The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Class decides everything
Income increasingly dictates every aspect of our lives, from our politics to our health to our happiness
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/24/class_decides_everything/
What is really interesting to me is the realization (duh!) that I am in an upper class. Though I …
Notes on Wall Street’s Bid-Rigging Scandal
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/notes-on-wall-streets-bid-rigging-scandal-20120622
This is Matt’s follow up to his article I briefly discuss here. It is much shorter, for those of you who couldn’t make it through the original, but has additional references for …
Injection wells: The poison beneath us
The hidden risks of pumping waste underground
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/21/injection_wells_the_poison_beneath_us_salpart/
This is a really amazing article and I really encourage you to read it. I had no idea this was going on and I follow the …
The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia
How America’s biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy – until they were caught on tape
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-scam-wall-street-learned-from-the-mafia-20120620
This is a long article, I know, but it is worth reading to …
My friend Erik, who has prompted posts before (see here for an example), was asking me yesterday what I thought about the unemployment situation. He was advocating limiting the duration of the payments as well as the idea of requiring …
Public health group files FTC complaint about Merck’s ‘Madagascar 3’ marketing
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Public-health-group-files-FTC-complaint-about-Mercks-Madagascar-3-marketing.html?cmpid=138890509
I blogged earlier about a middle ground approach between our current idiotic war on drugs and what prior to that point was my only other solution, full legalization …
This post is in response to a comment by DaWei on a previous post “Deficit fetishism“. I felt that rather than have a long comment that might never be read I would create a post that has a …
What Part of ‘Austerity Isn’t Working’ Don’t People Get?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/what-part-of-austerity-isnt-working-dont-people-get-20120617
This ties back well with my post on “Why the rich don’t care about a robust economy“, the people most clamoring for austerity are the people least likely …
Senators Grovel, Embarrass Themselves at Dimon Hearing
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/senators-grovel-embarrass-themselves-at-dimon-hearing-20120615
Another article where it might be too depressing to read. It is indescribably sad to me to realize how completely captured our government is by the oligarchy. Even our theater has become …
We’ve been brainwashed
It’s no accident that Americans widely underestimate inequality. The rich prefer it that way
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/14/weve_been_brainwashed/
Flippant title aside, this is an interesting article and I will slide in some quotes to try to motivate you to read …