Currently in Melbourne for the Global Atheist Convention and I have already met THE PZ Myers and left him to go and see AC Grayling talk(the fanboyish angst experienced in that decision). The official opening for the convention starts tonight but I was lounging at the convention bar at the Hilton yesterday with some other [...]
Saturday Steampunk – Sam Van Olffen
March 8, 2010 2 Comments
There is steampunk art and then there is art produced by the likes of Sam Van Olffen. His work is dark, but not without humour – enjoy!
ABBEY ROAD
BABEL CENTRAL STATION
More artwork can be found at his blog
Fundamentalists enraged over being required to teach science
March 7, 2010 7 Comments
Unbeknownst to most South Australians it has been possible, until very recently for independent Christian schools to teach creationism as part of the science curriculum. That sad and sorry state of affairs has been altered. The South Australian Non-Government Schools Registration Board has made a policy decision to remove the teaching of creationism from the [...]
Atheist performer banned from appearing in Mildura
March 7, 2010 4 Comments
Famous atheist columnist and comedienne Catherine Deveny has apparently been banned( or rather her booking was cancelled) from appearing at St Joseph’s College. Deveny who will be appearing at the Global Atheist Convention next week was apparently too controversial. It seems that the principal of the college was pressured by prominent members of the [...]
Mercy Ministries and Privacy Commissioner Investigations Update
March 7, 2010 1 Comment
In the post we learnt that the Privacy Commissioner had decided to carry out a preliminary investigation of the situation surrounding the refusal of Mercy Ministries Australia to hand over client files to past clients.
In a letter received by one of the complainants, a few days ago, the Assistant Privacy Commissioner has advised:
So Mercy Ministries [...]
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