Rick Perry digs the hole deeper, putting himself even farther from the growing mainstream of American thought:
And the growing mainstream answers back:
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Aaaaand … then I discover I’m the THIRD FreeThought Blogger (or worse) to toss this little tidbit at you. Heh.
They’re organizing the Fundamentalist Christian Olympics for this coming summer. The Gay Bashing semi-finals are already under way across the nation, and the TV Evangelist Healing Decathlon is just now about to start the preliminaries of the Bible Forehead Slam event. Shortly before Christmas, the Roadside Aborted Fetus Poster Flashing event will begin, with the Planned Parenthood Clinic Sidewalk Blocking Drill Team along for morale. Continue reading “Short Stack #6”
Remember when you were in junior high, and there was that totally clueless guy who occasionally spouted things that were so embarrassing everybody turned away in disgust?
His name was Mike, as I recall.
Well, Mike is now a Muslim cleric, and he’s in the news for his latest embarrassing pronouncement. Continue reading “Don’t Touch That Cucumber, Harlot”
We live in a lesser age. My proof for this is the fact that you can no longer see sword-fights in public like you once could. I long for that bygone era when you could swing on a chandelier into the center of a group of royalist thugs, fight your way clear with a nimble blade while making joking comments about your opponents’ foppish dress and churlish table manners, and then leap onto a black horse and gallop away. Man, those were the days. Continue reading “Short Stack #5”
Not really all that atheism-related, here’s an idea I thought I’d toss at you:
We’re coming up on Krismas (named after that fictional character Kris Kringle, you understand), and I know some of us will be banging around in our heads trying to figure out what to get certain people on our lists.
I say there are two perfect gifts. Perfect in the sense that they’re always appreciated, no matter who the recipient is. Continue reading “Two Perfect Xmas Gifts, or I Promise I Don’t Own Stock”
Full sympathies after the jump:
I have a notoriously sucky sense of direction. I still can’t help but point and laugh.
Family’s Corn Maze ‘Fun’ Ends In 911 Rescue
Couple Lost in Apple Orchard Calls 911
This is probably old-verging-on-ancient. But it’s new to me:
Goddammit, it’s not enough that the world is ending today. Now we have to stop touching ourselves too. Because wanking makes you fabulous.
Don’t misunderstand me — it’s okay to be fabulous. Nothing wrong with it. Some of my best friends are fabulous. There are fabulous clubs right here in my hometown, and I see fabulous people walking around in my own neighborhood. There are fabulous parades and celebrations in major cities all over the world. After generations of being considered second-class citizens, the fabulous have earned respect and equality. Continue reading “If You Masturbate, You Are … Fabulous”
“Faith” is the belief in something for which there is no evidence. Breach the protective barrier in your mind, the barrier that keeps you from believing stuff just because somebody tells you to, or just because you want to, and all sorts of ugly side effects begin to take place. The first is that you become a sucker for the next 50 con men able to convince you of THEIR seductive lie.
When there’s evidence, nobody talks about faith. Faith only comes into it when we want to replace evidence with blind belief. Continue reading “Short Stack #4”
