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My enemy’s a white collar criminal…

Posted by in Culture, Feminism, Humour, Politics

“In The Neighbourhood”, by Sisters Underground Click link nzonscreen Lyrics It’s a cruel June morning on the edge of the city It’s so damned hot and my neck is feeling gritty I gotta find something to do Because if I don’t pretty soon I think I’ll go lulu Everyday seems like the same old thing Listen to the brothers talk about their mac 10 I gotta roll because I got a feeling I gotta keep the sound of the underground reeling And I’m out like bell-bottom trousers Pretty funky chunky…read more

May.26
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US religious right paid $500,000 for high-profile plaintiff to change sides

Posted by in Activism, Feminism, Health, History, Politics

The woman plaintiff in the landmark 1973 ruling legalising abortion in the US admitted that her change of heart on the issue in 1995 was “all an act”. Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe in the US Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v Wade, shocked the country when she came out against abortion. What we couldn’t know was she was paid by antiabortion groups including Operation Rescue. The case had gone all the way to the highest court in the land where, by a vote of seven to two, the…read more

May.24
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Covid-19 deaths: Which governments have failed?

Posted by in Economics, Health, Politics

The latest worldwide average death rate is 43 per one million people, up from 39 one week ago. Figures are from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control situation report to Saturday 23rd May. Here’s the updated list of countries with death rates more than twice that average: Territory/Area Country Deaths per million Europe San Marino 1208 Europe Belgium 795 Europe Andorra 660 Europe Spain 612 Europe Italy 539 Europe The United Kingdom 536 Europe France 433 Europe Sweden 389 Americas Sint Maarten 350 Europe Netherlands 338 Europe Ireland…read more

May.24
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Covid-19 deaths: Which governments have failed?

Posted by in Economics, Health, Politics

The latest worldwide average death rate is 39 per one million people, up from 35 one week ago. Figures are from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control situation report to Saturday 16th May. Here’s the updated list of countries with death rates more than twice that average: Territory/Area Country Deaths per million Europe San Marino 1208 Europe Belgium 773 Europe Andorra 634 Europe Spain 587 Europe Italy 523 Europe The United Kingdom 501 Europe France 422 Europe Sweden 361 Americas Sint Maarten 350 Europe Netherlands 329 Europe Ireland…read more

May.17
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Covid-19 deaths: Which governments have failed?

Posted by in Economics, Health, Politics

The latest worldwide average death rate per one million people is 35, up from 31 a week ago. Figures are from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control situation report to Saturday 9th May. Here’s the updated list of countries with death rates more than twice that average: Country Deaths per million San Marino 1208 Belgium 735 Andorra 608 Spain 561 Italy 500 The United Kingdom 460 France 402 Sint Maarten 350 Sweden 314 Netherlands 313 Ireland 289 Isle of Man 270 United States of America 233 Montserrat 200…read more

May.10
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