The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
There Is No Invisible Hand
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/there_is_no_invisible_hand.html
I have read a great deal about the ‘invisible hand’ of the marketplace pushing the market toward an equilibrium and the only time I can recall believing that it had any association with reality …
U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/singleton/
I continue in my seemingly pointless effort to make as many people aware of the loss of Constitutional rights our government (GOP as well as Democrat) has ‘gifted’ its population. It frustrates me …
New York city schools want to ban ‘loaded words’ from tests
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_bn13
In yet another instance of PC gone amok, New York city wants to ban these words from any standardized tests:
Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television.
Pretty …
I am unable to comprehend the huge objection that the GOP Tea Partiers have to Obama.
How Romney tricked the right
The key: Recognizing that conservative opposition to ObamaCare has nothing to do with the details of ObamaCare
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/how_romney_tricked_the_right/singleton/
I …
Personhood, the undead movement, marches on
It failed to restrict women’s rights in Mississippi and Colorado, but Personhood USA won’t quit. Next up: Oklahoma
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/personhood_the_undead_movement_marches_on/singleton/
First, a caveat: I am ‘pro-abortion’ because I am ‘anti-human’ and attach little value to …
America’s Most Corrupt States
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/03/22/americas-most-corrupt-states/
Interestingly, and most telling, is this:
……No state earned an A, and only five states received better than a B+. More than half the states received a D+ or worse. Scored from 1 to 100,
Can 46 rich dudes buy an election?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/26/news/economy/super-pac-donors/index.htm
I suspect the answer is an unequivocal ‘yes’. Of course all Citizens United did was legitimise what was going on all along, the rich and powerful will always have an outsize impact …
ACLU: Facebook password isn’t your boss’ business
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/tech/social-media/facebook-password-employers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Proof, as if it were needed, that governments are required to exist as counterweight to the idiotic tendency of society’s elite (business owners, in this case) to abuse anything they can possibly …
Gangster Banks Keep Winning Public Business. Why?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/gangster-banks-keep-winning-public-business-why-20120322
Why? Simple: it is anonymous tax payers that get screwed and in any case the politicians are corrupt. This is telling:
…“I haven’t found an investment bank that hasn’t had some problem
Not something that I think has any potential with the current GOP morons…
Rice, Klein: Education keeps America safe
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/opinion/rice-klein-education/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
I agree with much of what the article has to say (I know Rice, but don’t know Klein, but I …