Monthly Archives: February 2011

The End of Steampunk

I’ve mentioned in the past that vampires and zombies have had their day as pop-culture trends, and now it’s time for them to fade away. Another trend that has been going on long enough is Steampunk. What else can I … Continue reading

Posted in Comics, Politics, Videos, Weird | 46 Comments

Cindy Jacobs on the Egyptian Protests

Cindy Jacobs helpfully provides a condensed version of all the right wing conspiriacism and end times hysteria relating to Egyptian unrest. World War III, evil Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Caliphate, Satan, irrelevant bible references, yep, that’s the whole checklist. Consider this … Continue reading

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 25 Comments

James Randi’s Challenge to Homeopathy Manufacturers

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Posted in Pseudoscience, Science, Videos | 17 Comments

Thank goodness for spam filters…

Today’s selection amused me, so I thought I’d share with you all without actually letting the author post. Believe it or not, this is pretty mild compared to some of the spammy fundie-yellage the filter catches sometimes… Welcome to the … Continue reading

Posted in Humor | 28 Comments

Insider Scoop on the Church of Scientology

If you haven’t already, check out New Yorker journalist Lawrence Wright’s story on ex-Scientologist writer-director Paul Haggis: The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology At 26 pages, it’s long and rambling in the way of New Yorker articles, … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Cults | 9 Comments

Carnivorous Furniture

Via Robert Krulwich’s blog at NPR, here’s a story about a company designing household appliances than run on household pests. The team of Auger Loizeau design “Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots,” which use microbial fuel cells to generate power from the … Continue reading

Posted in Science, Weird | 12 Comments

The Bible Tutor

Now this is the kind of Bible tutors the world needs!

Posted in Bible Absurdities & Contradictions, Christianity, Humor, Videos | 16 Comments

Who is Ray Preaching To?

Via Jesus Needs New PR, here’s a well produced animated clip from Living Waters (Ray Comfort’s group). To my (former Episcopalian) eyes, it looks like Protestant theology, streamlined and blown up to the point of caricature. No one is good … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Ray Comfort Mania, Videos | 63 Comments

Evolution Made Us All

This has been making the rounds of the scienceblogs, and it’s too cute not to repost here. Originally by Ben Hillman

Posted in Evolution, Videos | 6 Comments

QotD: Longing for Meaning

Frank Schaeffer has a nice piece up at HuffPo – How Do You Pick Up the Pieces after Your Faith Fails. One section stood out to me: As far as specific Christian faith, well, admit it, it is all about … Continue reading

Posted in Questions, Religion | 34 Comments