So, after being banned from Twitter, I’m working up to a ban from Facebook. I’m getting there, slowly. Having comments wiped off is always a good start. Hayhoe posted this: I replied and she responded: The sheer arrogance and nauseating condescension of her statement, the assumption that because she is a scientist, anything posted … Continue reading
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Groupthought for the Day
Groupthink! GROUPTHINK GROUPTHINK GROUPTHINK. It seems wherever you look in the skeptiverse, ‘Groupthink’ has gone absolutely ape-viral! All the most skeptical skeptics have caught the Groupthink! meme, and if you’re not talking about GROUPTHINK then, frankly, you should feel intense social shame. You’ve obviously been living in a cave, and I suggest you go back … Continue reading
Honouring IIAWAM: ‘The video game that fights Islamophobia’
“Hi-tech hope for an ancient problem: the video game that fights Islamophobia” —Wednesday, 23 May 2017 For the millions of people whose irrational aversion to Islam impacts their quality of life daily, help might be on the way from an unorthodox source, a major study suggests. Taking a leaf from the world of cognitive-behavioural therapy, … Continue reading
SHOCKA! In wake of terror, Oreskes bemoans “anti-Muslim racism and bigotry” of post-9/11 era
Not 24 hours after children in Manchester were blown to bloody shreds by believers in the fundamental teachings of Islam Islamic fundamentalists, a cell-phone recording of Harvard lecturer Naomi Oreskes is raising questions about her fitness to mentor the next generation of America’s leaders. Continue reading
Honouring IIAWAM: How to fear Islam just the right amount
It warms the heart whenever Lewandowsky condescends to show his Face of Sanity in the lower media. But in using his name to make a pun on the term ‘Q & A’ (see below), has the Fourth Estate finally gone too far? Prepare to be appalled, eduluminated and infotained in equal measure by today’s hi-lit … Continue reading
Honouring IIAWAM: ‘A social history of fear and loathing’
Welcome to International Islamophobia Awareness Week Awareness Month proper. Without any ado: a story that already had an introduction. Oh, and don’t let the masthead put you off. Give it a chance and we think you’ll agree that—for a Guardian article—this is 6-sigma, ‘I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Brad!’ good. Not great, but… you know. ■ “Fear and loathing: a … Continue reading
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Islamophobia But Were Afraid of Muslims
TRIGGER WARNING The following post contains imagery of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) being escorted, shrieking and fouling Himself in terror, to the Underworld—apparently by a sort of demon—for a lengthy dental procedure. Continue reading
Why climate change is the least of our problems
Post by Clive Best On the scale of problems facing humanity over the next 100 years climate change should pretty much be near the bottom of the list. Continuous over-hyping of impending doom has caused incoherent action to be taken too early, which can only damage western economies and must ultimately fail. Unlike any previous … Continue reading