Archive for February, 2008
Hamas Children’s TV Show urges Boycott of Danish Products and Murder
In the February 22, 2008 episode of the Hamas children’s show “The Pioneers of Tomorrow,” on Al-Aqsa TV, program host Saraa Barhoum and bunny character Assud urge viewers to boycott Danish products and to avenge the insult of the Muhammad cartoons reprinted by Danish newspapers. They also express their hope that “all the borders will […]
28Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hillary’s Ignominious Finale
All in all, it was a rather ignominious, belittling way to almost certainly close out the Clinton Era. Hillary would have done much better to spend the 90 minutes of Tuesday night’s Ohio debate by repeatedly reading and re-reading her valedictory, closing remarks from last week’s Texas match-up during which — for a few shining […]
27Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Survey: U.S. religious landscape in flux
DENVER - The U.S. religious marketplace is extremely volatile, with nearly half of American adults leaving the faith tradition of their upbringing to either switch allegiances or abandon religious affiliation altogether, a new survey finds.
The study released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is unusual for its sheer scope, relying on […]
A Pragmatist and a Lobbyist on Atheism
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Published: February 23, 2008 ALBANY The atheist lobby, in the blond, pregnant person of Jennifer Lange, waited with diminishing patience for the elevator in the Legislative Office Building. Ms. Lange checked her watch one last time, then rounded a corner into the corridor and skipped down four flights […]
26Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Myth of the Surge : Rolling Stone
Hoping to turn enemies into allies, U.S. forces are arming Iraqis who fought with the insurgents. But it’s already starting to backfire. A report from the front lines of the new Iraq.
The Myth of the Surge : Rolling Stone
Intepretation of this Optical Illusion Indicates What Side of the Brain You are Using
If you are seeing this lady spinning clockwise, then it means you are using the right side of the brain. If you are seeing her spinning counter-clockwise, then you are using the left side of the brain. Some people are able to see her spinning in both directions, but most of them see her rotating […]
25Feb2008 | Admin | 1 comment | Continued
Godless Pride
By Art Levine
In late September, on her second day of work as the first registered lobbyist in Washington for atheists and other nonbelievers, Lori Lipman Brown, the director of the Secular Coalition for America, was on the phone with a Christian talk show host in California, projecting a kindly tone. “Some people say, ‘I’m praying […]
More Americans changing religious denominations, study finds - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe
By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff
A sweeping new study of religious affiliation in the United States finds a country in which Protestants are becoming a minority, Catholicism is becoming heavily Hispanic, and the number of people who say they are not affiliated with any religion is growing.
The study, which is the most comprehensive such examination in […]
Various Deities Still Sorting Through Victims Of Tragic Queens Bus Accident
NEW YORK—An emergency coalition of deities from several major world religions is still sorting through the wreckage of a tragic bus accident that claimed 67 lives Friday in the culturally diverse Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens.
Enlarge Image Queens residents who, but for the grace of gods, could have been in that bus when […]
Can Barack Obama be Stopped?
WASHINGTON - There’s no dispute anymore. Sen. Barack Obama is the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and he’s one win away from putting this race to bed.
A victory in either Ohio or Texas will probably drive Sen. Hillary Clinton out of the race. Victories for Obama in both states will definitely end it.
Obama’s trajectory […]
Saudi Arabia arrests 57 men for flirting at mall
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia began interrogating 57 men Saturday who were arrested for flirting with women in front of a shopping mall in the holy city of Mecca, a local newspaper reported.
The country’s religious police arrested the men Thursday night for behavior that also allegedly included dancing to pop music blaring from their […]
Zoom! Macro to Micro
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of […]
23Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
How to Raise an Ideological Warrior
When I was a kid, the theory of evolution was an accepted fact. Given my role as a parenting pundit and grumpy crank, I knew I’d eventually begin delivering statements that start with “when I was a kid…” Still, I never thought I’d be wistful about a time when we all agreed that humans came […]
23Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Future Bus - High Speed Alternative to Rail
The Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is developing another bus, which is able to operate on designated tracks. Future Bus is able to operate at very high speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph) and could therefore be an alternative to high-speed railway lines.
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Why Do Fundamentalist Christians Hate God So Much?
Fundie Christians are an interesting bunch. On the one hand, they profess to love God “with all their heart,” and yet, on the other, they regularly send around unhinged e-mails about how God causes natural disasters or other tragedies as a way to punish the U.S. for abortion, or “taking prayer out of schools,” or […]
23Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Historic Civil Rights Group Recognizes Nontheists Struggle
Washington, DC - The Secular Coalition for America has become the newest member of the oldest and most respected civil rights organization in the United States. As one of eight new members joining the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights LCCR this year, the Secular Coalition for America will work with the LCCR in its mission […]
23Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Who Won Last Night’s Democratic Debate?
For the first time in quite a while we saw a clear winner emerge from one of the many Democratic presidential debates. That winner? The Democratic Party. Finally after a dark and long winter came a glimmer of light, a possibility that this party could emerge from its bitter primary season united and uplifted. And […]
22Feb2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Incapacitating Flashlight
A US company is developing a flashlight capable of causing temporary blindness, disorientation and nausea.
You can see it in action in a modified-to-be-safe video made by CBS news - or an unmodified clip that they caution viewers may find uncomfortable. It may be the only way to experience such a non-lethal weapon from the comfort […]
Amazing Lyre Bird
David Attenborough looks at this amazing bird that can mimic the sound of other birds, a camera shutter and the screaming of a hell-fire Baptist minister - no wait a minute, that is a chainsaw.
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