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According to IRS data, in 2009 the top one percent of earners reported an adjusted gross income of $343,927 or more. Mr. Moore is worth an estimated $50 million.

Police arrest goat accused of armed robbery

Hat tip to hbd chick.

Earlier today someone mentioned Donald Knuth, the great programming pioneer and all-round Renaissance man, and as I sat at my computer just now waiting for my compiler to do its work, I looked him up on Wikipedia to see what it had to say about him. I discovered that among his many distinguished achievements, he had even written an article for MAD magazine back in 1957, on the “Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures” (which, as I also found out, is an available system of units in Google Calculator).

All this led me in turn to Wikipedia’s List of unusual units of measurement and List of humorous units of measurement, where I learned about such useful quantities as the beard-second, the attoparsec, the microfortnight, and my favorite of the lot, the Sheppey, which is “A measure of distance equal to about 7⁄8 of a mile (1.4 km), defined as the closest distance at which sheep remain picturesque.”

Hey, the compiler’s done, and no errors! Gotta run. Back in a few millifriedmans.

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11
Pisces: March 11-April 18
Aries: April 18-May 13
Taurus: May 13-June 21
Gemini: June 21-July 20
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

Please adjust your personal and financial arrangements accordingly.

Meanwhile, the little clash-of-civilizations drama that has had everyone all wound up of late has descended into low comedy. Terry Jones, the tinpot Florida preacher who absurdly set the world on fire by threatening to do the same to a few leaves of paper, is now jerking his captive world-wide audience back and forth like a yo-yo as he waffles about whether he’s actually going to Do the Deed or not. As I understand the latest dispatches, he either did, or did not, make some sort of arrangement with Feisal “Good Cop” Rauf about the location of that triumphal mosque, in consideration of which he might, or might not, be willing to stay his hand, thereby sparing the world further (yawn) Muslim ire. World leaders, media titans, and the commanders of the world’s mightiest army tremble with helpless anxiety as an utterly insignificant little pisher from Gainesville toys with a book of matches.

I don’t think I have ever seen anything like it in my 54 years.

The latest update seems to be that the august Mr. Rauf, saintly builder of bridges, uniter of riven cultures, America’s official knight-errant of tolerance, and a man without an ulterior bone in his body, isn’t about to let this malignant little mountebank, this upstart farceur, this small-bore sky-pilot, upset his protection racket — in which the “deeply sensitive” Imam, though yearning with all his heart to move his triumphal 9/11 victory mosque somewhere else to ease America’s spiritual anguish, must sadly keep it right where it is for the sake of “national security”. Mr. Jones, therefore, seems likely once again to be making his incendiary statement on Saturday.

I know what you are thinking: this has really gone beyond absurdity; it is a disgraceful media and political circus. What we need is a wise and sober figure, some universally respected solon of unimpeachable sagacity and gravitas, to discipline these squabbling children, and bring this whole embarrassing mess to a swift and dignified conclusion.

Wait! Our prayers may have been answered. We have just learned that Donald Trump has waded into the fray, and will soon put things to rights.

It is true that the brain is susceptible to various sorts of rhythmic stimuli: strobe lights, for example, can cause seizures, and binaural beats where the beat frequency is around 10 Hz can resonate with the brain’s alpha waves, with a calming effect. So I won’t immediately dismiss the whole thing as nonsense, but it is almost certainly nothing to get excited about. That hasn’t stopped the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, however, who are calling for the practice to be banned (good luck with that, as it requires nothing more than an audio oscillator, or even two musical instruments recorded just slightly out of tune).

Meanwhile, if you want to try it out for yourself, and don’t mind spending a little dough, you can cop right here. Do let me know how it goes.

This time it’s Tiger Woods.

Here.

Blogger Dennis Mangan has already picked up the story (his post’s title may somewhat overstate the case, though again it may not); have a look here.

His was a “six life path,” [Los Angeles psychic Glynis Jants] said, meaning he was magnetic and drew people to him. That, coupled with the fact that he was born on a two day made him irresistible, she said.

“If you are born on a two day and are a six life path then America and the world seem to fall in love with you,” McCants said.

This is why I live in New York.

“I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade…

…Because I have sacrificed real life to be a celebrity and to give this art to people, which is great.”

We are not worthy.

I was tipped off to this audacious scam by a recent item in the Washington Post about the high-end bottled-water business, and the enterprising hucksters who manage to lighten their customers’ wallets by as much as $480 for “special edition” bottlings of Adam’s ale (no, I am not making this up).

But for sheer moxie it would be hard to top the folks at Quantum Nutritionals, LLC., makers of Hydra Booster (i.e. water) — who inform us that most of us suffer from a collapsed Quantum Energy Field. Fortunately, though, help is on the way:

Hydra Booster Contains a Powerful Natural Polarity and Carries the Full Range of Frequencies Found in Your Body’s Quantum Energy Field.

For only ten dollars a pint, here’s what you get, according to Dr. Paul Yanick:

Hydra Booster transforms ordinary water into a liquid crystal state of coherent energy that harmonizes and strengthens the body’s Quantum Energy Field and innate healing capabilities.

A “liquid crystal state of coherent energy”. Wow!

(Here’s Dr. Yanick, in case you were worried that he might just be some sort of some smooth-talking flim-flam man who can’t be trusted:)

Nothing I could say here would do this “product”, or these people, justice: that, I’m afraid, would require some hot tar, a bushel of feathers, and a fence-rail, if not the nearest lamp-post. But do go and look at their website. I doubt very much, Dear Reader, that you are fool enough to hand over any of your money, but it will certainly take your breath away.