Petition for you to Sign: Tobacco giant is attempting to dictate health policies in Uruguay

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So here is the story (I’ve stolen the following text from the Wikipedia page all about this) … on 19 February 2010, when the multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International filed a complaint against Uruguay.[1] The company complains that Uruguay’s anti-smoking legislation devalues its cigarette trademarks and investments in the country and is suing Uruguay for compensation under the bilateral … Read more

A Christian Interviews Two Atheists

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I’ve come across a rather good posting by Rebecca Florence Miller, a Christian (Wow … did I just use the words “good” and “Christian” in the same sentence?) … no really, it is a good posting. So the story here is that she reached out on “Ask an Atheist day” (yesterday) and proceeded to interview two … Read more

Atheism is just for middle-aged guys … right?

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Atheism is just something that middle-aged white guys are into and is of little interest to others .. right? Er … perhaps not … here are nine strong independent women who can think for themselves … Here is Julianne Moore’s interview with the Hollywood Reporter last January Here is Thandie Newton’s moving 2011 TED Talk, This is Angel Haze’s 2012 interview … Read more

Election Time – BHA questions for your MP – #GE2015

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Hey now this is interesting, the British Humanist Association has set up a facility that enables you to automatically send a series of questions to your local candidates. You start with their suggested text, but you can modify it of course You then enter your name, address and postcode. The system works out who is … Read more

Liverpool NHS to review £30k homeopathy bill

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The Liverpool Echo reports the following bit of good news … Liverpool health bosses are spending £30,000 a year of taxpayers’ money on treatment the NHS admits does not work. The Good Thinking Society, a pro-science charity, threatened the Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) with legal action over its funding for homeopathy. The organisation has … Read more