The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Euro doomsday looms
As Greek politics become increasingly chaotic, the once-taboo subject of Euro disintegration has become unavoidable
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/euro_doomsday_looms/
In what will surely be considered ironic from historian’s point of view, I am quite sure that initially this will result …
America’s endless apocalypse
Over the last decade, we’ve become obsessed with the end of the world — and it’s hurting us all
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/26/americas_endless_apocalypse/singleton/
OK, I freely admit that I engage in apocalyptic talk from time to time (sometimes way more …
Whose army is it?
The 99 percent has become dangerously removed from the military-industrial complex that controls our remote wars
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/08/whose_army_is_it/singleton/
I guess there are some small upsides to a draftee army, at least the 1% have to make a …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
The best way to fight the two-party monopoly
Envisioning a new movement that’s actually …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
Heat pops pipes nationwide; brace for higher bills
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/13/water.infrastructure/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
I knew our infrastructure was …
I’ve always considered myself a sociopath. That statement probably will upset my mother, but mothers always think the best of their little (well, not so little any longer) darlings. I’ve always been somewhat disappointed that I never got a …
When machines outsmart humans
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/opinion/bostrom-machine-superintelligence/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
I suppose someone should worry about this sort of thing, but much like the The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk I think it is largely a total waste of time (for society, of course; for …
The Militarization of U.S. Police: Finally Dragged Into the Light by the Horrors of Ferguson
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/14/militarization-u-s-police-dragged-light-horrors-ferguson/
I don’t really have any sort of opinion regarding who did what in Ferguson (unlike, say, my opinions on Trayvon Martin), largely because …
This is probably going to be a long and rambling post, but heck, I haven’t done one in a while (though I am sure some readers will object since I often run off at the keyboard). Over the last couple …
The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks’ Most Devious Scam Yet
Banks are no longer just financing heavy industry. They are actually buying it up and inventing bigger, bolder and scarier scams than ever
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-vampire-squid-strikes-again-the-mega-banks-most-devious-scam-yet-20140212
I wrote earlier about …