The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
The cost of America’s police state
Hundreds of billions have been spent to militarize our nation against a terrorism threat that barely exists
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/05/the_cost_of_americas_police_state/singleton/
I don’t have much to offer that I haven’t already but thought in the interests of …
Gen. Hayden: Stuxnet virus “Not an act of war”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57390498/gen-hayden-stuxnet-virus-not-an-act-of-war/
There is no shred of doubt in my mind that the US would consider stuxnet an act of war if it were used against us, so it seems disingenuous in …
I was reading this interesting article (likely too long for many readers) about one of the personalities behind the whole Fracking issue and thought I would use that as incentive to talk about some of my thoughts on the issues …
Attorneys for RFK convicted killer Sirhan push ‘second gunman’ argument
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/04/justice/california-rfk-second-gun/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I admit to being a long-time conspiracy theorist regarding the JFK assassination. I based that almost entirely on the behavior of Oswald as I felt he wasn’t reacting as …
OK, nothing has grabbed me today but in an effort to reward (punish?) those loyal reader(s) I figured I would spew some random thoughts in an attempt at being interesting and/or entertaining enough to justify your visits.
The US continuing …
Why It’s So Important to Keep Moving
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/why-its-so-important-to-keep-moving/
It is official! Sitting on your ass will kill you, it just takes a long time. In this intriguing experiment they did a pretty good job of eliminating variables and took a …
A bit of a slow news day, or rather a day slow on news that prompts me to comment. I read this article earlier today and was on the edge of blogging on it, but the activation energy was just …
So, here’s why I’m not moving to Wyoming
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/02/27/wyoming-doomsday-bill-emergency-military-draft?hpt=hp_bn13
This really has to be read! Wyoming wants to explore the feasibility of having its own aircraft carrier in the event there is a nation-wide economic meltdown! While I am quick …
Favorable, of course, to the poor people
Shell Oil must aid workers abused overseas
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/opinion/simons-corporations-abuses/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
Somehow I expect the Supreme Court will follow the lower court ruling and agree that corporations are only people when it comes to Constitutional _benefits_ …
Privacy versus Efficiency
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/privacy_versus_efficiency/
Adams makes the idea of zero privacy sound very attractive. I am sure that for youth of today (probably anyone under 35) this ‘loss’ of privacy wouldn’t even be noticed. Barring biblical apocalypse or some such …