Before 7am (local time) yesterday, I had already read these articles:

How Federal Agents Illegally Force #Twitter, #Google, and Banks to Turn Over Private Customer Data Without a Proper Warrant
http://reason.com/archives/2014/10/16/unconstitutional-patriot-act

Noting that the FBI uses 30,000 “national security letters” a year to conduct searches under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, Whitehead said, “The Fourth Amendment is dead. There is no privacy any more.”
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/03/sneak-and-peek-bill-rolls-quietly-through-virginia-general-assembly/

75% of Air and Rain Samples Contain Monsanto’s Round Up
http://naturalsociety.com/75-air-rain-samples-contain-monsantos-round/
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I’m seriously wondering how much longer it will be worth the effort to resist the direction this world is hurtling in. It may be about time to do a reboot – with a VERY long break between avatars.