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Oh my! Map of lost government data, computers, and more Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Help the Government find its missing laptops, hard drives, weapons, VA records, and more. Track what's been lost and found Now with contact numbers so you can report any missing gov't property you stumble upon
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Parents of fat children to get warning letter from the government Posted: 2 years ago by proverb
Dear Parents,
You child is fat. Just so you know that we know that he is fat.
Sincerely,
English Government
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Iron Mountain, Secret Government Facility Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
Top secret mine holds vaults of national treasures, classified files, and government secrets. Aw, what the heck, let's put it on the channel 4 news.
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Sex, drugs, gifts uncovered in government oil probe Posted: 6 months ago by webrush
U.S. government employees received improper gifts from energy industry representatives, and engaged with them in illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual relations, according to a report issued Wednesday.
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Government: "Sorry, no button for miracles" Posted: 2 years ago by henkspaan
Woman is healed through prayer and wants to stop her benefit payments. Government says they can't as the computer has no button for miracles....
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Watchdog quits when government refuses to co-operate. Posted: 3 months ago by murtysanchez
Top accountant hired by Irish government to introduce accountable system for politicians' expense claims resigns because politicians resist reform of existing expense claims without proof.
Taxpayer pays for:
Hire hat for politician's wife: €400.
Hire limo in Heathrow to go from one terminal to another: €500.
And so on.
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England, Wales Government Councils Propose Taking Obese Children From Parents Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
The Local Government Association warned that the worst cases of obesity will be increasingly seen as evidence of "parental neglect," and that social workers will have to step in to offer advice to protect the child's welfare.
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Government agency pays £30,000 for 'All but identical' logo Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The Government agency in charge of immigration spent £30,000 on a new logo which is nearly identical to the old one.
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Iceland elects new Left-wing government Posted: 7 months ago by TheJehosephat
Iceland has elected a new Left-wing government after Johanna Sigurdardottir, the feminist leader of the Social Democrats and caretaker premier, swept to victory on the back of street protests that toppled the previous conservative government.
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Government Tells Woman She's Dead Posted: 2 years ago by Moe
“And I called them because (my goverment disability check) wasn’t there and they said, ‘You’re dead,’ and I said, ‘No, I’m not dead.’ And they kept trying to tell me I was dead but I’m not.”
Typical government response. Unless the theme pic is a posed corpse (with pancakes), she IS alive!
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Ever Wanted To Rummage Through Someone's Attic? Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, many government documents that would normally never be seen by the public are now freely available. Government Attic offers up a very large and diverse set of documents from military secrets to FCC complaints about your favorite show and much more. Makes for some interesting browsing.
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Canada's government faces an upset Posted: 12 months ago by chinook
The three parties who failed to win our last election seven weeks ago are attempting to seize power from the Conservative government that won the election. Unless the government is suspended, the new coalition government could be in power as soon as Monday.
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Kazakhstan: Government to build UFO base and alien embassy Posted: 7 months ago by kakana
Kazakhstan’s government believes open contact with aliens is imminent and by being the first nation to specifically create such facilities they are convinced they will reap enormous financial and economic rewards. The Kazakhstan Government also see this as a chance to demonstrate their nations forward thinking policies.
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Limited Government: Are the Good Times Really Over? Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Utterly missing in this election season is a serious focus on limited or constitutional government. The Democrats, generally speaking, want more government, not less, so their neglect of the issue is to be expected. But the Republican dereliction is more troubling. It represents a falling away from the standards of Ronald Reagan’s conservatism—a decline already reflected in the “compassionate conservatism” of George W. Bush.
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Australia's "ungreen" government cans solar panel rebates Posted: 1 year ago by aus
In what must surely be the most bone-headed decision in the history of the green energy movement, the Rudd Labor Government of Australia has decided to squash the local solar panel industry. The same government that paid lip service to environmental concerns by signing the Kyoto Protocol has decided to make installation of home solar panels a class issue.
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10 movies the US Government would rather you didn't see Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
"These are 10 films that I believe if watched by the majority of US citizens there would be demands of impeachment, a push to pull out of Iraq and a complete shift in thought or at the very least some questioning of the government."
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Fantasy Government Posted: 3 years ago by cb__
What if we could have our own Fantasy Government, who would you pick for the top job? (A bit dated but interesting BBC poll.)
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US Government's secret terrorist scores Posted: 3 years ago by teaya21
Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing US borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by government computers rating the risk that the travellers are terrorists or criminals.
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The government is putting voices in my head Posted: 3 years ago by kissmenow
New on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that.
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Milton Friedman on Limited Government - video from 1975 Posted: 3 years ago by hypnotode
Historical PBS interview with Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science. A classic clip in which he discusses minimizing the role of government in order to create political and social freedom.
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