Who needs elected representatives? With one fell swoop, Italian citizens today approved a handful of absolutely necessary reforms, and completely ignored the pleadings of their cartoonishly corrupt and incompetent leader to do so. Benfatto.

Paul Simon is not easy to improve upon – and I’m not saying it was done successfully here. But it’s hard to argue with a banjoist sitting on a creek in a fireman’s coat.

While I’m not sure it can quite measure up to Russ’ brilliant video link from the other day in concision, it must be noted that capitalism is unfortunately pervasive beyond domestic borders. Thus I proudly present the Consequences of Capitalism Quiz:

In case you’re wondering what I got, it’s this:
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Casual physicist Aaron O’Connell explains how he turned a tiny piece of metal into a quantum object that violated the laws we assume apply to all things in our larger world.

While Google and Facebook actively conspire with government agents surveiling law-abiding US citizens, Mozilla Firefox stands alone as the only internet behemoth willing to buck the forces of censorship.

Utter brilliance from The Whitest Kids U Know.

You blew it all up, you damned dirty buffalo!

As efficient and functional as one can be alone, sometimes you just need someone else’s help to break through.

This ingenious Venn diagram aside, think about it. They are on the opposite side of the power hierarchy from you than are prostitutes. They sexually force themselves upon for no money. And they are the least fun people on the planet. TSA agents are Bizarro Prostitutes.

In this Russia Today snippet, financial muckraker Max Keiser is scratching the surface of something very interesting. In discussing societies that engage in ‘financial repression’ Keiser sees a US in which saving money is not only considered passe, but is actively discouraged. And while it could be argued that we’ve already been doing this for over a decade, imagine a future in which more draconian penalties are associated with those who refuse to live paycheck to paycheck. It’s not much of a stretch to imagine a government that would seek to punish the un-patriotic activity of selfishly holding back one’s savings rather than dumping it into our economy of debt.