Holy crap on a flaming crutch, Batman

[unixronin]

OK, folks, pop quiz:  When you make a lump payment and pay off a credit-card debt, which of the following things happen?

1. There's less money in your bank account.
2. There's a lower balance on your credit card.
3. There's more credit available on your credit card.
4. You get investigated by Homeland Security.
5. All of the above.

Correct answer:  5, "All of the above."

This is bloody ridiculous.

In other news, the inestimable dr_nebula reports that the Dawn probe to Ceres and Vesta, already 90% funded, almost complete, and set to launch in three months, has been cancelled because the mission scientists asked for an additional $40 million added to the $371 million already spent on it.  So for the sake of $40 million, NASA is taking $371 million that's already spent and flushing it down the toilet.

Just think, that $40 million would fund Bush's precious war in Iraq for, what ... a few hours?  Maybe a day, if it's a slow day and no-one fires a weapon?

Comments

[bbullock.livejournal.com]

It is a fact that people will give up what they consider to be "small liberties"--especially someone else's--if they believe it will provide them with more security. It has been proven over and over throughout history.
This is because people are too stupid to realize that there is NO SUCH THING as a "small liberty."