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« April 2006 | HOME | June 2006 » May 2006 Jesus pan Disappointed that you have never fried up a tortilla that ended up with the face of Jesus on it? Now you can, every time. The Jesus pan. (Thanks, SS)... May 31, 2006 With this number of friends Why would I want more?... May 31, 2006 "The End of Cheap Oil" Way back in 1998, Scientific American published this article by two oil-industry geologists (PDF, 2.3 MB). Via Peak Oil News.... May 30, 2006 Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game In a new video game called Left Behind: Eternal Forces, you get to be a member of a Christian death squad: Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian... May 30, 2006 Shorter Karen Armstrong A literal belief in the mythology contained in ancient books is infantile. But a vague, incoherent approach to these books that assumes their core premise -- that a character named "God" actually exists -- now that's a grown-up perspective.... May 30, 2006 I blame John Waters Years ago, at the talk he gave regularly at film festivals, John Waters revealed that gay bars were the best place to pick up straight women. The women at gay bars are generally smart and attractive, Waters said, and there's... May 29, 2006 An Inconvenient Truth It's a great movie. Highly recommended. It's amazing that a documentary about a man giving a slide-show presentation is so gripping from beginning to end. But, then, he does have that whole actual-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it thing going for him. This movie will... May 28, 2006 Disobedience You'll assume a posture of submission when we tell you, and only when we tell you. Will they start spanking those worthless wretches who kneel at the wrong time? My guess is that attendance would go up if they did.... May 28, 2006 He's a New World Man A Post-Oil Man, that is. (via Video Dog)... May 27, 2006 The $1 commute Over at the Honda Insight discussion forums, some people compete with each other for the best miles-per-gallon achievements. One Insight driver set a Women's Division record yesterday for a round-trip commute. Here is her description of the trip: This represents... May 27, 2006 Do you know why Carrie Nation carried a hatchet? Carrie Nation wanted to cut down every apple tree in America. Because apples were used to make hard cider, one of the most popular forms of alcoholic beverage before (and during) Prohibition. To the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, apple trees... May 26, 2006 Luigi Cascioli lawsuit story on CNN The Christ Myth theory is going to take a huge leap in public awareness when Luigi Cascioli's lawsuit against the Catholic Church goes before the European Court of Human Rights. This CNN video story on plaintiff Cascioli displays the weakness... May 24, 2006 Maybe Bush did win Florida in 2000 Greg Palast's article on Peak Oil today is so astoundingly ill-informed that I'd reconsider any conclusion he's reached. He doesn't have even a basic grasp of the issues involved here (say, 10 hours of research), and yet he makes sweeping... May 23, 2006 The magical market It will solve all problems, even geological ones: It is a marvel to behold the inability of mainstream American economists to explain the present, never mind predict the future! After several years of steady ramp-up in energy prices, their pronouncements... May 23, 2006 One of us, one of us... Imagine how chilling this moment must have been: A federal judge ordered school officials and a student not to include a scheduled prayer at last night's Russell County High School graduation ceremony. But about 200 seniors responded at the event... May 22, 2006 Happy Victoria Day Happy Victoria Day to all Canadian readers of this weblog. While you celebrate the quaint notion of a monarch, secure in the knowledge that your country is actually a peace-loving and liberal democracy, please remember your less fortunate neighbors... May 22, 2006 The blue line scares me Here. What if, due to geological factors beyond anyone's control, the blue line simply can't go any higher than, say, 90 or 95? But economic growth (i.e., nothing less than the present world economy itself) requires it to go to... May 18, 2006 Blue nation If only the U.S. had realized then what they realize now.... May 18, 2006 Richard Carrier Richard Carrier writes about upcoming speaking engagements: Tuesday, May 30 - "Did Jesus Even Exist?" for Stanford RATT TIME: 7pm LOCATION: Stanford campus, Palo Alto, California (building 380, room 381U, in the Math Corner of the Main Quad, just off... May 18, 2006 When cats think about God Any movie with talking cats is okay in my book. (Thanks, Old Broad)... May 16, 2006 Sex Straight Rights Update (scroll down): "We oppose all forms of contraception." Hot teen sex is good for a country's health: "In many European countries -- Switzerland in particular -- sexual intercourse, at least from the age of 15 or 16... May 16, 2006 Nora Murphy New dog!... May 15, 2006 American Humanist Conference in Tampa This weekend, I'll be speaking at the American Humanist Conference following a screening of The God Who Wasn't There. I'll be doing no blogging or email communication until Monday.... May 11, 2006 Christian apologist J.P. Holding admits that Jesus never existed UPDATE: When I first wrote this entry, I didn't know much about J.P. Holding, not really being up on my internet trolls. But from information submitted by readers, it turns out that even by mocking him in this blog entry... May 11, 2006 Taxes, moral values Which party do Americans trust more on issues such as taxes and moral values -- Republicans or Democrats? It's not even close.... May 10, 2006 So you want to debate me... So you would like to challenge me about the claims I make in The God Who Wasn't There? May 09, 2006 Faith healer On "House". (Thanks, Norm.)... May 09, 2006 Matthew Savinar Peak Oil guru Matthew Savinar is freakin' scary: 3. What's the #1 thing I can do to make my community more prepared for Peak Oil? Start a business that is likely to survive or thrive in age of expensive energy... May 08, 2006 The end of the world Remember how confused you were when you heard about the iTunes Music Store? Wait, you thought, the company that created that store is Apple Computer. Does that mean that Apple Corps Ltd., the British company that owns the rights to... May 08, 2006 Links from my email Today Show stings psychic. Advice from a woman who was bilked out of $18K by a psychic: "If you have problems, and you're vulnerable -- go to your priest, go to your shrink. But do not give anybody any money."... May 07, 2006 Orrin Hatch wants to blow up your computer That's why he should be fired.... May 04, 2006 Debate review Well, in my estimation, I won the debate, although obviously it's a bit of a hollow victory. My opponent had his blind commitment to a religious ideology tying one hand behind his brain, and that was painfully obvious throughout the... May 04, 2006 I'm on the list What about you?... May 02, 2006 Refuse One thing about debating Christians--eventually, it becomes evident that the root of the problem lies not in any disagreements over facts or interpretations, but instead in the warped logic of blind faith. When two scientists argue, for example, they generally... May 02, 2006 Net neutrality Calvinist or atheist, if you use the internet, it matters to you: "Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic. Cable and telephone companies that provide Internet service are talking... May 02, 2006 At the DebateBlog You may know that I am debating a Calvinist, centuri0n, at his DebateBlog. And if you're at all like me, you're wondering why I bother. In response to my latest post in which I say this... We know that in... May 01, 2006 @#$%&*!!!!! I'm so angry I can hardly $%@#& @&#^$ &$*%^#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... May 01, 2006

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