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Kiwi Courtship – The Female Takes Charge
BBC Earth has done it again - given us another wonderful video of native New Zealand fauna. A couple of days ago there was a special video of Tuatara hatching. This time it's the brown kiwi. The kiwi of course is the endangered flightless bird New Zealanders get their...
Russian Orthodox Church Values Are Now the Values of All Russia – and the US Right Too!
There are two threads to Russian President Vladimir Putin's disruption of Western democracies. One is to make sure that democratic government as a political system appears unstable. Thus, he makes it seem like countries are better off with some form of totalitarian...
Amazing Video: Hatching Tuatara
I subscribe to BBC Earth on YouTube, which never disappoints in its offerings. Today the selection was especially exciting - video of hatching tuatara from inside the burrow. Tuatara, of course, can only be found in New Zealand, and are the last living dinosaur....
Another Imam Justifying FGM
A couple of months ago I wrote a post: Making Excuses for Islam and FGM. Although the post was a general one about the issue of FGM worldwide, the inspiration came from the arrest of three doctors in Detroit. One of them, Dr Jumana Nagarwala, was initially facing...
Simon’s Cat: Copy Cat and Boxes 2
Another new Simon's Cat video came out today. Simon Tofield seems to be upping production it's the second one in two days. There was also one a couple of weeks ago that I didn't get around to putting up. Both the latest videos have the kitten, which is always a bonus....
Trump has Exceeded Himself in Stupidity
The recent meeting of the G7 in Sicily saw Donald Trump lose what little respect other world leaders had left for him. Today's announcement that he was withdrawing the US from the Paris Climate Accord was in effect his confirmation that he was resigning as world...
Why Aren’t More Women Atheists?
Personal Note: Sorry I've been gone so long. I had personal issues, then when I was back to normal my laptop and PC both refused to cooperate. I've got the laptop back now, so onward and (hopefully) upward! One of the features of the atheist community that draws most...
The Problem of North Korea
On Saturday morning New Zealand time, North Korea carried out its latest missile test - a modified mobile Scud which it launched towards the Sea of Japan. The test was a failure - the missile blew up over North Korean territory. The fact there was a test, and the type...
Trump’s First 100 Days
Just about every media outlet has done a story about President Trump's first one hundred days. Some made an attempt to be different and did his next 265, or next 1360 instead. It came down to the same thing though. If you're a regular reader, you'll know there's not...
Simon’s Cat: Dinner Date – Just Desserts
So much for writing a post about North Korea- that can wait. Simon's Cat is more important! This new video - 'Just Desserts' - is part three in an ongoing series. I put up the first two parts when they came out, but I'll put them all up again. That way, you get to...
Making Excuses for Islam and FGM
Across the world, around 200 million women and girls in thirty countries are the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). Most of them become victims of the practice before they are old enough to object. A majority of the victims are Muslim but likewise, a majority...
Egyptian Imam: It’s Atheist Doctrine is to Murder Muslims
This video is from a debate on Egyptian TV on 27 January between an Egyptian Islamist imam Muhammad Hamouda and an Egyptian intellectual, Sharif Farouk. The TV host, whose name I cannot ascertain, is clearly on the side of the imam. Part of the debate is about atheism...