I don't think they'll collect $250 billion, but it would be totès la f'boo if the federal government lost some of its authority or something.

The preceding not withstanding, Welch is correct in offering this kind of warning at a time like this.

And...

And... While Welch is (rightly!) kidding, Oxford is (rightly!) not.

Jeez, Crid, we're up waaay too late.

But not too late to laugh along as a clever guy rebrands the douchecanoe clothing label A&F with a giveaway on Skid Row:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/abercrombie-and-fitch-homeless-brand-readjustment_n_3272498.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

The Jello title of this made me think of this from last night, because Twitter sets my heart free like a wink from a pretty girl during the serenade of a songbird.

They don't all have to be great, do they? No.

Here's one from a young doctor.

Solid! Okay! Worth reading! Twitter.

Goggers, it's fun and all, but it's hard to imagine being offended by the marketing cheese from a clothing retailer. I mean, y'know, I have resentments from high school too, but they don't burn so brightly.

(Dating former cheerleaders in adult life makes some of the pain go away, rah-rah.)

Let's say you were as old as the guy who made that video and you saw some snooty person from your High School working at a clothing store. I mean, isn't he old enough to know that the really kewl peepol don't work retail after High School? Shouldn't they be fucking their way across Europe or something?

Excellent Miah.

Very, very strong Miah.

It's a heartbreak, the choices those kids are making over there.

But about the Mello peeps......

Drudge headline:

 Boston bombings suspect left note in boat...
'When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims'...

Your first thought, I am sure, like mine: Convenient!.

Let's all take a moment to remember that the relative worth of the magnificent Saudi oil fields is plummeting. Let's also remember that their population is aging a tremendous rate. They should be spending these years ensuring that each and every teenage girl is getting a PhD in physics, so that there'll be something left of their nation in the year 2100.

That's not what's happening.

Let's cast one last look upon the visage of "Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police."

Religious police are a luxury that nation cannot afford. Fun factoids from a 10-year-old article:

• Per capita income in Saudi Arabia fell from $28,600 in 1981 to $6,800 in 2001. The country's birth rate has soared, becoming one of the highest in the world.

• Five extended families in the Middle East own about 60 percent of the world's oil. The Saud family, which rules Saudi Arabia, controls more than a third of that amount.

• Taking into account its murky "off-budget" defense spending, Saudi Arabia may spend more per capita on defense than any other country in the world (some estimates put the figure at 50 percent of its total revenues), and the House of Saud believes this is necessary for its personal protection.

It's just a fun article and you should read it all.

The House of Saud currently has some 30,000 members. The number will be 60,000 in a generation, maybe much higher. According to reliable sources, anecdotal evidence, and the Saudi gossip machine, the royal family is obsessed with gambling, alcohol, prostitution, and parties. And the commissions and other outlays to fund their vices are constant. What would the price of oil have to be in 2025 to support even the most basic privileges—for example, free air travel anywhere in the world on Saudia, the Saudi national airline—that the Saudi royals have come to enjoy? Once the family numbers 60,000, or 100,000, will there even be a spare seat for a mere commoner who wants to fly out of Riyadh or Jidda?

Oh, and for those of our Jewish friends on the east coast:

http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/554,2092850/Are-cicadas-Kosher.html