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Archive for July, 2009

Mediums Getting Shown Up

Posted in Ghosts, Psychics on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

[Via Cynical-C] BBC3’s “Bullsh!t Detectors” shows up three Mediums. The one question I have is: why didn’t they immediately retract their permission to use the footage of them getting shown up as frauds?

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Ireland’s New Anti-Blasphamy Law

Posted in Politics, Religion, Stupidity on July 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Good job, Ireland.
On Friday July 11th, 2009, Ireland passed the Defamation Bill by one vote. One of the aspects of this bill would make it illegal to criticize religion… any religion under penalty of fines up to 25,000 Euros. That is the equivalent to nearly $35,000.
Section 36
(1) A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter [...]

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Republican Craziness

Posted in Politics on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This astounds me:
Even though the governor of Alaska dropped the bombshell last week that she was leaving her post, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that her support among Republicans is still strong. In fact, her resignation seems to have even slightly boosted her among GOP constituents.
According to the nationwide poll, close to 67% of [...]

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Atheist Melon

Posted in Humor on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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Crazies and Hypocrites

Posted in Religion on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I guess every religion has their crazies and their hypocrites. Of course, it wouldn’t be quite fair to call this the actions of a few crazies – rather, the ultra-orthodox viewpoint is crazy.
Via Pharyngula:
Orthodox Jews are rioting in Jerusalem. The reason: because the city allows a parking lot to remain open on Saturday, which [...]

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Turkish TV gameshow looks to convert atheists

Posted in Islam, Media, Religion on July 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert [...]

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Jon Stewart on Mark Sanford

Posted in Bible, Video on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Sigh. Be sure to apply your religiously-based condemnation and forgiveness selectively.

more about "Jon Stewart on Mark Sanford Going Old…", posted with vodpod

By the way, the story he’s talking about is the story of King David and Bathsheba. David wanted Bathsheba, so he drafted Bathsheba’s [...]

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