Ho-ly shit. Notice the year of this quote

When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental — men whose whole thinking is done in terms [...]

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For Your Consideration

“The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. Is it, perchance, cherished by persons who should know better? Then their folly should be brought out into the light of day, [...]

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The fine line between brilliant parody and vomit-inducing ignorance is blurred indeed

A Poe? Who knows? —————————

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‘Blasphemy’ row over erotic shots

This is ridiculous. It’s “God’s masterpiece” but any attempt to capture it’s full beauty is “blasphemous”. I mean, really, the female body is sublime, and anybody claiming design would surely praise the design and, consequently, the designer, no? Why would a proud (and dammit, if the god of the bible isn’t a proud bastard, then [...]

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Site Discovery: Condron.us

Condron.us What is it? It’s a blog-surfing engine, a google of blogs. How does it work? I don’t know. That’s way to tech-savvy for me. What does it do? “It” (I presume that it uses bots or something) roams the net for blogs and archives them. Then, when you visit their homepage you get a [...]

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The Family: A Christian Mafia?

Bill Maher interviews Jeff Sharlet on his book The Family:The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.

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Tossing babies makes them healthy! Wait…WHAT!?

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Beware The Spinal Trap

This is the article by Simon Singh, as it appeared on the Guardian, for which he is being sued by the BCA ——————- Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all, but the research suggests chiropractic therapy has mixed results – and can even be lethal, says Simon Singh You might be surprised to know that [...]

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“Fundamentalist exams on a par with A-levels”

Mind-boggle alert Exams for an Evangelical Christian curriculum in which pupils have been taught that the LOCH NESS monster disproves evolution and RACIAL SEGREGATION is beneficial have been ruled equivalent to international A- levels by a UK government agency. … Emphasis mine: What-the-FUCK!? Continues here —————————-

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