January 2008
Monthly Archive
ID FOI
Posted on Jan 30 2008 | Tagged as: Politics, Work, The Stupid, ID Cards: Still think they're a good idea?
Just before Christmas I asked the Home Office — out of curiosity more than anything else — how many ways there are that they’re aware of in which it is possible to compromise the proposed National Identity Card, as the scheme stands1.
The National Identity and Passport Service replied that they’re not obliged to provide the […]
“I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie”
Posted on Jan 18 2008 | Tagged as: Lunatics
That pearl can be found along with some other gems such as the claim that gravity can’t exist because mountains don’t have anything orbiting them, an assertion that the Earth must be flat because otherwise Australians would be upside-down, and someone who seems to have lived his whole life without ever having seen the Sun, […]
Depressingly Spineless Airways
Posted on Jan 17 2008 | Tagged as: Politics, The Stupid, Religion
So, if I signed a contract of employment that stipulated a dress code, and then chose to ignore it, I’d probably be disciplined.
But if I signed a contract of employment that stipulated a dress code, and then chose to ignore it because of my personal beliefs, I’d get paid £8,500.
Right…
Really this is about direct and […]
“The Four Horsemen”
Posted on Jan 05 2008 | Tagged as: Media, Religion
This has just made me very happy.
Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris in two hours of discussion on religion.
Video available here. DVD out on monday, with proceeds going to the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Security Trust.