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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!
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