[Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"
bob ford
bobford79 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 30 22:27:10 EST 2008
I don't know what quantities of diesel and fertilizer, but they do pay attention to that just like they do sudafed (ephredrine products - yes, used to manufacture meth)
When my credit card was stolen , this past july (remeber the price of gas then), the thieves had hit a number of gas stations, but after the second one, citibank called me at home, told me they had put a 'stop' on the card, and dispatched the police-- this was all while the thieves were still using the card to buy more gas. Citi knew exactly when , where , and how much. to the second, live, while it was happening
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--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"
> To: homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 8:19 PM
> > If you bought a bunch of fertilizer and diesel fuel, it
> would be noticed
> > by the feds.
>
> In an agricultural area? Both can be bought anonymously.
> Both are commonly
> bought in quantity here. I could take all my gas cans into
> town tomorrow and
> fill them with diesel, pay cash, never give my name. How
> could that be
> noticed when at least half the people here have diesel
> trucks and/or
> tractors? I don't use fertilizer for any purpose, so I
> don't know the
> quanities needed, but anyone could walk into the Agway and
> buy bags and bags
> here without raising an eyebrow or giving their name. Or a
> few at each Agway
> and attract even less notice. I don't know how that
> could be traced except
> after the fact.
>
> > If you bought a bunch of sudafed, it would be noticed
> by the locals.
>
> THAT would be noticed, but as you say, at the local (like
> drugstore clerk)
> level. Meth labs are one of our biggest cottage industries
> here. Is sudfed
> the one they use in meth? I'm out of the loop on that.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
>
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