The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Florida millionaire found guilty of DUI in man’s death
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-23/justice/justice_florida-millionaire-dui-trial_1_lili-wilson-bentley-gtc-john-goodman?_s=PM:JUSTICE
Of course, we have yet to hear the sentence, so this might still wind up being all about nothing. I wonder, though, if he will get hard time and will …
Can 46 rich dudes buy an election?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/26/news/economy/super-pac-donors/index.htm
I suspect the answer is an unequivocal ‘yes’. Of course all Citizens United did was legitimise what was going on all along, the rich and powerful will always have an outsize impact …
The war of the roses … and daisies: Condo owner in legal battle over perennials
A condo association in Portsmouth, N.H., has placed a lien on Kimberly Bois’ home and slapped her with nearly $6,000 in fines plus legal fees, …
http://deadspin.com/5893189/what-happens-when-a-35+year+old-man-retakes-the-sat
This is really hilarious and anyone who has sat for the SAT will likely find themselves with more than a couple of chortles and guffaws; I grinned the whole way through.
So really, read it. I write about too …
The conflicting Afghan shooting reports
As the U.S. stands by its lone gunman story, we talk to Kandahar villagers who tell a different tale
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/23/the_conflicting_afghan_shooting_reports/singleton/
I commented earlier (see “The echo chamber“), where I was looking at the …
Stop subsidizing soaring college costs
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/bennett-college-costs/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
It makes a huge amount of sense to me that if there is no price pressure on producers then there is no profit pressure, hence no benefit to producing something more efficient. If schools …
ACLU: Facebook password isn’t your boss’ business
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/tech/social-media/facebook-password-employers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Proof, as if it were needed, that governments are required to exist as counterweight to the idiotic tendency of society’s elite (business owners, in this case) to abuse anything they can possibly …
BofA: Families facing foreclosure can rent
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/23/real_estate/bofa-mortgages-foreclosures/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3
The first thing I feel obligated to state is “why the hell is this only just now being considered?”. While I expect wide spread engagement in this approach will go a very very …
There are a bunch of interesting articles on CNN this morning and several about the ‘situation’ regarding Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin. I have commented (perhaps not on my blog, I am not sure) about this before and how it is …
Gangster Banks Keep Winning Public Business. Why?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/gangster-banks-keep-winning-public-business-why-20120322
Why? Simple: it is anonymous tax payers that get screwed and in any case the politicians are corrupt. This is telling:
…“I haven’t found an investment bank that hasn’t had some problem