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Tuesday
Aug 21, 2012
Counterterrorism .. for kids!
to Government by isosceles
Friday
May 25, 2012
How long has the government of Washington, D.C. operated without a federal indictment? Find out.
to Government by isosceles
Tuesday
Jun 20, 2006
The United States Office of Property Disposal thinks you should buy this island (assuming you have the money). It's in the Johnson Atoll, and may well be uninhabitable because of some of the things it's former tennants did to it.
to Government by caspian
Friday
Dec 24, 2004
The Office of Legal Counsel says that the President's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable.
to Government by roo
Thursday
Feb 19, 2004
Fifteen billion dollars seems like a lot of money. It's more money than most of us will earn in this lifetime, unless your name ends in 'Airways'. But, what if an entrepreneur named Tom MacDonald (not the guy with the farm) took a lesson from Karyn Bosnak, best known as the girl who convinced more than 10,000 complete strangers to pay for her pointy-toed Pradas, and asked each resident of California to send him just $1.21 every day for a year? Once he convinces each of the state's 34 million residents that his fund is not a pyramid scheme or scam and to forgo their daily fair trade-certified tall coffee at Starbucks in favor of fiscal responsibility, he could collect a staggering $15 billion to pay off the $15 billion bond proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce California's budget deficit.
to Government by rich
Wednesday
Oct 22, 2003
Trekkies fed up with the Bush administration--Unite!
to Government by fotbon
Saturday
Oct 4, 2003
Take a break from watching American democracy totter and learn a thing or two by playing Bill of Rights Golf, or watch an episode of Who Wants To Marry A Founding Father?
to Government by sck
Monday
Jun 23, 2003
I can't wait to deposit my tax refund!
to Government by roo
Tuesday
Apr 8, 2003
As April 15 looms on the horizon, you might as well have a good laugh.
to Government by yoyology
Friday
May 24, 2002
Didja know that since studies show that it's completely ineffective, the WTO has decided to disband? -- Just kidding. The WTO says rumors of its disbanding are just a trick. Okay, but those studies...
to Government by voidptr
Monday
Apr 29, 2002
Government is funny! YourCongress.com is a rich source of information about everything from classic Jim Traficant quotes (the man responsible for the most repetitions of the phrase "beam me up" in Congress) to Congressional haiku. Also notable: rankings of power among the members of Congress.
to Government by idat
Wednesday
Oct 17, 2001
Hey European Monetary Union-loving kids of the world, remember Captain Euro? Well, he has a fan club now!
to Government by wheezer
Friday
Sep 28, 2001
The US General Accounting Office publishes an immense flow of reports on subjects from the topical to the obscure.
to Government by gator
Friday
Jul 6, 2001
The Feds (well, the Centers for Disease Control) have really been doing their job. Look at state-by-state leading causes of death. . Similarly, try to find your favorite Sexually Transmitted Disease in the state of your choice (click on "anonymous user" to search by state). It takes a little while to construct the queries, but it still makes you wonder why "Homicide and Legal intervention" is so popular in Texas (81% of those homicides -- 1,570 between 1995 and 1998 -- are firearm-related deaths) when George W. Bush was Governor, and suicide is a favorite in Minnesota as Jesse Ventura takes charge. (These last few links are direct database queries and may take a full minute or two). To see a glorious selection of interesting disease- and death-related queries, go to the CDC WONDER selection page. Select "anonymous user," then go nuts.
to Government by keiths
Saturday
May 5, 2001
Among the CIA Publications made available online is the World Factbook. It contains reference maps and intelligence profiles of over 250 countries, and you can use it to find out who punishes you if if you commit a murder in Antarctica.
to Government by roo
Tuesday
May 1, 2001
If you're filling out this year's census in the U.K., you can do it in other languages than English. Sort of. Obleeged gif ye'd scrieve in.
to Government by fringehead
Thursday
Mar 29, 2001
US tax dollars at work: HR 19, the Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001. Gee, wonder who they're interested in eliminating.
to Government by petek
Monday
Jan 22, 2001
So you promised to move to Canada if Bush won. Unlike your friends, you actually meant it. Unfortunately, they don't let just anybody in. They have standards. Even worse, there are a bunch of people who don't want you at all. Good luck!
to Government by magus
Wednesday
Jan 17, 2001
While you've seen the types of things the Center For Disease Control does via the media, you probably didn't know that an effort has been made to educate children on tough subjects, like rabies and birth defects. In fact, the CDC is so concerned about what children know with regard to their mission that they've developed infectious diseases trading cards. Some of the best include Anthrax, Mumps, Pink Eye, and Small Pox.
to Government by laurel
Monday
Dec 25, 2000
When President Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall' in a historic speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin in June 1987, I doubt he realized the consequences that would follow from the end of the Cold War. I wonder what he'd think of the latest mission for the folks at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known to most of us as NORAD since the 1983 movie "WarGames" gave us an inside look at the happenings at super-secret Cheyenne Mountain.
to Government by rich
Friday
Dec 15, 2000
The Annals of Improbable Research (presenters of the Ig Nobel Prize) recently tested the limits of the U.S. Postal Service.
to Government by kapital
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