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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Burma: Buddhists kill at least 9 Muslims in Rakhine province
Rakhine is home to Burma’s largest concentration of Muslims, including much-persecuted Rohingya Muslims; their presence is resented by the majority Buddhist population.
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FFRF says Stand Up
While the Bishops preposterously portray themselves as victims of an “attack on religious liberty,” in fact it is they who are the threat to religious liberty.
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Tennis for the laydeez
Brilliant idea: paint a tennis court pink for the wimminz to play on.
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What the Vatican has in common with MRAs
Members of the Vatican hierarchy are using the word “feminist” and even “radical feminist” the way third-graders use the word “cooties.”
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Islamist hideout taking shape in Mali
A vast sanctuary is emerging for al-Qaeda’s African followers in northern Mali, where Tuareg secessionists allied with Islamists have declared an independent Islamist state.
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Pope praises Brenda’s “noble vision” of a Christian monarch
Well he would, wouldn’t he.
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Petition: No bleach enemas to “cure” autism in children
The petition is addressed to the US Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Trade Commission.
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Greece: neo-Nazi guy hits Communist woman in face
The spokesman of Golden Dawn party lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face.
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Bail denied for Sanal Edamaruku
He could be picked up at any time, and his lawyers are advising him to leave the country for a bit. Spread the word, donate if you can.
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Pakistan: 4 women who “sang at wedding” killed
4 women and 2 men were sentenced to death by a jirga for singing and dancing at a wedding. The men managed to flee but the women were all killed.
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No review for woman charged with “feticide” in suicide attempt
Despite amicus briefs from eighty respected experts, the state of Indiana will do its best to send Shuai to prison. Potential sentence: 45 to 65 years.
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Westboro Baptist to picket Seattle shooting victim’s funeral
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle has been told that members of the anti-gay church plan to be present at the funeral of Gloria Koch Leonidas on Thursday.
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Turkey: pianist charged with “insulting Islam”
Fazil Say is accused of “publicly insulting religious values that are adopted by a part of the nation,” and faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
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N Dakota considers “religious liberty” amendment
Measure 3 is worded this way: “Government may not burden a person’s or religious organization’s religious liberty.” Uh oh.
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Nonbelievers who aren’t atheists
If we refuse to identify as atheist even though the term, objectively applied, would accurately describe us, then we should at least be honest about the reasons.
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Spanish artist faces prison over film made in 1978
Javier Krahe has been taken to court by a Catholic legal association for “offending religious feelings” – a little-known offence. The law has never before been applied.
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Annual report of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
At least 943 women were killed in the name of honor, of whom 93 were minors. Nearly 4,500 cases of domestic violence against women were reported.
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Turkish women protest plans to curb abortion
Erdogan has called abortion “murder,” and his government is reportedly working on legislation to ban it after 4 weeks from conception, except in emergencies.
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The Vatican may crumble into dust
The Holy See is an absolute monarchy run by squabbling old, male, celibate courtiers dominated by one nationality.
