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Archive for August, 2007
Priest of the “Middle High Ground”
I'm so freaking tired of all the commentaries about 'militant atheism' I could puke. No matter how many times we lay out the arguments, some clown ...
DOJ Targets Adult Social Networking
DOJ Targets Adult Social Networking
From the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under ...
Sanity Returns to Texas
Sanity Returns to Texas
Common sense and justice may have had something to do with it, but it was the parole board's recommendation that did the trick. Texas Governor Rick ...
Taslima Nasrin
Although many subjects of our Atheist of the Week column have led interesting lives, Taslima Nasrin, our featured atheist this week, deserves special kudos. Born ...
The Men’s Bathroom Hypocrite
The Men's Bathroom Hypocrite
And the latest Black Sun Shadow Award goes to...Senator Larry Craig.
He has supported a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In 1996, Craig also voted in ...
Edwards: Americans Should Give Up Their SUVs!
Edwards: Americans Should Give Up Their SUVs!
Taking a stand for common sense and the environment, John Edwards has bravely asked Americans to prepare themselves for driving more fuel efficient ...
‘El Morya’ has a myspace Profile
It seems believers will go to almost any length to keep their fantasies intact. Now 'El Morya' has a myspace profile, complete with a boatload ...
Vick’s Cynical ‘Jesus’ Ploy Insults All Intelligence
From TMZ.com
Between apologies to everyone from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank -- to all the kids who used to look up to him, Vick ...
Insulting Dawkins with Religious Metaphor
It's not often one has a ringside seat for the second coming of the messiah. It was a thrilling event, well worth the entry price. Oh, yes, and I'm worried ...
Book Review: The Al Qaeda Reader
The Al Qaeda Reader: Martyrdom or Mortardom?
by: Gary H. Johnson, Jr.
Recently, Raymond Ibrahim edited and translated a series of press releases by Al Qaeda's leadership ...
Death Penalty for Bystander in Murder
Death Penalty for Bystander in Murder
(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today condemned the scheduled August 30 execution of Kenneth Foster, who was convicted of a ...
Might As Well Be Prison
More heartwarming news from the world's most infamous theocracy:
Iran has shut down barber shops offering unconventional Western hair styles amid a police crackdown on dress deemed un-Islamic, reports said.
"Over ...
The Dopler Effect
[UPDATED 08.24.07 -- Now that I've finished the series]
Well, first an apology for what was a very hasty post. This is positively the last time I will review a series ...
Monkeys Take Over Town
This startling story of vervet monkeys should remind us of how smart and amazingly human-like they actually are. They form raiding parties. They post lookouts and communicate. They follow ...
Sharia Roundup
The fun never stops at the carnival of the god-pushers. Public torture: A tool of brutal intimidation for the 'religion of peace.'
These stories have already been ...
John Carmack
Born on August 20, 1970, Atheist of the Week John Carmack is the co-founder/lead technical director of the controversial yet pioneering game development house, id ...
Furor Over Religious Mudslinging
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A political ad from the Louisiana governor's race is drawing a storm of criticism for accusing Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal of calling Protestants "scandalous, depraved, ...
Do Not Buy Into The Global Warming Scam, Christians!
The democrats are ever as much corrupt as the republicans. Don’t be fooled just because they oppose Bush. It is true that they are as bad or even ...
Americans aren’t reading anymore
One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Of those who did read, women and ...
Equal Opportunity Offenders
Let's hope this upcoming series on CNN titled "God's Warriors" with Christiane Amanpour pulls no punches, and mightily offends believers in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. (H/T Crooks and ...
The Mind Shuts When There’s No Evidence
In a commentary in USA Today called "Secularists, What Happened to the Open Mind?," Tom Krattenmaker takes secularists to task for "leaving their critical thinking at the door" regarding ...
Drug War: Might as well put a gun to our own heads
It's a universal principle. Push something into the shadows, it gets stronger and metastasizes into something far worse--usually by orders of magnitude. It's true with personal psychology, and it's certainly ...
The Sword of the Lord
I know everyone's all upset right now over the "Imprecatory Prayer" flap involving Mike Huckabee and Rev. Wiley S. Drake of the First Southern Baptist ...
Atheism: rich, white, elitist, racist and aging
Atheists have been predicting the demise of organized religion for more than 40 years - and they have been embarrassingly wrong. On the contrary, for example, Christianity is exploding numerically ...
Self-replication and evolution occur in inorganic matter
Now, an international team has discovered that under the right conditions, particles of inorganic dust can become organised into helical structures. These structures can then interact with each other in ...