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This month's Harper's Index is the most weirdly insidious I've seen in a while:

Rank of 2004 among the most fiscally reckless years in U.S. history, according to the comptroller general: 1

Portion of all U.S. foreign aid that goes to helping the recipients buy U.S.-produced weapons, equipment, or services: 1/4

Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000

Amount it would have cost to purchase the country’s entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000

Percentage by which the average amount of anesthetic required by redheads exceeds the average for everyone: 19

Number of toilet seats at the EU Parliament building in Brussels that a TV station had tested for cocaine: 46

Number that tested positive: 41

posted by Little Gordie @ 2:53 PM