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Monthly Archives: July 2009
The Failure of “Trickle Down Economics”
(source) Trickle Down Economics, also called Reaganomics (due to its association with the policies of Reagan and Thatcher) or supply-side economics, is the theory according to which policies destined to alleviate poverty and redistribute wealth are unnecessary and even counterproductive. … Continue reading
Human Rights Nonsense (2): “Refugee Run” in Davos
A reminder what this series is about: the ways in which the language of human rights is used to push nonsense. Human rights nonsense devalues the whole system of human rights, and has to be ridiculed mercilessly if we want … Continue reading
Posted in human rights nonsense, war
Tagged Davos, disaster pornography, human rights, hunger, murder, nonsense, politics, rape, refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Human Rights Maps (62): How Californians and New Yorkers See America, and How Americans See the World
And how New Yorkers see it – a lot of empty space apparently, just good enough to fly over: And how Americans see Europe: (source, source) And the rest of the world: (source, click map to enlarge) And how Ronald … Continue reading
Some More Population Growth Nonsense From India
(source) After all this, we now have the pleasure to receive the following statement: If there is electricity in every village, then people will watch TV till late at night and then fall asleep. They won’t get a chance to … Continue reading
Posted in poverty
Tagged agriculture, caste, caste system, famine, fertility rates, green revolution, hunger, india, life expectancy, overpopulation, population growth, sex, starvation, statistics, television
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Holocaust Denial, A Collection of Images
More on holocaust denial here. (source) (source) (source) (source, see also here) (source) More collections of images.
Posted in horror, human rights images, law
Tagged anti-semitism, basiji, free speech, genocide, holocaust, holocaust denial, image, iran, limiting free speech, revisionism
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Human Rights Nonsense (1): Ageism
(source) A new blog series, this time about human rights nonsense. For new readers: I don’t believe human rights are nonsense; quite the contrary. But as a passionate activist for human rights, I’m obliged to point to the ways in which the … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, health, human rights nonsense
Tagged age, ageism, discrimination, human rights, nonsense, stereotypes, stigmatize
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Human Rights Cartoon (58): Corporate Social Responsibility
(source) Read more on corporate social responsibility, and, more specifically, the responsibilities of corporations regarding human rights. (Clue: more can be done than simply “stop driving”).
Limiting Free Speech (32b): Talking Back to the Cops
(source) Thanks to the cops who, acting on false information given to them by “concerned bystanders”, busted Henry Louis Gates for trying to force his way into his own house and for consequently reacting to the cops in a way that … Continue reading
