New Citi® Dividend World MasterCard®

mikesmullin — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:58:08 -0600

Today I received a new Citi® Dividend World MasterCard®. That's not very unusual, until you realize Citibank didn't ask for my permission--I already have a Citi® Platinum Select® MasterCard® with them, and I recently renewed it on the expiration date. They are pushing this new card as though it's some kind of mandatory upgrade, yet it is still an opt-out offer and my old card doesn’t expire until 2010 and it’s working great. Very strange...

There's nothing in it for me if I switch, so I called to tell them I would be keeping my old card. Although it was slightly difficult to tell through the language barrier, the obviously off-shored support representative seemed nervous; he behaved as if he could not imagine why anyone would not want this new card, and insisted that if I were to do the research by comparing the two on citicards.com, the choice would be obvious.

Well, the choice was obvious, but it wasn't the one Citibank seems to be pushing. There was nothing about the new card posted on citicards.com; only Google turned up a few perplexed bloggers, some speculation, complaints, and warning about the unusual behavior--and one post providing a summarized comparison:

The primary difference in new "World" card (is that short for New World Order?) is a feature called MasterCard® PayPass®, which uses Radio-frequency identification (RFID) so that instead of sliding your card, you "tap" it on a machine at checkout.

So, what's the big deal? Who wouldn't love the convenience of their new PayPass® credit card? Well, there is actually lot more at stake here than you may realize; a much larger operation is moving into place world-wide and it's all part of their master plan. Convenience is merely an enticement; they need you to adopt this for a much different reason.

Radio-frequency identification (RFID)

mikesmullin — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:14:22 -0600

definition: An RFID tag is an object that can be stuck on or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radiowaves. The RFID tag can automatically be read from several meters away and does not have to be in the line of sight of the reader.

For many of us, our first experience with this technology began when Wal-Mart said in June 2003 that it would require its top 100 suppliers to begin shipping tagged goods by January 2005. Many of the world's largest corporations, including Gillette (e.g. razors, shaving cream), Hewlett-Packard (e.g. computers), Johnson & Johnson (e.g. baby shampoo, band-aids, tylenol), Kimberly-Clark (e.g. Kleenex), Kraft Foods (e.g. macaroni & cheese), Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. (e.g. pet food), Procter & Gamble (e.g. Bounce, Charmin, Bounty, Duracell, Downy, Crest) and Unilever (e.g. Vasoline, lotion) now participate in helping Wal-Mart track inventory and theft in return for reports detailing your shopping habits.

That was just the beginning. Now, they put it in your clothes, in your car, on your new RealID card, your cell phone, your keys, your passport, and soon enough--embedded underneath your skin. I mean, it’s more convenient, right?

CAN YOU SAY “Mark of the Beast”?:

"And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
-- Revelations Chapter 13:16-17

They'll know where you go, where you drive, where you shop, what you buy, where you run, where you hide--and they'll be able to turn you off specifically at any time.

We are no longer human—think animal tags for people—we are now officially SHEEPLE.

For details, read more:

RFID News – Corporate/Government Plans for Abuse http://infowars.com/cashless_society.htm#rfid MasterCard® PayPass® http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/aboutourcards/paypass/index.html MasterCard® PayPass® http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterCard#PayPass ISO 14443: Proximity Cards used for Identification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_14443

Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card Conversions http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/05/25/citi-dividend-platinum-select-card-conversions/

Wireless Dynamics, Inc. RFID Reader/Writer SD Cards - Compatible with MasterCard® PayPass® Ideal for use in PDA Phones such as the Palm Treo 700w. Can be turned on/off. http://www.wdi.ca/products.shtml

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New Citi® Dividend World MasterCard®

Radio-frequency identification (RFID)

CAN YOU SAY “Mark of the Beast”?: