The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Washington is broken, just as intended
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/Outlook/2012-04-22/B/1/38.2.3382267873_epaper.html
This ‘free ride’ is the idea that by not voting you can still reap the ‘rewards’ of democracy. The author feels that by the intense negative campaigning the goal is to discourage moderates …
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …
Measles cases reached 15-year high in 2011
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/measles-cases-reached-15-year-high-in-2011/?hpt=hp_bn12
This is why it is important that the sheeple NOT get their information from idiots who are constitutionally incapable of understanding science, cause and effect and experimental controls. Of course, being sheeple …
How to pick your presidential candidate online
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/opinion/daschle-elect/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Americans Elect (also see the Wiki page) is a great concept, but I have found the implementation lacking. First and most critically foremost, there is a glaring lack of transparency in who …
Defendants left unaware of flaws found in cases
Problems with forensic evidence After review, Justice Dept. told only prosecutors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-17/A/1/38.2.3249538151_epaper.html
Reviewed lab work held close to vest
Justice Dept., FBI kept tight reins on process, findings of task force
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2012-04-18/A/1/38.2.3088486436_epaper.html…
Is Obama no better than the GOP?
People who say there’s no distinction between the parties underestimate the big importance of small differences
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/is_obama_no_better_than_the_gop/singleton/
I see these ‘small differences’ as meaningless noise. When you have a choice between things that …
What doesn’t kill you
When we escape death, we feel lucky and purposeful. Now science is explaining why
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/15/what_doesnt_kill_you/singleton/
This is a bit of a long article for some of my readers (I confess to reading it in two sittings, …
Abstinence isn’t working
Teen births are down, thanks to contraception use. Why does the right ignore the facts and insist it’s abstinence?
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/15/abstinence_isnt_working/singleton/
As I have lamented earlier, the GOP has been hijacked by anti-feminists who think that government …
A huge student loan scam
With the help of Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., for-profit colleges are massively ripping off U.S. taxpayers
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/16/a_huge_student_loan_scam/singleton/
Additional proof (as if any were needed) that the Tea Party anti-government crusade is nothing more than racist anti-feminine …
Hopefully my reader(s) here all have the capacity to read this and feel shame being a US citizen. I strongly doubt that the vast majority of the sheeple in our stagnant, corrupt third-world country even have the capacity to read …