Oh yeah? Well fuck you too, Goldfinch! [Asshole birds...]

Just thinking about Highlights gives me a kind of queasy feeling, like eating a big bowl of sugar-free Jello vanilla pudding and then watching Teletubbies. The bland, cheery illustration style and the "Goofus and Gallant" social programming content have convinced me that Highlights is the Watchtower of some sick extraterrestrial cult. The fact that the only time I ever saw copies of Highlights was in a doctor's or dentist's office just before I was poked, probed, injected or drilled has nothing to do with it.

I'm not positive, but I think that while reading this post I experienced a cerebral ischaemic event. Either that, or my knowledge of economics is < or = to absolutely nothing.

Data from the good old days (the "Leave It To Beaver" and "My Three Sons" pre- dirty hippy days) would show a much more equal distribution than the 1979 graph, and data from the Robber Baron era would look much like the 2006 graph. But we can't talk about taxing the rich without "Commie Socialist redistribution of wealth!" being yelled in our ears. It's discouraging that people who grew up in "The Good Old Days" get suckered into believing that it's The Liberals that fucked everything up and the solution is to give even more money to the rich. This kind of graphic can get the point across to almost anyone. Nice visual, Jacob!

Damn. Well, I guess "Celebrate British Military History circa 1776 Month" is out now, too.

It's my political party, and I'll cry if I want to. You would cry too, if - ah, fuck it.

I must say that SC is remarkably polite for a confused fucking dickhead. (Please note: only the "fucking dickhead" part is ad hominum; "confused" is verifiable observation.)

Climategate gives me a fucking headache. I think we should try to convince them that the theory of gravity is bullshit because helium balloons go up, and so they should never go outside without wearing lead boots. That way we could spot them in a crowd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk&feature=player_embedded Putting a kitten in glasses playing a guitar in this video is just fucked up. The guy who made this video should die in a global warming induced fire.