It's starting, but we already knew that

A friend shared this story on Idiocracy in progress:

"They speak about, 'If everyone starts having eight children or 12 children, imagine in three generations what we'll be able to do,' " Joyce says. " 'We'll be able to take over both halls of Congress, we'll be able to reclaim sinful cities like San Francisco for the faithful, and we'll be able to wage very effective massive boycotts against companies that are going against God's will.'"

Also, Robin Givhan describes Idiocracy in the fashion consulting industry.

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Very good week in the New Yorker, although the best stories are hard to reach through that non-innovation that is the digital reader. This Woody Allen piece, which is available to all, is pretty good, but Brooklynhenge by Ben McGrath is f*ing brilliant and as usual, David Sedaris's piece is f*ing HILARIOUS.