JP Morgan Is Laughing At You

by | Oct 26, 2013 | banksters

Sell some weed in the United States and you can get 81 years in prison. Create a massive fraud that collapses the global economy, put thousands out of work, makes thousands lose their homes, destroy thousands of businesses – and you’ll get what amounts to a slap on the wrist. JP Morgan has assets near $2.5 TRILLION. They have been involved in criminal activity for years, defrauding American and international investors, aiding and abetting criminals from Enron to Worldcom and rigging the energy market. Do they go to jail? Are their leaders even charged with crimes? Of course not. Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, paid himself $23 million in 2011. He even got praise from Obama.

Just one more example of how the banksters have got the system rigged. These bastards are laughing at you, especially you Democrats who still think Obama is the Great Hope.

Jpmorgan

No Illusions Podcast #61 – Politics & Ethics

by | Oct 25, 2013 | capitalism, geopolitics, Podcast, US politics

My guests again today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette, the Secretary of State of Wisconsin.

This week I try to get down to basics – how do we form our political beliefs? Is government really about ethics? What political ethics do we want our society to strive towards? Are psychopaths screwing up the world? Do they make up a large percentage of the 1%?

 

Aristotle, politics, ethics

Using AppleScript to Launch a Bunch of Startup Applications

by | Oct 22, 2013 | Mac, technology

using applescript to auto launch mac apps

 

For the six years I’ve been using a Mac, I’ve often wanted to learn how to use AppleScript to automate processes I repeat. Today I finally did.

As part of my routine for keeping my Mac running efficiently, I like to re-boot it every couple of days. And to make sure it continues to boot quickly, I’ve made sure I’ve deleted everything that wants to auto-startup at boot. That way, I get a nice, clean, quick boot if I need it.

However, there are also a number of sites and apps that I use all day that I need to run. So instead of opening them all up individually after a new boot, I’ve written an AppleScript to do it for me.

Now if you’re an old AppleScript hand, this is probably stupidly simple. But I know lots of friends and family who have moved to a Mac in recent years and who aren’t programmers, so this is for them.

The Steps.

1. Open AppleScript. It comes pre-installed on your Mac. Find it by searching Spotlight.

2. Start a new script.

3. Cut & Paste my code from below. Change the URLs you want to open and the App you want to run according to your tastes.

4. Click “Compile” on the AppleScript toolbar.

5. Flie > Save. Save it to your Applications folder. Make sure the “File Format” is “Application”. Call it whatever you want – mine is just called ‘Startup’.

6. Lastly, open up the Applications folder and drage the icon for the new app to your dock. Close AppleScript.

Now, when you boot, after the dock loads, just run the new app and it will open all of your sites and apps for you.

 

 

 

open location “http://gmail.com”

open location “http://facebook.com”

 

tell application “TextExpander”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Alfred 2”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “CrashPlan”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “PopClip”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Bartender”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Fantastical”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Moom”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Skype”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “TweetDeck”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Evernote”

activate

end tell

 

tell application “Spotify”

activate

end tell

No Illusions Podcast #60 – SHUTDOWN

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Podcast, US politics

My guests today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette, Secretary of State of Wisconsin. They joined me this morning to discuss the recent US government shutdown and the forces at play behind it. If you, like me, have been trying to understand how something like this could happen in the world’s leading economic power, then I hope this conversation will shed some light on the issue. As David and Doug are both Democrats, I, being an Australian, try to throw in some counter-arguments into the conversation for balance.

BTW, if you’re having trouble getting the show to download in iTunes, please try deleting the feed from iTunes and re-adding it using this link.

shutdown art