Just lots of news

Yahoo - Reuters - Cars could drive themselves sooner than expected after European push
. When you have to have a self driving car that talks to the other cars, will you be free to take the long way or does that waste too much gasoline?

Business Insider - 10 Amazing Superpowers Humans Will Be Able To Get From Brain Implants
The "amazing" powers that the list are: 1 - Hear a conversation from across a room, or in a crowded club. 2 - Give you the ability to see in the dark. 3 - Give you sight that can zoom in on things that are far away. 4 - Make you better at maths and navigation. 5 - Allow you to download skills like in “The Matrix.” 6 - Restore damaged memories. 7 - Cure depression and control mood. 8 - Enhance focus and energy, like stimulants without the drugs. 9 - Control machines with your mind. 10 - Search the web and translate languages.

Huffington Post - Ken Langone Actually Not That Sorry About Nazi Comparison. Like any good oligarch, Mr. Langone clarified that what he is really against is democracy and anyone other than the wealthy determining the law.

The Washington Post - Artificial intelligence has an amazing future. Dystopian movies get it wrong.
Transhumanism is very similar to Luciferianism, in the end it assumes that knowledge saves us rather than wisdom. It assumes that wisdom is the natural result of intelligence; but, it is not and never has been.

Mail Online - At the gates of heaven: A new book, drawing on the stories of dying patients and doctors, will transform the way you think about your final days.

Yahoo - A family of 4 lives in this tiny, 260-square-foot home. Yet another article discussing the joys of living in a space equivalent to two parking spaces.

BBC - Algorithm appointed board director
. Would a computer vote to have slave labor?

End of the American Dream - The Era Of Chimeras: Scientists Fearlessly Create Bizarre Human/Animal Hybrids. I would say that nothing scares me more than playing God with our genes and combining them with animals or altering them. No good can possibly come of this.

Yahoo - ABC News - Rent-A-Gent Allows Ladies to Hire Hunks for Dates, Chores. This is the job I want when I retire. A trophy date.

yahoo - Did Cooper Stock really have to die?. All your travel will be tracked in the future.

Yahoo - AP - Protesters arrested in pay fight at McDonald's HQ. The peasants are revolting and the response is the same as always, ignore them, ridicule them and arrest them. Didn't work in France under King Louis.

YouTube - Allan Sherman - You Came The Wrong Way, Old King Louis. You will love this song from the great Allan Sherman.

News that Should Distrurb

Yahoo - Reuters - Cars could drive themselves sooner than expected after European push. Bottom line, they changed the laws in Europe to allow for self driving cars. When all the cars drive themselves, who learn to read maps or know how to get places on their own or not follow their cars instructions which most efficiently get them to their destination?

Business Insider Australia - 10 Amazing Superpowers Humans Will Be Able To Get From Brain Implants. The future promises you the powers of God, just say no, you are not God, try being you and trusting in God.

The Huffington Post - Ken Langone Actually Not That Sorry About Nazi Comparison. Don't worry about the poor, worry about the poor abused billionaires. That is his message. Read the article.

Fear of Fairness

I am reading more and more things from wealthy people decrying the idea of poor people being given a chance or being treated fairly. They don't couch it in those terms and don't see it in those terms. The basic tenets of their belief system are what is known as "Social Darwinism", they believe that they were successful because they were genetically superior because their family genes and race has made them somehow better than the rest of us. This is the basis of monarchies. They also believe the inverse, they believe that poor people are genetically inferior and therefore should not have children. This is also why they hate the autistic with High IQs, they cannot compete with them.

I want you to understand why powerful people are against a minimum wage high enough to allow people to live on it. It is the same reason why they decry giving anything to the poor. They have a bitter and cynical view of the world, one in which it is everyone for themselves; but, expect that they will have all the privileges and advantages that are derived from living in this society. Much of their philosophy comes from a woman named Ayn Rand. In fact one of her followers was the Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan. The same man that was against any regulation of Wall Street; but, was very much responsible for the bail outs of the banks which is far from capitalistic.

Bonner & Partners - Redistribute the Wealth!. The writer complains thatDrunken thugs to be fitted with tags that check them for alcohol: Bracelets will allow offenders to escape with a caution if they stay sober for 120 days the pope had called for helping the poor. He begins by dismissing God and religion as okay when not followed and that faith is just people faking it for etiquette's sake. He then wrongly states that the bible never called for giving away wealth. Maybe he doesn't understand the bible because he has never read the whole bible. One of the most important stories of the New Testament is where the rich young man came to Jesus and explained how he didn't sin and did good things and he asked Jesus what he needed to do to be saved. I cannot tell you if the young man was being sarcastic or sincere though the story is generally discussed as if the man was being sincere. In either case, Jesus responded by saying that the young man should give up all his possessions and follow him. They young man left because he couldn't part with his wealth. Jesus was asked about it and he said that it was harder for a wealthy person to be saved than it was for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

Mail Online - Drunken thugs to be fitted with tags that check them for alcohol: Bracelets will allow offenders to escape with a caution if they stay sober for 120 days. Your IWatch as tattle tale. In the future you will be required to wear an device that will monitor your physical condition and actions.

Yahoo - The Fiscal Times - 6 Housing Trends That May Surprise You. I have to start by saying that none of the trends surprised me and it makes me question why it surprised the writer. The trends are that home prices are going up, almost half of all housing purchases were in cash, young people and first time buyers are decreasing from the market, there are fewer people getting mortgages, jumbo loans are up and the housing market is not recovering. If one looks a little deeper they will see that hedge funds have been moving money out of the stock market and into assets including houses which they pay for in cash.

The Atlantic - Thomas Piketty Is Right About the Past and Wrong About the Future. There is a man named Piketty that wrote a book about income inequality. The book has shaken the financial world to it's foundations by questioning why income inequality exists. It is praised as being incredibly well researched and documented. It's basic premise is that capitalism leads to inequality and skewered wealth distribution or an unfair distribution of wealth.

The Atlantic - The Not-So-Distant Future When We Can All Upgrade Our Brains. People believe that soon we will be able to improve ourselves by genetically or technologically upgrading ourselves. There are people fascinated by the fact that they hope one day they will be able to buy brilliance. Aspergers is a form of Autism and those who of that nature see things that others cannot, this frequently makes them fit in poorly with society. The world is currently seeking to cure autism and use chemicals or technology to create people with the same abilities. There is this assumption that somehow we can have our senses improved drastically and it not have a toll or overwhelm; but, watch some videos of people hearing for the first time and read up on how they quickly come to feel overwhelmed and often turn down or off their own hearing devices. Some Autistic people smash their heads into the wall to make all the noises and input go away and now we have transhumanists who seek to put themselves in the same position.

There are those who believe in transhumanism and are seeking rules for it's use. One person has suggested five rules. They are as follow:

1. The right to self-knowledge
2. The right to self-modification
3. The right to refuse modification
4. The right to modify/refuse to modify your children
5. The right to know who has been modified

The meaning behind and the lack of morality behind all of these are interesting; but, I wish to focus on number 4. The right to modify your children without their permission or understanding. True permission cannot be given without understanding. There are people who argue that one should not be allowed to circumcise their children; but, they should be allowed to genetically or technologically modify their children.

Mail Online - Forget PINs - now you can withdraw cash with your VEINS: Hitachi rolls out biometric scanning technology for ATMs. I had previously written about this in relation to Japan; but, it is now being tested in Sweden which has become a cashless society where your biometrics are your identification for you to use your electronic currency.

Hope you enjoyed the post and that it gives you some things to think about.

Still Dangerous

I have a lot of mottoes. One of them is that there are two types of people in this world, the dangerous and the irrelevant. This particular saying only applies to wars and business. I used to be considered dangerous; but, the opinion seems to be that little old Pimpernel isn't what he used to be and as my retirement approaches there seems to be some question as to whether or not I have lost my abilities. In fact, I was called in at the last minute to deal with an audit. It has apparently been going on for around 6 months and all of our best have been working on it. Well, we had a meeting scheduled regarding the final report which I received Saturday morning and knew practically nothing about. Prior to the meeting our internal people meting and I requested that I be allowed to present the answers. There were those who questioned my ability to answer all of the questions which were wide ranging covering multiple disciplines and topics. Pimpernel felt insulted by such a question; but, as I had not been involved I understood it. I did however demonstrate the my answers were better than everyone elses and was allowed to attend. It turned out to be a good thing as many of the others who were to attend were taken away to a more pressing matter.

I attended the meeting with an old timer who knew our operations inside and out and had actually seen me do my thing once before and a young gun who had never seen me in action. Both of them had been involved from the start and each is intelligent; but, they had never seen me in a situation like this. I was exquisite. It was sublime. I left my opponents dazed and confused and my coworkers with a new found respect for my abilities including my ability to strategize and execute with no net. I was able to demonstrate my depth of knowledge of all fields and my industry. How well did I do, well half way through the meeting, the old expert on the other side asked me if I wanted a job as an auditor when I retired and I am not even a CPA and he knows it. It felt great. It felt great to know that I still have it and to see that everyone around me understood just how good I was.

Current Lies and Coming Changes

I am incredibly disappointed in the lack of views for my last few posts, especially the last one. It seems hardly worth posting if my little blog is completely unread. I wrote a similar post on a social site and it received hundreds of views in two days, perhaps this blog has served its purpose and I should dedicate myself to one of the social sites that has more readers. Until that time, I still have more to say here.

The Telegraph - David Cameron: Taxes will rise unless we can raid bank accounts. The title of the article is misleading and propaganda. In fact, what Cameron is calling for is not raiding everyone's bank accounts as was done in Cyprus or Greece or Poland, it is to take tax money that is owed from the wealthy which was not paid directly from their bank accounts. You see, London is now the home to more billionaires than any other country, rich Americans with duel citizenship are renouncing their citizenship to avoid taxes, moving to London and keeping their wealth in America and other countries where it will cease being taxed as they are now foreign citizens and England wants to be able to tax them when they arrive there.

The New York Times - Hardship Makes a New Home in the Suburbs. Historically, the poor lived in the suburbs and the wealthy in the cities. Up until World War I, this remained true. After World War I, the poor began moving to the cities and after World War II, it was the majority living in the cities, that is when Agra business began taking over the farms. Now rural America is dead and the poor are in the suburbs. If you bother, you can read the Rockefeller Commission report from 1971 or 1970 on Sustainable growth which explains how we need to get the poor out of the cities and back to the suburbs. The housing bubble was no accident.

Yahoo - Reuters - Tiny houses a way off the streets for Wisconsin homeless. We are going to give 99 square foot "homes" to the homeless, some will even have little flower boxes. This is a good thing for the homeless and when the average worker gets his 250 square foot apartment, he will know he is better off than the homeless.

Yahoo - Business Insider - This Guy Arrived In The US With $26, Sold A Startup For Half A Billion, And Is Working On Another Cool Company. This guy arrives in the United States with 26 bucks and makes millions, a one in 7 billion chance of this kind of success. That is worse odds than the lottery. They try and make out like anyone can do it. Here is the truth, your odds of being born as smart as me are about 1 in 100,000 or worse. How much control did you have over that or your mother drinking alcohol while she was pregnant? NONE.

Newsmax - Michael Savage: Pope Should Redistribute Vatican's Income First. The new pope has called for helping the poor and Mr. Savage and others response remains the same, it remains, "You Help Them" and they act as if they are being attacked for not caring about their brothers and sisters. They are, they are being given their chance, they are just so selfish that they don't see it.

YouTube - APPLE EXPOSED: The TRUTH About ISlave's At FOXCONN Factory!!. The video takes ten minutes so that you can understand how American companies are shipping our jobs overseas because they can work people to death from the age of 12 in communist countries. Don't tell me you care about others if you cannot spend the ten minutes and stop buying Apple products until they are built in America and pay better than minimum wage for making the products.

Yahoo - Reuters - Rising U.S. economy could help Democrats stave off election loss. Lets start with this, the economy is only improving for the top one percent with most of the benefit going to the top .01 percent. I will ask what Reagan did, are you better off today than you were a year ago, how bout, five years ago, how bout, ten years ago? The economy is not improving, so why are they claiming it is and that the dreaded Democrats are hiding this from you? Because they don't want you to vote for anyone who does not publicly support them stealing even more from the rest of us.

CNN - Belief - Update: Harvard's satanic 'black Mass' cancelled. Yes, if you have read the blog long enough you know that I preach to a Christian church. Okay, and I believe in freedom of religion, just like the Constitution says. Satanists are religious even the ones who believe Satan is a metaphor.

You know, I just had a thought. I have such a small viewership, maybe, I should discuss things that I know that are not generally known, like, oh, I don't know, maybe I could discuss how the intelligence agencies work in the United States. The funny things like how they recruit, how they monitor and how they decide what is and is not worthy of taking action on. The last one is the most interesting in my opinion. Hope you have a great week.

A Modest Proposal On Government

We have a problem, we have lots of problems and the government is no longer looking out for the citizens, it is only looking out for specials interests and we all know it. Congress has about a 10% approval rating, that means 9 out of 10 of us no longer trust congress. Oh, the Presidents isn't trusted by most of us either. The problem is we don't really get to pick the candidates because it costs so much to even run for local office and over a billion dollars to run for president.

The Tea Party tried running their candidates; but, they got nowhere. Ron Paul is an Ayn Rand following extremists and he sounds more reasonable than the people we are electing. The Occupy movement wanted to see change; but, they didn't want to use the system because they had no trust in the system. Both the Tea Partiers and Occupiers agree on somethings; but, waste their time arguing with each other over their differences rather than finding out what they agree on. They have been divided and conquered. The rest of us just vote for the lesser of two evils.

My modest proposal is that we create a national initiative. Many states have what is known as "initiatives" and "referendums". My proposal is modest as I believe we should give the people of this nation the ability to directly veto any legislation, we would be able to veto tax breaks for the wealthy and overturn previous legislation such as the Patriot Act. The way to achieve this is by Constitutional Amendment and some states already have state initiative laws in place, which allows them to vote for Constitutional Amendments directly.

Now I believe the Tea Party and many Republicans would vote for this and I believe many liberals and Occupiers would vote for this. We could overrule congress and the president when we disagree with them, including on Treaties. That is an important one believe me. Treaties have the same legal authority as the Constitution and it is how the rights that remain will be taken away.

Getting this legislation voted on by one state will terrify those who currently twist the system for their own benefit at the expense of the rest of us. These people we elected to represent us and do not can be removed. Imagine if one state voted on all federal law via initiative, that is also possible. Not much point in buying off a politician if his residents could over rule him. Think about the possibilities.

Genetic Modification

Huffington Post - Nature - Scientists Create First Living Organism With 'Artificial' DNA. The short is that scientists have created a new DNA with additional information not found anywhere in nature. The problem I have with these scientists is fundamental. Yes, they are playing God; but, take no responsibility for their creation. They do not take responsibility for the well being of their creation, yet, they create living beings. The Chinese used to believe that if you saved a man's life you were responsible for him for the rest of your life.

I have met people who curse God because they don't like this life. They blame him for everything that they dislike or feel restricted by. Being God would be a lot or responsibility. Being a parent is a lot of responsibility. Creating new life holds as much responsibility as being God; but, the scientists don't see that. When did creating a new living thing lose all concern? We are entering dark times.

YouTube - KRQE - Protesters takeover Albuquerque City Council meeting. The Albuquerque police have been shooting a lot of unarmed people lately and the people of Albuquerque are upset. The police in response have given lame excuses (the standard nonsenses) and the politicians have yet to do anything meaningful. Spin city in full force and the people know it and are fed up. The citizens came for public comment and the politicians left the room. I actually lived in a town that used to hold true Town Hall Meetings where the citizens actually wrote the laws. The true stupidity of the powers that be is that if they ignore the people enough, they will bring back direct democracy, the people will insist upon it and it is the history of this nation. Imagine how the powers that be will feel and their fears if a Constitutional Amendment was put in place making a national referendum a reality and bypassing all the little sell outs in congress? Frustrated people do rash things. A nation cannot survive on complete corruption of it's political and business class. I would bet money that both the tea partiers and the Occupy people could agree on a Constitutional amendment creating a national referendum (many states already have them) where the citizens propose legislation and ratify it themselves.

engadget - United States credit card system begins complete overhaul in the next 18 months. Welcome to the world of tracking everything.