Monthly Archives: August 2010

Lost Moon Technology

Posted on 31 August 2010 by Robert

The website TopTenz.net lists 10 Lost Technologies such as Damascus Steel and the Antikythera Mechanism (via Kottke). Incredibly, the technology used to bake the Apollo programme lacks any meaningful record of its construction: The Apollo and Gemini programs aren’t truly … Continue reading →

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On Benefit Fraud

Posted on 13 August 2010 by Robert

People often equate benefit-fraud with the separate issue of the state giving people too much in benefits. Continue reading →

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Linklog for 6th August to 12th August

Posted on 12 August 2010 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 6th August to 12th August The Ministry of Silly Walks – Shut up about gutenberg already – "The form of the book hasn't changed fundamentally in five hundred years," they tell us. It's like saying the form … Continue reading →

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Quoted on Libel Tourism

Posted on 12 August 2010 by Robert

Yrstrly in the Metro Continue reading →

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Defending the Cordoba Mosque

Posted on 10 August 2010 by Robert

Over in New York, an argument is blazing over the Cordoba Initiative, an Islamic cultural and community centre planned for downtown New York.  Shrill critics have labelled it the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ and called for the project to be cancelled, … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Religion, USA | 13 Comments

Known Unknowns

Posted on 9 August 2010 by Robert

Who exists on the Penumbra of your consciousness? Have YOU heard of Justin Bieber? Continue reading →

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When PC Myth Becomes Government Talking Point

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Robert

Baroness Warsi repeats the ‘Winterval’ lie. Continue reading →

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Linklog for 18th June to 2nd August

Posted on 2 August 2010 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 18th June to 2nd August The Complete Unbelievability of World War II – "So yeah. Stay away from the History Channel. Unlike most of the other networks, they don't even try to make their stuff believable." Death … Continue reading →

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