Building monuments to waste

Ever wonder if our government is too big?  Don't.  There is plenty of proof that it is.

From the Washington Post:

"NASA’s $349 million monument to its drift"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/12/15/nasas-349-million-monument-to-its-drift/

I don't even know what to say.  What a fucking joke.

Song of the Day: Alt-J - Every Other Freckle

Tell me this song isn't hot.

"Every Other Freckle - Alt J (∆) | Official Audio & Lyrics"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZBFLPRUUM

The official version:
"alt-J - Every Other Freckle (Official Video - Girl)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhgfXgwdls


And the delicious, precise, descriptive lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/altj/everyotherfreckle.html

"Every Other Freckle"

Aaah
I want to share your mouthful
I want to do all the things your lungs do so well
I’m gonna bed into you like a cat beds into a beanbag
Turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

You’re the first and last of your kind
(Pull me like an animal out of a hole!)
I wanna be every lever you pull
And all showers that shower you
Gonna paw paw at you
Like a cat paws at my woolen jumper
Be your Minpin
And borrower of handsome trivia

Hey!

Ooh, devour me
Aaah
Lou Lou, let the cover girls sing
Hey!

Do, do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do, do do do do, do do
Do, do do do, do do, do do, do do
Do do do, do do

All hand claps
You will clap
(Let me be the wallpaper that papers up your room)
I want to be every button you press
And all mouths that surround you
Yes, I’m gonna roll around you
Like a cat rolls around saw-dusted patios
I’m gonna kiss you like the sun browns you

Hey!

Oh oh oh oh oh devour me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh devour me
Oh oh oh oh oh (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh (Oh oh oh oh oh)
If you really think that you can stomach me

Hey hey!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
Freckle

Just how segregated we really are...

You know I love the clever use of maps, particularly Google Maps, and have featured maps many time on this blog (although it's been a while).

Here's a great map showing demographic information across the United States.  Zoom in and see just how segregated we really are.  All communities, really, if you zoom in far enough.  I don't think this is a good or bad thing, in and of itself.  Anyway, look at the map and see for yourself.

The map was created by Dustin Cable, of the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia.
"The Racial Dot Map"
"One Dot Per Person for the Entire United States"

Full screen map:
http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html
Note: I prefer to click the "Add Map Labels" button on the left to better see what I'm looking at.

Explanation of what the map is showing you:
http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/Racial-Dot-Map

Look at Milwaukee in the image below.  Amazing to see the clear lines between groups.