The Myth of Overpopulation
This has been a personal bugbear of mine since I grew old enough to detect subtext, but long before I could articulate exactly why: The pervasive and destructive idea...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #9: Is the vaccine safe?
So - is the vaccine safe? The only rational answer is "we don't know". In the final analysis, you have to ask yourself a simple question: Do you feel...
This Week in the Guardian #18
Every week we like to highlight three or four stories that go full-Guardian, but don’t require an entire article of refutation. We encourage reader-participation here, so if you come...
WATCH: Trump’s Censored Speech
On Wednesday, December 2nd Donald Trump – the sitting President of the United State of America – released a 46 minute recorded speech. In an alarming display of co-ordinated...
5 Burning Questions About the New Covid Vaccine
With the newest phase in the Covid19 roll-out set to begin, it's time we addressed the five biggest questions about this vaccine, its effectiveness, its safety and whether or...
EHRC “Youth Climate Case” could see courts forcing policy on nation-states
Kit Knightly
The European Court of Human Rights is prepping to hear a civil case brought against the governments of 33 European nations by six teenage “climate activists”. The six youth...
Portuguese Court Rules PCR Tests “Unreliable” & Quarantines “Unlawful”
An appeals court in Portugal has ruled that the PCR process is not a reliable test for Sars-Cov-2, and therefore any enforced quarantine based on those test results is...
Anti-Lockdown Protests All Across Europe
Increasingly draconian lockdown measures, economic destitution, and sweeping police powers are evaporating public trust and eroding public patience.
6 Factors Which Point to a Rigged Election
Kit Knightly
With one voice the mainstream media - and the entire political establishment - denounce these claims as "baseless", and scream there is "no evidence". This is incorrect. There is...
A Biden Adminstration Makes the Lessons of WWI Newly Relevant
Whatever Trump may be, there's no denying he's been the least militarily aggressive president in recent memory. For the first time in nearly 40 years, a President did not...
This Week in the Guardian #17
Every week we like to highlight three or four stories that go full-Guardian, but don’t require an entire article of refutation. We encourage reader-participation here, so if you come...
Censoring Donald Trump is more “dangerous to democracy” than anything he could ever say
Whoever emerges from this deluge of sludge, fraud and propaganda to become president of the United States, there has undoubtedly already been one big loser - freedom of speech.
Covid19: British Army to Begin Testing Children Without Parental Consent
This is one scheme at one school for now, but there's no reason to assume it will stay that way. The only way to guarantee it doesn't spread is...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #8: “New daily cases” and the second wave
Just because Person A got tested on Monday, and Person B on a Tuesday does not mean B is a newer case than A. We don't have any idea...
OffG Recommends….V for Vendetta
"OffG Recommends" is a new series we'll be putting out intermittently commenting on books, film, television or other arts and entertainment. This November 5th OffG heartily recommends V for...
Reality Check – THAT Mural is Not Antisemitic
Now "Labour Antisemitism" is back in the headlines thanks to the predictably biased nonsense in the EHRC report. The hacks at the Guardian have dug out this mural again,...
QAnon & Censorship: Facebook Lying About OffG…again
You have to protect all speech, not because everything is worth saying, but because you need to keep the power to silence people out of the hands of those...
Facebook labels 2+2=4 “misinformation”
Health Feedback deliberately and cynically lied about the claim, and then linked to second-hand sources to cover up that lie. Is this "fact-checking"? Or is that manipulation and obfuscation? Who is...
This Week in the Guardian #15
Every now and then (it used to be weekly, but then a pandemic happened) we like to highlight three or four stories that go full-Guardian, but don’t require an...
Moon of Alabama – It’s time to say goodbye
Moon of Alabama, has taken it upon himself to “fact-check” one of our many Covid-related articles. It was done without informing us of his intent, or indeed offering us...