Inequality tears societies apart. The concentration of wealth in Western societies is getting out of hand. The fact that our democratic institution have been bought out and now represent only elite monied opinion bodes ill for society. The sort of inequality represented below represent a great threat to the social fabric of the United States […]
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Dead Wild Roses: Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach Piano Invention No.8 in F major
These are short pieces in which two different melodies are played simultaneously. Usually, the right hand plays the higher voice, and the left hand plays the lower one. In each Bach invention, there is a motive (a short musical idea) that is repeated in various forms – each time slightly different, and is developed through […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: “They are objectivizing us!” – The Tea Party rocks the Stupid
Cheering for a credit rating downgrade. They play with sparklers in fireworks factories too. *sigh* Filed under: Politics Tagged: Stunningly Stupid, Stupid, Stupid with Political Power, Tea party
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Absolute Morals? – Absolutely not.
I’m always a bit flabbergasted when people start making pronouncements about moral issues and backing up their claims with biblical proof. You may as well be saying that your beliefs are decisively supported by the ham sandwich you had for lunch. Qualia Soup dissects the inanity and lack of intellectual rigour of theists who claim […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What? Inequality for Women – Female PhD and Male Bachelor Degrees earn the same!
I just keep posting about gender inequality, others say pfffff! what the heck I am talking about….
Until the idea that inequality exists and that it is a problem,then there really is not much to discuss now, is there?
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Dead Wild Roses: The Spawn of Guantanamo Bay – SuperMax Prison Hell
Prison is not supposed to be a walk in the beach. I understand that. People that commit offences need to be consequenced for their transgressions against what society deems to be the proper set of standards. Consequences should not include psychological torture, self-mutilation and degradation. “Supermax prisoners’ daily lives are chock full of alienating and […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Unconscionable Juxtapostion – Doughnut Cheese Burgers and Starvation
Strap on the feedbags y’all. Because if you have not maxed out your gluttony meters yet have we got a deal for you. All the goodness of a cheese burger cradled in the sugary luxury of a glazed maple doughnut. 1500 calories and wating in quantity at a Fair near you… Oh! It is that […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: More Christain “Morality”
It’s funny how when the bible says some really ugly repugnant things the ability to interpret what it ‘actually’ means becomes so darn important. One would think the word of god was above the musing of mere mortals….
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Shall I pray or do something useful?
Texas is one of the special states, they are individualistic, hardworking and have managed to elect one of the most loopy Governors in the world. Organizing a prayer rally to help the nation. Err… “Gov. Rick Perry called on Jesus to bless and guide the nation’s military and political leaders and “those who cannot see […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: We side with Evil – Free Market Doctrine and Iraq
The following is an excerpt from John McMurtry’s book Value Wars – The Global Market Versus the Life Economy p. 40 – 41. The value-set that selects for the destruction of a human society is based on an absolutist first premise that whatever serves its unilateral globalization is good, and whatever obstructs or resists its […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Vem kan segla
Thank the Swedish for this lovely piece. Swedish Lyrics: Vem kan segla förutan vind? Vem kan ro utan åror? Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin Utan att fälla tårar? Jag kan segla förutan vind, Jag kan ro utan åror. Men ej skiljas från vännen min Utan att fälla tårar. Vem kan segla förutan vind? Vem […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Oh, the Bible says homosexuality is wrong! – Now it makes sense…
Your musty christian tome says a lot of neat stuff. Let’s see, if we did not get to cherry pick the morality that suits us, what we would have to do. But then again, consistency is not really a big part of belief now is it? Thank you to Dammit Janet for the video […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Proof that Prayer Does Not Work
My apologies for a video heavy week, but…
Filed under: Religion Tagged: Prayer, Religion, The Power of Prayer
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fox News Bias – Or How Constant Confabulating Costs your Credibility
It is not even a useful question anymore. Fox News might as well be renamed the Republican Party News Channel and get it over with. What they are doing more resembles propaganda than anything else. Liberal Viewer continues his expose on the foibles of faux news. And to think that a good segment of the […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Morality: Not in the Bible
Qualia Soup continues his series on Morality with a look at the bible and why it is not the place to go when looking for morality. At fourteen minuets it is long by youtube standards, but well worth watching.
Filed under: Ethics Tagged: Morality, Qu…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Patriarchy and the Non-Existent idea of Consent for Women
Learning about how our culture operates is critical for enlightenment and understanding. Jill from I Blame the Patriarchy shares her view on consent within the culture. In this case, a simple link would not do, as I want to copy/paste this concise definition in another spot on the internet, maybe pissing off some MRA’s in […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: US Debt – The Shock Therapy Begins
The US debt crisis is being oversimplified. The message we here is we cannot pay our debts and therefore we need balance our spending and balance the budget. Average people can understand that – but here is what has been done so far to combat debt via Whatever Works and a big thanks to Moe […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bill O’Reilly Stumps Internet by Questioning the ‘Mysterious Tides’
His ignorance is like a shield of steel…
Filed under: Humour Tagged: Bill O’Reilly, Fail, Science Fail, Stupid People with a following, The Tides
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Dinosaurs and Humans and Flaming Nostrils!
Religion makes people do horrible things. Today we look at religion making people do horribly funny and obtuse contortions to history and biology. This abuse of fact, reason and common sense is sponsored by and completely underwritten by the nonsense you can find in the bible. However, it must be noted that this is […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Quebec Woo-Quackery Claims yet another Victim
Worried about Big Pharma and what corporate sponsored doctors are going to do with you? Worried your tinfoil hat is one size too small and “they” are on to you? Worried and misplacing your skepticism about science based medicine? This news article from the CBC is for you. “A Quebec woman rushed to hospital after […]
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