Unfortunate Imagery
Reading Zite on my iPad tonight and saw this headline:
Drilled down into the story to discover the young guy in the photo is actually NOT a victim (or perpetrator) of pedophilia, but is, instead, an Aussie in Japan:
No Illusions 21 – News Roundup
Nine Afghan Boys Killed by NATO Helicopters – NYTimes.com
The Greens up two to 15 per cent
Rudd condemns air strike on Afghan boys
UFOs over Sydney – the intergalactic neighbours drop by
Bank of England governor blames spending cuts on bank bailouts
Four time bombs that will blow up Wall Street
Manning faces new charges, possible death penalty
No Illusions 20 – John Cook from Skeptical Science
My guest IN THE STUDIO today is John Cook, astrophyscist, web developer, and founder of Skeptical Science, an absolutely brilliant resource for anyone needing to refute the common climate change denialist.
We talk about what motivates climat change denialists (and the difference between being a SKEPTIC and a DENIALIST) and some of the refutations of their most common arguments.
Follow John on Twitter at @skepticscience.
No Illusions 19 – Antony Loewenstein
My guest today is Australian author, journalist, blogger and Middle East specialist, Antony Loewenstein.
Links for today’s show:
“What has Wikileaks ever taught us?”
American Being Held for Shootings in Pakistan Worked as Blackwater CIA Contractor
Britain suddenly discovers that democracy is a jolly good idea?
Hamas calls US veto on anti-settlement vote ‘immoral’
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No Illusions 18 – 18 Feb 2011
[audio:http://http://noillusionspodcast.com/audio/tpn_noillusions_20110218_18.mp3]First show of the year, new format. Straight news reads of stories I found interesting from the last couple of days, with a little bit of commentary thrown in. Future shows will include interviews as well.
Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution…
Jeopardy! Elementary for supercomputer Watson…
Ecuadorian Court Orders Chevron to Pay $17 Billion for Oil Pollution in Amazon…
Pope told Irish church is ‘on the edge of collapse’…
State Department Approved Export of U.S.-Made Tear Gas to Egyptian Gov’t…
Key Bush Admin “Source” Admits to Lying about Iraqi WMD…
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