Link: McDonald’s Plays Politics, Brags About Selling Its McWorkers Appalling Health Coverage

The health insurance that its franchises now offer cap total benefits at $2,000 to $10,000 a year. And less than 80% of the premium dollars for the plan go toward health care. Under ObamaCare neither of those will fly.

Link: Fast-tracking: Alternatives to college – O’Reilly Radar

Definitely thought-provoking. The comments are mostly worth reading. Look for Nick Aubert’s comment on people missing the point of a liberal-arts education and its accompanying “shared viewpoints”.

Now that I am peripherally involved in a technician-type education program (lab instructor for EMT classes), I can see some elements of my own education that are lacking in this vocational education. Sridhar has a brilliant idea, here; the trick is figuring out how to tweak it, or supplement it elsewhere in the person’s life, to make sure that the “work basics” aren’t all they end up with.

Link: I’ll Take 2 MasterCards and a Visa, Please — Krebs on Security

What’s your credit-card info worth? Not even two bucks.

Unless you’re British, in which case it’s worth four bucks.

Link: The Sign of a Good Toy

Buckyballs! And they even have a warning about potential death. Even better.