Monthly Archives: November 2011

Right Wingers Go Crazy After Obama Omits ‘God’ from Thanksgiving Address

FOX News and religious conservatives are pissed off at President Obama because they didn’t like his Thanksgiving address. Here are some excerpts — see if you can figure out why they’re angry: As Americans, each of us has our own … Continue reading

Posted in General, Politics | 41 Comments

An Open Letter to the Salvation Army

Just a reminder to think twice before giving your change to the Christian, anti-gay Salvation Army this holiday season. It was written (PDF) by an anonymous reader of this site: … To whom it may concern, The Salvation Army, a … Continue reading

Posted in General, GLBT | 44 Comments

Why We Should Care About Mental Illness

At Skepticon, JT Eberhard gave a talk about mental illness. I had to catch my plane just before JT went up to speak but from the audience reaction seen in the video and the Twitter feed I was following in … Continue reading

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David Fitzgerald Offers a Heretic’s Guide to Mormonism

David Fitzgerald, author of Nailed, gave an eye-opening and hilarious speech about Mormonism at Skepticon and the talk is now on YouTube. Mind you, he didn’t go out of his way to mock them. Not really. He mostly just tells … Continue reading

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Look Again at That Pale Blue Dot

Singer Anthony David just released the video for his new song “#locationlocationlocation.” Listening to the lyrics, it’s clear how much of an influence Carl Sagan had on him. David writes in an email: It was inspired by Sagan’s “Pale Blue … Continue reading

Posted in Fine Arts, General | 4 Comments

The Brick Testament Banned from Sam’s Club

Brendan Smith is best known for his work on The Brick Testament — Bible stories told through carefully placed Lego pieces. Like the story of Lot getting raped by his two daughters. The site is so popular that Smith just … Continue reading

Posted in Books, General | 36 Comments

We’ve All Been There, Neil

(via Twitter)

Posted in General, Humor | 18 Comments

Alright, You’ve Convinced Me

I’ll marry the first person who approves of this cake for our wedding: (Thanks to Dawn for the link!)

Posted in General | 23 Comments

My Talk About Math Education from Skepticon IV

I gave a talk at Skepticon IV about the problems with math education and they already have it up online! (Nice work, HamboneProductions.) Hope you like it.

Posted in Education, General, Math | 26 Comments

An Atheist’s Thanksgiving ‘Blessing’

The Washington Post‘s On Faith section asked a number of people from difference religious groups (and a couple non-religious ones) what they would say at the Thanksgiving table. My response is up at their site and here’s an excerpt: Atheists … Continue reading

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