The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …
How to pick your presidential candidate online
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/opinion/daschle-elect/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Americans Elect (also see the Wiki page) is a great concept, but I have found the implementation lacking. First and most critically foremost, there is a glaring lack of transparency in who …
Petraeus and the signature of U.S. terror
The CIA pressures Obama to step up indiscriminate attacks in Yemen
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/petraeus_and_the_signature_of_u_s_terror/singleton/
Just to be sure we won’t ever have to end our precious war (though the particular battlefield may shift around a …
Defendants left unaware of flaws found in cases
Problems with forensic evidence After review, Justice Dept. told only prosecutors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-17/A/1/38.2.3249538151_epaper.html
Reviewed lab work held close to vest
Justice Dept., FBI kept tight reins on process, findings of task force
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-18/A/1/38.2.3088486436_epaper.html…
Is Obama no better than the GOP?
People who say there’s no distinction between the parties underestimate the big importance of small differences
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/is_obama_no_better_than_the_gop/singleton/
I see these ‘small differences’ as meaningless noise. When you have a choice between things that …
The Real Reason for the Tragedy of the Titanic
The disaster is often seen as a tale of hubris, social stratification and capitalist excess. The truth is considerably more sobering.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577337923643095442.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Yet another document that somehow failed to get published …
A huge student loan scam
With the help of Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., for-profit colleges are massively ripping off U.S. taxpayers
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/16/a_huge_student_loan_scam/singleton/
Additional proof (as if any were needed) that the Tea Party anti-government crusade is nothing more than racist anti-feminine …
Hopefully my reader(s) here all have the capacity to read this and feel shame being a US citizen. I strongly doubt that the vast majority of the sheeple in our stagnant, corrupt third-world country even have the capacity to read …
How the drug war hurts everyone
From Wall Street to Oakland, recent events prove the campaign isn’t just futile. It’s a deadly waste of resourses
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/how_the_drug_war_hurts_everyone/singleton/
It seems I haven’t commented here much on my feelings on our so-called ‘war …
For Feds, ‘Lying’ Is a Handy Charge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577328102223038294.html
This is of course a much bigger issue than just NOAA, but I thought it interesting to emphasis that criminal laws are being uses pretty much willy nilly to prosecute people who …