Why I’m Called “The Resident”

April 19, 2013

You asked. I’m answering.

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How the Economy is a Ponzi Scheme

April 19, 2013

SOURCES:

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/04/is-the-entire-economy-a-ponzi-scheme.html

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/11/bill-gross-bernanke-running-a-bigger-ponzi-scheme-than-charles-ponzi.html

http://www.economist.com/node/14743589

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US Spent $95 Billion on Duplicate Programs

April 18, 2013

SOURCES:

actual report: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/653604.pdf

http://rt.com/usa/95-billion-government-waste-797/

http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2526699

http://www.gao.gov/duplication/actiontracker#t=1

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Stephen Hawking Predicts the End For Humanity

April 16, 2013

SOURCES:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/2708/

http://rt.com/news/earth-hawking-mankind-escape-702/

http://www.space.com/20657-stephen-hawking-humanity-survival-space.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/13/science/la-sci-stephen-hawking-als-cedars-20130413

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-stephen-hawking-cedars-sinai-20130410,0,7704203.story

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Ode to Strip Malls

April 12, 2013

What can I say? I hate strip malls and suburbia.

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Is the IRS Tracking You on Facebook?

April 12, 2013

LINKS:

http://rt.com/usa/information-tax-media-social-526/

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/04/09/is-irs-stalking-on-social-media/

http://socialnewsdaily.com/12478/irs-social-media-audits-feds-arent-stalking-you-on-facebook/

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Mary Jo White: Wall St. Defender to Head SEC

April 11, 2013

Today in OMFG!!!!

Links:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/choice-of-mary-jo-white-to-head-sec-puts-fox-in-charge-of-hen-house-20130125

http://news.yahoo.com/senate-confirms-mary-jo-white-sec-chairman-183036844–finance.html

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-14/mary-jo-white-s-latest-conflict-of-interest.html

http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/09/meet-newly-confirmed-sec-director-mary-jo-whites-past-clients/

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/mary-jo-white-discloses-law-firm-wealth/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/24/president-obama-nominates-mary-jo-white-run-sec

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Ohio Jailing People for Being Poor, Basically

April 10, 2013

SOURCES:
Download the report here: http://www.acluohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/TheOutskirtsOfHope2013_04.pdf

http://rt.com/usa/courts-ohio-debtors-prisons-416/

http://www.acluohio.org/the-outskirts-of-hope

http://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/outskirts-hope-how-ohios-debtors-prisons-are-ruining-lives-and-costing

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Porn Rules in the USA

April 9, 2013

Is our prudishness the reason for our prolificacy?

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Bad in Baghdad: Secret US Military Base

April 6, 2013

We are the worst, US.

LINK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/01/camp-nama-iraq-human-rights-abuses

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