Monthly Archives: November 2009
Institute/Faculty Consultation process so far gives impression of going through the motions
I said in yesterday’s blog post that I was waiting to hear how the consultation meeting (on Charter documentation) at the Institute of Actuaries in London went yesterday. I have kept quiet for several weeks about this in the hope … Continue reading
Merger consultation: waiting to hear how today’s Institute consultation meeting goes
The Faculty and Institute of Actuaries launched a further consultation period about a month ago on the new charter documentation which had been proposed for the failed July merger. I feel that so far, not enough account has been taken … Continue reading
Scientology is criminal organisation says Australian politician
In another blow to the organisation that brought the alien Xenu see this article from The Australian in which funnily enough a senator named Nick Xenophon (not Xenuphon however) makes further strong criticisms of the cult founded by L Ron … Continue reading
The power of the internet: preventing politicians from ignoring inconvenient evidence
The recent revelation that Gordon Brown’s government are trying to prevent an independent committee of scientists from accurately reporting evidence about the relative dangers of different types of drugs is only one of several examples of misrepresentation of scientific evidence … Continue reading
The power of the internet: exposing religious lunacies
“The internet has done for Scientology. Could it rumble the Christians, too?” The above article from the Guardian points out that, thanks to the internet, including an embarrassing indoctrination video by Tom Cruise about Scientology available (despite the organisation’s repeated … Continue reading
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