Well, maybe someday the Nobel committee will pull the same stunt that Time magazine did.

Funnily enough, I actually knew someone who put "Person of the Year, Time Magazine, 2006" on his CV.

What is that, neocon word salad?

Meanwhile, I played as a kid, and now I play with my kids. It's actually a convenient parenting tool, because you can let them perish from the consequences of their poor decisions without being arrested for child neglect.

That's why my group uses Pathfinder, a fork of third edition D&D that is still supported and thriving. And all your third edition supplements are compatible.

What are they going to do, nuke it?

According to Angela Merkel, the Stasi. And having grown up under them, she would know.

Yes, well, anyone who pays attention to "Anonymous Coward, esq." deserves the consequences.

Why do people even bother making comments this stupid?

Tell that to Boeing, who just lost a major deal with Brazil over this.

Not to be all conspiratorial, but I think it's been a while now since politicians were really in charge of this sort of thing.

You mean the lying liars who lie for a living... lied?

No it's not. The 16th amendment authorized an income tax, but it's not like the feds subsisted off donations before that. Besides, when was the last time the federal government was meaningfully constrained by the limitations supposedly imposed on it by the constitution?

Ending tax evasion would be easy -- just tax nothing but land. I mean, good luck hiding that, right?

This is reminiscent of how bills in Congress are really decided in committee, with the floor speeches just meant to impress the suckers back home.