http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/20/oxfam-85-richest-people-half-of-the-world Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world
Category: Ethics
Reprieved death row convict rejects clemency, granted ‘right’ to die
Convicted murderer Gary Haugen was awarded clemency over his death sentence by anti-capital punishment Oregon governor John Kitzhaber. Haugen demanded that he wanted to die and appealed. The judge that heard the case, Timothy Alexander, citing precedents, granted Haugen the 'right' to die. Read the full story here. If Haugen were not a death row … Continue reading Reprieved death row convict rejects clemency, granted ‘right’ to die
BBC capitulates to religious nutter
An attempt by a lone religious nut cake to censor free speech has ended in success. After a single complaint by a single nutter about remarks by Jeremy Paxman in an interview with Richard Dawkins the BBC after careful consideration has censured Paxman. In the BBC’s flaccid opinion, Paxman may have caused “unintentional offense” to … Continue reading BBC capitulates to religious nutter
Wealth doesn’t trickle down – it just floods offshore
£13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite
Not a joke
Question: you're in a room with Hitler, Stalin and Simon Cowell; you have a gun loaded with only two bullets – what do you do? Answer: shoot Simon Cowell twice. — From the Grauniad
The Cannibal's Gazette 