The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
No, Einstein: Older people innovate, too
http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/07/no-einstein-older-people-innovate-too/?hpt=hp_bn2
I had hoped to at some point be involved in some ground breaking research, but as I get older it seems I just don’t have the time I thought I would have for …
In addition to being a regular reader of Glenn Greenwald (http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/ thanks to bls I have now (re)discovered Matt Taibbi (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog (also see my post yesterday).
I particularly like this post: Wall Street Isn’t Winning – It’s …
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Matt Taibbi: A whistle blower says the agency has illegally destroyed thousands of documents, letting financial crooks off the hook.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/is-the-sec-covering-up-wall-street-crimes-20110817
Thanks to bls for this link!
As we get more and …
The great corporate tax scam
Politicians who claim U.S. companies pay the highest taxes in the world are lying. Here’s proof
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/03/the_great_corporate_tax_scam/singleton/
To me the travesty is that effective taxes are unequal. Take just this one example:
…DuPont and Monsanto
How the rich created the Social Security “crisis”
The Bush tax cuts coupled with a decades-long smear campaign are the real threat to the successful program
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/03/how_the_rich_created_the_social_security_crisis/singleton/
As the article states, this ‘crisis’ is entirely manufactured (the same, I learned …
But this one was just too amusing…
5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think
http://www.cracked.com/article_19468_5-logical-fallacies-that-make-you-wrong-more-than-you-think.html
There are lots of things I find amusing at Cracked (I don’t recall who turned me onto the site, but whoever …
Does culture really want to be free?
Are new media companies “digital parasites”? The author of “Free Ride” tells Salon piracy is killing art
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/01/does_culture_really_want_to_be_free/singleton/
It seems that Salon is what is prompting me to blog today…
I found myself …
Salon has a followup article on their earlier Declaration of Independence article (see http://sol-biotech.com/wordpress/2011/10/31/a-new-declaration-of-independence/ for my take on their original post):
Your Declarations: Readers respond to our manifesto
From campaign finance reform to narrowing our focus, you weigh in on …
A New Declaration of Independence
The weight of the 1 Percent has become intolerable. How can we take our country back? Here’s a fresh draft
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/31/a_new_declaration_of_independence/singleton/
I like Salon a lot and I like this document. I doubt it will …
Solving America’s teen sex problem
The Dutch have dramatically reduced adolescent pregnancies, abortions and STDs. What do they know that we don’t?
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/30/solving_americas_teen_sex_problem/singleton/
A very interesting article to me, though I suspect to the average American it would find it …