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More to be grossly offended by:
Link: https://rhdefense.com/2017/04/22/the-nerve-of-law-enforcement
Read the article. How did this come to pass? The logical extension of corporate culture that sees it not only rewriting laws but extending themselves into jurisdictions - and forcing the public to acquiesce to their terms - in areas that clearly should not be in anyways the corporate domain.
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2 of interest on the web today:
In which Evil Banks lend money at predatory rates to bind students to a lifetime of debt, and:
Link: http://digg.com/2017/why-the-government-doesnt-do-your-taxes
Wherein TurboTax lobbies the government with millions of dollars to ensure that you (as an American) still have to pay someone to file your taxes.
I'd never thought about it, but doesn't it seem odd that in this age of technology anyone should have to file taxes? I'm guessing there's a similar game afoot in Canada.
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Sign of the times. Wikipedia now has an ever-growing list of Selfie Related Injuries and Deaths.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
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Via Boing Boing and Motherboard
"In fact, in 1996, Ted Cruz (yes, that Ted Cruz), cowrote one of the most important and forceful papers arguing that legal intervention (regulation, maybe!) is necessary to prevent large corporations from taking advantage of the masses."
Link: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ted-cruz-law-paper-vote-with-your-wallet-doesnt-work
Congress just voted to allow ISP's to sell customer data to corporations. and this is how much it cost to buy Congress.
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The National Post has done me a favour in compiling a short list of Putin's Adversaries. No wonder Trump wants to be friends so bad...