Category Archives: Privacy

Informed Delivery

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Fred Stiening

Back in 2001, a 94 year old woman died after being exposed to weaponized anthrax. http://articles.courant.com/2014-04-14/news/hc-250-anthrax-ottilie-lundgren-20140411_1_same-anthrax-anthrax-attacks-ottilie-lundgren At the time, the government let out a little secret if you carefully read the accounts. Investigators discovered that the letter to the woman … Continue reading →

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2,700 new pages of Medicare rules

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Just as Obamacare is imploding, the government has published 2,700 pages of new rules to micromanage doctors, physician assistants and nurse practioners. Everyone knows that Medicare is in trouble – unlike Social Security, there is no trust fund of money … Continue reading →

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Why I’m a hermit

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Well, part of the reason… Yesterday, it was time to invoke my official Senior status at the buffet place. Stephanie introduced herself as my attendent or whatever the appropriate term is. After loading up on chicken noodle soup, there was … Continue reading →

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Encryption wars

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Yesterday, I was listening to a replay of John Gibson as he was talking to Judge Nepalitano about terrorism and whether Apple and Google should be forced to put a back door into its phones and tablets. This was done … Continue reading →

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$17,000 per Obamacare enrollee

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Fred Stiening

One of the favorite mantras of socialists is that the profits earned by capitalist corporations is “waste” that doesn’t exist if government runs things itself. Hawaii is terminating its Obamacare exchange. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a6c8fa53296f4075a9b547d373b29aed/state-health-insurance-markets-struggle-cost-challenges Now that the Federal subsidies are winding down, … Continue reading →

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What secret is worth $100k a month?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Former Republican Speaker of the house Denny Hastert has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury. He was caught in a net of his own making, and my sympathy for him is very limited. I know I’m in a small … Continue reading →

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Charlotte to get Google Fiber

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Fred Stiening

If you had 1000 Mb/Second Internet access, how would you use it? I don’t download copies of an entire human genome in my spare time, don’t need a copy of every YouTube video featuring a cat. The current top of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Individual Liberty, Internet Insecurity, North Carolina, Privacy | 5 Comments

#hashthuggery

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Well, there are people who still have a functioning brain willing to resist peer pressure. National Post – “we” are not Charlie hebdo Rex Murphy is one brave man. He is willing to point out that the same people swooning … Continue reading →

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Non-Privacy Policy

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Fred Stiening

I despise Supermarkets that demand you use “frequent shopper” loyalty cards to get their bogus “discounts” – effectively a surcharge if you refuse to allow your purchases to be recorded into “big data” for whatever future purpose. I have started … Continue reading →

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We’re just here to help – let us in or we’ll kill you

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Fred Stiening

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/03/justice/new-york-chamberlain-death/ The connection here is WUUA-FM in Glen Spey, New York is an all Ukranian radio station that shares its licensee name with the office Stephen Demchuk quoted in the story. Another officer shot and killed the man who told … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy | 4 Comments