Monthly Archives: July 2010

Hitchens on Mel Gibson

by VorJack Hemant reports that Christopher Hitchens is exhausted as a result of his chemo. But it’s not stopping him from turning in scathing articles like this one: Mel Gibson Isn’t Just an Angry Narcissist. The gist of it is … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Current Events | 10 Comments

Man hit by six meteorites; blames 'aliens'

I normally wouldn’t rip a headline (or even a story) straight from the Micro$haft Network, but this one was such a doozie that I thought it would be fun to share anyway: A Bosnian man insists he is being targeted … Continue reading

Posted in Astronomy, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Oh the Stupidity!, Paranormal, Pseudoscience, Science, Weird | 52 Comments

The history of the American Right.

Shamelessly stolen from ryedo, a UF commenter who posted a link to this video on Monday on another thread. I thought it was a work of minor genius and deserved a thread all of its own – thanks ryedo!

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Education, Fundamentalism, Humor, Oh the Stupidity! | 11 Comments

Ed Martin on Religious Freedom

by VorJack The journalist Ed Brayton, who blogs at Dispatches from the Culture Wars used to run a regular segment called “Dumbass Quote of the Week”. Given that this is America, he changed it to “Dumbass Quote of the Day” … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Oh the Stupidity!, Politics | 12 Comments

QotD: Dealing with Westboro

by VorJack This was kicked around a bit in yesterday’s post, but let’s focus on it a bit more. How should the attendees at Comic Con respond to Westboro Baptist? Some thoughts: Westboro seems to want two things, publicity and … Continue reading

Posted in Questions | 71 Comments

End Secular Socialism! (And Maybe Buy Our Siding)

Wow, talk about random use of a television advertisement as political/religious soapbox. (via Cynical-C)

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Politics, Videos | 34 Comments

This time, it's personal

by VorJack They came first for the gays … But now the Phelps clan and Westboro Baptist are hitting closer to home (well, for me, anyway): the plan to picket Comic Con on July 22. By an unspoken consensus, most … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | 52 Comments

10 Things We Can All Agree On … Or Not

by VorJack Cracked.com has gotten ambitious and published a list of 10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On. And … eh, it’s Cracked.com. Not bad – I’d say he’s usually half right on both sides – but … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Atheism, Religion | 47 Comments

Published by a Heathen in the Interest of Good Music

by VorJack Ken Pulliam over at Why I De-Converted from Evangelical Christianity published a coupled of posts full of “music for apostates.” The last one contained ACDC’s Highway to Hell. That works, because I tend to think that ACDC’s continuing … Continue reading

Posted in Music | 81 Comments

Picking Our Battles

by VorJack Victor J. Stenger, author of works like God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist, came out with a work last year titled The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason. In … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, History | 173 Comments