Police State

It sure seems the ruling class is blowing the hostage situation in Sidney out of proportion. It was in the financial district, so that may scare rulers, but it might have been a false flag.

Another of government's secret laws.

"Hidden in the law that authorized the government to spend more than it will collect was a part about funding for the 16 federal civilian intelligence agencies. And hidden in that was a clause, inserted by the same Senate Intelligence Committee that revealed the CIA torture, authorizing the National Security Agency to gather and retain nonpublic data for five years and to share it with law enforcement and with foreign governments. “Nonpublic data” is the government’s language referring to the content of the emails, text messages, telephone calls, bank statements, utility bills and credit card bills of nearly every innocent person in America – including members of Congress, federal judges, public officials and law enforcement officials. I say “innocent” because the language of this legislation – which purports to make lawful the NSA spying we now all know about – makes clear that those who spy upon us needn’t have any articulable suspicion or probable cause for spying."

Typical. The CIA torture report was a distraction.

The police state demands comply or die.

You don't have to do anything wrong to be harassed by the police.

Police quietly stop pursuing 79,000 felons once they cross state lines.

"The authorities had previously told the FBI – which maintains a vast index of the nation's fugitives – that they would arrest each of those suspects if police anywhere else in the United States happened to find them, a process known as extradition. But in each case, police and prosecutors have since indicated they will no longer fetch the fugitives if they flee."

And you thought government was trying to protect you.

"In March, a USA TODAY investigation identified thousands of fugitives who police said they would not pursue if they fled the state, usually because they did not want to spend the time or money needed to get them back. The decisions, typically made in secret, allowed old crimes to go unpunished and offered fugitives a virtual license to commit new ones, often as close as in the state next door."

But going after them would interfere with donut time.

The real problem with internet security is the underlying technology is flawed. In this case, the basic cell phone network protocols are flawed, allowing any hacker to listen to any call regardless of phone security.