There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?

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It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in

Pawn Wars

Incredibly, the Icelandic parliament has passed one of the harshest anti-pawn laws in the world.

The maximum penalty for getting caught with your trousers down is three years in prison. Pretty tough I reckon. Especially compared to most other countries where your wife just gives you the cold shoulder for a few days.

In addition, the fines are absolutely massive, and run into the billions of rupiah.

But what actually constitutes pawn? And what are the fines for each viewing offense?

Well here are the fine details courtesy of the Icelandic ministry of dysinformation:

Viewing material --------------Fine
Bikini clad babe -------------------that’s okay (or is it?)
Topless chick ----------------------Rp200 million
Unshaved badger -----------------Rp300 million
Shaved badger --------------------Rp450 million
Cucumber (limp) ------------------Rp400 million
Cucumber (rigid) ------------------Rp600 million
Couplings (1:1)* -------------------Rp1 billion
Y: Y chromosome: ---------------- Rp1.5 billion
Inter-way-shall --------------------Rp2.0 billion!!!!
“Money shot” ----------------------Undecided

* add an additional Rp200 million for each extra participant



I’m okay. Or am I?

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