From the daily archives:

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Pakistani women beheaded by religious zealots

September 12, 2007

The headless bodies of two women were found outside the city of Bannu.  A note was pinned to one of the women and stated “We have started doing this to end obscenity in the area.”  The “we” is Islamic religious zealots.  The obscenity is prostitution.
Perhaps it’s just the godlessness in me, but for some reason [...]

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Militant Agnostic cries “Atheists are Mean!”

September 12, 2007

John Humphrys is upset with us “militant” atheists and he’s not too fond of the “militant” theists either. What’s got the militant agnostic’s boxers all twisted? We militants are pretty damn sure about our respective ideas. At least, that’s what Humphrys’ would like us to conclude, but there’s a problem. [...]

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Mocking celebrity piety leads to censorship

September 12, 2007

We’ve heard it a million times in a million different ways.  The winners of a blowout football game thank the anointed one for their victory.  Actors who win a prestigious award thank the anointed one.  Such was the case this past week when the Emmy’s.   Celebrity after celebrity thanked the anointed one for their award.  Then Kathy Griffin won [...]

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