"Pipelineistan"

linked to above:

...most utterances by the Washington circuit are meant for western, and especially American public, consumption, which means they don't generally comport with reality.

Political decision-making by the American citizenry = GIGO, which goes a long ways towards explaining the quality of our electoral outcomes.

Nice catch, Lambert. That Georgian thing; it is all about the Benjamins. Anderson blogs at Shockfront; not always in agreement with him, but a clever lad with an interesting perspective.