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In 2016, Californians will vote on stupid Tim Draper’s stupid initiative to turn America’s greatest state into six stupid (and deeply unequal) little states. The initiative will fail, and even if it somehow passes, the state legislature will never approve it, and even if it somehow did, Congress will never agree to it. So, this whole thing is stupid. Fitting then that famed ridiculer of stupid things Stephen Colbert had Draper on his show last night.
Colbert began by introducing Draper (a “Silicon Valley billionaire and evil stepdad in a Lifetime movie”) and his stupid plan to the uninitiated:
Then “the riskmaster” himself came on. Watching Draper come off like a weirdo is entertaining enough, but the real money shot is when Colbert responds to Draper’s promise that he has no future in politics: “so, you’re just going to set the charges, blow it apart, and then say ‘not my fucking problem’?”
(h/t Valleywag)
Originally posted here:
Let’s Watch Stephen Colbert Make Fun Of Tim Draper’s Stupid Plan To Split California Into 6 States
Posted 2 May 2013 in
The top five oil companies have released their quarterly financials, and it should come as no surprise that the fossil fuel industry continues to excel in one area: making money at your expense.
We did a little math and found that with profits averaging $6 billion, the top five oil companies made $13.8 million every hour during the first quarter of 2013. To put that in perspective, the median annual household income in the US is $52,762. In other words, it would take the average American family 261 years to make what the oil companies do in one hour!
So the next time you hear oil companies trying to attack the petroleum alternatives we desperately need, just remember what they’re trying to protect: a monopoly on your gas tank and more money than most people will ever see in their lifetime.
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Do you make $13.8 million an hour? If you do, you might be an oil company
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