A different way to look at population distribution...

A different way to look at population distribution...  For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, I found this graphic fascinating:

IRS reaches the bottom, but keeps on digging...

IRS reaches the bottom, but keeps on digging...  The IRS is claiming that it can't find Lois Lerner's emails due to a “computer crash”.  There are two possibilities here:

1. The crash really happened, and the fact that the crash happened to the key personality at the center of the IRS scandal at precisely the time when her emails were of interest is a pure coincidence.
2. The crash never happened, and the IRS is covering up the connections between Lois Lerner and high-level Obama administration officials, including officials at the White House.

Somehow (2) seems vastly more probable than (1).  However, it's easy to anticipate that the Democrats in Congress will impede every attempt made to investigate this.  Let's hope the Republicans in the House (where they have a majority) have the cojones to proceed with an aggressive investigation.  Past experience, however, suggests that is far less than certain ... despite the rather obvious political advantage that would accrue...

Proof that information is infinitely compressible...

Proof that information is infinitely compressible...  This will be big news to my fellow compression geeks :)   XKCD