The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Politics of Clint Eastwood’s empty chair
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/03/opinion/avlon-politics-empty-chair/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
I didn’t watch any of the RNC (and have no intention of watching any bit of the DNC either), but did see and read lots of stuff on Eastwood’s ‘performance’. I don’t feel …
Man, we keep having these once-a-century events on the heels of one another! I am wondering, now, if in the past the once-a-century events did indeed all happen in the same decade in the days of yore. Maybe the wild …
Is American decline real?
More and more thinkers are warning that our glory days are over, but their arguments are flawed — and old
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/14/is_american_decline_real/
A lot of interesting stuff on Salon today…
So this is an argument against the …
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
It’s bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse is the way they did it – with a big assist Congress and the White House.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-wall-street-killed-financial-reform-20120510
Yes it is a long …
It isn’t that I am reading less, just that what I am reading is not triggering any need to blog about it. I don’t see any change on our accelerating slide down the slippery slope to the apocalypse and I …
How top executives live (Fortune, 1955)
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/06/classic-top-500-executives/?section=magazines_fortune
I didn’t finish reading it, but thought it was worth passing along to my reader(s). It is an interesting glimpse into the life of executives a half century ago. What is even more …
Vernor Vinge Is Optimistic About the Collapse of Civilization
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/03/vernor-vinge-geeks-guide-galaxy/
I like Mr. Vinge a lot as an author (I would love to hang out with him and find out if he is as cool in person). I loved his …
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 …
These articles have a common tie (at least to me) so rather than post on each one I thought I would post them together. The first shows that our government culture has the potential to yank its head out of …
So, here’s why I’m not moving to Wyoming
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/02/27/wyoming-doomsday-bill-emergency-military-draft?hpt=hp_bn13
This really has to be read! Wyoming wants to explore the feasibility of having its own aircraft carrier in the event there is a nation-wide economic meltdown! While I am quick …