The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
For-profit inspectors allow toxic food
A Bloomberg Markets investigation shows dangers of food industry taking over from FDA
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/for_profit_inspectors_allow_toxic_food/
We don’t want no stinkin regulation! We can self-regulate no problem!
The ironic thing to me is that the ‘for profit’ …
CEO emails 7,000 employees: Defeat Obama or else
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/09/news/economy/siegel-email-employees/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
One more case of biting the hand that feeds you: genius CEO David Siegel, whose company, btw, seems to have grown under our current President’s economic policies (it always flabbergasts me …
I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/i-am-a-job-creator-a-manifesto-for-the-entitled/2012/09/28/756f2e90-07ee-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html
I really encourage my reader(s) to look at the whole thing. I excerpted a few that I like the most…
…I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly
Jack Welch: I was right about jobs report
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/09/news/economy/jack-welch-jobs/index.html?source=cnn_bin
I had a bit of respect for Jack prior to this outburst, but it is all gone now. He had operated GE well (and was extremely well compensated, but in this …
Four ways banks have ruined higher education
Colleges and universities are padding their bottom lines — and the American public is footing the bill
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/04/four_ways_banks_have_ruined_colleges_and_universities/
Except for a very few degrees, the cost of education has reached the point where, …
I have become convinced that duckweed as a source for biofuel is a total winner. Having just read a couple of articles about using duckweed as a source of starch to produce ethanol, I am convinced that, coupled with a …
Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/wall-street-rolling-back-another-key-piece-of-financial-reform-20120920
Idint great to be an American? It fills me with pride to know that our government is so diligent in serving and protecting the oligarchy! So nice that we …
Occupy’s new ground: Debt resistance
A new manual marks the launch of a new campaign and, possibly, a movement
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/18/occupys_new_ground_debt_resistance/
This is a very interesting idea, though I fear it really represents the seed for the return to debtors prison …
Our boy had Monday off from school for some reason so we took advantage of that to get some extra work in our construction project. Today not much grabbed me until now, but I thought these two might be of …
What Work Is Really For
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/work-good-or-bad/
I found the above article and added it to my customary list of things-to-read-today. Reading it was interesting and made me think about my ‘utopia’ where I could simply spend time on the manifold …