Gongol.com Archives: September 2010
Brian Gongol


September 21, 2010

Socialism Doesn't Work North Korea may be soon to announce a new "dear leader"
Reports suggest that Kim Jong-Il is in dire straits with bad health, and that his youngest son might soon be in charge of the Stalinist holdout, making for the third generation of family control over the country. Communism never did away with privilege -- it just institutionalized it with the political class. Say what you will about capitalism, but markets tend to be very good at enforcing shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.

Computers and the Internet Facebook says it's trying to clamp down on profile hacking
But the problem isn't going away anytime soon

Humor and Good News OK Go + dogs = another wacky music video
(Video) If nothing else, the band has assuredly figured out how to build a franchise off their unusual music videos in a post-MTV era.

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