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Jacob’s Ladder

March 5, 2010 – 6:52 am

It was all polite smiles and meticulous protocol as Jacob Zuma met the Queen yesterday afternoon. But just hours before he left for his state visit to Britain, South Africa’s flamboyant President revealed what he really thought of his hosts.
In an astonishing interview given shortly before he boarded his flight to London, Mr Zuma launched [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in England, Events, Funnies, Marriage, Media, Politics | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Word, Pat

February 8, 2010 – 7:18 am

You may not agree with everything notable atheist and skeptic Pat Condell says, but it needs to be said all the same. You may not like Geert Wilders much, either, but this is appalling.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ZUZ9CPZII&feature=topvideos[/youtube]
More (mainly in Dutch, alas) here.

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Political correctness on campus

January 21, 2010 – 8:36 pm

Via a friend, I came across this interesting piece on political correctness on US university campuses. The author starts out with a salutary tale:
In 2007 a student working his way through college was found guilty of racial harassment for reading a book in public. Some of his co-workers had been offended by the book’s cover, [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Academia, Education, Free Speech, Human/Civil rights, Literature, Personal liberty, Politics, Society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (43)

Oh, the squick, it burns…

January 17, 2010 – 1:03 am

I have never seen this film, and I’m not sure I want to see it either, as it seems to consist of humour that makes you excruciatingly uncomfortable at the same time as being funny.
Of course the premise is unbelievable: it is economically impossible for a state with significant chattel slavery ever to develop the [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Economics, History, Human/Civil rights, Popular culture | Comments (4)

Fancy an Indian?

January 11, 2010 – 1:51 am

An Indian man is in a serious condition in a Melbourne hospital after being attacked and set alight by a gang. It comes a week after an Indian graduate student was stabbed to death in the city, prompting a travel advisory from the Indian government.
Melbourne police said the latest attack appeared to be random and [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Funnies, Immigration, Law, Politics, Society | Tagged , , | Comments (7)

Charged with receiving chocolate frog

November 16, 2009 – 7:02 am

There’s not much to say about this story except that it is utterly outrageous:
An Aboriginal boy, 12, will face a children’s court today charged with receiving a stolen Freddo frog.
The chocolate frog, allegedly shoplifted by the child’s friend from a Coles supermarket in regional Western Australia, usually sells for about 70 cents.
The boy, who [...]

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Here we go, here we go, here we go

October 23, 2009 – 7:12 am

Yes, it’s on again, the annual UK BNP blow-up. This time it’s the BBC, and not the Oxford Union. Memo to the ‘anti-fascist league’ or whatever you call yourselves these days:
1. Preventing these people from speaking will not make them go away.
2. Behaving badly while the loonies behave politely will make the greater British public [...]

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Condoms and SETIcide

September 20, 2009 – 3:54 am

Nigeria’s government is asking cinemas to stop showing a science fiction film, District Nine, that it says denigrates the country’s image.
Information Minister Dora Akunyili told the BBC’s Network Africa programme that she had asked the makers of the film, Sony, for an apology. She says the film portrays Nigerians as cannibals, criminals and prostitutes.
An actor [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Fark!, Funnies, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments (6)

The best defence…

September 13, 2009 – 2:17 am

…is a good offence it seems.

Ten people have been arrested during a demonstration outside a mosque in north-west London where an anti-Islamic protest was planned.
At least 1,000 people gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque as activists from Stop Islamification of Europe planned to demonstrate outside the mosque. Unite Against Fascism were also present to “defend the [...]

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No, tell us what you really think!

August 3, 2009 – 9:50 am

I have never had much time for Keysar Trad. As a so-called advocate for Muslims in Australia, I’d say he’s got a bit to learn — like Sheikh Hillaly whom he assisted, it has always seemed to me that his statements have probably done more to hinder the reputation of Islam in Australia than help [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Law, Religion, Society | Tagged , , , , | Comments (7)