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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (105): Soviet Propaganda
A Soviet journalist walks into the hospital and tells the desk nurse, “I want to see the eye-ear doctor.” “There is no such doctor” she tells him. “Perhaps you would like to see someone else?” “No, I need to see … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged ears, eyes, humor, joke, propaganda, Russia, soviet union
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Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (18): External Triggers
(source unknown) In the previous posts in this blog series, I only discussed internal reasons why a particular country moves towards or away from democracy. But of course, no country stands on its own, unaffected by what happens in the … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (127): Civilian Casualties Following the Extension of the War in Afghanistan to Pakistan
(source, click image to enlarge) A similar map about Afghanistan is here. More human rights maps are here.
Discrimination (8): What’s Wrong With Discrimination?
(source unknown) Let me try out a few possible answers to the question in the title of this post: Is discrimination wrong because it’s differential treatment of persons? That can’t be the case, because we treat people differently all of … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination, discrimination and hate, economics, equality, justice, law, philosophy, trade, work
Tagged African American, dadt, denial of rights, discrimination, ethics, Ethnicity, human rights, jim crow, little rock nine, morality, segregation, statistical discrimination, stereotypes
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Statistical Jokes (27): Averages
Patient: “Will I survive this risky operation?” Surgeon: “Yes, I’m absolutely sure that you will survive the operation.” Patient: “How can you be so sure?” Surgeon: “9 out of 10 patients die in this operation, and yesterday died my ninth … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, health, statistical jokes, statistics
Tagged average, doctor, humor, joke, medicine, operation, patients, Surgery
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Human Rights Maps (126): Layout of Execution Rooms
This post isn’t about maps in the geographical sense, as is normally the case in this blog series about human rights maps. Still, I think it’s interesting to have a look at the topography of the death penalty, given that … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, data, horror, human rights images, human rights maps, law, photography and journalism
Tagged Crime and Justice, death chamber, death penalty, electric chair, execution room, executions, Hanging, human rights, japan, map, maps, noose, prison, United States, Washington State Penitentiary
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The Causes of Poverty (42): Slavery
At least in Africa, part of the explanation of poverty is the enduring effect of slavery: Slavery, according to historical accounts, played an important role in Africa’s underdevelopment. It fostered ethnic fractionalisation and undermined effective states. The largest numbers of … Continue reading
Posted in causes of poverty, economics, poverty
Tagged africa, Economic development, enduring effects of slavery, history, slavery
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Political Graffiti (134): Boy in a Garbage Bin
(source) Similar “works” are here, here and here. More about homelessness and hunger. More political graffiti.
Posted in activism, economics, housing, political graffiti, poverty
Tagged burger king, garbage bin, graffiti, guerilla art, homelessness, hunger, street art
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