Mammon category archive
Emoluments 0
Robert Reich follows the money from the box office to the coffers.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A con artist’s co-conspirator? Philadelphia’s WPVI reports that a “new wave of smart scams, powered by artificial intelligence, is now targeting consumers every single day.”
All the News that Fits 0
Thom talks with Mary Trump on what happened to objective, fact-based broadcast news.
Afterthought:
I think Thom makes a great analogy about hoarding disorder.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom argues that the concentration of news outlets in very few hands ensures that we get only the news that fits.
This New Gilded Age 0
Theft of labor. It’s a thing.
How Stuff Works: The Crypto Con 0
Non Sequitur pictures the process.
Afterthought:
If Carlo Ponzi were alive today, he’d be selling crypto and NFTs.
Facebook Frolics 0
The EFF looks at the Zuckerborg’s latest assimilation strategy–enabling facial recogntion in its “smart” glasses–and explains why its a very bad no good stinking idea. Here’s a bit from their article:
Follow the link for the rest.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom looks at how Trump is replacing the “Voice of America” with the “Voices of Oligarchy.” (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
This New Gilded Age . . . 0
. . . brings with it a new generation of robber barons.
At Der Spiegel, Simon Book shines a light on one of them, the Lord High Admiral of the Zuckerborg.
Just go read it.
Look! Over There! This New Gilded Age Dept. 0
Steve M. dissects the Republican Party’s misdirection play. A snippet:
The Medicine Show 0
Thom debunks Trump’s bunk about bringing drug prices down.
Post Mortem 0
Steve M. offers some thoughts on why Jeff Bezos has turned the once great Washington Post into the Washington Postcard. A snippet:
Tech guys become impatient when everything they touch doesn’t instantly turn to gold. They expect that they can move fast, break things, and watch the value of their new toy go up because they’ve made it buzzy. But that’s not how mature businesses work.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bob Marshall argues that the Trump maladministration’s EPA is putting profits over people. A snippet:
(snip)
That sentence was handed down when the agency quietly decided this: It will no longer include the number of lives lost or damaged when determining the required cost-benefit analysis of pollution regulations.
The Me Veneration 0
Seth identifies the governing principle of today’s Republican Party.
This New Gilded Age 2
At the Portland Press-Herald, James McGuire argues that the increasing concentration of great wealth in few hands is harming the polity. A snippet:
Meanwhile, those who shape policy often live entirely insulated from its consequences. They do not rely on public transportation, wait weeks for medical appointments or wonder whether the heat can stay on through winter. They speak easily about “belt tightening” and “market discipline” because they will never feel the belt or the discipline themselves.
Methinks he makes some good points.