The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
I am unable to comprehend the huge objection that the GOP Tea Partiers have to Obama.
How Romney tricked the right
The key: Recognizing that conservative opposition to ObamaCare has nothing to do with the details of ObamaCare
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/how_romney_tricked_the_right/singleton/
I …
Personhood, the undead movement, marches on
It failed to restrict women’s rights in Mississippi and Colorado, but Personhood USA won’t quit. Next up: Oklahoma
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/personhood_the_undead_movement_marches_on/singleton/
First, a caveat: I am ‘pro-abortion’ because I am ‘anti-human’ and attach little value to …
Richard Hanna, GOP Congressman, Tells Women To Give Their Money To Democrats
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/richard-hanna-gop-congress_n_1373381.html
I am very sad to say this is surprising news to me:
…The Equal Rights Amendment, which Congress passed in 1972 but has not yet been ratified
Can 46 rich dudes buy an election?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/26/news/economy/super-pac-donors/index.htm
I suspect the answer is an unequivocal ‘yes’. Of course all Citizens United did was legitimise what was going on all along, the rich and powerful will always have an outsize impact …
The war of the roses … and daisies: Condo owner in legal battle over perennials
A condo association in Portsmouth, N.H., has placed a lien on Kimberly Bois’ home and slapped her with nearly $6,000 in fines plus legal fees, …
Stop subsidizing soaring college costs
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/bennett-college-costs/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
It makes a huge amount of sense to me that if there is no price pressure on producers then there is no profit pressure, hence no benefit to producing something more efficient. If schools …
ACLU: Facebook password isn’t your boss’ business
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/tech/social-media/facebook-password-employers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Proof, as if it were needed, that governments are required to exist as counterweight to the idiotic tendency of society’s elite (business owners, in this case) to abuse anything they can possibly …
BofA: Families facing foreclosure can rent
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/23/real_estate/bofa-mortgages-foreclosures/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3
The first thing I feel obligated to state is “why the hell is this only just now being considered?”. While I expect wide spread engagement in this approach will go a very very …
There are a bunch of interesting articles on CNN this morning and several about the ‘situation’ regarding Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin. I have commented (perhaps not on my blog, I am not sure) about this before and how it is …
Gangster Banks Keep Winning Public Business. Why?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/gangster-banks-keep-winning-public-business-why-20120322
Why? Simple: it is anonymous tax payers that get screwed and in any case the politicians are corrupt. This is telling:
…“I haven’t found an investment bank that hasn’t had some problem