Still my number 1 pick -- not that I trust Americans to choose wisely.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
No doubt, the johns are NOT regarded as "immoral"
Activists in Bangladesh have welcomed the first ever Islamic funeral for a sex worker, breaking a long-standing taboo in the Muslim majority nation. Hamida Begum, who worked at one of the world's largest brothels [read, thousands of johns] in the village of Daulatdia, died of illness last week at the age of 65.
Sex work is legal in Bangladesh [convenient for all those johns], but Islamic leaders have previously refused to perform funeral prayers for workers. Instead, sex workers who die are usually buried in unmarked graves, without formal prayers, or dumped in rivers.
Sex work is legal in Bangladesh [convenient for all those johns], but Islamic leaders have previously refused to perform funeral prayers for workers. Instead, sex workers who die are usually buried in unmarked graves, without formal prayers, or dumped in rivers.
A number of people gathered at her grave to witness the historic moment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51472606 .
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51472606 .
A Failing Society
India man shot dead 'by daughter's rapist': The father of a 15-year-old Indian rape victim has been shot dead, allegedly by his daughter's rapist. The shooting happened on Monday night. Police told BBC Hindi that the accused is on the run.
The girl's family says he had threatened them and asked them to withdraw the rape case they had lodged against him in August last year. Rape victims in India often accuse police of failing to protect them or their families from reprisals.
The girl's father was taken to hospital after the shooting, but he died the next day. The crime happened in Firozabad district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
"He was constantly threatening us," the girl's uncle said. "One week ago, he threatened my brother, saying if he didn't withdraw the case, he wouldn't be alive. We complained to the police but the police ignored us."
The girl's family also says that the police had taken no action in the rape case. The case was registered months ago under India's stringent child protection laws.
The girl's family says he had threatened them and asked them to withdraw the rape case they had lodged against him in August last year. Rape victims in India often accuse police of failing to protect them or their families from reprisals.
The girl's father was taken to hospital after the shooting, but he died the next day. The crime happened in Firozabad district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
"He was constantly threatening us," the girl's uncle said. "One week ago, he threatened my brother, saying if he didn't withdraw the case, he wouldn't be alive. We complained to the police but the police ignored us."
The girl's family also says that the police had taken no action in the rape case. The case was registered months ago under India's stringent child protection laws.
You're not doing what I want! You're selfish!
Hell on Earth in China:
“Sheng nu” (“leftover women”) is a term used to describe single women who are 27 or older in China. Most of these women live in cities and lead rewarding professional lives. The term was coined in 2007 by a government organization responsible for the protection and promotion of women’s rights and policies. That same year, the Ministry of Education added “sheng nu” to the official lexicon.
In recent years, the Chinese government has been waging an aggressive campaign to pressure women into marriage. Single women are caricatured in news reports, editorials and social media. The orchestrated campaign is a byproduct of China’s one-child policy, which created a great gender imbalance in the population.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/opinion/china-marriage-leftover-women.html .
Emigrate to the West, honey! It's the 21st century here.
“Sheng nu” (“leftover women”) is a term used to describe single women who are 27 or older in China. Most of these women live in cities and lead rewarding professional lives. The term was coined in 2007 by a government organization responsible for the protection and promotion of women’s rights and policies. That same year, the Ministry of Education added “sheng nu” to the official lexicon.
In recent years, the Chinese government has been waging an aggressive campaign to pressure women into marriage. Single women are caricatured in news reports, editorials and social media. The orchestrated campaign is a byproduct of China’s one-child policy, which created a great gender imbalance in the population.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/opinion/china-marriage-leftover-women.html .
Emigrate to the West, honey! It's the 21st century here.
Monday, February 10, 2020
LIAR-in-Chief
How DUHnocchio Got Trickled Down: He [transparent CONman] pretended to be different. [Of course] He was LYING.
"The question now is whether" Crook-in-Chief "will pay any price for betraying all his promises. Democrats took the House in 2018 largely because of the popular backlash against his attempt to destroy Obamacare. But there’s a real danger that Democrats will blow the election by making it a referendum on ambitious ideas like so-called Medicare for all [read, programs such as the universal-health-care programs that Canadians enjoy without destroying the economy] that are unlikely to become reality, rather than on" Sociopath-in-Chief's "ongoing efforts to destroy programs Americans love."
All-Time LOW
Oscars 2020: Number of TV viewers falls to all-time low.
Scarcely surprising! Who wants to watch narcissism-on-parade, protest-responsive-political-correctness, music-that-begs-to-be-muted, and, worst of all, boring lists of every member of the production crew?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51451904
Scarcely surprising! Who wants to watch narcissism-on-parade, protest-responsive-political-correctness, music-that-begs-to-be-muted, and, worst of all, boring lists of every member of the production crew?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51451904
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Detoxing the toxic?
Jordan Peterson seeks 'emergency' drug detox treatment in Russia:
"Jordan Peterson's family says he has sought "emergency" drug detox treatment in Russia, after several failed attempts to overcome his dependence on a potent anti-anxiety medication.
The controversial [that's putting it politely] University of Toronto psychology professor and internationally famous self-help guru is said to have been in a Moscow hospital for the past month, recovering from both the "incredibly gruelling" treatment and a severe case of pneumonia."
"Jordan Peterson's family says he has sought "emergency" drug detox treatment in Russia, after several failed attempts to overcome his dependence on a potent anti-anxiety medication.
The controversial [that's putting it politely] University of Toronto psychology professor and internationally famous self-help guru is said to have been in a Moscow hospital for the past month, recovering from both the "incredibly gruelling" treatment and a severe case of pneumonia."
...
"His family says he had been taking the drug for years to mitigate lingering anxiety following a severe autoimmune reaction to food [an unlikely excuse]. His dependence reportedly started last spring after doctors increased his dosage to help him cope with stress as his wife Tammy battled kidney cancer." [Painful, but thousands upon thousands who don't promote themselves as "self-help gurus" cope with stress and loss without becoming hopelessly addicted to benzodiazepines.]
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Russia, eh? Now why would Peterson leave a decent healthcare system to seek help in Russia of all places? Russia, haven of fleeing Puppet Presidents, enemies of the CIA, and criminals. Did he flee to Russia because of their vast experience of treating alcoholics, perhaps? Far enough from the Western press, perhaps? If so, why seek sympathy through the CBC?
Regardless, what kind of self-help-guru psychologist worth heeding needs long-term anxiolytics, not to mention becoming dangerously addicted?
I'm aware that a certain type of young male finds Peterson's self-aggrandizing, misogyny-in-disguise, transphobia-in-disguise blather emotionally appealing. I'm also aware that the inadequately-educated regard his slippery verbal gymnastics convincing. However, it is a great shame that UofT was conned.
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