CJR: When Government Acts Like Private Industry.
“Calpers was a big part of the notorious Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village purchase, which has the distinction not only of being one of the worst real estate deals of all time, but also one whose business plan was to aggressively dump middle-class tenants out of its apartments and raise rents sharply. Again, this is a government entity doing this, even if not to its own people.” As we know, when governmental bodies get desperate for money, ethics get hidden under a convenient trash bin.
And, Mashable: Google Adds Facebook Pages to Real-time Search. Note on this one, see last paragraph: “Still, Google’s stream doesn’t include public Facebook profiles, something only rival search engine Bingcan access.” Check your privacy settings, kiddies.
