The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Injection wells: The poison beneath us
The hidden risks of pumping waste underground
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/21/injection_wells_the_poison_beneath_us_salpart/
This is a really amazing article and I really encourage you to read it. I had no idea this was going on and I follow the …
The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia
How America’s biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy – until they were caught on tape
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-scam-wall-street-learned-from-the-mafia-20120620
This is a long article, I know, but it is worth reading to …
Public health group files FTC complaint about Merck’s ‘Madagascar 3’ marketing
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Public-health-group-files-FTC-complaint-about-Mercks-Madagascar-3-marketing.html?cmpid=138890509
I blogged earlier about a middle ground approach between our current idiotic war on drugs and what prior to that point was my only other solution, full legalization …
Probing Obama’s secrecy games
Will high-level Obama officials who leak for political gain be punished on equal terms with actual whistleblowers?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/07/probing_obamas_secrecy_games/
Another in a long series of complaints about our police state. I know that it is pointless to …
It is sad that our country has got to this point, and somehow I doubt this petition will do a damn bit of good, but please read this article and then consider signing the petition:
Please don’t kill me, Obama…
When all else fails, rob the poor
Before we can ‘do something’ for the poor, there are some things we need to stop doing to them.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ehrenreich-stealing-from-the-poor-20120517,0,7201749.story
Ain’t America Grand?! It is so nice to know we are such a …
As if it were needed…
How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing ‘Terrorists’ – and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-fbi-entrapment-is-inventing-terrorists-and-letting-bad-guys-off-the-hook-20120515
This would be a really terrifying article if it weren’t already so mundane and boring. I have huge troubles quelling …
Obama’s new free speech threat
An Executive order seeks to punish U.S. citizens even for “indirectly” obstructing dictatorial rule in Yemen
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/obamas_new_free_speech_threat/
Oh, and by the way, bla bla bla the Constitution is shredded, bla bla bla.
The US has …
Accidentally Released – and Incredibly Embarrassing – Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in ‘Naked Short Selling’
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/accidentally-released-and-incredibly-embarrassing-documents-show-how-goldman-et-al-engaged-in-naked-short-selling-20120515
I haven’t heard this activity being called ‘naked short selling’ but I have heard about the activity for many, many years. …
Another innocent executed?
The state of Texas killed Carlos DeLuna for a crime he appears not to have committed, according to a new report
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/another_innocent_executed/
Personally I got no problem with the death penalty. Well, I do have a problem, …