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Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (39): School Refuses Child of Same-Sex Couple
A preschooler is caught in the middle of a fight between religion and sexuality. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, in Boulder, has refused to readmit a preschooler because the child has two moms. Her parents are lesbians. “God and … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (38): Library Crime
A 19-year-old from Littleton, Colorado has been arrested for failing to promptly return a DVD to the local public library. Henson says the $30 DVD was accidentally packed and taken when the family moved. After an overdue notice and bill … Continue reading
Measuring Poverty (7): Different Types of Poverty
I already mentioned the obvious but consequential fact that poverty measurement depends on the choice of the type of poverty you want to measure. Definitional issues are always important, but when it comes to poverty the choice of a definition … Continue reading
Posted in economics, health, housing, measuring poverty, poverty, statistics, work
Tagged calorie intake, consumption, definion of poverty, income, measurement, measurement problems, poverty line, poverty rate, risk, taxation, types of poverty
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Racism (12): Blacks and Apes
Historical representations explicitly depicting Blacks as apelike have largely disappeared in the United States, yet a mental association between Blacks and apes remains. Here, the authors demonstrate that U.S. citizens implicitly associate Blacks and apes. In a series of laboratory … Continue reading
Antisemitism, A Collection of Images
More descriptive information on antisemitism is here. More on the related topics of the holocaust, holocaust denial and segregation. (source, jewish world domination) (source, I like the “caution” ribbon; more about Israel and Palestine) (source, more about antisemitism in Arab … Continue reading
Political Artist (40): Chaz Maviyane-Davies
(source, work by Chaz Maviyane-Davies) More on suicide bombers and on terrorism. More political artists here.
Posted in art, intervention, political artist
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, Chaz Maviyane-Davies, human rights ad, suicide, suicide bomber, terrorism
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Capital Punishment (25): Non-Contingent Reasons to Abolish Capital Punishment
(source) Many people would agree that there are what we could call contingent reasons to abolish capital punishment: it’s practiced in such a way that it doesn’t meet basic standards of fairness and non-cruelty: for instance the racial discrepancies in … Continue reading
The Causes of Poverty (33): Agricultural Subsidies
After the United States and before Turkey, the world’s second largest producer of tomato concentrate is the EU. Its tomato farmers are paid a minimum price higher than the world market price, which stimulates production. The processors, in turn, are … Continue reading
Posted in aid, causes of poverty, data, economics, globalization, international relations, law, poverty, trade, work
Tagged africa, agriculture, Europe, farmers, free trade, protectionism, subsidies, tomato industry, trade policy
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (82): Islamic Modest Dress
More on Islamic dress code here, here, and here. More on the headscarf in particular here and here. More jokes on Islam here and here. More on women’s rights. More jokes here.
Religion and Human Rights (25): The Eurabia Falacy
If immigration isn’t opposed because of bogus economic reasons (“importing poverty” and unfair wage competition – see also here ) or bogus law and order reasons (the criminal immigrant stereotype), it is on the grounds of equally bogus cultural reasons. … Continue reading
Posted in citizenship, culture, data, economics, globalization, international relations, law, poverty, religion, work
Tagged anti-immigration, crime, criminal immigrant, demographic aggression, eurabia, fertility rates, immigration, immigration restrictions, importing poverty, islam, islamification, islamophobia, migration, muslim, xenophobia
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