Monthly Archives: September 2015

Its been an tough 2 weeks for the fantasists of “unfettered” free market capitalism. Volkswagen admitted they had written their diesel engine’s control software to detect and cheat on emissions testing.  Actual particulate emissions were 40 times higher than the EPA allowed.  Done deliberately and … Continue reading →

GOP candidate Scott Walker’s abrupt departure from the race is more interesting for the likely machinations behind it.  They show the perversions and risks of a campaign finance system based on a small, interlocking group of individual contributors.    General risks to American Democracy yes (see … Continue reading →

Many winters past, when paper still existed, Conde Nast or the like tried bundling ALL of selected household’s magazine subscriptions into one convenient bill.  Some bright spark’s idea was that would lower billing collection/delinquency costs for the publisher.  The result? … Continue reading →

Getting the blog back up and running.  Been buried in work and getting the personal life sorted out, but feeling the itch to bitch.  Watch this space…