Category Archives: Death
Why People Are Poor: More Rightwing Inevitability Theories
The rightwing also tosses about more inevitability theories about poverty. A rightwing character on here recently informed me that poverty was caused by low IQ. In the US, and apparently around the world. But this is false, and it relies … Continue reading
Filed under Americas, Asia, Capitalism, Caribbean, China, Conservatism, Cuba, Death, Economics, Eurasia, Europe, Health, Illness, Intelligence, Latin America, Middle East, Nutrition, Political Science, Psychology, Regional, Russia
India: Hell on Earth
Here is an excellent piece about India that I got from an internet site. The author is unknown, but he may be a Dalit or low caste Indian. It sums up why India is such a Hellhole – Indians created … Continue reading
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Cuban Health Care Versus US Health Care
Cubans live 2 months longer than Americans. Or, if you want to be picky, it’s a wash, and Cubans and Americans live about as long as each other. Cuba’s rates of maternal mortality (a very important figure), infant mortality and … Continue reading
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Quality of Life in China Versus India
I’ve said before that India is a shithole, and I mean it. Here is an excellent article by Amartya Sen which compares quality of life in China versus India. Sen is a leftwing Indian scholar. Whether or not he’s a … Continue reading
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1 Million Dead from Chernobyl
A new book published by the New York Academy of Sciences titled Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment examines 5,000 different studies, including many published only in Russian and other Slavic languages, and concludes that the … Continue reading
Ezra Klein Advocates Death Panels
Ezra Klein is an example of an elite “liberal” blogger and columnist. He was picked by the powers that be while at Santa Cruz at the tender age of 23 in order to be anointed as the “voice of liberalism.” … Continue reading
Filed under Death, Democrats, Health, Illness, Iraq War, Liberalism, Obama, Political Science, Politics, US Politics, War
Death Panels in Arizona
Arizona, possibly the most ferociously reactionary state in the Union, just instituted death panels. People on Medicaid (that includes the disabled by the way) will no longer be eligible for any transplants, lifesaving or otherwise. Surely this will result in … Continue reading
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All Our Base Belongs to Them
I’m not a big fan of conspiracy theory, but it helps to have a framework to look at the world in. It makes things so much clearer. Nevertheless, I am always leery of theories that say that all the problems … Continue reading
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My Old Friends are Dropping Dead
I just received a call that an old friend of mine dropped dead at age 53. He apparently died in his sleep of a heart attack. It’s hard to say what caused it, but his retarded brother also died young … Continue reading
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Time to Take Back “Nigger”
Repost from the old site. Some Black folks been busy lately trying to bury the word “nigger” once and for all – recent months have seen symbolic funerals and burials of the n-word by mainstream Black organizations. This movement probably … Continue reading
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