Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Michael Moore, the documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, author, and journalist, went and stood outside Trump tower with a sign that reads “We are all Muslim” (pictured above), then when finally moved on by the police, he went home, sat down and wrote Mr Trump the following letter … FROM: Michael Moore TO: Donald J. Trump Dear Donald Trump: You … Read more
It’s the time of year when the Christmas tinsel starts to emerge from hibernation and pop up in various places, and one of the early adopters will usually be the coffee chains rolling out their seasonal cups in early November. Much to the great astonishment of many, the above very simple seasonal red design from Starbucks is causing offence … Read more
Jerry Newcombe has popped up in my RSS feed once again and as usual has constructed a few strawmen that he then proceeds to demolish with vigour. Least you wonder, the term “Strawman“is where you setup an argument that is supposedly the argument presented by your opponent and then proceed to demolish it and thus create … Read more
[Side Note: This is an updated version, the author of the press release contacted me to point out that I had misrepresented him, and he was in fact correct, so I have applied some wording changes] The Friendly Atheist has a posting about a press release revealing that Jesus has been discovered in a star … Read more
I tripped up over the details of this one the other day, and it truly is bizarre. It is one of those cases that pops up whenever you might be tempted to think, “nobody could be that stupid”, because sure enough, up pops somebody who is quite determined to prove you wrong about that. A couple of … Read more
OK, so there is plenty of coverage of the GOP candidate debate and so I need not cover it in too much detail except to perhaps add a few additional rather obvious observations. As a hint, the picture above more or less sums it all up. So what did they actually say? Every candidate more or … Read more