As Was Always the Plan: California Water Authorities Using Smart Meter Data as Evidence to Impose Fines

As Was Always the Plan: California Water Authorities Using Smart Meter Data as Evidence to Impose Fines | Truthstream Media
The smart grid isn’t coming. 
It’s already here.

Everywhere people’s houses are being fitted if they already haven’t with smart electric meters and smart water meters. 

These meters communicate real-time usage data via radio frequency (which comes with its own set of health problems).

Essentially, consumption of utilities in your home is being big brother tracked and traced at all times on the smart grid.

Sure, it was sold to everyone as a “smart” solution for keeping consumption in check, that it would decrease utility bills because people could use it to check out how much they use and find smart ways to cut down. (How many people are really even doing that, by the way?)

Not only is this going to be used to serve up “peak pricing” models against the population — to price electricity and water higher during times of higher consumption by the population — it’s also going to be used to allow the people to tattle on themselves via their data, a set up that will come with heavy financial consequences.
As we can see happening now in California during its historic drought, smart meters are also being used by authorities to seek people out and impose fines.
CBS Los Angeles is reporting that water authorities are using smart meters against “water wasters”:
...The punchline? Using this data, Wattier knew the precise moment to send his employees to videotape the infractions to use as evidence. “We are using it specifically for an enforcement tool to go after those customers who we’ve gotten lots of complaints about,” Wattier said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Convicted of All Charges in Boston Marathon Bombing, Faces the Death Penalty | Video | TheBlaze.com

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Convicted of All Charges in Boston Marathon Bombing, Faces the Death Penalty | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Nearly two years to the day after twin explosions ripped across the marathon finish line, the city of Boston has justice.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges involved in carrying out the bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

He is now eligible for the death penalty."

Hitler Reacts To Denied #GayWeddingCake

History for April 9

History for April 9 - On-This-Day.com:
Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1865, Paul Robeson 1898 - Singer, Ward Bond 1903 - Actor ("It’s a Wonderful Life", "The Maltese Falcon") 


Hugh Hefner 1926 - Publisher, Michael Learned 1939 - Actress ("The Waltons", "All My Sons"), Dennis Quaid 1954 - Actor ("Wyatt Earp", "The Right Stuff"), brother of Randy Quaid 


1682 - Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 


1770 - Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 


1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home. Grant allowed Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permitted soldiers to keep their horses and mules. Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops. 


1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty with Russia that purchased the territory of Alaska by one vote. 


1870 - The American Anti-Slavery Society was dissolved. 


1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army. 


1945 - National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games. 


1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts. 


1967 - The first Boeing 737 was rolled out for use. 


1992 - Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted in Miami, FL, of eight drug and racketeering charges. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/04/commander-in-chef-by-tammy-derouin-ive.html

Commander In Chef

By Tammy Derouin

I’ve had it with all the pot stirring by special interest groups.  I wonder how much of this would be taking place if our leader wasn’t holding the spoon. Progressives and radicals never let an opportunity go to waste.  It allows them to do things they might not have otherwise been able to accomplish.  If a crisis doesn’t evolve on its own, they have no problem nudging, pushing and shoving it along.  

The executive, or Commander In Chef, loves stirring the pot.  He stirs and he stirs, waiting for an opportunity to serve his favorite dish, chaos.  His special, but no longer secret ingredient is pepper, or anything that gets the blood boiling.  He really seems to favor this special spice as he indiscriminately tosses it on everything.  

Why would he want to turn everything into a hot item?  According to the Constitution, his days are numbered.  He doesn’t like limitations.  He feels he knows best.  At times, Congress has been able to muster up enough backbone to prevent the executive from moving forward, I mean backwards.  But, when this happens, the executive thumbs his nose and goes around them by way of executive order. 

Still, Congress has given in to his will too many times.... 

The 9 states with the highest property taxes

The 9 states with the highest property taxes - Page 3 - CBS News:
"8. Michigan: $3,168
Residents in this midwestern state face average annual property tax bills of $3,168.
While that would be a significant bill for most Americans, residents of Michigan are faced with a double wallop: 
They have median annual household income of less than $47,500, or below the U.S. median income of $51,915 per year.
Governor Rick Snyder has reformed property taxes, but declining income and high taxes are eating away at the state's middle class, according to Watchdog.org."

Univ. of Michigan cancels ‘American Sniper’ screening: ‘Made students feel unsafe’

Univ. of Michigan cancels ‘American Sniper’ screening: ‘Made students feel unsafe’: "University: ‘While our intent was to show a film, the impact of the content was harmful, and made students feel unsafe and unwelcome at our program’
A scheduled movie screening of “American Sniper” at the University of Michigan was abruptly cancelled Tuesday after nearly 300 students and others complained the film perpetuates “negative and misleading stereotypes” against Muslims.
“The movie American Sniper not only tolerates but promotes anti-Muslim … rhetoric and sympathizes with a mass killer,” according to an online letter circulated among the campus community via Google Docs that garnered the signatures.

Obama: I’m Concerned by ‘Less Than Loving’ Comments From Christians | TheBlaze.com

Obama: I’m Concerned by ‘Less Than Loving’ Comments From Christians | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama on Tuesday used the White House Easter prayer breakfast to accuse some Christians of lacking love, then said he was “pulling back” from saying any more.

“On Easter, I do reflect that as a Christian, I am supposed to love,” Obama said. “I have to say that sometimes, when I listen to less than loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned. But that’s a topic for another day.”

Well, Mr. Executive, I get concerned with the lack of tolerance shown towards anyone who is not Muslim.  

Here's How The Embattled Owners Of Memories Pizza Plan To Share Their Newfound Fortune

Here's How The Embattled Owners Of Memories Pizza Plan To Share Their Newfound Fortune: "“They revealed they are set to share their new fortune with disabled children, a women’s help group, firefighters, police trusts, Christian churches, and Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman, 70, who was fined after declaring she would not serve a gay wedding.”
You may recall that the elderly florist was slapped with a $1,000 fine last month after she declined to sell flowers for the 2013 wedding of longtime gay customers.
A judge ruled that Stutzman, a Christian with deeply-held religious beliefs, violated the Washington state law against discrimination.
As for his religious beliefs and how they may have been influenced by the furor over his pizza parlor’s backing of Indiana’s recently enacted Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Kevin O’Connor tells The Daily Mail he still feels the same about not supporting a gay marriage celebration."

Va. governor eliminates criminal history questions on state job

Va. governor eliminates criminal history questions on state job - WJHL.com:
"Applications for state jobs in Virginia will no longer will include questions regarding a person's criminal history.
Democrat Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order removing criminal history questions from state employment applications Friday.
Under the order, employment decisions won't be based on an applicant's criminal history unless it's specifically related to the job they are being considered for.
While it only applies to state employment applications, the order also encourages similar hiring practices for private employers throughout the Commonwealth...

Outrageous Ruling: Colorado Bakeries MUST Make ‘Gay’ Cakes, But Can Refuse to Make Christian Cakes

Outrageous Ruling: Colorado Bakeries MUST Make ‘Gay’ Cakes, But Can Refuse to Make Christian Cakes | John Hawkins' Right Wing News
"So, according to the Colorado state government Gays are a protected class and can get anything they want at any time, but Christians aren’t and they can be denied services at will? 
How does that work in an America that is supposed to have religious freedom?

In a bizarre new twist on the religious liberty front, Colorado officials have determined that bakeries must cater to proponents of gay marriage but are not legally obliged to decorate cakes with Bible verses.

Christian activist Bill Jack has denounced a decision by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, which found Azucar Bakery in Denver not guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake adorned with Bible quotes condemning sodomy.

Last March, Jack went to Azucar Bakery and requested two cakes to be decorated with biblical messages.

“I requested two cakes, each in the shape of an open Bible. On the first cake I requested on one page, ‘God hates sin — Psalm 45:7,’ and on the facing page, ‘Homosexuality is a detestable sin — Leviticus 18:22,’” Jack said.

Jack also said:

On the second cake I requested on one page, “God loves sinners,” and on the facing page, “While we were yet sinners Christ died for us – Romans 5:8.” I also requested a decoration of two groomsmen holding hands with a cross in the background with a ghostbusters symbol over it to illustrate that such a union is unacceptable biblically.

On Good Friday, the Department of Regulatory Agencies handed down its decision that refusing such a request did not constitute discrimination.

‘We Have Come to Take Our Country Back’: Rand Paul Joins the 2016 Race | TheBlaze.com

‘We Have Come to Take Our Country Back’: Rand Paul Joins the 2016 Race | TheBlaze.com:

"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday became the second nationally recognized Republican to announce he’s running for the White House in 2016.

“I have a message, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We have come to take our country back,” he said to cheers from supporters and family members in his announcement speech in Kentucky. ”The Washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives must be stopped.”