'Humor' Archive
Follow the Law!
Can't get through the season without saying something about the annual "War on Christmas," that perverse ritual when Bill O'Reilly, Bill Donohue and the whole gang of U.S. cultural conservatives ...
Are They Really Trying To Ban Divorce?
Apparently emboldened by the success of Prop. 8, it seems California religious nutters are now gathering signatures to put an initiative to ban divorce on the ballot in 2010. I still can't ...
Abstinence Marriage Challenge Draws No Takers
A "challenge" promising $10,000 for a wedding to couples who agree to abstain from sex and undergo religious counseling is going down in flames. No one has stepped up ...
Zaproot is Cheeky Green Fun
I always admire people who don't just talk about their principles, but put them into practice. With the Energy Transition, consciousness raising is nearly as important as personal commitment. After ...
Proof-Burden Shifting
Boiled down, ninety-nine percent of religious apologetics (and for that matter, new-age and psychic apologetics) consists of shifting the burden of proof. This comes up so often that it ...
Cleansing the Public Square
Religious messages on personal or commercial property are protected speech, and I would never dream of touching or damaging someone's car, church sign, or ...
Surprise: Muslims Don't Want to Talk About Their Crimes
FURY is mounting over plans for Muslim sex offenders to be let off rehab. Perverts must go ...
Blame Canada
After posting about keeping all gods off money (previous article), I was starting to wonder what would be on the ideal currency. I was thinking it should be fun, ...
A Medieval Theocracy With Rockets
Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad newspaper Monday quoted their lawyer as saying.
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The Ludicrous Penny
Stupid Thing: The Penny
Why it's stupid: Money that's not. Costs 1.2 cents to mint. Need handfuls to buy a cup of coffee.
Bad rationale: Sentimentality, Hoarding
Short-term solution: ...
The Karma Accountant
This story by J. Orlin Grabbe is too funny not to post. I wish I'd written it. I don't understand what motivates some people ...
Yogi Guru Appropriates Term "Nanotechnology"
Yogi Guru Appropriates Term "Nanotechnology"
As could be expected after witnessing their rank abuse of the term "quantum," it was only a matter of time before the meme-thieves in the ...
I Love Kathy Griffin
I'm a little late to the lovefest, I know. But thank god with a small "g" that someone was willing to get up at the Emmys and not thank ...
Richardson: God Scheduling Primaries
Richardson: God Scheduling Primaries
Sioux City, Ia. - God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday.
"Iowa, for good ...
Superstition goes virtual in modern Taiwan
During August, the air, already heavy with humidity from afternoon thundershowers or typhoon downpours, thickens with the mist from incense and the smoke from piles of gilded paper burnt in ...
'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 ...
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 ...
Too sexy for my bus, woman told
"Suddenly he stopped the bus," the woman named Debora C. told Bild newspaper. "He opened the door and shouted at me 'Your cleavage is distracting me every time I look ...
Cult Leader Pretty Cool, Actually
SANTA MONICA, CA—Despite accusations that Joshua Wyden is the dangerous and manipulative leader of a cult known as The Watchful Eye, a recent interview with the charismatic guru revealed that ...