The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
World on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Capitalism’s ceaseless quest to cut costs made us more jittery in 2011, and there’s no relief in sight.
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/30/world_on_the_verge_of_a_nervous_breakdown/singleton/
I like this part a lot:
……after the great global crash of 2008,
The 6 Weirdest Things That Are Ruining Your Memory
http://www.cracked.com/article_19583_the-6-weirdest-things-that-are-ruining-your-memory.html
Another Cracked article I just can’t pass up posting. Be sure to check out the pictures and captions, they are half the amusement of the article!
It amazes me how …
Why health care competition won’t work
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/etzioni-health-care-competition/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
I was quite skeptical when I read the title, but decided to read it anyway since it is a subject I follow fairly closely. It is quite interesting in looking at the psychology …
Can a molecule make us moral?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/zak-moral-molecule/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
The author seems very sure of himself, but without doing a bunch of reading I can’t tell if it is justified or not. I think the article is worth a read and while …
Good Minus God
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/good-minus-god/
The author interestingly seems to conclude that atheists have the potential to make more and better moral decisions because they are atheists when compared to theists because of theists belief in god as the arbiter of …
NTSB recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/13/us/ntsb-cell-phone-ban/index.html
I am morally opposed to creating laws impossible to enforce uniformly. If we presume it is totally OK for passengers to use the phones (I find it hard …
She has a case of Dunlop’s disease almost as bad as mine:
Glamour Magazine Features (gasp!) a Real Woman!
http://feelgoodstyle.com/2011/12/05/lizzie-miller/
I talked briefly about non-stick women here: http://sol-biotech.com/wordpress/2011/12/12/alternative-ways-to-evaluate-the-economy/ and I applaud the intention of popularizing non-stick women, but really, isn’t …
I don’t like to endlessly post from the same site because then it looks like I only spend my time on a single site all day. Thus, as much as I like the site Cracked.com I don’t want to clutter …
What’s Behind A Temper Tantrum?
Scientists Deconstruct The Screams
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/05/143062378/whats-behind-a-temper-tantrum-scientists-deconstruct-the-screams
I only remember Don throwing a single temper tantrum. He had a melt down in the Harrisonburg Home Dept when he was a couple of years old and was lying …
Well, I guess it was already dead…
Teen stopped at airport for design on purse
17-year-old missed flight to Jacksonville after agents inspected gun replica
http://www.news4jax.com/news/Teen-stopped-at-airport-for-design-on-purse/-/475880/4858586/-/qijcv5/-/
We might as well have robots running the checkpoints since it seems that humans …