Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age. “I don’t believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with ei[...]
Archive for February, 2015
February 7th, 2015 - 6:08 pm § in America
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Chris Rock
BLACK RELIGION Freedom From Religion Foundation “When you’re black there’s like no religion to turn to. It’s like, Christianity? I don’t think so. White people justified slavery and segregation through Christanity so a black Christian is like a black person with no fucking memory.” —Ch[...]
February 7th, 2015 - 12:25 pm § in Misc.
KEEP THE BEAST
Marshawn belongs here .. gritty, tough, smart, and showy![...]
February 7th, 2015 - 2:03 am § in Science
Wierd Scient(ists)
Michael Mosley infests himself with tapeworms The moment Michael Mosley discovered a tapeworm living inside him BBC TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley has infected himself with a number of parasites in an effort to understand how they affect the human body. He swallowed tapeworm cysts, stuck a leech on [...]
February 6th, 2015 - 11:41 pm § in Uncategorized
Washington’s vaccination rates aren’t all that great
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February 6th, 2015 - 11:24 pm § in Politics
Australia’s rightwing leader is in serious political trouble
And this is welcome news, because Aussie prime minister Tony Abbott is one of the world’s worst climate deniers. His economic policies suck, too: “Abbott, a combative, uncompromising right-winger, has become deeply unpopular in Australia—and his colleagues in parliament are eyeing his[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 11:01 pm § in Politics
Fossil fuel interests call wind farms a health hazard
This has to be straight out of the Koch brothers propaganda factory. Wisconsin is facing a $2 billion budget shortfall, but Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal includes $250,000 to study the health effects of wind farms. Why? My guess is because fossil energy is the core of the Koch brothers&#[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 5:28 pm § in Misc.
The Founders Speak Against Blasphemy
Do we Need Modern Blasphemy Laws? Before the era of science, what we call the enlightenment, all kingdoms had blasphemy laws. These laws were deemed to be necessary to maintain order ..after all if everyone did not agree that Jesus was God and George was King by divine right, how could society be [...]
February 6th, 2015 - 3:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Why protesting against bad cops isn’t an affront to good cops
“Jon Stewart offered the perfect rebuttal to the vicious, disgusting, and inflammatory comments made by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and by other conservatives …. “The murder of police officers … tear at the fabric of our society. What also tears at that fab[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 3:43 pm § in Uncategorized
New Christie scandal
Gov. Chris Christie of “Bridgegate” infamy (how would you like someone screwing with your already-miserable commute to take political revenge against your town’s mayor?) is now under federal investigation for allegedly blocking grand jury indictments of his cronies. The “pla[...]