Archive for May, 2012
Wisconsin Cops Tell Woman to Bring Cash to Bail Son Out of Jail, Then Steal Her Money
May 21st, 2012Via: Huffington Post: When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail. She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer’s wife also chipped in, as did his brother and two sisters. On Feb. 29, a judge set Greer’s […]
Student Loan Bubble Putting Hundreds of Colleges at Risk
May 21st, 2012Via: Business Insider: The size, scope, and impact of this problem is an enormous anchor weighing down our next generation and our nation’s economy. Make no mistake, this anchor is not only impacting thousands of students and families but is also having an equally burdensome impact on colleges and universities nationwide. … 1. Using this […]
Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: Low of Day Opening Minutes: $33.05 Man, bust out the calliope music for this one. —End Update— It looks like they’re trying to defend $35 now.
Denmark: Children Who Co-Sleep Nightly Are 70% Less Likely to be Overweight vs. Kids Who Never Sleep with Their Parents
May 21st, 2012That’s great, but I’m sick of getting kicked in the nuts. đ Via: Inhabitots: In odd but true news, yet another perk of co-sleeping has been revealed â reduced obesity. According to a new study from Denmark, kids who co-sleep nightly are 70% less likely to be overweight as compared to kids who never sleep […]
The Future of Sustainable Agriculture at Disney EPCOT: GMO and Styrofoam
May 21st, 2012Sponsors of “Living With The Land” at Disney EPCOT: Kraft: The Sierra Club has launched a campaign against genetically engineered foods. We’re targeting Kraft Foods, which is the largest packaged food producer in America. Weâre asking Kraft to remove all genetically engineered products from their foods. This includes not using milk from rBGH-treated cows (the […]
JP Morgan Trade Losses Could Reach $5 Billion… Or More
May 21st, 2012Via: Business Insider: When JPMorgan first announced that its CIO office had blundered into a huge trading loss, the number was pegged at $2 billion, though the company said it could go higher. Then the loss was reported to be $3 billion. And now… $5 billion or more? From WSJ: The nation’s largest bank has […]
Microsoft to Charge Customers $99 to Remove OEM ‘Crapware’
May 20th, 2012This issue is definitely becoming more ridiculous as the profit margins disappear in the commodity PC meat grinder. I spend about fifteen minutes removing crapware from each new Windows based machine (Dell and Lenovo) that I prepare for use by a small company here. The good news is that uninstalling the stuff is simple using […]
U.S. Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban
May 20th, 2012Ah well, might as well make it official. Via: Buzzfeed: An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed has learned. The amendment would âstrike the current ban on domestic disseminationâ of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, […]
Robert Reich to New College Graduates: ‘You’re F*cked’
May 20th, 2012I’ve excerpted what I think are the key sentences. Via: Robert Reich: So much of what was once considered âknowledge workâ â the kind that college graduates specialize in â can now be done more cheaply by software. Or by workers with college degrees in India or East Asia, linked up by Internet. Related: The […]
Ireland May Need Second Bailout
May 19th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Ireland may be forced into a second bailout by mounting loan losses in its banking system, according to Deutsche Bank AG. Irelandâs bailed-out banks may need capital to cover as much as 4 billion euros ($5.1 billion) more bad-loan provisions than assumed in stress tests last year, Deutsche Bank analysts David Lock and […]
