The News of the World are deplorable
I can’t express how angry I am with the News of the World right now. It seems like the whole country is furious with them, and with perfectly good reason. According to a Guardian report, their reporters hacked into Milly Dowler’s voicemail, presumably in order to hear messages from distraught friends and family. When the … [Read more…]
Norwich City Twitter racism update
You may remember that a few weeks ago a Norwich City ‘fan’ caused ire with some racist tweets. In my opinion, the club did the right thing and took a zero approach to racism, banning him from the club for life. I thought that would be the end of it, but it turns out that … [Read more…]
Rubbish Homeopathy Cartoons
Big hat-tip to Alan Henness (via @RachelOfTheNorf) for this one. He tweeted a page on homeopathy site hpathy.com that contains some truly atrocious cartoons, possibly even worse than those by Mike Adams of naturalnews.com. The ‘cartoonist’ in question is Alan V. Schmukler, a homeopath with a drawing style which I can only compare to a … [Read more…]
Twitter user banned by Norwich City after racist tweets: an overview
I was hoping my first blog post about football would be somewhat more jovial than this, but it’s a subject that I take very seriously and it’s something I feel I need to add my two cents on: a Norwich City ‘fan’ has been banned from Carrow Road for life after making racially offensive comments … [Read more…]
Best of #ifevolutionweretrue on Twitter
You’ve got to love the #ifevolutionweretrue hashtag on Twitter. Invented by creationist tweeter @UndyingTruth, the aim is for creationists to use it to challenge the theory of evolution with a series of ‘how come?’ style questions. Of course, it’s yet another opportunity for creationsts to show their puzzlement and bafflement towards science. I’ve picked out … [Read more…]
Back from Lisbon, Portugal. Bible hidden!
I’ve just got back from a trip to Lisbon, capital city of Portugal. Despite their economic problems and a ridiculously strong Euro (which is almost on par with sterling) I had a thoroughly enjoyable time, with many notable highlights. Day one was spent largely at Lisbon Zoo. I’m not sure what they put in the … [Read more…]
‘Stand Againt Vaccinations’ Facebook group gets busy after ‘upgrade’
For awhile now, I’ve been an admin of the “Stand Against Vaccinations..Find Out the TRUTH” group on Facebook. It was founded as an anti-vaccine group, a place where people could spew misinformation that puts their own an other people’s children at risk. Various members were also pushing homeopathy, chiropractic and various other quack treatments, even … [Read more…]
The referendum on AV approaches
Here in the UK, we are being given an historic opportunity to vote in a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) this Thursday, May 5th. It will decide how our MPs are elected in future, and the result will determine whether they are elected with AV or if First Past The Post (FPTP) is retained. … [Read more…]
Complaining to the ASA and Trading Standards made easy with FishBarrel from Simon Perry
The Internet is chock-full of quacks advertising their shoddy wares and practices. Since March, the remit of the Advertising Standards Agency has been extended to cover Internet advertising, with group like the Nightingale Collaboration co-coordinating efforts to report false claims in advertising. Now, the genius Simon Perry of the Leicester Skeptics has come up with … [Read more…]