The Links:
Since it's sitting at the intersection of a couple of issues I tend to link frequently, I'll share a few links about the recent shooting and riot in Ferguson, MO.
First off, Storyline reports that the riots are not just about Ferguson. They're about the whole St. Louis metropolitan area.
What happened in Ferguson was a regional reaction. The crowds that gathered in Ferguson — both peaceful protesters and those looking for trouble — came from Ferguson, yes, but also Berkeley, University City, Jennings and St. Louis.The New York Times covers the FBI's stepping in to investigate the shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown.
The Dish has a roundup of reactions to both the shooting and the riot and a look at the social media reaction.
Moving on to broader trends in race and inequality, Jason Znegerle, writing at The New Republic, subtitles his article This is how civil rights ends. It is a hard look at the post civil rights rollback of civil rights in the South.
Josh Barro notes that stealing cars is going out of fashion mostly due to engine immobilizer systems.
Joshua Smith hays hell must have frozen over because the AEI and EPI both agree about a very important piece of economic policy: cutting jobless benefits doesn't reduce unemployment.
Over at Al Jazerra America, David Clay Johnson argues that minimum wages laws aren't just about low wage workers.
Consequently, if cities, counties, states and Uncle Sam raise the minimum wage in steps until it is $15 in today’s dollars, the spillover would improve the pay of the almost 2 out of 3 workers who make less than $20 an hour.Why the super rich aren't giving their fortunes to their kids. The headline is misleading. The super rich aren't giving all of their fortune to their kids. That doesn't mean the kids are getting nothing. Also, the kids benefit from all that wealth as they grow up. Let's not pretend that the following situation is normal either:
I know first-hand that having that money, even if it is locked in a trust or otherwise invested, is a huge boon. Just knowing it's there encourages the kinds of things normal Americans struggle to do: own homes, start businesses, or uproot for opportunities elsewhere. A small fortune still makes you very fortunate. And fortunate is the right word because you didn't work for it; you simply won the birth lottery.Each kid has $2.5 million controlled by trustees, who can release money only for education, health care, a home purchase or a business start-up. Any unspent money in the trust will continue to be invested and grow.Those restrictions remain in place until each child reaches age 40; after that, the money is all theirs to do as they please. In their 20s and 30s, the funds are there to get them launched; by 40, their parents assume they will be mature enough to use the money wisely or save it as a safety net.
So, the world has a lot of people. And they need food. And we have this global warming problem. And a big contributor to emissions is farming. So, what do we do about that? Ars Technica has a quick piece about how to accomplish both goals.
Apparently Sheep rustling is a thing in the UK.
An MIT researcher looks into the qualities of good MOOC videos and finds that it's not necessarily production vale that matters.
Following last month's nightmare Comcast disconnect call, more and more people are recording their service disconnects. Guess what, they are all terrible. I support this movement for all stupid services. Record your calls to insurance companies. Record your calls to everything.
Alex Abad-Santos reports on the uneasy feeling that many X-men fans have. Namely that they think Marvel wants the franchise to fail commercially because they don't really own the rights anyway and they have other competing story lines out there. He specifically singles out Guardians of the Galaxy because of a recent toy fiasco or something.
Some youtuber has created several 12 hour loops of the ambient noises from various Sci-fi locales. Here's the Millennium Falcon.
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