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I’m okay with this…

I got an email from President Obama today. Well… a form email, but an email nonetheless which addressed the Nobel Peace Prize that he received today. Here’s what it said. Daniel – This...
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It’s not fun for all those involved.

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
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Dr. Joe Albietz on Vaccination

Dr. Joe Albietz is a pediatrician who is among the people who outspokenly refute the anti-vaxxers of the world (like Jenny McCarthy). This is his talk from TAM 7 about vaccinations and what they’ve...
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You should probably just buy the cookies.

I know next time I have the opportunity, I’ll buy the cookies. You know… just to be safe.
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Louis C.K. – Everything’s Amazing!

I never heard of Louis C.K. until today when I saw this video clip from his appearance on Conan O’Brien’s show. This is just brilliant! (via)
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AAI Convention Impressions

I returned from the Atheist Alliance International Convention in LA last night and I’m struggling to get back into the groove of my East Coast time zone. I wanted to post my impressions...
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I’m just sayin’…

I told my friend Mike… If there was a zombie outbreak at the atheist convention this weekend, I think all the atheists would be sad… because we wouldn’t be able (in good conscience)...
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Glenn Beck and the Key to the City

It seems that Glenn Beck has received the “key to the city” from the mayor of his hometown, Mount Vernon, Washington. Bud Norris (the mayor), evidently emphasized that “the...
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What’s Hasenpfeffer!?!

So, this morning I woke up from a dream that I was doing a ventriloquist act on-stage. For the record, I’ve never done a ventriloquist act in real life. A man came up to the front of the...
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Newly added to my favorite blogs…

Yesterday, while searching for some information on climate change, I happened upon a blog called The Way Things Break and was delighted. Not only did I find the information I was looking for,...
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Assertions Are Easy

Some people wonder why evolution isn’t more accepted than it is. Despite the monumental amount of evidence in multiple fields of scientific inquiry, those pesky creationists, bringing...
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Reasonists

From Doonesbury. I found this amusing… and disturbingly accurate. It does seem that the US is becoming closer and closer to being the country with the highest number of crackpots. Click...
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Earl and Fiona

 
This image from the GOES-13 satellite, taken at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, shows a huge Hurricane Earl northeast of North Carolina with cloud cover stretching over the northeastern U.S. A disorganized Tropical Storm Fiona is located in the bottom right of this image. Image Credit: NASA/NOAA Goes Project
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