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Ari and Mohammed are now friends

March 7, 2010 – 4:04 am

The Israeli military cancelled a planned raid on a Palestinian village after one of its soldiers posted details of the operation on Facebook.
The unnamed soldier revealed the time and place of the raid and the name of his unit on the social networking site. He said on his status update that his unit planned a [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Fark!, Free Speech, Funnies, Internet, Law, Middle east, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (12)

Science, religion and how things came to be

February 27, 2010 – 2:37 pm

I think I’ve said before that I was raised by scientists. When possible, I try to explain things scientifically to my children. Obviously there’s a limit to their understanding at this point, but when they were scared of thunder and lightning recently, I told my daughter it wasn’t monsters (as she feared) but electricity in [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Children, Education, Science, Skeptics, Society | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (72)

The Bart Simpson School of International Relations

February 18, 2010 – 2:53 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there is no proof the Mossad spy agency carried out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai. But he did not fully deny that Israel carried out the killing, citing its “policy of ambiguity” on such matters.
Dubai believes 11 “agents with European passports” killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Seven foreign-born [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Funnies, Law, Middle east, Politics, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (78)

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.

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Law, Racism, Skeptics | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (6)

I broke them, YOU buy them

January 28, 2010 – 10:24 pm

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is standing by his comments that women should try to remain virgins until they are married.
Mr Abbott agreed that his ”minders” may have been concerned by his public airing of his private views on such topics, but he said today’s politicians “inevitably” had to face more such questions than their counterparts [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Feminism, Funnies, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Food allergies and negligence

January 27, 2010 – 12:47 pm

Via the Obligations Discussion Group, I have become aware of a recent English High Court case, Bhamra v Dubb (trading as Lucky Caterers) [2010] EWCA Civ 13. As someone who suffers from a severe food allergy myself (anaphylactic reaction to tree nuts) this case is of intense interest to me.
The facts of the case are [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Law, Society | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (15)

You wouldn’t read about it

January 12, 2010 – 5:14 am

A Muslim protester accused of calling soldiers murderers at a parade claims he did not intend to upset anyone. Munim Abdul told Luton magistrates he did not expect to cause offence because his group had spoken “the truth”.
Seven men deny using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress. [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in England, Fark!, Free Speech, Funnies, History, Immigration, Law, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (11)

World’s First Pastafarian Protest

January 1, 2010 – 12:44 am

A priest who advised needy people to shoplift has been drenched with spaghetti and ravioli by a protester.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said in a sermon that stealing could be the best option for some vulnerable people. He was approached on Sunday by a man who threw [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in England, Fark!, Funnies, Skeptics | Tagged , , , , | Comments (10)

A world without monotheism

November 23, 2009 – 9:52 am

I originally posted this comment to the Richard Dawkins forum (which gets rather bitter and nasty over time). I’m writing a novel based around the issue now, but the question originally came from one of my students.
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This topic came up when I googled the question ‘what would civilisation look like without monotheism?
I realise this is [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Economics, History, Law, anthony daniels | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (22)

A Religious Buffet

October 24, 2009 – 4:16 am

Via the Australian Skeptics… Enjoy.

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