Older and Republican-leaning Americans think the April “March for Science” in Washington was a waste of time, according to a poll of 1012 adults by the Pew Research Center in Washington DC. Sixty per cent of Republicans and 54 per cent of those aged 65 and up dismissed the march as pointless, whereas a majority …
A comprehensive survey of science teachers at middle and high schools across the US, conducted by the journal “Science”, finds that teachers generally devote a paltry 1 to 2 hours to the topic of climate change, and despite the fact 97 per cent of experts agree climate change is mainly human-caused, many teachers still “teach …
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A propos the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations: “These are not an organizations that can destroy the United States. But they can hurt us and they can hurt our people and our families. And so I can understand why people are worried. The most damage they can do, though, is if they start changing …
There are two companies, called Cambridge Analytica and Aggregate IQ, specializing in massive data harvesting. The former was originally part of British military operations, and now backed by billionaires. These billionaires, Peter Thiel and Robert Mercer, are dedicated to destroying liberal democracy, trading in disinformation, deception, the overturning of the rather ineffectual electoral laws in …
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Letter To The Times, London “Trevor Phillips says that we should not expect Muslims to “integrate in the same way” as other communities in Britain. Nobody expects Muslims to become exactly the same as non-Muslims, but perhaps the true question is this: if Muslims are not prepared to change to accommodate our ways (such as …
