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jz12b
jz12b
12 years ago

The idiots in charge in Connecticut actually handed out the “Food Cards” to anyone who wished to suck off the states teat after the back to back storms we were hit with a year ago. The abuse of the handouts was ABSURD. There was supposed to be an income cap, but they handed them out to EVERYONE without doing any sort of income verification. Disgusting.

Chris
Chris
12 years ago

Great show Jack. Thanks.

Ben
Ben
12 years ago

You hit it out of the Ballpark this time Jack. This is one of your best podcast yet!!

Take is easy…

Grog
Grog
12 years ago

Jack,

One thing I learned a long time ago, and had the good fortune to educate a rather intelligent US Army “Butter Bar” was that the Sole limiting factor of a person, was that person’s decision to either go a head and follow, or not to, and there was NOTHING, at the end of the day to change that. He made list for captain a few years later, and I was glad to see a good officer get to be even a better leader. At the time , he looked a tad shockedbut recovered quickly and professionally. I feel at the core this is what you were trying to get across, Thanks for all you do and I am glad Dorothy is getting better.

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago

On IDs.. here in CA, the spear tip of facism, the state is already good and ready. Check out the new ‘safer’ design:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/dl/dl627e.pdf

Ready for scanning comrade!

Martin
Martin
12 years ago
Reply to  Insidious

Simple solution, put it in the microwave for 5 seconds.

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago

On scanning & surveillance..

This may seem obvious, but every time you use your CC or ATM card.. you have just given your where & when to the government.. as well as what you’re interested in.

If you buy STAMPS from an automated stamp machine, and pay with a CC or ATM card, they are uniquely tagged TO YOU and will record WHO you sent the mail to.

This is why the post office doesn’t allow you to put STAMPED packages into a drop box (you have to take them to the counter).

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago
Reply to  Insidious

And then of course, if you didn’t buy the stamps with your ATM card, they’re still forming an ‘associates’ network with the addresses on your letters:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/us-postal-service-logs-all-snail-mail-for-law-enforcement/

Kevin
Kevin
12 years ago

You’re on a roll with these shows. I wish I could cut and paste parts of Friday’s show and today’s show and make a 10 minute “Intro to Waking Up” clip to share with everyone.

I know I know, “I wish” means I should do it… but I don’t have the audio editing capabilities. 🙂

Clayfarmer
Clayfarmer
12 years ago

“Your wife’s gonna want nice drapes and shit like that.” 🙂

Lene
Lene
12 years ago
Reply to  Clayfarmer

yea I thought that was cute too.

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago

For the next TSP Mint coin..

The capital building with the slogan ‘I will fear no evil’ over the top.

🙂

Shannon
Shannon
12 years ago

Jack:
This is almost meant as a joke because I’m not sure how you would test that phone case unless you had Dorothy pop you with it, so my question is…Can you film that please! LOL!
Thanks for all you do!
Shannon

InBox485
InBox485
12 years ago
Reply to  Shannon

I’ve been game to spar with tasers before, and I’d do it again, but just standing there? That takes a lot of fortitude. I’d have to be in the mood. In the end, I REALLY don’t like being tased, but unlike pepper spray it is over the instant the shock stops so I’m a lot more willing to do training with them (that and being shocked is like jumping in a cold pool – after the initial shock, the deterrence factor diminishes greatly). Pepper spray is where I say “sure as long as fights on the moment you point it at me”.

More what I like to do is tell them I won’t strike them whatsoever, and if I take it away I won’t zap them, but they get to try to stop me from taking them down with a taser.

Shannon
Shannon
12 years ago

sorry didn’t listen to the end of the segment before i wrote this LOL

Rick Allen
Rick Allen
12 years ago

Not to put too fine of a point on it, but Jack, Holy Shit! Excellent ‘cast brother.

NotBigBrother
NotBigBrother
12 years ago

ON IDs….

Jack, sorry but you are off-base on the national ID. I work for the company that makes most of the state ones, and many international, so I know what I’m talking about here. You make these IDs sound as if they are for malevolent purposes only. That could not be further from the truth! Most of the security features on the current cards are to prevent counterfeiting and fraud. This is a good thing! The facial recognition systems behind these cards are for the same thing. You would be surprised how much of it goes on daily. Adding biometrics will make these cards even better. Many modern countries use them. Take India for example. Prior to their biometric card, fraud and abuse of social programs was rampant. This is rapidly disappearing saving their government millions upon millions. You state that a SSN card is sufficient to validate legal employment here. I’m sure you’ve seen how poorly made that card is, and how easy it would be to counterfeit. In fact, its is counterfeited and stolen by those same illegal immigrants daily. A biometric-backed card will ensure you are who you say you are..nothing less. Some states are already using them on the northern border. It saves citizens hours per day getting across to jobs and family. I’ve been a long-time listener, but some of the recent rhetoric in this space is really over the top.

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago
Reply to  NotBigBrother

@NBB –
A method of positive identification, like any tool, can have either a beneficial or negative effect. Depending upon how and by whom its being used.

Facial biometrics can be used to identify welfare fraud.. or to track and target ‘dissidents’ or to deny marketplace access to ‘undesirables’.

Currently, ‘the government’ is collecting and storing massive amounts of information on every citizen. Which of course it will only use for benevolent purposes.

The problem is in the ‘it’. ‘The government’ is people. People with agendas. People with goals. People with axes to grind. And largely, people that want to control other peoples behavior.

People don’t enter government to increase freedom, but to curtail it. If their goal was freedom, their top priority would be to repeal as many laws as possible. To shrink government to its most essential and valuable functions.

Instead, ‘they’ are seeking ever more and ever tighter control. Technology is cheap, and completely lacking in conscience. It’s the ultimate servant of the would be dictator. It will never turn on him while he sleeps. And works tirelessly towards whatever end he employees it, without pay or complaint.

Overblown?

No just standard information warfare.. with complete asymmetry. Everything ‘we’ do, is increasingly known to ‘them’ (which includes the corporations they are providing datasets too).. everything ‘they’ do is classified for ‘national security’ or even for the ‘privacy’ of the ‘public servants’.

(sorry for all the air quotes.. but the terms are in themselves misleading)

So yes. The current state of ID isn’t good. But handing ‘the state’ a better method of uniquely identifying and tracking ‘its’ citizens? Not a very hot idea. This government has already shown itself to be completely out of control.

State assassination? Torture? Rendition? Repeal of due process? Seizure without warrant? Warrant less surveillance? Illegal tracking? Special interest targeting?

Uh.. yeah, all verified with a smile by the White House Press Secretary, if not the head cheese himself.

Seriously, what’s it going to take for people to wake up? The president putting a pistol to someones head and pulling the trigger on national TV?

myrmecia
myrmecia
12 years ago
Reply to  Insidious

Yes, it is what can be done with the technology, not what is planned initially. The thought of being tracked each time I entered a mall, airport or school through an RFID in my pocket is pretty scary. And if the detection equipment can manage that, it can also manage alerting the operator if I go through through without an RFID (or with a shielded RFID).

markl32
markl32
12 years ago
Reply to  NotBigBrother

No thanks.

I’ll take the risk of keeping my current non RFID, non biometric piece of plastic ID I have now.

Norcal Mike
Norcal Mike
12 years ago
Reply to  NotBigBrother

@Insidious “People don’t enter government to increase freedom, but to curtail it. ”

Please note that some people enter gov’t work to try to increase personal freedoms through the limited means available to them – they’re just not the one’s in charge so the results may not be very apparent or impressive.

Would you perhaps agree that: People do not rise to influential levels of government by increasing people’s freedom, but rather by showing their prowess for curtailing it. ?

Re: REAL ID, yes DHS is looking for any opportunity to include RFID chips as part of standard ID requirements. Right now it’s only “Enhanced” DLs that have ’em, but be vigilant folks, it’s soon coming to an obscure rule making publication nowhere near you!

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago
Reply to  Norcal Mike

@Norcal Mike –
Its always dangerous to speak in generalities. 🙂

In theory..
Can government protect individual freedoms? (yes)
Can government increase individual freedoms? (no)
Can an individual working in government work to protect individual freedoms? (yes)
Can an individual working in government increase individual freedoms? (no)

In regard to ‘protecting freedoms’ the only parties an individual needs protection from, besides the government itself, are ‘gangs’ (groups organized to plunder individuals via force or intimidation).

Getting ‘elected’ involves selling voters on the belief that you will solve some problem, or problems, in their lives, exactly like the pitch for every other product (‘Tide’ gets stains out!). And like the sale of any other product, if there’s no ‘need’ for your services (problem to solve) then you make one up, and repeat it until the ‘need’ is developed (Do you have restless leg syndrome?!?).

The issue with this.. every ‘problem’ in society is a consequence of the actions of the individuals within a society. So the only ‘action solution’ that can be offered is to try to further control the actions of individuals, ie. to further reduce individual freedom.

As its outside the scope of discussion, I won’t get into how the ‘problems’ are often caused by the existing structure of society influencing/changing the actions of individuals this causing further problems (think fast food -> obesity -> health crisis) and therefore why a libertarian approach of removing individual action distorting governmental laws and programs is the best course of action.. 🙂

this is all of course IMHO

And I am very thankful to anyone in governmental, or non-governmental service who is there with the intention of preserving our existing freedoms, or of reducing/ameliorating the effects of ‘the mess’ that is our current system.

Insidious
Insidious
12 years ago
Reply to  Norcal Mike

I’m always revising myself.. I think its because I see both sides of the argument at the same time.. 😉

On the ‘selling’ part.. here’s the real sell.. why do you need an elected official AT ALL? Or for that matter a ‘government’ in the sense that we think of it now?

I’m not making an anarchist argument here. I believe there are legitimate social functions that need to be provided for. But when most people think of ‘the government’ at this point in history, what’s in their mind is a cross between a KING a BULLY and MOTHER THERESA.

Unquestioned ‘right to rule’ mixed with the possibility of arbitrary punishment.. unless of course you’re ‘poor and suffering’ in which case all of your needs will be taken care of.

🙂 – sorry wandering off a bit here..

Dan
Dan
12 years ago

GET SOME!!!!

Greg
Greg
12 years ago

Awesome show, Jack. Thank you!

Rick Allen
Rick Allen
12 years ago

He would never do that… After all, the Drone King has his drones. (large guided bullets) Humor hides a plethora of uncomfortable truth and dangerous possibility. Id also stipulate that his devoted sheep… er, followers, would stay enamored even with murder. They would simply tell themselves that it was necessary for the greater good. Oh I hope that was a dark deception that I just spouted, but something tells me it may not be.

Charlie
Charlie
12 years ago

Good show!

BOB
BOB
12 years ago

Good Show Jack!
(I bought my 8 year old a silver round for her birthday this week. I bet it’ll be the only gift left in 2 weeks!!)

hollettster
hollettster
12 years ago

Love the crazy redneck in Texas

Ronnie in Iowa
Ronnie in Iowa
12 years ago

The United Methodist Church supports the amnesty bill and sent out a HUGE cry to call our senators to support the bill yesterday. I sent them the information on why amnesty is a horrific idea and thanked them for the phone numbers so I could call my senator and ask that he NOT support this bill.

And so today I sent them this along with the link to “What If”: The immigration situation goes MUCH MUCH more deeply than you all realize. Take a few minutes to listen to this. You may not want to support things in the future that you do not fully understand.

If you want to support something….support the constitution. Support restoring the republic. Support our right to be Christians.

Here is my response from the UMC’s news desk when I sent Jack’s “What If” youtube :

Ms. Deevers,
Thank you for your email. Grace and peace be to you,
UMNS

Anyone hear the sound of snoring??? It’s deafening here.

Ronnie in Iowa
Ronnie in Iowa
12 years ago

The United Methodist Church supports the amnesty bill and sent out a HUGE cry to call our senators to support the bill yesterday. I sent them the information on why amnesty is a horrific idea and thanked them for the phone numbers so I could call my senator and ask that he NOT support this bill.

And so today I sent them this along with the link to “What If”: The immigration situation goes MUCH MUCH more deeply than you all realize. Take a few minutes to listen to this. You may not want to support things in the future that you do not fully understand.

If you want to support something….support the constitution. Support restoring the republic. Support our right to be Christians.

Here is my response from the UMC’s news desk when I sent Jack’s “What If” youtube :

Ms. Deevers,
Thank you for your email. Grace and peace be to you,
UMNS

Anyone hear the sound of snoring??? It’s deafening here. Actually more deafening than their snoring is the sound of the delete key because I sent them something with offensive language. They won’t listen to one word of the youtube because of it. Yes…it’s Jack’s show….but I won’t be able to reach this critical source with his video due to the language issues. 🙁

Fixit
Fixit
12 years ago

Good podcast . I was waiting for you to go from potting meat to larding meat. This is another way to store meat that while no something I would recommend in normal times is good to know about.
Basically you take bucket pour a inch of hot lard in . Then as it firms up put a layer of meat in being careful not to let the pieces of meat touch each other. Cover each layer with more hot lard an inch thick. This blocks out all air and will keep the well cooked meat about six months .
This works but as long as I have reusable canning lid why would I .

Brianna
Brianna
12 years ago

Jack

Thanks for reading the article I sent you. I mean, I don’t know if other people sent it to you as well, but still. I completely agree that if I had money in a EU bank, it would have been gone yesterday!

Andrew M
Andrew M
12 years ago

Farm animal? No those chickens are my pets!

A Nonny Mouse
A Nonny Mouse
12 years ago

I really liked today’s rant. I agree. We have to exercise our freedom whether the state gives it to us or not. That is why I have two ILLEGAL chickens. That is why I garden. I view every seed sprouted, every quail raised on my property as an act of defiance against a state that would have me eating their garbage and calling it food. I always find it funny when my “normal” friends think I’m some kind of monster because I raise birds for meat and eggs. *gasp* The horror! You know what? My birds live in healthy, happy, uncrowded conditions, unlike the nightmarish disgusting filth that factory farmed birds sold in grocery stores endure through their pathetically short lives.

craig davis
craig davis
12 years ago

Jack,
You are at your best when you go on a rant. Long live the republic.

Fire Ant from the Forum
Fire Ant from the Forum
12 years ago

Great ending today.

Looks like I was ahead of the game on my Forum name choice. My thinking was a prepper with a bite…

dk1138
dk1138
12 years ago

Best podcast in a while. You’re on fire.

Tungsten
Tungsten
12 years ago

Amazing podcast one of your best one yet. Keep it up jack.

Brett Tamminga
Brett Tamminga
12 years ago

Absolutely loved the analogy of the fire ant! I look forward to seeing this concept built on.

Martin
Martin
12 years ago

Storm Clouds Gathering did a video about revloution. I found it pretty interesting. He linked to a PDF called from Dictatorship to Democracy which can be found here.

http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf

There is a section towards the end of the document that lists many different ways of peaceful noncompliance. Its worth taking a look at when you get a chance. I plan on printing it out some time so I can read it.