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Blogs
- 1 out of 20 American Adults are illiterate
- a happy poem
- A real crusade against capital punishment
- acronym of the day
- After the food fight.
- An embarrassment of blogs
- And I say to myself, what a wonderful world
- Après-Cephalopodmas
- Bible quiz
- Brits corner market on intrusion
- By George
- classic moments in grading assignments
- classic moments in telemarketing
- Darwin's Rottweiler
- Der Zehnpfennige Pabst
- Ernestine is alive and well
- Everyone's a critic
- gender confusion
- German school reverses 'pay-to-pee' policy
- Get back, Honky Cat.
- Good to be back.
- Happy new year to all!
- Happy Thanksgiving
- He's dead,scot
- Hear, hear
- Holiday Humor
- holidaze
- home sick
- How lucky am I?
- How to scare Elwed.
- I just can't go for that ... no can do
- I Love Farmers
- I think I found my intellectual twin
- I'm a Believer.
- I'm beginning to get pissy.
- Idle thought for the day.
- If ever we needed prayers, it's now.
- In D&D land ...
- Inside cover
- Isn't it ironic?
- It's that time of year again
- Just a bit of advice.
- Just another manic Sunday.
- Just sayin'.
- Just when I thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous
- Just wow.
- klutz of the year award
- let's see ...
- Life goes on ....
- maybe today will be the day!!!!
- Mental paralysis.
- Miscellany.
- Mmmmm....
- Moments in atheist parenting.
- more random silly thoughts
- musings ....
- My Saturday
- New Anthem for the Midwest
- No time to say goodbye, hello, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.
- Nothing says "Mother's Day" ...
- nuttin much
- Okay, now I'm really confused.
- persona for sale
- Question of Justice
- Quote of the Day
- Rant o' the Day
- re-cycling
- Religious faux paux, pauxes...whatever
- resonates
- restless gods
- riding the bus
- Rough Living in the Wild West
- SAEF
- So cool. And at the same time, so not.
- some things never change
- Something doesn't add up
- Son of a plasma biscuit.
- spontaneous muscle tears
- squirt's poems
- Stuff people make up ....
- submerged
- Surreal moments.
- testing
- testing, testing ... 1, 2, 3 testing
- the cable guy
- the joys of flying with strangers
- The land of milk and funny.
- The local definition of cute.
- the scenic route
- there's some things you never get used to ...
- Things that make you go 'hmmmm' ....
- those impious Austrians
- Those rollicking Bavarians
- time flies
- Trepidation
- TurboTax at five miles an hour.
- uneventful
- unhemmed as it is uneven
- Welcome to Oblivious!
- What are the odds?
- What to do with those leftovers?
- Whoa, there!
- Working for a tyrant
- Wow, I'm even better than I thought!
- You can lead a horticulture ...
Deadscot's Blog
- 1 out of 20 American Adults are illiterate
- A real crusade against capital punishment
- Bible quiz
- Brits corner market on intrusion
- German school reverses 'pay-to-pee' policy
- Holiday Humor
- How lucky am I?
- I'm beginning to get pissy.
- Isn't it ironic?
- Just when I thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous
- Question of Justice
- Religious faux paux, pauxes...whatever
- Something doesn't add up
- Trepidation
Geekmom's Blog
- After the food fight.
- An embarrassment of blogs
- Après-Cephalopodmas
- Everyone's a critic
- Get back, Honky Cat.
- Happy new year to all!
- He's dead,scot
- home sick
- How to scare Elwed.
- I'm a Believer.
- Idle thought for the day.
- If ever we needed prayers, it's now.
- In D&D land ...
- Just a bit of advice.
- Just another manic Sunday.
- Just sayin'.
- Just wow.
- Mental paralysis.
- Miscellany.
- Moments in atheist parenting.
- more random silly thoughts
- My Saturday
- No time to say goodbye, hello, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.
- Nothing says "Mother's Day" ...
- Okay, now I'm really confused.
- Quote of the Day
- Rant o' the Day
- So cool. And at the same time, so not.
- Son of a plasma biscuit.
- Surreal moments.
- The land of milk and funny.
- The local definition of cute.
- TurboTax at five miles an hour.
- Wow, I'm even better than I thought!
- You can lead a horticulture ...
Zilch's Blog
Consigliere's Blog
Squirt's Blog
- a happy poem
- acronym of the day
- And I say to myself, what a wonderful world
- By George
- classic moments in grading assignments
- classic moments in telemarketing
- Darwin's Rottweiler
- Ernestine is alive and well
- gender confusion
- Good to be back.
- Hear, hear
- I just can't go for that ... no can do
- Inside cover
- klutz of the year award
- let's see ...
- Life goes on ....
- maybe today will be the day!!!!
- musings ....
- nuttin much
- persona for sale
- re-cycling
- resonates
- restless gods
- riding the bus
- SAEF
- some things never change
- spontaneous muscle tears
- squirt's poems
- Stuff people make up ....
- submerged
- testing
- testing, testing ... 1, 2, 3 testing
- the cable guy
- the joys of flying with strangers
- the scenic route
- there's some things you never get used to ...
- Things that make you go 'hmmmm' ....
- time flies
- uneventful
- unhemmed as it is uneven
- Welcome to Oblivious!
- What are the odds?
- Whoa, there!
- Working for a tyrant
Books
Current Events
- "Judge: NSA Case Can Proceed"
- (Rita) Evacuees going home too soon
- a Hobbesian trap?
- about that Ike
- Adoption of children-How many is too many?
- Alito Nomination-Best Line
- Alito, unfortunately is not Scalia
- almost forgot about this
- and another round of negotiations
- And now for something completely different.
- and then there were three
- another school shooting and video games
- Apparently Falwell still causes trouble
- at least Le Pen is out of the running
- Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood
- Being Able To Empathisize Sucks
- bracing ourselves
- Calling the Geek Squad
- cell phones are hazardous
- closure on a murder case?
- commenting on the elections
- ding dong...
- forget about that ice storm in Texas
- Fred Phelps is an Asshole
- German Brain Drain?
- Germany issues warrants for 13 American CIA agents
- guess who's at it again?
- he can't pass up a chance to nag...
- Hitchens on Gibson
- How reassuring
- How we became the United States of France
- I like this idea
- I Love Carnivals
- Ike redux
- justice served?
- Katrina Redux
- lots of disasterbating about Virginia Tech
- Loving the New Supreme Court Justice
- Mark Rasch on data retention
- militant atheists are harmless...
- Molly Ivins, queen of liberal commentary, dies
- more waves...
- My thoughts exactly
- not funny
- now there's a cryptoanalysis success story
- oh, those pr0n peddlers
- on Pat Tillman
- only the good die young
- Paris Burning
- sad...
- so what about that Gliese 581, eh
- Some Thoughts on the Flood
- studying errors...
- The Comparison That Hardens Opposition
- the other type of homebrew
- The Pain of True Stupidity
- there are times when a lynch mob sounds like a good idea
- those poor studly firefighters
- Watergate Echoes in NSA Courtroom
- What's Gustav up to?
- what's the world coming to?
- Why would there be a draft?
Geek
- a bit of desktop fluff
- a game from the past...
- A.L.I.C.E.
- aaaarrrrggghhhhh! $#*&
- alt+
- and now with IPV6 support
- Back to playing games...
- bad news for Consi
- because I'm a glutton for punishment...
- biometrics suck
- Blog? Oh, this one?
- blue screen of death
- computer crash
- Converting Expression Engine (EE) to Drupal
- cosmetic stuff
- creepy Comcast
- denial of service
- disk defragging
- Drupal vs. Expression Engine redux
- E8 Mapped
- EE 2 Beta
- EE vs. Drupal, early impressions
- evolution bits
- Expression Engine status
- For Consi: How computers work
- frik-frakking puters
- fucking spammers
- geek fix
- getting excited about EE 2.0
- Goodies for Firefox
- Having a bad gaming day
- I'm now Drupal-free
- if you notice odd errors in the next week or so...
- interesting idea
- ISO, schmISO
- It bears remembering...
- kvetch, kvetch, kvetch
- LDAP
- maybe it's not funny ....
- Microsoft rot?
- msblank.htm
- neat and nerdy
- new theme?
- Not much going on...
- nothing is sacred
- now what...
- observe the trainwreck
- On referrer spam
- on themes...
- one for the crypto-heads
- OpenWRT
- Protection from cyberthieves?
- room for improvement?
- SCOXE
- servers moved and thoughts on LayeredTech
- So much for E-passports
- sob story
- Something that caused me a lot of aggravation
- something you don't find in many legal filings
- Spot the difference
- statistical headaches
- sticks and stones
- Teenagers putting computers at risk
- the gall some people have
- the weirdest thing i've learned this week
- there goes my copious spare time
- Thinking about EE again
- this time, moving domain registrars
- TiddlyWiki
- To Drupal or not to Drupal...
- touch of a button
- vertical cut and paste
- web hosting...
- webhosting issues
- webmail problems
- Well, duh!
- What D&D character are you?
- whoda thunkit?
- Why bother? (MS Anti-spyware)
- Why isn't a computer more like a man?*
- Yay! It's Nay!
- you're tagged
General
- (old) local news
- a big gorilla comes to visit
- a classic: guide to cold reading
- a default answer
- a few posts from Fundies Say the Darndest Things
- a long-forgotten intelligence failure
- a new twist on alternate energy
- A note regarding SEB
- A question of morality
- A short cappuccino, anyone?
- about contrition
- about that basis for morals...
- About that Netflix outfit...
- Afterlife - the game
- amputee soldiers return to active duty
- and another air travel horror story
- and another non-event
- and the point is?
- and they don't know what he did wrong...
- angels 101?
- another nail?
- another victory for multi-culturalism?
- are all conservatives despicable?
- art imitating life?
- beauty, eh!
- best songs
- blog space policies
- Blogging considered dangerous to your job
- book recommendations
- Boy howdy, will the creationists hate this
- Brain teaser
- Can Anybody Tell Me Why This Was Reported?
- closing The Closer
- Commercially manufactured anti-vandal mailboxes
- couldn't have happened to a nicer guy
- count me in
- cowards...
- creationism explained, blame childhood indoctrination?
- Culture Gap To Large To Bridge
- de-integration?
- dedicated servers
- Delightful anti-ID opinion piece
- Die Wissenschaft hat festgestellt...
- dodging cops
- does the anthropic argument need another nail?
- does the practice of medicine and religion mix?
- Don't like biology move to AZ and object to the class
- DUI Defendants Skip Charge By Asking How Test Works
- either he's a soldier or he isn't
- Electropolis?
- fallacy of contested definition
- Favourite random quote
- finally
- Finally took the time to read up on all this evolutionary psychology stuff
- flu vaccine
- found this...
- from the "serves them right" department
- From the "things i wished i'd thought of myself" department ...
- Funny Times: Least Competent People
- games people play...
- get them while they're fresh
- Giving dead horses a break
- good grief
- Google and censorship and then some...
- gun control and Switzerland
- Happiness and Evolution
- Has anybody else...
- have you ever wondered where torturers come from?
- HD: Atheists and Wiccans Together
- HD: My Departure from the Negative Energies
- He's just that powerful!
- hey Consi!
- Hey zilch: something for your repertoire?
- hey, tiny
- Hitchens gone off the deep end
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- honest-to-Scientist designed life?
- Hopes dashed again ....
- House, M.D. Trivia
- I Call Bullshit
- I Don't Understand This At All
- I hate anti-vaccination nuts
- I want some!
- I'd go see the play
- I'm as much in favor of hunting as the next guy, and maybe even a bit more, but this?
- I'm puzzled:
- I'm sure glad we don't live there anymore
- in case anybody wonders...
- interesting medical case...
- interesting piece on parasitic genes
- Interesting thoughts on marriage
- Iraq nastiness
- it would never occur to terrorists
- it's all for the wimmin
- it's persecution, no doubt about it
- Just when you think hysteria has peaked...
- Life in Texas (?)
- Little Separates Public, Private Schools -- Report
- local color
- LOKI TOTALLY ROCKS
- Looks like Buchanan got dressed up
- Maybe "I kill children" was about preemptively creating world peace?
- Meninism
- Merry Secularmas!
- more on cell phone snooping
- no Princess Charming
- not fun with fire hydrants
- now this is unexpected
- nuclear secrets?
- oh, bugger
- optical illusions
- our fearless firefighters
- paramilitary anyone?
- people that make me hopping mad
- pet peeve - raffle tickets
- photo of the day
- planned adventures in bread baking
- playing with eggs...
- ponderings
- Rationally Speaking: Gays, in the military and outside of it
- referrer fun
- reflections on friendship
- reminder....
- reproduced without explicit permission
- Saudi Brittania?
- school supplies
- Sexual Selectivity?
- shrinking the gap?
- Slate on Dianamania
- something a little more light-hearted
- something else that isn't new
- Sometimes I wonder what possesses the French...
- stream of consciousness
- strikes me as a good idea
- surveillance doesn't deliver
- Testimony Heard Regarding Edmonton Police Attempt to Arrest Journalist
- that bra looks dangerous
- the Amish -- too good to be true?
- The Authoritarians
- the conceivable dangers of biometrics
- the copyright thugs are having a wet dream
- the dam is breaking
- The Groningen Protocol
- The Summers of our discontent
- the Swiss rethinking gun control?
- these right-wingers never practice what they preach
- they really don't want people to fly
- Things that make you go hmmm redux
- thinking inside the box
- those dastardly computer repair outfits...
- tinker, tinker
- Tis The Season
- to redesign or not to redesign...
- traffic bypass...
- Traffic pet peeves
- traveler's dilemma
- US religious right plans a home-school revolution
- Validation
- Wanna crunch?
- we used to live a few miles from there...
- web hosting recommendations
- what are they thinking of?
- what came first, the chicken or the T-Rex?
- what is it with Germans and cannibalism?
- What Would Deadscot Post?
- What's the world coming to?
- whatever
- when the War on Photography meets pedophilephobia
- where to hide money at home
- Whither Canada?
- Who said it, Hitler or Falwell?
- Wikipedia Brown
- word of the day: hymenoplasty
- yeah, right
- You Deserve Compensation For Being Ugly
Germany
- "Chinese leader calls for improved EU-China trade"
- 9/11
- a few more bits of news...
- a good idea
- a short trip down memory lane
- about that EU
- About the New Cold War
- Ambassador forecasts Israel-Germany strains
- an anniversary I missed
- an interesting remark in passing
- an unusual case of DUI
- an upside to global warming
- and another honor killing
- and another one bites the test
- And on a more cheerful note...
- and once more into the breach
- and then there were three
- another kind of army
- another one bites the dust
- another round of "whack a holocaust denier"
- another school shooting and video games
- another tempest in a teapot?
- anti-American?
- apropos train wreck
- Berlin Bars Deployment of German Army to Violent Afghan South
- Berlin's Jewish community....
- blame the women
- Bye-bye Walmart
- coldly practical
- contrasting points of view
- Cuba, oh my
- drunk driving, Geman style
- Election Blues
- Euromail versus Amerimail ...
- Expatica: "US flags mounted in dog droppings in German city"
- Expatica: Berlin moves to boost military global reach
- Expatica: Czechs and Germans reach deal over WW2 dead
- Expatica: German army stretched to the limit
- Expatica: How Germany learned to say 'no'
- Expatica: Schröder rules out troops in Iraq before Bush visit
- Expatica: Turkish man in Berlin jailed for 'honour killing' of sister
- expellee exhibition
- for once, I agree with a Catholic diocese
- forget about that ice storm in Texas
- found while surfing
- from Newsweek, without further comment
- from the "how can this happen" department
- from the bummer department
- German Civil Code
- German elections 2005
- German overtakes French in EU popularity stakes
- German role in Lebanon?
- Germany 'won't shoot down' 9/11-style planes
- Germany bashing on the bhurka
- Germany issues warrants for 13 American CIA agents
- Getting back to your German roots
- good riddance
- Having trouble staying focused on your target?
- how nice of her
- I could have sworn...
- I didn't see that one coming
- I need a category for "just plain dumb"
- I want to stay there!
- I was waiting for that particular shoe to drop
- I wish I could find a video of that race
- integration gone astray
- judicial misconduct?
- just great
- Lyrics...
- misunderstood?
- Moonies in or out
- more waves...
- not exactly a surprise result
- now we know why Germany's population is shrinking
- odd folks over there...
- Oh, for crying out load
- one for the "now I feel safer" drawer
- outrage doesn't come close
- Plenty of churches for sale
- Police brought in as teachers lose control at Berlin school
- R.I.P.: Hanns Dieter Hüsch
- Ramstein, August 28, 1988
- red meat isn't bad for you...
- refugee memorial
- religion in Germany
- religious wankerdom in Germany
- revoke WHAT?
- right, and yet so wrong
- Schwarz, Rot, Gold
- secret CIA prisons in Europe?
- Shell's youth study
- since somebody noticed that I am an outspoken atheist...
- smartasses-r-us
- social security, German-style
- solar power...
- Something Bush can only dream of
- sort of a timely topic
- sour grapes?
- State visit
- surely a coincidence
- Telepolis
- that dastardy German porn
- The Germans: A Lot Like Us
- they did what?
- they itch so bad it must hurt
- they'll never get them
- thinking on your feet
- this incident makes me most unhappy
- this is very troubling
- those literal-minded Germans
- those whacky Catlicks...
- torture is contagious?
- tough call
- upcoming elections...
- visions of The Postman
- Well, well, well
- Weltschmerz
- what possessed her?
- what's that all about?
- Whither Germany
- why can't he just retire?
- Why Germany should be proud
- will it ever end?
- will they ever stop this nonsense?
- Yay!
Hot Button
- Anyone still opposed to the death penalty?
- Comment of the Day
- Environmental Mutations Skewing Bass Sexuality
- homosexual marriage
- hot button: abortion
- Initiative 957
- Is it just me ...
- just about losing it ...
- London...
- People who think too much, and yet not enough.
- Slate: Mind the Gaps
- Something I didn't plan to comment on...
- Speaking of addiction ...
- The Founding Fathers vs. a Christian nation
- The gift that keeps on taking.
- The Logic of Suicide Terrorism
- Things that are Just Wrong.
- tolerating torture
- topic added
- well, whaddaya know ...
Humor
- 2006 Texas Bum Steer Awards
- A new excuse.
- A Troika of Thought
- almost a potty joke
- Another beauty, eh!
- another one for Consi
- another right-on cartoon
- be afraid. be very afraid
- Carnivegan: the way to go!
- Cat Haikus
- chicken ranching
- computer-crash
- concise summary of the desert dogmas
- creationist stumper questions
- Death, taxes and now Citibank.
- Decisions based on statistics.
- definitely not funny
- Designer Genes- A Rapprochement
- Doing my part for Jay and Silent Bob ...
- for Consi
- For skwurt: Why Math Is Important
- for the (wo)man who has everything
- For you-know-who-you-are
- free pass
- from the "enough said" category
- God's Survey
- good news
- Google Romance!
- happy halloween
- Hop to it!
- Hunting Lawyers
- I Always Knew That It Was Mumbo Jumbo
- I just HAVE to share this.
- I loves me some Andy Borowitz
- I loves me some Funny Times.
- I'm sorry, I couldn't resist this.
- impossible
- in deference to Islam
- injuns
- Inside the Deity's Studio
- involuntary humor
- is this funny?
- Just for skwurt ;-)
- last rites
- Life in Austin????
- Looking at the calendar...
- Make sure you read to the end...
- man cannot know
- maternity ward
- Math geek / biblical humour
- militant atheist
- muddy chicken
- No Stars For The Eclipse
- not funny
- Now THERE'S a practical woman.
- on stem cell research
- Overheard in New York
- philosophical humor
- Pope joke of the day.
- pot meets kettle
- Presidential position outsourced to India
- Revenge is mine, saith the baby.
- Security Alerts
- Sh*t Happens!
- shit happens
- Sick jokes
- silly seasonal humour
- sometimes The Onion is too funny
- Song of the Day
- Study Proves Universe Created By Committee
- swearing, sex and religion
- that's not funny!
- THE FOUR RELIGIOUS TRUTHS
- The one-bit word game
- the perfect gift for people you dislike
- The True Bonds of Friendship
- the world in 2050
- this is so wrong on so many levels
- those Christians complicate everything...
- those crazy canucks
- too funny
- Top Ten Reasons Religion is Like Pornography
- trust the Dutch...
- truth in advertising
- uh...
- Undead Technical Support
- Useful travel phrases
- Want proof? Try an experiment.
- Well, there's a way of looking at it.
- what is it with the Brits and fairies?
- why do you get up?
- Zilch, did you have a hand in this?
- zilch, what are you up to over there???
Kaffee und Kuchen
- *Waves Hello*
- and now for something different
- Busy, busy, busy
- For Consi ...
- HD: Why I left atheism
- I'm running out of stuff to rent from Netflix
- I'm well and truly floored
- idle contemplation
- Just a couple of random London Transport links...
- not much going on...
- not much to say these days...
- on getting ticked off
- reviving posts
- Romani Ite Domum
- The Book of Daniel
- the music we play
- Twenty Questions
- What a coincidence...
- What season is it again?
Legal
- "RIAA doesn't like independent experts"
- a comma here, a comma there
- A Different Perspective of Lawyers
- a disturbing test run of a process
- A Grill Ain't For BBQ Anymore
- a sale is a sale?
- A Very Good Series
- amusing lawsuit
- an interesting legal problem
- an unusual case of DUI
- and another lawsuit aimed at the Catholic Church.
- and another zinger
- another proud moment for multi-culturalism
- another round of "whack a holocaust denier"
- At least God may have mercy on your soul
- Consi gut buster
- corporate intrigue
- Germany bashing on the bhurka
- Gonzales v. Carhart
- Google plans WHAT?
- HALT
- Hamdan Decision
- how to defy a judge
- I suggest a new strategy: Let the Wookiee win.
- illegal aliens
- Initiative 957
- it must be great to have no worse problem than fashion
- judicial misconduct?
- Legal Wrangling
- local echoes of Groningen and Schiavo
- not slanderous enough?
- NSA wiretapping
- oops
- orphaned works
- other people are nuts, too
- outrage doesn't come close
- Racism within the ABA
- Remember how I was babbling about federalism being good for everybody?
- revoke WHAT?
- rock, paper, scissors
- Since we seem to be talking about legal issues...
- So long and thanks for the rivers
- Some Judges Are Better Than Others
- somebody else acting under the influence of religion
- something you don't find in many legal filings
- Tales from the Public Domain
- the copyright thugs are having a wet dream
- the pants judge sues again
- they'll never get them
- unusual punishment
- want to look up court cases?
- Which intentional tort are you?
- whither wiretapping?
- will they ever stop this nonsense?
- WTF happened there?
Parenting
- a beautiful rant
- A trip down Memory Lane
- adventures in parenting
- at least one bit of good news
- baby statistics
- being a smartass
- Blogging ban provokes a debate over cyberspace
- Busy, busy, busy
- changed TV habits
- daddy brain
- definitely not funny
- discipline rules
- happy and sad
- Happy Fathers' Day!
- how to interrogate POWs
- if it's not one thing....
- infant whines
- kids swimming against the stream
- Let the children go on foot and on bike
- long time no post
- MMR vaccine
- Monogamy
- no free roaming
- not exactly a surprise...
- okay, I gotta record this one.
- Parents Magazine: The Cutting Edge
- Peoples is silly.
- random acts of friendlyness
- ransom
- religious inoculation?
- remember playtime?
- Sad...
- seen in front of..
- that's not funny!
- The Rites of Spring.
- the stupid, it burns
- this one hits home
- true believers
- typing one-handed
- why indeed
- Word of mouth
Philosophy
- Über den Glauben
- a cute phrase I picked up
- another pet peeve - sloppy reasoning
- Ayn Rand
- Bits of Buber
- capital-t Truth
- Clinton vs. Bush
- demeaning dualism?
- Fun with filloserfy
- How many truths?
- I hate network programming
- intrinsic value?
- knowledge
- Making sense ....
- Modus Tollens
- more rationalistic fallacies
- Morsels of Marcel
- New fossil find destroys assumptions about mammals; scientists delighted.
- on human rights
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Popper vs. evolution
- Rationally Speaking: Monty Python's guide to philosophy
- Snippets of Santayana
- societal crises of faith?
- Stem cells redux
- the god game genre
- Why can't we all just get along?
Politics
- "Iraq battling more than 200,000 insurgents"
- "The Moral Bankruptcy of Social Conservatism"
- "US Said to Mull Lifetime Terror-Suspect Detentions"
- a cute take
- A Perspective on the Pledge
- A Post-Mortem on the Elections
- a presidency unraveling
- A Ringing Endorsement For Fred
- A Very Good Series
- a way to avoid the draft?
- about these passenger records
- all is clear now
- all too believable
- almost forgot about this
- America, Left Behind
- an amusing Thompson commentary
- Another election post-mortem
- another sad statistic
- apropos that armor remark
- Attorneygate
- British defeatist, eh
- Buh-bye, Arafat
- Bush Is Not Incompetent
- Bushism of the day.
- can you blame them?
- Christianists!
- Christopher Hitchens calls them as he sees them
- CIA secret prisons redux
- civil disobedience?!
- CNN Cancels Crossfire, Comedian Caused Commotion
- Colin Powell leaving
- Conflicting accounts
- Crosses banned at Bush inaugural parade
- Crypto in the U.K.
- Dan Savage: Liberals are the new gays.
- Debate rages on use of cervical cancer vaccine
- definitely not funny
- Democracy .... Alberta style
- Depressing
- depressing
- Disgust with Republicans
- Do you feel the draft?
- eerily prescient...
- Ekklesia round-up
- et tu, Texas?
- Eulogy, anybody?
- European travellers, now you can feel safe
- faith-based missile defense
- fascist America
- FISA roundup
- flop-flip (v.)
- From Deadscot's "I told you so" stash...
- Gay rights vs. women's rights.
- global peace index
- go House!
- Gonzales faces the rack ... er, Senate Judiciary Committee
- good for them
- Good News is the Bad News
- gotta love Sky 1
- hand in the cookie jar
- Have a miscarriage, go to jail?
- Hopeful signs?
- How the Democrats got it wrong.
- I don't buy it...
- I loves me some Andy Borowitz
- I suppose I should add a Legal category...
- I thought this was a headline from The Onion
- I was waiting for that particular shoe to drop
- I'm shocked, shocked!
- if at first you don't succeed, surge again
- Initiative 957
- Iraq assessment...
- is it time to impeach Bush yet?
- is there any low too low for Lieberman?
- It's a drag
- Juan Cole: Why we Have to get the Troops Out of Iraq
- law and order, neocon style
- Legal FAQs on NSA Wiretaps
- local color of the unpleasant kind
- mixed feelings
- more disturbing news
- more on surveillance societies
- more TSA madness
- musings on Iraq
- my irony meter just exploded
- My Lai massacre hero dies at 62
- My opinion of Hitchens took a nose-dive
- neocon "politics" -- more phantastic than a thriller
- Newdow's at it again.
- Newsweek: The Salvador Option
- not so fast
- nothing good will come of this
- now that is really scary
- now there's a cheery thought
- now there's a hero
- now we know what the problem is
- now we know...
- on a neocon roll
- on a pro-draft opinion piece
- on American conservativism and fascism
- On American world leadership
- on domes and minarets
- on moral values
- on moral values (continued)
- on stem cell research
- On the outcome of the election
- One small step for humankind.
- pardon the turkey
- petty, but why not?
- picked up at DOF: "Bush lost the war" meme
- Political thought for the day.
- pr0n for airport screeners
- Predictions
- random thought
- Rationally Speaking: America, Europe, and the rest of the world
- Rationally Speaking: And they say liberals are whiny!
- Rationally Speaking: Dude, this is your country!
- Rationally Speaking: Is the US the ultimate rogue state?
- Rationally Speaking: Soldiers' morality
- reasons why a young person should not join the military
- religion and tax reform
- Republican voters
- Rumsfeld to Katrina: "Thanks"
- Save the conservatives -- put down the Bible.
- SEB: "The problem of 45 million uninsured Americans hits home. Hard."
- secret, schmecret
- simple explanation
- So now we know?
- Something Bush can only dream of
- sometimes The Onion is too funny
- Speaking a foreign language
- Stars & Stripes: Families of servicemembers killed in Iraq turned away at Pentagon
- startling research?
- supplies in demand, do I sense a trend?
- support your troops
- surveillance idiocy
- Swiss priorities.
- tag, you're it
- that's nice of them
- that's the spirit
- the Brits must get off on surveillance
- The Dumbing-Down of the U.S. Army
- The enemy within?
- the kettle calling the POT(us) black
- The Perfect World
- the pledge of allegiance
- The President's Position on the Wiretaps
- The Road to the White House Has an Elephat Leading the Pack
- The Times: Backing Bush has won you nothing, Chirac tells Britain
- there's more than Bible thumping...
- this dastardly German judiciary
- this is so unfunny
- This just about sums it up for me
- to break the monotony
- To pledge or not to pledge...
- too good to pass up
- too little, too late?
- tricky question
- two papers I'd like to read
- Vatican boycott
- VegSource: Bush declares war on Iraqi farmers
- Weighing in on the nomination
- Well, at least they're inclusive.
- what is it with these GOP dudes?
- what missiles?
- When it's okay to commit a hate crime.
- While you were out....
- whither wiretapping?
- who needs children anyway
- Whodunnit?
- Why do I get the feeling....
- without words
- WTF?!
- Yay for New Jersey
- Yeah, that'll help.
- your abstince-only tax dollars at work
Religion
- "cultural sensitivity be damned"
- "I lack belief in a god"
- "Lack of belief" analysis outline
- "Militant" atheism.
- "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- "This atheist finds he needs a foxhole"
- 26th anniversary
- a delightful response
- a different kind of religious nuttery
- a meta-comment
- a nun said what?
- a popularity contest
- a relapse of sorts
- a startling thesis
- a stumper
- A Very Good Series
- about those religions...
- almost forgot about this
- America, Left Behind
- amusing lawsuit
- and another example of Christian tough love
- and another honor killing
- and another post about Catholic League
- and now, religion in schools from a different angle
- and once more into the breach
- and what secular purpose would that be?
- another example of homophobic bigotry
- another hall of shame post
- another one bites the dust
- another painful read
- another proud moment for multi-culturalism
- another reason not to get hospitalized in the U.K.
- Answer to "How to talk to an atheist" guide
- Answers to Frequently Asked "Stumpers"
- Answers to positions held by atheists
- anti-Catholic hackers
- apathetic agnostic atheist
- apologetics?
- apolopeptic
- apropos having to share something
- Aquinas
- Arabic homophobes
- are all religions the same?
- as oppposed to...
- Aspirations to moral superiority
- atheism, schmatheism
- atheist apologetics?
- Atheists and Agnostics are Gods chosen people
- bad for your health?
- Baptist troglodytes?
- Berlin's Jewish community....
- best argument
- bumper sticker
- bwahaha
- By their fruits ...
- By their fruits.... (continued)
- Can the Jews Save Christmas? -- Slate.com
- can we just call them dommestic terrorists?
- CARM, one more time
- CARM, wrapping up
- catching up...
- Catholic High School Teacher Forced Out over Flag
- Chances are ....
- Chat-O-Matic Atheist Witnessing Tool
- choice creationism quote
- Christian hypocrites...
- Christianity hasn't cornered the market...
- christianity on trial
- Christianity, a copycat religion?
- Christians have pictorial issues, too
- Cognitive dissonance for the masses.
- compassionate Catholicism
- Concerning atheist attacks on Theism
- concise summary of the desert dogmas
- contrasting points of view
- Couldn't have said it better myself
- creationist periodic table of elements
- cute...
- DailyKOS: " On faith and values"
- Dawkins and cartoons
- Deism
- dictionary definitions
- does the practice of medicine and religion mix?
- dress code...
- Ekklesia: God gene
- Ekklesia: Bush's campaign to court Evangelicals split US says advisor
- evangelical schools ordered to teach evolution
- Evangelization
- even the Catholic Church can go with the times
- evolution vs. creationism
- faith and knowledge
- Faking ancient relics for fun and prophet.
- for old times sake
- for once, I agree with a Catholic diocese
- FOXholes
- free pass
- free will...
- from the good riddance category
- Fun with CARM
- getting cross
- God: a dysfunctional relationship?
- good for Amnesty
- good for them
- good news
- Griswoldian Catechism, reproduced with permission
- Hall of Shame
- Halloween
- having a Fitna
- he can't pass up a chance to nag...
- He loves me, He loves me not.
- He's just that powerful!
- Heaven or Hell - same difference?
- here's another "gem"
- historical atheism
- how nice of her
- how to irritate an atheist
- humour
- I can't make this up...
- I don't buy it...
- I hate anti-vaccination nuts
- I love me some Cheryl Wheeler
- I was waiting for that particular shoe to drop
- I'm a Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant
- if religion were contagious
- if science were a crossword puzzle
- impossible
- in deference to Islam
- In the spirit of equal opportunity bashing
- injuns
- Is Atheism viable?
- Is it Greek to you?
- Islamophobia?
- Isn't it amazing...
- it sucks to be persecuted
- it's always fun...
- It's not I needed that many reasons never to become one...
- it's persecution, no doubt about it
- It's tempting...
- Jesus and Mo
- Judith Shulevitz: The Power of the Mustard Seed
- just so you know
- just when you think you've heard it all
- Kissing Hank's Ass
- let's bash the Church of England for a change
- Lions and tigers and relativism, oh my
- local asshattery
- local color of the unpleasant kind
- man cannot know
- maternity ward
- Mike Royko redux
- militant atheist
- minor variation on a theme
- Mistakes on either side...
- mixed feelings
- Moonies in or out
- more Islamist bullshit
- more old news
- more religious weirdness
- Most relevant commandment for Christians ...
- musings on religion
- My morals good, your morals bad.
- My views on Atheism
- My views on Christianity
- Natali Angier's problem
- never heard of him before...
- new astromer...
- Newman the Atheist
- News at 11: The Catholic Church still doesn't like women
- not funny
- now even Brazilian supermodels get out of line
- now we know!
- oh, bugger
- on domes and minarets
- on ECREE
- on stem cell research
- on truth
- once in a while...
- Open Theism
- out of curiosity...
- Papal twofer
- Pascal's Wager
- persecution...
- pet peeve - the reverse discrimination play
- Pet peeves
- Pope Benedict Protecting Pedophile Priests
- Pope Quote of the Day.
- Pope warns against 'DIY' religion
- Popespotting, issue 347
- pot meets kettle
- preaching by vehicular assault...
- predictable
- public voices
- PZ Myers sure is on a roll...
- R.I.P. -- or not
- rambling
- Rapture: Who will Go to Heaven?
- Rationally Speaking: Game theory, rational egoism, and the evolution of fairness
- Ratzi and exercises in translation
- Reading Dawkins
- Religion and publicly funded schools
- religion and the workplace
- religion in Germany
- religious humour ...
- religious wanker round-up
- religious wankerdom in Germany
- Revenge of Conscience
- right, and yet so wrong
- Ruling says 'family values' is hate speech that scares city workers
- Sam Harris on Fitna
- Schönborn's at it again
- science and theology - stem cell research
- season's kvetchings...
- seems like everybody is taking aim at Francis Collins
- Shell's youth study
- shit happens
- since Les brought it to my attention...
- since this was discussed at SEB...
- sins and moral wrongs
- so about these Catholic schools...
- so much for Christian science fairs
- So why does religion interest you at all?
- Some folks are not into ecumenism
- some poetry
- somebody else acting under the influence of religion
- something new...
- spot the bigot
- startling research?
- stumbled over this one...
- tell me it ain't so...
- Tell me something new...
- Ten Commandment Cases
- that would be sufficient reason to homeschool
- that's nice of them
- the Amish -- too good to be true?
- The Big Bad Catholic Church?
- the definition game
- The enemy within?
- The Jews Are Infiltrating Christianity
- The Onion does it again
- the only map of the U.S. you'll ever need
- the outsider test
- the poor fellows
- The Problem of Evil
- the proper way to not believe?
- the science of religion?
- the Sharia Archbishop strikes again
- The Times: Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
- the Vatican needs a morality checkup
- there was a time...
- these Catholic Bishops in the U.K. can't get their stories straight
- they have my support
- things that make you go hmmmm
- this is news to me
- This just in...
- those Catlicks...
- those Christians complicate everything...
- those whacky Catlicks...
- time to flame somebody else...
- to break the monotony
- To infinity and beyond!
- tolerance?
- too funny
- trends in wanker land
- tricky question
- True Believer quote of the day...
- truth in advertising
- Tsunami relief - beyond the pale
- tu coque
- tut tut, Ratzi
- two papers I'd like to read
- unintended consequences
- Vatican 'cashes in' by putting price on the Pope's copyright
- Vatican boycott
- Vatican: tu quoque
- visiting religious forums
- Well, at least they're inclusive.
- what a nice person to push the Catholic agenda
- What do Bush and Ratzinger have in common?
- what do they have to hide?
- What the Pope says
- What would it take to convince an atheist?
- What's up with the Rabbis?
- Who's next?
- why can't he just retire?
- why do you get up?
- will it work?
- will they ever learn?
- Yay for New Jersey
- yet another sad statistic
- your abstince-only tax dollars at work
- Youtube: Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
- zilch on SEB: Inscrutable Malignity - the New Controversy
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