SERIOUS CAMPAIGNING

I can’t remember where I got this from so if it was you then let me know and I will put the appropiate links.

I DON’T USE FACEBOOK

There has been a lot of debate about the buses in England with the ‘no god’ messages but I can’t see what the fuss is about. Especially when people can go around putting terribly offensive things on billboards… But more seriously, what is the difference with having the ‘atheist messages’ on the buses and having [...]

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

When we get sent one of those funny videos that go round from time to time we usually, laugh for a second and show our mates and that is the end of it. The one about the gay referee got me thinking and looking. It seems that his antics were not just flamboyance. He was [...]

THE AUDIENCE ALWAYS BUYS IT

It has been written and talked about often enough but people generally still don’t realise that the main business of the media is not to produce programmes or articles in magazines etc – it is to sell audiences to advertisers. That is the business part of it. The propaganda part of it works slightly differently [...]

MORE WHISKY PLEASE

This is a repost from this time last year but it is that time again and I have lots of new readers and the principle still stands… ——————————————————————————————– WHISKY PLEASE The 25th of January is an important day in the Scottish calendar. It is day that the life and works of Robert (Rabbie) Burns are [...]

PROGRESS/CHANGE?

“The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be in opposition to their schemes – and they believe rightly.” – Thomas Jefferson “I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.” – James Buchanan “My earlier views on the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation [...]

THE ‘PRIMITIVE’ CELTS

I have been waiting for someone to stick this on the internet so I could put it on here. It is a documentary about the conflict between the Romans and the Celts, made by none other than Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame. It is interesting from a historical viewpoint and as an analysis of [...]

JUST A LINK OR TWO

Monbiot has an interesting article today on the subject of alternative banking systems. There are some reasonably good documentaries around on the same subject. Speaking of documentaries. I just watched “Who’s Out There” with Orson Welles which was an early 70s NASA thing about the possibility of life on other planets etc. I thought with [...]

REVIEWS

Both the Curmudgeon and Big Rab at the Ben Lomond Free Press have written  positive reviews of my book. So thanks to both of them for doing it and a special thanks to the Curmudgeon as it was something he said to me that was partly responsible for me getting my finger out and actually [...]

WEEKEND COMPETITION

Two quick things. Firstly I would just like to point you to the free book again [on the right of this page]. Secondly, in these dark winter months I think a little competition to lighten the gloom is in order. Therefore I offer a challenge. Who can find the most absurd, vomit-inducing, misleading or otherwise [...]