It is official. Amina Abdallah is not Real. Apparently she is the sock puppet of Tony MacMasters, a man living in Turkey who figured that lying would aid the cause of Syrians. I can understand posting under a pseudonym (I do myself. Avicenna is the Latin name of Ibn Sina a famous doctor and the place I was …
Monthly Archive: June 2011
Jun 12 2011
Awesomeness – Arc Attack
I think I have died and gone to nerd heaven. Also I would like to write on my CV that I play “the violin, the piano and the tesla coil”. Dance you glorious ginger beauty!
Jun 11 2011
Why I Fight
We only have one world for the moment. One life in which to live on this earth, No hell below us, and above us only sky. Most of us on the internet are lucky enough to live in paradise of civilisation but there are people who live in a very real hell. And it’s not …
Jun 10 2011
Do You Feel Lucky?
Basic math under stress Well Do You? In essence this bill will make it illegal for any physician to enquire about the presence of firearms in a home. But why would a doctor wish to know about guns in a house? Well it all started when a doctor refused to provide coverage (a legal right and a necessary one) …
Jun 07 2011
Aminah Abdallah and Freedom
http://damascusgaygirl.blogspot.com/ Aminah Abdallah is a lesbian syrian blogger who wrote an extremely brave account of her and her father standing up to people who threatened to rape her (to correct her behaviour of all things). She has been kidnapped, possibly by supporters of the regime and is part of the violence that has become so …
Jun 07 2011
Maryam Namazie: The Islamic Inquisition
Maryam Namazie: The Islamic Inquisition An amazing keynote speech at the World Atheist Conference and well worth reading! Kudos to Maryam for it.
Jun 07 2011
The World’s Stupidest Superweapon
Even Zordon thinks you are a dick! Everyone’s Favourite Quack Mike Adams (The Health Ranger) has come out on the E.Coli outbreak in Germany and Sweden by claiming that the E. Coli was bio-engineered to cause human fatalities. In true idiot fashion he comes up with the wild theory that we have invented the world’s stupidest super …
Jun 05 2011
The Atheist Test
Flawless Vintage! Being an atheist is to state that you do not believe in God because we don’t have any proof of God. It’s a extremely sensible world view because it is asking for proof. If proof came, I am sure all of us (after testing the proof for ourselves) would admit that we were …
Jun 04 2011
It ain’t easy being green
Now you know how it feels! It has always been a problem. Humanity by its nature is destructive to the environment, but we can by our nature help protect it. It’s a fine line we must tread between using natural resource and preservation of the environment. None of us can blithely say that the rest of …
Jun 03 2011
Machinations of Fear
Pakistan is in a crisis. For nearly two decades Pakistan has fought it’s militarily superior neighbour India through the use of irregular forces. Terrorism as we call it. However Pakistan is now under the grasp of islamic extremism. While the rest of the world was concentrating in Iraq and Afghanistan we failed to notice the …
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