Aug 22 2012
There’s a lot of wacky claims made by religion and the jihad against bacon, sweet salty innocent bacon, is one result. FWIW, I like bacon, I think bacon tastes good on everything including ice cream. But some wayward bacon left in a New York City park before the Muslim holiday Ramadan raised concerns over religious intimidation:
Aug 17 2012
I was born in Lexington, but moved to Austin decades ago as a kid with the first wave of IBM immigrants traveling from blue grass to lone stars. Austin’s great, but Kentucky to Texas is not exactly a political improvement for a budding rational atheist. Because sadly, in many ways they’re the same, including creationism:
Aug 16 2012
With all the religious babble coming from DC in the middle of an election year, it might be surprising to hear that religiosity is declining and atheism rising in the US. But that’s what a new poll says (.pdf) and the change over the last few years is quite promising:
Aug 12 2012
Yeap, all over the news sites, atheism turns up hundreds of hits today alone instead of the paltry dozen or so over the last week it usually does. But they’re all the same and we have Paul Ryan to thank for this. Like most Kochwhores these days, Ryan professes admiration for the fictional characters in an old …
Aug 08 2012
On Monday Pat Robertson (R-Fraud) blamed the Sikh shooting on atheists, kicking off a round of well deserved criticism. But William Saletan rides to the rescue!
Aug 07 2012
You know who’s to blame for a right-wing Christian lunatic gunning down helpless men, women, and children in a Sikh temple? Atheists, that’s who! At least according to Pat Robertson. Some of the comments on Youtube are at least hopeful.
Jul 24 2012
My talented colleague, Tom Tomorrow, delves into the FTB world for today’s political cartoon.
Jul 17 2012
It’s an old joke, punchline, politics. If those politics included things like social justice, income and marriage equality, beefing up programs for the poor and unemployed, stuff even a non believer like myself knows Jesus spoke about almost exclusively, the religious right might not take such a credibility hit. But instead it’s almost solely composed of causes …
Jul 17 2012
Author David Niose posts at HuffPo about the ascendent secular movement and illustrates his point with a short list of non believers of historic weight. The preamble is some sweet mind candy:
Jul 14 2012
The Minnesota Saints have a proud tradition of innovative promotions. The minor league boys of summer once gave away Micheal Vick chew-toys so that local dogs could bite into his likeness! Next month they will change their name from the Saints to the Aints for one night of “unbelievable fun” complete with an atheist meet and …
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