Vaccinations – possibly the greatest protector of life ever devised by humankind, but the Americans don’t appreciate it. Woo gets in the way.

Vaccinations made the news this week.
First of all we find out that Wired magazine points out that the irrational sectors of society are refusing to immunise their children against childhood killers, because their middle class sensibilities lead them to believe in all sorts of irrational crap, aka woo. This attitude is supported by many an [...]

New conservative logic – they really should buy a dictionary so they can use words properly

To have an honest conversation, you shouldn’t have to temper your words and back them up with statistics and verifiable truth.
A lawyer said this and guess what you are so wrong. If somebody disputes what you claim as the evidence for your offered statement of belief, then yes you need to show that the claim [...]

The cross is not an xtian symbol – the perverse logic of a conservative who denies Jesus 2000 years after Judas

“I don’t think you can leap from that to the conclusion that the only war dead that the cross honors are the Christian war dead. I think that’s an outrageous conclusion.”
Thus spoke conservative Justice Scalia.
Some of those who are trying to stuff their religion down the the throats of others in an attempt [...]

Victim in the Polanski case continues to suffer

Apparently Polanski’s ex sister in law says that the act that led to the current situation was consensual. Well guess what Debs the law said and still says it can’t be, so it isn’t.
“there is rape and then there is rape… I am a victims’ advocate and I know the difference.”
Clearly you haven’t got a [...]

Polanski – an example of a messed up case by all concerned where the victim was forgotten

Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland ready to undergo extradition charges to the US.
Polanski in the 70’s had sex with a 13 year old female. That was and still is a crime. In order to get a confession the judge in the case and those representing the state and Polanski came to an agreement. [...]

Taser International – Macho corporatism as policy

The Braidwood inquiry found that the repeated tasing of a victim of RCMP brutality caused Robert Dziekanski’s death. This is was backed up by a lot of evidence too.
Taser International don’t like inconvenient facts so have set out to intimidate folk into changing the record and findings of an extenseive inquiry. Not by introducing new [...]

Blasphemy – creating victims out of the evil-doers

Back in May the Irish government enacted an anti-blasphemy clause in its constitution.
Then out came report one, concerning the collusion of the state and the church and their attempts to hush up some serious offences against kids.
Now just as another more damaging report is expected to be released soon.
I wonder if definitions of blasphemy will [...]

The DHS report on Rightwing Extremists – a reasonable alert

Clicked onto one of the “hot sites” on wordpress today and read one guys take on the apparently controversial DHS report on possible Extremist Rightwing Resurgency in the USA.
The guy seems to have real concerns and worries about his government planning for a possible increase in homegrown violence due to feelings of alienation and immasculation [...]

Australian Government where Nannying becomes Supression

The Australian government has decided that it knows best what is good for you and what is not. At least when it comes to the internet. A list that was used by internet providers to help parents block sites unsuitable for kids is about to be used to block all Aussies from access.
Some of these [...]

Rich, White Dogmatists with power issues (dirty bombs, fraud and lies) the real threat to our way of life

Recently there has been a spate of folk fear mongering against various threats to all we hold dear

Pillars of industry claiming that it’s other people trying to help that are the cause of the downfall of civilisations.
Right wing talking heads on the box and elsewhere, faithfully lieing and protecting the interests of the criminals who [...]