We have a long way to go

If you've ever felt like the whole world is out to screw you over, relax. You're not paranoid--you're probably right (depending on where you live)! And now you have proof. The following image illustrates the level of government corruption measured as perceived by citizens of each respective country as well as other measures such as the amount of transparency, etc. The darker red colours denote extremely corrupt nations. The darker blue defines less corruption. This is the 2012 version.

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It does not paint (pun intended) an encouraging picture, does it? Most of the world is steeped in corruption. No wonder so many people still suffer in poverty and otherwise.

Here's a chart using the same data:

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Baby, how'd we ever get this way?

How does an average guy in a decidedly below average organization "earn" over $9 million a year? DeMar DeRosan just signed a four-year deal with the NBA Toronto Raptors, a team which has only made the playoffs five times in their 16 year history, only once advancing to the second round; a team with an all-time "winning" percentage of an embarrassing 42%.

How much does the average guy where you work make? Has your company failed miserably for the last 16 years? Of course not--they'd be out of business. So, why is it that this band of losers is not only still making money, but paying huge salaries to everyone responsible for their massive ongoing failure? You know these losers wouldn't be paid so much if you losers out there wouldn't pay to watch a horrible team night after night, year after year, decade after decade. What--you just can't get your fill of failure? We have people homeless and children hungry while assholes pay big bucks to watch bigger assholes paid bigger bucks by bigger assholes to play another squad of assholes who are paid even bigger bucks...


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Born that way

Even very young children exhibit innate characteristics of their sex. Here are a couple of examples of such behaviours.




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