Two Atheist Videos
Atheism nicely expressed (and she’s cute too): A failed attempt at street conversion of an atheist:
Month: February 2009
Weather And History
We Americans tend not to think much about the weather. Southern Californians think even less about it. But we often lose sight of how critically important the weather is. Consider: About 70,000 years ago, there was a massive volcanic explosion… Continue Reading
Start With The Correct Diagnosis
Still got my hands full with stuff, so not a lot of time to blog and write on my own. But I’ll add this absolutely wonderful piece that I came across in today’s Fish Wrapper. It’s the best of the… Continue Reading
Best Wishes To Justice Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer yesterday. Whether you love her or you disagree with everything she writes and every vote she casts while on the bench, bear in mind that pancreatic cancer is one… Continue Reading
Some Really Good Writing This Morning
All you need are links. Read, enjoy, and think. Obama Guarantees That Bailout Money Will Be Handled Incompetently The True Meaning Of Sarah Palin Obama’s Dream Team Management Style — this is just a squib commenting on this article, but… Continue Reading
Ad Hominem As Moral Corrective
I am often nicely challenged by posts from Alonzo Fyfe, the Atheist Ethicist. Tonight, he has done something that makes me really sit back and think. He asks himself the question — what is “the greatest moral failing of the… Continue Reading
Now You Don’t Need To Do This
You’ve always wanted to do this. Well, these guys have done it for you — played with food and a microwave oven in bad ways. Microwaving soap for three minutes produces a particularly disgusting result, as it turns out, and… Continue Reading
Much Ado About Nothing
It seems that Olympic hero Michael Phelps smoked some pot out of a bong. And then had the bad judgment to allow a photograph of this event to be taken. Next to the Fall Of Tom Daschle, this is the… Continue Reading
A Haiku About Caesar For President Obama
The dwarf cups his hand,Whispers, “You are but a man.”Does the crowd still cheer?
Smoot Hawley II — The Stimulus Boogaloo
The stimulus bill recently passed by the House, and its counterpart under consideration in the Senate, both contain “buy American” provisions — meaning that when purchases of materiel are made with money appropriated under that law, the materiel must come… Continue Reading