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prevent genuine scientists with legitimate Freedom of Information requests from checking the data or observing any information that might challenge the new religion. We cannot accurately call it science if scientists are denied access to the scientific data. But even more revealing is the fact that international think-tank the Club of Rome admitted in its book The First Global Revolution (1993) that this gigantic global scam is its own invention: "In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we suggested that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill." prevent genuine scientists with legitimate Freedom of of the "reality" television "program" Big Brother were called Information requests from checking the data or observing —_ on to promote the introduction in March 2004 of the VIP any information that might challenge the new religion. | VeriChip at Barcelona's Baja Beach Club.” The idea is We cannot accurately call it science if scientists are — that once have a microchip implanted in your arm, you denied access to the scientific data. But even more can access the VIP area and never again will you be revealing is the fact that international think-tank the Club dragged down to the level of having to deal with the of Rome admitted in its book The First Global Revolution | monstrous inconvenience of carrying around money or a (1993) that this gigantic global scam is its own invention: credit card. People, nay VIPs, can choose to pay for their "In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we suggested drinks with implanted microchips instead. There is that pollution, the threat of global warming, water another Baja Beach Club in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill.”® playing the same fiddle. Managing director Jo van Galen said he believes that in 20 years’ time it will be normal to Eye-Beam be chipped at birth." Conrad Chase, owner of the Baja One company commands more than a passing mention Beach Clubs, allegedly worked for the US National in any discussion of technology as a means to control — Security Agency for years,” but that little snippet doesn't people (and infinitely worse)—namely, International make it into the promotional TV specials. Business Machines Corporation, or IBM. Its Hollerith It seems that many people are more interested in the punch card enabled a quick and easy large-scale latest gadget or fashion accessory than their rights and information collection process. their freedom. The vision of the ndividuals could be associated architects of the New World with cross-tabulated information : . Order doesn't involve leaving us about their background, ..IBM IS also Intent on alone to get on with our lives. profession, religion, playing Big Brother to the It's about dictating to us what is membership of organisations, . no longer permissible, i.e., how etc.—basically, anything for rest of us by promoting we will be allowed to live our which data could be collected. its dream of a global lives and, eventually, whether we nformation could be stored in will be allowed to live our lives he holes that were punched "smart system" of total and at all." into rows and columns by an constant surveillance... T e right to wal k around BM punch-card system. Then without a microchip implant he card passed through a reader seems pretty safe right now, but which found the information would that still be the case if encoded therein.’ This could be done at the rate of | people without implants somehow came to be in the 64,000 cards per hour, quickly identifying and locating —_ minority, or if the infrastructure of the entire planet ever people who fell into one or more specific categories, | came to be based on the assumption that people do have whatever they may be. microchip implants? IBM technology was used to organise nearly everything Indeed, that seems to be the direction in which Kevin in Nazi Germany and then Europe, from the identification Haggerty, writing for the Toronto Sun (10 December 2006), of the Jews in censuses, registrations and ancestral sees the system moving. Haggerty explained how he tracing programs to the running of railway lines and the __ believes the microchipping agenda will unfold, predicting organisation of concentration camp slave labour."” a number of interesting scenarios—one of which is that “having a chip will be a precondition for engaging in the Chipping Away At Our Freedom main dynamics of modern life, such as shopping, voting, Today IBM is closely associated with the implantable —_ and driving".”” microchip company VeriChip Corporation, or, as it's now It would be prudent to introduce preventive legislation, calling itself, PositivelD—an inspired piece of marketing worldwide, to avoid ever being obliged to accept a genius which cunningly removes s the possibility of — microchip implant. aamenner ed ith ans playing Big Brother to the rest of us by promoting its dream of a global "smart system" of total and Chipping Away At Our Freedom Today IBM is closely associated with the implantable microchip company VeriChip Corporation, or, as it's now calling itself, PositivelD—an inspired piece of marketing genius which cunningly removes the possibility of associating the company with any kind of negativity” Not content with playing Big Brother to the con-artist formerly known as VeriChip by writing off a loan of US $60 million, IBM is also intent on playing Big Brother to the rest of us by promoting its dream of a global "smart system" of total and constant surveillance of everything and everybody, expertly marketed as harmless iiber- efficiency, as one would expect.'' In reality, what little remains of our freedom is under attack here. Interestingly, the "contest-ants" on the Spanish version "Time Is On My Side, Yes It Is" VeriChip Corporation, or PositivelD, has been known to be less than honest in its relatively short history,’ '* but CEO Scott Silverman dabbled in a bit of truth in the following exchange from an appearance on NBC News:” News anchor Lester Holt: "You hear the sound of the background, people saying ‘Big Brother, too much information, a little scary’. How do you respond to that?" Scott Silverman: "Well, you know, it's interesting; | 18 *« NEXUS APRIL - MAY 2010 IBM is also intent on constant surveillance... www.nexusmagazine.com