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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (36): The Cost of Healthcare
(source) U.S. Doctor to one of his patients: “I’m afraid we’ll have to remove your wallet”. Some numbers on healthcare spending in the U.S., and its efficiency, are here. More statistics on healthcare are here. And you can read here … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, health, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged health care, joke, politics, u.s.
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LGBT Rights (6): Another Sad Statistic on Homophobia
(source) More on homophobia.
Posted in discrimination and hate, equality, lgbt rights, statistics
Tagged equal rights, gay rights, homophobia
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Human Rights Maps (57): Countries That Have Accepted the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
(source; this is the situation dd end 2008) More on the ICC.
Posted in human rights maps, justice
Tagged human rights, human rights maps, International Criminal Court, maps, politics
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LGBT Rights (5): Same-Sex Marriage and the Rights of a Democratic Majority
(source) The (in)famous Prop 8, banning same-sex marriage in California, was approved by a democratic majority. This raises the interesting question whether democracy means something more than majority rule. Does democracy mean that a majority can decide whatever it wants? … Continue reading
Human Rights Quote (71): Some Counter-Intuitive Facts on Development Aid
(source) In 2007, people in the Western Province of Zambia lost their homes, their livestock and their crops when heavier-than-normal flash floods swept through their area. USAID’s office of disaster assistance stepped in with $280,000 worth of with seeds and … Continue reading
Posted in aid, human rights quote, poverty
Tagged development, development aid, human rights quote, international development aid, poverty, quote
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Human Rights Cartoon (54): Racial Profiling
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Human Rights Poem (67): Warsaw
(source) Warsaw, Robert Service I was in Warsaw when the first bomb fell; I was in Warsaw when the Terror came – Havoc and horror, famine, fear and flame, Blasting from loveliness a living hell. Barring the station towered a … Continue reading
Posted in human rights poem, war
Tagged famine, human rights poem, poem, poetry, war, warsaw
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Human Rights Ads (15): Homelessness
(source) More on homelessness.
Posted in housing, human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, food, homelessness, housing, human rights, human rights ad, poverty, shelter
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Income Inequality (15): Progressive Taxation
(source) Yes, I know… another post (and a long one) on income inequality, something which isn’t even a human rights issue, strictly speaking. I repeat, the most important thing to me is the provision of basic necessities, not the unequal … Continue reading
Posted in equality, income inequality
Tagged economics, flat tax, human rights, income inequality, justice, progressive taxation, taxation
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (35): Gay Marriage
(source) More on same-sex marriage.
