Iran’s charging families three grand for the bullet that killed their kid. (The family doesn’t get the bullet—they get the body.) Back in the old days, the Chinese bullet fee (子弹费) was only $38. The Chinese must be kicking themselves. That’s only $297.80 in today’s dollars. No one ever accused the Persians of being bad at business…

(Also: Iran has, by far, the highest rate of executions in the world, so whoever’s got that concession: ka-ching.)

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.