The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Strike threat at Hostess could kill off Twinkies
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/17/news/companies/twinkies-hostess-strike/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
I had to read this twice…
… both management and the unions agree that the company is unlikely to survive a strike.
Despite knowing that going on strike will mean they …
The Real Reason for the Tragedy of the Titanic
The disaster is often seen as a tale of hubris, social stratification and capitalist excess. The truth is considerably more sobering.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577337923643095442.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Yet another document that somehow failed to get published …
What doesn’t kill you
When we escape death, we feel lucky and purposeful. Now science is explaining why
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/15/what_doesnt_kill_you/singleton/
This is a bit of a long article for some of my readers (I confess to reading it in two sittings, …
Abstinence isn’t working
Teen births are down, thanks to contraception use. Why does the right ignore the facts and insist it’s abstinence?
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/15/abstinence_isnt_working/singleton/
As I have lamented earlier, the GOP has been hijacked by anti-feminists who think that government …
A huge student loan scam
With the help of Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., for-profit colleges are massively ripping off U.S. taxpayers
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/16/a_huge_student_loan_scam/singleton/
Additional proof (as if any were needed) that the Tea Party anti-government crusade is nothing more than racist anti-feminine …
Where’s the outrage over Republican’s ‘communist’ claim?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/15/opinion/avlon-west-communists/index.html
First, lemme state that my focus on the GOP is because until fairly recently (about the time of Bush Jr.) I considered myself a Republican. Since I never really considered myself a …
Hopefully my reader(s) here all have the capacity to read this and feel shame being a US citizen. I strongly doubt that the vast majority of the sheeple in our stagnant, corrupt third-world country even have the capacity to read …
Yes, Virginia, this is Obama’s JOBS Act
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/yes-virginia-this-is-obama-s-jobs-act-20120412
I wrote a bit about this topic before: “Expanding Wall Street’s license to steal“, but Matt is, I feel, way more eloquent and certainly much better at providing links to …
How the drug war hurts everyone
From Wall Street to Oakland, recent events prove the campaign isn’t just futile. It’s a deadly waste of resourses
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/how_the_drug_war_hurts_everyone/singleton/
It seems I haven’t commented here much on my feelings on our so-called ‘war …
Strip-Search Case Reflects Death of American Privacy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-08/strip-search-case-reflects-death-of-american-privacy.html
Part of the issue I see here is the vast potential for abuse. On the one hand I feel that it is irresponsible for the state to NOT implement these sorts of …