The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Or how we lost universal health care because of the actions of two people and a lot of money.
The Lie Factory
How politics became a business.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/09/24/120924fa_fact_lepore
Yes, this is a long article (not sure that the New Yorker …
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 …
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 …
What are we cheering for?
Don’t let the conventions distract you from the real lesson of 2012: America is becoming increasingly undemocratic
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/06/obamas_convention_charade/
The problem is the system, the players don’t matter. As long as the system is rotten there …
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 …
I started reading this Cracked article:
The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)
http://www.cracked.com/article_19993_the-6-cruelest-science-experiments-ever-were-done-kids.html
The first entry, “#6. Put Kids in the Wilderness, Make Them Go to War” was interesting enough for me to click on the …
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 …
Is Your Car Being Tracked by a License-Plate Scanner?
The government can now track your movements when you drive and, over time, put together a profile of how you lead your life
http://ideas.time.com/2012/08/13/is-your-car-being-tracked-by-a-license-plate-scanner/?hpt=hp_t2
To a certain extent this is much …