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I’ve worked in professionally for a large discount retailer in the systems, networking, security, and programming arenas for the last 20+ years, much of it in leadership or management roles. My resume is here. More versions of it as well as more information in general, can be found here.

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Dilbert is particularly prescient today…

Seriously, if you want to lose your faith in humanity, read the comment section of pretty much any blog…

Good Einstein quote…

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”

- Albert Einstein

Mr. President, please switch parties…

I think Mike the Mad Biologist has it right. Obama is in fact a moderate Republican as is rendered clearly by his recent complete rolling over on tax cuts. Or more correctly as Mike would , not a rollover at all, but in fact a reflection of his actual political positions.

Mike’s answer is to [...]

I don’t like to use the word…

I don’t like to use the word, but when I read this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11907641

The word that comes to mind is:

Fascism

I’m sorry, but this is not what is supposed to happen in free, democratic, and open societies. I’m not sure I agree with everything WikiLeaks does nor perhaps its choices [...]

It can happen here, WikiLeaks addition…

Reading another one of Glenn Greenwald’s excellent posts made me realize another unexpected revelation from the recent WikiLeaks dump:

CONSPIRACIES ARE HIGHLY PLAUSIBLE

Think about it – how many hundreds if not thousands of people working for the government must have been privy to the information in these cables and yet, they never [...]