ACORN 2.0

ACORN is rebranding itself to restore it's taxpayer revenue streams.  Plus ca change...

Social Security starts cashing in US debt

Captain Ed at Hot Air has comments and links.

The $2 trillion hole - pensions benefits for public-sector employees

Most public employees, if they hang around to retirement, can count on pensions equal to 75% to 90% of their pay in their highest-earning years. And many public employees earn even more in retirement than their best year's base compensation as a result of "spiking" their last year's income by working ferocious amounts of overtime and rolling in years of unused sick and vacation days into their final-year pay computation.

UK patients' medical records go online without consent

"Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are supposed to be able to opt out by informing health authorities. 

But doctors have accused the Government of rushing the project through, meaning that patients have had their details uploaded to the database before they have had a chance to object"

For those of you too young to remember Paul Erlich...

Ehrlich, having spent his entire fifty-plus year career being wrong about absolutely every single issue he’s touched, is being quoted by the NYT defending AGW.