Carlyle Group Bid for U.S. DataMining Ownership ¶ VNU – LexisNexis – Seisint Inc – MATRIX

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   rba on February 4, 2006 at 5:53 pm

   It all comes down to who owns the data.  A friend of mine said that 12 years ago, and I’ve watched the “pac-man” advance ever since.  In the early seventies Bank of America initiated a thumbprint policy for non-account holders.  I told them to piss up a rope, and made my boss cash my payroll check.  He laughed until they asked for his.

   The policy went away in short order.  Now it’s the Borg method – resistance is futile – and people are just not willing to fight it.

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   Oui on February 4, 2006 at 6:01 pm

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   Exit polls – Election night computer ‘glitch’ – Florida voter purge by DBT Online of Hank Ascher in 2000 and Seisint Inc. with Accenture in 2004 – Operation Jeb Bush and SoS Katherine Harris in Florida … my personal computer is filled with info and files on these topics —

   WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THIS ABUSE OF ELECTION INTEGRITY?

   2000 – Halliburton & SAIC contract | Accenture & Microsoft contract | Paul S Cameron of Accenture becomes director at Seisint, Boca Raton Fla. | Partnership with DBT Online |
   Florida – Hank Asher DBT Inc. – ChoicePoint Inc. – Seisint Inc. (MATRIX & FACTS)
   Florida State – Katherine Harris – DBT & voter purge

   “But I will not let myself be reduced to silence.”

   ▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY

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     Mattes on February 4, 2006 at 8:59 pm

     Really scary. We are powerless if we don’t get them out of office….would people like Gore, Clinton and Kerry go along with this?

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     cotterperson on February 5, 2006 at 11:33 am

     I gave money to and voted for John Kerry, so I feel I have earned the right to ask this: Why did Kerry lie down for the 2004 results?

     Is it because of this: “Skull & Bones: The Secret Society That Unites John Kerry and President Bush”?

     AMY GOODMAN: But there is a fact about Kerry’s past that brings him closer to Bush than any other candidate. Both Bush and Kerry are members of a secretive society dating back to their respective days at Yale University. It’s called “Skull and Bones.” This fact has not been widely reported, but when Kerry’s campaign spokesperson was asked about it, she said, quote, “John Kerry has absolutely nothing to say on that subject. Sorry.” In a moment, we’ll be joined by Alexandra Robbins, the “New York Times” best-selling author of, “Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power.”

     There’s more to read at the author’s site.

     Just saw a 2000 movie on TV, “The Skulls”. It scary as all get-out, but offers the only explanation I can fathom about why Kerry stood down.

     /tin-foil hat? or … ?

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   rdf on February 5, 2006 at 11:10 am

   The control of “data” has become a big issue in advanced countries. The commercial uses are fairly obvious: Walmart can track every item from China to check out, Google can market search terms based upon user patterns, etc.

   There is also the concern over secret surveillance and data mining. As I wrote recently this only works when the objective is to spy on one’s own citizens and internal dissidents.

   The new “enemy” that the US is so focused on lives outside the world of “data”. Just today the NY Times has a story that says that all the NSA data mining found at most 10 people and even these didn’t pan out. The US is building a Maginot Line against terrorism which will be as ineffective as the original was.

   To the extent we are given information, the US has stopped one frightened man from Canada with a bomb in his car, one lunatic who was going to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge with a blow torch, and a “shoe bomber”.  All the surveillance hasn’t prevent the bombings in Spain, Britain or Indonesia.

   When the US sinks into a real police state (yesterday it was announced that the US is going to build concentration camps) it will also cease to be a competitive world economic power. The cure is worse than the disease.

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   dada on February 5, 2006 at 12:19 pm

   Here’s a little tidbit about Google from The Times on Line Edition (UK) 3 Feb 06.

   Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company.

   <snip>

   Google has long been rumoured to be planning to launch a PC to retail for less than $100…likely to be low-grade machines that require a connection to Google to be able too perform functions…while using the computer, it is understood that consumers will be shown personalized advertising from the company’s AdWords network.

   Very interesting stuff that I haven’t seen in the American press.  Highly recommended.

   Peace

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   Grandma M on February 5, 2006 at 5:34 pm

   Hi,

   Oui – What a terrific job you did in connecting the companies.

   A.C. Nielsen is the MARKETING arm of Nielsen – It works with Ad Agencies, Large companies like GM, when Crest should put out its new mouth wash etc. For example back in the late ninety’s it worked with CVS pharmacies, which were failing. Now CVS is Everywhere!!

   Personal Data on individuals is captured and OWNED by Nielsen TV Ratings. They put little meters on your TV’s and computers, which dial down to THEIR computers at around 2:30 AM, depending on what part of the country you are in. The TV Ratings captures, what kind of house, birth dates of all family members, annual income, languages used, what kind of cars, movies watched, who is primary grocery shopper and other such info. This information is updated every 3 months by the “membership representative”, which I used to be one. They told us they were using it in summary format, and to provide “Only demographic” groupings to ad agencies.

   I am HORRIFIED to find out people who trusted me personally are now being so betrayed by Nielsen TV Ratings, and their data being sold to the Carlyle Group!! I am going now to be very, very sick.

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   LookingUp on February 6, 2006 at 10:35 pm