Mammon category archive
Weather Mapping 0
I second the advice that Farron gives at the end of the video: Turn off the “Location Services” in your phone or tablet unless you have a positive need for it. Also, when considering installing a new app, inspect the permissions it requests carefully. If they seem hinky, find an alternative.
Prints of Darkness 0
Farron and Scott Hardy discuss an odd case out of Illinois regarding Six Flags Amusement Park’s practice of obtaining and storing customers’ finger prints without obtaining required permission.
Full Disclosure:
I haven’t been to an amusement park in two decades. I had no idea that they were now printing customers.
What You Don’t Drink Can’t Hurt You 0
Farron has the latest from the Environmental Predation Agency.
The Art of the Foxconn 0
Scott Bauer delves into how Scott Walker and Wisconsin got Foxconned. A snippet:
Much more at the link.
(Broken link fixed.)
Facebook Frolics 0
Clueless frolics.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom wonders whether media corporations’ quest for profit is affecting their news coverage, in particular in choosing which stories to cover and which to ignore (or, at least, to de-emphasize).
How Far Will Wells Fargo 0
One more time, pretty damned far.
Follow the Money 0
Trump’s political appointees will get raises as federal employees furloughed during the Trump shutdown suffer.
Carrion Crows 2
Peter Whoriskey explains the hedge fund buy-out con and how it stiffs honest working persons. A snippet:
The anger arises because although the sell-off allowed Sun Capital and its investors to recover their money and then some, the company entered bankruptcy leaving unpaid more than $80 million in debts to workers’ severance and pensions.
For Sun Capital, this process of buying companies, seeking profits and leaving pensions unpaid is a familiar one. Over the past 10 years, it has taken five companies into bankruptcy while leaving behind debts of about $280 million owed to employee pensions.