Feb 04 2012
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(via GetUp! - Monckton speaks to Australian mining industry - )
“Keep the news straight and fair as they do on Fox”
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Comic sentenced to jail for Islam insult
Adel Imam, an Egyptian comic, has been sentenced to jail for poking fun at the region’s autocratic leaders and Islamic fundamentalists. It was ruled that Imam had defamed Islam.
Given the political control that the Muslim Brotherhood now has in Egypt it can only get worse for Imam.
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Still trending up people. Everybody turn off a light or something …
(via A case study of the tactics of climate change denial, in which I am the target | Bad Astronomy)
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According to this article these prehistoric carvings are art pieces, but one can’t help wondering if they had a more practical use. I guess they could be multi use … especially that two headed one.
(via news.discovery.com)
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The Violent Oppression of Women in Islam
WARNING: The video at this link contains violence & graphic content, including two stonings. This is NOT for the faint of heart or those with a weak stomach.
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Jan 28 2012
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Finally a real application for "miracle material" Graphene
Turns out you can use it to distil alcohol. Explains why so many scientists got excited about graphene, they’re a boozy lot.
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Really looking forward to the final in the Australian Open Women’s Grunting competition tonight. (via The Courier-Mail)
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Wiccans and Mystical Women: How New Age is Secretly Bad for Feminism
It’s not hard to argue how oppressive the Abrahamic religions are towards women. If you take a close look at most Eastern Asian religions as well, avoiding the cherry-picking found in the cliché “California-style” hodgepodge of Dharmic and Taoic practices, you’ll find an equally strong tradition of misogyny-inspiring credulity. I imagine most skeptics and humanists will find the word “secretly” a bit too strong of a word to describe how bad New Age beliefs are for women, but what makes it stand out from other forms of superstition and supernaturalism is that it most often promotes itself as a worldview which empowers women. New Age beliefs are deceptively bad for feminism.
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Indiana Senate Panel Approves Creationist Bill
Despite the Center for Inquiry’s best efforts, an Indiana Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow school boards and other authorized educational administrators in the state to “require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the school corporation.”
