BBC Newsnight article on the role of the UK government/military in promoting the scam bomb detectors. If the claims are true, I have no qualms in stating that those involved in promoting these devices are morally decrepit, incompetent and evil. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
I was going to post something about the recent BBC Horizon episode “Science Under Attack” but I held off as I needed to calm down after witnessing, in my humble opinion, the bizarre behaviour of Daily Telegraph journalist James Delingpole. Well, I’ve calmed down now and have seen that richarddawkins.net has some commentary on this [...]
It still amazes me that the sham called “homeopathy” has any foothold in the medical market. Homeopathy has been shown to be bullshit, being nothing more than a placebo. Homeopathy “treatments” can stop or delay people from seeking real treatment, see What’s The Harm. Homeopathy endorsements from oafs such as Prince Charles contribute to the [...]
“Why Evolution is True” article “CfI declares war on atheists” argues why the Centre for Inquiry (CfI) attacks on atheists are flawed. I agree with Jerry Coyne and not only because the CfI is an attack on me. At the risk of repeating several of Coyne’s argument I will explain why CfI are wrong and [...]
This is reported by the BBC and others: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11223457 US church defiant despite condemnation of Koran burning Terry Jones said he had prayed over the matter but insisted the Koran-burning would go ahead A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on [...]
Yesterday I saw the 2005 BBC documentary “Hiroshima”. War is hell. I know, I know I know. There were many reasons to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the context of all that evil in World War Two; Japanese barbarity and inhuman treatment of prisoners, their willingness to fight to the bitter end, [...]
The BBC have reported that “Hindu caste leaders in the northern Indian state of Haryana have given their backing to six people convicted last month in an "honour killing" case.” The full article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8617576.stm Firstly, “caste” is an evil that must be eliminated. And not just in India but also in other countries where [...]
I use xbmc as the hub of my media centre, and one particular xbmc plugin that I loved was for accessing the BBC’s iPlayer content. However, the BBC has decided to break this; the sad story can be read at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/03/bbc_iplayer_content_protection.html As as a British citizen, living in the UK, paying taxes and paying the [...]
It seems that the BBC is much like any other large news organisation; perhaps better than some and perhaps worse than others. It has time pressures to produce something that is current and topical. And this can lead to poor research, poor quality assurance and poor implementation with biased reporting and inaccurate information. I certainly [...]
Fantastic! This has already been posted at a number of other blogs recently, and I think that this was originally on the BBC. Dara O’Briain explains, with humour, what he really thinks of pseudo-scientists, preachers of woo woo and other modern witch-doctors. Great line "homeopath horseshit peddler". And "psychics, astrologers and priests" all get the [...]
