Weird Claim: “Britain is set to become a country that prizes a cow more than a Jew, an ox more than a Muslim”

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The context here is that Britain’s top vet, John Blackwell, has called for a ban on slashing animals’ throats in ‘ritual’ slaughters for halal and kosher meat products. He is quoted as saying … “The Danish unilateral banning [was done] purely for animal welfare reasons, which is right.” “We may well have to go down that … Read more

Daft Claim of the week: “Atheism Is Enemy of America”

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An article by Terence Jeffrey that appeared in “The Patriot Post” makes such a daft claim that it caught my eye. Now if you are wondering “Who?”, well if I happen to mention that he was the campaign manager for Republican candidate Pat Buchanan in the 1996 presidential race, then that tells you a great deal about the spin … Read more

Growing up with Hezbollah

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I’ve come across a very interesting blog posting written by an Ex-Muslim blogger who (for rather obvious reasons) writes anonymously. She describes herself as … “a victim of both religious-based violence at the hands of my own family and the crushing Western war machine in my homeland“, and has some fascinating insights about what it … Read more

The Video is up for the Sean Carroll & William Lane Craig Debate

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I blogged about the Sean Carroll vs William Lane Craig Debate a few days ago, and alas that was only impressions from notes. Well, the update is that the full recording is now available, and so here it is below … (or here) .. Oh and before you leap in, you may want to consider the … Read more

Cosmos is coming back …

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Do you remember Cosmos? It was an amazing thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Carl Sagan’s wife) and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter and was first broadcast back in 1980. It became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television at that time, and has since then been broadcast in many different countries, so much … Read more