The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Tea Party “treason”
What powers should the president have against those who advocate open, violent revolt against the U.S. government?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/29/tea_party_treason/
It seems clear to me that if these people had any intellectual honesty (really, I can’t believe I even …
A Huge Break in the LIBOR Banking Investigation
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/a-huge-break-in-the-libor-banking-investigation-20120628
I discussed before how the real criminals were skating by, but it seems that there might be some hope that they won’t get off Scott Free (whatever the hell that means). …
SCOTUS upholds ‘Obamacare’! Roberts backstabs the GOP! Insurance companies rejoice!
Well, were I a bettin man (I do gamble, but with cards, not law) I woulda bet that the ACA would have been overturned. Still, with the 5-4 decision it …
I commented obliquely about the Fast and Furious folderol when I blogged regarding the clearly politically motivated attack on Holder earlier, now it seems that the _entire_ thing has been fabricated by a disgruntled ATF agent and inflamed by, …
I doubt that most of us would realize this without being told, but violent crime has actually dropped precipitously over the last 30 years. Cracked has a wonderful article on the interesting statistical correlations with this drop:
The 6 Weirdest …
Evolution and Our Inner Conflict
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/evolution-and-our-inner-conflict/
Though the initial focus of the article is discussing the dynamic between selfishness and altruism, what I found most interesting was the idea of group evolution. Reading the wiki page it seems clear that …
Why is ‘having it all’ just a women’s issue?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/25/opinion/coontz-women-have-it-all/index.html
I agree strongly with this author. Why is it that “It’s awfully tough to balance work and family — for a woman.”, why can’t it be a challenge for men …
Wind turbine creates water from thin air
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/eole-water-turbine/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Not living in an area where water scarcity is an issue I can say that this never really served as an idea for me. However, I have thought about the use of …
I love it when I come across an article that exposes me to new concepts. I was interested in economics in graduate school and might have pursued it if I hadn’t had a firm idea of what I wanted to …
Health Care as a Privilege: What the GOP Won’t Admit
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/health-care-as-privilege-what-gop-wont-admit.html
This article very nicely sums up what has been floating around in my head: is access to health affordable care something that we, as a society, should consider an …