Is the world getting in a donation pissing contest?
I sure hope so.
Looks like it, but I think it's good newsOriginally posted by chegitz guevara
Is the world getting in a donation pissing contest?
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Is the world getting in a donation pissing contest?
I sure hope so.
Me too. It's a much better way to measure our cheneys. Here's to potlache culture!
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
That, and the space program.
Australia has announced a 1 BILLION DOLLAR tsunami aid package...
...which will go solely to Indonesia.
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^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite
Anyone know how much countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are giving?
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I just heard on the radio that no industrialized country gives as much as 1% of their GDP as foreign aid. (Norway is tops with like 0.85%; USA bringing up the rear with 0.17%)
Thus, I'd like to challenge all of us to outstrip our governments, and donate 1% of our yearly salary to relief organizations. UNICEF, Red Cross/Red Crescent, whatever. I made mine to Doctors Without Borders.
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Apparently our federal government will match all private donations. Don't know if this includes corporate donations or not.
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I'm too lazy to read all the threads about this topic. however, is Lancer alright? Was he back yet?
The Philippines was not hit at all, so if that's where he was, he should be OK.
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Thanks
I saw on MSNBC today that the Saudis gave $30 Million, the Kuwatis $10 Million, and Qatar $25 Million. This was followed by a story that Muslims are asking why aren't they donating more (apparently they're afraid funds will land in the hands of "infidels")Originally posted by Sprayber
Anyone know how much countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are giving?
Even worse, now fundies are blaming the earthquake that triggered the tsunami on "underground nuclear testing by the US, Israel, and India". Some people are just sick.
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Sweden had the target of 1% back in the 80's. I don't know what we have today, but we probably can't afford it any longer. In related news, we are giving 200 000 doses of cholera vaccine to Sri Lanka.Originally posted by Guynemer
I just heard on the radio that no industrialized country gives as much as 1% of their GDP as foreign aid. (Norway is tops with like 0.85%; USA bringing up the rear with 0.17%) ---
I think Swedish government aid is going mostly to Sri Lanka. It seems Americans and Ozzies are giving most to Indonesia. Sri Lanka and Indonesia are the countries in most urgent need anyway. Countries like Thailand and India are rich enough to help themselves.
But Swedes who were in Thailand are very thankful for the support from private citizens close to the disaster area, who opened their private homes to provide shelter, food, clothing and transportation to help the Swedish tourists who were stranded in just shorts and sandals, without money or credit cards and looking for lost family members. There are now some fundraising campaigns to give something back to all these Thai people, who proved to be friends when you really needed them.
So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!
Yes, everybody know it was Iran and Pakistan!Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
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Even worse, now fundies are blaming the earthquake that triggered the tsunami on "underground nuclear testing by the US, Israel, and India". Some people are just sick.
So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!
and North Korea.Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Yes, everybody know it was Iran and Pakistan!
You donate 1% of your annual income to them?Originally posted by Guynemer
Thus, I'd like to challenge all of us to outstrip our governments, and donate 1% of our yearly salary to relief organizations. UNICEF, Red Cross/Red Crescent, whatever. I made mine to Doctors Without Borders.
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Funny how Allah let it strike the Muslim separatist part of Indonesia the worst, and how Hindu Bali gets off then....Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Even worse, now fundies are blaming the earthquake that triggered the tsunami on "underground nuclear testing by the US, Israel, and India". Some people are just sick.
Truly, the stupidity and the dignity of ordinary humanity are amazing.
Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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And hence the crazy consipracy theory. Allah wouldn't wipe out the faithful, therefore it must be Americans, Zionists, or Hindus at fault.Originally posted by molly bloom
Funny how Allah let it strike the Muslim separatist part of Indonesia the worst, and how Hindu Bali gets off then....
Truly, the stupidity and the dignity of ordinary humanity are amazing.
That's not the real world. Your job has little to do with the sort of thing most people do for a living. - Agathon
If social security were private, it would be prosecuted as a Ponzi scheme.
Yes, but Allah could save the faithful, given that Allah is god....Originally posted by pchang
And hence the crazy consipracy theory. Allah wouldn't wipe out the faithful, therefore it must be Americans, Zionists, or Hindus at fault.
Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915
women's long hair caused them to become trapped and die.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3966010
My good friend from Colombo was due to fly to the UK on the 28th, thankfully she was ok, although some of her family friends are missing.
She still managed to get the flight, so it would seem some order of normality has returned, although her descriptions of Colombo just after what had happened was quite horrific, and that wasn't even the worst effected area.
I just want to thank everybody and anybody who has donated money/time/gifts of any kind to this appeal, It really brings home how small the earth has become when you read the countless stories from all over the world.
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My company announced it is giving 1 million euros to the relief efforts, and will match any contributions made by employees.
Tutto nel mondo è burla
what company is that? It would be good to reward that kind of corporate behavior with more business.
That's not the real world. Your job has little to do with the sort of thing most people do for a living. - Agathon
If social security were private, it would be prosecuted as a Ponzi scheme.
I'd rather not say, as you can imagine, but it's not one you can really just patronize unless you have a very specific need and are in a specific position to do so.
I will say we have 120,000+ employees worldwide, so matching contributions could be a huge thing.
Tutto nel mondo è burla
Err, you just said something positive about it, and I never saw you say something negative. I wonder why you'd want to hide itOriginally posted by Boris Godunov
I'd rather not say, as you can imagine
unless you work for an unAmerican traitorous scum company
That's it! You're working for EADS, Boeing sworn enemy !
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"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis
Or perhaps I'm cautious about giving out too much personal information to complete strangers over the internet?
Tutto nel mondo è burla
yes, because with only 120,000+ employees it would be way to easy for us to track you down.
That's not the real world. Your job has little to do with the sort of thing most people do for a living. - Agathon
If social security were private, it would be prosecuted as a Ponzi scheme.
Yes, but that's worldwide. You also know the city where I live, which would make tracking it down very, very easy.
Hmmm, this is getting creepy...
Tutto nel mondo è burla
I think the positive thing on the private sector is that you really really have to contribute a LOT if you want to stand out with the PR... because so many businesses are contributing some already. So you want to actually get graet PR, you need to step up with loads of cash to top these... Anyone know how much IBM and Microsoft are going to contribute?
In da butt.
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yes. Ted Turner and Bill Gates are big donators. Bill Gates is only a big donator after Ted Turner chided him about it.
But I'm not sure if they donated for this yet.
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