The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Iran sanctions now causing food insecurity, mass suffering
Yet again, the US and its allies spread mass human misery though a policy that is as morally indefensible as it is counter-productive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/07/iran-santions-suffering
Since us Americans, as a species, tend to …
The sham “terrorism expert” industry
A highly ideological, jingoistic clique masquerades as objective scholars, all to justify US militarism
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/15/the_sham_terrorism_expert_industry/
Because this is a long post and I suspect many of my reader(s) won’t take the time to go through …
Welcome to post-legal America
How the Magna Carta became a minor carta
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/23/noam_chomsky_on_post_legal_america/
In general I am not one to believe in conspiracy theories. That attitude has evolved over my life, though. As a child I was intensely into UFOs, …
Ignoring the tax gap
We’re not Greece but the IRS could do a better job
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/20/ignoring_the_tax_gap/
According to a passage in the article the IRS fails to collect $385 billion each _year_. According to my calculations, over 10 years (why …
Not something that I think has any potential with the current GOP morons…
Rice, Klein: Education keeps America safe
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/opinion/rice-klein-education/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
I agree with much of what the article has to say (I know Rice, but don’t know Klein, but I …
The wrong exit strategy
Given Afghan history, a large U.S.-trained army would likely promote bloodshed not stability
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/08/the_wrong_exit_strategy/singleton/
Nothing much motivate me to blog today until I read this article. I recall reading very shortly after we invaded Afghanistan that …
Gen. Hayden: Stuxnet virus “Not an act of war”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57390498/gen-hayden-stuxnet-virus-not-an-act-of-war/
There is no shred of doubt in my mind that the US would consider stuxnet an act of war if it were used against us, so it seems disingenuous in …
OK, nothing has grabbed me today but in an effort to reward (punish?) those loyal reader(s) I figured I would spew some random thoughts in an attempt at being interesting and/or entertaining enough to justify your visits.
The US continuing …
A bit of a slow news day, or rather a day slow on news that prompts me to comment. I read this article earlier today and was on the edge of blogging on it, but the activation energy was just …
Another March to War?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/another-march-to-war-20120217
Bla bla bla war with Iran bla bla bla.
This is getting so boring, just like that police state thing I babble about all the time. Can’t I talk about anything else?
I was speaking …