The American Civil Liberties Union blog's Ezekiel Edwards & Rebecca McCray posted an interesting article on a petition signed by 300 economists, including three Nobel Laureates, pleading for the American government to change the laws regarding marijuana. The clues are all there as to WHY marijuana is still an illegal substance. It's bulky, therefore easier to find in economically viable quantities. I mean, it looks better on television. It has been culturally associated with … [Read more...]
News Junkies: Deluded or Informed?
15 May 2012 By Leave a Comment
At dinner tonight I was asked if I could choose topics that were upbeat. The news tends to make me talk about what impending horror show we need to watch out for, like the recent Lawful Access Bill that was recently removed from discussion in Parliament. Or Facebook's current revision, and the Zuckerbeast's plans to gather every known scrap of information about every single person on the planet and assemble digital simulacrums of us all, in order to pitch exactly the right advertising to each of … [Read more...]
New! Improved! Unusable!
2 February 2012 By
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” That’s probably the most recalled and least offensive of the big three lies classically discussed. I have a new one to add to the list. “The latest version of SlappHappy Software will bring about world peace.” Replace the SlapHappy with whatever piece of bloatware you are currently struggling with. For me, it’s Microsoft’s Office 2011, specifically, Word. I’ve been using Word since it first came out, for the … [Read more...]
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