The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
America’s true tax rate
The U.S. already has flat taxes. But conservatives, like Pat Tiberi, are still clamoring for cuts for the rich
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/americas_true_tax_rate/
This table says it all:
Actually, a closer look at the table shows that our tax …
That my student loans are all federally backed and thus have tightly fixed interest rates…
Protesters’ new front
Americans have finally awakened to the decades-long corruption of higher education
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/protesters_furious_new_front/
I am very familiar with the inability to bankrupt student …
Federal judge complicity
The Supreme Court is asked to decide if governnment [sic; don’t they do any spell checking?] officials can be held accountable for torturing a US citizen
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/federal_judge_complicity/
I am starting to lose steam on reporting about our …
Washington is broken, just as intended
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/Outlook/2012-04-22/B/1/38.2.3382267873_epaper.html
This ‘free ride’ is the idea that by not voting you can still reap the ‘rewards’ of democracy. The author feels that by the intense negative campaigning the goal is to discourage moderates …
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …
Measles cases reached 15-year high in 2011
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/measles-cases-reached-15-year-high-in-2011/?hpt=hp_bn12
This is why it is important that the sheeple NOT get their information from idiots who are constitutionally incapable of understanding science, cause and effect and experimental controls. Of course, being sheeple …
How to pick your presidential candidate online
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/opinion/daschle-elect/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Americans Elect (also see the Wiki page) is a great concept, but I have found the implementation lacking. First and most critically foremost, there is a glaring lack of transparency in who …
Petraeus and the signature of U.S. terror
The CIA pressures Obama to step up indiscriminate attacks in Yemen
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/petraeus_and_the_signature_of_u_s_terror/singleton/
Just to be sure we won’t ever have to end our precious war (though the particular battlefield may shift around a …
Defendants left unaware of flaws found in cases
Problems with forensic evidence After review, Justice Dept. told only prosecutors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-17/A/1/38.2.3249538151_epaper.html
Reviewed lab work held close to vest
Justice Dept., FBI kept tight reins on process, findings of task force
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-18/A/1/38.2.3088486436_epaper.html…
Is Obama no better than the GOP?
People who say there’s no distinction between the parties underestimate the big importance of small differences
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/is_obama_no_better_than_the_gop/singleton/
I see these ‘small differences’ as meaningless noise. When you have a choice between things that …