Category Archives: Society
No Intelligence Required
Another sign that intelligence and an education are becoming a liability in our society.
A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.
Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored [...]
Racism, it’s not what you think
It’s a natural instinct to recognize those most similar to yourself and consider those too different to be outsiders, in a sense. There’s sexism because we are aware of the differences between the sexes (straights get mad at gays because gays mess up the visual clues we all rely on to define to ourselves “the [...]
Americans, enjoy a thoughtful 4th of July
Take pride in your accomplishments, be happy you’re American.
U.K citizens…please enable remote desktop
If that last post doesn’t make you wonder if George Orwell only erred in the year he selected for his title, read on…
THE Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant.
The move, which follows a decision by the European Union’s [...]
A personal information hellhouse
The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation paper to be published next month by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary.
A cabinet decision to put the management of the multibillion pound [...]
Don’t you annoy me
Repeatedly annoying or insulting someone in Brighton could get you fined.
The City Council Thursday passed ordinance amendments aimed at protecting individuals from harassment, intimidation or interference by others in their daily activities.
City Manager Dana Foster stressed that the amended ordinance wasn’t adopted to muzzle anyone or infringe on their rights.
The ordinance makes it a civil [...]
Race in the 21st Century
I was reading a forum post in which the college student was discussing something that happened in class that day. The students got into a discussion about the word nigger, if using it was ever appropriate and if it should be acceptable for Black kids to use while being unacceptable for most White kids to [...]
$108 billion to pay out bonuses to top bank executives
Democratic lawmakers are joining the chorus of Americans asking how slumping banks could hand out executive bonuses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Following a letter from Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has opened an investigation into the matter, according to a release from [...]
This is how fascism comes: Reflections on the cost of silence
Tim Wise has written a thoughtful and enlightening article in the Red Room that challenges Americans to either take an active stand against the encroaching fascism in our country or reap the rewards of silence.
For those who have seen the ugliness and heard the vitriol emanating from the mouths of persons attending McCain/Palin rallies this [...]
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