5 Feet of Fury

Kinda like how the Chinese invented gunpowder…?

Or maybe you mean more this kinda thing?

Remember, you lowly plebes — “David Leonhardt is the Economic Scene columnist for The New York Times” and you’re not:

Along similar lines, a budget deal could increase [federal government] funding for medical research and clean energy by even more than President Obama has suggested. These are the kinds of investments that have brought huge returns in the pastthink of the Internet, a Defense Department creation…

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BONUS amazingly RELATED irony that immediately popped into your mind and everyone else’s — except, of course, David Leonhardt’s.