The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Yes, Virginia, this is Obama’s JOBS Act
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/yes-virginia-this-is-obama-s-jobs-act-20120412
I wrote a bit about this topic before: “Expanding Wall Street’s license to steal“, but Matt is, I feel, way more eloquent and certainly much better at providing links to …
Strip-Search Case Reflects Death of American Privacy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-08/strip-search-case-reflects-death-of-american-privacy.html
Part of the issue I see here is the vast potential for abuse. On the one hand I feel that it is irresponsible for the state to NOT implement these sorts of …
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 …
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 …
Florida millionaire found guilty of DUI in man’s death
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-23/justice/justice_florida-millionaire-dui-trial_1_lili-wilson-bentley-gtc-john-goodman?_s=PM:JUSTICE
Of course, we have yet to hear the sentence, so this might still wind up being all about nothing. I wonder, though, if he will get hard time and will …
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 …
There are a bunch of interesting articles on CNN this morning and several about the ‘situation’ regarding Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin. I have commented (perhaps not on my blog, I am not sure) about this before and how it is …
Supreme Court expands defendant’s rights in plea deals
In two 5-4 decisions, the Supreme Court rules that defendants in criminal cases have a constitutional right to a competent lawyer’s advice when deciding whether to accept a plea deal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-plea-20120322,0,2067347.story
It …
Senate mulls an express lane for IPOs
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/20/smallbusiness/ipo-bill/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
As if it wasn’t already easy enough for the oligarchy to rip off ordinary people, now we have legislation that will turn the clock all the way back to before the ’29 …
Outsourcing conservatism
Arizona’s new contraception law shows how the private sphere often leads the way for reactionary policies
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/15/outsourcing_conservatism/singleton/
What can’t be accomplished from within the government gets done anyway. Using the Constitution to shield un-Constitutional activities, picking and choosing …