Ladies and gentlemen, they found a new loophole in the political system of this country! First they realized that if you start a war you can ask congress for billions of dollars to appropriate to their friends' companies. Now, with the war being widely unpopular it seems the source of income has run dry for the ones with power. Hasn't it? There is a new trick in town: economic crisis - which leads to even more billions of bailout money?

Since when did you start thinking that paying with a credit card is normal? It seems that an entire generation or two of americans got duped into thinking this way. Well, there is  a simple solution presented in this SNL clip

As I logged in to my Discover card online acconut to make a payment I noticed the usual calendar gadget missing. See, I used to schedule my payment for the last day possible, without incurring any fees (usually the 25th of the month). My reasoning was "why let them use my money for a month if I can do it myself?" right? 

Today I find out that the bastards have removed the calendar to replace it with this: