by Heather Hastie | Apr 30, 2017 | Simon's Cat
So much for writing a post about North Korea- that can wait. Simon’s Cat is more important! This new video – ‘Just Desserts’ – is part three in an ongoing series. I put up the first two parts when they came out, but I’ll put them...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 25, 2017 | Africa, Asia, Health, Religion, USA, Women
Across the world, around 200 million women and girls in thirty countries are the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). Most of them become victims of the practice before they are old enough to object. A majority of the victims are Muslim but likewise, a majority...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 23, 2017 | Atheism, Middle East, USA
This video is from a debate on Egyptian TV on 27 January between an Egyptian Islamist imam Muhammad Hamouda and an Egyptian intellectual, Sharif Farouk. The TV host, whose name I cannot ascertain, is clearly on the side of the imam. Part of the debate is about atheism...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 21, 2017 | USA, Women
Every now and then I come across End Times believer Rick Wiles of TruNews via Right Wing Watch. This man not only believes every conspiracy theory that’s going, he makes up new ones of his own. He thinks there’s an organization which he calls variously...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 20, 2017 | Human Rights, New Zealand, USA
In Arkansas there are currently eight men on death row. Their convictions were between 1990 and 2000, and they have therefore been there between 17 and 27 years each. The Arkansas authorities plan to execute two per day on four days before the end of April. Two got a...