May 2009
Fall to Your Knees for Bigotry →
brigno:
retropolitics:
ReligionDispatches: On July 5, the FRC hopes to have thousands of congregations fall to their knees to pray for victory over the evil abortionists and queers. What about feeding the hungry? More…
Plastic's made of trees
Teacher: What are computers made of?
Class: Plastic
Teacher: What's plastic made of?
Lisa: Trees
AtheistRamblings: Actually plastic can come from trees; http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/
Lunch date
I’m off to meet up with some mates for Friday lunch and a bit of networking (2 months of no work is starting to do things to my mind.)
Lunch will consist of a Guinness starter, followed by Guinness main, a pint of Guinness for desert and a Guinness chaser, or two. Might also try and squeeze in a steak sandwich to keep my iron levels up.
If I post again today, it probably won’t be...
“The child is a citizen of the State. While he “belongs” to his parents, he...”
– Can Parents Refuse Treatment to Children Who Could Die? - Digital Journal: Your News Network (via robot-heart-politics) (via notemily)
As a parent I couldn’t agree more, I’d also add that society as a whole has a duty towards looking after the welfare of the young …. if for no...
Finnish website has helped 150,000 resign from the... →
The Freethinkers of Finland have enabled more than 150,000 people to officially resign from the Lutheran Church.
“Christianity was created by some decadent and degenerated Romans as a tool of...”
– Varg Vikernes (via kingofalldetectives)
Norway hates them some Christianity, I tell ya what.
(via karokarokaromon)
(via churchesburn)
Plastic Logic eReader →
The Kindle killer.
If of course they can keep the price down.
Zoom Dinosaurs - EnchantedLearning.com →
A hyper-text book on dinosaurs. Aimed at everybody from the 2nd grader on up
Jesus, Dinosaurs and More
A web site that claims to have scientific proof for the biblical account of creation and that dinosaurs didn’t live millions of years ago.
It’s all a tale of obsfucation, strawman arguments and using un-substantiated claims and sources. It’s a very sad read. However, don’t miss the dinosaur in the bible bit. Where the author tries to explain how the bible proves that man...
Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong →
You know in that BBC production “Walking with Dinosaurs” where they showed all the “long-necks” holding their necks and head out straight, well they may have got it wrong.
New evidence seems to suggest that sauropods held their heads high.
Premature Ejaculation May Be A Genetic Disorder →
Now there’s an interesting father-son conversation.
“The Telegraph: Photos from Abu Ghraib show American soldier raping a female...”
– BreakingNews
HHHWWHHHATTT????!!!
(via kapitalisthippie)
The Telegraph article claims that these photos exist, they don’t have any photos.
Vatican Radio to carry advertisements →
A new goal for the Atheist Bus campaigns?
“Sex is absurd. Not only does it cost a small fortune to find a partner, but it...”
– Nick Lane, from his article “10 things I’d tell Darwin” (via Times Online)
“People need to know that Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme was bigger than the NASA...”
– Miles O’Brien, comments on this article (via duckandpenguin) (via suitep) (via inothernews) (via asprettyasasong)
“Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious...”
– Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (via Young Australian Skeptics )
Catholic school worked wonders on him.
“Now they’re saying that we can’t have gay marriage because it would confuse the...”
– This Is Your Kid On Gay Marriage | TV | A.V. Club (via frogcynic) (via notemily)
If atheism and religion were sex …
brigno:
Atheism would be like masturbation - you know you’re there by yourself, but hell, you’re having a good time!
Religion would be like masturbating with a happy face drawn on your hand - it’s still only you, but you like pretending that you’re not alone.
Via: crutchoftheweak
“If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy...”
– Michael Jay Tucker (via coitusandcopouts)
Dear California,
goldfish:
You may have very good sushi, nice weather, and even better beaches, but your constitution is a total joke. On one hand you have a simultaneous 2/3 majority requirement for yearly operating budgets and taxation, and a simple majority voter-driven ‘expenditure mandate’ process, leading to the massive financial crises you now endure (as explained on this Economist article) - and on the...