Different News Stories You Need to Know

Hello dear readers. It has been a rough five days; but, I am now back. I thought I might provide you with some news and analysis. Before I do, my thoughts go out to my friends in Oregon, it seems that some fool began shooting people at a mall up there.

First article. CBS - New York - Jersey City Unveils 3-Story High ‘Eye In The Sky’ Surveillance Tower To Fight Crime.

Caltech - News - A New Tool for Secret Agents—And the Rest of Us. Basically, they are saying that a small chip added to your cell phone would allow you to see through walls and inside of things just like with an x-ray except it would not use x-rays so no damage done, right? Now as an interesting side note, here is another article. Design News - Mystery Signals Show Up in Neurological Amplifiers. The article is a tough read unless you are an electrical scientist; but, let me give the gist of it.

There was this scientist working three stories underground using electrical amplifiers to read and effect the brainwaves of monkeys. Now that in and of itself is really creepy if you think about how it could be used. The scientist begins picking up a very special type of wave, the kind that could penetrate anything. You see, the laboratory was three feet underground and surrounded by things to prevent it from being seen. The electric guy discovers that the waves are coming from a nearby airport (what do you want to bet it was a military airport). He brings this to the attention of the airport and it immediately stops. Guess nobody was supposed to notice.

On another note, the Federal Reserve is going to buy even more bad debt in order to help the economy. It will now hold $4 trillion in assets although much of those assets are in bad mortgages. Makes perfects sense doesn't it. Bloomberg - Fed Seen Pumping Up Assets to $4 Trillion in New Buying.

Wired - Getting Your DNA Scanned Now Costs Less Than an iPhone 5. A company that is owned by Google has can now scan your DNA for only $99. What a perfect gift for Christmas, according to the article. Heck, if we can get everyone's DNA scanned wouldn't that be the perfect way to verify your identity? Now, why would you need to put a chip into people when a simple DNA and biometric scan will do?

Wired - Google Accidentally Transmits Self-Destruct Code to Army of Chrome Browsers. The program that apparently caused this was a program that works with the cloud called Sync. It allows a Google Chrome user to use any computer or phone and have it automatically configure itself to the users preferred settings. I think I wrote about that before. What is interesting about this article is that apparently Google has a kill switch on all of their products.

People retain very little information because they work basically the same. A person hears something, their first response is to wonder how it may or may not effect them directly. If it does not effect them, they accept whatever lame excuse was given and forget about it. If later the issue comes up again they will say that they had heard something about it and parrot back the excuse they heard and not look at the issue any further. At that point in time you can tell them how there is more at stake; but, they have already decided they are safe and will gleefully remain ignorant.

The Pimpernel is in a weird mood, too much has happened in the last few days and I am not sure what to think. Have a great week.

Partially Moved In and News

Thanks to a very dear friend and a young relative, I am partially moved into my new place. One small hiccup and I resolved that problem. I liked my old place; but, the new digs have many advantages, mainly, it is a little larger.

The Telegraph - Text messages direct to your contact lens. Sort of like Google glasses except nobody has to look at them except you.

CNNTech - Time - Why 'Six Strikes' could be a nightmare for anyone with shared Internet. Basically, Internet carriers are going to be responsible if you download illegal material. If you share an internet connection you will be held responsible so you better keep an eye on those who share a connection with you. You watch, this will be used so that people want to have their own individual ISP because Starbucks will not want to be held accountable for what you do.

Mail Online - Paedophiles who trade child porn will not be sent to prison: New sentencing laws suggest community punishments. It sort of speaks for itself, in England the penalty for child pornography will be community service. Funny, this is the same nation that intends to give classes on pornography to children in school.

Detroit News - NHTSA gets White House OK to mandate vehicle 'black boxes'. I had previously written about how this was coming; but, the article also says something very interesting. It turns out that most cars already have them, did they bother telling you that when you bought your car?

The Royals Baby

So Prince William and Kate Middleton are having a baby. Personally, I find the idea of having kings and queens to be ridiculous in the modern world. I don't really want to pay someone taxes so that they can look down on me, they can do that for free. Still, Prince William no more chose his parents than any of us do. They are newlyweds having a baby, I wish them nothing but well.

It must be hard to be royalty, it so stunts one's growth. It is nice to know how to fix a car, how to cook for oneself, how to sew (yes, the Pimpernel can actually sew clothes together, not well; but, enough to get the job done). It is nice to know that you can survive any circumstances, they don't get that privilege, they believe they must rely on commoners. That is a prison that I do not have to live in, I am good to go just about anywhere.

General Petraeus and the Defense Intelligence Agency

Now here is something amusing. The civilian CIA was placed under the control of an acting General, they were militarized for four months. The General is somehow convinced to quit. I wrote about this just a couple of posts back in great detail and questioned the official story. Now that the general is no longer in charge of the CIA, an new organization is to be created. The Defense Intelligence Agency, a military version of the CIA.

I had read about the DIA earlier today; but, I didn't put two and two together until I read another article about it tonight. I don't remember where I read the original article, it would have been a major new source so you can search it. I am including a link to an article from Russia Times just because it is the second one I read.

Double agents: Pentagon grows CIA twin out of own spy pool

Here is something interesting from the article, originally the CIA was against the creation of the DIA; but, now they support it because the operatives will report to the CIA station chiefs. What do you think the CIA really thought about being put under the control of an active General?

I have always had a great affinity for the intelligence although, the FBI has annoyed me on more than one occasion. I still respect them. Still my heart has always been with the CIA and their nerdy little analysts, sitting in little rooms, reading everything on their subject matter and then writing contingency plans. Solving puzzles that don't even exist yet.

The CIA is the worlds largest think tank is dedicated to protecting the United States by knowing what others are thinking. Very little gets past them and their games are exquisite often. When we think of spy agencies, we think of James Bond; but, that is one in a hundred. Don't worry about the man with the gun, worry about the man that sent him because he can always send more.

I like to think that there is nothing that I have written in any of my posts that were investigative in nature that some darn CIA analyst hadn't also figured out. A very long time ago; before I became the loving Pimpernel that you read, I was approached by someone who wanted to recruit me into one of the organizations. I had been told in advance what to look for and what to expect. Cryptic, no, the people read this and know me can ask me about it if they so choose, just not for the consumption by those who do not know who I am. I messed his game and he had to go away, my attempt at indicating no when I was still young and easily annoyed.

Whatever you think is going on in the world, so do the fools that think they run this place. The world is run by contingency planners, by intelligence operatives and not by the military and only by the politicians and wealthy when they play by the rules and there are rules. I come from a military family and there is quite a lot I admire about people who willingly put their lives at risk for others. They were not designed to decide when to act. Diplomacy, it is said, is war by other means. War means that you have already failed or that you simply don't care about others.

So, hopefully you find the irony in all of this. Originally an active General was put in charge of the civilian intelligence agency and now, the Military Intelligence will report to the CIA, to the civilians, just like the Constitution intended. A civilian, the President, control the military. I have very little respect for "Homeland Security", they are not very subtle, a grotesquely created animal with little sense.

Sometimes, not often, I regret that I had not followed a different path. I grew up too close to such things and decided to just be the loving Pimpernel that we all know. Yet, somewhere, in the back of my head, I think I would have been an okay analyst, sitting in some little room, reading all that there was about my subject matter. Perhaps it is the hermit in me. LOL.

Eye Control and Computers

I was busy changing accounts and getting ready to move so this will be short.

Yahoo News - The Sideshow - Eye-controlled functionality coming soon to smartphones and tablets

I recommend you watch the short video. The article says that the computer first calibrates itself with your eye movement. You see, everyone's eye movement is unique biometrically to them. I have written numerous times about how this is what is coming and this is just one more piece in the puzzle. It is not coming in ten years, it is coming over the next three to five.

I was over at the supermarket today and a very nice Englishman was in front of me. I knew the clerk and was just waiting, no hurry. The man was amusing and mentioned how all purchases would be electronic, plastic money. He said he was okay with that; but, that he would never let himself be chipped. I knew what he was talking about and mentioned that chips were unnecessary as in the future we would be biometrically identified to make any purchases.

It has been and remains my belief that the threat of placing RFID chips in everyone is nothing more than an intimidation factor to get people to accept unlimited biometric recognition for all purchases. I repeat my belief, it is that eventually everyone will have an individual IP address required to access the internet or other technological devices. That is an international biometric identification. I believe eventually the database will also have your unique dna sequence.

Moving Again

I may not have much to say for the next week. I am moving, I am only moving from one apartment to another in the same building; but, I still have a lot to do. I have to get curtains, turn on the utilities and move all my furniture. At least I don't have to rent a truck.

I think every place we live ends up with emotions attached to it. All the things that have transpired in our living spaces that create memories. My current apartment marked a milestone in my life. It was the first time in over 20 years that I did not live in a place that I owned for one. It was also a break from the past in other ways, it was a break from my married life. A place that is not associated with my ex-wife. A new place with new memories. A new beginning if you will.

Amazing Humans

It is 12:46 in the morning. I woke up and am sort of fuzzy in the head. I like that feeling, the feeling between sleep and awake. This has to be one of the most random blogs in the universe, sometimes I have some very important things to discuss and other times it is utter nonsense. Currently I am getting a lot of traffic over a two year old post regarding NASA. NASA said they were going to have an important announcement which turned out to be nothing, a few days ago they said the same thing and somehow I am drawing traffic to my old post regarding the "new" announcement. Heck, the old one turned out to be nothing.

This is the third iteration of this blog, I have posted somewhere around 3,000 different articles. I don't even remember them all. Only about 1,100 remain as I destroyed the first two versions of this blog. I lost control over the blog a long time ago, it is it's own creature, random thoughts from a random person. LOL. Along the course of this trip I have acquired readers, some who know me and others that came here for whatever reason. Hello Robbie.

My most read post was on Pastor Carol Daniels. I guess some people might assume that post was more than it was. I cannot make that claim, her death touched me and I wrote about it. I didn't know it would touch others. One person left a comment asking me if I was trying to make money or notoriety because of my posts about her, heck, I didn't think anyone other than my loyal readers would ever see it. We don't control who reads our blog, just as random as I am. Her family contacted me a couple of times and I have yet to come to grips with that. I wonder if they kept reading my stuff and think how disappointing it must be for them as I have no more insight into the case. I wish I did.

Now for some randomness and something to remind you why we all matter. You see, a young lady in Austin, Texas, proved how awesome we can be. She makes donuts; but, more importantly she cares about others and is as crafty as they come, a real problem solver. She loves a challenges and rises to them, she tests herself. I promise you will enjoy it.

Yahoo News - The Sideshow - Sweet Krispy Kreme worker surprises man on quest for rejection.

Now, as I am dreamy, lets post some music. Have a great week.

YouTube - Dr. Hook - Sylvia's Mother. That song is actually from the first record album I ever bought. A song of sadness.

YouTube - Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo. My favorite Beatle and the first 45 I bought was "It Don't Come Easy", his first hit after leaving the Beatles.

YouTube = ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS MIKE

YouTube - Curtis Mayfield - Diamond in the Back. The Pimpernel hated Disco; but, was into funk. In the 70s a friend of mine asked me if there was funk after death. LOL.

YouTube - Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman Too good to funk up.

I am going to link to a song that I hate. The Commodores had a lot of good tunes and this one I hate. I had to light a dance crew back in the 70s and this was the song they danced to. It is stuck in my head and I never liked it. YouTube - The Commodores-Brick House. It is the dumbest songs I have ever heard. And worst of all, Lionel Richie, someone who actually has talent, sang this. Let us wash the bad taste out of our mouths with something better by him.

YouTube - Commodores - Sail On. One of the best break-up songs ever. Very insightful. Let us not judge him by Brickhouse.

YuoTube - Hello by Lionel Richie

YouTube - The Hollies - The air that I breathe [1974] Original Version [HQ]

The most spiritual song I know is by the Hollies. YouTube - THE HOLLIES - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.

I want my Robbie to contact me and tell me she still likes my choice in music. I don't get enough feedback on this blog. It should be a two way conversation. Tell me I suck, tell me I was pithy. Whatever, more music as I am still sleepy.

YouTube - George Michael - Father Figure

YouTube - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live)

YouTube - My divorce meant losing everything. ROFL. The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

YouTube - George Michael - Freedom! '90

YouTube - Flash and the Pan

YouTube - Animotion - Obsession