The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Why Robert Reich Cares so Passionately about Economic Inequality
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2013/10/why-robert-reich-cares-so-passionately-about-economic-inequality.html
An interesting interview about our current failure to foster any sort of efforts toward remedying income inequality. According to the interviewee, we have had periods in the past where inequality …
And now it’s global COOLING! Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year
My new job hasn’t given me access to the ‘low side’ (i.e., Internet) yet and possibly not for weeks yet to come (possibly not at all). I have been going through a bit of a news withdrawal lately, been stuck …
California Sutter’s Mill meteorite entered Earth’s atmosphere at 64,000 mph
http://www.slashgear.com/california-sutters-mill-meteorite-entered-earths-atmosphere-at-64000-mph-21261928/
Note that the explosion was estimated to be about a quarter of size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The Tunguska event, for comparison, was estimated to …
I am not a gun nut. Said the gun nut as he brought out his arsenal. No, really, I am not a gun nut. I have a couple of rifles and at some point intend on buying a couple of …
How Republicans persuaded women to re-elect President Obama
For the activists of Emily’s List, working to improve women’s political representation, Republicans like Todd Akin were a gift
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/15/republicans-persuaded-women-reelect-obama
Yes of course my headline is a bit of hyperbole, but I …
Fake tech gear has infiltrated the U.S. government
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/08/technology/security/counterfeit-tech/index.html?source=cnn_bin
What is really amazing to me is the totally unspoken story about the non-governmental costs associated with this exact same issue. Because the government has historically been required to go with …
OK, I am a sucker and presuming these are right and not just pulled out of the author’s ass, I am an ass…
8 Election Myths You Probably Believe
http://www.cracked.com/article_20134_8-election-myths-you-probably-believe.html
#8. Myth: It’s All Pointless, Since Candidates Don’t Keep Their …
Still ‘paranoid’ after all these years
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/04/politics/paranoid-style-politics-hofstadter/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Since I have often spoken about the looming apocalypse and the ‘conspiracy‘ of the rich to keep the rest poor, I figure that this article is quite a good fit here. …
Is the middle class an endangered species?
After losing ground for four decades, middle America increasingly looks doomed. Here’s how it happened
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/24/is_the_middle_class_an_endangered_species/
This is likely to be a rambling post, brace yourself… I have felt in my gut for …