'Newswire' Archive
CUT Leaders Deny 1990 Nuclear War Prediction
More revisionist propaganda from CUT leaders in a new AP article: In March 1990, thousands of church members who had descended on the Yellowstone area entered the shelters to ...
Church Shooting May Be ‘Honor Killing’
Church Shooting May Be 'Honor Killing' ...
They Can Dish It Out, But They Can’t Take It
Controversial 'Imagine No Religion' billboard removed in Rancho Cucamonga A billboard with the message "Imagine No Religion" is no more. Sign company General Outdoor removed the sign by ...
Prop. 8 Protest - A Beautiful Sight
I love the energy at this anti-Prop. 8 protest in San Diego. This bad law is SO getting tossed. You can't write discrimination into the state constitution without a supermajority ...
The Futurist Predictions
Top ten forecasts from The Futurist magazine, worth a read: 1. Everything you say and do will be recorded by 2030. By the late 2010s, ubiquitous, ...
Bias on bias
One-two punch for an election-eve finish. A veteran journalist has decided it's time for him to weigh in on media bias. It seemed the 2008 election had become enough of ...
Putting the Perps in Charge of ‘Healing’
What other institution could get away with this? OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- Terrie Light stands outside Oakland's stunning new modern cathedral in a first-of-its-kind garden that honors victims ...
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 ...
Mormons Blackmail Student Over Diploma
Apparently, diplomas are conditional and can now be revoked at will. If there was ever a better argument for secularizing all colleges, I haven't heard it. This action also ...
Irrationality About Diapers in the UK
Proving once again that irrationality and science cover-ups are not the exclusive province of the religious right, the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has "instructed ...
What about Joe the Plumber?
Since we've been talking about Joe the Plumber in the comments today, here's some background on Joe Wurzelbacher and how he got into John McCain's debate script. Joe Wurzelbacher was ...
Religulous Is Riling Believers
Jacques Berlinerlblau, program director and associate professor of Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, thinks Religulous is like screaming "suicide ...
Don’t Vote
This video kinda sums it all up. Get out there, get registered, get an absentee ballot, whatever--VOTE! ...
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 ...
Fight, Fight, Fight!
Gov. Sarah Palin has burst on the scene with style, guts -- and a penchant for distorting the facts, thanks to Bush's former speech writer who wrote her speech ...
No Good Government Says Anything About God’s Presence
It's official, we have another bat-shit crazy lunatic in the U.S. Congress, who seems to have forgotten not only common sense, but the very constitution he's sworn to uphold. This ...
U.S. House Takes Up Marijuana Decrim
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use It's a banner day for drug policy reform. The top story on CNN for a while this morning was a ...
More Lazy Anti-Atheist Bigotry
Believe it or Not Thanks to vjack from Atheist Revolution for pointing out one more silly and lazy example of a column (linked above), this time by ...
It’s Important to Keep Stirring the Pot
At PoliGazette, Michael Merritt reprises the age-old argument about so-called 'militant atheism.' He cites PZ Myers (misspelling his name) and "crackergate" as an example of "rubbing it in the ...
Indonesian executed for killing 42 women
Indonesian executed for killing 42 women Suradji was arrested in May 1997 following the discovery of a body in a field close to this house in Lubukpakan, a village ...
Chakib Khelil Extends Double-Talk on Oil Prices
It's hard to fathom OPEC president Chakib Khelil's (previous article) duplicitous and outrageous statements about the oil markets. On the one hand, OPEC is a cartel benefiting from prices ...
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that more than 100,000 ...
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack Conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org wants people to waste as much energy as possible on June 12 by "hosting a barbecue, going ...
Indian village proud after double ‘honor killing’
BALLA, India (Reuters) - Five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel. ...
On LinkedIn? Join the Atheist Network
Ronaldo Menezes created the LinkedIn atheist network. The professional world seems to be the last bastion against discussing your religious beliefs or lack thereof. (Wouldn't want to lose that job ...