The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Tuition is too damn high
Government is to blame for rising higher education costs — but not for the reasons the GOP tells you
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/11/tuition_is_too_damn_high/
Our society has decided (or rather the oligarchy that controls the sheeple that is our …
Why Wisconsin’s Recall Clusterf#@k Matters
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/why-wisconsins-recall-clusterf-k-matters-20120508
As the author states:
…So, $25 per vote from reactionary out-of-state donors versus three bucks and one million petition signatures from regular old Wisconsinites: which one of them will prevail in June will tell
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
It’s bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse is the way they did it – with a big assist Congress and the White House.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-wall-street-killed-financial-reform-20120510
Yes it is a long …
Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America’s first self-driven vehicle licence.[sic; Dat what they do in Jolly old England]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17989553
I see …
How top executives live (Fortune, 1955)
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/06/classic-top-500-executives/?section=magazines_fortune
I didn’t finish reading it, but thought it was worth passing along to my reader(s). It is an interesting glimpse into the life of executives a half century ago. What is even more …
American Dinosaurs: What’s the Matter With Health Care and Education?
Welcome to America’s biggest long-term challenge: Our medical and education industries are a two-headed hydra of economic inefficiency, over-eating our resources and under-serving our needy
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/american-dinosaurs-whats-the-matter-with-health-care-and-education/256807/#
A very interesting article …
I was reading this article:
Surveillance State democracy
As the FBI seeks full access to all forms of Internet communication, it is not voters who need to be convinced
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/06/surveillance_state_democracy/
when I was reminded of one of my favorite books …
Wall Street’s oil scam
Who’s really to blame for high gas prices? Greedy finance speculators
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/04/wall_streets_oil_scam/
And we should believe them since they ask us to, right? It isn’t like they have a long and extensive track record of illegal …
Republican fear factor
Conservatives’ paranoid alternate-reality can be explained by their brain chemistry — and their media choices
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/republican_fear_factor_salpart/
It helps to understand how people think, even if the act of understanding them sometimes gives you a headache. Some people …
5 Ways to Spot a B.S. Political Story in Under 10 Seconds
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-to-spot-b.s.-political-story-in-under-10-seconds
I highly recommend reading the whole article, but for those of you too busy (or lazy) to read it, here are the highlights…
#5. The Headline Contains …