Cute warning – look away now if this offends you. Man singing puppies to sleep. And the Shetland pony with an artificial leg – after she was savaged by a dog in the confusion following hurricane Katrina: Story here, video … Continue reading
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Not unless you have an hour or so to spare. Iowahawk’s posts that suck less than the others, a top twenty-five.
David Thompson on The Vestergaard Odyssey. David T on McCarthyism.
Weird fires that people in protective clothing can just walk through! Transmutation! Star Wars energy weapons that cause molecular dissociation! Dr Judy Wood explains all these things at The Journal of 9/11 Research and 9/11 Issues (Yes, there are issues … Continue reading
Here’s one, of the premature withdrawal of US troops from Iraq: A retired Iraqi Army general told me not to worry because when they are in charge they will rule the country with much greater force and less concern for … Continue reading
This essay is a defence of protectionism (emphasis added): Once upon a time, the leading car-maker of a developing country exported its first passenger cars to the US. Until then, the company had only made poor copies of cars made … Continue reading
Cranmer reports on a campaign by Sikhs against the serving of halal meat in schools. They have religious objections. My own objection to halal meat applies also to kosher meat: I am opposed to cruelty. For that reason I refuse … Continue reading
This idea, from Norman Geras, might cut more than one way. He is writing about objections from some Christians to the introduction of lessons in humanism, delivered by people who do not believe in God, during lessons timetabled for religious … Continue reading
The striking thing about the list of questions from mathematics GCSE examination papers used by Mark Wadsworth in his recent poll is… Well, first, here are the questions: Write five thousand four hundred and twenty four in figuresWrite 41,980 to … Continue reading