This is going to end badly, mark my words.
This is going to end badly, mark my words.
This should come as no surprise, but it’s certainly a disappointment. One of the attributes of a great businessman is keeping their word.
The New York Times has a very good in-depth article about the Notre Dame fire. [nyt]
Lately, I’ve been listening to the 1865 podcast. [1865] I’m finding it interesting, illuminating, and well-produced.
When the New Deal was over, capitalism remained intact.
Oh, Georgia, you’re just full of racist assholes, aren’t you? They’re up to their same old tricks.
You probably recall the NSA’s lie about that they were only monitoring citizen’s “metadata” during their illegal data-collection program.
We should be very, very careful about believing anything we are told regarding aircraft being shot down, and where they are shot down.
How do you steal intellectual property from a capitalist? Just grab it off the boardroom table.
Standardized testing (and its evil offspring, IQ testing) are an expression of people’s desire to determine other peoples’ worth without having to actually get to know them. It’s pervasive, and unfortunately it’s better than some alternatives because it turns out that a lot of people will simply reject a client because of their skin color, gender, attractiveness, etc. In other words, standardized testing may suck but it’s not as bad as letting other people make hiring/admission decisions.