Sunday, June 7
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Robert Fredericks is the guest editor today. |
Monetizing Debt: The Grandest of Larcenies
“Of
course, the Fed will not want to do such a dastardly deed; but it will do it
anyway. Even good people do bad things when they get in a jamb. The feds are
already in pretty deep…and they’re going a lot deeper.”
“The problem with the program is that, in the long run, it cannot and will not lift poor societies out of poverty.”
How Patents Are Harming Small Companies Too
“Whenever the rather vocal group of angry inventors show up in our comments defending the patent system at all costs as being ‘necessary’ for ‘the little guy’ they seem to conveniently ignore all the ‘little guys’ harmed by the patent system.”
Pandemics, Epidemics and Anarchocapitalism
“How would an anarchocapitalist society deal with a potential pandemic that menaces the very existence of human race?”
Police Deny Targeting Kids For DNA
“The
Met denies any such action has taken place, but an anonymous police officer
told The Ham and High:
‘It is part of a long term crime prevention strategy. We are often told that
we have just one chance to get that DNA sample and if we miss it that might
mean a rape or a murder goes unsolved in the future.’”
Speech Code of the Month: New York University
“NYU’s
Anti-Harassment Policy explicitly prohibits ‘insulting,’ ‘teasing,’
and even ‘inappropriate jokes’ when they are based on a legally protected
status such as race, gender, or religion.”
The Last, Whole Introduction to Agorism
“Agorism, unfortunately, needs an introduction.”
Seeking Self-Determination Is Not Selfish
“We
are angry because we have no political influence and no chance at getting any
via the current system, because we see through the (admittedly brilliant)
mirage of the ballot box which makes everyone feel counted even when they
never win.”
The
Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security For Fun and
Profit
“The problem, if you're a safe company or a lock maker, is that Tobias makes it all public through hacker confabs, posts on his Security.org site, and tech blogs like Engadget. He views this glasnost as a public service.”
Newspapers Keep Pointing to Google As the Source of Their Problems; They Should Be So Lucky
“They
had a couple hundred year head start on Google, and yet they collapse in a
heap here at the dawn of a new age.”
“A scientist reckons that long-distance space travel will leave us short, fat and bald.”
Mind Control Becomes Reality This Year
(video)
A University for the Coming Singularity
Ray
Kurzweil
lectures on his new
project,
By The Klaxons.
Privatizing the Senate, nationalizing industry. (video clip, Editor's pick)
A photo blog.