Apr 25 2013
But only to laugh at it. Some new pseudoscientific ‘documentary’ has been released this week, titled Sirius, which apparently has everything in it: conspiracy theories galore, ancient astronauts, zero point energy, pyramids, UFOs, antigravity, war, top secret government agencies, and aliens. One alien at least; the big feature proving the existence of aliens from outer …
Apr 20 2013
Go look at this Conspiracy Theory Flowchart. Look at it. No, really look at it. They got to you, didn’t they? The bastards have shaped your whole world, stuffed your head full of phony paradigms and bogus models and unsupportable conventions, and you can’t even see outside the goddamned box anymore. You’re in a straitjacket …
Apr 20 2013
Someone on twitter told me to check out this site, True Pleasures. It’s probably NSFW, and why would anyone think a homely old geezer like me would want to buy sex toys? But then I discovered that they do have something to appeal even to me: Tentacle Tuesday. I honestly am not interested in wriggling …
Apr 19 2013
I think I’m going to be a lonely little realist wafting through a cloud of woo. You’ll be getting full reports from the scene!
Apr 18 2013
It took me a minute to figure out what this diagram was trying to say. Then I figured it out. Ewww, yuck. Fundie Christians. (via Spa_yediMonster)
Apr 16 2013
Yeah, as long as I don’t look out the window. Or check the weather forecast (more snow predicted for tomorrow and Thursday!)
Apr 13 2013
I have no idea where this is. I especially have no idea what the people who wasted money on it were thinking. It’s a prayer booth. I am speechless at the absurdity of it all. This isn’t about ‘communing with god’ or any such nonsense: it’s about having a prominent public prop with a big …
Apr 11 2013
I’ve read some of the comments on this post by Richard Carrier, and the comments on his video, and together with all the comments I get declaring that I am the God-Emperor of Atheism+, that it’s all my idea (and that it’s an evil, awful idea), and that Freethoughtblogs has a uniformity of thought dedicated …
Apr 11 2013
Who would win in a battle between an Imperial Super Star Destroyer and a giant space octopus?
Apr 02 2013
I’ve never been surprised at a conference by anything like this: Ken Ham got a certificate for fighting the “principalities and powers of darkness.” He [the creationist with the award] told the conference audience gathered at Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church that his creation group, Midwest Creation Fellowship, had passed a resolution—which they called a …
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