Arthur D. Hlavaty

President Musk has given the order to shut down the government and rump is meekly following

Discordian holidays

Thanx to RAW Illumination.

Clay Shirky on why healthcare.gov didn't work (besides the heroic efforts of the Republicans and the insurance industry). Hagbard Celine also had some thoughts on what happens when the planners are supposed to know everything and the workers are supposed to know nothing.

Thanx to andrewducker

Ron Paul is in favor of Texas secession. (I don't expect it to happen, but if it does, the Austin airlift will be a hoot.) He defines himself as a libertarian, but favors States Rights, which means turning power over to agencies that tend to be more oppressive than the federal government. Discordian Libertarians recognize the inevitability of government (like bondage to our bowels, as Mr. Heinlein said), and want it to be as large, distant, and hence incompetent at restricting personal liberty as possible

Libertarians for World Government