- As Britain plunged into double-dip recession 20% of workers or as many as 4.82 million are paid less than the living wage, new research from accountancy firm KPMG found.
The living wage is a voluntary rate of pay, considered necessary to afford a basic standard of living that some employers provide their staff. The rate is currently £8.30 an hour in London and £7.20 outside, compared to the national minimum wage rate of £6.19 an hour
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Fish Oil Pills Do Nothing For Your Heart?
- If you could get healthy by taking a pill, we would all be prime specimens and live forever. Alas, it’s not that easy as evidenced by a recent study that found that fish oil pills do not lower your risk of heart disease or stroke.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, was based on a review of 20 clinical trials involving 68,000 participants. That’s big enough to make the results important.
Fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids are huge sellers. It’s estimated that Americans spent more than $1 billion on them last year – and sales are increasing.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, was based on a review of 20 clinical trials involving 68,000 participants. That’s big enough to make the results important.
Fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids are huge sellers. It’s estimated that Americans spent more than $1 billion on them last year – and sales are increasing.
Monday, October 29, 2012
2 Men Acquitted Under New US Gay Hate Crime Law.
(cnsnews.com)- The first U.S. prosecution under a new federal law against anti-gay violence ended with a Kentucky jury acquitting two cousins of hate-crime charges while finding them guilty of kidnapping in a 2011 attack on a gay man.
Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington at a rural state park because of Pennington's sexual orientation, violating a hate crime law that was expanded in 2009 to cover assaults motivated by bias against gays, lesbians and transgender people.
Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington at a rural state park because of Pennington's sexual orientation, violating a hate crime law that was expanded in 2009 to cover assaults motivated by bias against gays, lesbians and transgender people.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Minnesota Government Bans Free Online University Education Within Its Borders.
(From 10/22/12)
- The state of Minnesota has discovered a fiendish plot against the residents of the state. Thirty-three major universities are offering free courses online.
The state has warned its residents not to take these courses.
Why not? Because the law says that no out-of-state university can sell education in Minnesota unless it is registered.
But the courses are free.
Yes, but they involve the use of time.
But the law decades old does not mention the spending of time. Only money.
- The state of Minnesota has discovered a fiendish plot against the residents of the state. Thirty-three major universities are offering free courses online.
The state has warned its residents not to take these courses.
Why not? Because the law says that no out-of-state university can sell education in Minnesota unless it is registered.
But the courses are free.
Yes, but they involve the use of time.
But the law decades old does not mention the spending of time. Only money.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Ted Turner: I Think It's Good U.S. Troops Are Killing Themselves.
'Military men are just dumb stupid animals used as pawns in foreign policy.' - Henry Kissinger.
Asked what he thought about the fact that more American soldiers commit suicide than are killed in combat, host Morgan said it was “shocking,” but Turner responded, “No, I think it’s good.”
Turner went on to argue that it was time for people to start acting “enlightened” and that this was why it was “good” U.S. soldiers are committing suicide in such large numbers because it shows an aversion to war.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
50 Crazy Things That Obama Supporters Are Threatening To Do If Romney Wins.
- Both sides are entirely convinced that they can win this tightly contested election, and one side is going to feel bitterly disappointed when it does not happen.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Arizona Ballot Measure Contests Ownership Of The Grand Canyon.
- When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona?
A controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon.
Proposition 120 would amend the state’s constitution to declare Arizona’s sovereignty and jurisdiction over the “air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state’s boundaries.”
A controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon.
Proposition 120 would amend the state’s constitution to declare Arizona’s sovereignty and jurisdiction over the “air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state’s boundaries.”
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Former American Indian Movement Activist, Russell Means Dies At 72.
Lower North Dakota - Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead a 1973 uprising against the U.S. government and appeared in several Hollywood films, has died. He was 72.
Means died early Monday at his ranch in South Dakota, Oglala Sioux Tribe spokeswoman Donna Solomon said.
Means announced in August 2011 that he had developed inoperable throat cancer. He told The Associated Press he was forgoing mainstream medical treatments in favor of traditional American Indian remedies and alternative treatments away from his home on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Means died early Monday at his ranch in South Dakota, Oglala Sioux Tribe spokeswoman Donna Solomon said.
Means announced in August 2011 that he had developed inoperable throat cancer. He told The Associated Press he was forgoing mainstream medical treatments in favor of traditional American Indian remedies and alternative treatments away from his home on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Do Vitamins Reduce Cancer Risk?
Good News For Men According to Study.
- America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found.
The result is a surprise because many studies of individual vitamins have found they don’t help prevent chronic diseases and some even seemed to raise the risk of cancer.
In the new study, multivitamins cut the chance of developing cancer by 8 percent. That is less effective than a good diet, exercise and not smoking, each of which can lower cancer risk by 20 percent to 30 percent, cancer experts say.
- America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found.
The result is a surprise because many studies of individual vitamins have found they don’t help prevent chronic diseases and some even seemed to raise the risk of cancer.
In the new study, multivitamins cut the chance of developing cancer by 8 percent. That is less effective than a good diet, exercise and not smoking, each of which can lower cancer risk by 20 percent to 30 percent, cancer experts say.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Evidence Of Viking Outpost Found In Canada.
- For the past 50 years since the discovery of a thousand-year-old Viking way station in Newfoundland, archaeologists and amateur historians have combed North America’s east coast searching for traces of Viking visitors.
It has been a long, fruitless quest, littered with bizarre claims and embarrassing failures. But at a conference in Canada earlier this month, archaeologist Patricia Sutherland announced new evidence that points strongly to the discovery of the second Viking outpost ever discovered in the Americas.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
WHO Urged To Take Transsexualism Of List Of Mental Disorders.
- WHO currently defines transsexualism as a mental disorder.
The World Health Organisation has come under pressure from campaigners to stop classifying transsexualism as a mental illness.
The body publishes an international classification of diseases which informs government policy and health provision, but is currently under review.
The World Health Organisation has come under pressure from campaigners to stop classifying transsexualism as a mental illness.
The body publishes an international classification of diseases which informs government policy and health provision, but is currently under review.
Friday, October 19, 2012
US Presidential Candidate Arrested & Detained At Hofstra University debate.
I'm a little late on this but, thought I'd go ahead & share.
- Also A reminder to tune in Tuesday October 23 8:00 pm CST/9:00 pm EST to watch the 3rd party candidates - Jill Stein (Green), Gary Johnson (Libertarian), Rocky Anderson (Justice), & Virgil Goode (Constitution), Presented Live on Ora TV, CSPAN, YouTube; Hosted by Free & Equal Elections Foundation.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
French-German Disputes Could Mar European Summit.
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders sought Thursday to overcome sharp differences over how to improve supervision of their banks and budgets, at the start of a two-day summit meeting aimed at resolving the euro zone crisis.
But with market pressure on their single currency easing, at least for now, there were already signs that leaders could return to a familiar pattern of bickering, which could delay already agreed-to changes, like creating a single regulator for all euro zone banks.
One of the issues overhanging the meeting is a dispute between France and Germany on whether to create such a supervisor by January, as the European Commission has proposed. Paris is pushing to meet that deadline.
But with market pressure on their single currency easing, at least for now, there were already signs that leaders could return to a familiar pattern of bickering, which could delay already agreed-to changes, like creating a single regulator for all euro zone banks.
One of the issues overhanging the meeting is a dispute between France and Germany on whether to create such a supervisor by January, as the European Commission has proposed. Paris is pushing to meet that deadline.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Useful Idiot Arrested By FBI In Alleged Plot To Bomb N.Y Federal Reserve.
(AP) - Federal authorities in New York have arrested a Bangladeshi man with “overseas connections to al-Qaida” who planned to blow up the Federal Reserve.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was provided with “inert explosives” by federal agents and closely monitored by the FBI as he tried to act out his plot, according to the Associated Press.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was provided with “inert explosives” by federal agents and closely monitored by the FBI as he tried to act out his plot, according to the Associated Press.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
President Of The Gambia Says Special Herbs Cured Dozens Of Patients With HIV, AIDS
(NaturalNews.com) Representing the seventh round of cases successfully treated since 2007, 68 people were recently discharged from Gambia’s Presidential Alternative Medical Treatment Programme (PAMTP) after reportedly being cured of either HIV or AIDS. Reports indicate that the confidential blend of boiled herbs developed by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again proven efficacious, illustrating not only that Western medicine is greatly lacking in its ability to effectively treat these epidemic conditions, but also that nature has once again trumped the laboratory when it comes to true healing.
It was about five years ago when Jammeh first announced, to the chagrin of conventional physicians everywhere, that he had successfully developed an herbal concoction capable of not only treating, but also curing both HIV and AIDS. Since that time, PAMTP has enrolled and treated dozens upon dozens of people with the conditions, many of whom have experienced dramatic results, according to reports. And yet both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) continue to fight against the treatment, claiming that it puts patients at risk.
“The objective of my medication is to get rid of the virus that the patients are infected with and I have made [this] very clear since the start of my treatment program,” Jammeh is quoted as saying by The Daily Observer. “Because our salvation is when we go back to our natural pharmacists (forest), we will use Western medicine as complementary to natural African medicine.”
U.S. approach to medicine still pushes natural remedies to the back seat
In the U.S., the opposite approach is taken — that is, if any sort of complementary approach is taken at all. At best, so-called “alternative” treatments, which usually involve the use of natural herbs and other non-patented remedies, are typically added onto an existing conventional regimen. The case of treating HIV and AIDS, conventional doctors still employ the use of antiviral drugs that merely manage disease symptoms rather than actually fight the disease.
According to JollofNews, Jammeh’s treatment contains a blend of green paste, bitter drink, and bananas, the latter of which was shown in a 2010 study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry to help prevent the transmission of HIV, the virus believed by many to cause AIDS. During the time of the treatment, patients are advised not to take any conventional antiviral medications.
In his announcement, Jammeh explained that these and various other “natural medicine” techniques will be integrated into every hospital throughout Gambia, and that Western treatments will only be used to complement them. The West African country also recently hosted a five-day training conference on HIV and AIDS to teach other countries how to strategically fight HIV and AIDS infections throughout the region.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Brit Official: We're Ready To Leave E.U.
'Give us back our sovereignty or we'll walk out.'
(London Daily Mail) - The chances of Britain leaving the EU rose dramatically last Saturday after it emerged that one of David Cameron’s closest Cabinet allies believes it is time to tell Brussels bluntly: ‘We are ready to quit.’
Education Secretary Michael Gove has told friends that, if there was a referendum today on whether the UK should cut its ties with Brussels, he would vote to leave.
He wants Britain to give other EU nations an ultimatum: ‘Give us back our sovereignty or we will walk out.’
Mr. Gove insists the UK could thrive as a free trading nation on its own, like other non-EU nations in Europe such as Norway and Switzerland. He has changed his view partly as a result of his fury at Brussels meddling which has held up his school reforms.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Pres. Obama's Refusal To Deport Illegals Declared Unconstitutional.
(Fox News.com) Two law professors, including one who served in the Bush Justice Department, have published a paper charging that President Obama violated the Constitution with his directive to law enforcement not to deport illegal aliens.
In the paper entitled, “The Obama Administration, the Dream Act and the Take Care Clause,” authors Robert Delahunty of the University of St. Thomas [Minnesota] and John Yoo, a law professor at University of California at Berkeley and former U.S. deputy assistant attorney general, blast Obama’s moratorium on deporting certain illegal immigrants. The professors dismissed the idea that the decision on whether to deport illegal immigrants who are arrested for minor infractions is a matter of prosecutorial discretion.
“If there’s one case and it’s left to the prosecutor well that’s fine, but what Obama did was take a million cases and leave it up to prosecutorial discretion, “John Yoo said to FoxNews.com. “The only reason it’s under [Department of Homeland Security Secretary] Janet Napolitano’s discretion is because Obama had made his decision. If she’s doing it under her own, she would have to be fired.”
In the paper entitled, “The Obama Administration, the Dream Act and the Take Care Clause,” authors Robert Delahunty of the University of St. Thomas [Minnesota] and John Yoo, a law professor at University of California at Berkeley and former U.S. deputy assistant attorney general, blast Obama’s moratorium on deporting certain illegal immigrants. The professors dismissed the idea that the decision on whether to deport illegal immigrants who are arrested for minor infractions is a matter of prosecutorial discretion.
“If there’s one case and it’s left to the prosecutor well that’s fine, but what Obama did was take a million cases and leave it up to prosecutorial discretion, “John Yoo said to FoxNews.com. “The only reason it’s under [Department of Homeland Security Secretary] Janet Napolitano’s discretion is because Obama had made his decision. If she’s doing it under her own, she would have to be fired.”
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Nobel Peace Prize A Slap On The Back For A Struggling E.U.
Oh the Irony!
The prestigious award was a salute to the struggling 27-nation union for its work in promoting democracy and reconciliation since World War II.
Friday, October 12, 2012
CDC: 14 Dead As Meningitis Outbreak Grows.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation’s growing meningitis outbreak, warning Thursday that patients will need to keep watch for symptoms of the deadly infection for months.
“We know that we are not out of the woods yet,” Dr. J. Todd Weber of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said as the death toll reached 14.
Of the 170 people sickened in the outbreak, all but one have a rare fungal form of meningitis after receiving suspect steroid shots for back pain, the CDC said. The other case is an ankle infection discovered in Michigan; steroid shots also can be given to treat aching knees, shoulders or other joints.
“We know that we are not out of the woods yet,” Dr. J. Todd Weber of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said as the death toll reached 14.
Of the 170 people sickened in the outbreak, all but one have a rare fungal form of meningitis after receiving suspect steroid shots for back pain, the CDC said. The other case is an ankle infection discovered in Michigan; steroid shots also can be given to treat aching knees, shoulders or other joints.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Belfast To Open Ireland's First Abortion Clinic.
DUBLIN (AP) — A family planning charity plans to open the first abortion clinic in Ireland, challenging decades of legal confusion over the extremely limited access to pregnancy terminations in both parts of the island.
Officials at the Marie Stopes facility due to open next week in Belfast, capital of the British territory of Northern Ireland, said Thursday they plan to offer non-surgical abortions to women whose pregnancies are less than nine weeks in gestation. They expect protests and have declined to reveal the clinic's street address.
Women will receive medication that causes a miscarriage only if doctors determine that continued pregnancy would jeopardize their physical or mental health.
Abortions under such circumstances are supposed to be legal already in both parts of Ireland. But lawmakers have failed for decades to clarify the situation, leaving hospitals and doctors fearful of suffering pickets or lawsuits if they're publicly identified as an abortion provider.
Officials at the Marie Stopes facility due to open next week in Belfast, capital of the British territory of Northern Ireland, said Thursday they plan to offer non-surgical abortions to women whose pregnancies are less than nine weeks in gestation. They expect protests and have declined to reveal the clinic's street address.
Women will receive medication that causes a miscarriage only if doctors determine that continued pregnancy would jeopardize their physical or mental health.
Abortions under such circumstances are supposed to be legal already in both parts of Ireland. But lawmakers have failed for decades to clarify the situation, leaving hospitals and doctors fearful of suffering pickets or lawsuits if they're publicly identified as an abortion provider.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Pop Diva Lady Gaga Awarded Peace Prize In Iceland.
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga was awarded a peace prize by Yoko Ono in a ceremony in Iceland on Tuesday.
Peace activist Ono said the LennonOno Grant for Peace, established in the name of her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon, rewarded Lady Gaga for combining stardom with activism and changing "the mental map" of the world.
Peace activist Ono said the LennonOno Grant for Peace, established in the name of her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon, rewarded Lady Gaga for combining stardom with activism and changing "the mental map" of the world.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Protestants No Longer The Majority In US, Study Says.
(foxnews.com) NEW YORK – For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise.
The percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S. has reached a low of 48 percent, the first time that Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has reported with certainty that the number has fallen below 50 percent. The drop has long been anticipated and comes at a time when no Protestants are on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republicans have their first presidential ticket with no Protestant nominees.
Among the reasons for the change are the growth in nondenominational Christians who can no longer be categorized as Protestant, and a spike in the number of American adults who say they have no religion. The Pew study, released Tuesday, found that about 20 percent of Americans say they have no religious affiliation, an increase from 15 percent in the last five years.
The percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S. has reached a low of 48 percent, the first time that Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has reported with certainty that the number has fallen below 50 percent. The drop has long been anticipated and comes at a time when no Protestants are on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republicans have their first presidential ticket with no Protestant nominees.
Among the reasons for the change are the growth in nondenominational Christians who can no longer be categorized as Protestant, and a spike in the number of American adults who say they have no religion. The Pew study, released Tuesday, found that about 20 percent of Americans say they have no religious affiliation, an increase from 15 percent in the last five years.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Paralyzed Woman Wins Right To Die, Now Wants To Live.
(London Daily Mail) - A terminally ill woman who was granted the right to die after a court battle with her own parents has had a last-minute change of heart.
Grace Sung Eun Lee today signed a document allowing her deeply religious father to make all decisions about her healthcare.
He is certain to keep her on life support for as long as possible, as he believes that if she removes her breathing tube she will have committed suicide, which he regards as a sin.
Grace Sung Eun Lee today signed a document allowing her deeply religious father to make all decisions about her healthcare.
He is certain to keep her on life support for as long as possible, as he believes that if she removes her breathing tube she will have committed suicide, which he regards as a sin.
Also, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Everyone!
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Russia Marks Putin's 60th Birthday With Praise, Mockery.
News you don't need...
(cbsnews) Moscow - Kremlin officials like to insist Russian President Vladimir Putin does not care for big birthday bashes and that he will be spending his 60th on Sunday quietly celebrating with close friends and family in his home city, St. Petersburg.
However, the president's supporters don't appear to have received the memo, and so the day has seen an unprecedented exhibition of Putin-idolatry reminiscent of some of the world's oddest cults of personality.
Much of it - like it the fawning, up-close-and-personal profile on Kremlin-friendly television channel NTV - looks like propaganda. Some of the praise can be so extreme as to appear almost like a subtle form of satire on Putin's heroic representations in state media. And some Putin opponents have used the occasion to poke fun.
(cbsnews) Moscow - Kremlin officials like to insist Russian President Vladimir Putin does not care for big birthday bashes and that he will be spending his 60th on Sunday quietly celebrating with close friends and family in his home city, St. Petersburg.
However, the president's supporters don't appear to have received the memo, and so the day has seen an unprecedented exhibition of Putin-idolatry reminiscent of some of the world's oddest cults of personality.
Much of it - like it the fawning, up-close-and-personal profile on Kremlin-friendly television channel NTV - looks like propaganda. Some of the praise can be so extreme as to appear almost like a subtle form of satire on Putin's heroic representations in state media. And some Putin opponents have used the occasion to poke fun.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Broccoli & Cabbage Among Vegetables That Cut Cancer Risk?
(dailymail.co.uk) - It might be hard to convince some to eat their greens but here is one good reason why they should - it cuts the risk of developing a variety of cancers.
Eating cruciferous vegetables such as sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower at least once a week can cut the risk of developing a variety of cancers.
Those who ate them at least weekly cut the risk of mouth cancer and breast cancer by almost a fifth and oesophageal cancer by more than a quarter, a study has found.
The research linked poor diet with the fatal disease with around a third of all cases of oral cancer is thought to be linked to an unhealthy diet.
Previous studies have found that a particular nutrient in cruciferous vegetables, which also include cabbage, watercress and radish, can kill cancer cells and gives potential for the production of new drugs.
The results, published in the Annals of Oncology, found that the risk of kidney cancer was cut by almost a third and colorectal cancer by almost a fifth.
Eating cruciferous vegetables such as sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower at least once a week can cut the risk of developing a variety of cancers.
Those who ate them at least weekly cut the risk of mouth cancer and breast cancer by almost a fifth and oesophageal cancer by more than a quarter, a study has found.
The research linked poor diet with the fatal disease with around a third of all cases of oral cancer is thought to be linked to an unhealthy diet.
Previous studies have found that a particular nutrient in cruciferous vegetables, which also include cabbage, watercress and radish, can kill cancer cells and gives potential for the production of new drugs.
The results, published in the Annals of Oncology, found that the risk of kidney cancer was cut by almost a third and colorectal cancer by almost a fifth.
Friday, October 5, 2012
German State Takes Custody Of Children Over Socialization.
Judge says academic competency irrelevant to homeschooling fight.
(wnd.com) - A judge in Germany has ordered a couple to turn over custody of their four children to the state because their homeschooling practices fail to meet the government’s demand for “integration.”
The word on the ruling comes from the Home School Legal Defense Association, which advocates worldwide for parental rights to homeschool their own children.
Judge Markus Malkmus in the German district court in Darmstadt ordered the four children of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich transferred to the state’s “child protective agency,” called the Jugendamt. - Full Story.
(wnd.com) - A judge in Germany has ordered a couple to turn over custody of their four children to the state because their homeschooling practices fail to meet the government’s demand for “integration.”
The word on the ruling comes from the Home School Legal Defense Association, which advocates worldwide for parental rights to homeschool their own children.
Judge Markus Malkmus in the German district court in Darmstadt ordered the four children of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich transferred to the state’s “child protective agency,” called the Jugendamt. - Full Story.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Why Do The Left & Right Mean Liberal & Conservative?
During the election season the words left and right denote political affiliation more than spatial direction. But where do these associations come from?
The left hand has long been associated with deviance. The word “sinister” originally meant “to the left” in Latin. The word “left” comes from the Old English word lyft, which literally meant “weak, foolish.” To avoid the negative and superstitious associations of the left side, many languages used euphemisms for it. In Old English the left side was called winestra, which meant “friendlier.” In Greek it was called aristeros or “the better one.”
When did the political affiliation of these two common words arise? In fact, the association is not American at all. It originated during the French Revolution. In the 1790s, King Louis XVI was fighting with the Legislative Assembly. Like our modern-day House of Representatives, seating in the French Legislative Assembly was arranged based on political affiliation. The King sat in front of the assembly. To his right sat the conservative Feuillants who backed the king and believed in a constitutional monarchy. To his left sat the liberal Girondists and radical Jacobins who wanted to install a completely democratic government. Oddly enough, in the U.S. House of Representatives the tables have turned: members of the Republican party sit to the left of the House Speaker and members of the Democratic party sit to his or her right.
It wasn’t until the early 20th century that Left and Right denoted political affiliation in Britain and the US, and the more politically loaded terms “leftwing” and “rightwing” were not widely used until after 1960.
Source.
The left hand has long been associated with deviance. The word “sinister” originally meant “to the left” in Latin. The word “left” comes from the Old English word lyft, which literally meant “weak, foolish.” To avoid the negative and superstitious associations of the left side, many languages used euphemisms for it. In Old English the left side was called winestra, which meant “friendlier.” In Greek it was called aristeros or “the better one.”
When did the political affiliation of these two common words arise? In fact, the association is not American at all. It originated during the French Revolution. In the 1790s, King Louis XVI was fighting with the Legislative Assembly. Like our modern-day House of Representatives, seating in the French Legislative Assembly was arranged based on political affiliation. The King sat in front of the assembly. To his right sat the conservative Feuillants who backed the king and believed in a constitutional monarchy. To his left sat the liberal Girondists and radical Jacobins who wanted to install a completely democratic government. Oddly enough, in the U.S. House of Representatives the tables have turned: members of the Republican party sit to the left of the House Speaker and members of the Democratic party sit to his or her right.
It wasn’t until the early 20th century that Left and Right denoted political affiliation in Britain and the US, and the more politically loaded terms “leftwing” and “rightwing” were not widely used until after 1960.
Source.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
HATE: Chick-fil-A Supports 'Biblical Families.'
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Stripper Beauty Tips.
From Strange To The Most Bizarre & Effective Beauty Secrets. Stay Cla$$y.
(Via - fivefeetoffury.com)
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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