If you want to get annoyed about Capitalism, and how it doesn't work, just read this. It'll make your eyes water!
"The global super-rich are hiding as much as $32 trillion (£13.5
trillion) in offshore accounts, according to a report released yesterday
by the tax justice network (TJN)."
[eyes watering]
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2211164&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&channelId=-601053
Corruption!!! While cutting support for renewable power supplies, they're ramping up subsidies for the fossil fuel industries which we *need* to dispose of as soon as possible!
'Treasury plans £500m tax relief for North Sea gas'
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?channelId=-601052&contentId=2211224&Failed_Reason=No+BVCookie+present+to+retrieve+the+session.&Failed_Page=%2fjsp%2fEditorial.do&BV_UseBVCookie=No
'British man wins 'Twitter threat' appeal'
The man who joked, on Twitter, that he would blow up Robin Hood Airport if the snow didn't go away, has won his appeal in the High Court.
This whole palaver has happened because our legal system just doesn't acknowledge that humour exists.
His appeal only succeeded because there was no evidence that anyone felt "alarmed" by the Tweet.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-uk-twitter-threat-appeal.html
'We were wrong to be sceptical about the Leveson inquiry'
"In a perfect coincidence, the Crown Prosecution Service announced its decision to charge some of those arrested over alleged phone hacking on the same day as the Leveson inquiry’s last public hearings."
"Consider the nightmare scenario: that both Brooks and Coulson are found guilty of all they’ve been accused of; is there any possible way that Cameron could remain prime minister when his director of communications was not only involved in the hacking of the voicemail of a missing schoolgirl, but also lied under oath about having no knowledge of phone hacking whatsoever?"
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/25/we-were-wrong-to-be-sceptical-about-the-leveson-inquiry/
'Osborne dubbed a ‘work experience’ chancellor'
"According to his official biography on the Conservative Party website, Osborne’s short, pre-political work history consisted of nothing more than ‘a short spell as a freelance journalist’ before he joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994."
Maybe if pollies had to be qualified, then we wouldn't have this ridiculous situation!
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?channelId=-601070&contentId=2211177&Failed_Reason=No+BVCookie+present+to+retrieve+the+session.&Failed_Page=%2fjsp%2fEditorial.do&BV_UseBVCookie=No
Jeremy Paxman, as odious as he can be, has whistleblown a practice, in the grossly-inflated BBC management, of paying wages into PSCs (Personal Service Companies) to avoid the paying of tax. HMRC has said it did not approve the practice.
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2211230&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&channelId=-601051
Eire has passed a bill, requiring Political factions to have at least 30% female members, or half their State funding will be withdrawn.
Won't work, at first, obviously - they'll just massage their membership figures, by including cleaning ladies, etc - but how will it work, in the long-term? I don't know! Something to think about...
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/07/irish-government-pass-female-quota-bill/
'Another police force gets it badly wrong on anti-rape advice'
Instead of advising the rapists to jack off at home, instead of *ruining people's lives*, West Mercia Police have put money into a campaign, encouraging women to think that being raped is their own fault.
Tell you what, British Police - why not just advise them to never leave the house, like they do in fucking Saudi Arabia? They can't get raped then!
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/26/another-police-force-gets-it-badly-wrong-on-anti-rape-advice/
The Conservatives want to keep the 'best and brightest' so that they can be exploited in the interests of economic growth, yet they also want to get rid of 'johnny foreigner' who denegrates these polluted shores, road-strewn fields, and dark satanic corporations, by his very presence here.
They have to make up their minds - xenophobia or capitalism?
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/24/how-the-best-and-brightest-migrants-are-forced-out-of-the-uk/
Telehealth - long-distance medicine provision (not actually meeting a doctor) - has been expounded, in the soundbites, as a way to reduce healthcare costs, without negating the effectiveness of medical care, but...
"people who were using Telehealth were far more likely to die, 14.7% in the intervention group compared with 2.9% in the control group"
Telehealth is killing the patients, and that is why GPs are loath to take it on - because they actually care about their patients!
"the evidence is that this has been overhyped beyond all reasonable belief and until you actually sort that out there's no point in starting to say all our troubles would be rescued by technology."
http://www.margaretmccartney.com/blog/?p=1505
"Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has released an inventive new video showing the thoughts about condom use by both gay and straight couples in the final moments before sex.
In slow-motion, the couples attempt to evaluate the risks of unprotected sex while in the throes of passion, while the clip promotes worry-free sex with condoms."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/27/video-campaign-promotes-worry-free-sex/
'If unemployed people have it easy, how come they’re so unhappy?'
It might be self-reported and largely subjective, but the message seems pretty consistent:
Unemployed people are less content with their lives, even if 'affluenza' does exist.
The fact is this: unemployed people are rarely unemployed because they don't want to work -- they're unemployed because employers don't want the extra expenditure / they're not qualified / they don't have experience / they're a man/woman / they have a mental illness / etc.
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/25/if-unemployed-people-have-it-easy-how-come-theyre-so-unhappy/
'Syria acknowledges its chemical weapons'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22104-syria-acknowledges-its-chemical-weapons.html
'France plans to save car industry by going green'
Just a reminder, Mr. Hollande -- cars can only be 'green' if they're electric, and charged from gren power sources. Any fossil-powered automobiles must not be counted as 'green'.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-france-car-industry-green.html
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Sunday, 29 July 2012
Monday, 23 July 2012
Politics stuff from the week 16-22/7/12
You've got to
suspect something's gone badly wrong in Conservatives' minds,
when they're faking Twitter followers, to get attention:
'Revealed: an epidemic of Tories & fake followers'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/17/revealed-the-epidemic-of-tories-and-fake-twitter-followers/
More dangerous muppetry from the Conservatives:
'Tories plan to sell off NHS blood supplier'
"Coming so soon after the out-sourcing debacle of G4S, it beggars belief the Tories would so easily put the lives of people in private hands."
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/15/tories-plan-to-sell-off-nhs-blood-supplier/
At least we can't say that the moronics aren't diverse:
'Miliband smacks down Warsi over Miners Gala'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/15/miliband-smacks-down-warsi-over-miners-gala/
Although they are often trite and feckless:
'No further action against councillor who compared gay marriage with bestiality'
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/17/no-further-action-against-councillor-who-compared-gay-marriage-with-bestiality/
'New study finds fastest-growing cities not the most prosperous'
Growth causes job opportunities, drawing people in -- influx of peoples does not cause growth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-fastest-growing-cities-prosperous.html
'Why is the government keen not to upset the drinks lobby?'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/20/why-is-the-government-keen-not-to-upset-the-drinks-lobby/
[video] 'How lobbying (probably) works'
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/07/12/how-lobbying-probably-works/
'China produces as much CO2 per person as Europe: report'
Because of its high economic growth rate, China is now equivalent to europe as regards carbon emissions per person. Emissions attributable to the actual people, however, are low - the massive increase is due to industrial growth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-china-co2-person-europe.html
'Drugs & al-Qaeda money laundering rap for HSBC'
"Shockingly lax controls at HSBC are believed to have allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its US operations, and helped fund al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, a US Senate committee investigation has found."
"Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate investigations panel, also criticised the federal agency supervising the bank's US operations - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - saying it ‘tolerated’ HSBC’s weak controls against money laundering."
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2200757&BV_SessionID=@@@@1172136461.1342962280@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadfhfmdlidlcflgceggdfnfdgfg.0&channelId=-601070
While in the UK, money-laundering regulations are to be relaxed for the lowest risk group, in order to save them millions in unnecessary expense.
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2207920&BV_SessionID=@@@@1172136461.1342962280@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadfhfmdlidlcflgceggdfnfdgfg.0&channelId=-601061
'Revealed: an epidemic of Tories & fake followers'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/17/revealed-the-epidemic-of-tories-and-fake-twitter-followers/
More dangerous muppetry from the Conservatives:
'Tories plan to sell off NHS blood supplier'
"Coming so soon after the out-sourcing debacle of G4S, it beggars belief the Tories would so easily put the lives of people in private hands."
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/15/tories-plan-to-sell-off-nhs-blood-supplier/
At least we can't say that the moronics aren't diverse:
'Miliband smacks down Warsi over Miners Gala'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/15/miliband-smacks-down-warsi-over-miners-gala/
Although they are often trite and feckless:
'No further action against councillor who compared gay marriage with bestiality'
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/17/no-further-action-against-councillor-who-compared-gay-marriage-with-bestiality/
'New study finds fastest-growing cities not the most prosperous'
Growth causes job opportunities, drawing people in -- influx of peoples does not cause growth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-fastest-growing-cities-prosperous.html
'Why is the government keen not to upset the drinks lobby?'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/20/why-is-the-government-keen-not-to-upset-the-drinks-lobby/
[video] 'How lobbying (probably) works'
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/07/12/how-lobbying-probably-works/
'China produces as much CO2 per person as Europe: report'
Because of its high economic growth rate, China is now equivalent to europe as regards carbon emissions per person. Emissions attributable to the actual people, however, are low - the massive increase is due to industrial growth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-china-co2-person-europe.html
'Drugs & al-Qaeda money laundering rap for HSBC'
"Shockingly lax controls at HSBC are believed to have allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its US operations, and helped fund al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, a US Senate committee investigation has found."
"Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate investigations panel, also criticised the federal agency supervising the bank's US operations - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - saying it ‘tolerated’ HSBC’s weak controls against money laundering."
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2200757&BV_SessionID=@@@@1172136461.1342962280@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadfhfmdlidlcflgceggdfnfdgfg.0&channelId=-601070
While in the UK, money-laundering regulations are to be relaxed for the lowest risk group, in order to save them millions in unnecessary expense.
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2207920&BV_SessionID=@@@@1172136461.1342962280@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadfhfmdlidlcflgceggdfnfdgfg.0&channelId=-601061
Religion stuff from the week 16-22/7/12
'Free School due to open in September 2012 ‘teaches creation as a scientific theory’'
"TAKE ACTION! Write to your MP and to Michael Gove to oppose the plans, and encourage your friends, family and colleagues to do likewise."
"BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, ‘Grindon Hall Christian School is a classic example of the so-called “teach the controversy” approach, often used by American creationist groups to get creationism taught in schools. Creationists do not argue that evolution should not be taught; they simply argue that there is genuine scientific debate over the origins of the Universe and the Earth, and that therefore creationism should be taught alongside evolution.
‘The issue with the “teach the controversy” approach is that there is no scientific controversy over evolution and creationism: the scientific consensus is overwhelmingly in favour of evolution."
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1079
Despite the quote, let's not pretend that Gove is a reasonable man. He's just as intellectually stunted as other Conservatives:
'Why is Michael Gove so close to Christian extremists from LoveWise?'
"LoveWise claims women who have abortions are twice as likely to get breast cancer and also teaches children that the majority of rape victims who have abortions regret it."
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/19/why-is-michael-gove-so-close-to-christian-extremists-from-lovewise/
The dangerous Christianist Lovewise organisation:
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1083
"Lovewise’s ‘Statement of Faith’ says that ‘We are committed to the truths of historic, Biblical Christianity, including the rightness of practicing sex only within a heterosexual marriage, which is the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others for life.’"
The "exclusion" bit sounds particularly loving!
'Schools deny girls cervical cancer jab on religious grounds'
"Girls in some English schools are being denied a cervical cancer vaccination on religious grounds. The vaccine, which is potentially life-saving, is routinely offered to girls aged 12 to 13... One of the schools denying girls the vaccine claimed that their pupils ‘follow Christian principles, marry within their own community and do not practise sex outside marriage’."
This superstition is dangerous! I can't say it enough times.
Interestingly, it's the 'sex within marriage' brigade that exhibit higher incidences of relational betrayal. The idea that they don't do it is a massive lie!
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1081
Yes -- there definitely are creatards in the UK too
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/ha-ha-england/
'The latest on Sanal Edamaruku'
"Sanal Edamaruku has fled India and the hounds of the Catholic church. He’s somewhere in Europe.
The church has said they will drop the complaint if Edamaruku apologizes — apologizes for exposing a weeping magic statue as the product of a mundane leaky pipe."
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/22/the-latest-on-sanal-edamaruku/
"TAKE ACTION! Write to your MP and to Michael Gove to oppose the plans, and encourage your friends, family and colleagues to do likewise."
"BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, ‘Grindon Hall Christian School is a classic example of the so-called “teach the controversy” approach, often used by American creationist groups to get creationism taught in schools. Creationists do not argue that evolution should not be taught; they simply argue that there is genuine scientific debate over the origins of the Universe and the Earth, and that therefore creationism should be taught alongside evolution.
‘The issue with the “teach the controversy” approach is that there is no scientific controversy over evolution and creationism: the scientific consensus is overwhelmingly in favour of evolution."
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1079
Despite the quote, let's not pretend that Gove is a reasonable man. He's just as intellectually stunted as other Conservatives:
'Why is Michael Gove so close to Christian extremists from LoveWise?'
"LoveWise claims women who have abortions are twice as likely to get breast cancer and also teaches children that the majority of rape victims who have abortions regret it."
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/19/why-is-michael-gove-so-close-to-christian-extremists-from-lovewise/
The dangerous Christianist Lovewise organisation:
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1083
"Lovewise’s ‘Statement of Faith’ says that ‘We are committed to the truths of historic, Biblical Christianity, including the rightness of practicing sex only within a heterosexual marriage, which is the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others for life.’"
The "exclusion" bit sounds particularly loving!
'Schools deny girls cervical cancer jab on religious grounds'
"Girls in some English schools are being denied a cervical cancer vaccination on religious grounds. The vaccine, which is potentially life-saving, is routinely offered to girls aged 12 to 13... One of the schools denying girls the vaccine claimed that their pupils ‘follow Christian principles, marry within their own community and do not practise sex outside marriage’."
This superstition is dangerous! I can't say it enough times.
Interestingly, it's the 'sex within marriage' brigade that exhibit higher incidences of relational betrayal. The idea that they don't do it is a massive lie!
http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1081
Yes -- there definitely are creatards in the UK too
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/ha-ha-england/
'The latest on Sanal Edamaruku'
"Sanal Edamaruku has fled India and the hounds of the Catholic church. He’s somewhere in Europe.
The church has said they will drop the complaint if Edamaruku apologizes — apologizes for exposing a weeping magic statue as the product of a mundane leaky pipe."
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/22/the-latest-on-sanal-edamaruku/
Taliban opposition to vaccination, in Afghanistan, imperils the lives of an estimated 350,000 children
Monday, 2 July 2012
Politics stuff from the week 25/6 - 1/7/12
'Hooded' - Amnesty International
(Don't watch if you're easily frightened)
http://youtu.be/llqgJR6-NiQ
'Unemployed Americans face greater risk of mortality'
"Employment policy is also health policy according to a University of British Columbia study that found that workers experienced higher mortality rates if they didn't have access to social protections like employment insurance and unemployment benefits."
They should not be considered 'benefits' - they should be called 'maintenance' - they are not given on the basis of deserving - they are given because they are necessary.
The health of people who do not have this welfare available to them is known to be badly affected by its absence.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-unemployed-americans-greater-mortality.html
Prohibition of drugs (the so-called "war on drugs") is exacerbating the AIDS pandemic, say six former national presidents, by driving people away from treatment.
"The report accused the US, Russia and Thailand of ignoring scientific evidence about the relationship between law enforcement policies and HIV rates "with devastating consequences.""
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-war-drugs-fueling-hiv-epidemic.html
'Teenage pregnancy deaths a 'global scandal' - Save The Children charity'
There simply is no reason that adolescent girls should die from pregnancy. Taboo and anti-abortion superstition be damned! These children simply must have access to contraception and safe abortions.
The damage done by contraception and/or abortion is as nothing to the very real, human cost of pregnancy.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-teenage-pregnancy-deaths-global-scandal.html
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/pregnancy-is-biggest-killer-of-teenage-girls-worldwide/
Oh, boy - now here's a false economy - saving money on healthcare, by cutting back on healthcare! The cost of the health problems are just going to come back and bite them on the arse!
'Spain cuts subsidies for more than 450 medicines'
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-spain-subsidies-medicines.html
Marcus Brigstocke on I-should-run-the-country-because-i-was-in-the-Bullingdon-Club-Cameron's condemnation of entitlement culture - The Now Show - 29th June 2012
http://youtu.be/Ml-cTjDPtUk
This is why private healthcare is an abomination -- people's ill-health should never be exploited for profit!
'No cure in sight for US health care costs'
""Every time I see what I pay for me and my family's health it makes me sick," says Fiona, a 46-year-old mother of two who -- unlike some 50 million Americans -- actually has health insurance."
FSM bless the NHS!
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sight-health.html
Peers in the House of Lords are enjoying extensive corruption, and are not disclosing a vast number of connections with companies, who are intending to corrupt the machinations of government.
The Bureau investigates...
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/21/undeclared-interests-peers-fail-to-register-business-roles/
The Bureau has also been conducting an investigation into corruption between Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and fund-raising meetings...
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/29/david-camerons-fundraiser-to-face-full-parliamentary-inquiry/
The list of Awareness ribbons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons
Notice that the top one is for lung cancer awareness. There was an article in last week's New Scientist (behind a paywall, unfortunately, so there's no point me linking it), that pointed out how people who die from lung cancer but have never smoked, suffer the same stigma that compromises research into smoking-caused lung cancer.
The Con-Dem government has decided not to increase fuel duty, presumably due to pressure from the driving lobbyists. It doesn't help that the Labour Party supported their decision.
This should help preserve the false economy of continuing to use fossil-fuelled automobiles, and perpetuate the increasing ecological damage done by it. What a pathetic decision!
And to pile another argument on - it would have been an exra source of revenue - which the State really needs right now, because economic recession is having a damaging effect on society.
But then again, i wouldn't expect the Conservatives to care about that, because one of the first things they did when they got into Office was to cu crucial social services to the sick, bed-ridden, and homeless!
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2186431&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&channelId=-601049
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-david-cameronrsquos-assault-on-the-homeless-is-dickensian-2231372.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-welcome-to-cameron-land-1962318.html
Oh, this is so pathetic -- Sexism met with sexism!
'Tennis star causes Wimbledon racket with equal pay outburst'
Female tennis players receive equal prize money at slams, and more prize money at other tournaments, but earn less prize money over the year, because there are fewer tournaments for women.
However - they are not on an equal footing - they receive vastly more pay from sponsorship contracts (because they're more attractive, duh!)
And no - it's not "that old argument" that women play less. When people go to see tennis matches, they see less when women play, because women play fewer sets.
You can't do anything about people retiring from matches, or some matches being one-sided, but you can ensure that they play to the same rules.
Feminism is just as moronic and unacceptable as masculinism -- you achieve nothing by mirroring their sexism -- equality means equality - you can't just cherry-pick which variables you get to be equal at!
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/tennis-star-causes-wimbledon-racket-with-equal-pay-outburst/
Increasing abundance and use of contraceptives is succeeded by a decrease in abortion rates.
Well, that's a 'not shit, sherlock' for me - and something for the Religionist abstinence-only preachers to deny!
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/drop-in-us-abortion-rate-among-young-women-attributed-to-contraception/
'What happened to Boris tax dodgers crackdown?'
Why would a man who gets paid a quarter of a million pounds per year to write drivel into the Torygraph's columns put any effort at all into cutting tax avoidance? 'Conflict of interest' is the catchphrase of the hour!
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/06/26/boris-breaks-promise-to-crackdown-on-tax-dodgers/
Lord Tebbit - ex-Conservative whip - says men marrying men and women marrying women is unnecessary, because they can just marry someone of the opposite sex instead.
What really gets him riled, though, is that siblings aren't allowed to have civil partnerships!
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/25/lord-tebbit-if-gays-can-marry-people-of-the-opposite-sex-there-is-no-marriage-inequality/
(Don't watch if you're easily frightened)
'Unemployed Americans face greater risk of mortality'
"Employment policy is also health policy according to a University of British Columbia study that found that workers experienced higher mortality rates if they didn't have access to social protections like employment insurance and unemployment benefits."
They should not be considered 'benefits' - they should be called 'maintenance' - they are not given on the basis of deserving - they are given because they are necessary.
The health of people who do not have this welfare available to them is known to be badly affected by its absence.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-unemployed-americans-greater-mortality.html
Prohibition of drugs (the so-called "war on drugs") is exacerbating the AIDS pandemic, say six former national presidents, by driving people away from treatment.
"The report accused the US, Russia and Thailand of ignoring scientific evidence about the relationship between law enforcement policies and HIV rates "with devastating consequences.""
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-war-drugs-fueling-hiv-epidemic.html
'Teenage pregnancy deaths a 'global scandal' - Save The Children charity'
There simply is no reason that adolescent girls should die from pregnancy. Taboo and anti-abortion superstition be damned! These children simply must have access to contraception and safe abortions.
The damage done by contraception and/or abortion is as nothing to the very real, human cost of pregnancy.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-teenage-pregnancy-deaths-global-scandal.html
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/pregnancy-is-biggest-killer-of-teenage-girls-worldwide/
Oh, boy - now here's a false economy - saving money on healthcare, by cutting back on healthcare! The cost of the health problems are just going to come back and bite them on the arse!
'Spain cuts subsidies for more than 450 medicines'
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-spain-subsidies-medicines.html
Marcus Brigstocke on I-should-run-the-country-because-i-was-in-the-Bullingdon-Club-Cameron's condemnation of entitlement culture - The Now Show - 29th June 2012
This is why private healthcare is an abomination -- people's ill-health should never be exploited for profit!
'No cure in sight for US health care costs'
""Every time I see what I pay for me and my family's health it makes me sick," says Fiona, a 46-year-old mother of two who -- unlike some 50 million Americans -- actually has health insurance."
FSM bless the NHS!
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sight-health.html
Peers in the House of Lords are enjoying extensive corruption, and are not disclosing a vast number of connections with companies, who are intending to corrupt the machinations of government.
The Bureau investigates...
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/21/undeclared-interests-peers-fail-to-register-business-roles/
The Bureau has also been conducting an investigation into corruption between Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and fund-raising meetings...
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/29/david-camerons-fundraiser-to-face-full-parliamentary-inquiry/
The list of Awareness ribbons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons
Notice that the top one is for lung cancer awareness. There was an article in last week's New Scientist (behind a paywall, unfortunately, so there's no point me linking it), that pointed out how people who die from lung cancer but have never smoked, suffer the same stigma that compromises research into smoking-caused lung cancer.
The Con-Dem government has decided not to increase fuel duty, presumably due to pressure from the driving lobbyists. It doesn't help that the Labour Party supported their decision.
This should help preserve the false economy of continuing to use fossil-fuelled automobiles, and perpetuate the increasing ecological damage done by it. What a pathetic decision!
And to pile another argument on - it would have been an exra source of revenue - which the State really needs right now, because economic recession is having a damaging effect on society.
But then again, i wouldn't expect the Conservatives to care about that, because one of the first things they did when they got into Office was to cu crucial social services to the sick, bed-ridden, and homeless!
http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?contentId=2186431&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&channelId=-601049
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-david-cameronrsquos-assault-on-the-homeless-is-dickensian-2231372.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-welcome-to-cameron-land-1962318.html
Oh, this is so pathetic -- Sexism met with sexism!
'Tennis star causes Wimbledon racket with equal pay outburst'
Female tennis players receive equal prize money at slams, and more prize money at other tournaments, but earn less prize money over the year, because there are fewer tournaments for women.
However - they are not on an equal footing - they receive vastly more pay from sponsorship contracts (because they're more attractive, duh!)
And no - it's not "that old argument" that women play less. When people go to see tennis matches, they see less when women play, because women play fewer sets.
You can't do anything about people retiring from matches, or some matches being one-sided, but you can ensure that they play to the same rules.
Feminism is just as moronic and unacceptable as masculinism -- you achieve nothing by mirroring their sexism -- equality means equality - you can't just cherry-pick which variables you get to be equal at!
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/tennis-star-causes-wimbledon-racket-with-equal-pay-outburst/
Increasing abundance and use of contraceptives is succeeded by a decrease in abortion rates.
Well, that's a 'not shit, sherlock' for me - and something for the Religionist abstinence-only preachers to deny!
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/06/drop-in-us-abortion-rate-among-young-women-attributed-to-contraception/
'What happened to Boris tax dodgers crackdown?'
Why would a man who gets paid a quarter of a million pounds per year to write drivel into the Torygraph's columns put any effort at all into cutting tax avoidance? 'Conflict of interest' is the catchphrase of the hour!
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/06/26/boris-breaks-promise-to-crackdown-on-tax-dodgers/
Lord Tebbit - ex-Conservative whip - says men marrying men and women marrying women is unnecessary, because they can just marry someone of the opposite sex instead.
What really gets him riled, though, is that siblings aren't allowed to have civil partnerships!
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/25/lord-tebbit-if-gays-can-marry-people-of-the-opposite-sex-there-is-no-marriage-inequality/
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