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Written by joni
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 07:55 |
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Why does it happen so frequently? Another US Republican politician who has been a prominent anti-gay legislator has come out after being caught drink-driving after leaving a gay club, has come out of the closet, reports The Australian.
And his explanation of why he voted for anti-gay legislation?
Mr Ashburn said in the radio interview his anti-gay votes were a reflection of what the majority of voters in his conservative district would have wanted.
Wow - what a pathetic excuse?
What is it with right-wingers and their closeted lives? Just goes to show that those who have the most to fear about gays are often hiding something.
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Written by joni
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 22:46 |
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In researching articles for the Primary Health thread I came across this research about the US which I found fascinating.
Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. The rest met criteria for medical bankruptcy because they had lost significant income due to illness or mortgaged a home to pay medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance.
The study I quote from was published in the American Journal of Medicine.
So in the country that does not want universal health care (because of scares such as "death panels"), over 60% of bankruptcies were attributed to medical debts! Even with health insurance in the US, you can still end up bankrupt.
Another case of fact being stranger than fiction.
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Written by joni
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Friday, 26 February 2010 08:40 |
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The story of the fake passports and the assassination in Dubai just gets more and more bizzare, as it now seems that Australian passports were also used, reports news.com.au:
The Federal Government has warned Israel it will not be considered "a friend" if found to be involved in passport fraud targeting three Australians.
I find it very hard to believe that the Israeli spies were so careless to use fake passports. There must be more to this story. |
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Written by Kevin Rennie
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 23:11 |
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A cross post from Global Voices:
Since the proposed bans on the wearing of the burqa in France, the issue has been simmering in the Australian blogosphere. An Australian radio shock-jock, and ex-police officer, drew criticism recently over his opposition to the wearing of the burqa in public.
Michael Smith argued that bank staff and shop assistants are concerned with possible criminal misuse. He also suggested that young children are frightened by encounters with women wearing the “full-on burqa”, comparing it to “kids crying, getting the fright of their lives when seeing Santa Claus”.
Burqa Strains Multicultural Australia |
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Written by joni
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:48 |
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We keep hearing how nuclear is the solution to climate change (if it exists at all according to some), but if nuclear weapons are not safe, how safe will a nuclear power plant be?
Earlier this week in the Boston Globe, James Carroll detailed how a NATO base in Belgium "was penetrated not by professional saboteurs or terrorists, but by a handful of peaceniks who never imagined they could get away with it."
The article says:
Six anti-nuclear activists climbed over an outer fence at Kleine Brogel Air Base, then cut their way through a pair of inner fences, and wandered around the “highly secure’’ base for up to an hour, tracking a route through the snow of more than one kilometer, and ultimately coming within yards of the storage bunker where the nukes are held - all this before being challenged by a guard.
And before someone points out that it was those "old europeans" who were at fault, the article says that nuclear weapons are not even safe back in the USA:
In 2007, a serious breach, involving six unprotected nuclear cruise missiles, occurred in Minot, North Dakota, leading to the firing of the Air Force chief of staff and the secretary of the Air Force. A follow-on investigative task force looking into the overall management of nuclear weapons found “a distressing level of inattention.’’
Now if the military cannot keep nuclear weapons safe, how can we possibly keep a nuclear power plant safe? |
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