Your Smartphone and the Mafia

After paying for insurance the slaves are too broke to buy food…

The slave owners have a solution……

The slave owning control group is telling the slaves to eat cereal…because they have no money after paying taxes…..but the control group eats steak daily…..

in video……..

the CEO of Kelloggs recently told us
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that we should be eating cereal for
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dinner to save money so we’re
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advertising about cereal for dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0974tS6ZJ8

I do not have a smartphone. I have a phone capable of accessing the internet, but it doesn’t have roaming. I’ve never logged it onto any wifi, even my own. It has no apps. It calls, texts and has a solitaire game. (I use a Kindle Fire and a desktop at home.) The only time this has been an inconvenience is when I rent a car. They want to email me the receipt and you can’t leave the rental garage without showing it, so I have to make them print it out.
At first, I didn’t get one because I was a cheapskate. Then, it was just that I didn’t need it and didn’t think I would use it. I don’t like the tiny touchscreen, etc. My Nokia was nice to use with its actual buttons and long lasting charge, but smart phones seemed more difficult with my bad eyes and big fingers and way too much going on in there. (Of course, now all you can buy are screen-style phones unless you want a jitterbug or something.) Finally and presently, I don’t want one because the government and big business have realized this is a convenient way to access our lives, whether we are cool with that or not. No thanks. Please forget I exist.
I am at work, 32 miles from my home, and my phone is on the kitchen counter still hooked to the charger, forgotten as usual. I went on a trip out west a couple of years ago and didn’t realize I had forgotten to bring my cell until Day 3.
I watch people constantly bent over their phones tapping away and/or holding them up to record instead of watching what’s going on and I rather like that I never caught that particular bug. I will have better posture anyway, even if I remain unconnected.
If I am ever compelled to get one, it will likely be useless most of the time because I either forget to charge it or forget to bring it. It’s really just my house phone without the landline.

OT: staggering prices of Jeep and Ram lines.

https://youtu.be/N29cEtsJIN0?feature=shared

There is similar approach with at least one insurance company’s homeowners coverage. They are “offering” a device you plug into one of your 110VAC receptacles that detects arc faults (sparking at loose screws, for instance). It requires a Wi-Fi connection, so I am presuming it will report any problems to the company as well as to yourself. So far, no carrot, just the “free device”, but I am betting homeowners premiums will be eventually be “adjusted” for those who don’t get one.

I bought some trailer wheels/tires at Harbor Freight. The cashier asked me for my phone number and I said no thanks. She claimed that couldn’t sell them to me unless I gave her my name address and phone number. She said its a DOT requirement. I rolled my eyes and said: “Fine. My number is (local area code) 867-5309.” She typed it and said with a look of relief: “Oh, you’re already in our system. Are you Jenny?” Holding back laughter, I replied: “Yes, I’m Jenny.” The transaction went through without any further problems.

I’d recommend not getting the “latest and greatest” phone. I’m still using an S9. It doesn’t have all that crap on it. Verizon is constantly trying to give me an S23AI phone. But, no thanks.

Slave’s costs going up…higher insurance….

but their net worth shrinking…..

Real estate down…

Stock market dropping….

Nasdaq down 2.2% right now…..at least VIX is up 3.5% right now….gold and silver are up too….gold up more then the SP500 over the last 5 years….

https://finviz.com/futures.ashx

Someone predicted a stock market crash…then a bail out before the election….then crash it again on Trump’s head in 2025….

Another way to get rid of old ice cars…….AI traffic cameras to identify and fine drivers of older vehicles who enter the city

Don’t Look Up! ‘Orwellian’ AI Traffic Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns

Existing traffic cameras set up across America to find speeding and red light scofflaws are being replaced by smarter, artificial intelligence-fueled versions equipped with upgraded software that for the first time gives the government the ability to monitor behavior inside of private vehicles

Plus….the new vehicles are monitoring everything you do and say and ratting you out….
Plus the insurance companies want an app on your phone so they can monitor everything too….

Driving…a private activity is about to get very un private…and soon not worth it…or too expensive….

In July, local governments in Australia installed new phone-detection cameras along roads to spot drivers who are texting on their mobile devices.

In the United Kingdom, authorities have already issued hundreds of fines to drivers after AI traffic cameras were used to detect violations such as not wearing a seatbelt.

In at least one other country, residents have already begun fighting back against the technology.

After London rolled out an expansion of its Ultra Low Emission Zone program, which uses AI traffic cameras to identify and fine drivers of older vehicles who enter the city, many citizens showed their outrage through acts of vandalism.

Police say this month hundreds of intelligent cameras have been damaged, disconnected, or stolen by a vigilante group who call themselves the Blade Runners. 1 in 4 out of action, 90% in the poorest part of London.

“The cameras are going to keep coming down,” Nick Arlett, an organizer of the protests, told CBS News. “People are angry.”

from zh comments….
Nothing quite as “righteous” as investing the money they’ve STOLEN FROM US (aka: ‘”taxes”) into new ways to steal ever MORE of our time, our money AND our privacy.

It’s 100% Unlawful and Illegal by just infringing upon Freedom of Association alone.

It’s crazy how quickly this crap has reared its ugly head… it’s everywhere. We’ve been apathetic for so long as a nation and we’ve let this evil take over our country. If you really think about it is quite horrifying.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dont-look-orwellian-ai-traffic-cameras-raise-privacy-concerns

Insurance going up?….

It is to cover the losses from insuring EV’s….a slight bump in an accident….write off the whole one month old, $50,000 EV….they are too dangerous/expensive to fix…the battery box might have a dent….screwing the battery….

Insurance will go way up….part of agenda 2030….stop the slaves driving….slaves on foot only…in the 15 min city/prison

State Farm sent me one of their ‘drive safe and save’ dongles a few years ago. It was unsolicited. I carried it to my local agent and told them I didn’t want it, even though I could “save up to 30%”. My insurance is already absurdly expensive. I would never allow someone to monitor my driving like that.

If your house burns to the ground and you have no insurance, you are out of luck. Set up your tent and start rebuilding with what you’ve got. If you have insurance, you can rent a house for a year while the new home is being built. You’re in a pickle at that point.

Insurance and taxes rob you so you can feel safe and sound, even after a devastating loss. Still have to fork over more after that.

Auto insurance costs over 40 years at 3000 USD per year for coverage, 120 thousand dollars. Times one hundred million policies. The insurance company CEOs are happy as clams, swimming pools full of gold coins. Has to pay better than vaccines.

You don’t have to own a car, don’t have to drive, most people want to, have to, so they do. It becomes a Catch 22.

You’d think the auto insurance companies would have collected more than enough in premiums over the years. A little bit more is what they want, more isn’t enough.

There are 50 million retired American Romans. At 2000 USD average social security payment, that is 100,000,000,000 USD each month. 1.2 trillion dollars each year. Close enough guesstimate.

Evidently, you need a trillion dollar military industrial complex, a war machine, that has a worldwide presence always willing and sometimes able to stick its nose into everyone’s business, must be to help retirees have some money. Can’t last forever.

It was a kind word and a gun, now, just the gun.

That’s the way it goes, first your money, then your clothes.

The resistance by we commoners to ‘law and order’ is growing at the same time the garbage elite finalize their plans for the ultimate ‘Order out of chaos.’ The old problem, reaction, solution is becoming as worn as the ole banana in the tailpipe routine. Too many still fall for it though. Its interesting to watch the epic race between humanity waking from its spellbound hypnosis and the completion of the planned bolshevik destruction of America. Its still all up for grabs. Down but not out, these kind of things have a way of turning quickly on the smallest of trifles.

We could easily pull the plug on these grifters. Insurance is the weakest link in the money powers control system. All it would take to start the ball rolling is probably 20%. If thats truly the number of us who refused the vexx, it should be a baby step from there. I’m finding the more shit I say NO to, the easier it becomes. Of course not owning a ‘cell’ phone makes it easy, as I’m not constantly bombarded with bullshit

My husband is an insurance agent and he said the monitoring by the insurance companies is definitely about to be mandatory in the near future.

I would like to download an app like that just as an experiment (not tied to my insurance), just to see how much I could swing that graph into the red. Could be fun and make for some good bragging rights on the social medias.

People are dumb. Yeah, I said it. When your vendor tries to lure you with sweet rewards, points, promises of savings, etc. it isn’t for your benefit, but theirs. The information they collect from you is worth more to them than the $10 off coupon you receive quarterly.

Anybody notice how many places now want to scan your ID? Why? The better question is why are you letting them? I was very proud of my parents recently. My mother loves her wine and orders it worldwide. Of course, it usually arrives UPS or FedEx. Well, my parents were working out in the yard when FedEx rolls down their driveway. My father goes up to the truck to retrieve the package. The Gen Z driver tells my 70 + year old father he needs to see his ID because this package contains alcohol. My father laughs and states “do I honestly look like I am younger than 21?” The kid doesn’t budge and repeats the demand. My father, who was a long way from the house, tells the kid “ I am not walking back and getting my ID.” The kid repeats the request again. At this point my father has had enough shrugs his shoulders and says “I don’t give a shit, it isn’t my package” and walks away. The kid drives off with the bottles of wine still on the truck.

The next day my mother gets a phone call from FedEx that they want to redeliver the package, but they have found my parents home “inhospitable”. My mother, who was in agreement with my father, explains that they were working out in the yard and a long way from the house and why did they need this information. The customer service rep states that they must scan the person who signs DL. My mother then responds “forward the wine back to the vendor.” Of course, the agent seems taken back by her response. My mother then asks what do you do with my DL information? Sell it to some third party? The agent starts sputtering and is unable to answer why FedEx needs to scan the card. My mother says “your company has delivered to us for years and the gray hair on our heads was enough evidence to show we were not under 21.”

The package returns the next day for delivery….no ID required.

Moral of the story. Realize that you are the customer. Without you there is no business. Refuse to supply them anymore information than what is needed.

Shape up, little citizens:

‘The shuttering of government offices during the pandemic caused disruptions and delays in routine bureaucratic functions like processing car registrations, and many states extended deadlines.

‘“This is one aspect of a much larger problem,” said Jonathan Adkins, chief executive of the Governors Highway Safety Association. “We are giving the public too much permission to flout rules.”

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/expired-paper-license-plates-multiplied-115124052.html

Which, in turn, creates entrepreneurial opportunities:

‘In states like Georgia and New Jersey, some obscure dealerships issued tens of thousands of temporary tags — amounts that far exceed the number of cars they could have possibly sold.

‘The sham license plates can then be sold to drivers, often in different states, officials say, allowing them to avoid tolls and evade cameras that enforce speeding rules. The bogus plates also allow drivers to avoid paying insurance, registration fees and taxes.

‘Car buyers in Missouri are issued a temporary tag by a dealership and then have a few weeks to pick up the official plates from the state’s DMV where they also pay the sales tax on their car purchase. Many people are willing to risk getting a ticket for an expired tag, which can total more than $100, rather than paying the sales tax, which can total more than $1,000.’

Perverse incentives: ‘roll dirty,’ as our colleague Norman Franklin says, and save ‘up to’ one thousand Biden bucks. You can’t lose! 🙂

hmmm I think your article has answered a mysterious question I’ve had for the last year or so……..that being the increasingly amount of drivers who barely drive the speed limit on a given road and usually lower than that limit. It’s like an epidemic around here in the Detroit area IMO. Maybe quite a few of these “clovers” have the dongle or the app enabled and they’re trying to shave a dollar or two from the ridiculously high insurance we pay here in Michifornia?

So get a burner phone for the app and put it in a drawer. Pull it out once a week and drive to a church parking lot. Maybe swing by a restaurant that doesn’t serve alcohol after “services” and then drive straight home.

“No sir, I only drive this vehicle on the weekends. Here’s the proof.”

You think anyone’s going to verify the app report? That takes expensive people. There goes the high margin. Nah, most people will just follow the rules and accept their “up to 30%” discount that will turn out to only be about 10%. A few might complain and get an extra 5% off for a month or two just to shut them up and get them off the phone.

@Eric – Didn’t Flo’s dongles cause fires, which forced the company to shift to sail phone apps?

The OBD-II port was never designed to have a device plugged in for hours at a time.

Don’t be fooled by the folksy schtick. Capo Gecko is seriously invested in the mass adoption of devices, from his large stake in Apple to the now wholly-owned subsidiary Pilot/Flying-J, with a newly voter-approved slush fund out of the state surplus of Texas to pay for the power infrastructre as the service centers rebuild complete with Dairy Queens and his various retail operations to occupy those waiting the hour or more needed for their devices to recharge.

Insurance just provides the seed capital for the Capo.

Has Geico marketed this scheme as “Safe and Effective!”? That term shall forever be questioned the next time Big Pharma, Big Media, Big Government, or some other big special interest peddles that narrative, be it for some other experimental pharma product or demented idea they’re pushing.

Also, in 2021, people who were zealously pushing “COVID jabs for all!” might have advocated making these apps MANDATORY to track driver compliance with local or federal COVID jab mandates, as these people also tried comparing unvaxxed drivers with drunk drivers, which never made any sense.

Insurance companies are all scam artists. They have to collect more than they pay out, of course, but since you MUST buy car insurance (and medical insurance), why not charge a lot more than you pay out?

Carrying a cell phone in case the car breaks down….there is no payphones left….not worth the surveillance now….

Or get a cell phone with an alternate operating system….

The parasites are killing the host. There are so many parasites now, that survival of the fittest really only means survival of the richest / most connected / exempted congress members / victim group of the day.

I guess there is an advantage to owning a flip phone which I generally leave off and using a combinations of maps and an ancient Garmin that I updated with open source maps from openmapchest.org (free but may may miss some locations). Never forget that “your” technology can be a useful servant or a terrible master.

Also never forget that when they track you it’s for their benefit and not for yours. Better to follow the state motto of New Hampshire: “Live free or die”.

My insurance company offers this “service”. Here are some snippets from the website advertising it.

“Enroll and Save Up to 10%.”
“The App shows you how well you’re driving and how you can improve. ”
“Get Up to 30% off. At renewal, we’ll let you know any discount you’ve earned and we’ll reset your driving score so that you have a fresh start for your next policy period.”

“Will my driving score cause my overall premium to go up?” “No. We will only use your driving information to calculate your discount. Your driving score won’t have any negative impact on your auto insurance policy rate, although your rate may vary based on other factors not related to your participation.”

Anyone believe any of this? My insurance premiums keep going up regardless of a good driving record.

A different mafia cracks down:

‘Texas will soon require dealerships to issue temporary metal plates when a car rolls off the lot, replacing the oft-abused paper tags.

‘The rise in fake or expired plates has been robbing governments of needed revenue and making it harder to enforce traffic laws, which the American driver seems more emboldened than ever to ignore, part of a larger erosion of social mores.

‘The crackdown on “temp tags” comes in response to problems that exploded during the pandemic. Fatalities from car crashes rose, while pedestrian deaths in 2021 reached their highest level since the early 1980s.

“From what I am seeing, there is a real breakdown in automotive law and order,’’ said Dan Borgmeyer, the mayor of St. Charles, Missouri who encouraged citizens to report expired tags in his St. Louis suburb.’ — NYT

https://archive.ph/8ZD3Z#selection-7101.0-7101.303

‘Automotive law ‘n order’ — that’s a good one! Ol’ Spiro Agnew would approve, if he were still around.

As the US empire cracks up, and its permawars develop ‘not necessarily to our advantage,’ no one should be surprised as our former Happy Motoring morphs into grim Mad Max conditions.

With ‘Biden’ in charge, anything goes and nothing matters. Looking to hire a full-time tail gunner to ride in muh pickup bed.

‘One of the Five Families tried to get me to download their app – for the sake of convenience.’ — eric

Here’s a different tack, used by the Gambino Liberty Mutual family. They offered a discount of ‘up to’ 30 percent, by using their app for 90 days. But despite driving v-e-r-r-r-y gently and slowly, and very few miles, I earned only a 10 percent discount — the ’30 percent’ probably being a flat-out lie.

The sting came six months later, when Liberty Mutual hiked the premium by 30 percent, despite no tickets / no accidents / no claims. ‘Teaser rates’ are now standard mafia business practice, putting cost-conscious customers on an endless carousel of having to move all their insurance coverage (including homeowners, for the package discount) to a different crime Family at least annually.

It gets tiresome, comrades — the time suck; the sleazy underworld personalities.