Dr. Paul Offit is doing a talk in London this coming thursday (27th June 2013). Eminently qualified in Vaccines ( Professor of Paediatrics, Director of the Vaccine Education Centre, Professor of...
http://news.sky.com/story/1104682/stuart-hall-jailed-for-sex-attacks-on-girls I had thought he might get slightly longer, but his age and the nature of the offences have played a part in the judges...
Not a question as such - more a heads up for anyone interested. Dr. Burzynski is based in the US, and offers a somewhat controversial "treatment" for cancer patients.This has resulted in several quite...
A new initiative being introduced to get DoH civil servants better acquainted with the everyday realities of life at the interface between service and the public. A good thing, a bad thing, meh, or...
More of an information post than an actual question. This guy has charted a really astonishingly large number of sequences of buttons to navigate through the automated voice activated menu systems for...
Theresa May, in a speech to the Police Federation, has called for a change in sentencing, whereby someone who murders a police officer should serve a whole-life tariff.... agree, or disagree?...
The whole conflict is becoming so barbaric. Its an unverified video source so its difficult to know just how much credence to place in the report - but Human Rights watch certainly believe its true -...
This case has made the news recently. In 1998 El Salvador amended its law to make abortion illegal in all circumstances, under pressure from pro-life and christian evangelical groups....
What do you think to this case? I am all for authorizing blood transfusions when the prognosis is such that the patient will almost certainly die if they do not receive a transfusion, and where there...
It has all become clear to me now - This is why I keep being deported from religious countries! Its because the religious police view me as too handsome, too greater a temptation to the virtue of all...
Seen the latest trailer?
Am looking forward to seeing this on its release in the UK
http://io9.com/the-final-star-trek-into-darkness-trailer-reveals-kirk-473528985...
We really should be stamping out this nonsense about segretation, enforced or even voluntary, regardless of whether they claim a religious or cultural exemption, don't you think? Quite apart from the...
News if bad for you, m'kay? At least, thats what this article is suggesting. Makes for interesting reading, I think. From the article "ews is toxic to your body. It constantly triggers the limbic...
I was very shocked and saddened to read that Iain Banks has announced that he has late-stage terminal cancer and is not expected to live beyond 12 months.... He recently married his long-time...
Seems the new Pope has a somewhat "scorched-earth" policy when it comes to them there pesky atheists, humanists and a.n.others who may not worship the catholic version of god.. Seems the new Pope has...
Sad news - Richard Griffiths dead following complications of heart surgery. I enjoyed his Pie in the Sky show, mainly because I like pies, and he had a memorable role in Withnail and I :) He was also...
Given all the scandals surrounding the church regarding paedophilia and inappropriate behaviour, it amazes me that this Priest thought this was uncontroversial.......
