by Joseph Forbes | Jan 29, 2013 | Blog Entry
A controversial bill that would tax sodas with sugar has been introduced in Austin by State Rep. Joe Farias, D-Dist. 118, of San Antonio. To read the full bill, click here (PDF). The tax would be charge a nickel extra for every 12 ounces of soft drink in a...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 29, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS
Antigua and Barbuda is a small country in the Caribbean that for years had a flourishing gambling industry. A few years ago 5% of all Antiguans worked at gambling related companies. However, when the U.S. prevented the island from accessing their market the industry...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, POLITICAL
The only official punished for the illegal NSA program was the one who discussed it. The same is now true of torture by Glenn Greenwald The permanent US national security state has used extreme secrecy to shield its actions from democratic accountability ever since...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog Entry
How I Cleaned 1,328 Emails Out of My Inbox in an Hour Angus Kidman I’m generally pretty organized with my email, and I like to have nothing in my inbox except stuff I haven’t acted on yet. However, a spurt of recent travel and work commitments meant...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY
If you received a raise tomorrow, what would you do with the extra money? Most people would celebrate—maybe with a nice dinner out or a great bottle of wine, which you deserve. However, earning more should not always change your current or long-term spending habits....
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, NERD NEWS
Information advantage has always equaled power. The group in society that can control what the other groups know and don’t know will rise to power in every other aspect. Therefore, information technology has always been policed and even militarized to some extent, by...
