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Originally posted by dreamingawake
It's something I thought about having done in the past, but am skeptical now. I do feel it's a data gathering ploy. At this point, companies will pay big money and the US will too if it wants the info, if let's say it can't get it otherwise(Obamacare?).
Originally posted by geobro
reply to post by Char-Lee
have you read the tutankeamun conspiracy by gerrald o'farrel you might wonder what was going on in egypt in ww1 and ww2
Also the presence of certain art treasures in museums across the United States provides evidence that Howard Carter and his aristocratic patron removed priceless objects from the tomb. What is not so well known is that among the wonderful treasures Carter and Carnarvon unearthed were also rumoured to be papyri that held the "true account" of the biblical Exodus from Egypt. Why did Carter threaten to reveal this volatile information to the public at a meeting with a British official in Cairo shortly after the discovery of the tomb?
Not only do these papyri potentially question Israel's rights in Palestine, but the book argues they could have changed world history had their contents been disclosed. Moreover, in the knowledge that Lord Carnarvon exhibited distinct signs of toxic poisoning in his final days, and the fact that he knew full well of the discovery of the papyri, the authors suggest that foul play cannot be ruled out.
Originally posted by queenofswords
Has anybody else noticed this commercial running on TV recently. It's for a company that does DNA testing fairly cheaply. In the commercial, they make the reasons for knowing who you are sound fairly benign, such as learning about possible health issues and learning about your ancestry. But.....?
As a dot connector, do you find yourself thinking that this could just be another data gathering ploy?
We have Ancestry.com that has collected billions of bits of information about families' ancestries and connections.
We have NSA spying and gathering data on regular citizens.
We have the UN and government leaders pushing to control free user access to the Internet.
Sometimes I get the feeling that "THEY" are desperately searching for a particular 'SOMEBODY'....
Why DNA?
“The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.
Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.”
Well of course money making is always involved. I think we just figure money is the bonus to whatever the real point is.
Originally posted by NeoParadigm
reply to post by queenofswords
If this really was an important objective you would see much more action from the government to accomplish something like that.
How many people will make use of that company you think?
Again, it is not an effective way to gather DNA from a large part of the population.
Originally posted by yamammasamonkey
I think this, and all the info on the geneology sites, is compiled and will be used in some way to determine which of us are in certain "categories" which will be concentrated and done away with when the eugenics kicks into high gear.
Originally posted by queenofswords
Their original price was $999...then $299....now it's $99. Yep they are desperately seeking somebody(thing)!