The Pope Made a Big Mistake

In his address to Congress, the pope said:

"A just and necessary punishment must never exclude the dimension of hope and the goal of rehabilitation." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HMoNuWuRqs)

He was talking about the death penalty...but I don't think he realized that he effectively called God unjust. After all, Hell is where God sends the wicked to be punished for all eternity, without hope of redemption ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"--Dante). So either the pope lied to Congress or God is evil. Oops!

States Preaching Small Government Most Dependent On Federal Government

http://egbertowillies.com/2014/03/27/federal-government-dependency-red-state/

Fox News poll doesn't even give the real option for why Republicans keep failing in pushing their agenda:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/26/1425070/-The-Dark-Truth-Of-John-Boehner-s-Resignation?detail=email

Study: Most Non-Climate Scientists Agree on Global Warming Too

Not that the positions of non-climate scientists matter nearly as much, but...

http://time.com/4051338/climate-change-scientists/?xid=newsletter-brief

This Video Will Make You Angry

Rather thought provoking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc&feature=youtu.be

15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media

https://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media?detail=emailclassic

CONFIRMED: New Study Proves That Fox News Makes You Stupid

https://m.dailykos.com/story/2010/12/14/928455/-CONFIRMED-New-Study-Proves-That-Fox-News-Makes-You-Stupid?detail=emailclassic

Ten True Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains

https://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/04/1127663/-Ten-True-Facts-Guaranteed-to-Short-Circuit-Republican-Brains?detail=emailclassic

Googling for God

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/opinion/sunday/seth-stephens-davidowitz-googling-for-god.html?emc=edit_ee_20150920&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=37937002&_r=1

Understanding the Kim Davis Fallacy

Theoretical Bullshit is one of my favorite vloggers on YouTube, especially for atheism topics but also politics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrKUCp7CGM&feature=youtu.be

Kim Davis Is Not a Patriot

http://time.com/4024556/kareem-abdul-jabbar-kim-davis/?xid=newsletter-brief

This is how you challenge people who use the Bible to defend discrimination

A nice classic scene from the West Wing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-ip47WYWc

The year humans finally got serious about saving themselves from themselves

Long but good. This belongs in both the Political Venom and Advancing Technologies blogs:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/sunniest-climate-change-story-ever-read.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Islamic State Cites the Koran to Reinstate Sex Slavery

Just yikes...

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/islamic-state-cites-koran-reinstate-sex-slavery

Stephen Colbert Clowned Jeb Bush For Making Money Off His 'Late Show' Premier

Too funny:

http://digg.com/video/colbert-jeb-bush-raffle-get-punched-dude?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg

Cheney: Congress should have no say in president’s Iran policy

Because I love irony...

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/01/1417463/-Cheney-Congress-should-have-no-say-in-President-s-Iran-policy?detail=email

Republicans Like Obama's Ideas Better When They Think They're Donald Trump's

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-republicans-democrats-poll_55e5fbb8e4b0c818f6196a82

This is why I try to evaluate the idea, not the source. Still, it seems the source is often a good indicator....

China's ecological disaster gives us an idea what Republican deregulation would do in the US

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/31/1417071/-Much-of-China-Is-Now-An-Unrepairable-Ecological-Disaster?detail=email

S.E. Cupp: GOP Voters Are Mean, Irrational, Reactionary, and Very, Very Delicate

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/28/1416423/-S-E-Cupp-GOP-Voters-Are-Mean-Irrational-Reactionary-and-Very-Very-Delicate?detail=email

I like to point out to conservatives that they too are politically correct. Ask them if they mind being called "low information voters," "old fat fucks," "fearmongers," "whiney little bitches," "slavers," "torture porn worshipers" (crucified Jesus)...you get the idea. Find what pisses them off, then feel free to call them overly politically correct when they object. Pot, kettle, black African American. ;-)