May 2011
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666cast episode 57 from website666.com
It’s the end of the world for realz and no one’s noticed. Plus: In the News! High Priests of Technology, Carl Sagan the atheist, taking photos in the UK is slightly illegal, mobile phones in Africa AND MORE!
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666cast episode 56: the UnRapture Episode!
Yep, the Rapture didn’t happen today! Find out why I think it didn’t in episode 56 of the 666cast!
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS RAPTURED? Please tell me about it here: http://website666.com/ask or call: 704 297 6661 DO IT NOW!
Click here to read the “Farewell to the Rapture” essay I talk about in episode 56 of the 666cast.
And here is the, frankly stupid...
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And I Should Know →
This is an amazing account Roseanne Barr gives of what she went through on here sitcom—couldn’t stop reading it. Here’s a cutting:
It didn’t take long for me to get a taste of the staggering sexism and class bigotry that would make the first season of Roseanne god-awful. It was at the premiere party when I learned that my stories and ideas—and the ideas of my sister and my...
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Live in the UK? Becareful where you point that...
OK, so, ages ago, I had heard on DemocracyNow that the UK had made it illegal to photograph police officers. I mentioned this to a couple of British friends and they denied it, certain it wasn’t true. Well, thanks to a tweet from a different “the Pete”, I am now aware that it is effectively illegal to photograph a police officer or, really, anything in public.
The following...
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666cast episode 55: the End of the World Episode!
Yep, that’s right, some folks think the world is ending soon. Yeah. No. Seriously. Find out more and get my take on it—listen to episode 55 of the 666cast! ALSO: get tips on how to throw your own Rapture/Going-Away Party for all of your Christian/Believer friends!
Here’s the website I mention in this week’s 666cast: http://wecanknow.com Give it a click and enjoy...
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666cast episode 54: It's the all Osama bin Laden...
It’s the all Osama bin Laden episode! He’s dead, but he’s not gone! Why was killing him wrong? Why shouldn’t we celebrate his death? How does this change squat? Answers to all of these questions AND more in this week’s 666cast!
Oh and here’s the FBI’s Most Wanted page for ObL as of this posting:
It doesn’t mention 911. Go figure.
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“Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in...”
– -Ann Druyan talking about how her husband, Carl Sagan, faced his own death due to cancer—without becoming a Believer.
Read more of her comments.
“Jesus used harsher words to describe those who hear His sayings and don’t do...”
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Ray Comfort (via wisdomfish)
The notion of Ray Comfort calling anyone else a “moron” is hilarious.
He’s the idiot who claimed the shape of bananas is a “nightmare” for atheists.
Ray Comfort is a pathological liar. His ignorance is utterly staggering.
It’s a sad day for wisdomfish if he’s...
Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough : NPR →
via a tweet from @escaperabbit.
What was I just posting about us all being children? Here is more about grown adults who think a 2000 year-old book is telling them Judgment Day will come on May 21, 2011.
I say I FRICKEN HOPE SO!! And if we survive God’s judgment I will have a much lower of him than I’ve ever had before.
Just throw an asteroid at us, man. Get this shit over with.
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Can I just say how fucking tired I am of videos with animated words and soundtracks that sound like they were stolen from a Dr. Seuss cartoon?
Are we all children?
FUCK.
Watchpoptech:
vimeo:
Staff Pick: “PressPausePlay - Animated Content” by Stuart Langfield
Seth Godin on the future of publishing.
SO HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT, SETH?
FUCKING HELL.
No one ever talks about that.
I’m so sick of these fucking idealistic children who think everything tech is magical and revolution is inherently good. These naive, short-sighted people don’t...
Mississippi River Delta May Flood: A sign of...
Extreme Weather seems to be a growing concern for those of us in the US. Between the record tornadoes in the southeast and the absurdly long winter we’ve had here in the northeast, I was already feeling pretty convinced that we are seeing the effects of Climate Change and after reading this NYT article, I’m starting to think that we will be seeing bigger changes, faster than we are...
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“We flow willingly through the transactional circuitry of the wealth economy like...”
– Joe Bageant: The Iron Cheer of Empire
Echoes of Ghost in the Shell - read the whole thing.
(via rainbowhill)
Noam Chomsky refers to this concept as “the bewildered heard.” They idea that we are so focused on our individuality that we are completely cut off from each other as humans...
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Scotland To Break The Union With England?
Is the urge fro true freedom spreading from the Middle East to… Scotland? As a person of Scottish heritage, I SURE HOPE SO! So blogs underpaidgenius:
Unrest in Scotland over fiscal austerity measures have led to the Scottish National Party to capture a majority in the Scottish Parliament for the first time since it was founded. This may portend a push for greater autonomy, even...
“We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at...”
– Guernica / Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death
“Christians need to approach unbelievers in a way that is comfortable to them...”
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Says CallMeMillli
How about “don’t keep spewing holier-than-thou baloney on Tumblr”. “God” isn’t speaking to you, sweetheart. It’s all delusion.
(via contrararian)
It’s not a delusion—it’s that these people really believe that the creator of this incredilbly vast universe...
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“I don’t think I’ll cover any more wars.”
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Sebastian Junger, interviewed in the Globe and Mail about war journalism and how Tim Hetherington’s death has changed him (via thepoliticalnotebook)
Wow.
(via publicradiointernational)
I’m stunned. When Junger doesn’t want to cover war anymore, you know he’s...
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Turns out May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day. Don't...
I’ve seen these guys by the 7 Train stop at 42nd street all the time, thanks friendlyatheist for posting this since I keep forgetting their domain:
http://www.wecanknow.com/
LOL!!!
Here’s a cutting from the WeCanKnow.com site:
This web site serves as an introduction and portal to four faithful ministries which are teaching that WE CAN KNOW from the Bible alone that the date of...
“”I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice...”
– Martin Luther King Jr (via phederisurlesplaines)
Lots of EXACTLY going on today.
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“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that,...”
– Carl Sagan (via hcdragon)
LOL
TOTALLY WORTH IT, MAN!!
#sarcasm
“[Killing bin Laden] sent a loud message to the world: Mess with the U.S. and...”
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Wes Messamore (via hipsterlibertarian
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This this this
(via btx91)
EXACTLY!
But seriously, it’s exactly this absurd and so few people see this.
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Killing the killer, who's the savage now?
From motherjones:
White House counterterrorism adviser: “There was a female who was in fact in the line of fire…to shield bin Laden from the gunfire,” which speaks to “the nature of the individual.”
Everything you want to know about bin Laden’s death, explained. And updated.
“which speaks to “the nature of the individual.”
Not to mention...
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666cast episode 53: Jeb Bush, Factory Farms, MORE...
Lots of stuff this week, but be sure to listen until the end to hear my suggestion on how we can solve WITH 100% CERTAINTY the job crisis. Seriously. I’m not even kidding.
OK, this week, I referenced a lot of online stories, so here are the links:
Jeb Bush “consulting” with other states on their education systems (NYTimes)
Making “hidden camera”...
This is what the 'mission' becomes? Libya disabled... →
Why did Congress declare war on Libya anyway?
OH WAIT…
