MC2 Post 1427 Dealing with the Reams of Information that Fill the Political Conversations?

In the words of the winning Robert Redford 
in  "The Candidate" 1972 film):

 "Marvin ... What do we do now?"

 

Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate_%281972_film%29

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John Grisham paints a dire picture 

of Money and Political Corruption 

in  "The Appeal" .

Politics has always been a dirty game.

Now justice is, too.

Carl Trudeau, with judicial elections looming, decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. 

The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a 

billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, 

his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. 

Their Supreme Court justice.

Link:  http://www.jgrisham.com/the-appeal/ 

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Working with Big Datasets...

Here’s an example of D3 in action, 

making President Obama’s 2013

budget proposal understandable, 

and navigable.

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Four Ways to Slice Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal

From:  http://www.nytimes.com

 

Explore Every Nook and Cranny of 

President Obama's Federal Budget Proposal.

 See it in Action Here:

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/13/us/politics/2013-budget-proposal-graphic.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6mu8h63

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See the Tools of  This Big Dataset

Down Below at: 

Big Data Right Now

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The Following was  Pointed to

by  Tim O'Reilly on Google+.     Wingman.

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9:28 AM  -  Public

Where He Says:

There's a slightly updated version of this article by Nobel prize

winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, with a more compelling title,

in today's New York Times.

I find Stiglitz' arguments compelling.  How about you?

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What's At Stake in This Election

Campaign Stops 
October 26, 2012, 12:20 am

Some Are More Unequal Than Others

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

Link:  http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/stiglitz-some-are-more-unequal-than-others/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8orhrug 

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Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies

Link:  http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/27/big-data-right-now-five-trendy-open-source-technologies/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/995r6ps 

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