Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Government Gone Wild on Jun 12th, 2010
In Governor Patterson’s budget for this year, he included included a $778,000 budget item to fund the purchase of two, double-wide trailer units. The trailers would be used at a state correctional facility for “conjugal visits” between inmates and visitors. Someone remind me again why anyone in the political class deserves to be taken seriously?
Posted in Regulation on Jun 12th, 2010
From Alex Tabarrok: The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ordered five companies that offer genome-sequencing tests to consumers, or that provide the scientific services for them, to prove the validity of such products. The FDA said the tests, which scan a person’s DNA for gene variants associated with specific diseases, are medical devices requiring […]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Jun 12th, 2010
Here is the first: (The wants of the poor) would be prudent to relieve, but folly to cure. Bernard Mandeville (1723) Here is the second: It is a very singular government in which every member of the administration wishes to get out of the country … as soon as he can, and to whose interest, […]
