Economy
Could Bitcoin Become the Currency of System D?
If zeros and ones are outlawed, only outlaws will use zeros and ones. Cryptography shall always have a place in securing our digital future and most especially in securing our digital value. Advanced public-key encryption for the masses cannot be eliminated nor denied — the genie is out of the bottle and mankind is the [...]
Ron Paul says US ‘slipping into fascism’ in Kansas City
Corporatocracy: Ron Paul says US ‘slipping into fascism’ Get short URL email story to a friend print version Published: 19 February, 2012, 23:30 Republican presidential candidate US Representative Ron Paul (Reuters / Brian Snyder) TRENDS: US Election 2012 TAGS: Arms, Election, Military, Crisis, Politics, Budget, History, USA, Katerina Azarova, Government Spending, Economy Republican presidential [...]
Walmart’s Low Prices Bear a High Cost for America
For untold millions, Walmart is not simply a place to shop, but the place. Considering that the quintessential big-box retailer claims to, and often does, offer just about every conventional item necessary for the family at an affordable price, this should be none too surprising. However, at what cost does this convenience come, and in [...]
Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power
by Bill Quigley Bringing corporations down to controllable size is a gargantuan task, but an absolute necessity if there is to be any hope for democracy. “Corporations have worked the courts mercilessly since 1819 to take a wide variety of constitutional rights that were designed to cover only people.” In one 30-year period, “African Americans [...]
United States Congress: A Graveyard for Democracy and Justice by Ralph Nader
The editor of The Hill, a newspaper exclusively covering Congress, said that Congress was not going to do very much in 2012, except for “the big bill” which is extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment compensation, which expire in late February. That two month extension will likely reignite the fight between Democrats and Republicans [...]
Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments
“In a tweet early this morning, cybersecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian pointed to an internal memo of India’s Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers and posted on the Net. The memo suggests that, “in exchange for the Indian market presence” mobile device manufacturers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple (collectively defined in the document as [...]
Johnson County Cutting Government Jobs
Johnson County Kansas loves to brag about being one of the richest counties in the United States, but apparently they are not able to get their many millionaires to pay out the taxes needed to keep their county operational. County officials have announced they are cutting approximately 550 employees by offering them a buyout they [...]