Monthly Archives: May 2011

When Pinochet Left Office…

…the poverty rate in Chile was 48%. Way to go, Agosto. …The GNP per capita was the same as it was under Allende in 1973. Way to go, Agosto. In 17 years of rule, Pinochet murdered or disappeared over 15,000 people, … Continue reading

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Filed under Americas, Chile, Economics, Government, Latin America, Neoliberalism, Regional, South America

US Air Force Officials Press Conference on UFO’s

Amazing video of former US Air Force officials, mostly involved with nuclear weapons, telling about observing UFO’s in and around US and allied nuclear weapons facilities. The scene was the National Press Club last year. Incredibly, the conference got zero … Continue reading

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Filed under Animals, Apes, Bigfoot, Government, Journalism, Mammals, Military Doctrine, Nuclear Weapons, Wild

Bigfoot DNA Update

I just received this major leak from the Erickson Project Bigfoot DNA study: I know most of the “players” involved in the DNA work; in fact, I have helped in some of the analyses from a statistical point of view. I … Continue reading

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Filed under Animals, Anthropology, Apes, Bigfoot, Genetics, Mammals, Physical, Science, Wild

Catastrophe In Norway

Look, this just is not working out at all. 100% of all sexual assaults ending in rape in Oslo in the past five years were committed by non-Western immigrants. All of the women raped were Westerners, mostly Norwegian women. I … Continue reading

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Filed under Crime, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Norway, Regional, Religion, Social Problems, Sociology

Are Some Muslim Countries “Hinduized”?

Cartoonist Rex May argues that the diversity of India is why there is no sense of the common good. Oh. Well, it’s like you said. It’s divided into religions and castes and, actually, what almost amounts to nations (Punjabis, Bengalis, … Continue reading

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Filed under Afghanistan, Asia, Bangladesh, Economics, Hinduism, India, Islam, Pakistan, Regional, Religion, Socialism, South Asia

Chile, a Wealthy Version of a Shithole

RL: The nations that have tried Friedmanomics in the most extreme form have been the most ruined by it. Chile was wrecked by the Chicago Boys in the most radical economic experiment of the modern era. John UK: I think … Continue reading

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Filed under Americas, Capitalism, Chile, Crime, Economics, Education, Fascism, Health, Hispanic Racism, Latin America, Latin American Right, Left, Political Science, Public Health, Racism, Regional, Revolution, Socialism, South America

100% of Republican Presidential Candidates Support the Ryan Plan

The Paul Ryan, to basically destroy the US state completely except for military spending, that is, to decimate nearly all US social and non-military spending, is extremely unpopular with voters. In particular, his proposal to wipe out Medicare completely and … Continue reading

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Filed under Americas, Central America, Democrats, Economics, El Salvador, Government, Journalism, Latin America, Left, Politics, Regional, Republicans, US Politics

Belief In Cryptids/The Paranormal Is Not Anti-Scientific

In fact, I would argue that it’s not even a matter for science to deal with at all. That is, most of it is not even testable by science. If it’s not testable, it’s outside the realm of science. I … Continue reading

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Filed under Animals, Apes, Bigfoot, Mammals, Science, Wild

India Versus China: Socialism Versus Capitalism

Great comment from the comments on something I’ve been talking about for a long time: the comparison between India and China. It’s amazing looking at the Word Development Indicators and comparing China and India. India seems more than 50 years … Continue reading

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Filed under Asia, Capitalism, China, Economics, Government, Hinduism, India, Left, Maoism, Marxism, Politics, Regional, Religion, Socialism, South Asia

Sickening Photos from Shithole* India

Here. Be careful looking at that. I almost vomited while reading. India is sick, sick, sick, sick. What do the photos show? The photos show the Ganges River, the holiest river in that shitty religion called Hinduism. Vast crowds of … Continue reading

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Filed under Asia, Dead Bodies, Gross, Hinduism, India, Morbid, Regional, Religion, Sick, Sick and Evil, South Asia