Because dreams tend to be somewhat surreal they have the potential to be twisted to match the events that actually transpired.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Frontline on the Muslim Brotherhood
They’re young, they’re hip, they’re tech-savvy, you’ll love them. Srsly.
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The “moderate” Muslim Brotherhood
Senior MB figure describes Iran as a ‘model of resistance’ against the West, and praises it for its ‘respect for humanity’.
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Revolution jokes
The tougher circumstances get, the more the jokes increase, which explains why Tahrir Square was essentially a comedy explosion.
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“Evolution isn’t in the curriculum”
School stamps on scientific curiosity and aptitude in a girl of 9. Well done!
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Kabul seeks control of women’s shelters
Some of the girls in the shelter were raped and then forced to marry the rapist. Some were married to much older men and kept with farm animals outside the house.
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UNHRC Used By Dictators To Undermine Human Rights
The Human Rights Council currently includes members such as Libya, Bahrain, China, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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US: unions fight back
Thousands of protesters were expected to gather in Ohio and Indiana and, for the second week in a row, Wisconsin.
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Russell Blackford on gnude clothes and shutting up
A great deal of what we’ve seen has not been “adults” telling the uncivil “children” to please show some communicative restraint.
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Hitchens on “The King’s Speech” and shabby history
The balloon of Hollywood ambition and prize-mania can burst with gratifying speed, emitting huge gusts of narcissism and megalomania.
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Libya protests spread and intensify
Gaddafi seems to be losing vital support, as Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned and air force pilots defected.
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Gaddafi is losing the fight
US ambassador Ali Aujali said he could no longer represent a government that killed its own people.
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Theologians get to change definition of evolution
The National Association of Biology Teachers officially changed their description of evolution, to better accomodate the views of theologians.
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Is it “theological” to say evolution is mindless?
The completely material nature of selection is of great historical and intellectual importance.
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The US made secret deals with the Muslim Brotherhood
Each time, the only party that clearly benefited has been the Brotherhood.
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Libyan military pilots seek political asylum in Malta
Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday; their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya.
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Why is evidence so hard for politicians?
It’s okay if your reforms aren’t supported by existing evidence: you just shouldn’t claim that they are.
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Ben Goldacre on imaginary evidence
If your reforms are a matter of ideology, legacy, whim, and faith, you could simply say so, and leave “evidence” to people who mean it.
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Hackers expose offers to spy on corporate rivals
Let’s make up stuff to discredit people!
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Libya: death toll “tops 200”
Residents told Al Jazeera that at least 200 people had died in the eastern city of Benghazi alone.