Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 27, 2015

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work-a-day washington today: steve. by richard thompson man: i work here at the illuminati group, a small washington-based think tank dedicated to secretly ruling the world. my job includes monitoring competing groups & individuals with similar agendas. man: hmm, looks like that sect of rogue quakers has finally de-veloped a thermo-nuclear plowshare. every tuesday we meet downstairs in our cave of solitude for brainstorming & refreshments. guy 1: we need an atlantic version of el nino & it needs a snappy name. guy 2: el nunzio. guy 3: kramer. guy 4: buddy. guy 5: who's got the donut holes? man: on a daily basis we use p.r., low-level germ warfare and product placement to keep everybod anxious and off-balance. sometimes simple innuendo suffices... dude: you know, they developed their new french fry with fetal tissue research. lady: eeew woman: steve, we just love your proposal to chemically induce tourette's syndrome in alan greenspan! man: i love my job!