a must read. You’ve been violated America, and you have not only tolerated it you’ve cheered while it happened. See, buried in that bill was a nasty little catch-all “any other asset the Treasury says promotes financial stability.” One little sentence, with which you surrendered forever the principles of economic capitalism and replaced them with […]
Great analogy/summary of the situation from THE AUTOMATIC EARTH If you go to the racetrack and bet on a horse, you receive a piece of paper that confirms the bet you made. There are many different varities of bets possible; for now, let’s say you simply bet on one specific horse to win the race. […]
So this morning I checked out XKCD (like I try and do Monday Wednesday and Friday, cuz it’s good). And today’s cartoon is about writing a letter to Grandma and the habit of switching to a browswer every few seconds to check things out in the world (which I do, except for the grandma part) […]