Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Monday, February 25, 2013

Seven San Quentin prison inmates recently presented tech startup proposals as part of the Last Mile program, an entrepreneurship course modeled on startup incubators that take in batches of young companies and provide them courses, informal advice and the seed investments to grow. "Live stream has gone mainstream. Mobile video usage went up and is expected to increase by 28 percent over the next five years," said Eddie Griffin, who was pitching a music streaming concept and is on a third stint for drug possession at the prison. Inmates can't run businesses from behind bars and have no access to technology aside from tightly monitored computer use. "I still have a lot to learn," Griffin said. "I've never used a cellphone."

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Some inmates are going to find a way to abuse this system so fast.

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Excellent article, Tor.
The trouble with non-violent criminals is they see a profit and do not see the obstacles society demands, sometimes even correctly, before the goal is reached.
Years ago, I think it was Forbes magazine, interviewed 50 top economists on how to invest $50,000 in the present (I believe thta was the mid-eighties) economy.
The one from Texas A&M said "Give it to a Vietnamese immigrant and let him do whatever he wants."
I'd almost say the same about a successful pot dealer, except they have little respect for the details of making money.

#1 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-02-24 06:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The trouble with Cardinals is they see a profit and do not see the obstacles society demands, sometimes even correctly, before the goal is reached. "

Concur.

#2 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-24 11:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

.... "The trouble with non-violent criminals is they see a profit and do not see the obstacles society demands"?

**** What OBSTACLES stopped the Banksters from Ripping Off $Trillions or stopped the Pentagon from stealing $Trillions (that have never been accounted for) from the American Taxpayers? What exactly is society DEMANDING,if anything at all,from the ongoing Political and CorpoRat Criminals who rule America? One thing for sure is that the little crooks are in prison while for the Big Crooks in Washington and on Wall St.its lucrative business as usual!

#3 | Posted by AntiCadillac at 2013-02-25 01:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

I read"Inmates Pitch Tent Start Ups" and wondered, WTF? Never mind.

#4 | Posted by john47 at 2013-02-25 03:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

More reasons to lock up computer hackers... to lock everyone up for anything and make them work for free! Slavery is on it's way back!

#5 | Posted by TwoCents at 2013-02-26 10:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

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