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Is it happy birthday or happy anniversary, anyway the comic stripe Calvin and Hobbes started syndication in November of 1985. Picking best comic stripe of all time is a tough choice and one that thankfully I don’t really have to make, both C&H and Peanuts were my favorites. Those that are very young may not remember Calvin as originals as they stopped being published in 1995. Though there have been reprints running in some newspapers over the years and some collections were published in book form. C&H could be appreciated for their simple humor, but fans could really get into the more complex philosophical implications. There were social issues, a little time warping, word play and phrase inventions inventions that had a way of engaging people like few comic stripes ( outside of Peanuts ) could. There is a beautiful three volume hardback collection of C&H here.

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Despite the snarky tone/satire the basic premise is true. Your tax dollars at work, Death Star

President Bush, long an admirer and supporter of President Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile defense system, insisted that the military take it to the next level, by building a “Star Wars Offense”; specifically, a fully operational Death Star. The president reasoned that if such a weapon could be built and deployed, “that would be awesome.” He further argued that the technology is feasible, given that it was already created and demonstrated against the planet Alderon a long, long, time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Democrats and some Republican budget hawks have demanded an investigation into persistent allegations that the design has a known flaw, in that its defenses could be penetrated by a small group of fighters, and that a well-placed proton torpedo could set off a chain reaction that would destroy it completely. However, the project has the support of the Vice President Darth Vader, and is likely to be funded for the foreseeable future.
TOTAL COST: $1.4 TRILLION

This defense toy for pretend grown-ups won’t do anything to prevent psychos with box cutters from flying a jet into a sky scraper, but maybe we could use it against those people that seem to make all of our sneakers, electronics and pet food, you know, China.