Funny Video
Angry Old Man

Reporter asks a member of the public for comments.
Banksters
Goldman Sachs College Scam
Goldman Sachs Social Club, New York City
Goldman Sachs is the majority owner of a group of for profit colleges, tying our youth into debt for over-priced education.
By Mother Jones, edited by Dan Allen
Banksters
Subprime Subscam
Banks bought their own collateralized debt obligations (CDO) and cranked up an assembly line that should have been stopped.
By Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger ProPublica
Banksters
2008 Goldman Sachs Wheat Deal
Goldman allegedly manipulates US red wheat pricing, by using fractional reserves on client investments in wheat.
By Dan Allen
Banksters
Goldman Sachs Helps Wheat Market
Those guys at Goldman Sachs are really nice guys.
By DemocracyNow.org
Extending Human Life by 50 Years
Technology now can be used to keep people alive for up to 50 years after their body fails, provided their brain still is healthy. Head transplant onto portable life support.
By Dan Allen
cURL Journal
TwitterGun Coming Up on New Technology

TwitterGun users react to new authentication.
By Dan Allen
cURL Journal
Twitter Interface Dumps Basic Authentication
TwitterGun users know their needs will continue to be met under the new technology.
Twitter just changed its programmer interface for authenticating accounts. As a result, TwitterGun is down, and so is my ability to keep my Twitters updated.
By Dan Allen
Humans Losing to Machines
The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.
By Michael Moore
Comments On
Tim Geitner's NY Times Op-Ed
By Timothy F. Geitner, with comments interspersed by Dan Allen. Cartoon by Gary Taxali.
Anti-Corruption
Russian Policeman Blows Whistle
Compelling footage of Russian policeman fed up with corruption. More Russians following suit. Putin ignorning them for now.
By Brent McDonald, New York Times
Vermont Yankee
Brian Dubie Is Vermont Yankee's Only Hope For Public Acceptance
Brian Dubie brings rare experience of daily contact with complex machines that can kill people if they break down. Vermont Yankee might be saved, because Brian Dubie can provide Vermont-style honest technical assessment.
By Dan Allen
400,000 Year Weather Chart
Weather at a glace for the last 400,000 years on Earth. Pattern appears regular.
Vermont Proposals
Not About Jobs, Stupid
Candidates stump with endless talk of "jobs," yet, jobs are not the first thought on Vermonters' minds.
"What kind of state can we make?" That is what Vermonters want to know.
By Dan Allen
Federal Government
Obama Disappointments
Washington - Liberal activists in 2008 helped turn anger into votes. Now they are disappointed that Obama's follow through has neglected their priorities. "There's definitely a frustration there..."
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers | Report
The New Serf
Pawns
Serfs never have exercised power. Workers unions are the closest we have come. Participatory management is the path we must pursue.
By Dan Allen
Plane Crashed Into IRS
Why He Did It
What was Joe Stack thinking when he set his house on fire and flew his plane into the IRS office?
By Joe Stack
cURL Journal
Dedicated teamwork makes the difference in G1 Endy racing. Here,
a team of engineers crack the cURL code for spinning the Earth.
The Earth is spinning at Dan Allen Dot Com, thanks to cURL and the Swiss Earth Observatory
By Dan Allen
Gemma's Family Plans
Gemma goes on the record with her family plans, including husband and child.
Morality Under Review
Morality has nothing to do with our relationship to the creator of the universe. Stories about Heaven and Hell are jive, rumors adopted by leaders for their power to persuade.
By Dan Allen
Dan & Hector on Snowmass
We'd done it again, one of the best times ever.
Hector and Dan, 1985
Pearl Shows Compassion then Appetite for Lobster
Pearl wants to rescue the lobsters at the grocery store, but later says, "Lobsters are yummy!"
By Dan Allen
Modern Hero
All religions and myths tell the same story, a story Campbell calls the monomyth.
By Joseph Campbell
More About
My Joe Stack Story
That blurb about My Joe Stack Story is explaining a problem I am working to solve
By Dan Allen
Instead of Flying Into IRS Building
My Joe Stack Story
Except for killing himself and others, Joe Stack is pretty funny.
By Dan Allen
Justice and National Security
Ultimate Sacrifice
Death honored by our country is in some ways less of a sacrifice than standing up for the law.
Emergency Rescue
Tough Decisions
TRIAGE
By Dan Allen
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