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Is there a drone in your neighbourhood?
The Daily Mail Online ^
| 05:15 EST, 24 April 2012
| Julian Gavaghan
Posted on 04/24/2012 6:23:05 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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To: Mad Dawgg
Big Brother is circling above us. Look up and give 'em a one finger salute I say!People have no idea how how closely our government monitors us. Mainly because they just don't want to know. They'd rather stick their heads in the sand and pull it out when they want to watch TV so it can numb their mind for them.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:06:49 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: HiJinx
"And the line about some of which have been designed to kill terrorists refers to the fact that Predators carry Hellfires." That doesn't bother me as much. I figure the real threat is surveillance.
I've seen demos of units smaller than a laptop that can shoot HD quality footage from two different cameras and can fly in and out of an ordinary window.
And that is available to you and me for just a couple large all legal like.
If you and I can lay our hands on such what the hell is the authorities using? How small are they can they overfly your property or even fly into your buildings and such?
You can call me a tinfoilhatter but it don't take much imagination to see how such technology could be abused in a hurry!
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:11:10 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: zeugma
"People have no idea how how closely our government monitors us." This people does. Google CALEA act.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:13:17 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Drill Thrawl
On a tour I was on, our guide, great guy, former MI-5, announced to our part of the bus that we were going to stop to potty, only because he was a brit, it came out more like “paw-teh.” Me and a couple I was visiting with were like, excuse me? “Paw-teh”, Again? Then, exasperated, he goes “Ew, for the love of God, it’s YOUR WORD!” Then we all cracked up.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:18:22 AM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Cheney/Rumsfeld 2012)
To: Strategerist
University of North Dakota advertises a degree in building/designing UAVs.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:22:14 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
To: CSM
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:25:43 AM PDT
by
Grumpybutt
("Mothers go where angels fear to tread....")
To: Strategerist
The idea that all of these "launch sites" are for domestic surveillance by Predators or something is imbecilic. The FAA is right now working to relax the fly rules for private use of drones.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:28:33 AM PDT
by
cornelis
To: sten
not to worry. they’re all tracking George Zimmerman.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:29:00 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
To: Mad Dawgg
Nor is there one in color. Unless of course you are a British Newspaper. (And its their headline and Spelling Not Mine) I figured that out at the onset. no reflection on you.
though it was a humorous response to the title...
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:29:52 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Strategerist
Most of the active drones are deployed from military installations, enforcement agencies and border patrol teams, according to the Federal Aviation Authority.
That would certainly make sense since WalMart parking lots are usually filled........
It should also be noted that all the blue pegs are sites where licenses to fly have expired.......
Just to be safe tho, I have my tinfoil hat on...LOL!
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:32:19 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
To: Grumpybutt
I am not sure I would want to be droning over a grumpybutt anyway.
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:35:50 AM PDT
by
goosie
To: muir_redwoods
University of Connecticut campus. LOL
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:36:32 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Voted for Newt today and I feel good.)
To: Grumpybutt
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:37:47 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: Hot Tabasco; Strategerist
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:37:58 AM PDT
by
cornelis
To: Mad Dawgg
"24/7 and they would bring back Keith Olbermann for a Special In Depth Show that aired every hour!"Only if one is carrying his paycheck. Dude has jumped into the shark's mouth...
To: cornelis
Dude Stratiegie guy told ya its just dem crazy college kids playin with toys.
No worries mate...
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posted on
04/24/2012 8:42:59 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: FReepers; FRiends
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posted on
04/24/2012 9:01:25 AM PDT
by
onyx
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To: Strategerist
There is nothing imbecilic or idiotic about commenting on an article and positing reasons why, what you say is perfectly legitimate research, is apparently not being publicly discussed in the domestic press. Im not convinced youre right but the subject is worthy of discussion and no one is an idiot or an imbecile for doing so.
You may be unaware but back in the late 50s, UCONN conducted nuclear research and dumped radioactive waste by the roadside in rural Connecticut. Not far from where I live is a vacant lot where a breakfast restaurant and gift store once stood. The remediation team that cleaned up the site tore it down after buying out the owners.
By my nature and experience I do not trust any government, local, state or federal. A state university is an agent of the government and its research in this area may be perfectly reasonable, responsible and benign. UCONN cannot claim to have always acted so.
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posted on
04/24/2012 9:45:48 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
To: Mad Dawgg
It's OK, I have a rooster to give me a heads up.
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posted on
04/24/2012 9:50:05 AM PDT
by
cornelis
To: muir_redwoods
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posted on
04/24/2012 9:51:03 AM PDT
by
gidget7
("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
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