Former Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains (and draws)
from YouTube
Category: society
Turkey day and Christmas officially merge
Oh, good grief. Stores are now opening on 8pm Thanksgiving Day for the Christmas shopping season.
Beckhams leaving LaLa land
A cartoon from 2007 about David Beckham joining LA Galaxy (the Guardian on his departure).
Romney’s gifts
Mitt Romney blames his loss on Obama’s “gifts” to Hispanics, African-Americans, young voters.
Surveillance and your privacy
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
I didn’t know this but the actual Benjamin Franklin quote is “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” or; “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”.
Anyway, the Petreaus still-evolving mess has brought up the issue of surveillance and how far it reaches into our private lives. Glenn Greenwald over at The Guardian has great column about it.
Veterans Day 2012
