It could be construed as a black day for the English language — but not if you work in the public sector.
Dozens of quangos and taxpayer-funded organisations have ordered a purge of common words and phrases so as not to cause offence.
Among the everyday sayings that have been quietly dropped in a [...]

Starting this year, Americans will have to get government approval to travel by air.
As Privacy Journal revealed last fall, henceforth “Permission Now Needed to Travel Within U.S.” Getting a reservation and checking-in for air travel will soon require Transportation Security Administration authorization. That permission is by no means assured: For example, if your name matches [...]

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By Daily Mail Reporter
HSBC has been hit with three fines totalling £3.2million after losing the details of thousands of customers in the post and putting them at risk of identity fraud.
HSBC Life lost an unencrypted CD with the details of 180,000 policy holders, while HSBC Actuaries lost a disc with data on almost 2,000 pension [...]

Discovery Communications, the mega-entertainment corporation, will air a show at the end of this month called “The Colony.”  According to the Discovery Channel website, the show “is a controlled experiment to see exactly what it would take to survive and rebuild” after a global catastrophe, specifically a worldwide viral pandemic scheduled to strike this autumn.

“The [...]

Apologies to everyone for going AWOL – but I had a few issues with my webhost!!!
Anyway, I’m glad to be back and look forward to providing all of my readers with ongoing global info… just as before.
Thank you,
~ Maverick
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GIVE up lamb roasts and save the planet. Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out “high carbon” food such as meat from sheep, whose burping poses a serious threat to the environment.

Out will go kebabs, greenhouse tomatoes and alcohol. Instead, diners will be encouraged to consume more potatoes and [...]

I wonder what would have happened if her father had died???

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Hey everyone… to get Vox Roxx rockin’ from the get-go, I’ve chosen an apropo music vid, which quite aptly highlights the prime message of my mission regarding this blog.  Check back often… watch, read, listen, hopefully learn and most importantly… in·ter·act!  Welcome & Enjoy!!!  – Maverick

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