I’ve been following the lawsuit brought by Native American tribes and individuals against the US Government for a long time. The New York Times reports: The federal government announced on Tuesday that it intends to pay $3.4 billion to settle claims that it has mismanaged the revenue in American Indian trust funds, potentially ending one… Continue reading A settlement in sight for a longstanding lawsuit?
Tag: Bureaucracy
Doofus Of The Day #292
Today’s title goes, jointly and severally, to the Chinese businessmen and bureaucrats responsible for this mess. Crackpot planners have driven motorists up the pole – by leaving a 40ft pylon in the middle of a six lane highway. The unmarked and unlit pole – in Zhengzhou, central China – has been the cause of dozens… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #292
An X-rated motor car???
It seems a motorist from Huntsville, AL is having problems with his choice of vanity license plate. For Huntsville resident Scottie Roberson, the letter X — seven of them, to be exact — led to more than $19,000 in Birmingham parking tickets. Roberson said he has been to Birmingham only once in the past five… Continue reading An X-rated motor car???
Doofus Of The Day #280
Today’s award is presented to the individuals and (possibly) teams involved in information security at Britain’s Ministry of Defense. A Ministry of Defence document advising staff how to stop documents leaking onto the internet has been leaked onto the internet. The Defence Manual of Security is intended to help MoD, armed forces and intelligence personnel… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #280
Another danger of centralized health care rears its ugly head
We’ve all heard, I’m sure, about the Obama administration’s plans to implement a centralized electronic registry of medical information for all US residents. It’s touted as being at the root of a much more efficient and effective health care system. The Recovery Act allocated an initial $19 billion – yes, that’s ‘b‘ as in ‘billion‘!… Continue reading Another danger of centralized health care rears its ugly head
The Olympics in Chicago?
I was chatting with a friend today when he asked, in seeming puzzlement, “Why on earth does Chicago want to host the Olympics? Why has the President gone to Copenhagen to root for them? Surely Chicago’s got so many problems already it won’t be able to cope with an Olympic Games on top of them… Continue reading The Olympics in Chicago?
Your taxes at (stupid) work
I’m sure you’ll be as irritated as I am to find out how the National Institutes of Health are spending our tax money. Lawmakers in Washington are calling on the National Institutes of Health to explain why millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on seemingly ridiculous research projects, including: – how dragon boating can… Continue reading Your taxes at (stupid) work
The bureaucrats have done it again
As regular readers may have noticed, I tend to steam around the neck and emit loud screams of outrage at the antics of bureaucrats who get too full of themselves, and make our lives miserable as a result. The latest example of their stupidity comes from Wales in the UK. Regulations are forcing a Welsh… Continue reading The bureaucrats have done it again
Doofus Of The Day #272
Our title today is shared between the Mayors of Levallois-Perret and Clichy-la-Garenne, neighboring suburbs of Paris in France. French commuters ran head-on into a local political standoff Tuesday after feuding towns redirected road markings to leave two busy one-way streets facing off against each other. The Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret and its conservative council lies… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #272
When garbage disposal meets the Law of Unintended Consequences
It seems that Egypt tried to address a health problem, and wound up creating a worse one! According to the New York Times: When the government killed all the pigs in Egypt this spring — in what public health experts said was a misguided attempt to combat swine flu — it was warned the city… Continue reading When garbage disposal meets the Law of Unintended Consequences