In this full session from our archive, Christopher Hitchens and professor Richard Dawkins came to Intelligence Squared in 2007 alongside a panel of other guests to debate if we would be better off without religion. For the motion sits Christopher Hitchens, professor Richard Dawkins and A. C. Grayling. Whilst opposing the motion sits Nigel Spivey, rabbi Julie Neuberger and Roger Scruton. Intelligence Squared has established itself as the leading forum for live, agenda-setting debates, talks and discussions around the world. Our aim is to promote a global conversation that enables people to make informed decisions about the issues that matter, in the company of the world's greatest minds and orators. 3:10 - Christopher Hitchens 16:51 - Nigel Spivey 26:46 - Richard Dawkins One of the comments: If it weren't religion, humans would find other reasons to control and punish others. It is convenient for us to blame the wishes of deity when we treat others badly. [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIR7_X-ahy4)

Just so people know. Its NOT real. People were replaced with cats for a [commercial]( https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/10/29/tsr-moos-skydiving-cats-controversy.cnn)

Wayne Brown CENTER-RIGHT wins Ak Mayor. Haha, this win has really upset the globalists: First we have Souxie Wiles ""We need a Mayor who reflects our vibrant city & has transformational ideas that deal with climate change & the other challenges we face. Instead, we've got Wayne Brown," Dr Wiles wrote on Twitter." Yes Souxie ... INFRASTRUCTURE COMES BEFORE YOUR BS CLIMATE AGENDA AND NONSENSE BEUATIFICATION SPENDING. Then we have Adrienne Young-Cooper from Auckland Transport who has spat the dummy and resigned - good move Adrienne, looks better that way to quit than to be replaced for doing a lousy job ..and ya cant blame your pathetic work ethics and that state of our roads on "covid". They were falling apart with shoddy workmanship well before covid! Interesting that only 40% of eligible voters voted so they are going to be doing an independent enquiry .. into what exactly??? People didnt vote because we dont knwo who to trust anymore, let alone if the voting is even rigged or legit anymore! --- Aside from Wayne Brown taking the mayoral office with an almost 55,000 vote lead in the provisional results, a number of wards around the city have thrown out the incumbent in favour of a new face. There will be seven of those new faces around the governing body table in this new term, although some, such as Howick's Maurice Williamson and Waitemāta's Mike Lee, are political veterans returning from brief sojourns out of the halls of power. Although new Manukau councillor Lotu Fuli, replacing defeated mayoral candidate Efeso Collins, is a Labour candidate, the other new blood is decidedly more towards the centre-right. New governing body members Andy Baker, Maurice Williamson, Ken Turner, Mike Lee and Wayne Brown all represent a shift away from the Labour status quo, leaving council chambers with only six bonafide Labour candidates. Perhaps one of the biggest upsets of the day was independent Mike Lee taking his old Waitematā chair back from Pippa Coom. The seat was decided with a margin of 1257 votes in the provisional results, with Lee taking almost exactly half of the vote. Lee was delighted to have his old seat back, and spoke about being right there with the new mayor when it came to doing some extreme forensic accounting at council. "Too much power, and not enough accountability," Lee said speaking yesterday evening, on his way to Brown's celebration in Ponsonby to congratulate him. Lee said his first priority would be to get books open at council and arrange an audit of spending. "Auckland's finances are in a very bad way," he said. "And I think in all of the book-opening, Auckland Transport should definitely be prioritised." He said with a new governing body and a mayor that had run on a platform of council reform, there was a good chance the new council would be able to effect some change. Another big change is in the central Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward, where centre-left councillor Catherine Casey has held an assured seat for the lifespan of the Super City. Her retirement this year has left a space open for a newcomer to join C&R's Christine Fletcher. But while the left produced candidates like Julie Fairey and Red Tsounga, who each picked up respectable chunks of the vote, the freshly vacated seat was given to C&R's Will McKenzie. He was ahead of Fairey by a tiny 286 votes in the provisional results, however, which means as special votes are counted there is a chance things could change. However, in Franklin, local board chair Andy Baker beat former All Black Keven Mealamu by a comfortable margin of 3641, suggesting that for this term, Baker is Franklin's man. Another relatively comfortable win was for former National MP Maurice Williamson in Howick ward, where he ousted incumbent Paul Young by more than 2000 votes. Williamson campaigned with a platform focusing on reining-in Auckland spending, which he said has treated ratepayers and taxpayers like “open-ended ATMs”. “Something must be done to stop this juggernaut,” he said. “It’s simply wrong to keep accumulating debt to pass on to future generations.” Places where the creep to the right were not felt included North Shore, where left-leaning Richard Hills and Chris Darby were able to hold on to their seats, and Maungakiakia-Tāmaki, where Josephine Bartley kept on. The councillors of the fifth term of the Auckland Council are: John Watson Wayne Walker Christine Fletcher Will McKenzie Andy Baker Sharon Stewart Maurice Williamson Alf Filipaina Lotu Fuli Daniel Newman Angela Dalton Josephine Bartley Richard Hills Chris Darby Desley Simpson Greg Sayers

Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion shines a light on Covid-19 vaccine injuries and bereavements, but also takes an encompassing look at the systemic failings that appear to have enabled them. We look at leading analysis of pharmaceutical trials, the role of the MHRA in regulating these products, the role of the SAGE behavioural scientists in influencing policy and the role of the media and Big Tech companies in supressing free and open debate on the subject. ​This film was created in collaboration with Mark Sharman; Former ITV and BSkyB Executive and News Uncut. It's a self-financed, one-hour TV programme, formatted for 2 commercial breaks. ​The documentary was removed from YouTube on 26th October 2022 under the pretext of alleged "medical misinformation". At that time it had accumulated over 990,000 views and 7,000 comments. [Source](https://www.oraclefilms.com/safeandeffective)