Government Staffer Mugs

'Staffers don't report we're managing decline. They report we met our targets and did out job!'

USA Government Shutdown

"Nation-building never works."

"You're fired."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

The Anti-Agent

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

Storm in the out tray

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

Quality Control

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"National security adviser"

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

Political convention

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

"What was I thinking?!"

Health Advisory: Flint Water has lead, Ann Arbor water has dioxane.

CIA report

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'And this one's framed in beautiful Brazilian hardwood.'

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."