The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Four ways your privacy is being invaded
Slowly but surely, government and telecommunications companies have forged a police-corporate surveillance complex
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/11/four_ways_your_privacy_is_being_invaded/
This is a rather long outline of all the ways we have lost privacy over the last several decades …
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829
Much as I …
How Can One Million People Be This Dumb?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/08/22/how-can-1-million-people-be-this-dumb/
I have been exposed to the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry for most of my life. My parents were quite into various such organizations over the years and I admit to trying …
Too bad there is no chance in hell of it being implemented…
How To Fix The Economy… In One Simple Chart
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-fix-the-economy-in-one-simple-chart-2012-8
This is a fairly short document (and has lots of graphs), I so strongly encourage my reader(s) to …
The closing of American academia
The plight of adjunct professors highlights the end of higher education as a means to prosperity.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html
Just like there is the GOP complaint toward the Democrats (and Beatles refrain) “tax the rich until there …
As promised, I produced a writeup detailing my thoughts on what constitutes the greatest good for the greatest number. It seemed too long to post directly here, so I put it on my ‘Book of Keith’ site:
http://sol-system.com/koxenrider/bok/GGGN.html
I would …
Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/ag-eric-holder-has-no-balls-20120815
I was hardly shocked either when I read about this before I got to Matt’s page. Indeed, I would have been shocked if it were otherwise.
…Holder’s non-decision on Goldman is
The Veil of Opulence
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/the-veil-of-opulence/
A very interesting article, one I am quite glad I came across. While I continue to have fantasies that I can claw my way into the top ranks of the wealthy, having spent time homeless …
Obama Administration Needs to Tap, Not Stiff-Arm, Wall Street Whistleblowers
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-obama-administration-needs-to-tap-not-stiff-arm-wall-street-whistleblowers-20120809
I am not sure why I felt the need to post this. The article is so depressing that I actually suggest my reader(s) not read it. It is all …
(This title was taken from one of the comments on the article, I felt it was quite apropos.)
Did Romney enable company’s abusive tax shelter?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/canellos-kleinbard-romney-taxes/index.html
In the unlikely even that I have any Romney supporters amongst my reader(s), here …