Anyone Else Object to Being Called a “Human Resource”

Ahhh work, that most marvelous of pursuits that keeps food on the table.
Today was my first official day of work as a full time employee of Gigantomegabankcorp North America, where I have been a contractor for 26 months.
Going from Contractor to FTE means bennies, paid time off (25 days a year actually. Woo hoo), and […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 11:34 pm

10 Reasons To Support Getting High Before You Fly

From that bastion of objective news, The CW:
SAFER, Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, which got a ballot initiative passed to make enforcing marijuana laws the lowest legal priority in Denver, is now pushing to allow passengers to get high before they fly. But since the FAA oversees the airport and smoking pot is against federal […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 9:36 pm

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No, it is not a streamlined version of the answer to life, the universe and everything. It is the maximum number of aspirin in a bottle available at the local Clear Pharmacy. According to the Pharmacist on duty, that is the largest number sellable without a prescription. I am sure I looked perplexed with my jaw hanging open during the few speechless moments before I came out with the only answer I could think of:…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 4:00 am

Putting the "con" in consultation

You may not know that a Home Office minister is touring the UK holding "consultation" meetings about the National Identity Scheme, and that it is more nonsensical than even the average government consultation exercise. She is, however, and nothing will be allowed to stand in her way. 3 members of NO2ID were arrested this morning for "suspected breach of the peace" while protesting outside the venue of the Edinburgh consultation exercise. Making ministers look bad…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 4:00 am

More nonsense from the medical mafia

Just to avoid any possible confusion, I should probably point out here that the Samizdata Illuminatus is a collective pseudonym used when any of the regular writers of this site wants to publish something anonymously. The author of this post is actually in London, not Massachusetts Dale posted below about the idiotic rules he encountered when attempting to buy asprin in (I presume) Northern Ireland. I cannot answer the question as to whether the situation…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 4:00 am

A fine tournament

The odd dull, negative game apart, I thought the European Championship football tournament, held this year in Austria and Switzerland, has been excellent with plenty of attacking flair to savour. For me, the highlights have been the Holland-Italy match (the Dutch won it decisively); the Russia-Holland game (the Russians turned over the Dutch in superb style) and the final, won by the wonderful Spanish side, which has waited a long time for this moment. It…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 4:00 am

How Badly This Administration Wants War

Seymour Hersh writes in the New Yorker:
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Monday 30 June 2008 at 1:26 am

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