That "Bee-sting"? It Could Be A Drone-Installed Tracking Chip

I know what you're thinking.  Well, not exactly, but I'm pretty sure it involves phrases like "deep end", "round the bend", "drank the koolaid" (oddly inapposite), etc. 

The thing is, I don't make this stuff up.  I just see things other people don't see, and sometimes, they're really there.  (image © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2012, included under "fair use doctrine" pursuant to authority of 17 U.S.C. 107 for educational purposes)

So why do I bring this up on a blog about Goldfinger?  If you have to ask, I probably can't explain.  But I'll try.


Money.  Lots of it.

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has long been making grants for researh into "robot-insect" surveillance (as well as A LOT of other stuff that would scare the **** out of you).  Although I've read about this type of research repeatedly over the last decade or more, and I've given speeches about it (and watch eyes glaze-over, mere nano-seconds before they rolled), I decided to conduct some quick research for this post.

I'd have to go through years' worth of Scientific American and other publications (yes, I still have them) to find some of what I recall, but without much effort, I was able to find a reference to an article by a Stephen Cole, titled, "Robots in the sky", as far back as November, 2000.  A reference; the link that would supposedly take you to a summary "can't be found".

Then there's the article by Jimming Cheng, Winston Cheng, Nagpal, "Robust and Self-repairing Formation Control For Swarms Of Mobile Agents", National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI '05), July 2005.(pdf)  The pdf "can't be found" either.

Here's one blog reference from 6 years ago http://politech.wordpress.com/2006/03/20/cyborg-insect-soldiers-in-the-future/, linking to an actual, available article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/insect-cybug-plan-hatched/2006/03/20/1142703251984.html.  (Note the blog's closing comment re: "smart ants with bad attitudes. Or worse yet smart bees … or wasps!")

Wasn't published here, of course.

The next one is about a "seed", rather than an insect,

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1208, but the concept holds.

And this one's about a "robot bird": http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/bursts/look-sky-its-bird-its-plane-its-robot. 

Most of us know, by now, about RFID chips, and how they can be implanted in humans, for a variety of reasons.  Were  even being programmed to accept that:

("Law and Order Special Victims Unit" © NBC; included under "fair use doctrine" pursuant to authority of 17 U.S.C. 107 for educational purposes)

Some of us know that RFID chips can be a small as a period on this blog (smaller, by the time I finish it).  There is no technological reason why my headline can't be, or isn't already, possible.

In fact, you can even find another reference (remember the '06 blog reference, above) to a video of "nanobees" here
http://futureoftech-discuss.msnbc.msn.com/featured, but don't expect to actually see the video.  And, apparently, you won't find it anywhere on msnbc.com.

But an example of "swarmbots" appeared on an episode of CBS' "Numb3rs":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciPpEVK62k0

And they don't have to crawl:  See:

http://www.maximizingprogress.org/2012/02/quadrotor-swarms-upenns-grasp-lab-flies.html

Sleep well.

Goldfinger Issues Edict

GOLDFINGER HAS SPOKEN.  "The Fed" will "ease monetary policy".  Of course, being Goldfinger, they "hedged", saying "most likely", but the message clear; “We would be quite surprised..." (read that "Somebody's head's gonna roll...) "if we saw no easing this week,” said a Goldfinger puppet.  

Goldfinger wants its wholly-owned subsidiary to "buy assets such as mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasurys" because, of course, you can't do better than "government-guaranteed" (barrel-of-a-gun) investments, especially when you "wrote" those "investment" on "flash paper".

Robert Heller, former governor of the U.S. central bank, disagrees.  But, he is "former governor", and really doesn't have any authority; not even the illusion of authority that we allow the DCNY vortex-dwellers. 

Janet Yellen, on the other hand (in the other pocket, as it were) is Vice Chairman of the Fed, apparently agrees with here Master(s), also making a case for more "easing" (sounds erotic, doesn't it?)

Ironically, Heller (the guy who's no longer there), blames all of this on us.  “[Goldfinger has] plenty of liquidity, there’s a dearth of demand for good credit,” says Heller.  “There are not enough credit-worthy borrowers around at the present time in the United States, so people got to continue to repair their balance sheet.”

In case you're wondering, those would be the "balance sheets" that Goldfinger & Ass' shredded through the process of "funding" (with other people's money) the "easy credit" (non-existing) of people who honestly coudn't afford a house; creating a "housing boom" (blowing so much hot air up our ...), and then graciously allowing us to continue to pay for through Capital Hill (and don't comment on my spelling; at least 533/535 are all about "capital"); putting actual "credit-worthy borrowers" into the same "tent-cities" as the (insultingly designated) "subprimes".

His answer?  Government has to make it easier for the corporate sector to invest.  (I know! Talk about balls!) "If ... regulations are eased a bit, then the U.S. economy really has the potential to grow much faster, snap back...".

Didn't it already "snap back" when we finally heard housing "boom"?

Worth Repeating

You can see it on Zerohedge.  You can even link to Zerohedge from this blog.

But a little encouragement is always good: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/google-shows-why-status-quo-powers-be-should-be-scared-very-scared?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

Ya Gotta Love It

Ever seen "The Sting"?  Newman and Redford did a marvelous job of portraying the artistry of a good con.  As good or better than any Broadway play, a con such as the one in "The Sting" had a cast of players that was expert in "improv"; improvisation.  Their stage was the "real world" (remember, this was a movie), and their sets were the streets and alleys, and the homes, offices, and bars in that real world.

And, of course, it was okay to cheer for "the bad guys" (Newman, Redford & Co) because wrongs were righted; the con achieved justice.

But this IS the real world, and what has happened,and continues to happen, is anything but just.

Turns out that the "settlement" between Goldfinger (the "too big to fail" banks) and it's subsidiaries (federal and state governments) - you know, the one that would "provide relief to struggling homeowners - won't do that at all.

I'm shocked.  Dismayed, even.  Who would've thought that Goldfinger would artificially pump up home values to pump up loan amounts to pump up mortgages (that Goldfinger knew would ultimately fail) only to "pool" those mortgages to sell "securities" (that were anything but secure) to cities, states, pension funds, and even individual investors, knowing that when the " hit the " the only people left holding the bag would be the homeowners on the one end, and the investors on the other?  Who could've believed that Goldfinger would then hide it's "left-pocket money", and get its agents (who ceased "representing" us a lo-o-o-ong time ago) to "bail them out" with "money" taken from the very people whose jobs were lost (if not "offshored"); whose homes were stolen; whose pensions evaporated?

How could anyone fathom that when they GOT CAUGHT forging signatures, falsifying documents, and suborning perjury, their "punishment" would be to pay a "settlement" equal to pennies on the dollar back to their victims?  A "settlement" worked out by (you guessed it, I hope) their agents in the federal and state governments!!!

But at least those ravaged by this beast would get something, right?  Wrong.

Goldfinger's agents (federal and state governments) now intend to use that "settlement" to balance thier own books.  Screw the victims.

http://www.propublica.org/special/where-are-the-foreclosure-deal-millions-going

This is traditionally known as a "bait and switch". But that doesn't do this con justice. This is far better than a "bait and switch". As described in a number of not very well known (and certainly not publicized in the Goldfinger-owned "press") cases, this is "the Kansas City Shuffle".

Quoting from just one of those cases, what Goldfinger has pulled off is:

"…a corporate "Kansas City Shuffle," a complex confidence game; in the 2006 film,

Lucky Number Slevin, Mr. Goodkat, (a hitman played by Bruce Willis), explains (in memorable quotes from Lucky Number Slevin, at www.imdb.com/title/tt425210/quotes),

'A Kansas City Shuffle is when everybody looks right, you go left ... It's not something people hear about. Falls on deaf ears mostly .., No small matter, Requires a lot of planning, Involves a lot of people, People connected by the slightest of events, Like whispers in the night, in that place that never forgets, even when those people do'"

 

And now, "their people" in the states will join in the rape.

Another Brain-Rattler for Obama, Holder, & Co.

Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals smacked down Obama, Holder & Co., ruling that an employee's (read that: "servant's") violation of an employer’s (read that: “Master’s”) computer policy cannot be prosecuted as hacking under the oft-misused Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (See:http://www.TheAmericanRepublic.com).

Today, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals landed a pile-driver, issuing an opinion regarding their February reversal of the 2010 conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs vice president accused of theft and espionage for downloading the source code for Goldman Sachs' high-speed trading system from the company’s computers.

Impeding the progress of the United States (government; a thing, not a place) never-ending attempts to expand power through exotic interpretations of law, the three-judge panel held that Goldman Sachs' market-manipulation code neither qualified as property under the National Stolen Property Act, nor was it a product designed for interstate or foreign commerce, an essential element in prosecution under the Economic Espionage Act.

Commenting upon the "enormous profits" (“many millions of dollars” each year, according to prosecutors), the appellate panel wrote “Because the HFT system was not designed to enter or pass in commerce, or to make something that does, Aleynikov’s theft of source code relating to that system was not an offense under the EEA.”.

As with the 9th Circuit's circumscription of the CFAA, the 2nd Circuit's newly-issued opinion "binds...down with chains" Obama, Holder & Co.’s ability to prosecute others for similar thefts of trade secrets under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA).

Why This Blog Is Moving

Google will debut digital glasses by the end of the year, according to the New York Times.

By wearing Android-powered glasses, you’re giving Google unprecedented access to:

• Your location at all times
• Your most common interactions
• Your closest companions through facial recognition
• Your eating, shopping, and traveling habits

Enough Is Enough

The headline in WaPo, (Washington Post), Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b, I’ve had enough.

Google’s decision to begin combining data across ALL of its websites “to stitch together a fuller portrait of users”, who “won’t be able to opt out of the changes”, is the final straw.

So, I’ve moved goldfingerchronicles to WordPress. As soon as possible, I’ll be finding an alternative for YouTube/GeneKernan, as well as replacing my “Android” phone (though my number will remain the same).

After February 28, 2012, you'll have to find this blog at http://goldfingerchronicles.wordpress.com