Monthly Archives: June 2012

Chuck Norris JAQing Off

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Never in my life have I ever taken Chuck Norris seriously.  Those “facts” posted about him on the Internet a number of years ago were admittedly pretty funny, until he made an appearance to tell the world that one person … Continue reading →

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Apologists and Ad Hominems.

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

I was originally going to write about Chuck Norris’s latest screed about the Boy Scouts on the online magazine AmmoLand until I got my hands on this little gem.  It’s a blog entry by Brendan O’Neill of the Telegraph, who … Continue reading →

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The One-Two Punch of Scientific Illiteracy

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

So yesterday I wrote about Jack Wu, who I think is trying to win the top spot on “Fundies Say the Darndest Things” for the incoherent rantings he posted on his website to convince the people of Topeka that he’s … Continue reading →

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The Perverse State of … Kansas?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Usually whenever I read an article about anything having to do with the topics of “State Board of Education” and states from the Bible Belt or thereabouts, I know I can expect a riveting story with a little bit of … Continue reading →

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Gee … Prevention Actually Prevents Things.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Got this from Reuters … it’s an article about how over the last few decades, the pregnancy and abortion rate for women in their 20s has dropped.  Here are some of the stats: Pregnancy rates for U.S. women in their … Continue reading →

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She Honestly Felt She Had No Choice.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

So I’m back! Finally. This time I was actually able to keep some sort of track of my blog posts offsite, though for some reason all of my attempts to update my Facebook page resulted in them being shuffled off … Continue reading →

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Abrahamic Religions: The Movie

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Click on the image above if you can’t quite make out the text.  It’s still a WordPress link.

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Well, This is a Can of Worms …

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

I’m still not sure how to feel about Islam. If you listen to the right wing in this country, they’re poised to take over the world with the help of President Obama and his Kenyan … something or other. Clearly … Continue reading →

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Re-examining Cave Paintings

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

I heard about this one on NPR a few days ago, and this article comes from BBC News.  EvoAnth, this is right up your alley … let me know if you write about it more detail and I’ll cross-post it … Continue reading →

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As an Engineer, I Approve This Message.

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

This one pretty much stands on its own merit, once you consider the additional fact that God was the one who caused the accident to happen to begin with.

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