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...In which Tom Tomorrow puts context on BP's little screw up

Tom Tomorrow (real name: Dan Perkins ), is the creator of the comic This Modern World . Read his recent strip, " What could possibly go wrong? " to understand why we now have millions of gallons of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. And bitch-slap some sense into the next person who acts like this is no big deal.

Economics lesson for today

A short economics lesson for today, courtesy of the magnificent Bananas Gorilla . A free-market economy is truly a marvelous thing if someone else is doing all the work. More of Bananas' wisdom can be found at the Japing Ape .