Amazingness from the Gipper:
HT: My brother-in-law, TR

Greetings!
I’d like to thank John from VerumSerum for hosting a longer satirical piece I wrote last week, entitled A Modest Proposal, based on Johnathan Swift’s satirical masterpiece from the 18th Century.
Thank you, John!

Apparently, the UK, like many “true believers” (be they fundies or lefties), is incapable of understanding satire, as the Nanny state continues to read Orwell’s 1984 as a roadmap, looking to install cameras in 20,000 homes to make sure the families send their kids to school, feed them well and send them to bed on [...]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good [...]