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In parliament today a bill on euthanasia for those with terminal illnesses was punted to a sub-committee. This is probably what you would expect in a parliament. What was strange was it had been expected to be handed to the Health committee. According to party hacks euthanasia doesn’t fall under the remit of health. The […]

I was sure I had previously written about it here but apparantly not. Before Christmas there was a stooshy in the Courier due to Dundee holding a Winters Light Festival which included turning on the Christmas tree lights among other things as part of the Homecoming Celebration. Rants and raves from the religious and righteous […]

Sitting in the pub last night one of the 24 hour News programs was on giving us breaking news such as roads frozen and temperature below freezing. How this was breaking news baffled me. Then after the news finished there was the weather. The newspaper headline section was hilarious with their shocking headlines and attacks […]

According to Stephen Hester when discussing bank charges: Banks had to meet the costs of doing business. From a bank who had billions chucked at it after failing at business and then billions more in secret so that it’s share price wouldn’t plummet more. They then started discussing how many staff to make redundant. The […]

The contents of the letter I just to my MP It is an outrage that your government have sacked Professor David Nutt. Surely the purpose of advisers is to give an experts opinion not to rubber stamp policy decisions by government taken not because of scientific evidence but in line with the opinions of the […]

An article in the Guardian has the Vatican defending smears on them based on paedophile priest stories. Firstly by claiming that other churches do it too (nice deflection) Secondly by claiming that the majority of paedophile priests were gay. Supremely ironic given one of the vilest homophobic attacks is to claim that gay people are […]

I have only briefly glanced at the reports on the death of Harry Patch, the last surviving British trench soldier from World War One. (One sailor survives: Claude Choules) The reports have mainly went on about the war he fought in and ignored his insights into the situation. Which is a shame, as he had […]

Having trawled through Jim McGoverns expenses I spotted some belters. £658 for a computer desk. £4360 to set up his 10 page website – surely not. £123 for a trouser press. £950 for a sofa bed. As well as everything from cushions to bath screens he also claimed £2 for a knife. His office expenses […]

Well I have just won my third competition in 6 months. On the SSP site there is a monthly competition run with philosophy football. I just won their International Brigade t-shirt. Two wins in two months from this competition, enter it yourself!

Wow, the reactionaries are really on the march lately. Californias Supreme Court rules that no more gay marriages can take place. For an accurate summary of this insanity see this Center For Inquiry post. Can anyone point to an argument against gay marriage not based on religion. I have looked and looked but can’t find […]