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Re: Guest Post: Introducing The Government's Newest Unpaid Spy: YOU

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I read somewhere that even paying cash for your coffee in a coffeehouse that offers Internet service can put you on a watch-list.

Funny how that came up just in time for a counter-protest by some gun folks at Starbucks next week. A lot of them intend to pay with $2 bills, reflecting their appreciation for Starbucks' honoring of their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. So now, gun owners will be on yet another list. *yawn*

Information about the protest: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starbucks-pro-gun-policy-prompts-gun-victims-advocate-group-to-launch-nationwide-boycott-on-valentines-day-2012-137890863.html

Because Starbucks has specifically said they do NOT want to get in the middle of this issue, the gun folks aren't going to picket and protest like the anti-gunners. They're just going to spend money there.

Somehow, I think this 'boycott' isn't going to have the result the anti-gun folks wanted. Propeller

And yes, I plan to drink my share of coffee on Valentine's Day. And maybe hubby's share, too. Cool




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Guest Post: Introducing The Government’s Newest Unpaid Spy: YOU
By: capt_nemo in ROUND
Thu, 09 Feb 12 6:49 AM 		Msg. 38756 of 45651

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/08/2012 - 18:40 Guest Post Real estate SPY

A few months ago, the Mayor of Newark, NJ announced a similar program designed to reward citizens for snitching on gun owners. According to the mayor, “We don’t even have to have a conviction,” for an informant to get paid a cool $1,000 cash. Rat out your neighbor, get paid. Simple. (As an aside, police in neighboring East Orange, NJ have rolled out a new pre-crime surveillance system. In the words of Police Chief William Robinson, “The police are observing you. The police are recording you. And the police are responding.” Big Brother is clearly watching.) In the financial system, there are droves of civilian agencies that have been coerced into becoming government spies. As we discussed a few weeks ago, everyone from bankers to brokers to gold dealers are obliged to submit ‘suspicious activity reports’ to the federal government. They even have minimum quotas. What’s more, these so-called “SARs” must remain top-secret. It’s a crime for your banker to inform you that you were the subject of a suspicious activity report. Yesterday, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the federal agency which oversees the legions of unpaid government spies, added a few more businesses to the list. Now non-bank mortgage lenders and originators must ‘assist law enforcement’ by submitting suspicious activity reports.


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