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更新：约2篇/周，最后更新51 天前

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Why minimum alcohol pricing is a terrible idea

governments in both england and scotland are planning minimum-pricing regimes for alcohol. these are a terrible idea, not only if you’re a liberal, but even on their own terms. there are three main issues associated with minimum pricing, all of which are conflated by minimum price proponents (this article is a good example of their muddled thinking, and... (51 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/y7893uw1

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This little thing? Oh, it doesn’t matter; here you

via tim, i find a very cool article on the aussies who worked in melbourne under bletchley park’s command, breaking the pacific axis’s codes during wwii [*]. very cool, and – unlike the (shamefully underfunded, give them money) museum at bletchley, not even remembered at all. should be.this obviously gets me onto the history of the computer: so the c... (51 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/0ch6wuwj

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Being for the retirement of Mr Hartnett

so, you’re a lifelong civil servant. you’re quite competent, and you’re amazingly good at tolerating people who aren’t, especially your political ‘masters’. you’ve spent over 30 years in the service, and you’ve risen to be in charge of collecting tax and that.you’re well aware that a lot of companies are headquartered in the uk, that it costs t... (69 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/ekzka5wv

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Because I AM the Queen of the Zulus

shannon, who is aces, just came up with the best mashup concept ever.civ + sex devices + lulu + lady popular = “no, fuck you. this bling does look fabulous against my fur, because i am the queen of the zulus, and you’re still fucking an analog blow-up doll.”... (115 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/r68cd5wa

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Deeply odd UK usage

while we’re still on uk-nomenclature, this article (written by an american for a british-based international magazine) has one of the oddest phrasings i’ve seen in a while:the an-124 will likely be a rare sight in kinston as spirit plans to typically deliver its fuselage panels by boat to france, while its wing spars, also built in north carolina, wil... (119 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/n9hqc5w7

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It’s another exciting British constitutional histor

just because people seem confused on all this (for some reason).before 1535, england, wales, ireland and scotland were legally separate countries. following the english conquest of ireland in the 12th century and of wales in the 13th, england, ireland and wales had a single ruler, who was styled king of england and lord of ireland, but were administered... (124 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/9zzbm5w4

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This, this, all of this all of the time

my bankster buddy dan has an excellent post on crooked timber about how the venal british middle class are basically blaming the disaster they created, caused and voted for, on the small subset of the venal british middle class who are actually bankers – rather than on their own stupid and venal decisions. if you disagree, you’re either actually poor, ... (148 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/by8h35ww

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