Once more, courtesy of Cassetteboy, this time with a remix of BBC News footage:
Prime Minister David Cameron once again made the cut.
Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
It's Evolution, Baby...
So, according to this BBC article, research shows that male chimpanzees are into the habit of exchanging meat with female chimps... for sex. That's right, some people still believe Evolution doesn't exist (and it also seems there are more of these people now than there were 10 or 20 years ago, dpesite science advancing and not regressing in that time span...) yet chimps are now where humans were in the Stone Age, which isn't so bad, considering.
Chimpanzees have found out that if you feed a woman her daily protein need, she will be more inclined to give you sex - even later in the course of your relationship with her.
Now I'm not saying I advocate ''keeping the woman in the kitchen'' at all, just that we, as a species, also started out coupling with one another out of a certain survival instinct - and because for some reason or another we stopped being nomads.
And since those monkeys aren't going anywhere either, nature dictated some common sense into them. The next step is giving her the right to hunt herself, then the right to have her say in how the tribe handles itself.
Chances are that won't take 2000 years and countless wars, so, in the end, which species will have made the most significant progress?
Chimpanzees have found out that if you feed a woman her daily protein need, she will be more inclined to give you sex - even later in the course of your relationship with her.
Now I'm not saying I advocate ''keeping the woman in the kitchen'' at all, just that we, as a species, also started out coupling with one another out of a certain survival instinct - and because for some reason or another we stopped being nomads.
And since those monkeys aren't going anywhere either, nature dictated some common sense into them. The next step is giving her the right to hunt herself, then the right to have her say in how the tribe handles itself.
Chances are that won't take 2000 years and countless wars, so, in the end, which species will have made the most significant progress?
Friday, January 2, 2009
The Cuban Revolution: 50 Years Of Freedom
There's a nice page on the BBC's website about the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It's rather complete for a one-page blurb, and offers insights into both sides of the long-standing argument, which are on one side that the Revolution actually brought freedom to Cuba, and on the other, the U.S.' opinion and pledge to ''free Cubans''.
Once more, the U.S.A. is alone on their side of the equation, pissed off that a tiny island can survive on its own despite a communist government and little else, 145 kilometers from their shores.
The article goes on to say
It also fails to mention that there are few nations and peoples as happy with their life as Cubans are - anywhere on earth. That a vast majority of them view the Castros and Che Guevara as both heroes and founding fathers, with an added touch of ideals to achieve and pride. That before this year, even natural disasters couldn't put a dent in the island's residents' spirit.
The article, though, mentions a kind of hope that change will occur, as Barack Obama could loosen up parts of the embargo, which would definitely be a step in the right direction.
So we solemnly celebrate 50 years of Freedom in Cuba, as the country was hit with its most difficult year in a long while, and hope for a much better one to come, and plenty more anniversaries in both the near and distant future. They have shown us that living on this planet can be done outside the American model without having to skimp human rights (unlike, say, China) and focusing on what is essential to create independent individual human beings - food, lodging, education and health care. Bravo.
Once more, the U.S.A. is alone on their side of the equation, pissed off that a tiny island can survive on its own despite a communist government and little else, 145 kilometers from their shores.
Reacting to the anniversary, a White House spokesman said the US continued to seek freedom for the Cuban people (...)Yeah. And people who disagree with the U.S.' policies for the past 60 years haven't... right. They wiretapped John Lennon, for fuck's sake. They imprison political dissidents daily with their Patriot Act, where they can abduct people from their homes without charging them with anything and have no rights to attorneys. Much better."The Castro brothers have not treated their people particularly well," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe on the eve of the anniversary.
"Many political dissidents are in jail. The economy is suffering and not free. And the United States will continue to try to seek the freedom of the people of Cuba, and support them."
The article goes on to say
Fifty years on, the legacy of the revolution is complex. There is free education and health care but the state-controlled economy means wages for many Cubans are very low, on average about $20 to $25 a month.yet doesn't mention that even the lowest wages amount is enough to provide with more essential stuff than welfare would in the U.S., and that the education and health care part will always be lacking in the States - and is going out of style in Canada too, as a matter of fact - along with the levels of quality it was known to have.
It also fails to mention that there are few nations and peoples as happy with their life as Cubans are - anywhere on earth. That a vast majority of them view the Castros and Che Guevara as both heroes and founding fathers, with an added touch of ideals to achieve and pride. That before this year, even natural disasters couldn't put a dent in the island's residents' spirit.
The article, though, mentions a kind of hope that change will occur, as Barack Obama could loosen up parts of the embargo, which would definitely be a step in the right direction.
So we solemnly celebrate 50 years of Freedom in Cuba, as the country was hit with its most difficult year in a long while, and hope for a much better one to come, and plenty more anniversaries in both the near and distant future. They have shown us that living on this planet can be done outside the American model without having to skimp human rights (unlike, say, China) and focusing on what is essential to create independent individual human beings - food, lodging, education and health care. Bravo.
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