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Anal Probes, Not just by Aliens Anymore
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 20:46Apparently the State Department is looking at changing the application information requirements for a US Passport.
If you plan to apply for a passport and you don't have rock-solid proof of citizenship, you might soon be asked to fill out an insanely detailed passport application, form DS-5513, by the State Department before you can receive your papers.
Among the information that will be required to obtain your passport is the following:
- Birthplace and dates for parents, siblings, and spouse.
- Mothers address the year prior, year of, and year after your birth.
- Name of the natal doctor and dates of her appointments.
- Names of those who attended your birth.
- Addresses of all places in and out of the US you have lived since birth.
- Your entire employment history, with supervisors and contact information
- All the schools you attended with addresses and dates.
I could probably write up a nice spiel on how this rectal exam is pointless and only serves to harass honest citizens, instead I’m just going to point out the irony.
Mr. Obama, can you please provide the above documentation considering your proof of citizenship has been deemed questionable.
- Some are not fully sure of your moms location before, during and after your birth.
- No one knows the name of the doctor present at your birth, the certificate of live birth doesn’t contain the signature of the attending physician as a birth certificate does.
- Some are not sure which hospital in Hawaii saw your birth.
- Can you provide your entire employment history?
- Your school records are sealed.
If you are going to require it of any citizen, it shall be required of ALL public servants. Just because they may only require this of some citizens doesn’t exempt them from having to do it themselves. To require it of one, they should have to be willing to go through it themselves.
Update on EPIC TSA Lawsuit
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 22:35EPIC has submitted numerous Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the body scanners. They have posted the information online for all to see.
These documents include:
- TSA Procurement Specifications
- TSA Operational Requirements
- TSA contract with L3
- TSA contract with Rapiscan Part(1) and Part (2)
Initially it was claimed that the TSA body scanners could not store or transmit images. Then the US Marshal Service in August 2010 reported they had saved more than 35000 images. The TSA responded by claiming that it has not done so and the machines do not have the ability. Some still believe the TSA, the smart one’s have distrusted them from the start.
Later in the same document(emphasis mine):
Incorporate a three level user and password scheme allowing supervision and "superusers" access and override capabilities
While they claim for it to be possibly disabled the fact that the feature is there means that someone can re-enabled it. Some would claim that no one would possibly want it. However there have been rumors about a “new fetish”. The thing is though, it’s already happened. That could be your one of your loved ones. We know the types of people the TSA employs.
While reading through the Operational Requirements, you can find the following:
Normally one would avoid conjecture, however what could be considered critical to national security regarding the privacy capability of the device? NMAB-482-1 can be found here, the section we really care about is here.
Blue Thunder
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 19:56Blue Thunder is no longer a cautionary tale of the future. The Miami-Dade police department is in the process of purchasing it’s own UAV.
Terrorism expert Douglas Haas, however, believes that the drones will help in many ways, including fighting crime. "This has unlimited capabilities," said Haas. "Not only is it good tactically for a SWAT call out or any tactical situation, there's numerous search and rescue applications for it after a hurricane. They could send one of these up fast and assess damage."
Terrorism is being used as the necessity for the tool to further the police state. As for using one after a hurricane, that’s assuming your operating facility, and hanger survived. During a state of emergency such as that however, assistance could be requested from the national guard. Further begging the question, why does Miami-Dade need it’s own UAV?
Here Comes the Fat Fuzz!
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 23:39Damn you Mike Griffeath! All sarcasm aside now though, I do really like Mike and I know we have the same views on the BMI scale and I'm glad he tossed the following up on facebook. This is some scary crap for so many reasons my mind just flipped out.
States receiving federal grants provided for in the bill would be required to annually track the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18. The grant-receiving states would be required to mandate that all health care providers in the state determine the Body Mass Index of all their patients in the 2-to-18 age bracket and then report that information to the state government. The state government, in turn, would be required to report the information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for analysis.
This is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a long time. BMI is not an accurate measure of fat content. In high school my BMI had me overweight through the roof. I swam 5 days a week, 3.5 hours a day, plus weight lifting and I was "severely overweight". I was extremely active, didn't sit around, eat junk and do nothing. I know I'm not the only one with this view on BMI and current methods to measure "fat content". What I find most scary though is that this can easily be manipulated to take someone's child away from them. It is extremely disconcerting because it totally violates the Jews in the Attic test. Your child will be required to be reported to the state; even if the only reason he is there is an emergency. I hope that anyone who helps the state or complies with the law realizes that I along with many others will consider them to be the equivalent of the Nazi Gestapo. The number one best way to make a man extremely dangerous and hostile is to mess with his family, and the government is now finding ways to take your children from you. BMI just makes an excellent excuse. You're teaching your kid firearms usage… oh his BMI says he's fat, we're taking your kid you horrible parent.
With the fat ass Michelle Obama has, it's not as if she has room to talk either.
