Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Another example of HMG refusing to follow the evidence

Prof David Colquhoun's written memo to the Science and Technology committee. HMG ignored evidence & let the NHS go for the snake oil. Read more →

..and I thought The Sun couldn't get worse

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Lock Katrine

On our visit to Scotland, Loch Katrine became a favourite. It's the Lake in Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake. The weather wasn't great. This, believe it or not, is a colour photograph. 12th August 2010. I've just found... Read more →

Thought for the Day- 15th November 2009

"For decades, pharmaceutical heroine was prescribed by doctors to patients who had become addicted after operations, particularly soldiers who had undergone battlefield surgery.They spent years on a legal supply: it did them no damage, and they led healthy, fruitful lives.... Read more →

Thought for the Day-13th November 2009

'Apart from logical cogency, there is to me something a little odd about the ethical valuations of those who think that an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent Deity, after preparing the ground by many millions of years of lifeless nebulae, would... Read more →

Christianity and the Death Penalty-US Style.

As I write this, John Allen Muhammed is awaiting death in a Virgina jail. He will be killed by lethal injection. He will be given a series of three injections. According to Wikipedia they are : 1 Sodium thiopental: ultra-short... Read more →