Hyperp-ageddon

Apparently the market for ridiculous, hyperbolic doom saying has tightened and the random crazy people wandering the streets are facing new competition from lawmakers on The Hill. Furthermore we have recently seen the development of an exciting new contact sport in D.C., "Partisan Chicken". In this game, we have the two political blocks attempt to force agenda items into a vital piece of legislation then dare each other to risk obliterating society. The winner gets to take credit for saving mankind, unless the whole things fails to do so in a shameless excess of gutless compromise; in this case the winners lose and the lose get to blame them for destroying civilization as we know it. Also, there is a pool for side bets on how long it will take to pay off the mortgage on Florida.