The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Yes, Virginia, this is Obama’s JOBS Act
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/yes-virginia-this-is-obama-s-jobs-act-20120412
I wrote a bit about this topic before: “Expanding Wall Street’s license to steal“, but Matt is, I feel, way more eloquent and certainly much better at providing links to …
How the drug war hurts everyone
From Wall Street to Oakland, recent events prove the campaign isn’t just futile. It’s a deadly waste of resourses
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/how_the_drug_war_hurts_everyone/singleton/
It seems I haven’t commented here much on my feelings on our so-called ‘war …
Strip-Search Case Reflects Death of American Privacy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-08/strip-search-case-reflects-death-of-american-privacy.html
Part of the issue I see here is the vast potential for abuse. On the one hand I feel that it is irresponsible for the state to NOT implement these sorts of …
For Feds, ‘Lying’ Is a Handy Charge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577328102223038294.html
This is of course a much bigger issue than just NOAA, but I thought it interesting to emphasis that criminal laws are being uses pretty much willy nilly to prosecute people who …
The power of perceptions: Imagining the reality you want
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/health/enayati-power-perceptions-imagination/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12
My title isn’t meant as a rhetorical question, it _is_ possible to choose how you look at things. I am asking you directly: do you choose how you look at …
Girls Have a Math Problem: Teacher Bias
http://www.livescience.com/19552-girls-math-teachers-bias.html
If the teacher says it is so, then without a doubt it must be true! We all know how absolutely reliable teachers are and how they never, ever, make any mistakes.
According …
There Is No Invisible Hand
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/there_is_no_invisible_hand.html
I have read a great deal about the ‘invisible hand’ of the marketplace pushing the market toward an equilibrium and the only time I can recall believing that it had any association with reality …
U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/singleton/
I continue in my seemingly pointless effort to make as many people aware of the loss of Constitutional rights our government (GOP as well as Democrat) has ‘gifted’ its population. It frustrates me …
New York city schools want to ban ‘loaded words’ from tests
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_bn13
In yet another instance of PC gone amok, New York city wants to ban these words from any standardized tests:
Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television.
Pretty …
So, this morning I was actually reading a cellulose-based carbon-marked news document (otherwise known as the Washington Post) as I performed my morning constitutional and found this really interesting article in the Health and Science section (this is the on-line …