Link of the day

"...social programs that weren't investments, they were wish fulfillments."


Or why socialism fails again and again.


KT has more on Ireland and the EuroZone crisis, here.

Chart of the Day

GREECE has the highest smoking rate in the world, with each person puffing over eight cigarettes every day according to ERC, a market-research company. Of the 123 countries surveyed, 17 European countries feature in the top 20. Smoking rates tend to decline when countries get wealthier, thanks to higher taxes, bans and health education;

So that would explain phenomenas like Marlboro Man and his Continental kin furiously puffing away on heaters at half-time and time-outs.