Interesting Links for 12-06-2016

[andrewducker]

Fact-Check: James Dyson’s Claims About Brexit (tags: europe facts ) EU referendum: British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows (tags: europe referendum fail Education ) The mystery of the 'legal name fraud' billboards (tags: law wtf names uk canada ) Fable. (What do you when the story of your life vanishes out from under you?) (

Comments

[gonzo21]

Yeah, I don't mind if people want to vote Leave, but I do very much mind that every single one of them I've encountered wants to vote Leave based on a series of completely false assumptions.

[mlknchz]

Along those same lines, almost everyone I've talked to about the US primaries and presumptive presidential race here in the US talks more about what they DISLIKE about the other side than what they like about their side.
Definitely third-party time here

[lilchiva]

Can I ask why? My thinking is that we have two awful-ish choices. But, 3rd party voting or not voting isn't actually helpful, if you live in a battle ground state. (If you don't then obvs. it's just going to be either red or blue) To me, it's like if you'd really rather not have a particular candidate, then vote against them.

[mlknchz]

I disagree with the idea that voting third party is wasting a vote. I vote for the candidate that most reflects my values and ideals. If that happens to be a third party candidate, then so be it. Otherwise, all we ever have is eternal grid-lock between the Democrats and Republicans. The "lesser of two evils" is STILL evil.
The only vote that's wasted is one that's not cast.

( and California is hardly a battle ground state :) )

[henriksdal]

One of the Legal Name Fraud bilboards popped up in my local town a few weeks ago (it's gone now) and I kept meaning to google it. weird.

[erindubitably]

There are a couple in Dundee! So weird.

[agoodwinsmith]

The name fraud things is disturbing. The one person that can be found is an obvious alternate reality viewer, but somebody spent (and is spending) a pile of money. *Somebody* down the road expects to gain a benefit. What on earth could the benefit be?

There isn't a band or a book or a social media thing named "Name Fraud" for which this will create brand recognition? A fashion-house?

I mean, there have been (are still?) attempts to patent people's DNA, and fashion-house use and copyright of indigenous designs is a thing, so an attempt to extort money from people because somebody else owns copyright on their names sounds exactly like something someone would really try to do.

[andrewducker]

Yeah. It's worrying that people are either spending money on things that are massively disconnected from reality, or huge scams, or possibly both.

[helflaed]

I assumed it was clickbait and refused to google it...