July 2011
8 posts
Senate Subcommittee Can Find No Evidence... →
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Senate subcommitte couldn’t find any evidence that the billions of dollars spent on fighting the war on drugs was actually reducing the amount of illegal narcotics that found their way into the United States
The 10 billion the federal government spent on the Drug War last year would be handy to have right now.
A Compelling Argument for Free Medical School →
http://www.projectidealism.com/2011/06/how-patriot-... →
And so that’s what the Patriot Act really does. It increases paranoia, makes people afraid, and promotes racism. The stark reality is that we live in a country where a small business person has to worry about the government listening in on their phone calls, and digging into their finances for doing nothing more than making a website.
WatchTrump, Palin and pizza. Some of the best Daily Show in a while.
Life as an FBI Surveillance Target →
June 2011
14 posts
People Who Think The Onion Stories are True →
Amherst College's Appeal to Low and Middle Income →
Excellent justification for tipping the admission scales to attract more low and middle income students.
2010 Lowest Crime Level in 40 Years →
Will be interesting to see what research can discover about the drop. Good job law enforcement and government.
WatchGuy Talk, my new favorite show on SPIKE!
Amazing Story of White Freedom Rider →
“I looked at it, and what it brings back to me more than anything else is that I got so much notoriety because I was white,” he says. “I looked at that picture and I thought of all the people that never get their names in a book, never get interviewed but literally had given their lives. Who the hell am I to have my picture up there?”
Texts from Last Night + Community →
Parks and Recreation + Texts From Last Night →
May 2011
13 posts
Industry Capture of FCC →
Four months after approving the purchase of NBC by Comcast, FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will leave for a lobbying job at Comcast.
Ron Burgundy: Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast.
Champ Kind: It jumped up a notch.
Ron Burgundy: It did, didn't it?
Brick Tamland: Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart.
Ron Burgundy: I saw that. Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident?
Brick Tamland: Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.
Ron Burgundy: Brick, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder.
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% →
Joseph Stiglitz on the harm of income concentration in America.
Bruce Schneier on why the US government's love of... →
“These risks are not merely theoretical. After September 11, the NSA built a surveillance infrastructure to eavesdrop on telephone calls and e-mails within the U.S. Although procedural rules stated that only non-Americans and international phone calls were to be listened to, actual practice didn’t match those rules. NSA analysts collected more data than they were authorized to and used...
A Little Self Examination Can Go A Long Way →
April 2011
15 posts
WatchTwo weeks to go…
Beating MLB.TV Blackouts →
WatchThats right, Billy Crystal bringing the laughs in 2011.
Space Tragedies →
Awesome NPR article about the death of a Cosmonaut and the prepared response for disaster during the Apollo 11 mission.
