The coverage of the failure to extend the unemployment benefits by the senate was particularly infuriating in the way that so many outlets framed it as democrats and republicans fail to come to agreement and allow benefits to expire. The Democratic controlled House of Representatives passed a bill in May. The…

Indeed, the constant churn of political and corporate malfeasance sure can be dispiriting. And it is true that, for most people, their actions are not going to have a huge impact by themselves. But huge impacts do happen when a lot of people work together, and a lot of people working together is made up of individuals…

If you want to hold on to political power, rule 1 is to convince the masses that there’s no point in trying to get politically involved. (Surprise! There is, indeed, a point.) Unfortunately, the powerful have done a really good job of convincing people that at best they can get involved by voting once every couple of…

Trump is an idiot, but seriously what does flying a flag have to do with socialism.

Because the shuttle was a really good idea, after all - expensive, extremely hard to maintain, marginal safety rating, no way of really aborting a failed launch, complex... Yeah, that’s the idea. Gliders have problems.

I mainly think this is going to continue in phases. For a lot of America, it isn’t even real yet. And that should be a good thing, but the trend has been that places aren’t issuing stay at home directives until it arrives. Only 30 states have issued these types of directives.

I don’t think this was a good way for Koenigsegg to correct the record. They should have tweeted, “Quick jump on this One:1 before Bonham’s figures out how much it’s really worth”... which would have alerted Koenigsegg’s Saudi clientele, that follow their Twitter page, this auction is coming up and they need to bid…

I’m more a fan of pop art.

It doubles as a review for the unstoppable march of time.

Yes! Yes! Yes! I am getting so fed up with trying to convince people that ApplePay is secure... the very people who think nothing of giving their credit card to a waiter and have them walk off with it to a back room out of sight for 3 minutes, or who think nothing of writing a check with their name, address, phone…