Casualty in the War on Drugs
-Today's WTF?!?-
The Army is running out short on humvees, so recruits are being trained for driving the up-armored vehicles with what can only be described as a really cool arcade game.
The whole thing strikes me as screwy. If they order more humvees, they'll have to wait for them to be manufactured and delivered, sure. But how long did it take to research, develop, and manufacture this version of Battletank for the Army? Wouldn't they have to have known there'd be a shortage ahead of time -- long enough ahead to buy more actual humvees? Sounds like cooking up a shortage to create a market for these things to me... (Raw Story)
-[Fake] headline of the day-
"Report: Iran Less Than 10 Years Away From 2016." Freak out! (The Onion)
-War on Drugs over. Drugs win-
According to a story by Don Eggen in the Washington Post, the FBI is loosening restrictions on hiring people who've used drugs. It used to be that if you'd used pot more than 15 times in your life or any other drug more than five times, no G-Man job for you. Goofy and arbitrary, but there ya go. Not that they had any way to check, you took an oath.
Now you can't have used drugs in the past three years. Before that, you could've consumed a freakin' pharmacy daily. The problem with the old rules is reality -- according to the report, "up to a third of the population has tried marijuana at some point." And I guess a sizable percentage of those have tried it more than fifteen times. Expect this new hiring policy to be replaced by "You must not be baked while you fill out the application" in the near future. (MoJo Blog)
