Consent of the Governed:

Also, look up the Peelian Principles, especially #2

 

Seems that all across the country, people are deciding that if their local government won’t get rid of the FLOCK Surveillance cameras, then the citizens will do it for them…

(I get the impression that the Sheriff was incentivized such that he didn’t try all that hard to find out who destroyed the cameras…….)

The fearful old lady in the video is a part of the problem. She would “trade Privacy for (perceived) Security”…..

 

 

 

(Number 2 in the Peelian principles of Policing (you can look it up, I’m not gonna make it too easy for you…Try Goggle or Wikipedia):   “recognize always that the power of the police to fulfil their functions and duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and behavior, and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect.”

 

Sadly, the police (and the governments that pay them) have lost the whole concept….and the respect of the citizens they police.

While I will not ever recommend that anyone break the law, I will note that you can get a battery powered sawzall for about $60 and a set of blades for $10 more, that will cut the poles in about 3 minutes.  Spend more for a Metabo type circular saw and the time goes down to about 1.5 minutes  (Pay cash, wear sunglasses, disguise your gait , use public transportation, and all that….)

It’s happening everywhere though:

Words of Wisdom on a Wednesday #92

“It’s cheaper to learn from other people’s mistakes than your own”

“A government becomes dangerous the instant it convinces it’s citizens that obedience is mroal”

“The right to bear arms is not present in our Constitution so that we can impose our will on others via gunpoint, but rather so that others cannot impose their will on US at gunpoint”

“Have you noticed that people who preach Socialism never distribute their own wealth….””From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”….”

“Follow your gut”

“Endeavour to be the person that your dog thinks you are”

“Embrace the fear, do not let it define you”

 

Truth:

 

I stole this from theviewfromladylake

It is so very true.

 

Why are we allowing our tax dollars to be spent on Flock Safety cameras?

We need to start fighting the people who make the decisions about how our tax dollars are spent, especially when they impact our privacy. Get rid of the city and county councilmen and women who choose to sopen our tax money this way.

I mean, Flock buys congressmen…who give Federal Grant money to the ci ties and other local police departments to install a few Flock Cameras….(that’s the Gateway Drug). THen the police ask for more and more cameras…..But no one really knows how many crimes they solve with those expensive cameras….AND THE POLICE WON’T tell you…The money FLOCK spends on Senators, State Representatives, local county and city Councilmen (and women) is repaid in service fees and camera installations 20 fold….

 

Preparation

So some asshole started shooting at people at an In-and-Out burger place in Twin Falls Idaho.

It was stopped by 2 people, an off duty police officer and some citizen with a firearm.

They are being hailed as heroes, and that is likely true.

But one thing the media misses is that they were PREPARED. They had the training, the forethought to carry a firearm with them, and the MINDSET to be able to decide if it was time to use that firearm…and the ability and willingness to use it when neccessary.

 

Are you prepared?

I am….. Every Single Day.    Anywhere that it is legal, (and maybe other times too).

 

 

Question for the legal beagles:

Actually, two:

 

How can a person be preemptively pardoned if they not been convicted of  a crime, much less even charged with one….?

And also:

How can you “plead the 5th” if you are “pardoned” for said unstated crime?

 

Please advise

 

 

And another AI “escapes”

Seems to be a trend.

 

Somehow the Claude the AI was (just like the lst one from Open AI) able to get past whatever firewalls that are in place to keep it contained and was able to find the internet to wander the Cybersphere…. and hack it’s way into outside orgaizations.

We all saw the movies ..from the 70’s, and the 80’s, and 90’s

How long until we have AI wars where we are just bystanders picking up the pieces of our world that are left after the Self-Aware AI’s fight it out?

How do we (or the folks who are running Claude) know that it didn’t leave a version of itself inside some server somewhere…..waiting until the furor dies down to then go forth in the world to grow and learn and become ever more powerful?