Today's BBC Big Questions has three - 'Are the rich paying their fair share?', 'Should the NHS fund homeopathy?' and 'Are women taking over religion?' Oh this is easy ... "No", "No", and "Nobody cares (except a few religious folks)", ah but getting there will be fun, because as I start to write this prior to the program, I'm anticipating, not being informed or persuaded, but rather entertained. You can always rely upon the BBC to seed the audience with a few nutters just to stir things up. … [Read more...]
Stephen Fry illustrates … How to Embarrass a TV Interviewer
Famous (in Ireland) Irish TV Personality, Gay Byrne (that really is his name, not his orientation,it is an abbreviation for Gabriel), recently interviewed well-known and highly popular comedian Stephen Fry on one episode of his TV series "The Meaning of Life" in which he interviews well-known individuals with a set a predictable questions. Now Stephen Fry, knowing what he might be asked, had a wonderful answer for the God question. When asked how he would react if he found that he was dead … [Read more...]
Please help Raif Badawi – #FreeRaif – Prisoner of Conscience
Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi continues to face 950 lashes and a decade in prison – simply for calling for free speech. The UK government has so far failed to call for Raif’s freedom, despite knowing of and speaking on his case – alongside a visit to Saudi Arabia by the Prime Minister. Ask our government to speak up for Raif, who is silenced. Please click "Take Action", then you will be asked to fill in your name, your email, click Submit and that will send this the following email to the … [Read more...]
Richard Dawkins gets “Love Letters” (Be warned NSFW and yes it is comedy gold)
OK, nothing too serious today, but instead a bit of entertainment. Because he is rather well-known, Richard Dawkins, tends to attract some rather amusing "fan mail" from those who vigorously disagree with him ... except of course, being more that a tad eccentric, their strident and rather abusive criticism is actually quite entertaining. So dive in and and enjoy all the "love" ... its just 7:34 long and very entertaining. At one point near the end somebody off camera asks, "What does … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech vs Holocaust Denial
Freedom of speech is a rather important right, and while it is quite easy to support the concept when it is manifesting itself as criticism of ideas we oppose (drawing Mohammed for example), what happens when we are faced with the promotion of things that we find to be highly offensive and utterly absurd - Denial that the holocaust ever took place is an example worth exploring. First, let's make one thing abundantly clear, if you do in fact deny that the holocaust took place, then there is a … [Read more...]
Weird Amazon Reviews – AudioQuest K2 Terminated Speaker Cable
What do you do when faced with a speaker cable on Amazon that costs $13,000 Easy, you simply give it a review ... however not a normal review, but rather one that completely takes the piss out of such an absurd price. So looking though the list, there are indeed a few gems such as ... If there is one cable I would whole-heartedly trust to my Chimera-hunting needs, this would be the cable. No other cable has the tensile strength to properly and efficiently garrote a lycanthrope, asphyxiate … [Read more...]