Another Day, Another Day Without A Dollar

Holy crap, the goal for unpaid days off at my place of under-employment this month is...374! It has climbed steadily every month and now totals over a year's worth of days. Fortunately, I am accustomed to poverty, so my life style is barley impacted. Also, Coors is on sale!

Speaking of financial ruin, I'm so old I remember when the G20 was the G7, which turned out to not be so lucky, so they make it the G8. You remember the G8 don't you? Oh, you must remember the G8; USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Russia, France, the Professor and Mary Ann. They meet every year to determine the financial fate of the world. They added more members because they got sick of Italy always serving spaghetti when it was its turn to host the group. Anyway, they are now 20 members strong, having invited the likes of Australia, Tanzania and Ethiopia into the elite circle of deciders. Whatever. Everything will be OK, once they figure out how to de-regulate the re-regulating of the de-regulated banking business. You betcha!

One thing is certain, this whole banking mess has given me a lot more respect for the the common people of Great Brittan. On April 1st, costumed protesters, Anarchists, Anti-Capitalists, and Environmentalists demonstrated for "Financial Fools Day" with signs that said "Eat the Bankers" and "O% interest in Others". But for sheer balls you can't beat this: Protesters broke into the heavily guarded, bailed-out Bank of Scotland and spray painted it with the word "THIEVES". They tried to storm the Bank of England, but were beaten back by baton-wielding police.

Can you see anybody in the United States of Apathy doing anything that cool? Oh no, Americans just sit on their big fat asses and yell at the TV. And that's while watching "American Idol". OK, to be fair, England is only about half the size of Oregon, and you can drive the length of it in a day, so it's probably a lot easier to drum up a crowd for a protest. But still, you go girls!

In any event, thanks to the power of SCIENCE it may all be a moot point soon. Yes, at long last, "Scientists Create 'Robot Scientists' That Can Think For Themselves". Now I must ask, how fucking retarded is it to purposely create something that will replace not just every human function on the goddamn planet, but also... YOU?!?

Yes, the new kids on the block can "reason, formulate theories and discover scientific knowledge on their own". Well then, Mr. Hot-Shit Scientist, what exactly will we need YOU for then? Oh, yeah, and what happens when Mr. Roboto-Scientist meets the Pentagon's new Hunter-Killer-Bots. NOMAD MUST STERILIZE, that's what will happen. Not only did these fools not see "Robo-Cop", they missed all three seasons of "Star Trek" too. Well, they were lucky to miss the third season, but they really SHOULD have watched the first two.

I don't know why I keep reading the news. Actually, I think people who don't keep up with the news have a better chance of being happy. Knowing the truth will crush your soul. I was only 19 when Ford pardoned Nixon, and I learned that our leaders were greedy thieves who are in fact above the law, and feel free to steal and kill with impunity, without fear of ever being brought to justice. I haven't been a teenager since.