2024-04-17 22:40
Mariupol, on the Azov Sea coast, was one of the first cities to suffer almost complete destruction after the start of the Ukraine War started in late February 2022. We remember the scenes o… Read More
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2024-03-31 02:54
Fact-Checkers’ personal biases will often lead to presenting fake news as factual, or facts as fake news. Image credit: “The Psychology of Fact-Checking.”
I like this comme… Read More
2024-03-15 08:39
Anybody following the situation in Ukraine and Russia would probably have been amused by a recent Tweet on X
NATO seems to be putting in an awful lot of effort to influence what is, a… Read More
2024-02-06 20:37
Why I'm interviewing Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/hqvXUZqvHX
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 6, 2024
So it appears that the well-known US journalist Tucker Carlson wil… Read More
2024-01-13 07:56
Journalist Alex Rubinstein received this handwritten note from Gonzalo Lira on January 4th.
Very sad today to hear of the death of Gonzalo Lira, who was being held in prison in Ukraine… Read More
2023-09-26 04:18
Canada is in uproar after the exposure that its parliament on September 22 provided a standing ovation to a Nazi veteran who had been invited into the chamber to participate in the parliame… Read More
2023-08-09 23:28
It’s a heartfelt plea. But I know it might be provocative to some people – both people who support Ukraine and people who oppose Ukraine.
But, come on, posts like this are meant… Read More
2023-08-05 20:13
Another excellent interview with Alexander Mercouris (the first part was posted in my article All governments lie – so does the media. Who should you trust?). He gives a good his… Read More
2023-08-02 09:24
A great interview with Alexander Mercouris whose video channels have a large following. His daily analysis of current geopolitics is invaluable.
I fully endorse his approach – one sho… Read More
2023-07-10 05:32
The Military Summary Channel is a reliable source of information on the war in Ukraine.
So much disinformation about the war in Ukraine is promoted by the mainstream media that it simply is… Read More
2023-07-03 05:30
I found the reaction of various internet personalities to the Wanger attempted mutiny in Russia entertaining. So many people letting their biases show – indulging in confirmation bias… Read More
2023-06-05 08:47
Interesting speech by Rowan Atkinson where he defends free speech.
Timely too, as several countries are now facing the introduction of legislation which will be used to attack freedom of sp… Read More
2023-04-26 04:24
I heard this lovely statement by Andrei Martyanov recently – “reality is interesting but it bites.” In a recent Youtube programme, Ray McGovern produced a similar statemen… Read More
2023-04-03 08:47
Here is an interesting video of a talk about disinformation given by Radio host and media personality Garland Nixon to the Center for Political Innovations “Summit Against Hypocrisy&r&helli…Read More
2023-03-31 03:13
Image Credit: Nord Stream operator decries ‘unprecedented’ damage to three pipelines
The recent vote on the draft Security Council resolution seeking to establish an independent… Read More
2023-03-22 04:34
The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue war crimes arrest warrants for the Russian President and the Russia Children Ombudsman may have been welcomed by the ideologic… Read More
2023-01-25 19:10
A very informative video discussion: Are we getting the whole story about Ukraine? | Robert Wright & Ivan Katchanovski
Getting objective information on the situation in Ukraine and the… Read More
2023-01-19 22:10
I warned about the trap of virtue signaling in my article Virtue signaling over Ukraine. This video is still relevant – but have we moved on since then?
The Russian invasion of Ukra… Read More
2023-01-01 22:31
Activists of various nationalist parties carry torches during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The rally was organized to mark the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, found… Read More
2022-12-07 01:32
Of a possible 55 heads of state, only four made time to join a virtual address delivered by the African Union Assembly on June 20 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Source: Ghana Web… Read More
2022-12-04 04:52
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Behind him is Bandera, the Nazi who organized the Volyn massacre, in the first week this bastard executed 15… Read More
2022-11-20 07:58
A temporary tent camp set up for Ukrainian refugees in Donetsk, in Russia’s Rostov region near the Russian-Ukrainian border, June 22, 2014 (Reuters/Eduard Korniyenko). Source: How Unr… Read More
2022-11-06 04:22
Ukrainian veterans of the Azov Battalion, formed by a white supremacist and banned from receiving U.S. aid, attend a rally in Kyiv on March 14, 2020. Source “Ukraine’s Nazi probl… Read More
2022-09-12 00:06
SLOVYANSK, UKRAINE – APRIL14: Ukrainian troops ride tanks on the way toward Slavyansk on April 14, 2014 in Ukraine. Tension has been rising in Ukraine, with pro-Russian activists occup… Read More
2022-08-19 03:55
Maria was a Russian who fiercely opposed the invasion of Ukraine. She was adamant it was wrong, and she had no hostility towards the Ukrainian people. As she said, like most Russians she sa… Read More
2022-08-10 04:48
Our media insists on telling us that Ukraine is a unified country suffering aggression from its neighbour the Russian Federation. But it is hardly unified. A violent civil war has raged the… Read More
2022-08-07 04:54
The Wagner Group is a private military company – effectively mercenaries. It has been used for the military activity of the Russian Federation in various parts of the world. Currently… Read More
2022-07-30 04:15
After the incredibly sad story about the deaths of over 50 Ukrainian POWs in a Ukrainian missile attack on the prison they were housed in (see Over 50 POWs killed. A military accident or a… Read More
2022-07-29 23:27
British mercenary Aiden Aslin, now a prisoner in the Donetsk People’s Republic, expressed real concern that he may die from the Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk. He has experienced many… Read More
2022-07-27 23:02
Ukrainian operation to steal Russian military aircraft exposed [English edit]
Representatives of the Ukrainian special services offered up to $2 million for hijacking Russian military aircr… Read More
2022-07-21 01:18
One of the results of the current partisanship and ideological motivation of the mainstream media is that the old journalistic skills of objective research and basing articles on evidence h… Read More
2022-07-18 22:45
The well-known, and well-respected, international journalist John Pilger describes the war between Ukraine and Russia as “above all, a war of propaganda.”
He says that… Read More
2022-07-10 01:26
The war in Ukraine is dragging on and many people have lost interest in it. But those who want to follow the progress of the war, and possibly speculate on how it will finish, must find it h… Read More
2022-06-26 23:44
A rare exposure in Western media of the fact that many residents of the Donbass prefer Russian rule to Ukrainian ultranationalist rule.
I don’t know why anyone would take… Read More
2022-06-01 05:41
People should think for themselves. Peter Hitchens says “Not since the wild frenzy after the death of Princess Diana have I ever met such a wave of ignorant sentiment. Nobody knows an… Read More
2022-05-29 20:53
I posted a video of UK soldier Aiden Aslin’s the testimony my article British volunteer soldier in Ukraine tells his story
Unfortunately, YouTube censored that video and it is no… Read More
2022-05-23 23:32
Some defenders of Ukrainian neo-Nazis claim Nashi is a Russian neo-Nazi group or at least links the Kremlin to a neo-Nazi subculture. Image credit: Wikipedia
Moving on in my critique of the… Read More
2022-05-23 03:31
Some people are still in the denial stage regarding the presence and role of neo-Nazis in Ukraine. OK, I can understand how people who don’t know the history behind this current war a… Read More
2022-05-21 22:52
This post is a response to a request from Peter Baillie. I don’t know him from Adam and I suspect he was attempting sarcasm but I offered to give him a response. I would welcome any co… Read More
2022-05-05 20:34
Israeli news media and politicians often complain about the activity of neo-Nazis in Ukraine. “Activists and supporters of Ukrainian nationalist parties hold torches as they take part… Read More
2022-05-02 05:36
The Author of this Dorset Eye article, Ukraine – a beginner’s guide, says:
“In 2014, the journalist and writer John Pilger wrote an article for The Guardian newspaper enti… Read More
2022-04-30 21:23
2022 is turning out to be a crap year – George Orwell would have been shocked. I guess reality is always different to predictions.
Wars, economic and financial mayhem, and widespread… Read More
2022-04-28 09:21
Obviously not true for everyone. But it is amazing how many people take up a strong, emotional stance on the war in Ukraine despite being completely ignorant about what has been happening t… Read More
2022-04-22 20:08
It’s a truism that the first casualty in war is the truth. But a close second is rational thought. We face this now where partisanship, wishful thinking and disinformation dominate wh… Read More
2022-04-21 09:42
OK, this is a bit controversial as it is an interview of a surrendered combatant. Mind you he did personally ask for the interview (and specifically asked that fellow Brit Graham Phillips c… Read More
2022-04-18 20:47
I have always been opposed to virtue-signalling. It seems an easy way of supporting the current narrative and opposing any thoughtful opposition to it. And it does not require any exertion… Read More
2021-10-20 20:04
Image credit: Cherry-picking data – don’t get fooled by misleading statistics
It’s easy to find studies that confirm ones own bias on health issues. But cherry-picking suc… Read More
2021-08-31 22:41
Sadly, this will be my last post of NZ blog rankings.
I have been doing this for quite a while and it will be sad to let it go. Many might say that blogs are no longer as important as the… Read More
2021-08-01 00:40
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I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your blog is unexpe… Read More
2021-07-01 01:38
Image credit: Why science blogging still matters
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If… Read More
2021-06-17 23:15
FFNZ spreads misinformation about the NZ fluoridation review – yet again
New Zealand opponents of community water fluoridation (CWF) are at it again. Their only response to the recent… Read More
2021-06-14 23:13
Image credit: Why Ideology and Science Don’t Mix
Opponents of community water fluoridation (CWF) should be supporting the proposed fluoridation legislation instead of organising oppos… Read More
2021-06-05 09:21
Image credit: Kurt:S/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).
An updated New Zealand scientific review of community water fluoridation (CWF) finds that CWF in New Zealand is safe and effective. The ne… Read More
2021-05-31 22:21
Image credit: How to Start a Successful Blog in 2021
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered… Read More
2021-05-27 07:28
Anti-fluoride activists claims of fluoridation chemicals being laced with toxic metals just do not stand up to scrutiny
Anti-fluoridation activists claim fluoridation adds toxic heavy metal… Read More
2021-04-30 20:57
Image credit: Blog Writing For Business NZI notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your bl… Read More
2021-04-26 06:08
Room for cherry-picking to confirm a bias. Separate Swedish studies report that fluoride can either prevent or promote the risk of hip fracture in the elderly. Image credit: Are hip fractu… Read More
2021-03-31 20:07
Image credit: What is the best way to get free traffic to my blog?I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog forma… Read More
2021-03-23 06:00
Image credit: How to Effectively Share Your Knowledge
Paul Connett and Vyvyan Howard have, through the local Fluoride Free New Zealand activist group, published an open letter addressed to N… Read More
2021-02-28 22:49
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I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your blog is… Read More
2021-02-26 02:15
Image credit: Quick Data Lessons: Data Dredging
Oh dear – another scientific paper claiming evidence of toxic effects from fluoridation. But a critical look at the paper shows ev… Read More
2021-02-17 05:51
I posted this video four years ago – but repost it now because the message is still very valid (see Are you really right? and Warriors, scouts, Trump’s election and your n… Read More
2021-02-11 02:40
We have come to expect exaggeration of scientific findings in media reports and institutional press releases. But it can also be a problem is original scientific publications where findings… Read More
2021-02-03 21:07
Image credit: Correlation, Causation, and Their Impact on AB Testing
Correlation is never evidence for causation – but, unfortunately, many scientific articles imply that… Read More
2021-02-01 21:45
Image credit: Museum collections as research data
Studies based simply on statistically significant relationships found by mining data from large databases are a big problem in the scient… Read More
2021-02-01 02:40
Image credit: New Zealand Privacy Act 2020: standout features, fines and global comparisons
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happe… Read More
2021-01-28 19:00
We should be very careful about naively accepting claims made by the mainstream media – but this is also true of scientific claims. We should approach them intelligently and critical a… Read More
2020-12-31 23:21
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your blog is unexpectedly missing or the number… Read More
2020-12-06 06:21
Activists, and unfortunately many scientists, use published scientific reports like a drunk uses a lamppost – more for support than illumination
Uncritical use of science to support a… Read More
2020-12-01 01:30
Image credit: Blogging for business: Your questions answered
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog fo… Read More
2020-11-01 01:09
Image credit: The WordPress Community Experiment: The Answers!
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the b… Read More
2020-10-20 00:36
In my time as a scientific researcher, honest scientists used to condemn colleagues who over-hyped their science. To our mind there should have been a special place in hell for scientists wh… Read More
2020-09-30 22:06
Image credit: How To Write High-Quality Blog Posts For Search Engines and Readers
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally wh… Read More
2020-09-01 04:08
Image credit: 12 Reasons Your Business Blog Is Failing
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is… Read More
2020-08-01 23:53
Our health professionals do an amazing job. Image credit: Wikipedia – Cardiac surgery.
Finally, I have got back to these rankings. A long period in hospital and computer problems… Read More
2020-07-29 05:33
Most of the claims made by anti-fluoride propagandists are simply wrong. Image source: Fluoridation and the ‘sciency’ facts of critics
Anti-fluoride propagandists continually cit… Read More
2020-07-20 04:44
Readers may remember the scathing reaction of anti-fluoride campaigners to the paper of Broadbent et al (2015). This was the first paper to compare child and adult IQ levels for people livi… Read More
2020-07-19 05:34
Anti-fluoride activists love to point out that people living in endemic fluorosis areas in countries like China suffer all sorts of health problems, including lower IQ. But studies of these… Read More
2020-07-15 22:20
Activists like ant-fluoride and anti-vaccination propagandists are very selective about the studies they promote. But their bias often means they get even these ones wrong. FAN’s 65 br… Read More
2020-07-01 22:33
Unfortunately, due to a medical emergency, I have landed in hospital so am not able to do a current update on the NZ blog statistics.
Let’s hope I can get back to this in good time Read More
2020-06-03 22:12
Another study comparing effect in children from nonendemic areas (Dagang) and endemic fluorosis area (Jinghai) about 80km apart in the Tianjin area of China. Hardly sampling the same popula… Read More
2020-05-31 22:37
Image credit: Writing an Article vs. Writing a Blog Post: What’s the Difference?
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidental… Read More
2020-05-24 22:46
age credit: Science and Politics – Skeptically.org
It seems impossible to keep politics out of science. It’s a pity because politics can end up forcing science to produce the res… Read More
2020-05-19 21:06
Children used in this study were from Lintingkou town (a normal-fluoride/control area) and Dakoutun town (a high-fluoride area) in Baodi district of Tianjin, China. The towns are 25 km apart… Read More
2020-05-13 19:21
Anti-fluoride activists claim that water fluoridation causes nine cancer proved wrong, yet again. Image credit: Four myths about water fluoridation and why they’re wrong
A new study co… Read More
2020-05-11 06:29
Proper consideration of the best science shows community water fluoridation does not have a negative effect on child IQ. Image credit: Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com
A new extensive review… Read More
2020-05-01 01:58
Image credit: What Is The Difference Between Blogs And Landing Pages?
I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog f… Read More
2020-04-22 21:00
Despite Paul Connett’s claim that one only has to read four studies, anti-fluoride campaigners waste so much time promoting irrelevant studies to support there claims one could say the… Read More
2020-04-22 00:23
Anti-fluoride activists like Paul Connett often distort scientific findings and misrepresent studies. Authors should not give him a free pass and should expose such misinformation about thei… Read More
2020-04-09 21:00
A Fluoride Action Network (FAN) propaganda video where Paul Connett urges listeners to consider only four studies when considering the possible harmful effects of fluoridation.
Paul Connett… Read More
2020-04-08 21:00
The anti-fluoride movement wants to restrict your reading to “just four studies.” They actively ignore or attempt to discredit other relevant studies. Image credit: Censorship in… Read More
2020-04-07 21:00
Paul Connet, head of the anti-fluoride propaganda group, Fluoride Action Network, claims that the IQ of children bottle-fed in fluoridated areas drops by 9 points. But he misrepresented the… Read More
2020-04-06 21:00
Connett promotes Riddell et al (2019) as one of the only four studies one needs to read about fluoridation. But he misunderstands and misrepresents the findings of this study. Image credit:… Read More
2020-04-05 21:00
Paul Connett is putting all his eggs in one basket. He says “you only have to read four studies” to find community after fluoridation harmful. Image credit: Fluoride Ac… Read More
2020-04-05 04:07
This is the advice from the very top of the anti-fluoride movement – Paul Connett, director of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Don’t worry about reading up on all the s… Read More
2020-03-31 22:00
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I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered… Read More
2020-03-16 04:57
Anti-fluoride activists are continually citing scientific studies from areas of endemic fluorosis where dietary F intake is very high in their propaganda against community water fluoridatio… Read More
2020-03-12 00:04
The US National Academies of Science (NAS) found the National Toxicity Programme’s (NTP) conclusion in their recent draft report that fluoride is neurotoxic was not supported by the r… Read More
2020-03-09 00:52
Image credit: Assessing and addressing bias in systematic reviews
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN), in the last decade, paid for translation of a lot of Chinese-language scientific pa… Read More
2020-03-07 01:08
Anti-fluoride campaigners have made the classic mistake of promoting claims based on a draft report. Now peer reviewers have found the claim unjustified and the report will be rewritten. But… Read More
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