switzerland, one of the world’s leaders in the rollout of 5G mobile technology, has placed an indefinite moratorium on the use of its new network because of health concerns. The move comes as countries elsewhere around Europe race to upgrade their networks to 5G standards amid a furious rearguard diplomatic campaign by the US to stop them using Chinese technology provided by Huawei. Washington says the company, which is fundamental to most European networks’ upgrade plans, presents a grave security risk. Read full article
Worldwide opposition to 5G continues to increase. The first Global 5G Opposition Day was held in January. Cities and countries have taken action against 5G – even banning it. In December doctors, scientists, engineers, and public advocates asked President Trump for a moratorium on 5G because of biological, environmental, and safety risks (see 1, 2). Multiple 5G lawsuits have also been filed in the U.S. (see 1, 2, 3, 4).
Telecom companies have still offered NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that 5G is safe. Of course all sources of cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation – 1G through 4G – are also biologically and environmentally harmful. Pollution from Electromagnetic Radiation (“Electrosmog”) was also a problem before 5G. Many experts have been insisting we should be drastically reducing sources of Electrosmog whereas The “Race for 5G” does the exact opposite. It even includes blasting 5G at Earth from space with satellites.

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activistpost--2020-02-12--London Attack: West’s Terrorists Bite the Hand that Feeds (Again)

In yet another headline-grabbing terror attack – an armed man in south London left several injured – some seriously – with the suspect himself killed at the scene by police .
Entirely predictable was the fact that the suspect named as Sudesh Amman – was a known terrorist – having been previously arrested , tried , and imprisoned for terror-related offenses , only to be inexplicably released early .
The London Telegraph in its article , “ Streatham attack knifeman named as Sudesh Amman who had a previous terror conviction , ” would report regarding his earlier conviction that : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command , said at the time of his conviction that Amman had a “ fierce interest in violence and martyrdom ” .
He explained : “ His fascination with dying in the name of terrorism was clear in a notepad we recovered from his home .
Amman had scrawled his ‘ life goals ’ in the notepad and top of the list , above family activities , was dying a martyr and going to ‘ Jannah ’ – the afterlife .
Also predictable was the fact that this known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – being only the most recent example in a string of headline-grabbing terror attacks carried out by similar suspects similarly known to police and intelligence organizations , but otherwise inexplicably allowed to menace the public .
Major terror attacks in France and Belgium were likewise carried out by suspects entirely known to local police and regional intelligence organizations .
Not only are these suspects known to Western authorities , but they are also affiliated with Western-sponsored terrorist organizations most notably Al Qaeda , its various franchises , and the so-called Islamic State in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have for nearly a decade served as proxies in Western-engineered regime change wars aimed at Libya , Syria , Iraq , Yemen , Iran , and beyond .
The latest incident in London was so entirely preventable that it is difficult to describe it as anything less than deliberate .
It is only a matter of time before politicians begin spinning and exploiting the incident – using it to shape policy both foreign and domestic – allowing analysts to better understand why such an entirely preventable act of violence was allowed to unfold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The West ’ s Self-Perpetuated Terror As seen in nearly every terror attack in recent years both in Europe and North America including high-profile incidents like the “ Charlie Hebdo shooting ” and the Garland , Texas attack , the alleged suspects all have one common thread – they were all already under the watch of security agencies for years , some even imprisoned one or more times for terror-related and/or other violent offenses , some even having traveled overseas to fight alongside Western-backed terrorists in Libya , Syria , Iraq , Yemen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an article titled , “ France passes new surveillance law in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack , ” admitted then that the French government alone had over 1,400 people under watch , including hundreds of terrorists who have recently returned from fighting alongside Western-backed terrorists in Syria , Iraq , and Yemen .
Among these monitored potential risks were in fact the suspects behind the “ Charlie Hebdo shooting.
” Slate Magazine would report in their article , “ The Details of Paris Suspect Cherif Kouachi ’ s 2008 Terrorism Conviction , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be reported to have traveled to the Middle East to receive training from Al Qaeda , then to have fought in Syria in a war backed in part by France , before returning home and carrying out their grisly terror attack , all while being tracked by French intelligence .
If Kouachi previously could be arrested for “ association with wrongdoers with the intention of committing a terrorist act , ” why wasn ’ t he arrested immediately upon his return to France for having subsequently received and employed military training by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an article titled , “ France tells U.S. Paris suspect trained with al Qaeda in Yemen , ” that : The problem that led up to the “ Charlie Hebdo shooting ” – or any high-profile attack since – was clearly not a lack of intelligence or surveillance .
French security agencies then more than adequately identified the “ Charlie Hebdo shooting ” perpetrators as potential threats and tracked them for years beforehand .
More recently , British authorities were more than well aware of the danger Sudesh Amman posed to society .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a deliberate effort to keep these terrorists roaming freely among society .
Free to join Western-backed mercenary forces abroad to fight in the West ’ s various proxy wars , and free to commit heinous acts of terror at home , both serving the singular agenda of expanding Western hegemony abroad while preserving the primacy of select special interests at home through divide and conquer politics and the use of fear as a political weapon .
Whichever side of the political divide the general public finds themselves on regarding terrorism at home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abroad there should be common ground everyone can meet on regarding what is either unforgivable negligence and incompetence or equally unforgivable , deliberate efforts to perpetuate a deadly terrorist threat .
In either case , attacks like those in France and Belgium or this more recent event in the UK are exploited – used to paralyze the public with fear and coerce them to accept growing constraints on their freedom at home and growing expenditures in blood and treasure for wars abroad .
Terrorists are indeed a threat to the peace and stability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that perpetuate them either by actively supporting them , or passively allowing them to carry out violence .
For the British government – it is guilty of both – and in the case of this recent attack in London – it really doesn ’ t matter whether it was police negligence or a deliberate act of violence facilitated covertly by the state – it could have and should have been prevented .
Now the public must ask why it was not .
Tony Cartalucci , Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer , especially for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
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By Tony Cartalucci
In yet another headline-grabbing terror attack – an armed man in south London left several injured – some seriously – with the suspect himself killed at the scene by police.
Entirely predictable was the fact that the suspect named as Sudesh Amman – was a known terrorist – having been previously arrested, tried, and imprisoned for terror-related offenses, only to be inexplicably released early.
The London Telegraph in its article, “Streatham attack knifeman named as Sudesh Amman who had a previous terror conviction,” would report regarding his earlier conviction that:
Alexis Boon, then head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, said at the time of his conviction that Amman had a “fierce interest in violence and martyrdom”. He explained: “His fascination with dying in the name of terrorism was clear in a notepad we recovered from his home. Amman had scrawled his ‘life goals’ in the notepad and top of the list, above family activities, was dying a martyr and going to ‘Jannah’ – the afterlife.
Also predictable was the fact that this known terrorist would once again menace the public – being only the most recent example in a string of headline-grabbing terror attacks carried out by similar suspects similarly known to police and intelligence organizations, but otherwise inexplicably allowed to menace the public.
Major terror attacks in France and Belgium were likewise carried out by suspects entirely known to local police and regional intelligence organizations.
Not only are these suspects known to Western authorities, but they are also affiliated with Western-sponsored terrorist organizations most notably Al Qaeda, its various franchises, and the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which have for nearly a decade served as proxies in Western-engineered regime change wars aimed at Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and beyond.
The latest incident in London was so entirely preventable that it is difficult to describe it as anything less than deliberate.
It is only a matter of time before politicians begin spinning and exploiting the incident – using it to shape policy both foreign and domestic – allowing analysts to better understand why such an entirely preventable act of violence was allowed to unfold nonetheless.
From London to Paris: The West’s Self-Perpetuated Terror
As seen in nearly every terror attack in recent years both in Europe and North America including high-profile incidents like the “Charlie Hebdo shooting” and the Garland, Texas attack, the alleged suspects all have one common thread – they were all already under the watch of security agencies for years, some even imprisoned one or more times for terror-related and/or other violent offenses, some even having traveled overseas to fight alongside Western-backed terrorists in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and beyond.
The Guardian in an article titled, “France passes new surveillance law in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack,” admitted then that the French government alone had over 1,400 people under watch, including hundreds of terrorists who have recently returned from fighting alongside Western-backed terrorists in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.
Among these monitored potential risks were in fact the suspects behind the “Charlie Hebdo shooting.”
Slate Magazine would report in their article, “The Details of Paris Suspect Cherif Kouachi’s 2008 Terrorism Conviction,” that:
Kouachi was arrested in January 2005, accused of planning to join jihadists in Iraq. He was said to have fallen under the sway of Farid Benyettou, a young “self-taught preacher” who advocated violence, but had not actually yet traveled to Iraq or committed any acts of terror. Lawyers at the time said he had not received weapons training and “had begun having second thoughts,” going so far as to express “relief” that he’d been apprehended.
Kourachi and his brother would be reported to have traveled to the Middle East to receive training from Al Qaeda, then to have fought in Syria in a war backed in part by France, before returning home and carrying out their grisly terror attack, all while being tracked by French intelligence.
If Kouachi previously could be arrested for “association with wrongdoers with the intention of committing a terrorist act,” why wasn’t he arrested immediately upon his return to France for having subsequently received and employed military training by a terrorist organization?
CNN would report in an article titled, “France tells U.S. Paris suspect trained with al Qaeda in Yemen,” that:
Western intelligence officials are scrambling to learn more about possible travel of the two Paris terror attack suspects, brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, with new information suggesting one of the brothers recently spent time in Yemen associating with al Qaeda in that country, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN. Additional information from a French source close to the French security services puts one of the brothers in Syria.
The problem that led up to the “Charlie Hebdo shooting” – or any high-profile attack since – was clearly not a lack of intelligence or surveillance.
French security agencies then more than adequately identified the “Charlie Hebdo shooting” perpetrators as potential threats and tracked them for years beforehand. More recently, British authorities were more than well aware of the danger Sudesh Amman posed to society.
The problem is instead what appears to be a deliberate effort to keep these terrorists roaming freely among society. Free to join Western-backed mercenary forces abroad to fight in the West’s various proxy wars, and free to commit heinous acts of terror at home, both serving the singular agenda of expanding Western hegemony abroad while preserving the primacy of select special interests at home through divide and conquer politics and the use of fear as a political weapon.
Whichever side of the political divide the general public finds themselves on regarding terrorism at home and the West’s endless wars abroad there should be common ground everyone can meet on regarding what is either unforgivable negligence and incompetence or equally unforgivable, deliberate efforts to perpetuate a deadly terrorist threat.
In either case, attacks like those in France and Belgium or this more recent event in the UK are exploited – used to paralyze the public with fear and coerce them to accept growing constraints on their freedom at home and growing expenditures in blood and treasure for wars abroad.
Terrorists are indeed a threat to the peace and stability of society. So are those interests that perpetuate them either by actively supporting them, or passively allowing them to carry out violence. For the British government – it is guilty of both – and in the case of this recent attack in London – it really doesn’t matter whether it was police negligence or a deliberate act of violence facilitated covertly by the state – it could have and should have been prevented. Now the public must ask why it was not.
Article source: New Eastern Outlook
Tony Cartalucci, Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.
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activistpost--2020-02-13--Cities Create New Ways To Expand Neighborhood Surveillance Programs

Cities and towns are creating new ways to expand neighborhood surveillance programs known as police cam-share programs .
An article in The Baltimore Sun revealed that the Baltimore County Council wants more businesses and homeowners to purchase CCTV surveillance equipment .
How do cities and towns expand police cam-share programs ?
By offering to waive permitting fees , that ’ s how .
That is what makes the Baltimore County Council ’ s Bill unique from other police cam-share programs .
The Baltimore County Council wants to create a neighborhood surveillance network by offering homeowners and businesses a savings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proposal the county would waive alarm permitting fees for new alarm system installations — which start as low as $ 34 for homes and $ 113 for commercial buildings — that include private security or surveillance cameras if the owner signs up for the registry .
The county would also waive fees for any updates to current alarm systems that include those cameras .
Police SCRAM to become “ Silent Partners ” in neighborhood surveillance The Baltimore Sun goes on to say that the Lansing Police Department recently created “ Security Camera Registry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their surveillance network .
Talk about ironic , naming a police cam-share program SCRAM is exactly where a person ’ s privacy will go when neighbors voluntarily use CCTV cameras to monitor everyone .
The Baltimore Sun also mentioned that police in three Rhode Island towns have created cam-share programs but not one of them has offered residents discounts to monitor their neighbors .
An article in the Dunwood Crier reveals how police in Dunwoody , Georgia want businesses and residents to use license plate readers and CCTV surveillance cameras on their neighbors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dunwoody police have taken their police cam-share program to another level by encouraging businesses , apartment complexes and neighborhood groups to share their automatic license plate reader ( ALPR ) data with them .
The name of the Dunwoody police cam-share program is called “ Silent Partners ” which encourages so-called silent partners ” to secretly monitor vehicles and people not suspected of committing a crime .
A City of Dunwoody video shows that the police were so happy that a homeowners association is recording everyone ’ s license plates that they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( approx .
1:15 ) Dunwoody police call their Silent Partners program , “ a POWERFUL NETWORK , that creates a unified force of police department tools with private cameras and ALPRs to help solve and deter crime.
” The police department also encourages businesses , apartment complexes and neighborhood groups to use Flock Safety and Vigilant Solutions ALPRs , because they only cost around $ 2,000 a year .
Bringing big city police surveillance to small cities and towns simply because video doorbells , CCTV cameras and ALPR ’ s are cheaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we do .
The freedom to travel freely , wherever and whenever we want was fought for and earned by our forefathers .
Our freedoms should not be given away based on law enforcement ’ s specious claims that these surveillance devices make everyone safer .
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By MassPrivateI
Cities and towns are creating new ways to expand neighborhood surveillance programs known as police cam-share programs.
An article in The Baltimore Sun revealed that the Baltimore County Council wants more businesses and homeowners to purchase CCTV surveillance equipment.
The bill would create a voluntary private security camera registry for property owners with devices pointed toward a public right-of-way, according to the proposal. The program would map where cameras are located to help detectives identify possible security footage in areas where crimes happened.
How do cities and towns expand police cam-share programs? By offering to waive permitting fees, that’s how.
That is what makes the Baltimore County Council’s Bill unique from other police cam-share programs.
The County will waive the alarm permit fee the installation of a new alarm system that includes private security or surveillance cameras or the upgrade of a current alarm system that includes such cameras.
The Baltimore County Council wants to create a neighborhood surveillance network by offering homeowners and businesses a savings of $34.00-$113.00.
Under the proposal the county would waive alarm permitting fees for new alarm system installations — which start as low as $34 for homes and $113 for commercial buildings — that include private security or surveillance cameras if the owner signs up for the registry. The county would also waive fees for any updates to current alarm systems that include those cameras.
Police SCRAM to become “Silent Partners” in neighborhood surveillance
The Baltimore Sun goes on to say that the Lansing Police Department recently created “Security Camera Registry and Mapping” or SCRAM to expand their surveillance network.
Talk about ironic, naming a police cam-share program SCRAM is exactly where a person’s privacy will go when neighbors voluntarily use CCTV cameras to monitor everyone.
The Baltimore Sun also mentioned that police in three Rhode Island towns have created cam-share programs but not one of them has offered residents discounts to monitor their neighbors.
An article in the Dunwood Crier reveals how police in Dunwoody, Georgia want businesses and residents to use license plate readers and CCTV surveillance cameras on their neighbors.
The Dunwoody Police Department has launched an initiative to make security cameras and license plate readers more efficient tools to solve and prevent crime.
Like the Baltimore County Council, Dunwoody police have taken their police cam-share program to another level by encouraging businesses, apartment complexes and neighborhood groups to share their automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data with them.
The Dunwoody Police Department already uses about 20 fixed ALPRs in high-traffic areas to capture images of license plates and to identify stolen vehicles, stolen tags and wanted suspects. Several businesses, apartment complexes and neighborhood groups have installed their own LPRs.
The name of the Dunwoody police cam-share program is called “Silent Partners” which encourages so-called silent partners” to secretly monitor vehicles and people not suspected of committing a crime.
A City of Dunwoody video shows that the police were so happy that a homeowners association is recording everyone’s license plates that they had a sign made to thank them. (approx. 1:15)
Author Carson Cook wrote,
“Last year, we decided to invest in a license plate reader for the front of our neighborhood, and we found that it makes a big difference,” Dino Sammarco, Ashford Chase Homeowners Association president said.
Dunwoody police call their Silent Partners program, “a POWERFUL NETWORK, that creates a unified force of police department tools with private cameras and ALPRs to help solve and deter crime.”
The police department also encourages businesses, apartment complexes and neighborhood groups to use Flock Safety and Vigilant Solutions ALPRs, because they only cost around $2,000 a year.
Bringing big city police surveillance to small cities and towns simply because video doorbells, CCTV cameras and ALPR’s are cheaper is not an excuse to monitor everything we do.
The freedom to travel freely, wherever and whenever we want was fought for and earned by our forefathers. Our freedoms should not be given away based on law enforcement’s specious claims that these surveillance devices make everyone safer.
Article source: MassPrivateI Blog
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activistpost--2020-02-13--A Primer on Domestic Spying

A Primer on Domestic Spying

“ The Framers … conferred , as against the Government , the right to be let alone – the most comprehensive of rights , and the right most valued by civilized men.
” – Justice Louis Brandeis ( 1856-1941 ) While we were all consumed by impeachment , a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress .
It is a renewal of Section 215 of the Patriot Act .
The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15 .
One of those sections is the infamous 215 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capture without a warrant all records of all people in America held by third parties .
Do we really want the federal government to spy without warrants ?
How can Congress , which has sworn to preserve , protect and defend the Constitution , legislate such a blatant violation of it ?
Here is the backstory .
After the Constitution was ratified in 1789 , it was soon amended to recognize the existence of natural rights and to keep the government from interfering with them .
As Justice Brandeis wrote 140 years afterward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the right to be let alone , which today we call privacy .
To secure that right , the Fourth Amendment was ratified .
The purpose of the Fourth Amendment was to prevent the government from utilizing general warrants and to require judicially authorized search warrants issued under narrow circumstances .
James Madison , who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights , shared the hatred that colonists-turned-Americans had for general warrants .
A general warrant was a document issued by a secret court in London authorizing the bearer of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence agent , to search wherever he wished and to seize whatever he found .
The applicant for the warrant needed to demonstrate to the court only that the warrant was intended to unearth something that the government wanted .
Because these warrants did not specify the object of the search , there was no limit to them .
Hence Madison ’ s language in the Fourth Amendment preserving privacy but permitting the government to invade it only upon a showing , under oath , of probable cause of crime , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized .
After 9/11 , in the collective spirit of fear , timidity and subservience to the presidency , and in utter disregard for its members ’ oaths to uphold the Constitution , Congress enacted the Patriot Act .
It permits one federal agent to authorize another federal agent to search and seize whatever the latter wishes to look at and capture so long as it is in the possession of third-party financial institutions .
Over the years , the definition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radically expanded by both legislation and presidential executive orders so as to include nearly every conceivable entity that has any records about any person in America – from banks to hospitals to lawyers to merchants to credit card issuers to telecoms and computer service providers and even the post office .
At the same time that the Patriot Act was being expanded , the National Security Agency – America ’ s 60,000-person strong domestic spy apparatus – was not even pretending to follow legislation .
We know from Edward Snowden ’ s revelations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government – that since 2003 , the NSA has captured not only the records of Americans held by third parties but also the records of every keystroke touched by every person in America and every telephone call transmitted over fiber optic cable .
That includes every email , text message and piece of data – even what was deleted .
This warrantless mass surveillance continues today unabated .
Also unabated and equally unlawful and unconstitutional is the government ’ s use of cell towers as monitors of movement .
Whenever anyone travels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the nearest cell tower picks up signals from the mobile device , even turned off .
The government , which either owns the cell towers or under Section 215 , captures all the data the towers amass , can effectively follow any person with a mobile device in real-time .
How does the government get away with this ?
The feds have labored mightily to keep all of these constitutional violations as far from judicial scrutiny as they can .
They rightly fear – they know – that all of this violates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior , which we know they have used on the president of the United States and on the Supreme Court , comes under judicial scrutiny , the feds will argue that the Fourth Amendment only pertains to criminal prosecutions and not to domestic spying ; thus , they can ignore it when they spy .
They have made up this argument out of thin air .
There is neither a hint in the language of the amendment nor a whiff in its history to support that argument .
Has the government lost sight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , liberty and the pursuit of happiness – not to mention getting into Heaven .
How can we do any of this if the government we have hired to preserve our liberty is surreptitiously destroying it ?
Brandeis ’ language about being let alone was written in 1928 , in a dissent to a Supreme Court opinion that failed to recognize the right to privacy .
Today , his dissent is the law of the land , but the feds ignore it .
He wrote that there is more to life than owning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of spiritual , intellectual and cultural goals and the achievement of intimate aspirations , none of which are the government ’ s business .
Why do we permit the government to assault our most basic freedoms , under the law or under the table ?
Andrew P. Napolitano , a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey , is the senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel .
Judge Napolitano has written seven books on the US Constitution .
The most recent is Suicide Pact : The Radical Expansion of Presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liberty .
To find out more about Judge Napolitano and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit www.creators.com .
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By Andrew P. Napolitano
“The Framers … conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone – the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.” – Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941)
While we were all consumed by impeachment, a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress. It is a renewal of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15. One of those sections is the infamous 215, which authorizes the federal government to capture without a warrant all records of all people in America held by third parties.
Do we really want the federal government to spy without warrants? How can Congress, which has sworn to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, legislate such a blatant violation of it? Here is the backstory.
After the Constitution was ratified in 1789, it was soon amended to recognize the existence of natural rights and to keep the government from interfering with them. As Justice Brandeis wrote 140 years afterward, the most comprehensive of those rights was the right to be let alone, which today we call privacy.
To secure that right, the Fourth Amendment was ratified. The purpose of the Fourth Amendment was to prevent the government from utilizing general warrants and to require judicially authorized search warrants issued under narrow circumstances. James Madison, who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, shared the hatred that colonists-turned-Americans had for general warrants.
A general warrant was a document issued by a secret court in London authorizing the bearer of the document, usually a British soldier or intelligence agent, to search wherever he wished and to seize whatever he found. The applicant for the warrant needed to demonstrate to the court only that the warrant was intended to unearth something that the government wanted. Because these warrants did not specify the object of the search, there was no limit to them.
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Hence Madison’s language in the Fourth Amendment preserving privacy but permitting the government to invade it only upon a showing, under oath, of probable cause of crime, and then requiring the warrant to specify in writing the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized.
After 9/11, in the collective spirit of fear, timidity and subservience to the presidency, and in utter disregard for its members’ oaths to uphold the Constitution, Congress enacted the Patriot Act. It permits one federal agent to authorize another federal agent to search and seize whatever the latter wishes to look at and capture so long as it is in the possession of third-party financial institutions.
Over the years, the definition of “financial institution” has been radically expanded by both legislation and presidential executive orders so as to include nearly every conceivable entity that has any records about any person in America – from banks to hospitals to lawyers to merchants to credit card issuers to telecoms and computer service providers and even the post office.
At the same time that the Patriot Act was being expanded, the National Security Agency – America’s 60,000-person strong domestic spy apparatus – was not even pretending to follow legislation. We know from Edward Snowden’s revelations – which have never been disputed by the government – that since 2003, the NSA has captured not only the records of Americans held by third parties but also the records of every keystroke touched by every person in America and every telephone call transmitted over fiber optic cable. That includes every email, text message and piece of data – even what was deleted. This warrantless mass surveillance continues today unabated.
Also unabated and equally unlawful and unconstitutional is the government’s use of cell towers as monitors of movement. Whenever anyone travels with a mobile device in the U.S., the nearest cell tower picks up signals from the mobile device, even turned off. The government, which either owns the cell towers or under Section 215, captures all the data the towers amass, can effectively follow any person with a mobile device in real-time.
How does the government get away with this?
The feds have labored mightily to keep all of these constitutional violations as far from judicial scrutiny as they can. They rightly fear – they know – that all of this violates the Fourth Amendment. If their nefarious behavior, which we know they have used on the president of the United States and on the Supreme Court, comes under judicial scrutiny, the feds will argue that the Fourth Amendment only pertains to criminal prosecutions and not to domestic spying; thus, they can ignore it when they spy.
They have made up this argument out of thin air. There is neither a hint in the language of the amendment nor a whiff in its history to support that argument.
Has the government lost sight of our birthright? It is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – not to mention getting into Heaven. How can we do any of this if the government we have hired to preserve our liberty is surreptitiously destroying it?
Brandeis’ language about being let alone was written in 1928, in a dissent to a Supreme Court opinion that failed to recognize the right to privacy. Today, his dissent is the law of the land, but the feds ignore it. He wrote that there is more to life than owning material goods. There is the fulfillment of spiritual, intellectual and cultural goals and the achievement of intimate aspirations, none of which are the government’s business.
Why do we permit the government to assault our most basic freedoms, under the law or under the table?
Sourced from Antiwar.com
Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, is the senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel. Judge Napolitano has written seven books on the US Constitution. The most recent is Suicide Pact: The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Lethal Threat to American Liberty. To find out more about Judge Napolitano and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.
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activistpost--2020-02-14--California Auditor Releases Damning Report About Law Enforcement’s Use of Automated License Plate Re

California Auditor Releases Damning Report About Law Enforcement’s Use of Automated License Plate Readers

California police and sheriffs are failing to protect the privacy of drivers on city streets , the California State Auditor ’ s office determined after a seven-month investigation into the use of automated license plate readers ( ALPRs ) by the Los Angeles Police Department and three other local law enforcement agencies .
California State Senator Scott Wiener sponsored the State Auditor ’ s report .
The auditor raised a long list of concerns , including fundamental problems with police ALPR policies , failure to conduct audits , and the risk of ALPR data being abused to surveil political rallies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Los Angeles , the auditor investigated the Fresno Police Department , Sacramento County Sheriff ’ s Office , and Marin County Sheriff ’ s Office .
The auditor indicated that the problems are likely prevalent across 230 California law enforcement agencies using ALPRs .
The report is a damning assessment of how California law enforcement agencies use this mass-surveillance technology , which employs computer-controlled , high-speed cameras mounted on street lights , on top of police cars , or speed-monitoring trailers that automatically capture images of every vehicle that drives by , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The cameras capture the exact time and place a license plate was seen , and often compares that data point to hot lists of “ people of interest ” to police .
The cameras are capable of capturing millions of data points , which , taken in the aggregate , can paint an intimate portrait of a driver ’ s life and even chill First Amendment protected activity .
• The four agencies ’ “ [ p ] oorly developed and incomplete policies contributed to the agencies ’ failure to implement ALPR programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by state law .
• “ Instead of ensuring that only authorized users access their ALPR data for appropriate purposes , the agencies we reviewed have made abuse possible by neglecting to institute sufficient monitoring.
” • “ A member of law enforcement could misuse ALPR images to stalk an individual or observe vehicles at particular locations and events , such as doctors ’ offices or clinics and political rallies .
Despite these risks , the agencies we reviewed conduct little to no auditing of users ’ searches.
” “ [ A ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how long to retain their ALPR images on the documented usefulness of those images to investigators , and they may be retaining the images longer than necessary , increasing the risk to individuals ’ privacy.
” • “ We found that the three agencies storing ALPR data in Vigilant ’ s cloud—Fresno , Marin , and Sacramento—do not have sufficient data security safeguards in their contracts.
” • While the California Department of Justice has guidelines on protecting police data from federal immigration enforcement activities , “ agencies were either unaware of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their ALPR systems.
” ALPRs allow police to upload our movements to massive databases.That enables them and others to analyze our travel patterns , identify visitors to specific locations , and receive real-time alerts on specific cars through “ hot lists.
” For more than eight years , EFF has raised concerns about the technology because it can reveal sensitive information about all drivers , regardless of whether they are suspected of connection to criminal activity .
In 2015 , EFF supported legislation—S.B .
34—to require agencies to implement policies that protect civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a detailed log of every time someone accesses ALPR data .
Last summer , EFF worked with Sen. Wiener to request the California State Auditor to conduct an audit of ALPRs used by law enforcement agencies throughout the state and to assess whether agencies are complying with S.B .
34 .
Based on our own research , we demonstrated to legislators how police , sheriffs , and other agencies were routinely flaunting a state law requiring transparency and accountability designed to protect the public ’ s privacy and civil liberties .
This included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and publish their usage policies online .
We also drew attention to the fact that agencies are collecting far more information than they need and are sharing the data indiscriminately with hundreds other agencies across the country .
Over the last seven months , the state auditor ’ s staff spent 2,800 hours surveying every police and sheriff ’ s department in the state and conducting deep-dives of four agencies .
The auditor made many recommendations .
The California legislature should amend state law to require the California Justice Department to draft and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local law enforcement agencies can use as a model .
The Justice Department should also issue guidelines about security requirements agencies should follow to protect ALPR data .
The amended law must establish rules about how long ALPR data can be retained , including data that is used to link persons of interest with license plate images .
Periodic evaluations of data retention policies should be conducted to ensure that police are keeping data for the shortest time as practical , the auditor said .
The four law enforcement agencies investigated should review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an assessment of their data security practices by August .
The auditor found that 230 agencies in California were deploying ALPRs , with the majority using Vigilant Solutions to collect , store , and analyze the data .
An additional 36 agencies planned to deploy ALPRs in the near future .
This is the first time that a comprehensive list of ALPR users in California has been compiled .
Learn about which agencies are using automated license plate readers here .
Of the agencies that use ALPR systems , 96 percent said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the audit reveals , many of the policies that agencies have in place are insufficient .
The agencies audited in Fresno , Marin , and Sacramento did not cover who has access to the system , or how the agency monitors use of the system to comply with privacy laws .
The Los Angeles Police Department , which has an ALPR database of 320 million images , had no policy specifically dealing with its ALPR systems at all .
The department said that its existing information technology policies adequately covered the system—a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not share .
The audit also reveals that the four departments it examined closely are sharing data from ALPR systems broadly—between those agencies , ALPR data are shared with entities in 44 out of 50 states .
The Sacramento County ’ s Sheriff ’ s Office alone shares with more than 1,000 entities .
Agencies also retain data for varying periods of time , some very long .
The Los Angeles Police Department , for example , keeps information from ALPR systems for five years .
Information contained in these systems , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ license plate information but also personal information such as name , address , date of birth , and even some criminal justice data such as arrest record .
All four agencies , the report found , lacked sufficient safeguards for managing which employees can see the data from their systems , such as a policy that requires supervisory approval for establishing an account to access an ALPR system .
Problems likely extend far beyond the four agencies profiled .
“ We are concerned that the policy deficiencies we found are not limited to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law enforcement agencies of all types may benefit from guidance to improve their policies , ” the report said .
Based on the outcome of the audit , EFF asks the state legislature to enact new safeguards to limit how police use this technology .
• Agencies must create and define a clear process for adding and removing vehicles from hot lists , and limit hot lists to only the most serious of crimes .
• Agencies must not retain any data about vehicles that do match a vehicle included on such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ALPR data collected or stored by a private company .
• Agencies should follow the state of Maryland ’ s lead and disclose on an annual basis how many fixed and mobile license plate readers they have , how many license plates they scanned , how many of those scans matched a hot list , how many times agencies outside the state requested and received data , the results of all audits , and any breaches of the system that occurred .
• Forbid the use of predictive algorithms based on ALPR data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government use of ALPRs , similar to the moratorium on mobile face recognition passed last session .
ALPR technology can be used to target drivers who visit sensitive places such as health centers , immigration clinics , gun shops , union halls , protests , or centers of religious worship—all without drivers ’ permission or knowledge .
This report clearly demonstrates the ways that these agencies are failing California drivers—and raises serious questions about how entities across the country use and access ALPR data .
As EFF ’ s senior investigative researcher , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issues related to police surveillance , free speech , transparency , and government accountability .
In addition to leading deep-dive investigations , Dave coordinates large-scale public records campaigns , advocates on state legislation , and compiles The Foilies , EFF ’ s annual tongue-in-cheek awards for outrageous responses to FOIA requests .
He sometimes represents EFF in digital rights-themed cosplay at Dragon Con , and he edited EFF ’ s first science fiction collection , Pwning Tomorrow .
He also researches virtual reality as part of the team that developed Spot the Surveillance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Contact him with questions or information on police technology ( e.g .
automated license plate readers , biometric identification ) , prisoner rights , or public records laws .
Hayley Tsukayama is a legislative activist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation , focusing on state legislation .
Prior to joining EFF , she spent nearly eight years as a consumer technology reporter at The Washington Post writing stories on the industry ’ s largest companies .
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By Dave Mass and Hayley Tsukayama
California police and sheriffs are failing to protect the privacy of drivers on city streets, the California State Auditor’s office determined after a seven-month investigation into the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by the Los Angeles Police Department and three other local law enforcement agencies. California State Senator Scott Wiener sponsored the State Auditor’s report.
The auditor raised a long list of concerns, including fundamental problems with police ALPR policies, failure to conduct audits, and the risk of ALPR data being abused to surveil political rallies or target immigrant populations. In addition to Los Angeles, the auditor investigated the Fresno Police Department, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, and Marin County Sheriff’s Office. The auditor indicated that the problems are likely prevalent across 230 California law enforcement agencies using ALPRs.
The report is a damning assessment of how California law enforcement agencies use this mass-surveillance technology, which employs computer-controlled, high-speed cameras mounted on street lights, on top of police cars, or speed-monitoring trailers that automatically capture images of every vehicle that drives by, without drivers’ knowledge or permission. The cameras capture the exact time and place a license plate was seen, and often compares that data point to hot lists of “people of interest” to police. The cameras are capable of capturing millions of data points, which, taken in the aggregate, can paint an intimate portrait of a driver’s life and even chill First Amendment protected activity.
Read the State Auditor’s Report.
Among the auditor’s key findings:
The four agencies’ “[p]oorly developed and incomplete policies contributed to the agencies’ failure to implement ALPR programs that reflect the privacy principles” required by state law.
“Instead of ensuring that only authorized users access their ALPR data for appropriate purposes, the agencies we reviewed have made abuse possible by neglecting to institute sufficient monitoring.”
“A member of law enforcement could misuse ALPR images to stalk an individual or observe vehicles at particular locations and events, such as doctors’ offices or clinics and political rallies. Despite these risks, the agencies we reviewed conduct little to no auditing of users’ searches.”
“[A]gencies have not based their decisions regarding how long to retain their ALPR images on the documented usefulness of those images to investigators, and they may be retaining the images longer than necessary, increasing the risk to individuals’ privacy.”
“[A]gencies have not based their decisions regarding how long to retain their ALPR images on the documented usefulness of those images to investigators, and they may be retaining the images longer than necessary, increasing the risk to individuals’ privacy.” “We found that the three agencies storing ALPR data in Vigilant’s cloud—Fresno, Marin, and Sacramento—do not have sufficient data security safeguards in their contracts.”
While the California Department of Justice has guidelines on protecting police data from federal immigration enforcement activities, “agencies were either unaware of these guidelines or had not implemented them for their ALPR systems.”
ALPRs allow police to upload our movements to massive databases.That enables them and others to analyze our travel patterns, identify visitors to specific locations, and receive real-time alerts on specific cars through “hot lists.” For more than eight years, EFF has raised concerns about the technology because it can reveal sensitive information about all drivers, regardless of whether they are suspected of connection to criminal activity. In 2015, EFF supported legislation—S.B. 34—to require agencies to implement policies that protect civil liberties and privacy, and to maintain a detailed log of every time someone accesses ALPR data.
Last summer, EFF worked with Sen. Wiener to request the California State Auditor to conduct an audit of ALPRs used by law enforcement agencies throughout the state and to assess whether agencies are complying with S.B. 34. Based on our own research, we demonstrated to legislators how police, sheriffs, and other agencies were routinely flaunting a state law requiring transparency and accountability designed to protect the public’s privacy and civil liberties. This included failure to keep track of system searches and publish their usage policies online. We also drew attention to the fact that agencies are collecting far more information than they need and are sharing the data indiscriminately with hundreds other agencies across the country.
Over the last seven months, the state auditor’s staff spent 2,800 hours surveying every police and sheriff’s department in the state and conducting deep-dives of four agencies.
The auditor made many recommendations. The California legislature should amend state law to require the California Justice Department to draft and publish a template for ALPR policies that local law enforcement agencies can use as a model. The Justice Department should also issue guidelines about security requirements agencies should follow to protect ALPR data. The amended law must establish rules about how long ALPR data can be retained, including data that is used to link persons of interest with license plate images. Periodic evaluations of data retention policies should be conducted to ensure that police are keeping data for the shortest time as practical, the auditor said. The four law enforcement agencies investigated should review and revise their ALPR policies and do an assessment of their data security practices by August.
The auditor found that 230 agencies in California were deploying ALPRs, with the majority using Vigilant Solutions to collect, store, and analyze the data. An additional 36 agencies planned to deploy ALPRs in the near future. This is the first time that a comprehensive list of ALPR users in California has been compiled.
Learn about which agencies are using automated license plate readers here.
Of the agencies that use ALPR systems, 96 percent said that they had ALPR policies. But, as the audit reveals, many of the policies that agencies have in place are insufficient. The agencies audited in Fresno, Marin, and Sacramento did not cover who has access to the system, or how the agency monitors use of the system to comply with privacy laws. The Los Angeles Police Department, which has an ALPR database of 320 million images, had no policy specifically dealing with its ALPR systems at all. The department said that its existing information technology policies adequately covered the system—a belief that the auditor’s office did not share.
The audit also reveals that the four departments it examined closely are sharing data from ALPR systems broadly—between those agencies, ALPR data are shared with entities in 44 out of 50 states. The Sacramento County’s Sheriff’s Office alone shares with more than 1,000 entities.
Agencies also retain data for varying periods of time, some very long. The Los Angeles Police Department, for example, keeps information from ALPR systems for five years. Information contained in these systems, the audit found, include not only license plate information but also personal information such as name, address, date of birth, and even some criminal justice data such as arrest record.
All four agencies, the report found, lacked sufficient safeguards for managing which employees can see the data from their systems, such as a policy that requires supervisory approval for establishing an account to access an ALPR system.
Problems likely extend far beyond the four agencies profiled. “We are concerned that the policy deficiencies we found are not limited to the agencies we reviewed, and thus law enforcement agencies of all types may benefit from guidance to improve their policies,” the report said.
Based on the outcome of the audit, EFF asks the state legislature to enact new safeguards to limit how police use this technology.
Agencies must create and define a clear process for adding and removing vehicles from hot lists, and limit hot lists to only the most serious of crimes.
Agencies must not retain any data about vehicles that do match a vehicle included on such a hotlist.
Agencies should not use ALPR data collected or stored by a private company.
Agencies should follow the state of Maryland’s lead and disclose on an annual basis how many fixed and mobile license plate readers they have, how many license plates they scanned, how many of those scans matched a hot list, how many times agencies outside the state requested and received data, the results of all audits, and any breaches of the system that occurred.
Forbid the use of predictive algorithms based on ALPR data.
Place a statewide moratorium on government use of ALPRs, similar to the moratorium on mobile face recognition passed last session.
ALPR technology can be used to target drivers who visit sensitive places such as health centers, immigration clinics, gun shops, union halls, protests, or centers of religious worship—all without drivers’ permission or knowledge. This report clearly demonstrates the ways that these agencies are failing California drivers—and raises serious questions about how entities across the country use and access ALPR data.
Article source: EFF.org
As EFF’s senior investigative researcher, Dave Maass is a muckraker/noisemaker, covering issues related to police surveillance, free speech, transparency, and government accountability. In addition to leading deep-dive investigations, Dave coordinates large-scale public records campaigns, advocates on state legislation, and compiles The Foilies, EFF’s annual tongue-in-cheek awards for outrageous responses to FOIA requests. He sometimes represents EFF in digital rights-themed cosplay at Dragon Con, and he edited EFF’s first science fiction collection, Pwning Tomorrow. He also researches virtual reality as part of the team that developed Spot the Surveillance, EFF’s first VR experience. Contact him with questions or information on police technology (e.g. automated license plate readers, biometric identification), prisoner rights, or public records laws.
Hayley Tsukayama is a legislative activist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on state legislation. Prior to joining EFF, she spent nearly eight years as a consumer technology reporter at The Washington Post writing stories on the industry’s largest companies.
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activistpost--2020-02-13--EWG Offers Fellowship to Investigate Public Health Implications of EMF — Still Endorses Smart Meters

Thanks to Environmental Working Group for offering this fellowship and being interested in the public health implications of EMF exposure .
However , it doesn ’ t change the fact that they still endorse the use of utility “ Smart ” Meters which expose everyone to harmful wireless radiation ( see 1 , 2 ) and other sources of EMF and making people sick ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) ; hence , already causing public health implications .
Confused ?
Me too .
Environmental Working Group ( EWG ) , a nonprofit leader in research , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the field of environmental health , invites PhD students , early career , or advance career researchers for a one year fellowship opportunity with our organization .
The fellow is going to be investigating the public health implications of electromagnetic field , or EMF exposure .
EWG Science team has published groundbreaking research on drinking water contaminants , chemical policy and regulations , and consumer products .
EWG is nationally known for the comprehensive databases and interactive compiled and built over many years , such as EWG ’ s national Tap Water Database @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on tap water contaminant occurrence in the United States ; Shopper ’ s Guide to Pesticides in Produce ; PFAS contamination map ; Skin Deep® database of personal care products ; and other databases and projects .
In 2009 , EWG conducted a science review of cancer risks associated with cell phone radiation and published a database of cell phone radiation levels ( using FCC data ) .
In the absence of sufficient scientific research and FCC caution , EWG recommended consumers purchase phones with the lowest possible SAR and use headphones or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time EWG has published a handful of guides to safer cell phone use ( 2013 ) and the impact on radiation levels when different types of cell phone cases are used ( 2015 ) .
We are now looking to update our understanding of the field since our last major review in 2009 and create a peer-reviewed journal article of our findings , as well as consumer outreach and education campaigns .

By B.N. Frank
Thanks to Environmental Working Group for offering this fellowship and being interested in the public health implications of EMF exposure. However, it doesn’t change the fact that they still endorse the use of utility Smart Meters which expose everyone to harmful wireless radiation (see 1, 2) and other sources of EMF and make people sick (1, 2, 3, 4); hence, already causing public health implications. Confused? Me too.
Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit leader in research, public education, and policy research in the field of environmental health, invites PhD students, early career, or advance career researchers for a one year fellowship opportunity with our organization.
The fellow is going to be investigating the public health implications of electromagnetic field, or EMF exposure.
EWG Science team has published groundbreaking research on drinking water contaminants, chemical policy and regulations, and consumer products. EWG is nationally known for the comprehensive databases and interactive compiled and built over many years, such as EWG’s national Tap Water Database, the largest publicly accessible data repository on tap water contaminant occurrence in the United States; Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce; PFAS contamination map; Skin Deep® database of personal care products; and other databases and projects.
EWG research on EMF
In 2009, EWG conducted a science review of cancer risks associated with cell phone radiation and published a database of cell phone radiation levels (using FCC data). In the absence of sufficient scientific research and FCC caution, EWG recommended consumers purchase phones with the lowest possible SAR and use headphones or speakerphone to conduct calls. Since that time EWG has published a handful of guides to safer cell phone use (2013) and the impact on radiation levels when different types of cell phone cases are used (2015).
We are now looking to update our understanding of the field since our last major review in 2009 and create a peer-reviewed journal article of our findings, as well as consumer outreach and education campaigns.
Responsibilities:


activistpost--2020-02-14--4 Ways to Guarantee You Lose Liberty

4 Ways to Guarantee You Lose Liberty

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By Michael Boldin
From politicians to principles, loyalty and trust – 4 things to watch for that will surely lead to a loss of liberty.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: February 14, 2020
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activistpost--2020-02-14--Coronavirus A Bioweapon? White House Investigates, As Military Sets Up Quarantine Sites Across U.S.

Covid-19 formerly known as the coronavirus , continues to spread as more infections and deaths are being reported every day .
The corporate media and social media platforms have been working feverishly to control the narrative .
Their mission is to quickly counter or “ debunk ” so called “ conspiracy theories ” which question the official story and explore the very real possibility that the current viral outbreak may be linked to a biowarfare program .
The video report below by Spiro Skouras presents a few questions such as – if it is a conspiracy theory to consider the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may have been weaponized is so preposterous , then why has the White House requested the scientific community to investigate this possibility ?
Especially considering the fact that Wuhan , China — ground zero of the outbreak — is home to a level-4 bioweapons lab .
This report also exposes the possible outcomes of the White House investigation , the untimely death of a prominent scientist at the heart of an espionage scandal connected to the coronavirus ( Covid-19 ) , plus the Department of Defense plan to establish 11 quarantine sites across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well as other strange “ coincidences ” surrounding this new global outbreak .
Senator Cotton Demands Beijing Prove Coronavirus Isn ’ t A Bioweapon As Another ‘ Conspiracy Theory ’ Goes Mainstream https : //www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/tom-cotton- demands-beijing-prove-ncov- isnt-bioweapon-another- conspiracy-theory-goes Canadian Scientist At Center Of Chinese Bio-Espionage Probe Found Dead In Africa ?
https : //www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/canadian- scientist-center-chinese-bio- espionage-probe-found-dead- africa China denies lab link to coronavirus as questions over origin mount https : //www.washingtontimes .
com/news/2020/feb/5/china- denies-lab-link-to- coronavirus-as-questions-/ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : THE MILITARY HAS MASS QUARANTINE CAMPS SET UP IN THE U.S. https @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gets A New Name : COVID-19 .
Here ’ s Why That Is Important https : //www.forbes.com/sites/ victoriaforster/2020/02/11/ coronavirus-gets-a-new-name- covid-19-heres-why-renaming- it-is-important/ # 4c86a159548e A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine https : //www.activistpost.com/ 2020/02/a-stunning-400- million-people-are-on- lockdown-in-china-as- guangzhou-joins-quarantine .
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By Spiro Skouras
Covid-19 formerly known as the coronavirus, continues to spread as more infections and deaths are being reported every day.
The corporate media and social media platforms have been working feverishly to control the narrative. Their mission is to quickly counter or “debunk” so called “conspiracy theories” which question the official story and explore the very real possibility that the current viral outbreak may be linked to a biowarfare program.
The video report below by Spiro Skouras presents a few questions such as – if it is a conspiracy theory to consider the possibility that the Covid-19 (coronavirus) may have been weaponized is so preposterous, then why has the White House requested the scientific community to investigate this possibility? Especially considering the fact that Wuhan, China — ground zero of the outbreak — is home to a level-4 bioweapons lab.
This report also exposes the possible outcomes of the White House investigation, the untimely death of a prominent scientist at the heart of an espionage scandal connected to the coronavirus (Covid-19), plus the Department of Defense plan to establish 11 quarantine sites across the US on military bases, as well as other strange “coincidences” surrounding this new global outbreak.

Links
Senator Cotton Demands Beijing Prove Coronavirus Isn’t A Bioweapon As Another ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Goes Mainstream
https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/tom-cotton- demands-beijing-prove-ncov- isnt-bioweapon-another- conspiracy-theory-goes
Canadian Scientist At Center Of Chinese Bio-Espionage Probe Found Dead In Africa?
https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/canadian- scientist-center-chinese-bio- espionage-probe-found-dead- africa
China denies lab link to coronavirus as questions over origin mount
https://www.washingtontimes. com/news/2020/feb/5/china- denies-lab-link-to- coronavirus-as-questions-/
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: THE MILITARY HAS MASS QUARANTINE CAMPS SET UP IN THE U.S.
https://www.shtfplan.com/ headline-news/department-of- defense-the-military-has-mass- quarantine-camps-set-up-in- the-u-s_02102020
DOD Statement on Additional Request From HHS
https://www.defense.gov/ Newsroom/Releases/Release/ Article/2076940/dod-statement- on-additional-request-from- hhs/
Pentagon approves using military bases to quarantine 1,000
https://www.charlotteobserver. com/news/article239877883.html
Coronavirus Gets A New Name: COVID-19. Here’s Why That Is Important
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ victoriaforster/2020/02/11/ coronavirus-gets-a-new-name- covid-19-heres-why-renaming- it-is-important/#4c86a159548e
A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine
https://www.activistpost.com/ 2020/02/a-stunning-400- million-people-are-on- lockdown-in-china-as- guangzhou-joins-quarantine. html
Did Bill Gates & World Economic Forum Predict Coronavirus Outbreak? An Inside Look May Shock You!
https://www.activistpost.com/ 2020/01/did-bill-gates-world- economic-forum-predict- coronavirus-outbreak-an- inside-look-may-shock-you.html
Interview: Author of US BioWeapons Act Believes The WHO & China Are Lying About The Coronavirus
https://www.activistpost.com/ 2020/02/interview-author-of- us-bioweapons-act-believes- the-who-china-are-lying-about- the-coronavirus.html
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activistpost--2020-02-14--Is There Light at the End of the Rabbit Hole? Derrick Broze and James Corbett

On Thursday February 13 , researchers James Corbett and Derrick Broze sat down for their first face-to-face conversation on a @ @ @ @ @ censorship , coronavirus , the endless rabbit hole , technocracy , researching tools , and @ @ @ @ @ the founder of TCRN .
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By The Conscious Resistance
On Thursday February 13, researchers James Corbett and Derrick Broze sat down for their first face-to-face conversation on a wide range of topics including censorship, coronavirus, the endless rabbit hole, technocracy, researching tools, and much more.
Derrick is the founder of TCRN.
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activistpost--2020-02-14--Leaktivists Pose “Significant Threat” at Same Level as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, US Gov’t Warns

The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center ( NCSC ) has stressed in its latest report that hacktivists and “ public disclosure organizations ” like WikiLeaks pose a “ significant threat ” similar to that of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorists , as well as Russia , Iran , and China .
“ Ideologically motivated entities such as hacktivists , leaktivists , and public disclosure organizations ” pose “ significant threats ” to the U.S. at the same level as non-state terrorist organizations , according to the report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ’ s biannual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fails to mention WikiLeaks by name , it references “ unauthorized disclosures of US cyber tools ” and “ public disclosure organizations.
” In others words , the CIA hacking tools released under Vault 7 and Vault 8 and the NSA surveillance dragnet revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden .
In 2017 , the U.S. Senate considered a bill that would have classified WikiLeaks as a “ non-state hostile intelligence service ” bundled as part of the 2018 Intelligence Authorization Act .
Presumably , that classification would authorize the use of force against WikiLeaks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former CIA director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the same year .
“ It ’ s time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is : A non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia , ” Pompeo said at the time .
The NCSC argues that leaks “ open up new opportunities for adversaries to use information as a strategic resource in achieving their economic security aims , and exert leverage over their competitors.
” The report also insinuates that “ emerging technologies ” like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Things will benefit U.S. adversaries more than the U.S. “ The United States is facing increasingly aggressive and complex threats from foreign intelligence services , as well as state and non-state actors , ” said William Evanina , director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center .
The NCSC also indicated that Russia and China are using “ all instruments of national power to target the United States.
” Cuba , Iran , and North Korea were referred to as “ significant threats ” on the same level as terrorists , hacktivists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This comes as WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange is set to face trial for extradition on February 24 for publishing documents that exposed corruption and U.S. war crimes .
Protests are planned all over the world as the future of press freedom lies in the outcome of just one man ’ s case .
Last year in April , Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in violation of 2 UN rulings following the withdrawal of his asylum status by the Ecuadorian government .
Assange faces 175 years in the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and various corruption within the United States , 17 charges of which are under the Espionage Act .
In total , Assange faces 18 charges including an absurd charge under the CFAA for “ computer hacking ” by helping his source , Chelsea Manning , protect herself against being discovered to leak him information .
We are now watching as not only our press freedoms are eroded but those who seek to expose corruption are being labeled as terrorists .
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By Aaron Kesel
The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has stressed in its latest report that hacktivists and “public disclosure organizations” like WikiLeaks pose a “significant threat” similar to that of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorists, as well as Russia, Iran, and China.
“Ideologically motivated entities such as hacktivists, leaktivists, and public disclosure organizations” pose “significant threats” to the U.S. at the same level as non-state terrorist organizations, according to the report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s biannual National Counterintelligence Strategy.
Although the report fails to mention WikiLeaks by name, it references “unauthorized disclosures of US cyber tools” and “public disclosure organizations.” In others words, the CIA hacking tools released under Vault 7 and Vault 8 and the NSA surveillance dragnet revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
In 2017, the U.S. Senate considered a bill that would have classified WikiLeaks as a “non-state hostile intelligence service” bundled as part of the 2018 Intelligence Authorization Act. Presumably, that classification would authorize the use of force against WikiLeaks.
Those same words were echoed by former CIA director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the same year.
“It’s time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: A non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,” Pompeo said at the time.
The NCSC argues that leaks “open up new opportunities for adversaries to use information as a strategic resource in achieving their economic security aims, and exert leverage over their competitors.” The report also insinuates that “emerging technologies” like AI, encryption, and the Internet of Things will benefit U.S. adversaries more than the U.S.
“The United States is facing increasingly aggressive and complex threats from foreign intelligence services, as well as state and non-state actors,” said William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
The NCSC also indicated that Russia and China are using “all instruments of national power to target the United States.” Cuba, Iran, and North Korea were referred to as “significant threats” on the same level as terrorists, hacktivists, and “transnational criminal organizations.”
This comes as WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange is set to face trial for extradition on February 24 for publishing documents that exposed corruption and U.S. war crimes. Protests are planned all over the world as the future of press freedom lies in the outcome of just one man’s case.
Extradite Julian Assange & the UK extradites our rights: freedom of the press, rule of law, human rights… Join the global protest on day 1 of the extradition hearing. More info+event pages: https://t.co/I8AXRKeJUq Update of the updated map: #FreeAssange #DontExtraditeAssange pic.twitter.com/0uNS0Qp2wE — Bean🔥 (@SomersetBean) February 10, 2020
Last year in April, Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in violation of 2 UN rulings following the withdrawal of his asylum status by the Ecuadorian government.
Assange faces 175 years in the United States if convicted of exposing war crimes and various corruption within the United States, 17 charges of which are under the Espionage Act. In total, Assange faces 18 charges including an absurd charge under the CFAA for “computer hacking” by helping his source, Chelsea Manning, protect herself against being discovered to leak him information.
We are now watching as not only our press freedoms are eroded but those who seek to expose corruption are being labeled as terrorists.
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activistpost--2020-02-14--World Economy Projected To Shrink For First Time Since 2009 as Coronavirus Plays Havoc With Supply C

World Economy Projected To Shrink For First Time Since 2009 as Coronavirus Plays Havoc With Supply Chains

For more than a decade , the global economy has steadily grown quarter after quarter , but it looks like that streak is about to come to a very abrupt ending .
The coronavirus outbreak in China has brought the Chinese economy to a virtual standstill , and as a result critical supply chains are in a state of chaos all over the world .
And since it doesn ’ t look like the Chinese economy will be able to return to normal for an extended period of time , it appears that a worldwide economic slowdown is imminent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but now we have even a clearer picture of what is happening .
According to Capital Economics in London , this coronavirus outbreak will cause the global economy to shrink this quarter , and that will be the very first time this has happened since 2009… The economic casualties from China ’ s coronavirus epidemic are mounting as Asian and European auto plants run short of parts , free-spending Chinese tourists stay home and American companies brace for unpredictable turbulence .
That ’ s just the start of a financial hangover that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the flulike illness is soon brought under control , economists and supply chain experts say .
The Chinese epidemic ’ s aftereffects will likely cause the global economy to shrink this quarter for the first time since the depths of the 2009 financial crisis , according to Capital Economics in London .
And if the global economy shrinks for two quarters in a row , that will officially meet the definition of a “ global recession ” .
So here we are on the verge of the worst economic downturn in more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this outbreak miraculously ended tomorrow it would still take quite an extended period of time for global supply chains to return to normal .
In particular , the auto industry has been hit extremely hard… The ripple effects of China ’ s shutdown are spreading , with the auto industry especially hard hit .
Nissan temporarily closed one of its factories in Japan after running short of Chinese components , one week after Hyundai in South Korea did the same .
Fiat Chrysler warned that it may shutter one of its European plants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shortages in one to two weeks .
“ I worry that it ’ s going to be a bigger deal than most economists are treating it as right now , ” said Mohamed El-Erian , chief economic adviser at Allianz , the German financial services company .
“ It will take time to restart all these economic engines.
” Of course the global economy was already slowing down before this coronavirus outbreak started , but this has definitely helped to accelerate our problems .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Caterpillar ’ s sales are suddenly dropping .
After “ 33 consecutive months of increases ” , Caterpillar ’ s sales have now fallen for two months in a row .
In fact , January ’ s enormous 7 percent decline caught many analysts completely off guard… Across the Atlantic , major supply chain headaches have contributed to stunning factory output declines throughout the eurozone .
Just check out these numbers… Those numbers absolutely scream “ recession ” , and they aren ’ t likely to get any better until this coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will continue to be on China , and right now activity in major Chinese cities is way , way below normal .
The following comes from Zero Hedge… If the number of cases continues to rise at an exponential rate , there won ’ t be a “ return to normal ” any time in the foreseeable future .
So barring some sort of a miracle , we should all settle in for a very long global economic downturn .
But at least one small segment of the global economy is booming at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus , demand for private jets has absolutely skyrocketed… The elite are going to do all that they can to insulate themselves from this virus , and considering how easily it spreads , it is hard to blame them .
As I discussed earlier this week , a prominent medical expert in Hong Kong is warning that 60 to 80 percent of the total world population could ultimately end up catching this virus .
And if that were to happen , it would greatly escalate all of the other problems that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hoping that such a scenario is not going to happen .
I am still hoping that global authorities can get this horrible virus under control soon , but with each passing day it is becoming more difficult to be optimistic about this outbreak .
About the Author : I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep .
My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog , End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe .
I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End , Get Prepared Now , and Living A Life That Really Matters .
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By Michael Snyder
For more than a decade, the global economy has steadily grown quarter after quarter, but it looks like that streak is about to come to a very abrupt ending. The coronavirus outbreak in China has brought the Chinese economy to a virtual standstill, and as a result critical supply chains are in a state of chaos all over the world. And since it doesn’t look like the Chinese economy will be able to return to normal for an extended period of time, it appears that a worldwide economic slowdown is imminent. I warned about this the other day, but now we have even a clearer picture of what is happening. According to Capital Economics in London, this coronavirus outbreak will cause the global economy to shrink this quarter, and that will be the very first time this has happened since 2009…
The economic casualties from China’s coronavirus epidemic are mounting as Asian and European auto plants run short of parts, free-spending Chinese tourists stay home and American companies brace for unpredictable turbulence. That’s just the start of a financial hangover that is expected to linger for months even if the flulike illness is soon brought under control, economists and supply chain experts say. The Chinese epidemic’s aftereffects will likely cause the global economy to shrink this quarter for the first time since the depths of the 2009 financial crisis, according to Capital Economics in London.
And if the global economy shrinks for two quarters in a row, that will officially meet the definition of a “global recession”.
So here we are on the verge of the worst economic downturn in more than a decade, and even if this outbreak miraculously ended tomorrow it would still take quite an extended period of time for global supply chains to return to normal.
In particular, the auto industry has been hit extremely hard…
The ripple effects of China’s shutdown are spreading, with the auto industry especially hard hit. Nissan temporarily closed one of its factories in Japan after running short of Chinese components, one week after Hyundai in South Korea did the same. Fiat Chrysler warned that it may shutter one of its European plants. Some U.S. manufacturers could face parts shortages in one to two weeks. “I worry that it’s going to be a bigger deal than most economists are treating it as right now,” said Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, the German financial services company. “It will take time to restart all these economic engines.”
Of course the global economy was already slowing down before this coronavirus outbreak started, but this has definitely helped to accelerate our problems.
One big red flag is the fact that Caterpillar’s sales are suddenly dropping. After “33 consecutive months of increases”, Caterpillar’s sales have now fallen for two months in a row. In fact, January’s enormous 7 percent decline caught many analysts completely off guard…
If Caterpillar is still the global industrial bellwether and leading manufacturing sector indicator it has been for the past century (and absent the Fed somehow printing buildings or excavating mines, it is), then the world is about to enter the worst manufacturing downturn since the financial crisis. According to CAT’s latest retail sales data, in January the company posted a 7% drop in machine sales, the biggest drop since Jan 2017, and only the second consecutive negative print since December’s -5% drop following 33 consecutive months of increases.
Across the Atlantic, major supply chain headaches have contributed to stunning factory output declines throughout the eurozone.
Just check out these numbers…
Factory output fell by 4.1 percent in the final month of the year compared with the same month a year earlier, according to figures published by Eurostat on Wednesday. Germany was among the states which suffered the most, as production dropped by 7.2 percent. Italy was close behind on a 4.3 percent decrease while France was down 3.2 percent.
Those numbers absolutely scream “recession”, and they aren’t likely to get any better until this coronavirus outbreak is over.
So all eyes will continue to be on China, and right now activity in major Chinese cities is way, way below normal. The following comes from Zero Hedge…
Specifically, Morgan Stanley suggested that real time measurements of Chinese pollution levels would provide a “quick and dirty” (no pun intended) way of observing if any of China’s major metropolises had returned back to normal. What it found was that among some of the top Chinese cities including Guangzhou, Shanghai and Chengdu, a clear pattern was evident – air pollution was only 20-50% of the historical average. As Morgan Stanley concluded, “This could imply that human activities such as traffic and industrial production within/close to those cities are running 50-80% below their potential capacity.”
If the number of cases continues to rise at an exponential rate, there won’t be a “return to normal” any time in the foreseeable future.
So barring some sort of a miracle, we should all settle in for a very long global economic downturn.
But at least one small segment of the global economy is booming at the moment. Thanks to fears about the coronavirus, demand for private jets has absolutely skyrocketed…
Wealthy travelers and major corporate clients are rejecting commercial airline travel and looking to private jets as a way to isolate themselves from the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The uptick in interest comes as more airlines cut scheduled flights to and from mainland China and Hong Kong in the wake of the spread of the disease that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The elite are going to do all that they can to insulate themselves from this virus, and considering how easily it spreads, it is hard to blame them.
As I discussed earlier this week, a prominent medical expert in Hong Kong is warning that 60 to 80 percent of the total world population could ultimately end up catching this virus. And if that were to happen, it would greatly escalate all of the other problems that we are currently facing.
I am still hoping that such a scenario is not going to happen.
I am still hoping that global authorities can get this horrible virus under control soon, but with each passing day it is becoming more difficult to be optimistic about this outbreak.
About the Author: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe. I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End, Get Prepared Now, and Living A Life That Really Matters. (#CommissionsEarned) By purchasing those books you help to support my work. I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this “About the Author” section with each article. In order to comply with those government regulations, I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished. This article may contain opinions on political matters, but it is not intended to promote the candidacy of any particular political candidate. The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions. Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints, and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished. I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help.
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