The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Will your next burger be ground-up mealworms?
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/20/will-your-next-burger-be-ground-up-mealworms/
Having watched Survivorman a lot (I have been interested in survival since a kid, though seldom put any of my knowledge to test/use) I believe that the right bugs might actually be …
Why the US media ignored Murdoch’s brazen bid to hijack the presidency
Did the Washington Post and others underplay the story through fear of the News Corp chairman, or simply tin-eared judgment?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/20/bernstein-murdoch-ailes-petreaus-presidency
Yawn! Another billionaire tried to buy the …
Newtown kids v. Yemenis and Pakistanis: what explains the disparate reactions?
Numerous commentators have rightly lamented the difference in how these childrens’ deaths are perceived. What explains it?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/19/newtown-drones-children-deaths
I commented earlier a bit on the Newtown tragedy where I …
New York’s top court highlights the meaninglessness and menace of the term ‘terrorism’
A fascinating new ruling unwittingly illustrates the separate system of ‘justice’ invented for Muslims in the US after 9/11
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/16/court-terrorism-morales-gangs-meaningless
I talked about the meaninglessness of the …
North Korea’s boys’ toys are not a threat – but our reaction to them is
Big missiles and nuclear weapons do not topple states, conventional arms do. Their menace is political, not military
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/north-korea-boys-toys-threat-reaction
I have the same sort of …
How abusers get away with targeting Indian women
The House has delayed the Violence Against Women Act over a provision that would protect Native American women
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/how_abusers_get_away_with_targeting_indian_women/
For those who think that the US’ shabby (to be generous) treatment of …
HSBC, too big to jail, is the new poster child for US two-tiered justice system
DOJ officials unblinkingly insist that the banking giant is too powerful and important to subject to the rule of law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-prosecution-fine-money-laundering
HSBC was given a …
Four huge corporate power grabs possibly worse than Citizens United
These court cases offer a chilling reminder how close America has come to becoming an outright plutocracy
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/09/4_huge_corporate_power_grabs_that_never_came_to_pass/
This author chooses to use the term ‘plutocracy‘ where I …
Feinstein amendment doubles down on NDAA’s assault on constitutional rights
While US government lawyers persist in defending the menacing Section 1021 in court, a Senate initiative makes matters worse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/feinstein-amendment-ndaa-assault-constitutional-rights
In what now has become standard for our government, laws …
Obamacare architect leaves White House for pharmaceutical industry job
Few people embody the corporatist revolving door greasing Washington as purely as Elizabeth Fowler
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamacare-fowler-lobbyist-industry1
The revolving door spins ’round and ’round. I can’t put it any better:
…This is precisely