politics

Ex-Muslims are living the British dream

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Ed West has a nice article over in the Spectator entitled “Ex-Muslims are living the British dream – Britain should support them”. He writes … There was an excellent Radio 4 documentary on yesterday in which Sarfraz Manzoor interviewed a group of people you don’t hear much about – ex-Muslims. … the ex-Muslims are right. … Read more

Iran builds an Airfix kit & calls it a ‘stealth fighter’

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Lies, dammed lies, and Iranian technology claims. I came across this rather amusing clip that exposes the rather daft claims being promoted by the Iranian theocratic regime. Apparently they are frantically trying to promote themselves as a regional power, so much so, that they craft fake claims. Laughable as it is, this is also a … Read more

The actual Distribution of Wealth in the US is not what most people think it is

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Now this is a very interesting clip that blows a few myths out of the water. First, before we dive in, let’s clarify a rather important point, here we are talking about wealth, not income. If you measure income, then you are not really measuring wealth at all. I might have an income of $1 … Read more

Mass Kissing protest outside Moroccan parliament

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  A few weeks ago in Morocco a boy and a girl aged 15 and 14 kissed as their 15-year-old friend  took photos outside their school in the northern town of Nador, and they  then posted the pictures on Facebook. What happens? – they were then arrested and put on trial. Yikes! So far this response … Read more

Syria: Replacing a brutal dictator with brutal religious thugs changes nothing.

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We know that the Assad regime in Syria is a brutal dictatorship, one that any decent human being would be delighted to see vanquished. there are no doubts on this issue, human Rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have detailed how Bashar’s government and secret police routinely tortured, imprisoned, and killed political opponents, and those who … Read more

2013 Nobel Prize – Peace

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Now this is where the Nobel’s can take a left-hand turn into the twilight zone of weirdness. While the various Swedish academys and assemblies have made some very good decisions for the scientific and literature awards, it is now over to the Norwegian Nobel Committee today for the “Peace” award, and they, quite frankly, have made some rather … Read more