"So, in 1975 CEOs earned about 40 times the
average wage, by the end of the Reagan era
they were earning 130 times the average wage,
and we thought that was a wildly unequal society,
but now it's 500 times." --Paul Krugman

I've been waiting to see if Rush Limbaugh has
really jumped his own bad shark yet, & things
are very promising... (via Eschaton)

"Maximum number of miles that Ford's most
fuel-efficient 2003 car can drive on a gallon of
gas : 36

Maximum number its 1912 Model T could : 35"
--Harpers Index (via Robot Wisdom)

"But as outrageous as Limbaugh and Schwarzen-
egger are, nothing can top Missouri Republican
Senator Christopher Bond's now former communica-
tions director, Ernie Blazar. He decided to set up an
anti-Democrat web site called "N8354N," the tail
number of the plane that carried Missouri Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan, his son, and his assistant.
All were killed in the crash. The plane crashed just
prior to the 2000 election that pitted Carnahan
against the incumbent John Ashcroft. Carnahan,
whose name remained on the ballot, beat Ashcroft anyway." --Wayne Madsen in Counterpunch