How much arnica is in Boots-brand 84 arnica homeopathic 30C Pills for £5.09?… Read the rest
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The Theological Language of Punishment and Mercy
Jan 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEither God is punitive and interventionist, or as capricious as nature and so absent as to be effectively nonexistent.… Read the rest
Flashing lights, and a beeping noise
Jan 23rd, 2010 5:31 pm | By Ophelia BensonCall me sentimental but I do think this is a quotation for the ages. It’s from the guy who made the ‘bomb detector’ thingy out of an antenna and a hinge and a plastic tag, and sold lots of them for $40,000 each, and got arrested on suspicion of fraud for doing that.
We have been dealing with doubters for ten years. One of the problems we have is that the machine does look a little primitive. We are working on a new model that has flashing lights.
Do admit. The sunny innocence, the tenderly confiding honesty of that brings tears to the eyes, does it not? He sweetly admits there are ‘doubters’ – people not convinced that a … Read the rest
Obama Disputes Supreme Court Ruling
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonConservative majority said limits violated ‘corporations’ constitutional right to free speech.’… Read the rest
No More Jesus Rifles
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘It is not the policy of the Department of Defense to put religious references of any kind on its equipment.’… Read the rest
Paula Kirby on Suffering and Significance
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTheologians start with their desired answer – God is good! – then contort themselves to make the evidence fit.… Read the rest
McCormick Planned Improvements to ADE-651
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘The machine does look a little primitive. We are working on a new model that has flashing lights.’… Read the rest
150 Bodies Found in Nigeria After Religious Riots
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMany of the bodies found in Kuru Karama had massive burns, other victims were hacked to death or shot. … Read the rest
Phil Plait on the Arrest of Jim McCormick
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSay it twice: he has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. … Read the rest
Jim McCormack Arrested on Suspicion of Fraud
Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSold ‘bomb detectors’ to Iraq for $40,000 apiece.… Read the rest
Export Ban on Useless Bomb Detector
Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIraq paid $40,000 apiece for a device that contains a cheap electronicky tag-thing that detects nothing.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Science and Religion
Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonReligious scientists do exist, as do pedophile priests. That’s simply a fact.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Chomsky
Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonChomsky doesn’t seem to get the nature of clerical fascism.… Read the rest
National Association of Muslim Police Protest
Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonStigma, communities, faith, black, ethnic, wrong to blame Islam.… Read the rest
Wall St Journal Gloats Over Freedom of Bribery
Jan 22nd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Corporations are entitled to the same right that individuals have to spend money on political speech.’… Read the rest
It won’t work unless the operator is relaxed
Jan 22nd, 2010 11:57 am | By Ophelia BensonAnother entry for the ‘I thought I was beyond being shocked’ category – a very expensive ‘bomb detector’ that has nothing in it but ‘the type of anti-theft tag used to prevent stealing in high street stores.’ Iraq has been paying $40,000 apiece for them – and using them to detect bombs – and they can’t detect bombs because all they have is ‘the cheapest bit of electronics that you can get that look vaguely electronic and are sufficiently flat to fit inside a card.’
Well that’s a nice way to make money!
… Read the restThe Iraqi government has spent $85m on the ADE-651 and there are concerns that they have failed to stop bomb attacks that have killed hundreds of people…The
Fresh Air on 36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPart academic farce, part metaphysical romance, all novel of ideas.… Read the rest
A Visit to the Creation Museum
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere’s a room that has all the stuff God made on each day; the exhibit looks like holiday photographs.… Read the rest
A Jump Too Many
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFrom contempt for philosophy to contempt for the idea that we should strive to have beliefs that make sense.… Read the rest
Christian-Muslim Riots Spread in Nigeria
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAs street clashes broke out in Pankshin and Mangu, one report said 464 people had died in Jos.… Read the rest