Today is the national (s)election day in the USA, and for those of you in the rest of the world watching this carnival that occurs once every four years in this country, you have my sympathies, for the fates of so many people in so many countries, even powerful ones such as Russia or China, are tied to an increasingly corrupt process in the "leader" of the "free" world, by a voting population increasingly showing signs of systemic illiteracy and stupidity. Don't get me wrong, I am a passionate believer in liberty, and in the basic ideals upon which this nation was founded. As such, I tend … [Read more...]