TO MY OLD MASTER
Thursday, February 2, 2012
\"Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.\" – Jourdon Anderson .. read more..
CASHLESSNESS
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Consumers warned over tap-and-pay technology Banks, financial institutions and now internet service providers are tapping into the market for contact-free payment systems. It is a time-saving temptation for busy people, but tech experts say consumers must be aware of the risks when opting fo.. .. read more..
CORPOREAL CORPORATIONS
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Repeal the farce of \"Corporate Personhood\" A Kafkaesque fiction put forth by the power establishment is that corporations are \"persons\'. This is an absurd perversion of nature itself. A person, after all, has a navel. Where\'s the corporate navel – or its heart, brain, or soul? A.. .. read more..
MAIL MEMES
Sunday, January 22, 2012
FLASHBACK : An email still doing the rounds, but a good time to recount it. A front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle in early 2006 covered a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that cau.. .. read more..
ZERO TOLERANCE
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The US schools with their own police | World news | The Guardian \"Zero tolerance started out as a term that was used in combating drug trafficking and it became a term that is now used widely when you\'re referring to some very punitive school discipline measures. Those two policy worlds became conf.. .. read more..
PINK SLIME
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Pink Slime... it\'s what\'s for dinner Pink Slime is in the US School Lunch Program. \"Pink slime\" (ammoniated boneless lean beef trimmings) is the nickname earned by a formerly inedible byproduct of the beef industry. Once used in pet food, it\'s now a cheap additive in ground beef. Pink Slime is an a.. .. read more..
POISONOUS ADVERTISING
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Did David Blair sink the Titanic? A sailor called David Blair forgot to leave behind a key as the Titanic set off on its maiden voyage. Without it, his shipmates were unable to open a locker in the crow\'s nest containing a pair of binoculars for the designated lookout. The binoculars were to.. .. read more..
HERO OF HUMANITY
Thursday, December 29, 2011
From a sweet-faced kid (above) to a victim of US military torture (below). Bradley Manning Now \'Catatonic\' Manning friend David House now tells us that over 8 months in isolation with movement and sleep restrictions placed on him have been having their intended effect. House has told MSNBC th.. .. read more..
WHISTLE STOP
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Bradley Manning\'s bad dream Private Manning was working as an army intelligence analyst at Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq when he apparently went rogue, allegedly funnelling to Wikileaks hundreds of thousands of diplomatic communications and battlefield reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, non.. .. read more..