Category Archives: Celebrations
UK: How do you show your support for greenhouse gas alarmism?
Turn up at a climate change debate… in a helicopter. Mail Online Seemingly oblivious to the furore that it might cause, the pop star even tweeted pictures of the ‘hip.hop.copter’ when he landed. According to the Daily Star, he then … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Environmentalism, Hypocrisy, Science, Stupidity, Taxpayers
Yemen: 60 killed in suicide bombing
SMH A SUICIDE bomber killed dozens of people including soliders in Yemen’s capital yesterday at a military parade rehearsal near the presidential palace, a police official said. At least 60 soldiers died and about 120 people were injured in Sana’a, … Continue reading
Australia: ‘Professor of Ethics’ hurls vile abuse at climate skeptic’s play
Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog …in response to the MTC staging a play with the sceptic as a hero, Hamilton lets fly with a truly extraordinary stream of abuse: …discredited … rat-bags … denier .. conspiracy theorists … fossil-fuel industry … Continue reading
Australia: It’s not ‘just another day’!
It’s the day Mary ate her placenta… SMH A STATE government push to allow all shops to open on Boxing Day, and to lift other trading restrictions, is in peril because the Christian Democrats, whose vote in favour of the … Continue reading
Azerbaijan: Islamic Outrage Factory finds new source of raw material
…The Eurovision Song Contest!? Interfax-Religion Religious extremists have claimed responsibility for recent attempts to commit terrorist attacks in Ganca and some other cities and regions of Azerbaijan and threatened to attack participants in the Eurovision Song Contest to take place … Continue reading
Iraq: Religious differences more important than preventing mayhem and death
Co-operation? What’s that mean? SMH Sunni Muslim rulers have largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics in the era of the Arab … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Fellow-believers, Islamicism, Officials, Sufi Islam, Sunni Islam, Taxpayers, Troops
US: It’s hard to be irrational when you’re smart….
…you really have to work at it. T. M. Luhrmann’s Experience with Evangelical Christians : The New Yorker. How do you find this God? First, you train yourself to recognize the evidence of his operation in your life. One Vineyard … Continue reading
US: Disgust — it’s there for a reason
NYTimes.com I Regret Eating My Placenta As a first-time pregnant lady living in crunchy Santa Monica, Calif., next to a raw food restaurant and a seemingly oxymoronic homeopathic pharmacy, hiring a so-called celebrity placenta processor seemed to make sense. Even … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Fellow-believers, Mega-Lunacy, Mystical woo, Science, Women
South Africa: Faith healing…
… you’re doing it wrong. Times LIVE A man died of renal failure at a Christian rally in the Cape Town stadium at the weekend, the Cape Times reported on Monday. Simon Williams, 56, a pastor, had been discharged from … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Fellow-believers, Fundamentalist Christianity, Mystical woo, Patients, Science, Stupidity
Australia: Anti-social behaviour at Catholic college
SMH The University of Sydney’s St John’s College has suspended every student from the fourth floor of its Polding Wing after a first-year ”fresher” was rushed to Royal Price Alfred Hospital last Sunday having suffered an adverse reaction to an … Continue reading
