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Podcast #128 – Anders Breivik: Zealot or Madman?

Norway mourns the massacre of at least 76 citizens at the hands of native son Anders Breivik, who describes himself as a Christian conservative and crusading knight protecting Nordic culture from Islamic infiltrators. But it’s hard to imagine anyone thinking … Continue reading

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Pimp my turtle

This is just about the coolest thing I’ve seen all week. Veterinarians in Washington state were forced to amputate the infected forelimb of a “spur-thighed tortoise” (never heard of a spur-thighed tortoise before). To compensate for the lost limb, they … Continue reading

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Billboard company requires Christian insurance

The Central Arkansas Coalition for Reason wanted to run bus ads similar to the ones that have run in other cities over the last couple of years. Their ad would have said “Are you good without God.” Trouble is the … Continue reading

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The crazies come out for God

When the crazies come out of the woodwork, you can almost bet they have one thing on their minds.  Atheism?  God?  Let’s take a look… As if we haven’t had enough of air piracy in the last ten years… Rageh … Continue reading

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Should Alabama sue Texas over the recent tornadoes?

Follow this logic.  Last month, Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaimed Easter weekend (April 22-24) as “Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.”  Never mind the blatant unconstitutionality and foolish superstition of this stunt: Perry claims, with a … Continue reading

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Bear with us during the upgrade

Sorry for any inconvenience to our visitors during our website upgrade.  Rest assured the “country lane” format won’t stick around for long.  Meanwhile, there shouldn’t be any further service disruptions.

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National Day of Reason

The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals recently threw out the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit against the National Day of Prayer, citing lack of standing.  Paraphrasing the court, “If the president isn’t complaining, there’s no case.”  Of course, the … Continue reading

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Bin Laden is dead but I’m not celebrating. Much.

It’s a pretty big deal that fate/justice/American special-ops finally caught up with Osama bin Laden.  While I’m not exactly sad to see him gone, I also don’t find the death of another human being a reason to celebrate.  His destruction … Continue reading

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Obama releases long form birth certificate

President Obama has finally released his long-form birth certificate, and it should come as no surprise to any thinking person that it shows he was born in the United States. How many “Birthers” will now publicly agree that they were … Continue reading

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Huckabee: Forcible Indoctrination at Gunpoint???

Mike Huckabee is turning into a one-man gaffe machine.  First, he blathers on about how Obama has problems with the British because he was born and raised in Kenya, then tries to explain it away by saying he meant to … Continue reading

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