The Promotion of BS by UK Charities

charities

The basic concept of a charitable organisation is of course well understood. On a legal level, an officially established body is focused on an activity that is designed to promote social well-being and hence does not exist to make a profit. Their finances are open and public, and often they also have income that comes … Read more

Poll: Would an Atheist candidate be elected today?

atheist vote

A recurring polling question is to ask people about the type of candidate that they would vote for. For example, a 2016 Gallup poll discovered that the following types of candidates would be fine with the vast majority… Catholic Candidate? – 93% would vote yes A women Candidate? – 92% would vote yes Black Candidate? … Read more

Disruption at Climate Conference in Poland

protest

Almost every nation on the planet has delegates at the Climate Change conference that is currently taking place in Katowice, Poland. They are all there in an attempt to tackle the biggest crises that our species has ever faced – climate change. One group, acting out of utter ignorance and stupidity, has turned up with a … Read more

Are there Fact Checking standards for fact checkers?

fact checking

Trump might slag off the media as the “enemy of the people”, but that never deters him from happily using them as a soapbox for his creative interviews that are commonly devoid of facts. After his recent Washington Post interview, they found it necessary to publish some fact-checking a couple of days ago … “We’re … Read more

What do Evangelicals actually believe?

evangelicals

The basis for this posting is the result of a poll conducted by a Christian group named “Ligonier Ministries“, and no, I’ve never heard of them either. Their poll was conducted in 2018 and the details were published about one month ago … Ligonier Ministries teamed up with LifeWay Research, the research arm of the … Read more

Yefim Shubentsov – The Mad Russian healer

Yefim Shubentsov

Yefim Shubentsov, also known as “The Mad Russian” claims that he can erase your addictions. He specifically attempts to cure smokers, alcoholics, drug addicts, and overeaters. Based in Boston and operating since about 1979, he claims to have “cured” 167,000 people. Many say he is a miracle worker and that he successfully cured them. Often … Read more