38% of US deaths from smoking obesity physical inactivity & alcohol. Conclude 62% of deaths from non-smoking being thin exercise & sobriety.

Detroit bankrupt? Only $18bil debt. Wash. $17tril. debt. Auction monuments? Zuckerberg gets big statue of self w. his cool sayings on walls.

Israel wants to resettle Bedouins. Wait, they're nomads. They resettle themselves. As with so much of the news these days, don't get it.

JPMorgan hired children of Chinese elite. This sort of thing never happens with children of American elite.

Must stop reading Sunday NYT or will Tweet myself to death.

Volcker Rule says banks can't risk own money. Says nothing about banks risking mine.

N. Korea leadership purge worrying. What if some crazy fat kid with sociopath haircut winds up in charge?

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Am trying to promote new book. How did Jane Austen do this w/o social media? Will have ask her. Is she on LinkedIn?

Calling Dr Orwell: Obama may end #NSA phone data collection and instead require phone companies to do the same.

Twitter stock price down 13% on Fri. due to holiday Tweets being at least 13% dumber than regular everyday Tweets.

Suggest all libertarians follow Ed Crane. Knows how to lead Quixotic struggle -- still thinks Redskins have shot in playoffs.

On book tour. Please, hotel chains, make letters on little SHAMPOO bottles larger. Spending too much time with Body Lotion in my hair.

Been on airlines lots lately. OK except for constant crying of big baby. $1.29 for Pringles? Oh, come on. Infant in next seat noisy too.

3" of snow in DC and government is shut down. Why didn't GOP just wait for 1st little bit of bad weather?

Dave Barry & me deep thinking on Amazon. Fix probs. of deficit, climate change & Justin Bieber by plugging our books: omnivoracious.com/2014/01/with-a…

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I do my own taxes with no help, except from a couple of Bloody Marys - a P. J. O'Rourke testimonial - thebea.st/1eEW96h via The Daily Beast

STILL haven't done your taxes? I'll show you how -- 3 parts gin to 1 part Form 1040. In The Daily Beast today.

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