That this cuts down on "speeding" – which they insist is "unsafe." If that's so, how come they don't like Waze – the app that lets drivers know about radar traps? After all, people slow down when they know there's a radar trap up ahead. Isn't that what the cops say they want?

Of course not.

Well, it is what they say they want. What they really want, of course, is your money. More finely, the city or county or state that hires these enforcers wants your money and the cops are hired to take it. The "speeding" and "safety" stuff is just the drapery they use to keep people from seeing the truth.

Think not?

Well, then why not park the cop cars out in the open, where everyone who's looking can see them? That would slow people down – but it would result in less "revenue" being collected.

Why do they paint their cars grayscale colors and use "fade" graphics that can only be seen when you're close up rather than far away? The answer is obvious. It is because they want to trap you, in order to mulct you. Not to prevent you from doing the thing they say is "unsafe." Which, as an important aside, they do in order to catch up to you – which gives the lie to the whole "speeding" is "unsafe" thing, doesn't it? Because if it is, then it always is – including when a cop does it.

This segues over to the latest news about Flock – the AI camera system that is being used to herd us like the sheep the people behind Flock consider us to be. They insist we're being Flocked to – here it comes – keep us safe. Only sheep believe this, of course. It is of a piece with believing that we're going to get a $5k check from the federal government after the midterms – assuming the Republicans win control of both houses of Congress.

Anyhow, if getting Flocked is for our "safety," why does Flock object to FlockSurveillance.org – which lets the sheep know exactly where Flock "safety" cameras are located? Why would it object to "sharing" this information with the sheep? If it's for "safety," what harm could there be in this?

Flock objects strenuously.

It sent a threat letter to the site's owner, Joshua Michael, demanding he take the site down – ostensibly over his use of the "Flock" name. Obviously, it has nothing to do with that and everything to do with Michael publishing the exact locations of Flocks cameras. Why would Flock object so strenuously to that? Well, for the same reason cops object strenuously to Waze – and also to ordinary motorists flashing their lights at cars coming the other way – to warn them about the cop down the road who's running a radar trap. You'd think the cop would be pleased. After all, the flashing of the lights results in the "speeder" slowing down – and isn't that what this is all about?