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GOP Second Tier Candidates: First Debate Tomorrow
The top ten Republican candidates will be appearing in front of an audience of 4,500 in Cleveland Ohio 9pm EST Thursday/1pm NZT Friday for the first primary debate, which I wrote about here. There's a second debate though, which is happening first. (It's politics -...
First Republican Candidate Debate Tomorrow
The first debate of the 2016 Republican Presidential candidates is to occur tomorrow in Cleveland, Ohio. It's to be jointly hosted by Facebook and Fox News in conjunction with the Ohio Republican party. It will screen at 9-11 pm EST on Fox News (1-3 pm Friday 7 August...
Our Planet – The Best Bits I – Patagonia
I've had a few videos waiting to start this series for a while, but this morning reader Amy Carparelli sent me the latest offering from Martin Heck of Timestorm Films, released on Saturday, and it's absolutely stunning. This film just too beautiful to wait its turn in...
Saints and Sinners: 2 August 2015 – Russia and Kieran Reid
My "sinner" this week is again from the political arena. I suspect already that it usually will be - there is so much about people within politics to criticize! Besides, until November 2016 we have the US presidential primaries, followed by their election. It's...
Mike Huckabee is Economical with the Truth on the Iran Deal
This morning (9am Tuesday NZ time, 5pm Monday EST) I watched GOP presidential contender and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on Fox New's The Five trying to defend his recent comments about the Iran Nuclear Deal. I've always struggled to watch Huckabee - there...
Saints and Sinners: 26 July 2015 – Sam Lotu-Iiga and Mexico
This is a new weekly feature I'm introducing - I'm hoping that I'll keep it up and it'll mean I'm posting something at least once a week. I've been pretty slack lately - just this week I've written half of three articles, but none got to a publishable standard. None...
‘Why Evolution Is True’ Visualized: Parts I and II
The MassComprehension channel on YouTube is gradually releasing Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution is True Audio Book as a Video Book. The first two parts have just been released, and so far a great job has been done of visualizing the book, and the nine minute clips are an...
Beautiful New Zealand VIII: Home of Middle Earth
If you're a Lord of the Rings fan you've probably already seen this, and if you're not, you're probably not interested. However, I'm going to post it anyway because the background scenery in the movies really does a great job of showcasing New Zealand. Now I am a fan...
The Relationship between the Crusades and Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe
The Crusades carried out by Western Christendom in the Middle East (there were also Christian crusades within Europe) during the Middle Ages continue to cast a blight over the relationship between the West and the Muslim world to this day. Armies from the West...
Religious Privilege, Same-Sex Marriage and Bigotry
Note: For those who may find them them offensive, at the end of this post is a Jesus and Mo cartoon. I happened to hear the beginning of Fox News's Hannity today before my dive for the remote shut him up. The opening words were, "Tonight, Christianity under attack!"...
The Power of Christ Compels You – Leave Mexico!
I've been unable to post to my website for almost two weeks, but thanks to the heroic efforts of BuildBusiness (who host my website) over several days, I'm back up and running. A couple of days ago, Jerry Coyne kindly posted something I'd written but was unable to...
Fluoride for Taumarunui’s Water Please
I discovered just a few weeks ago that in 2011, after a presentation from some anti-fluoride activists, my local council stopped putting fluoride in our water. Their presentation went unchallenged, but was supported by one councillor, and by the end of the meeting...