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The Undeserving Poor?4 comments

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 11 hours ago: My post on the Reverse Robin Hood started a lengthy and interesting discussion – thanks to And … more →

Tags: Social commentary desecrated, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life, Child Poverty, Conservatives, credit crunch, David Cameron, deserving poor, irrational economics, Markets

Melanin rich Dalits3 comments

anu wrote 3 days ago: This conversation here reminded me of this first post i had written, it is one of the posts that is … more →

Tags: Beauty, Cynthia Stephen, dalit, Dalit woman, Dalits, dalits and blacks, Feminism, Gender, gender-caste

Religion is NOT a mental illness1 comment

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 1 week ago: OK, a word of explanation. Lisa was doing a pharmacy paper on this subject, and I thought I’d … more →

Tags: Religion, Science, DSM-IV, is belief in god crazy?, Lisa Langood, religion and delusion, religion and psychiatric problems, religion as mental illness, religion is not a form of mental illness

Bleeding out in the thirties

anu wrote 1 month ago: Attended the book reading of ‘Mathematics of sex’.  The book ought to be valuable for al … more →

Tags: Anecdote, Education, Gender, Gender Equity, Motherhood, Science and Society, science and technology, Science and Women

Earth to "Rail For Valley"

Adrian Leung wrote 1 month ago: The “Rail For Valley” group has recently suggested to build a “light-rail line … more →

Tags: LRT Problems

Not just for UBC

Adrian Leung wrote 1 month ago: It’s astounding how the UBC SkyTrain is portrayed by some as the SkyTrain to UBC, and nothing … more →

UN set to treat caste as human rights violation4 comments

anu wrote 2 months ago: I want to say, FINALLY! but i think i’ll wait. But i’ll definitely say, Yeah, to Nepal. … more →

Tags: Caste System, dalit, Dalit Atrocities, dalits and blacks, hindu, Hypocrisy, India, social change, social exclusion

The Myth of the Common Cold1 comment

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 2 months ago: I have a slight cold today; meanwhile poor Becky who should basking in the Balearic’s has a ho … more →

Tags: Science, Social commentary desecrated, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life, becky smith, cold and colds, Cold virus, Common Cold, common cold and cold weather, debunking sceptical myths

Derren Brown and the ethics of conjuring!

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 2 months ago: Interesting discussion on the JREF today. One poster complained that Derren Brown as was “bad … more →

Tags: Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life, Social commentary desecrated, Paranormal, jref, Derren Brown, James Randi Educational Forum, lottery trick, Uri Geller, conjuring

Canada Line seen as an early success

Adrian Leung wrote 3 months ago: Canada Line riders fill coffers with cash VANCOUVER – The Canada Line could reach its ridershi … more →

Tags: News, Public Support

70,000 board the Canada Line on first day of revenue operations

ubcskytrain wrote 3 months ago: Impressive numbers. The numbers do include people touring the Canada Line and the novelty will event … more →

Tags: News, Public Support

The Irony

Adrian Leung wrote 3 months ago: One finds it interesting how the SkyTrain lobby warps the truth to suit it’s own ends. What the SkyT … more →

Tags: LRT Problems

A Canada Line debunking

Adrian Leung wrote 3 months ago: The folks at “Rail For The Valley” have written another “scathing” article w … more →

the last become the first

anu wrote 3 months ago: colonized janta For a colonized people, the most essential value, because it is the most meaningful, … more →

Tags: dalit, Dalits, Caste System, dalits and blacks, frantz fanon, double-consciousness, Algeria, theorizing inequality

UK Sceptics Newsletter1 comment

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 4 months ago: Hey chaps and chapesses, I have been meaning to share this for a while. The excellent UK Sceptics, w … more →

Tags: Fun forthcoming events, Paranormal, uk-sceptics, scepticism, Skepticism, Muncaster, Cumbria, Wendy Cousins, uk skeptics

LRT Accident in San Francisco

Adrian Leung wrote 4 months ago: An accident involving two light rail trains in San Francisco has injured over 40 people, causing del … more →

Tags: LRT Problems, News, Worldwide Systems

Honolulu Metro

Adrian Leung wrote 4 months ago: Several consortium’s are currently in the bidding to build Honolulu’s new metro lineThe … more →

Tags: News, Worldwide Systems

private is public

anu wrote 4 months ago: … more →

Tags: dalit, Dalit woman, adivasi, India Shining, economic exploitation, Caste System, Gender Equity, social exclusion, Social services

Skeptics - Help Stop CJ23.com!1 comment

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 4 months ago: I was just thinking: we have Robert Lancaster’s excellent Stop Sylvia site, which I think is a … more →

Tags: Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life, Dreadful attempts at humour, scepticism, jref, woo, stopcj.23, Stop Sylvia Browne, Money Making Scams


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