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Tent City: Prove Me Wrong
This is just one of many tent cities around the US. This is a sign of the times, but I’m not sure every tent city is that new, as the story almost fails to tell us this one in Sacramento … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged charity, economics, government
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It’s Tiring
No, not the trail work. It’s making progress, but I usually talk about it when there’s nothing else going on around here. Nor do I refer to the allergies or my workouts. Those things do make me tired, but I … Continue reading
Martial Law Coming
John Whitehead is pretty sure we are just a single incident away from martial law. I’m familiar with Whitehead’s writing; I’ve read a couple of his books and some of his articles over the years. While I don’t agree with … Continue reading
Economy Can’t Be Fixed
It’s the same conversation I keep having every other day, it seems. Someone asks what I believe to be the way to fix our ailing economy. They just aren’t ready to hear the facts: It can’t be fixed. We passed … Continue reading
Our Situation Summarized
It’s not hard to find someone capable of saying it better than I. I would like to offer for your attention Our Collapsing Economy by Paul Craig Roberts. A scary scenario? Yes. Overdrawn? Perhaps, but perhaps not. The United States … Continue reading
Lost in the Political Haze
Even before President Obama was sworn in, political observers noted a tsunami of proposed changes which tend to characterize the shift from Republican to Democratic leadership. All the fears of the right-wing were flaming, and denunciations wafted to the sky … Continue reading
Municipal Computer Virus: No Surprise
Lots of places to find the details, but this one will do: Computer Virus Hits Houston Municipal Courts. Are we surprised? Not if we know anything at all about computers. And governments. Consider how bureaucracies attract, and hold, the least … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, government
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CRC Coming to America?
The UN Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) — Let’s think about that for a moment. I’ll be the first to note WorldNetDaily is loaded with hyperbole, and the editors take themselves too seriously. Still, this is hardly news. … Continue reading
It’s All Personal
There is a fundamental sin behind the notion of corporations as legal persons. Human nature is such that, if we can dodge our individual culpability, we will. Until the consequences fall upon our personal heads, we do not change what … Continue reading
The Law of Stupidity
There was a time I would sit here at my computer with my mouth agape over some new expression of folly. After awhile, I got more used to it. So common is the lack of “common sense,” I’ve given up … Continue reading