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Officer says god shielded him from Pentagon gunman

By thecodepounder | Published March 5, 2010

Ah yes, the power of belief. I’m sure it never occurred to the officer that his god could have just as easily prevented his being shot in the first place.
Of course, by all accounts the shooter was a 9/11 “truther”, so it would appear that we have irrational beliefs on both sides of the equation.

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Humor of the day

By thecodepounder | Published March 4, 2010

Quick. I’m having an argument. Name me a GOP policy that rich people hate.
–Roger Ebert on Twitter

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FoxNews: Woman describes her abortion on Twitter, is astonished by backlash

By thecodepounder | Published March 1, 2010

As am I*.
There’s just no shortage in our country of people who want to tell everyone else how to live their lives, is there?

nkb

* I’ve been following her on Twitter (antitheistangie) for a year or more…

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Darwin Day 2010 at Vanderbilt University

By thecodepounder | Published February 4, 2010

Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biological Sciences and Law School are jointly sponsoring a panel discussion on February 19th. Click through for details.

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Medical journal fully retracts 1998 study linking MMR vaccine to autism

By thecodepounder | Published February 2, 2010

CNN:
Medical journal Lancet fully retracts 1998 study linking MMR vaccine to autism, citing “incorrect” elements of research.

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You can’t just ask customers what they want…

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2010

You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.
– Steve Jobs

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FFRF blasts USPS for its plans to issue Mother Teresa stamp

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2010

Even putting aside the FFRF’s complaint that the move violates postal regulations prohibiting the honoring of “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings”, you just gotta ask yourself why Mother Teresa?
No really. Let’s just say that Mother Teresa was no saint! You do your own research and your own thinking on this [...]

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If you think an innocent man doesn’t need a lawyer…

By thecodepounder | Published January 25, 2010

…then consider for a moment the fact that nearly one quarter (25%) of the cases of DNA exoneration in the United States involve a false confession. Remember that the next time you say to yourself that you (or your kid) would never confess to something you didn’t do…

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American Red Cross: International Response Fund

By thecodepounder | Published January 13, 2010

Is accepting donations to help victims of the Hatian earthquake.

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Cringely on homeland security

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

Contrast these three situations: 1) you are sitting in a hotel bar in Mongolia and want to use your Visa card to buy a round of drinks for your friends, and; 2) your Mom is at the check-out counter at a Sears store when the clerk asks her if she wants to apply for a [...]

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Prop. 8 trial begins today

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

Let’s hope that freedom and equality win out over mere belief…

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Wilson County, Tennessee schools agree to end Bible distribution

By thecodepounder | Published January 10, 2010

Another victory for religious freedom.
So here’s the setup: one day, in Wilson County, Tennessee, the principal of Carroll-Oakland Elementary School brings all the students from the whole school into the gym, where she introduces representatives of the Gideons and explains why they are there, and then proceeds to tell the whole student body about the [...]

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