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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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Conservative groups defend their right to bully LGBT kids
The right to bully is a matter of religious freedom.
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Sarah Posner on Romney and Mormonism
One would think that Romney would jump at the chance to demonstrate a Mormon-evangelical-Catholic alliance.
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Kuwaiti jailed for “insulting” Mo attacked by inmate
Kuwaiti authorities arrested the man last month, charging him with defaming the Islamic faith, the Prophet, his companions and his wife on Twitter.
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My People! My People!! This Witch Hunting Must Stop
Leo Igwe on a church which appears to be on a fast track to causing a new wave of witchcraft related abuse, torture and killings in Cross River-Akwa Ibom states.
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Martin Robbins gives you: homeopaths on homeopathy
“If you’re sea sick, you can make a remedy out of sea water; if you’re sick from vacationing in Mexico, you can make a remedy out of the pathogen-infested local water.”
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Marine unit reverts to nickname “the Crusaders”
Complete with big red crusader cross on the planes. Smart move.
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Mikey Weinstein on religious coercion in the military
We continually learn of allegations of military command influence being used as a coercive tool upon anyone who is not the “right kind of Christian.”
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Harmed by homeopathy? CFI wants to hear from you
CFI is willing to assist individuals who believe they have been defrauded or otherwise harmed through the marketing of homeopathic products.
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Afghanistan: more than 170 victims in poisoning
In 2010, more than 100 schoolgirls and teachers were sickened in a series of similar poisonings.
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Afghan schoolgirls in hospital, poisoned water suspected
40 girls were treated and then discharged but 100 others including female teachers have been kept in hospital with severe nausea, headaches and dizziness.
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Washington Post asks: is freedom a religious or secular idea?
Paula Kirby replies: If you value freedom, you should flee from religion as the antelope flees the
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Jesus and Mo are being persecuted
It’s bigotophobia, and it’s an outrage.
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Onion: trusted Vatican janitor convicted of molesting popes
“Perhaps most upsetting is the fact that this man gained the trust of high-ranking church authorities and then betrayed that trust by secretly defiling innocent popes.”
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NY Times on Kadri on sharia
“It can be dangerous work for journalists and scholars to single out aspects of Islam for criticism.”
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Mey Sichan died of acute gastritis and ulcers
Likely due to lack of food over a long period. In October, Cambodia imposed a temporary ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia following numerous complaints of abuse.
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Malaysia: couple charged with murder of Cambodian maid
Police suspect Mey Sichan died of prolonged starvation.
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Uzbekistan’s policy of secretly sterilising women
Evidence gathered by the BBC suggests Uzbek authorities have run a programme for 2 years to sterilise women across the country, often without their knowledge.
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George Pell saves a sinner
Angels appearing and people rising from the dead seemed unlikely, especially after Santa Claus had turned out to be a Myer employee.