The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Why Wisconsin’s Recall Clusterf#@k Matters
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/why-wisconsins-recall-clusterf-k-matters-20120508
As the author states:
…So, $25 per vote from reactionary out-of-state donors versus three bucks and one million petition signatures from regular old Wisconsinites: which one of them will prevail in June will tell
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
It’s bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse is the way they did it – with a big assist Congress and the White House.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-wall-street-killed-financial-reform-20120510
Yes it is a long …
How top executives live (Fortune, 1955)
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/06/classic-top-500-executives/?section=magazines_fortune
I didn’t finish reading it, but thought it was worth passing along to my reader(s). It is an interesting glimpse into the life of executives a half century ago. What is even more …
American Dinosaurs: What’s the Matter With Health Care and Education?
Welcome to America’s biggest long-term challenge: Our medical and education industries are a two-headed hydra of economic inefficiency, over-eating our resources and under-serving our needy
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/american-dinosaurs-whats-the-matter-with-health-care-and-education/256807/#
A very interesting article …
Wall Street’s oil scam
Who’s really to blame for high gas prices? Greedy finance speculators
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/04/wall_streets_oil_scam/
And we should believe them since they ask us to, right? It isn’t like they have a long and extensive track record of illegal …
Kay Hymowitz: Why Women Make Less Than Men
In studies from the U.S. to Sweden, pay discrimination can’t explain the disparity. Women earn less because they work fewer hours.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577361883019414296.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Well, duh! Women (in general) tend to work fewer hours …
It is a slow news day and in an effort to keep my regular reader(s) regular I decided to finally write down some of my thoughts on how I would implement patent reform. Note that there is zero chance of …
Rethinking the War on Drugs
Prohibition and legalization aren’t our only choices when it comes to drugs. Proven programs can greatly reduce the harm caused by hard-core users—and reduce our prison population, too.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577353754196169014.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
WTF is up with this WordPress …
Jon Corzine is the Original George Zimmerman
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/jon-corzine-is-the-original-george-zimmerman-20120424
This article really has to be read to be believed (and possibly not even then). An outright theft of over a billion dollars, years of investigation and no charges, let alone bankers …
America’s true tax rate
The U.S. already has flat taxes. But conservatives, like Pat Tiberi, are still clamoring for cuts for the rich
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/americas_true_tax_rate/
This table says it all:
Actually, a closer look at the table shows that our tax …