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Archive for September, 2008

Countering Hovind’s Propaganda

Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Creationism | No Comments »

A few months ago I decided to commit myself to a vitally important task - I was going to download all of Kent Hovind's lecture slides, and write rebuttals to every single one of his arguments, also in Powerpoint format, ...

Ireland’s Environment Minister = nutjob

Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change | No Comments »

According to BBC News, the Environment Minister of Northern Ireland, DUP's Sammy Wilson, has just said something job-losingly-stupid.  Yes, Mr Wilson thinks that climate change, if it exists, is probably not due to human activity, and whatever it does we ...

Today’s game card – Kevin Trudeau

Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »

This is the last of this current selection of game cards as, quite honestly, I've run out of big names.  Actually, I'm quite pleased about that - it's nice to know that there really aren't very many high profile frauds, ...

Today’s game card – Ken Ham

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »

I'm almost out of people for the card game - I only have one left (but it's a good one!)  Today's penultimate card, for the time being at least, is of a famous young earth creationist, Ken Ham.  We've had ...

Today’s all-star game card – Tom Cruise

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »

I've been waiting for this one for ages. Yep, today's card is everyone's favourite massively wealthy actor and Scientologist, Tom Cruise. This one was a really difficult one.  How do you judge someone who has brought enjoyment to many with some ...

Justify thyself

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I was wondering today how I justify even writing this blog.  My intention is not to be a cynic - I'm not a cynical person, I'm a skeptic.  I've said before what skepticism is all about.  A cynic is someone ...

Today’s game card – Stanton Friedman

Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | 3 Comments »

Today I bring you the first game card after my summer holiday, and it's perhaps someone you won't have heard of. But he's a great example of the sort of craziness that even an intelligent human mind can fall to ...