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How to jumble everything up in as few words as possible?

You can count on media headlines to do that for you.

And local newspapers have always been a superb source of great headlines.

Here's a vintage compilation.

A scan from National Lampoon's True Facts, 1986 edition.…

Dear President Bush,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As you said "in the eyes of God marriage is based between a man a woman." I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone…

Now, now; everyone calm down. I don't say it in the same manner a christian might; they actually mean it.



Saying that, I think it is a sound and reasonable thought that christians would understand, and if the title was, "Die Atheist Scum,", embrace. Face it, christians have no problem…

In the late 70's I was living in a rooming house in London supposedly taking a year off university.



There, I had a boyfriend, John, who also lived there(a true londoner).... At some point, my funds dwindled and I found a job. Not much later, John became Ocean... I was a little distanced from him and had another boyfriend.



My relationship with John had its up and down. But one evening, a momentous evening in my life, he started talking to me about this society he has…

Any day you take a ride, you'll probably encounter a local fish monger. No, not someone butchering the seas to keep your belly happy, but the dull-eyed driver going ten miles under the speed limit with a fish symbol on the back of his car.



Amazing how they try so hard to preserve their life…

http://thisisfirstaidkit.com/

Please listen to the song on the webpage (you'll see the sound cloud in the upper right). Now I have no idea if these girls are atheists, but damn, that is an amazing song.

Actually, it's called "Hard Believer", and here's a link directly to the Soundcloud page:…

 Mental Illnesses are one of the reasons why I decided to become an atheist. I mean that I know several people with them and I have some as well. I went to Christianity hoping…

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Nothing better than good ART to explain SCIENCE to the general public! Here is a link to an EXCELLENT long comic strip explaining evolution. It is very, very good, you should show it to all

your fundamentalist friends if you have any; but also to…

Supposedly we are made in god's image and every one of us has a purpose in life that HE has already mapped out. A statement I've heard many times, in different incarnations.



God's muddled method of controlling his subjects, hiding this, hiding that, hiding himself. Saying this, but doing the…

I guess it maybe like a drug addiction I read mostly thrillers or mysteries or detectives....I love it and if after 50 pages I still don't get into the story ,then I go on to another book... (There are so many...)

When in my title I wrote (and maybe somethintg other)  I wasn't talking about killing my neighbour even if she annoys me......!!!!!!; what I really  meant is that one can glean lots of information without actually being too conscious of it and I guess it can broaden one's…

The Real Mahatma Gandhi

Questioning the moral heroism of India’s most revered figure

By Christopher Hitchens

Joseph Lelyveld subtly tips his hand in his title. The word Mahatma (often employed in ordinary journalistic usage without any definite article, as if it were Mohandas Gandhi’s first name) is actually the…

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ASTRONOMY:  New Telescope in Chile Unveils Stunning First Images. New state-of-the-art telescope has snapped its…

The spin is on once again. How can we make a failed presidency, possibly the worst in U.S. history, look a bit less pathetic. Hey, tie it into current news like he is still president!



I was with most Americans who wanted revenge after the 9/11 attack. Afghanistan here we come. But what…

I don't have too much to say about this because it is so absurd, but we all know how much suffering this word and idea has caused in our short history, and is still causing even now. Control, brainwash, indoctrination, manipulation, deceit, torture, abuse, death. It brought nothing of value to this world and its inhabitants and I think it is time for it to get the fuck out of here once and for all, and it is only up to us to accomplish this. It is time to draw the line and separate…

Every so often one of our members expresses a thought on evolution as a given. A simple thought that just happens to be stated without much background.



For all the intelligent people here, it is such a given that they don't spend much time on it. You are so into the subject that you know all…

As a child, I noticed my elders had various ailments. Skin blemishes, scars; all the good stuff aging has to offer. I heard their stories, their desires and their sadness. You hear the stories about hopes dashed and goals that were attained.



Much information I filed in my young brain, but…