Tonight on CEP!

• Marc reads an article from Electrical Contractor Magazine that encourages contractors to to embrace newwww cloouuddd tecchhnollogiies for security systems, camera systems, and access control.
• They tout the tech as inevitable, highlight the ability to offer eternal milking subscription schemes along with it, and then they praise the Zero Trust mandate, which amounts to anti-empowerment of employees and the further consolidation of power.
• In reality, these are not only ultraproprietary systems, but their existence depends on a cloud server. Once that server is shut down, these massive access control systems become doorstops. No consequences are ever discussed.
• What could possibly go wrong?
• We then read an article about how one such centrally-controlled cloud system went awry at Facebook AND its subsidiaries, shutting down all of its access control systems. Of course, there are no failsafes or emergency systems.
• We then discuss the Pennsylvania Turnpike's electronic tolling system. Its system promised efficiency, but in reality an alarming percentage of tolls are going unpaid.

Yet more examples of a world so madly in love with technology, it never bothers to consider any consequences.

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Tonight on CEP!

• It seems like every show out nowadays is a killing show: AND THEN WE WONDER why the world is so violent!
• In order to address this, we welcome the very special guest Isaac Hernandez, a director of Christian TV and movies.
• He and his shows buck the trend by offering "Truth in a world of distraction."
• As usual, I draw a parallel to my industry, which makes itself worse every week.
• In the computer world, we say "garbage in, garbage out", in other words the results are only as good as what you feed the computer. The same can be said for human beings.
• Even if you're not Christian, you might recognize this epidemic needs attention.
• There have been some mainstream movies with positive messages, such as The Pursuit of Happyness, Reign Over Me, and Gran Torino.
• Donate to his show at FaithOnFilmTV.com

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Tonight on CEP! Beekeeper Brian Cooley calls in to explain the global collapse in beehives, and what might be the cause.

• He first describes the Golden Age of Beekeeping
• The benefits of honey
• "Cathedrals for the Bees"
• Do bees have GPS? Do bees go to school? and other fun facts.
• What's killing the bees? Is it 5G? Parasites? Neonicotinoids, the synthetic nicotine pesticide? That's only part of it.
• The cause is what I'll call The Beehive Paradox.
• How has he managed only a 25% loss when others are sustaining 90-100% losses?
• What is formic acid?
• I'll also go into how antivirus software parallels the situation.
• "We think that technology brings improvement, and we find out that it only brings intrusion." More isn't always more.
• Unlike most talk radio that just makes you feel helpless, we'll discuss what YOU can do to help the bees.

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