Microsoft, NSA kissy-kissy; perhaps retreat to more primitive gadgets is in order

Unless you’re retired, independently wealthy, making the effort to live off the grid, or some combination thereof, you’re eventually going to trust a faceless megacorp with your personal information. Well, I say “a faceless megacorp.”  I suppose you could spread it out among several, but you might as well not have as soon as you … Read more

Happy Independence Day

“It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me … Read more

Obamacare employer mandate postponed until after the ’14 election

Another platter of candy and ice cream for everyone!  (Vegetables later.) Apparently by executive fiat, the Obama administration is postponing the Obamacare employer mandate by one year. As reported here, this rather unfortunate (for the Obama administration) development was probably meant to be dribbled out this evening, so that some substantial percentage of it would … Read more

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