The current spread of measles is in stark contrast to a decade ago, when there were only a handful of cases. Nice job, Wakefield.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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UK “conman” convicted of selling fake bomb detectors
Homeopaths next?
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Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh
An international coalition led by CFI, the IHEU, and American Atheists, will protest the persecution of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh with demonstrations on April 25.
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Kansas: Brownback signs sweeping antiabortion bill into law
The law violates the accepted definition of fetal viability as defined by Roe v. Wade.
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Video: Burmese police stand by as Buddhists attack Muslims
The footage, apparently shot by police officers, shows Buddhist crowds cheering when Muslims are attacked and setting fire to mosques and houses.
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Praveen Halappanavar still wants answers
The only thing that could have saved Savita was a prompt termination, and by the time it was lawful to perform a termination, she was beyond saving.
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Another gender segregated lecture at UK university
The University of Leicester has launched an investigation into gender segregation at a public lecture held by its student Islamic society.
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Fazil Say convicted of blasphemy and inciting hatred
A Turkish court has convicted pianist and composer Fazil Say of blasphemy and inciting hatred through a series of comments he made on Twitter last year.
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ireland: Bethany Home survivors blame State for deaths
‘Manslaughter of 63 children occurred’ when the State funded the Protestant institution.
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Giving space to Andrew Wakefield on MMR isn’t balance, it’s lunacy
Wakefield’s research was unconvincing at the time and swiftly refuted, yet the ‘controversy’ over MMR has raged for years, fuelled by credulous idiots in the media.
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ECHR calls on Ireland to implement abortion law
The committee said “the general prohibition on abortion in criminal law constitutes a significant chilling factor for women and doctors.”
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IHEU Call to action: Defend the bloggers of Bangladesh
Islamist political parties have provided government with a list of 84 “atheist bloggers” and are demanding the death penalty for “insulting religion”.
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PNG: two women suspected of “sorcery” beheaded
Two elderly women were beheaded in Papua New Guinea after being tortured for three days. Police were outnumbered by an angry mob and could do nothing to stop the murders.
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Kenya: Kakenya Ntaiya swapped her genitals for high school
When she was 12, she made a deal with her father: she would undergo the Maasai rite of passage of FGM if he would let her go to high school.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects new blasphemy law
In a BBC interview, she said existing laws were sufficient to punish anyone who attempted to insult religion. Whew, that’s a relief!
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Wales measles: 1,200 MMR jabs given at drop-in clinics
Hundreds queued at the four hospitals offering free MMR jabs aimed at curbing the measles epidemic.
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Nepal: woman attacked as a “witch”
The 60-year-old woman was stripped naked and had her head shaved, force-fed excrement and badly beaten.
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Obama comments on California AG’s looks
First, he said shrewdly, you have to say she’s brilliant and good at the job. But once that’s out of the way – phwoarrrrrrr, amirite?
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Fox News host wants manlier men
“Are we better off as a nation now with all the P.C. and with all the wimpifying, wussificating and basically making men Chihuahuas?”
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Malala will tell her story
“I hope the book will reach people around the world, so they realize how difficult it is for some children to get access to education,” Malala said in a news release. “I want to tell my story, but it will also be the story of 61 million children who can’t get education.”
