The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.

Showing posts with label Nanny State Meddling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nanny State Meddling. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The worst law in London

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What does absurd government monomania in the face technological irrelevance look like? Back in the early years of the 20th century, before...
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Monday, March 3, 2014

The Arbitrariness of Social Conventions

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Social customs are strange things. Some rules are totally arbitrary (fork on the left, knife on the right), but usually these end up being c...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Intrade End Game

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The most useful source of information on US political events, Intrade , is shutting down : With sincere regret we must inform you that due...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Bad News From Election Night

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LA passes a law mandating the use of condoms in porn videos . Genius! As if the industry weren't unprofitable enough already, let'...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Scandi Stupidity on Stilts - Unisex Toilets

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If anything captures the 'forced equality at the cost of anything resembling efficiency' aspect of Scandinavia, it's unisex publ...
Monday, April 30, 2012

54% of UK doctors are either pig-ignorant about statistics and/or meddling nanny-state fools

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At some point, the incremental loss of liberty in Britain becomes such a constant depressing dripping that it's hard to maintain the in...
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