The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Occupy’s new ground: Debt resistance
A new manual marks the launch of a new campaign and, possibly, a movement
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/18/occupys_new_ground_debt_resistance/
This is a very interesting idea, though I fear it really represents the seed for the return to debtors prison …
What Work Is Really For
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/work-good-or-bad/
I found the above article and added it to my customary list of things-to-read-today. Reading it was interesting and made me think about my ‘utopia’ where I could simply spend time on the manifold …
Acupuncture works, one way or another
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12
I have had bad feet for quite a few months this year (plantar fasciitis) and was persuaded to go to an acupuncturist after my wife had successful results treating her shoulders (after nearly …
Four ways your privacy is being invaded
Slowly but surely, government and telecommunications companies have forged a police-corporate surveillance complex
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/11/four_ways_your_privacy_is_being_invaded/
This is a rather long outline of all the ways we have lost privacy over the last several decades …
Can we predict a wrongful conviction?
Experts find recurring themes in these cases, and safeguards in the system become “speed bumps at best”
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/09/can_we_predict_a_wrongful_conviction/
I discuss the idea of InJustice here off and on and in the rush to make …
Preferences
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/preferences/
I strive mightily to be smarter than myself, but, sadly, tend to fail a large proportion of the time. For instance, last weekend during our pool/greenhouse construction, I was ‘persuading’ a spacer in between two rafters with a …
I first read this post by Scott Adams:
Quantifying Gullibility
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/quantifying_gullibility/
Which lead me to read the article he referenced:
Research Pinpoints Brain’s ‘Gullibility’ Center
Changes in this region could explain why seniors, children are less doubting
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/08/24/research-pinpoints-brains-gullibility-center
I admit …
Correspondence and collusion between the New York Times and the CIA
Mark Mazzetti’s emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/29/correspondence-collusion-new-york-times-cia
This an interesting article, as most …
I started reading this Cracked article:
The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)
http://www.cracked.com/article_19993_the-6-cruelest-science-experiments-ever-were-done-kids.html
The first entry, “#6. Put Kids in the Wilderness, Make Them Go to War” was interesting enough for me to click on the …
How Can One Million People Be This Dumb?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/08/22/how-can-1-million-people-be-this-dumb/
I have been exposed to the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry for most of my life. My parents were quite into various such organizations over the years and I admit to trying …