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Smart Cities, originally posted by \u00a0Constitutional Coalition.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

We all love SMART! Especially being told by others that we are SMART! Smart phones, smart cities, smart meters all make sense to us as they benefit us in many ways. But, is there another level of SMART we need to pay attention to?<\/p>\n

\u201cGood thinking, 99!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the late 1960s, families laughed at \u201cGet Smart \u2026 an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. It was \u2026 [a combination of] James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Some of the popular catchphrases generated during its run, included:<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you believe \u2026,\u201d\u00a0\u201cGood thinking, 99,\u201d\u00a0\u201cMissed it by that much!,\u201d\u00a0\u201cSorry about that, Chief,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe old (such-and-such) trick,\u201d \u201cAnd loving it,\u201d\u00a0\u201cI asked you not to tell me that \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe series centers on bumbling secret agent, Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86, and his female partner, Agent 99 \u2026 Agent\u00a086 (portrayed by Don Adams) is the central character. Despite being a top-secret government agent, he is absurdly clumsy, very naive and has occasional lapses of attention. Due to his frequent verbal gaffes and physical miscues, most of the people Smart encounters believe he is grossly incompetent. Despite these faults, Smart is also resourceful, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a proficient marksman, and incredibly lucky. These assets have led to him having a phenomenal record of success in times of crisis in which he has often averted disaster, often on a national or global scale.\u201d1<\/p>\n

Get Smart was a satire about government agents; watching it made us question if indeed, government agents were SMART \u2013 or smarter than us. Oh, and one of its ironies, Maxwell Smart\u2019s smart phone was his shoe \u2013 an integral and vital part of his persona.<\/p>\n

Welcome to Smart Cities \u2026<\/p>\n

Pet Project of the Surveillance State!<\/p>\n

How exactly do Smart Cities really work? Is YOUR city a Smart City?<\/p>\n

In Smart Cities, local government considers itself smarter than the residents. Many cities have signed on to the U.S. \u201csafe cities\u201d agenda of \u201cdigital, health, infrastructure, and personal\u201d2 security. Cities have also signed agreements with international agencies, which are committed to the surveillance state in order to \u201cprotect, conserve, restore and promote [the cities] ecosystems, water, natural habitats and biodiversity, minimize their environmental impact, and change to sustainable consumption and production patterns.\u201d3\u00a0This requires working with the utilities to curtail energy usage, installing sensors everywhere, and implementing the Sustainable New Urban Agenda. Ultimately, where you live,<\/p>\n

\u2022 Will you be able to decide when or even IF you can wash your clothes?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Will you be able to travel where you want? Communicate as you wish?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Will your city adopt facial-recognition technologies to track your every move?<\/p>\n

Tracking energy, water, travel, jobs (national ID) are characteristics of the 21st century surveillance state that would have thrilled 20th century totalitarians such as Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot, and others. This invasion into all these aspects of our daily lives is happening today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing government can give you that it hasn\u2019t taken from you in the first place.\u201d\u00a0(Winston Churchill)<\/p>\n

Water: Using the Global Warming narrative and the UN Sustainable Development programs, notice what priority is listed first on their website, \u201cKey priorities including carbon footprint reduction \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Purchasing a new washing machine, dishwasher, or new water heater probably invites the \u201cSmart Appliance\u201d into your home. You might even have received a rebate by buying them. They all have Smart Meter technology that can respond to a Smart electric meter and a Smart water meter. If you are profiled as using too much water, George Orwell\u2019s Big Brother can shut off your appliances for a period of time from a remote location.<\/p>\n

Heat\/Energy: The UN Sustainability movement, established in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, started with Global Warming. The rally cry became Climate Change when questions as to the fudging of data and the fact that rising seas buried no cities became evident. Every school child knows the mantra: climate change if unstopped will cause us to die. In actuality, energy is what brings prosperity to the poor, keeps them warm and provides jobs.<\/p>\n

Transportation: The U.S. Bill of Rights correctly lists freedom of association as vital to freedom. If you cannot move about without always being watched and tracked, you are no longer free.<\/p>\n

Communication: The First Amendment to the Constitution specifies freedom of speech. Tracked and monitored speech is not free. When speech is chilled, Churchill\u2019s \u201cLife is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut\u201d takes on added meaning.<\/p>\n

Jobs \u2013 No ID means No Job: Without a source of earned income, you cannot provide food and home for yourself and your family. With a national ID, your ability to work can be prevented by any government employee with access to your data.<\/p>\n

SMART CITIES need four things to work:<\/h2>\n

\u2022 High speed 5G internet blanketing the area4<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Citizen buy-in<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Everyone on smart phones or access to smart phones (digital inclusion)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Unfettered, unlimited massive data collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

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High Speed 5G<\/h2>\n

\u201cSmart City: A smart city uses communication networks, wireless sensor technology and intelligent data management to make decisions in real time about infrastructure needs and service delivery.\u201d5 Only exponentially faster internet can do this. 5G becomes central.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will cities of the near future look like when buildings, cars, people and a whole slew of other things can communicate with each other? \u2026 plans for 5G\u2014a next-generation wireless network that will enable exponentially faster data processing and media downloads. And while lightning-quick speeds might seem like a small luxury, they\u2019re crucial for enabling everything from self-driving cars and smart grids to a broader Internet of Things that could benefit big-data-minded brands and governments alike \u2026 By gathering data from buildings, 5G can help cities understand patterns in electricity usage \u2026\u201d6(Emphasis added.)<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Transportations\u2019 Smart City Challenge notes cities need to \u201cenhance their ability to collect, process, analyze and share data. They plan to take in data from an immense array of sources from connected DSRC infrastructure, crowdsourced data from smartphone users\u2026\u201d7 Presumably, this includes their pitch for theatergoers being able to also order their [public] transportation at the same time they buy their tickets.<\/p>\n

Buy-In: Smart Phones And Crime<\/h2>\n

Americans will not give up the benefits of a smart phone, so ultimately, most of the population will be accessible by their phones. This then allows local municipal highway departments to \u201ctag\u201d your phone and others while you move from \u201cmile 5\u201d to \u201cmile 10\u201d on the local interstate, enabling them to post on their \u201camber\u201d boards that traffic to \u201cmile marker 10 will take six minutes.\u201d Since none of us relish traffic delays, we support these boards without even questioning how they know how long it will take to get between these points. The Big Brothers in government know selling efficient and easy travel is a win-win.<\/p>\n

The next win-win in their tool kit is crime. With the breakdown of law and order comes fear for safety. We have been sold the idea that cameras will (and do) keep us safer, so cameras in every street light with facial recognition capacity makes sense, but we don\u2019t consider the possibility that someday Big Brother will be tracking us.<\/p>\n

Smart Phones and Data<\/p>\n

Kansas City, Missouri<\/p>\n

Tracking<\/p>\n

Kansas City, one of the seven U.S. DOT awardees for Smart City Challenge, provides examples of Digital Inclusion, 5G high speed and unfettered data collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cKansas City is committed to evolving into a Smart City through the use of technology to optimize operational efficiencies, manage City services, and improve citizen engagement \u2026 [By leveraging] data and analytics to drive performance management, and explore the potential of predictive modeling in order to work smarter. \u2026 A Smart City uses technology such as Wi-Fi and sensors to improve efficiency and maintenance of the City by capturing real-time data on how our infrastructure is performing.\u201d 8<\/p>\n

In 2018, KCMO.gov listed how infrastructure does not just include roads. \u201cAs Smart City infrastructure expands, the city will use big data to drive decisions that save taxpayer money through more efficient repairs and maintenance of streets, water lines and other infrastructure. \u2026 Other Smart City infrastructure includes interactive kiosks,\u00a0\u2026 free public Wi-Fi, smart streetlights and sensors, \u2026 Dynamic signals and lights will be responsive to citizen activity along Main St. \u2026 Sensity sensors and integrated LED street lighting to capture data as needed for future smart city applications.\u201d9 (Emphasis added.) Does this data capturing include facial recognition and voiceprints?<\/p>\n

Energy<\/h2>\n

In the definition area of the KCMO.gov document, sensors are described as being able to \u201ctrack information such as air quality, light levels, activity, temperature, etc.\u201d10 The DOJ Smart Cities program was launched under the umbrella of the UN and its mission to shut down all fossil fuels that produce most of the reliable energy in the world. Air quality, light levels and temperature all qualify as \u201cmust control\u201d and to control them, you must control people.<\/p>\n

Smart City Challenge lists one of the six \u201curban mobility challenges \u2026 [as] limiting the impacts of climate change and reducing carbon emissions.\u201d11 The third vision of the smart cities receiving funds is \u201cSmart cities are taking the lead in how we adapt to climate change by installing electric vehicle infrastructure \u2026 [and] closely monitoring air pollution \u2026\u201d12 One of the cities showcased in the Smart City Challenge is Pittsburgh that has a goal of \u201cestablishing smart street lights with sensors to monitor local air quality.\u201d13 In other words, tracking energy use and controlling its usage is the primary goal of Smart Cities, because \u201cClimate change is a major threat to our way of life\u2026\u201d14<\/p>\n

Subsequently, when you control energy usage, you control people.<\/p>\n

Communication<\/h2>\n

Kansas City promises to \u201cexpand social media engagement. \u2026 [It] will engage SMART, a team of social media leaders, to serve as a hub for the internal collaboration and management of social media services and communications.\u201d15 Who uses social media except for the citizens? How does management work in \u201cfuture smart city applications\u201d? Smart City Challenge says \u201cCities are also pioneering new ways to collect, integrate, and analyze travel data to guide policies and investments \u2026 [by] installing closed-circuit cameras and sensors to collect data on vehicle movements, transit reliability, and pedestrian and bicycle traffic; collecting data from vehicle probes, connected vehicles and connected infrastructure.\u201d16<\/p>\n

All of life is targeted by Smart Cities. According to Grand View Research:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe market addresses a diverse set of requirements, such as efficient mobility, smart and enhanced buildings and homes, optimum energy utilization, and better administrative services. \u2026 The market encompasses myriad sectors such as healthcare, transport, water, assisted living, security, and energy and their implementation varies from city to city due to technological penetration in the region.\u201d17 (Emphasis added.)<\/p>\n

National and Worldwide Influence of SMART CITIES<\/h2>\n

National ID<\/h2>\n

\u201cRep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA-6] introduced\u00a0H.R.4760 \u2013 Securing America\u2019s Future Act of 2018, a sweeping bill \u2026 are the details of a new biometric National ID card that could soon be required for everyone. \u2026 H.R. 4760 establishes a mandatory National Identification system that requires all Americans to carry a government-approved ID containing \u201cbiometric features.\u201d Without this card, according to the legislation, you will not be able to work in this country. \u2026 [It] allow[s] federal bureaucrats to include biometric identification information on the card, potentially even including fingerprints, retinal scans, or scans of veins on the back of hands, which could easily be used as a tracking device \u2026\u201d18<\/p>\n

Communication<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe digital reign of terror that Zuckerberg, \u2026 recently unleashed on those whose views he disagrees with consisted of a change in the newsfeed algorithm \u2026 the algorithm selects which stories show up in each user\u2019s newsfeed \u2026 The newsfeed algorithm isn\u2019t some omniscient, politically neutral computer program that somehow randomly or objectively selects what to highlight in newsfeeds. It is controlled by flesh-and-blood human beings in Silicon Valley, a hotbed of leftism. If they change the variables or inputs in an algorithm, they change the results it generates.\u201d19<\/p>\n

Voice<\/h2>\n

Can an automated algorithmic program drawing on massive troves of voice data make voiceprints from the calls of American citizens? After all, sources of audio are only growing. Smart Cars, smart thermostats, smart fridges, smart light bulbs, and \u201ceven trash cans\u00a0have been turning into \u2018intelligent\u2019 (that is, internet-equipped) listening devices.\u201d20 It is disconcerting when our cell phone tells us as we start our car\u2019s engine, how long it will take us before we arrive home. How does it know that I am going home? Did I say something? Did I tell it where I was going?<\/p>\n

\u201cTrevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, noted how the NSA\u2019s speaker recognition technology could hypothetically be used to track journalists, unmask sources, and discourage anonymous tips. While people handling sensitive materials know they should encrypt their phone calls, Timm pointed to the many avenues from televisions to headphones to internet-enabled devices \u2014 through which voices might be surreptitiously recorded. \u2018There are microphones all around us all the time. We all carry around a microphone 24 hours a day, in the form of our cellphones,\u2019 Timm said. \u2018And we know that there are ways for the government to hack into phones and computers to turn those devices on.\u2019 \u2026 Classified documents, provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, reveal that the NSA has developed technology not just to record and transcribe private conversations but to automatically identify the speakers. \u2026 [and the] XKeyscore program, which Snowden revealed in 2013, allowed agents to pull email addresses \u2014 which they classified as metadata \u2014 out of the body of intercepted emails.\u201d21<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NSA\u2019s XKEYSCORE program, first revealed by The Guardian, sweeps up countless people\u2019s Internet searches, emails, documents, usernames and passwords, and other private communications.\u201d22<\/p>\n

\u201cTimothy Edgar, a former White House adviser to the Director of National Intelligence. \u2018Our voice is traveling across all sorts of communication channels where we\u2019re not there. In an age of mass surveillance, this kind of capability has profound implications for all of our privacy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEdgar and other experts pointed to the relatively stable nature of the human voice, which is far more difficult to change or disguise than a name, address, password, phone number, or PIN. This\u00a0makes it \u2018far easier\u2019 to track people, according to Jamie Williams, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. \u2018As soon as you can identify someone\u2019s voice,\u2019 she said, \u2018you can immediately find them whenever they\u2019re having a conversation, assuming you are recording or listening to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe voice is a unique and readily accessible biometric: Unlike DNA, it can be collected passively and from a great distance, without a subject\u2019s knowledge or consent. \u2026In October, Human Rights Watch\u00a0reported that\u00a0the\u00a0Chinese\u00a0government has been building a national database of voiceprints so that it could automatically identify people talking on the phone. The government is aiming to link the voice biometrics of tens of thousands of people to their identity number, ethnicity, and home address. \u2026 They described the need to integrate biometric data, like voiceprints, with biographic information, like social networks and personal history. In the agency\u2019s own words, \u201cIt is all about locating, tracking, and maintaining continuity on individuals across space and time. It\u2019s not just the traditional communications we\u2019re after \u2014 It\u2019s taking a \u2018full arsenal\u2019 approach.\u201d (Emphasis added.)23<\/p>\n

Facial Recognition<\/h2>\n

\u201cChina has been ramping up its use of facial-recognition technology [special glasses] as it moves toward a nationwide database that can recognize any citizen within three seconds. \u2026 In China, people must use identity documents for train travel. This rule works to prevent people with excessive debt from using high-speed trains, and limit the movement of religious minorities who have had identity documents confiscated and can wait years to get a valid passport. While this is the first time Chinese officials have used glasses to implement facial-recognition, the technology is widely used by police. China is also currently building a system that will recognize any of its 1.3 billion citizens in three seconds.\u201d24<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam Nee of Amnesty International [said] in a comment to The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

\u2018The technology could also make it easier to monitor political dissidents and ethnic minorities.\u2019 \u2026 China, remember, has been collecting biometric data on its citizens for years. It also has the largest network of surveillance cameras in the world. The dragnet approach to adding both suspects and citizens to a database that makes them instantly recognizable to authorities is firmly toeing the line with dystopian fiction.\u201d25<\/p>\n

Facial recognition is already being used in the United States by TSA for air travel, municipalities, and police in tracking criminals, and as a part of many private security measures.<\/p>\n

Heat\/Energy<\/h2>\n

In Britain, the \u201cMayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for a ban on trendy wood burning stoves in a bid to combat air pollution in parts of the capital.\u201d26 and \u201cMinisters are considering tougher regulations to deter the burning of damp wood, which is less energy efficient than dry wood and produces more smoke.\u201d27\u00a0In America, the \u201c\u2026 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new standards [that set] \u2026 official limits [and deadlines] on emissions from several devices including \u2026 [stoves].\u201d28 As of mid-March, President Trump is purported to be postponing the 2020 deadline.<\/p>\n

Water<\/h2>\n

Saving water is an honorable and important goal, especially worldwide. It presents an admirable challenge of walking the fine line between the individual\u2019s rights to his well water and the ownership and management of water by international monopolies. Countries such as Israel have been able to turn salt water into fresh drinking water, thus tapping into an endless source of water.29 Without water, the human being and all life perish; being able to have reasonable and affordable access to it allows society to flourish.<\/p>\n

The \u201cglobal smart water grid market is likely to witness robust growth during the forecast period. Registering 18.8% CAGR, the market is projected to reach US$ 52,212.3 million revenue by the end of 2026. Key priorities including carbon footprint reduction and financial savings are driving water utilities to optimize operations by deploying advanced analytical software, automation, control, design and other services. Increasing focus on integrating smart water grid with information and communication technologies is leading to the remote maintenance, monitoring, and tracking. \u2026 [and with it] supporting planning \u2026 Municipalities across various countries are focusing on implementing smart water grid technology that can offer information and communication technologies at the same time in a single smart water management scheme, thus increasing efficiency. \u2026 increasing initiatives by the government to improve water infrastructure and stringent regulations,\u00a0\u2026\u201d30<\/p>\n

TRANSPORTATION\/ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS<\/h2>\n

\u201cColumbus lays groundwork for connected transportation data exchange. Columbus, Ohio, is in the process of building the platform that will act as the brain of the city\u2019s connected transportation system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe platform is being called the Smart Columbus Operating System, and Jordan Davis, the director of Smart Columbus, spoke about it at Smart Cities Week in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operating system will share near-real-time data on traffic throughout the city, Davis said. It will collect information from cars that are equipped to transmit it and share metrics like time, speed and location with roadside units. [RSU] These RSUs will then feed data into the system to provide a regional look at traffic. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city also plans to place dedicated short-range communication systems in 3,000 citizen volunteer vehicles to collect data. These systems will also be placed in school buses<\/strong>, public transit buses<\/strong> and other government fleet vehicles, Davis said. A system like this can be used as leverage to gain access to data from companies like Uber and Lyft, creating a \u2018community of sharing,\u2019 Davis said. If a company shares its data, the city will share its platform, but no details on how an agreement like that could work have been finalized. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cColumbus is funding these efforts in part with the $50 million it was awarded as the winner of the Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. \u2026\u201d31<\/p>\n

Do elections REALLY make a difference?<\/p>\n

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

In the United States, local government and local schools are run by locally elected citizens. Thus, all the erosion of the concept of good has been allowed, or in some cases, purposefully planned. Good cries out for good people to understand the times, think biblically and take back their schools and cities.<\/p>\n

The Challenge from the Radical Left \u2026<\/p>\n

Radical progressive, anti-God, anti-Constitution, George Soros, \u201cclaims latest victory in Democrat primary in Texas suburbs of San Antonio,\u201d on Tuesday, March 6, where he \u201cpumped almost $1 million into a Texas district attorney\u2019s race \u2026 [If Gonzales wins the general election he] will join at least 11 progressive lawyers since 2015 who have won district attorney\u2019s seats thanks to massive financial donations from Soros.\u201d32<\/p>\n

\u201cMega-donor George Soros \u2026 who funded the ongoing Ferguson protests, has waded into the St. Louis City circuit attorney election, funding a television ad for state Rep. Kim Gardner \u2026\u201d33 Gardner received $200,000 from Soros and is the St. Louis Circuit Attorney who\u00a0 <\/span>is prosecuting Missouri\u2019s Governor Eric Grietens.34<\/p>\n

YES! Elections do make a difference. Unless those who want freedom and a moral society for their grandchildren engage at the local level, Soros and like-minded, Soros- funded groups like the ACLU will prevail.<\/p>\n

Welcome, Big Brother!<\/p>\n

CONCLUSION<\/h2>\n

Guns can be used for stopping evil, or committing evil. Sex within marriage can be used to forge a unique exclusive bond between a man and a woman who create a nurturing family, or it can enslave. Technology can enable our daily lives for good and free up time, or it can be used to control every step of our lives.<\/p>\n

Smart meters for electricity, water, and natural gas can be used to prevent disasters, or they can be used to shut down our use of energy. Think about that. It is 15 degrees outside, near dinner time, the oven is on, you are running a load of dishes in the dishwasher and a load of clothes in the washer, and at the same time, you are finishing up a project for work on your computer. Suddenly, the power goes off. Storms? Power lines down? No, you have just been deemed an over-user of energy. Continued use of gas (furnace), electricity (appliances) and water (washing) pushes your local municipalities quota of energy above its goal. (Fortunately, you were not taking a long hot shower.) The algorithms used by government to meet their UN agreement on Climate Change35 for your allowed usage shut it all down. The process didn\u2019t even need the touch of a human.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat officials in the UK want to be able to do is remotely turn off these sensor equipped smart appliances dur-ing times of peak demand to reduce the load on the electrical grid. Shutting down the\u2004appliances equipped with smart sensors would not require the owner\u2019s approval.\u201d36<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Smart City!<\/p>\n

Aldous Huxley\u2019s Brave New World and George Orwell\u2019s 1984 and Animal Farm describe the results of an all-powerful central authority (Big Brother) controlling every facet of our lives. They did not foresee the Smart City by name, but they saw it by its power.<\/p>\n

In order to keep guns, sex and technology in the good column as a society, we need to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize that a divisive culture is the product of the abandonment of truth.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize that we are responsible humans created in the image of God with a call to live each day in His image.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recognize we must engage for good, for God, country and family.<\/p>\n

Finally, is it SMART to Get Smart,<\/strong><\/p>\n

or is getting smart bringing us harm?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The selling point of Smart Cities is safety. Nevertheless, you can remove all the guns in the world, but if you do not remove the anger, alienation, and yes, victimology, a knife, a club or a car becomes the tool of a young person who feels betrayed by his home, school, and community; e.g., a child set to become another Nikolos Cruz. It is not just one child, but also a community that has accepted the worldview propagated by the schools, media, and culture that each of us is nothing more than a mass of cells with no purpose. Throw the passion of sex into the equation, and you have a culture of death, not life; a culture of sexualized, narcissistic, unrestrained, self-absorbed beings ready to lash out when they cannot reign in their feelings and anger. Then, because we want to be safe, we accept the promises from central authorities.<\/p>\n

Yet, there is no guarantee that the agencies will provide for us. In fact, they will fail because Utopia is not real, man is not without fault, and no government body can perfect the world. It is only the Judeo-Christian worldview that can heal the soul with forgiveness and unconditional love. Galatians\u00a05:22-23 tells us that love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are the fruits of the spirit, and against such things there is no law.<\/p>\n

Let us as individuals seek the Judeo-Christian God for our guidance and help, not the secular central authorities who are no different than we are except that we allow them earthly power.<\/p>\n

One man with conviction will overwhelm a\u00a0hundred who have only opinions. (Winston Churchill)<\/p>\n

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Endnotes accessed March 2018.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1 Wikipedia, \u201cGet Smart,\u201d https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n

2 \u201cSafe Cities Index 2017 \u2013 Security in a rapidly urbanizing world,\u201d The Economist-Intelligence Unit, http:\/\/safecities.economist.com<\/a><\/p>\n

3 Draft outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III),\u201d United Nations General Assembly, October 17-20, 2016, http:\/\/habitat3.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-Outcome-Document-of-Habitat-III-E_29556.pdf<\/a> , Item 13 (h).<\/p>\n

4 Swant, Marty, \u201cA Look at the Future of 5G-Powered Smart Cities,\u201d ADWEEK, March 11, 2018, http:\/\/adweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

5 City of Kansas City, \u201cKCMO = the world\u2019s most connected Smart City,\u201d http:\/\/kcmo.gov\/smartcity<\/a><\/p>\n

6 Ibid., Swant, Marty.<\/p>\n

7 \u201cSmart City Challenge,\u201d U.S. Department of Transportation, page 13.<\/p>\n

8 Ibid., City of Kansas City, \u201cKC DIGITAL ROADMAP 2015,\u201d page 7.<\/p>\n

9 Ibid., City of Kansas City, \u201cKCMO = the world\u2019s most connected Smart City.\u201d<\/p>\n

10 Ibid.<\/p>\n

11 Ibid., \u201cSmart City Challenge,\u201d page 4.<\/p>\n

12 Ibid., page 6.<\/p>\n

13 Ibid., page 12<\/p>\n

14 Ibid., \u201cHow We Adapt,\u201d page 11.<\/p>\n

15 Ibid., \u201cKC DIGITAL ROADMAP 2015-Engagement,\u201d page 5.<\/p>\n

16 Ibid., \u201cSmart City Challenge,\u201d page 13.<\/p>\n

17 Grand View Research, \u201cSmart Cities Market Size Worth $2.57 Trillion by 2025|CAGR: 18.4%,\u201d February 2018, https:\/\/www.grandviewresearch.com<\/a><\/p>\n

18 Agorist, Matt, \u201cCongress Quietly Pushing Bill to Require National Biometric ID for \u2018ALL Americans\u2019,\u201d The Free Thought Project, January 22, 2018, http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com<\/a><\/p>\n

19 Vadum, Matthew, \u201cFacebook\u2019s Digital Reign of Terror,\u201d Front Page Magazine, March 8, 2018, https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com<\/a><\/p>\n

20 Kofman, Ava, \u201cFinding Your Voice,\u201d The Intercept_, January 19, 2018, https:\/\/theintercept.com.<\/p>\n

21 Ibid<\/p>\n

22 Marquis-Boire, Morgan, Glenn Greenwald and Micah Lee, \u201cXKEYSCORE, NSA\u2019s Google for the World\u2019s Private Communications,\u201d The Intercept_, July 1, 2015, https:\/\/theintercept.com<\/a><\/p>\n

23 Ibid., Kofman, Ava.<\/p>\n

24 Chan, Tara Francis, \u201cChinese police are using facial-recognition glasses to scan travelers,\u201d Insider, February 7, 2018, http:\/\/www.thisisinsider.com<\/a><\/p>\n

25 Clark, Bryan, \u201cThese Chinese Facial recognition glasses are a dystopian nightmare come true,\u201d The Next Web, February 2018, https:\/\/thenextweb.com<\/a><\/p>\n

26 Simpson, Fiona, \u201cMayor of London Sadiq Khan wants to ban wood-burning fireplaces,\u201d Business Insider-Evening Standard, September 29, 2017, http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com<\/a><\/p>\n

27 Ward, Andrew and Jim Pickard, \u201cRoaring Christmas fires threatened by pollution fears,\u201d Financial Times, December 22, 2017, https:\/\/www.ft.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

28 \u201cWood Burning Stoves Could Be Harming Your Health,\u201d American Lung Association, February 8, 2016, http:\/\/www.lung.org<\/p>\n

29 Sales, Ben, \u201c\u201dWater surplus in Israel? With desalination, once unthinkable is possible,\u201d Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 28, 2013, https:\/\/www.jta.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

30 \u201cSmart Water Grid Market to reach US$ 52,212.3 million revenue by 2026, globally,\u201d Future Market Insights, December 11, 2017, https:\/\/globenewswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n

31 Leonard, Matt, \u201cColumbus lays groundwork for connected transportation data exchange,\u201d GCN, October 6, 2017, https:\/\/gcn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

32 Admin, \u201cSoros Dropping $Millions into DA Races; 12 Won Since 2015,\u201d Liberty Headlines, March 7, 2018, http:\/\/http.libertyheadlines.com<\/a><\/p>\n

33 Curtis, Tim, \u201cRep. Gardner gets aid from Soros in St. Louis circuit attorney race,\u201d The Missouri Times, July 21, 2016, https:\/\/themissouritimes.com<\/a> , and Currier, Joel, \u201cSt. Louis circuit attorney candidate defends accepting super PAC campaign money from liberal billionaire,\u201d St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 24, 2016.<\/p>\n

34 Delk, Josh, \u201cMissouri GOP suggest George Soros is behind indictment of governor, The Hill, February 23, 2018, http:\/\/thehill.com<\/a><\/p>\n

35 See numerous past FRONT LINES for more on UN and Climate Change.<\/p>\n

36 McGlaun, Shane, \u201cGovernment in your fridge: mandatory remote appliance control could ease UK power grid,\u201d Slash Gear, May 2, 2013, https:\/\/www.slashgear.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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