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Category Archives: politics/government
Of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations
You may have read about the Supreme Court’s decision to unleash corporate spending in Federal elections. Essentially corporations’s speech is protected by the first amendment to the Constitution.
Queue the Conspiracy Theorists!
According to a University of Rochester report, plastic chemicals “feminize boys.” If I ask how long before a rumor of a global conspiracy against Western boys is mentioned, does that count as a mention? Seriously though, if I could at … Continue reading
Posted in customer-relations, flamebait, health, identity, politics/government, privacy/secrecy/security
Tagged conspiracies, plastic, security
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Rape v. “Torture”
An increasing part of me is in disbelief that we’re still having a national conversation about torture. Andrew Sullivan makes a great point about how labels really don’t change the morality of something. One of the reasons I voted for … Continue reading
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Gnutella and Marine 1
In case you missed it, a contractor’s laptop allowed secret plans of the new presidential helicopter to fall into foreign hands.
Posted in best-practices, politics/government, privacy/secrecy/security
Tagged file-sharing, government, privacy, security
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Issues with the Big Three loan
Given the current discussion about the “Big Three” automakers asking for a loan in order to keep afloat in these rough economic times, I started thinking about taxes. Currently in the U.S., businesses and individuals pay (or are supposed to … Continue reading
The U.S. hates (third-world) children
I really hope (and seriously doubt) that this gets reported in many papers and on many news channels, but it should: the United States is the only U.N. Member State voting against the “right of food”. Seriously? I have got … Continue reading
On Bailouts and My Country’s Woes
Mitt Romney wrote an interesting op. ed. piece calling for GM et. al to be allowed to fail. A few days later, A VP from GM responded. If you’ve not yet read these, take a few minutes to do so.
Posted in PSA, best-practices, customer-relations, politics/government
Tagged automotive industry, bailout, economy, econonic crisis
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Housing Crisis: Visualized
This visual guide to the housing crisis is a good start, but from what I’ve been hearing on the excellent excellent podcast Planet Money there’s a bit more going on as to why the banks failed when the housing market … Continue reading
Al Gore’s Energy Plan
Al Gore has written a nice op. ed. piece in the New York Times wherein he lays out his ideal energy plan. Gore describes a five-part plan to transform our nation’s electricity infrastructure over the next decade into something wonderfully … Continue reading
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Tagged al gore, economy, energy, government, green movement
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McCain: “Been there, done that,” before going there, doing that
These things usually come in threes: John McCain declared victory in debate before the debate takes place. This campaign is demonstrating so many misinformation techniques. Earlier in the week, Political Lunch (my favorite political podcast) described the “150 strategy” whereupon … Continue reading
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