From Tree Lobsters comes an humorous, yet dead-on accurate, smackdown to abstinence-only sex education. (click the image for the full comic)
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Texas and The Flintstones
Most of Rationality Now’s readers are probably quite familiar with the influence Texas has on our country’s textbooks… and the mind-numbing inanity of some Texas Board of Education members, like Don McLeroy, who wield that influence. Fortunately, there are some school board members who have their feet firmly planted in reality, but they’re in the …
It’s definitely easier…
(((Billy))) the Atheist posted this terrific graphic that is every-so-worthy of sharing!
Refusing to debate denialists
Orac, over at Respectful Insolence, has a post titled “Debating Denialists” that talks a bit about how pointless it is to debate denialists, whether they be Holocaust deniers, anti-vaxxers, creationists, or 9/11 Truthers. Deborah Lipstadt, a Holocaust historian, uses the phrase “trying to nail a blob of Jello to the wall” when referring to debating …
The Thinking Atheist and Noah’s Ark
The Thinking Atheist has a new video about Noah’s Ark and the Genesis flood. Very well done and very funny!
The Pale Blue Dot
About twenty years ago, Voyager 1 looked back toward it’s launching point and took the now famous “Pale Blue Dot” photograph. The arrow points to us. That’s Earth… from about 3.7 billion miles away, which is just a little bit outside our solar system. In the grand scale of the universe, that’s hardly any distance …
Religious Bill of Rights… huh?
Yesterday, Phil Plait posted about people in Colorado proposing a “Religious Bill of Rights” for public schools, an idea which sounded disturbing even before I read the text. After reading it, it was pretty evident that the bill is a monument to absurdity. As Phil said, it’s simply not needed and some of the items …
Past Presidents on The Wall of Separation
In honor of President’s Day, Americans United for Separation of Church and State put together a list of quotes from various presidents regarding religious liberty as it pertains to government. It’s a wonderful list including presidents from Washington to Grant to Carter. The article starts off with this introduction… Most people know that Thomas Jefferson …
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Satire is a beautiful thing
Amazingly enough, there are still people who claim to understand the science behind global warming, yet make the mistake of thinking localized cold temperatures, such as the recent snowstorms in the Eastern United States, are somehow a refutation of global warming. It’s almost as if they don’t understand the meaning of the key word “global.” …
Orca pack hunting
Jerry Coyne, of Why Evolution is True, linked to a video today of a pack of orcas hunting together and working cooperatively to get a seal off an ice floe. There’s more info at his article (and the info originally came from the book Here Be Dragons). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBF9cDBUakA I imagine that seal is a bit …