"the odd joys of government lunacy"

[DrLeftover]

The odd joys of government lunacy

By George F. Will

27 Nov

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At a Washington state community college, invitations to a “happy hour” celebrating diversity and combating racism said white people were not invited.

At Broward College near Miami, a conservative who was asking students if they agreed that “big government sucks” was told by a campus security guard that she must take her question to the campus “free-speech area.”

She got off lightly: The federal government has distributed to local police, including those of some colleges and school districts, more than 600 surplus MRAP (mine-resistant ambush-protected) armored vehicles designed for Iraq and Afghanistan.

The federal government, which has Tomahawk cruise missiles and Apache and Lakota helicopters, used the code name “Geronimo” in the attack that killed Osama bin Laden but objected to the name of the Washington Redskins.

The Department of Homeland Security, unsleepingly vigilant, raided a Kansas City shop to stop sales of panties emblazoned with unauthorized Royals logos.

A US Forest Service article on safe marshmallow-toasting did not neglect to nag us: It suggested fruit rather than chocolate in s’mores. The droll Orange County Register wondered, “Why not replace the marshmallow with a Brussels sprout?”
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MUCH more:
http://nypost.com/2014/11/26/the-odd-joys-of-government-lunacy/

 

[DrLeftover]

We'll call this post: "The UK Edition"

'Phantom' village school stays open despite having no pupils
Llanfynydd Primary School cannot close until a consultation has been carried out

03 Dec 2014

Like all schools, it has a head teacher, governors, and a caretaker.

But unlike any other school, Llanfynydd Primary has not a single pupil.

The “phantom” village school near Carmarthen in South Wales remains open despite this, and will remain so for another seven months.

Red tape means it cannot be closed for lessons even though all 11 pupils have left for other school.

No children have been taught there since last July, when it cost taxpayers £50,000 to run.

But the "statutory process" by the Labour-led Welsh government dictates that it cannot officially close until a consultation has been carried and a formal decision is made.

The consultation on the closure of the school began in 2012 after it was hit by falling pupil numbers in a village with a population of 580.

At the beginning of the spring term last year, there were 16 pupils being taught at the school, but that fell to 11 by the beginning of the autumn term.

The remaining children were then removed by their parents and sent to other schools rather than waiting for Llanfynydd to close.

It is understood the head teacher and staff have been deployed to other duties.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11270041/Phantom-village-school-stays-open-despite-having-no-pupils.html

 

[Webster]

....after reading all that, this is my shocked face: