Friends told me I didn’t need to study, the questions weren’t that hard. But I wanted to and so for months I lugged around a set of government-issued flashcards, hoping to master the test. I pestered my family and friends to quiz me. Sometimes I quizzed my sources. I learned things (there are 27 amendments to the Constitution) and they learned things (there are 27 amendments to the Constitution). But then we began noticing errors in a number of the questions and answers. The test is full of errors.
Tag: us
US Internet Kill Switch
they’ll make sure their forthcoming legislation “contains explicit language prohibiting the president from doing what President Mubarak did.”
what you get when people with the understanding of internet = tubes write legislation.
US lagging in life expectancy
The United States has fallen behind other developed countries in life expectancy gains in recent decades. Americans are among the most sedentary people, vying with Poland for the dubious status of topping that category, followed by Italy, England and Spain.
great news for the coming entitlements crisis.
United States v. Tiede
germany ceding jurisdiction to the us, in 1978. fascinating legal hack.
Americans Hire Lobbyist
Before today, I’d actually never heard of this group. But if Jack says they’re worth my time, I’ll take a look and see if maybe there are some areas where our interests overlap.
Tea Party Warfare
using open source warfare techniques. this will make it impossible for washington to co-opt them. interesting times.
Fuck the South
who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?
Federal Accounting
More than $1.3t in federal reporting data from 2009 is broken. These data inaccuracies account for 70% of the total $1.9t in government spending data reported last year. USASpending.gov has not fulfilled its legal requirement of providing the public access to accurate, timely and detailed information on how federal agencies fulfill their spending obligations.
this is what the end of empire looks like
scary news
scary scary muslim scary! scary scary scary! scary buy gold scary!
US Flag Recalled
143m of US flag–related injuries and fatalities have been reported over a 230-year period.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 