The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
The bad joke called ‘the FISA court’ shows how a ‘drone court’ would work
Newly released data show that the government submitted 1,789 eavesdropping requests last year, and none was rejected
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/03/fisa-court-rubber-stamp-drones
More ‘droning’ on about the police state. I …
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/too-big-to-fail-takes-another-body-blow-20130501
I am reading a lot less news because I got booted out of my nice cushy half office and into a shared space with only a single access to the ‘net. Since I get …
While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/while-wronged-homeowners-got-300-apiece-in-foreclosure-settlement-consultants-who-helped-protect-banks-got-2-billion-20130426
This an interesting article and I recommend reading it to understand how corrupt our government is, but it is more or less …
I lost $50,000 in Bitcoin crash, but I’m still a believer
http://buzz.money.cnn.com/2013/04/18/bitcoin-investor/?source=cnn_bin
I have tried to make sense of the bitcoin (official source here) without much luck. The origins sound incredibly suspicious (can’t go into any details on my …
A New Idea to Fix the Retirement-Savings Crisis
http://business.time.com/2013/04/17/a-new-idea-to-fix-the-retirement-savings-crisis/?hpt=hp_t5
OK, since Social Security is now ‘broke’ (it is this way because of extended, concerted efforts by the people in charge) and we have too many poor people littering our streets …
Which naturally means it won’t have any impact…
When it comes to marriage, government should divorce itself
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/03/27/when-it-comes-to-marriage-government-should-divorce-itself/
I like this idea a lot, but unless the Supreme Court really does something shocking, I doubt things will go this far.…
Will I be next? Our police state is working diligently to eliminate any sort of questioning of its actions. This is a critical issue to regaining our freedom as a representative democracy (if you think we live in one now …
Expose A Blatant Security Hole In AT&T’s Servers, Get 3.5 Years In Jail
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/23033422370/expose-blatant-security-hole-ats-servers-get-35-years-jail.shtml
I didn’t look beyond this article, so it is entirely possible that it is slanted so in favor of the accused that a balanced view would …
Live-Blogging Senate Hearing Tomorrow, When J.P. Morgan Chase Will Be Torn a New One
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/live-blogging-senate-hearing-tomorrow-when-j-p-morgan-chase-will-be-torn-a-new-one-20130314
I have complained off and on about this idiotic ‘too big to fail’ crap for years (now we have “too big to jail” …
Startup finds niche in digitizing physical mail
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/tech/innovation/outbox-mail-service/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
An interesting idea, I can see some real value for it, particularly if you are highly mobile and don’t want your mail to get lost trying to keep up with you. It …