Yes, Facts Do Still Matter
Every once in a while I wonder if I’m the only person left on the planet who thinks that facts matter. Tonight I ran across a column by Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald which shows that I’m not, in...
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Glenn Beck, Christianity, and “Social Justice”
The nation’s current most famous paranoid schizophrenic, Glenn Beck, has (no surprise!) shoved his foot into his mouth. The Intertubes have been alive with discussion of this, and I’d planned to avoid...
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Atheist Bus Ads Vandalized In Detroit
We all know that America’s primarily-Christian religionists really don’t like the atheist ads that have been popping up, most often on buses, in the UK, the US, and elsewhere. They whine about them,...
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Religious Right Goes Berserk Over Rumors About Kagan
President Obama announced his latest choice for the US Supreme Court; it’s Solicitor General Elena Kagan [WebCite cached article]. The Religious Right — along with the rest of the country’s...
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An Epidemic Of Qur’an-Burning Plans
The fires just keep getting hotter … although they have yet even to be lit! While Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville continues to waffle over whether or not he plans to...
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As Expected, Iran Enters The Fray
The lunatic clerics who run the theocracy of Iran finally weighed in on the Qur’an-desecration controversy. As one would expect, they issued a fatwa against anyone who dares deface a Qur’an, as Agence...
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Angry Sarah Palin Throws “Blood Libel” Bomb
Angry that she was accused of having somehow contributed to the recent Tucson shooting, former Alaska governor and Republican (and Religious Right) starlet Sarah “Reload” Palin has gone on the attack....
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House Speaker Engages In Pseudo-Birtherism
As I’ve blogged a number of times already, Birtherism is a delusion that simply will not die. A frequent mantra of Birthers is that Obama has never produced his birth certificate. That, however, is...
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Neocrusaders Still Furious About “Shari’a Law”
The Great Neocrusade proceeds relentlessly across the United States. Sanctimonious Religious Rightists are proposing laws in several states which outlaw what they call “shari’a law.” As one would...
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Childish Christian Outrage Over Muslim Advertising
Christians are a remarkably immature bunch. They think nothing of advertising their beliefs to anyone and everyone, all the time, everywhere; they missionize, they distribute tracts, they put up signs...
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Afghans Murder US Troops Over Burned Qur’ans
Having already displayed their raging, sanctimonious immaturity over some Qur’ans that had been burned at the Bagram military base in their country, Afghans decided to ramp it up even further, and have...
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Raging, Rioting, & Murdering Over Insult To Islam? Maybe Not!
It’s been in the news all day … rioting at the U.S. embassy in Cairo (cached), and a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya (cached), all supposedly because of an anti-Islam movie...
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Religionistic Immaturity Rages On In Lahore, Pakistan
Once again, I have to report on yet another example of “the Religion of Peace” displaying its true colors for the world to see. The (UK) Independent reports a mob of Muslims — enraged by the...
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R.R. Congressman Jumps On The “Birther” Bandwagon
I’ve blogged before on the phenomenon of demonstrably-erroneous ideas that just will not die out, no matter how often they’re refuted. And I cited the “birther” delusion … i.e. the idea that President...
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Neocrusading Mob Attacked A Sikh In The Big Apple
As a counter-point to this past weekend’s staggering expression of violent Islamist immaturity, another attack, of a different sort, happened elsewhere. As (NY) Newsday reports, a violent mob ganged up...
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Religious Rightist Immaturity On Full Display
The line between ideological ferocity and childishness is a thin one. It might even be so thin as to be non-existent. Consider that the very reason a lot of people cling to arbitrarily-assembled...
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Pakistan: Still Home To Howling Islamofascist Barbarism
Lately it seems the stories of primitive Islamofascist barbarism emanate mostly from the hinterlands of Syria and Iraq, with ISIS/ISIL/IS/whatever-the-fuck-you-want-to-call-that-savage-brood. And it’s...
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Once Again, The Muslim World Goes Up In Flames Over Cartoon
If you haven’t figured it out by now, much of the Muslim world — though certainly not all of it! — is, essentially, infantile. They’re mired deep in centuries of religionistic immaturity and they just...
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Turkey Goes Berserk Because Pope Mentioned Armenian “Genocide”
Pope Francis is, in a lot of ways, refreshing. As I’ve noted a number of times, he frequently walks to the beat of a different drummer. Sometimes he steps on the toes of his own Church, but other times...
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The Real Reason Christianists Are Pitching Fits Over Bathrooms
A couple days ago, the Friendly Atheist blogged about a guy who calls himself “the Radical Reverend” going into a Target store, loudly (and annoyingly) preaching that Target’s bathroom policy had...
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Statue Immaturity Is Ramping Up
A couple months ago, we saw the “alt right” going berserk — to the point where one of them drove into a crowd — over the prospect of Confederate statues being taken down, in Charlottesville, VA. Well,...
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The Triumph of Infantilism
Anyone who’s read my blog over the years will know, rather well, one of the things I frequently bring up, and that is immaturity. There is, unfortunately, a lot of immaturity in the world, and I’m not...
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A New Definition of “Chutzpah”
The attempted overthrow of Congress by a rabble of juvenile, deranged Groperphiles happened just over a week ago. But the lunacy surrounding this horrific event continues. Before I go any further, I’d...
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At Last, the US Officially Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
Allow me to start, Dear Reader, with an overly-brief history lesson. Just over a century ago, one of the worst atrocities in human history took place. It’s called the Armenian Holocaust or Armenian...
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