The Fount of Useless Information
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Why Robert Reich Cares so Passionately about Economic Inequality
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2013/10/why-robert-reich-cares-so-passionately-about-economic-inequality.html
An interesting interview about our current failure to foster any sort of efforts toward remedying income inequality. According to the interviewee, we have had periods in the past where inequality …
Placebo’s Double Whammy
Sham treatments can both reduce pain and increase pleasure, and do so affecting similar circuitry in the brain.
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/37876/title/Placebo-s-Double-Whammy/
I talk about placebos from time to time, this is another interesting article. If you are anticipating a …
This is a follow-on attempt to get my reader(s) to take a look at the article in my previous post. Matt blogs about his article and neatly summarizes his own more detailed report (see link above):
Looting Public Pensions: …
Looting the Pension Funds
All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/looting-the-pension-funds-20130926
A rather sad article that details the hopeless stranglehold the elite have on the steadily shrinking middle class, but this time from the …
I feel this is very apropos, but, alas, can’t blog on it…
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6 shocking revelations about how private prisons make money
Private prison companies are striking deals that guarantee high prison occupancy rates
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/6_shocking_revelations_about_how_private_prisons_make_money_partner/
I have talked about the prison industrial complex a time or twain before so this won’t be news …
The True Size of the Shadow Banking System Revealed (Spoiler: Humongous)
The shadow banking system is vastly bigger than regulators had thought, say econophysicists who have developed a powerful new way to measure its hidden impact
https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/5e1dd9d1642
I have read …
Myths Surround Breakfast and Weight
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/myths-surround-breakfast-and-weight/?_r=0
I am also guilty of repeating this concept. I do know that your glycogen levels are at their lowest in the morning (which is why that is the best time to exercise, your body …
And now it’s global COOLING! Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year
I was over at http://xkcd.com/, prompted by a link from a comment at a blog I follow, when I decided to catch up on the ones I haven’t seen yet. Many interesting ones, but this one stood out and …