April 2007
Vatican abolishes limbo; Caribbean dancers up in... →
No matter how mad and sad the world becomes you can rely on the Vatican for a daft story to put a smile on your face. This time they admit that the imaginary place limbo does in fact not exist! However, they are now not sure what happens to the souls of the still born. Maybe they should go back to counting angels on the heads of pins.
The problem with Globalisation is that it works... →
In this podcast, of Mark Thirlwell’s Lowy Institute talk “Second Thoughts on Globalisation”, the point is made that many previous supporters of Globalisation in developed countries are now concerned about its effects. The reason is that Gloalisation has done very successfully what it was set up to do, lift the economies of developing countries. The specific concern is how well...
Australia and US Governments get into people... →
I just don’t understand this. It makes no sense on so many levels; even before you get to the moral and ethical short comings. It just reinforces my belief that “rational thought” is in very short supply.
Money, Iraq and the non-war on terror. →
Alan Ramsey lays out some home truths on the war in Iraq. Including how the Brits didn’t see it as part of the War and Terror and the only people seeming to be winning are mercenaries and US contractors.
Ethanol could be bad for you; and not just if you... →
Ethanol powered vehicles may reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but could lead to more ozone-related deaths.
Greens abstain from a vote to allow Victorians to... →
Anti-Nuke Greens abstained from a vote which would require all Victorians to vote on allowing the building of any nuclear plant in the state. Guess they don’t trust their fellow Victorians to go along with them.
Women's health ingored in US abortion ruling. →
“The justices went so far as to eviscerate the crucial requirement, which dates to the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, that all abortion regulations must have an exception to protect a woman’s health.”
"Guns don't kill Americans; Americans kill... →
Gwynne Dyer doesn’t hold out any hope for America’s lax gun laws to be reformed.
Guns don't kill people, bullets do.
Urban Myth - The second amendment to the American constitution grants the right to “bare arms” to all American Citizens.
What it actually says - The Second Amendment to the American Constitution reads: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Background - During the...
Victorian therapeutic cloning debate.
Three articles of interest in this weeks Melbourne’s The Age newspaper related to the debate going on in the Victorian state parliament with regard to removing the state ban on therapeutic cloning.
The first by Dr Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, spins the line that the ban should stay in place as cloning of humans is not a good thing.
Of course cloning of humans is not...
Turks rally to keep religion and politics... →
Religious types spread the message of peace, love... →
Macaque Genome Sequenced. →
Scientists Retrieve Proteins From Dinosaur Bone. →
Against God; Evangelical atheists are on the... →
Diabetics cured by stem-cell treatment. →
If you pray facing the wrong direction does it... →
The Antichrist is here at last! Ok, he's a little... →
How the whole religion thing actual started. →
WatchHe wants to be Hillary’s intern. He even has his own cigar.