The shocking yet immensely effective technique transforms anyone into universe-hopping utopian beings.… Read the rest
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Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture 
Mar 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How to use Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture: take 2.5ml in a glass of water twice per day.… Read the rest
Irony Files: Private Jet for Global Warming Junket
Mar 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prince Charles will travel by private jet on a tour to campaign against global warming.… Read the rest
Prince Charles is ‘a Dangerous Dodgy Quack’
Mar 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Under the banner of holistic and integrative healthcare, he thus promotes a “quick fix” and outright quackery.’… Read the rest
Economist Distraught: Obama is not a Conservative
Mar 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shock-horror: he is actually overturning Bush administration policies and upsetting conservatives.… Read the rest
The One Law for All Rally
Mar 11th, 2009 | By Maryam NamazieNearly 600 people joined the One Law for All anti-racist rally against
Sharia and religious-based laws in Britain and elsewhere and in defence of
citizenship and universal rights in Trafalgar Square and marched towards Red
Lion Square in London. Hundreds then joined our public meeting to discuss
and debate Sharia, Sexual Apartheid and Women’s Rights. Our protest was met
with widespread support and left many feeling inspired and invigorated. It
was also covered by the mainstream media, including BBC Radio 4, BBC 5Live,
BBC Wales, and the Times.
The rally of several hundred heard a number of speakers denouncing the
policy of accommodation and appeasement of the political Islamic movement. A
C Grayling in his speech said: ‘Once you start … Read the rest
Small correction
Mar 11th, 2009 11:58 am | By Ophelia BensonJust one little thing, Mr President.
Mr Obama reminded everyone of his religious leanings by saying that “as a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering”.
Come on – you know better than that. Play fair. I realize you have to soothe the religious as much as possible, but don’t do it by throwing the non-religious under the bus. You know that’s silly, you know that persons of no faith can just as well believe we should or must care for each other and work to ease human suffering. Yes we say ‘should or must’ instead of ‘are called to’ – but you know the should or must … Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Crime and Punishment
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mo is a little harsh at times.… Read the rest
CFI London: God in the Lab
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What goes on the brain of someone hearing voices? Come and see the MRI scans. Is religious belief hard-wired?… Read the rest
Normblog on Causes and Gifts
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If 7/7 was ‘a gift from Blair’ then why isn’t the war in Afghanistan ‘a gift from Bin Laden’?… Read the rest
More Americans Say They Have No Religion
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yes, we have no religion; we have no religion today.… Read the rest
Can Chimps Anticipate Future Mental States?
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Zoo chimp calmly collected stones, used them later for dominance display when agitated.… Read the rest
Mugabe Says God Killed Susan Tsvangirai
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
British foreign ministry said the truck in the crash was part of an aid project; it appeared to be a genuine accident.… Read the rest
Prince Charles and Detox Quackery
Mar 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Prince Charles financially exploits a gullible public in a time of financial hardship,’ says Edzard Ernst.… Read the rest
A costly and luxurious tincture
Mar 10th, 2009 11:19 am | By Ophelia BensonThe future king is playing games with his subjects.
Prince Charles has been accused of exploiting the public in times of hardship by launching what a leading scientist calls a “dodgy” detox mix. Edzard Ernst, the UK’s first professor of complementary medicine, said the Duchy Originals detox tincture was based on “outright quackery”. There was no scientific evidence to show that detox products work, he said. Duchy Originals says the product is a “natural aid to digestion and supports the body’s elimination processes”.
Notice how conveniently meaningless those claims are, yet at the same time how attractive to the gullible. A ‘natural aid to digestion’ could just mean – something you eat so therefore it ‘aids’ digestion by, you … Read the rest
Nick Cohen Argues With Todd Gitlin
Mar 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A left that no longer shows solidarity with the victims of totalitarianism is not a left worth having. … Read the rest
Mukoko and Other Abductees Relive Their Ordeal
Mar 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It was bad.… Read the rest
Zimbabwe: Mukoko, Other Activists Out on Bail
Mar 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mukoko and Takawira were victims of enforced disappearance, unlawful arrest, detention, and torture.… Read the rest
Obama Lifts Limits on Stem Cell Research
Mar 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pledging to ‘make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology,’ Obama ditched Bush’s EO.… Read the rest
Ian Buruma Frets About Free Speech
Mar 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Mocking the beliefs of minorities is not quite the same thing as taking on the views of majorities.’… Read the rest
