Jeff knocks it out of the park

what it might sound like were Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to carry on a conversation with a Swingline stapler

The thread is pretty choice stuff, too.
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Wherein Steve McIntyre fails to acknowledge his data sources

Hilarity ensues.
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The Purpose of Government

From Jerry Pournelle:

The purpose of modern government is to take money from the folks who save and pay their bills and live within their means, and use that to hire government workers; and to keep their power by using the money to buy votes from those who do not save and pay their bills and live within their means. And of course the money comes from those who work and save and pay their bills and live within their means -- who else will have any money for the government to take?

Or am I unduly cynical? But you ain't seen nothing yet.

h/t: Insty.
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