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Weekly Weird Religious News

August 13, 2024November 19, 2017 by Dave
weekly weird religious news

In a week that has seen the revelations regarding Roy Moore ramp up and up, you do have to wonder if he is simply one lone isolated case that stands out as a contrast to the normal. Yes he is … in the sense that most people with or without a specific belief generally do … Read more

Categories People, religion, weird Tags abuse, Pastor Robert Coy, religion, Rep. Wes Goodman, weekly, weird

TIL: Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity is not a real thing

May 25, 2020November 18, 2017 by Dave
gluten

Whenever I encountered somebody who explained that they are on a Gluten free diet (and it is common) then I have always assumed that they had a specific diagnosed reaction to Gluten and had adopted the diet for medical reasons. It turns out that this is not strictly the case for many people. There is … Read more

Categories Medicine, Skepticism Tags celiac, gluten, NCGS

EPA Update: How is Scott Pruitt getting on?

December 13, 2021November 17, 2017 by Dave
Scott Pruitt

If you were to ask Scott Pruitt how things are working out then the answer you get might not exactly reflect the reality of what has been actually happening. You need to ask his employees to get to the truth. The word that actually sums things up is … (insert drum roll here) … “dysfunction”. … Read more

Categories Climate Change, news, People, politics, science Tags EPA, Scott Pruitt

Will Roy Moore stand and win or stand down?

August 13, 2024November 16, 2017 by Dave
roy moore

OK, so let’s cut to the chase and give you the quick TL;DR; answer – He will most probably continue and will most probably win. There is much I could of course say. Since a great deal of it is being churned over by the primary media outlets I need not dig into it all … Read more

Categories nutters, People, politics, religion, weird Tags Alabama, Roy Moore

The US Climate Revolution at the climate conference

December 23, 2023November 15, 2017 by Dave

Everything US related at the US Climate Conference in Bonn is in some ways an outright climate revolution in the sense that it is a rebellion against the normal. So let’s mull over this for a bit today. As I’m sure you are perhaps aware, there is the both the official US delegation and what … Read more

Categories Climate Change, news, science Tags conference, COP23, summit, under2, virginia

The Global impact of Melting ice sheets on ocean tides

December 22, 2023November 14, 2017 by Dave
sea level rise tides

We know that sea level is rising, that has been well-established. In fact we know that the rate of that rise is accelerating, that has also been established. We also understand why sea level is rising. As global temperatures increase you not only have the rather obvious melting of land based ice taking place, but … Read more

Categories Climate Change, news, science Tags sea level rise, tides
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