Everyone is getting excited about the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony containing “faked” bits. Well, who remembers the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when the Olympic flame was lit by a flaming arrow? In this video you can see that the arrow flew far over the cauldron which was supposed to contain the flame; the cauldron was actually [...]
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Olympic Fakery
Posted by Luke H on August 13th, 2008Freedom of speech: who cares?
Posted by Phil on December 11th, 2007Via Winds of Change, the disturbing truth about freedom of speech – it’s just not that popular anymore! BBC is doing a week of articles about freedom of speech and of the press to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their World Service. A summary of three short pieces: Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University: We will [...]
Cops battle cultists in the Papua New Guinea highlands
Posted by Phil on May 13th, 2007PORT MORESBY: Riot police have been sent to a remote mountainous village in Papua New Guinea after a gun battle between police and members of a cult involved in human sacrifices, local media reported. The National newspaper said several people were killed and many injured in the fighting last week in the Finschhafen area of [...]
Frank Miller’s 300
Posted by Luke H on April 9th, 2007This post contains spoilers for 300. If you haven’t already seen it, and you like action and libertarianism, go see the movie now. Last night Phil and I went with a group of SOLOists to see 300, which opened recently in New Zealand. It was a great film: strong acting, cinematography, imagination but most importantly [...]
The Parable of the Water
Posted by Luke H on February 13th, 2007Ok, it’s storytime kids. One day, a pamphlet turns up in your mailbox. The pamphlet starts by telling you about a study showing that tap water is highly acidic and nigh-undrinkable. In fact, you shouldn’t drink any tap water. Instead you should buy bottles of water from a particular company – the one who sent [...]
“Fundies Say the Darndest Things”
Posted by Phil on January 25th, 2007From the FSDT Top 100 list, via Not PC – I’ll pick out some highlights… Occam’s Razor prize for missing the blindingly obvious “I am a bit troubled. I believe my son has a girlfriend, because she left a dirty magazine with men in it under his bed. My son is only 16 and I [...]