Apropos time to re-read Ted K's- Ship Of Fools?

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SHIP OF FOOLS
by Ted Kaczynski

Published by OFF! Magazine, a zine produced by students at SUNY Binghamton and edited by Tim La Pietra.

Once upon a time, the captain and the mates of a ship grew so vain of their seamanship, so full of hubris and so impressed with themselves, that they went mad. They turned the ship north and sailed until they met with icebergs and dangerous floes, and they kept sailing north into more and more perilous waters, solely in order to give themselves opportunities to perform ever-more-brilliant feats of seamanship.

As the ship reached higher and higher latitudes, the passengers and crew became increasingly uncomfortable. They began quarreling among themselves and complaining of the conditions under which they lived.
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The cabin boy cleared his throat.

"Ahem. You all have good reasons to complain. But it seems to me that what we really have to do is get this ship turned around and headed back south, because if we keep going north we’re sure to be wrecked sooner or later,...

http://ridado.blogspot.com/2007/01/ship-of-fools.html

Where are you on the ship, are you captain, mate, passenger or the cabin boy?
IBTL

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1. What's that big white thing dead ahead?

Headlines, September 16, 2008-

Meltdown in US finance system.

Asian stock markets plummeted Tuesday spurring fears of an imminent global financial crisis.
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All on the good ship DU are evidently unconcerned and behaving predictably.
Ill fated cabin boys routinely have their message deleted.
BRING IT ON!