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First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

The Star Trek hype? It?s illogical, captain.

In the ranks of the sci-fi fandom, Trekkies stand somewhat apart â a mysterious acne-ridden world unto their own.While other franchises may attract their fair share of obsessives, Star Trek has managed to spawn a veritable, exclusive cult â complete with ... [Published Spiked Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Star Trek, John Harrison, Spock Inc, Enterprise

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Syria and the myths of WMD

Support for imperialist interventions used to be mustered in terms of nationalism and national interests. But over the past couple of decades, the terms have shifted. Today, Western states are far more likely to solicit support for a foreign venture in ... [Published Spiked Online - May 15 2013]

Entities: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Chemical Weapon, Dirty Bombs, Terrorists, Syria

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

What?s so liberal about rehabilitation?

Last week, the UK justice secretary, Chris Grayling, announced his plan to reduce reoffending: private companies and charities will be invited to âsuperviseâ offenders for 12 months following their release from prison.While it is not entirely clear what ... [Published Spiked Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Rehabilitation, prison, Chris Grayling

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Koninklijke DSM NV

Our brains aren?t moulded by abuse

Even before its official publication later this month, the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Associationâs Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has generated a war of words between the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry. ... [Published Spiked Online - May 15 2013]

Entities: Abuse, Koninklijke DSM NV, Oliver James, encephalopathy

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

We absolutely support the right to choose

Since 1995, I have had the extraordinary experience of serving as president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, now newly named . Several years ago, we decided to take a fresh look at how our organisation is perceived by our members ... [Published Spiked Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: Abortion, Willie Parker, Ann Furedi, Health Care, British Pregnancy Advisory Service

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Cleveland kidnappings: putting the poor on trial

âHa!â The ladies at the nail salon are snorting with derision. A news anchor on the TV is describing how Ariel Castro, the man who imprisoned Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in his Cleveland home for a decade, excused his actions on the ... [Published Spiked Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: Cleveland (New York, United States), Kidnapping, Amanda Berry, Bill Maher, Cleveland (Ohio, United States)

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The baby-boomer death cult

Euthanasia claimed its most famous victim last Saturday. At the age of 95, Belgian Nobel laureate Christian de Duve was killed with a lethal injection. He died in his home, surrounded by his four children.He had planned his death for weeks and even and ... [Published Spiked Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: Euthanasia, Terminally Ill, Belgium, Nobel Laureate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

The Queen?s Speech and the blanket bans

The debate following the Queenâs Speech last Wednesday, which set out the UK Lib-Con coalition governmentâs legislative plans for the coming year, focused mainly on new immigration rules and the absence of legislation on standardised packaging for cigarettes ... [Published Spiked Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: Zoning, Consul, Injunction

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Naff is fine... so long as it?s funny

We are, I am told, in the midst of generational civil war, with the baby-boomers and Generation X-ers apparently declaring all-out war on the youth of today and tomorrow through their greedy self-interested politics. If this is the case, then British ... [Published Spiked Online - May 10 2013]

Entities: Ben Elton, Mary Whitehouse, Joe Orton, Move For

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

The new EU directive: quit smoking or die

New rules from Brussels effectively banning low-risk alternatives to cigarettes, like e-cigs, will cost lives.Rob LyonsIn December 2012, the EU’s executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), ... [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: Nicotine, Snus, Smoking, Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Defending the right to mock JM Keynes

y on earth is historian Niall Ferguson being dragged over the coals for having a pop at a dead economist?Tim BlackI’ll tell you what is really shocking about Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor of history, author of countless forgettable books, and sometime ... [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: Niall Ferguson, Ben Summerskill, Anti-Gay, Homosexuality

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

The phoney border war over immigration

e fallout from the Queen’s Speech confirms that today neither right nor left views immigrants as real, breathing human beings.Brendan O’NeillThe fuss that followed yesterday’s Queen’s Speech reveals what a weird turn the debate about immigration has taken. ... [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: Immigration, David Cameron, European Union, Hypocrisy

Quotes

...the term abuse has shifted so much it has no relevance when tested,one persons abuse that lingers forever into adulthood is another persons " iâve had a bad day, deal with it and move on iâm bigger than this" or "donât let the bastards get you down"

Our brains aren?t moulded by abuse [Published Spiked Online - May 15 2013]

...The delegates were strongly in favour of contributory insurance: they were contemptuous of "dodgers", of the "very poor" and of "the type of person who will not join a Friendly Society" , and to the surprise of Beveridge and his committee the leaders of the delegation favoured the withdrawal of public assistance from the wives and children...

One cheer for Labour?s new welfare policy [Published Spiked Online - Apr 09 2013]

...âJust three weeks agoâ, read one report, âshe appeared to support an apparent assault, saying: "I donât condone violence but im so pleased that my brother thumped the fat little fuck." â Certainly, a less-than-diplomatic outburst from Ms Brown aged 17, but worth exposing in a national newspaper?

Asking a teenager to do an adult?s job [Published Spiked Online - Apr 08 2013]

...Another friend told a newspaper that the court case had ruined him: âHe talked about suicide. He would say to me: "Itâs all over, itâs all finished, thereâs no point in anything â the best thing that could happen to me is that I have a heart attack." â

Boris Berezovsky and the Evil Empire nostalgists [Published Spiked Online - Mar 25 2013]

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The Star Trek hype? It?s illogical, captain. [Published Spiked Online - May 17 2013]
What?s so liberal about rehabilitation? [Published Spiked Online - May 16 2013]
Our brains aren?t moulded by abuse [Published Spiked Online - May 15 2013]
Syria and the myths of WMD [Published Spiked Online - May 15 2013]
We absolutely support the right to choose [Published Spiked Online - May 14 2013]
Cleveland kidnappings: putting the poor on trial [Published Spiked Online - May 14 2013]
The Queen?s Speech and the blanket bans [Published Spiked Online - May 13 2013]
The baby-boomer death cult [Published Spiked Online - May 13 2013]
Naff is fine... so long as it?s funny [Published Spiked Online - May 10 2013]
The phoney border war over immigration [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]
Defending the right to mock JM Keynes [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]
The new EU directive: quit smoking or die [Published Spiked Online - May 09 2013]
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