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weird religious news — Do I really care about weird religious news? I really don’t mind what people believe or how they practise their belief. What I do strongly object to is the attempt to impose religiously inspired policies and beliefs by force on everybody else. For example, if you believe gay marriage is wrong, […]

Weird Religious News – Bad Ideas

This entry was posted in religion weird and tagged weird religious news on June 24, 2018 by Dave

UNHRC - UN Human Rights Council — It was officially announced this week that the US has quit the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). This is the first time any nation has ever voluntarily left. When it was first established in 2006, the Bush administration simply did not join, and it was only in 2009 that the Obama […]

Humanists shocked to receive ‘bizarre rant’ from United States

This entry was posted in politics society and tagged human rights IHEU UNHRC US on June 23, 2018 by Dave

truth — I’d like to point to two specific articles today that are related to the idea of communicating things that are true. Before we dip in, let’s first establish what we mean by “truth”. Religious truth is never wrong In a religious context communication of “truth” is the promotion of ideas […]

Communicating “Truth”

This entry was posted in science society and tagged communication kate Marvel Michael Mann Sarah Myhre science truth on June 22, 2018 by Dave

May 2018 — When it comes to the topic of Climate Change the IPCC provides quite literally heaps of scientific information. In fact there is so much of it that many a forest positively quivers at the idea of it all being converted from PDF into FDT (Flat Dead Tree). AR5 is available, […]

May 2018 Climate Updates – Fire and Ice

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged climate May 2018 NOAA on June 21, 2018 by Dave

James Hansen — Almost 30 years ago to the day in June 1988, NASA Scientist James Hansen testified before a Congress committee in Washington. He explained … “Global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship between the greenhouse effect […]

James Hansen wishes he wasn’t right about global warming

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged James Hansen on June 20, 2018 by Dave

1.5C — Regarding the “leak” of the UN Special Report into 1.5C, er no, it is not really a leak. Various media outlets have published an article regarding this “Leaked” copy of the UN’s special report into limiting global warming to 1.5C. This is officially supposed to be issued later this year […]

Has the UN Special Report into 1.5C been leaked? #SR15

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged #SR15 1.5C special report UN on June 19, 2018 by Dave