Never trust Caller ID!
Here’s a fake Apple Support scam. Be vigilant and never trust Caller ID!
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Some on the right simply hate democracy
“The American creed has no more devoted adherents than those who have been historically denied its promises, and no more fair-weather friends than those who have taken them for granted.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/ahmari-french-orban/591697/
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Bipartisan BS
Forbes has an article about the new retirement “reform” bill passed by the house. The bill will do more harm than good, unless you’re talking about the insurance industry.
Coup D’État in North Carolina (1898)
The Atlantic writes about the only coup d’état in American history. I suspect this story is not exactly what many of my North Carolinian friends learned in school.
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The GOP wants to emulate a communist dictator
Some people are simply too stupid to learn from history. Many of them live in Alabama.
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Protect your accounts from hacker takeovers
Here’s the best way to protect your accounts from hacker takeovers.
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Incipient fascism
I find little to argue with in this Simon Wren-Lewis article about the threat of fascism growing around the world. The last time the world faced a major threat from fascism, there were several strong liberal democracies to fight back and win. Today, many of those democracies are themselves flirting with fascism in one form or another.
Wells Fargo executives should be in jail!
Can you believe that Wells Fargo is still screwing its customers? Here’s a story about how one of its screw-ups almost sent an innocent customer to prison. Wells Fargo should be dismembered and buried. Its executives should be serving long prison sentences.
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How to Easily Spot and Avoid Apple ID Phishing Scams
Here’s an excellent article on phishing focusing on Apple IDs, but the advice generally applies to any type of phishing.
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How to Detect Hidden Surveillance Cameras With Your Phone
How to Detect Hidden Surveillance Cameras With Your Phone
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On the future of capitalism
James K. Galbraith reviews three books on the future of capitalism.
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The Market Is Betraying Advanced Economies
Diane Coyle on “How the Market Is Betraying Advanced Economies“. Notable quote: “In the United States, the Economic Report of the President touts the supposed elimination of poverty, but life expectancy does not decline in a prosperous country.”
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Just the facts, man!
Yanis Varoufakis on Stagnant Capitalism. Notable quotes: “What is remarkable is how unaffected free marketeers are by the facts.” “Capitalism has only one natural tendency: stagnation.”
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Avoid OfficeMax and Office Depot
Office Depot and OfficeMax were caught faking virus scan results to trick people into buying $300 service for their uninfected computers. The practice resulted in tens of millions of dollars in undeserved revenues. The company punished stores and employees who did not participate in the criminality or did not do so sufficiently. Despite settling with
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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
In Saving Capitalism, author Robert Reich explores the myth of the “free market” and shows how it has been shaped by the wealthy and powerful to benefit themselves and increase income and wealth inequality. What we think of as the “market” is defined by the many rules governing property rights, corporations, bankruptcy, patents and trademarks,
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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
With How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, author Jason Stanley reminds us that any society is susceptible to fascist influences. Societies with widespread economic insecurity, such as today’s United States and much of Europe, are especially vulnerable to fascism. Stanley describes how fascism gains a foothold on power and entrenches itself in everyday
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It’s Even Worse Than It Looks
The Republican and Democratic parties are not equally responsible for the state of today’s politics, as Bill Maher explains in this video clip. He references a 2012 article by Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann, but they actually wrote an entire book about it: It’s Even Worse Than It Looks. I highly recommend it. Eschew false equivalencies.
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