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« May 2006 | HOME | July 2006 » June 2006 Crimes A band of U.S.-hating criminals managed to pull off a spectacular act of mass murder, killing thousands. In response, the United States decided it was necessary to alter much of its Constitution. The nation's executive branch, normally subject to laws,... June 30, 2006 "Deliver Us From Evil" documentary review Picture this: You're an upper-level manager for a large company. You are directly responsible for hundreds of employees in your region. Right now you are in your office, behind your desk. You have in front of you an employee of... June 28, 2006 Fiction This I believe: 1. Hamlet is a compelling fictional character whose story and speech contain useful elements to ponder when one is thinking about the human condition. But if you consider him your invisible friend who is with you all... June 27, 2006 The Raving Atheist I have no idea what's going on with RA. But it's damn interesting. It may be some kind of a stunt, but that's okay -- I'm a sucker for stunts. As are you, if you read this blog.... June 25, 2006 Links in my email "Left Behind: Eternal Torment" (Thanks, Lexi) What a betch (Thanks, Laurie) This has a familiar scene. I cannot explain the coincidence. (Thanks, Bruce) Yikes (Thanks a lot, Susan) Bat Boy attacks the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Thanks, Chris)... June 25, 2006 Misc. links Obviously, the best way to combat these noxious folks is to persuade them that certain parts of the Bible should be discarded, other parts viewed only as symbolism, and the few remaining parts taken literally as the inspired word of... June 23, 2006 I like it not For me, it's Some Like It Hot.... June 22, 2006 The future is very bright We should all be encouraged that the batshit insane among us here in the United States are a tiny, fringe minority: According to various polls, an estimated 40% of Americans believe that a sequence of events presaging the end times... June 22, 2006 What it takes Here's a horror film for you. Imagine there's a country where massive numbers of its inhabitants have been driven murderously insane. Rival groups within the country are so completely bonkers that they'll even kill each other for minor disagreements about... June 21, 2006 Some misc. links PZ Myers comments on that unique The God Who Wasn't There "screening" Sam Harris on NPR Anti-war short film using Sims 2 as animation engine I sympathize with her... June 19, 2006 Dear Christian apologist, As you know, the standard Christian attacks on The God Who Wasn't There are designed to keep the Christian flock from even viewing the documentary. Brian Flemming is just a bitter ex-Christian who nobody should pay any attention to, you... June 19, 2006 Life in Iraq Sooo much better since we got involved.... June 18, 2006 Like True, it makes smart people sound dumb.... June 16, 2006 Protecting vulnerable minds in Dallas Christian apologist Kevin Harris writes (emphasis mine): I am showing portions of [The God Who Wasn't There] at church Sunday night (June 18) at 6:30pm, in the main auditorium of First Baptist Colleyville (DFW Metroplex). [...] I am only showing... June 15, 2006 Copyright extremism Soon after the founding of the United States, the copyright term was 14 years, renewable once. This term proved to be a reasonable amount of time for authors to exclusively exploit their original works. It worked quite well for a... June 13, 2006 God hates fags, but please don't mention it The Raving Atheist discovers an unusual advocate in the Sisyphean struggle of liberal Christianity against fundamentalism: Fox News' Julie Banderas goes ballistic on Shirley Phelps-Roper, who has brought her "God Hates Fags" campaign to the funerals of soldiers who have... June 12, 2006 How they think PZ Myers wrote a skit.... June 10, 2006 On Air America Phoenix now I'm on the air now with Sankara Saranam on "Religion Roundtable." Archive will be here.... June 10, 2006 Keythe Farley in The Black Rider Here in L.A., you may be able to catch Keythe Farley in The Black Rider at the Ahmanson before it closes. If you don't make it, here's what he looked like in the show:... June 08, 2006 Alan Greenspan on Peak Oil "The energy abundance on which this nation was built is over."... June 08, 2006 6-6-06 Satanic High Mass In future years, millions will probably claim to have been at the 6-6-06 High Mass held by the Church of Satan on its 40th anniversary. To test these claimants, ask "What happened between Lust and Destruction?" If they tell you,... June 07, 2006 6-6-06 It was 666 days ago that I launched a project called The Beast. A different movie than The Beast ended up being made as the project developed, but the original one is still in progress. I posted some "news" here.... June 06, 2006 Today's fortune June 05, 2006 Atheism in the workplace Over at Shirley's blog.... June 02, 2006 Comments Every now and then, someone emails asking why there are no comments here. I used to have them, but then one day every website I own was shut down: Dear Brian Flemming, Because of the high CPU usage your scipt... June 02, 2006 555-1984 The greeting and goodbye lines that are apparently in the script for AT&T customer service reps: "Thank you for being a loyal AT&T customer." Um, I have no choice for local service. But thanks for telling me that the reason... June 02, 2006 Zero sum game I have never encountered an environment more competitive than backstage. While it's exciting to be back there, the tension underlying even minor social exchanges ("No, you don't look fat in that at all") can make it quite unpleasant. Performers are... June 02, 2006 How to steal an election Reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new bombshell Rolling Stone story "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" reminded me of this 1980s statement by the conservative elections strategist Paul Weyrich: direct download... June 01, 2006 The Ten Commandments The first few things God wants you to remember: Do not have any other gods before Me. Do not represent [such] gods by any carved statue or picture of anything in the heaven above, on the earth below, or in... June 01, 2006 Paradise Lost: Revelations CFI-West event this weekend: CFI-West will screen the documentary about three teenagers convicted of murder in what some claim was an atmosphere of "Satanic Panic." After the bodies of three eight-year-old boys were discovered in a shallow creek in deeply... June 01, 2006

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