Posts by cofty

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What The Fossils Say

by cofty in

the old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.

if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.

the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.

The old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record. If I remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table. The reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life. One of my personal favourites is the succession of species, discovered in Pakistan, that are the ancestors of modern whales.

Donald Prothero, one of the world's leading paleontologists, put the record straight in his 2007 book Evolution; What the Fossils Say and why it Matters. I highly recommend the book but if you prefer there is an opportunity to listen to a talk he gave about some of the evidence.

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I’m Really Digging The Queen!

by minimus in

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at 95 , queen elizabeth is one sharp lady.

she lauded those people that helped break up a terrorist attack.

she didn’t take any crap from prince andrew and told him to take a hike.

cofty

Her Majesty is outstanding. 67 years of service!

She won't retire. She sees her work as a sacred duty.

When I was younger I was anti-royalist but then I grew up. The monarchy is an important focus for national unity. We Brits can hate our government and still feel patriotic.

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What REALLY defines a person as being anti-Semitic?

by The Fall Guy in

does criticism or opposition to the israeli government's zionist agenda legitimately constitute someone being branded as an anti-semite?.

is it this definition which is actually being targetted at certain members of the labour party?

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cofty

Xanthippe - also recommend Dangerous Hero by Tom Bower and for a more general insight into how the left lost its way, including the origins of antisemitism and why Noam Chomsky is vacuous, What's Left by Nick Cohen

ETA - Bower does not cite any sources. From the amount of detail of private conversations he shares he clearly has one or more unnamed sources close to Corbyn's inner circle. He obviously trusts them otherwise they will sue him and he is too experienced a political journalist for that. Spoiler - Corbyn's first wife says he never read a book during his entire marriage. His favourite hobby was drinking with like-minded friends and singing Irish Republican songs.

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What REALLY defines a person as being anti-Semitic?

by The Fall Guy in

does criticism or opposition to the israeli government's zionist agenda legitimately constitute someone being branded as an anti-semite?.

is it this definition which is actually being targetted at certain members of the labour party?

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cofty

Anti-Semitism in the British Labour party goes way beyond criticism of Israel's foreign policy.

It is a deep-seated poison going back many decades in the left wing of the party that has been unleashed by the rise of Jeremy Corbyn and his grassroots organisation Momentum.

Mostly it is revealed on social media but frequently spills out into the real world. There are literally thousands of examples.

Corbyn is personally anti-Semitic of this I have no doubt.

He does not think that anti-Semitism is racist since in his mind racism is only possible towards weaker groups.

See 'The Lefts Jewish Problem' by David Rich for a thorough account of the history and depth of this issue and for evidence of Corbyn's personal culpability.

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Gangs brawl in a Birmingham Cinema UK

by punkofnice in

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10409135/birmingham-star-city-fight-evacuated-blue-story-gang/.

i don't normally bother with the gutter press, but this was interesting.. what they didn't show was that the faces of the kids, probably due to their age.. i saw the picture before it was pixelled out.

interesting that the kids with the machettes looked like members of the religion of peace.. just sayin'.. interesting to see what low life scum the film was about.. good grief, can't the jobos be right and armageddon(tm) come?.

cofty

24 violent incidents in VUE venues in one day all around England. I submit this is just what happens when wannabe little gangsters encounter each other.

Solution?

How would I know?

There is a cultural norm in the black community of kids with absent fathers running feral and joining gangs to make fast drugs money because stuff like studying at school and learning a trade isn't cool.

I think part of the solution is zero tolerance by police and local communities.

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Gangs brawl in a Birmingham Cinema UK

by punkofnice in

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10409135/birmingham-star-city-fight-evacuated-blue-story-gang/.

i don't normally bother with the gutter press, but this was interesting.. what they didn't show was that the faces of the kids, probably due to their age.. i saw the picture before it was pixelled out.

interesting that the kids with the machettes looked like members of the religion of peace.. just sayin'.. interesting to see what low life scum the film was about.. good grief, can't the jobos be right and armageddon(tm) come?.

cofty

Machetes in a cinema foyer in the middle of an afternoon. 44,000 knife crimes in one year (not including Manchester). 285 fatal stabbings in London. That's new.

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Gangs brawl in a Birmingham Cinema UK

by punkofnice in

jw
friends

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10409135/birmingham-star-city-fight-evacuated-blue-story-gang/.

i don't normally bother with the gutter press, but this was interesting.. what they didn't show was that the faces of the kids, probably due to their age.. i saw the picture before it was pixelled out.

interesting that the kids with the machettes looked like members of the religion of peace.. just sayin'.. interesting to see what low life scum the film was about.. good grief, can't the jobos be right and armageddon(tm) come?.

cofty

I have no reason to think that they are Muslim youths or immigrants. They are little wannabe gangstas imitating their American anti heroes.

The irony is that the message of the film was against gang culture. VUE reported 24 violent incidents in their cinemas around the UK before they took the decision to take the film off their listings.

I despair for the next generation of the black community.

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'Evolution' definition can include 'origin of life'

by hooberus in

the popular berkeley evolution site (while responding to the misconception that evolution is just "a theory about the origin of life" does state:.

"evolutionary theory does encompass ideas and evidence regarding life's origins (e.g., whether or not it happened near a deep-sea vent, which organic molecules came first, etc.

), but this is not the central focus of evolutionary theory.

cofty

Sea Breeze - That is load of vacuous nonsense!

Critiques of this position have constructed models using the rate of mutations and the age of life on earth to show that chance could not have been the cause.

I could construct a model to show absolutely any crazy proposition you wish to mention.

Bullshit in --- > Bullshit out.

Models of this sort are shown to be wrong by the hard evidence of paleontology and genetics that prove the fact of evolution. The models are constructed by religiously motivated ideologues who don't understand the subject they are criticising.

Literally nobody cares that zillions of Muslim and fundy-xtian surgeons, dentists, high school teachers, and homeopaths reject the foundation of biology. Your list of dissenting organisations is hilarious by the way.

Why do so many ex-JWs have so much trouble getting over creationism?

Evolution is a Fact...

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'Evolution' definition can include 'origin of life'

by hooberus in

the popular berkeley evolution site (while responding to the misconception that evolution is just "a theory about the origin of life" does state:.

"evolutionary theory does encompass ideas and evidence regarding life's origins (e.g., whether or not it happened near a deep-sea vent, which organic molecules came first, etc.

), but this is not the central focus of evolutionary theory.

cofty

I agree. The definition of evolution can include how life began, but how different disciplines of science agree to divide up the workload adds up to nothing more than a semantic debate.

Every species - including the 99.9% of species that have gone extinct - descended over millions of years by unguided evolution using processes including but not limited to natural selection.

That process got started after geochemistry gave rise to biochemistry - a process known as abiogenesis. This happened amazingly quickly after the earth formed but it was not until the arise of eukaryotic cells that complex life got going. It is possible that bacterial life will turn out to be very common in our galaxy but life of the sort we are familiar with might be unique to earth.

You can read about this amazing event known as endosymbiosis here...

The relationship between species is investigated by biologists, geneticists and paleontologists among others. Abiogenesis is mostly the domain of chemistry and bioenergetics.

Creationists always want to deflect from the overwhelming evidence for evolution - post Cambrian explosion in particular - by demanding a detailed explanation of abiogenesis. The Watchtower does this every time it addresses the subject.

Evolution is a fact...

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Prince Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein, WTF

by Simon in

in fact, several "wtf"s, not least - why were you visiting a convicted pedophile after his release from prison, never-mind having any contact with him in the first place when his preoclivities seemed to be an open secret.. and the best he can some up with is "i don't remember"?

you don't remember?

there's a fucking photo of you with one of the victims and accessories to the crimes you dumb fuck!.

cofty

No confused-one that won't do. This is a discussion forum. You made wild allegations and I called bullshit - you don't get to run away so easy.

What is your proof that that the Queen and Prince Phillip conspired to abduct 10 children and that Prince Charles was part of a pedophile ring led by Jimmy Saville?

Perhaps you share David Ike's belief that the royal family are also lizards in disguise? Check it out it's all on the internet.