Some of Today's "Good News" From "Some Assembly Required"

O.K. -- It's time for folks to go to "Some Assembly Required" again. There are times I wonder how the author can stand compiling all these tid-bits. I would most likely go off a bridge if I did what he does on a daily basis. He must have a much better sense of humor, of irony, than I do.

It's interesting that the insanity of the USA is on display on a daily basis. That, along with our status as "superpower", our narrow view, lack of education, willingness to believe utter rubbish, and arrogance, makes it a given that other folks hate us.

It is NOT about "our freedom" -- it might just be that we impose strange rules on others, then wonder why folks think we're insane.

Anyway, some examples of today's "Some Assembly Required" -- there's a lot of good stuff there - follow link to original, then click on his links - it's "fun".
--------------------------

Summary: Stocks up, houses down.

Short Form: The average US credit card rate is 14.72%. The banks borrow money from the Fed at 0.25%. No wonder they can pay those bonuses.

Your Own Good: The city council in Peoria, AZ wants to fingerprint every person buying OxyContin and Percocet (and similar drugs) and videotape every person who comes up to the prescription counter. Why do I suspect these city councilmen are anti-government Republicans?

Useful Lesson: In the great tradition of learning from letting Billy sit on the hot stove, reports keep coming in that the UK's path to prosperity through austerity is not working. So far the cure has resulted in a 2% drop in GDP, with more to come, as politicians will 'learn' that the austerity measures have not been austere enough.

Pop Pop, Fizz Fizz: Since 2000, about 16 million tons of CO2 has been pumped into an aging oilfield to both force the remaining oil out and to 'safely' store the CO2. A farmer whose land is atop this reservoir reports that ponds on his farm are now carbonated, that animals die adjacent to the bubbling cauldron and that groundwater foams to the surface like shaken soda pop. The operator, Cenovus, tells the farmer he should believe their scientists who say it is perfectly safe, and not his lying eyes.