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Death by Regulation 2.0

A firefighter in the UK is facing suspension for breaking fire service regulations.  His breach?  Saving a drowning woman’s life: The brigade’s rules state: “Personnel…

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Beyond parody

I cannot put it better than Stephen Pollard, who sums up this article with the well-known oxymoron, “We’re from the Government, we’re here…

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All property is (ripe for) theft

Latest wizard wheeze from Her Majesty’s Government – if you’ve left money unused in a bank account for a while, you obviously don’t need it…

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Re: Energy Sources

Eli, that table actually refers to the generating capacity of new facilities – c.1300 MW over the next few years. There’s not really any way…

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Ignorance is Bliss

Senator Hillary Clinton opines: “I turn off a light and say, ‘Take that, Iran,’ and ‘Take that, Venezuela.’ We should not be sending our…

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In the thrall of Big Oil

The current Entertainment Weekly has an interesting little tidbit about the pre-Oscar party for Al Gore thrown by Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith (photos…