Jul 22 2012
The Associated Press just put out a blast profiling many of the victims of Friday’s massacre in Aurora, CO. One of the first things I noticed in the initial reporting was that two Air Force personnel were accounted for, but one Navy service member was still missing. I kept hoping for this to be clarified …
Jul 22 2012
In 2009 a part of the US Army called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) sprang forward to deal with the rising suicide rate. They spent $125 million taxpayer dollars. They wasted it. The BBC released an article saying that the military’s suicide rate has now climbed to roughly one per day. Suicide in the US military has …
Jul 21 2012
Sergeant Nicholas Amann’s re-enlistment ceremony was not typical by any means. Sgt. Amann is not your typical soldier. He’s prior-infantry but re-classed to chaplain’s assistant so he could help other soldiers. He’s also an atheist. My wife almost cried when she saw this. Sergeant Nicholas Amann Foxhole Atheist | Chaplains Assistant My wife nearly lost …
Jul 20 2012
71 shot, 12 dead. This tragedy had already been re-purposed by opportunist theocrats by early this morning – 8 hours later. Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) went on the air and attributed this massacre to ‘attacks on Christianity’ and specifically cited so-called ‘unreleased DoD statistics’ that military suicides are all / mostly atheists. I am in …
Jul 20 2012
Igor Volsky has an incredible story at Think Progress. Volsky uncovered a Texas Tea Party congressman blaming the Aurora shooting on ‘attacks on Christianity’, furthermore citing ‘unreleased’ DoD suicide statistics pointing to atheists killing themselves. Excerpt: Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have expressed their sympathies for the victims in Friday morning’s shooting in …
Jul 20 2012
Sergeant Joshua Gould is a foxhole atheist stationed at Fort Bragg. He wrote to me with two important questions, so I’m breaking them into two posts. Do you have some sort of club? So I have been reading your blog for a while and I went to the Rock Beyond Belief a few months ago. …
Jul 19 2012
Sort of… Well, my activism is in the new issue of Playboy, anyway. Neat! It may appear on slightly different pages, regionally. Perhaps not at all internationally. Cliche ‘I read the articles’ jokes aside, I’ve really seen some interesting articles in the pages of that mag. Shit, I even discovered Peter Max’s artwork through Playboy. …
Jul 19 2012
Is your god controlling you? Telling you where you can and can’t go, and even telling you who you can be friends with? Setting all sorts of arbitrary rules? Does your god sometimes get angry and self-righteous? Gary S. asks for advice for those experiencing this: What is it about ‘Fearing God?” If you love …
Jul 19 2012
Slate has an excellent article about the first gay wedding on a US military base. These newlyweds actually met in church – a church that is virulently homophobic. Both remain religious, but are finally able to shed a lifetime of shame and fear. It’s a great time to be in the military. Tech. Sgt. Erwynn Umali (right) …
Jul 18 2012
Crazy soldiers! lolwut: Yeah I suggest this person make use of the off-post blood / blood platelette donation centers – you can earn more than a car payment every month. *Copypasta below the fold:*
The free festival on Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field was a massive success! Expect updates, highlights, and other footage over the next few months.
UPDATE: A second festival is in the works for Camp Pendleton - a large Marine Corps base near San Diego, CA. Summer 2013
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