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Here is a weird video from your Bloc Party. Is it about Barack Obama, a hairy crab-bull hybrid created from spare parts by evil ape scientists who make him into a Wii-powered Manchurian candidate so that they can take over the White House and bomb South America for its bananas? All signs point to yes. We would not have pegged the Bloc Party kids for Hilltards. Thanks to “Alex” for making us sit through four minutes of this insanity. [YouTube]

Do you understand how the economy works? Ha ha, of course you don’t. Nobody does! Our “robust economic system” is a dense network of horrifying gambles, pyramid schemes, and pure scams that were mostly made up on the fly for short-term gain so that somebody could cash out and move to some island safe from the eventual looting. Nevertheless, our noble political cartoonists have done their best to help you understand the anarchy that is destroying your retirement fund (such as it was): by portraying it as a series of adorable animals! See the poverty zoo, after the jump. MORE »