Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Pro-police: Illegal marijuana grow operation seized in Maine Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:39:28 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <1482409211.735434513.623479.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 02:39:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c54b7fcf8d9008f4172f574fd803d028"; logging-data="619130"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+JBWsfBhQDkMj6uxOaWsHwcoDkSpzIJ70=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:l0npQBD3sexNkWILMNsdTbjoXkQ= Bytes: 3777 On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:27:53 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >shawn wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:21:39 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >>> >>>> In Maine, in which those holding a state license may grow marijuana, an >>>> unlicensed grow operation was busted. >>>> >>>> Why were police suspicious? >>>> >>>> 1) Cardboard-covered windows >>>> >>>> Yeah, 'cuz no one who wants to maintain privacy is ever not doing >>>> something illegal. >>>> >>>> 2) High electricity consumption >>>> >>>> Serves the perpretrators right for not going green with solar and >>>> battery storge and staying entirely off grid. >>>> >>>> Gotta love those smart meters. Now, I don't think there was privacy in >>>> electrical consumption but those were monthly records. These meters >>>> allow remote access and provide detailed real-time analysis of >>>> electrical consumption. This helps burglars know when you aren't home >>> >>> Well, burglars presumably don't have access to the Dept of Water and >>> Power's usage meters. >>> >>>> and gives police all sorts of interesting information about your habits, >>>> all of which are presumed to be crimes. >>> >>> And you can't even choose not to be hooked up to their surveillance >>> system. >>> >>> Government is increasingly cracking down on anyone who tries to live >>> independently and free of "the system". >>> >>> Like the woman in Cape Coral, Florida, who was threatened with eviction >>> from her own home for daring to live "off the grid". She was generating >>> her own electricity and using a rainwater shower and said she had no >>> need for city utilities. The court ordered her to hook up to the grid or >>> be evicted. >>> >>> http://www.naturalnews.com/044102_Orwellian_nightmare_off-the-grid_living >>> _code_ordinances.html# >> >> That is ridiculous. Though presumably she doesn't have to use the city >> utilities since she has her own. Though she will still have to pay the >> basic access costs even if she never uses any of the city's power or >> water. If the sewer bill is based off of water usage that should drop >> to near $0. >> > >There’s a minimum charge plus Usage. Even if you have your electricity >turned off completely it still cost like 15 or $20 a month just to have the >account. Ah, but if you don't pay it then they cut off the electricity and water you weren't intending to use any way. Win Win