Journal: 12,000+ Killed in Mexican-American Drug War

30,000 killed in Mexico’s drug violence since 2006 (AP) Mexico said Thursday that more than 30,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in late 2006. The government said the violent La Familia cartel in western Mexico has been “systematically weakened” by recent arrests and deaths …

Reference: Microsoft, Facebook, & the Future

Bianca Bosker bianca@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting Microsoft’s Cracked Windows: How The World’s Technology Juggernaut Lost Its Buzz And Became The ‘Underdog’ EXTRACT:  Its stranglehold on the desktop, while hugely profitable, helped turn Microsoft into an out-of-shape competitor focused on defending turf rather than scoring new hits. In seeking to maintain its dominance on the desktop, …

Reference: The Fraud-Based US Economy

The attached blog,  “Failing to Prosecute Wall Street Fraud Is Extending Our Economic Problems,” is a cut-and-paste accumulation of a variety of outlooks. Most are  based on analyses or accumulated wisdom, but some appear based on hunches, ideologies, etc.  Taken together, however, they paint a horrifying picture of the American political economy and our prospects for …