I didn’t realize that Japan had enacted a law that will certainly improve it’s economic malaise: Under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local governments must measure the waistlines of Japanese people ages 40 to 74 as part of their annual checkups. That represents more than 56 million waistlines, or about 44
A remorseful Dr. Frankenstein speaking to Captain Walton about the monster he (Frankenstein) created and unleashed, “You seek for unlimited power , as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.” (quote from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , paraphrased) It’s election eve
Californians can once again home school their children without fear of the state (well, almost). Is this a victory for Liberty? Or did homeschoolers in CA simply benefit from a lucky pull on the legal slot machine — a pull that this time came up three smiling judges? Of course, the latter is the case. The next challenge to homeschooling in CA
In his book, For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of History , Charles Adams makes it quite clear that the taxpayers are the real servants, while the so-called public servants — the political class — are simply the masters setting the slave wage. Of course, the primaries, debates, etc., bring this truism to life, with every
The insufferable Henry Blodget, the disgraced securities analyst who is barred from working in the securities industry (he met up with Eliot Spitzer), is back to his usual chatter. He’s pushing for Mozilla to go public . He even recommends that Mozilla buy the Netscape brand and change the company’s name to Netscape. Mozilla COO John Lilly
I never quite understood the Payday interest rate controversy until today when, like clockwork, I felt the first rumble of my daily, late-afternoon hunger pangs. In Pavlovian fashion, I hastened over to the vending machine and began depositing change. Then it hit me: I was about to pay almost twice the price for a Payday bar now than I would have
Income tax revolt is slowing making its way to the ballot in Massachusetts, and it’s picking up a few enemies along the way. According to a letter in the Boston Globe : “So when Libertarian leader Carla Howell launched a new effort to junk the income tax earlier this year, the powers that be made it clear that this time they would do everything
At least, that is the hope of Sarkozy : In the 45-minute speech, Sarkozy declared the death of the 35-hour week, suggested that large companies may have to double or triple the part of their profit they are obliged to share with employees and vowed to replace gross domestic product with a more holistic indicator of economic welfare that he has
Some of you may remember Jeff Tucker’s rightly indignant post about the woman (who calls herself “the chicken salad chick”) who made delicious chicken salad out of her home, only to be ratted out by a competitor and forced to close up shop. Well, she now has her own store front , and I suspect she’s going to make that competitor regret starting
Government green included, of course. Can you answer the following questions correctly (take a guess if you like, I did)? 1. Which two of the following are considered sources of potable water in LEED? (Choose two.) A. irrigation wells B. captured rain water C. municipal water system D. municipally supplied reclaimed waste water 2. For a
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