Smart Neighborhood. Public Safety Drones. Real Safety, or the beginnings of Smart City Open-air Prisons?

Yesterday, I noticed a story about a senior apartment complex in south Seattle, that was being renovated into a "Smart Neighborhood". This apartment complex has been around since the 1960s, and it started out as a "low-income" complex. We all know that those "low-income" apartments always suffer from lack of maintenance and that upgrades are …

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Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy. Treasonous acts within America?

America is a huge country, with thousands of different affinity groups, races, religions, and political opinions. Most of those diverse groups have a megaphone, the Internet, where they can get their viewpoints out there for the public to read, learn, and interact with. Before the Internet, it took "snail mail" newspapers, pamphlets, and revival meetings …

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Calling The Private Sector!! Let’s Generate Private Competition for Government Employment Data!

So maybe there's a bright spot in the federal government shut-down. One area that is shut down that many are complaining about is the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Labor Department that generate employment data. How about the many private companies and organizations that currently publish narrower statistics on US employment, getting serious …

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