Portuguese police will be lax on pot smokers during the Euro tournament because they’re a placid bunch.

Portuguese police will be lax on pot smokers during the Euro tournament because they’re a placid bunch. I wonder if they will be providing additional protection in pizza restaurants, convenience stores and ice-cream stands to avoid a munchies-stricken stampede.

Your tax dollars at work: Pentagon wastes $100M in unused, *refundable* but not refunded airline tickets.

Your tax dollars at work: Pentagon wastes $100M in unused, *refundable* but not refunded airline tickets. Looks like the legacy of the $600 toilet seat lives on, albeit in slightly different form. Why wouldn’t you even bother to try and get a refund for those?

People with adjustable rate mortgages hold their breath as Greenspan readies to push interest rates up.

People with adjustable rate mortgages hold their breath as Greenspan readies to push interest rates up. With the amount of refinancing that has been going on for the past few years, this is sure to have a non-negligible effect on the economy.

John Dean’s FindLaw column on President Bush’s decision to talk to a lawyer about the Valerie Plame case.

John Dean’s FindLaw column on President Bush’s decision to talk to a lawyer about the Valerie Plame case. Things are not likely to be as innocuous as the White House would like to have you believe. Does the President think he might be “fingered” in the investigation?