The cost of exposing the "religion of peace"

Christianity may be bad, but Islam is worse:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/blog/tbh/cost-exposing-religion-peace

Here are 20 things George W. Bush did *after* 9/11.

Since Jeb insists that what his brother did AFTER the attack is what counts:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/19/1434783/-You-re-Right-Jeb?detail=email

Georgia Public School Shames Students Who Don’t Believe in God

I can't believe we STILL have such blatant church-state separation failures in the US:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/georgia-public-school-shames-students-who-don-t-believe-god

CNN Anchor Asks Bush To Explain His Double Standard For Benghazi And 9/11. It Doesn’t Go Well.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/19/3713610/jeb-bush-benghazi/

Kim Davis offered $500,000 to do gay porn

Gotta love 'Merka!

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/kim-davis-offered-hefty-amount-redemption-through-pornography

New Study Finds Teenagers are Fleeing Religion Like Never Before

Yay, millennials!

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/new-study-finds-teenagers-are-fleeing-religion-never

Worried About Sharia Law?

The Second Amendment and Guns

Nicely done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LORVfnFtcH0

Why More Scientists are Needed in the Public Square

http://www.livescience.com/52465-why-more-scientists-are-needed-in-the-public-square.html?cmpid=NL_LS_weekly_2015-10-14

How Religious Women Can Fix Sexual Politics

http://time.com/4068050/womens-assembly-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/

New Epigenetic Algorithm Accurately Predicts Male Sexual Orientation

Next time you argue with a "gay is a choice" conservative, use this:

http://scitechdaily.com/new-epigenetic-algorithm-accurately-predicts-male-sexual-orientation/

Top 10 reasons to vote Republican

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/25/1020037/-Top-10-reasons-to-vote-Republican?detail=emailclassic

Fox News damaging famlies

My dad didn't get this bad...but he was well on his way there:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/09/1429662/-Fox-News-Clear-and-Present-Danger-to-America?detail=email

The Case for Open Borders

An interesting perspective on just getting rid of immigration restrictions:

http://time.com/4062074/migrants-open-borders/

How the Koch brothers and the super-rich are buying their way out of criticism

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Robert-Reich/2015/0408/How-the-Koch-brothers-and-the-super-rich-are-buying-their-way-out-of-criticism

Women legislators turn the tables and introduce bills regulating men's reproductive health

It's about time. I demand my equal right to have a trans-vaginal ultrasound!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/12/1073566/-Women-legislators-turn-the-tables-and-introduce-bills-regulating-men-s-reproductive-health?detail=email#

That goes well with this viral post:

"Hey, how about we treat every young man who wants to buy a gun like every woman who wants to get an abortion -- mandatory 48-hr waiting period, parental permission, a note from his doctor proving he understands what he's about to do, a video he has to watch about the effects of gun violence, an ultrasound wand up the ass (just because). Let's close down all but one gun shop in every state and make him travel hundreds of miles, take time off work, and stay overnight in a strange town to get a gun. Make him walk through a gauntlet of people holding photos of loved ones who were shot to death, people who call him a murderer and beg him not to buy a gun. It makes more sense to do this with young men and guns than with women and health care, right? I mean, no woman getting an abortion has killed a room full of people in seconds, right?"

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. ;-)

5 Scientific, Peer-Reviewed Studies That Prove Republicans Are Just Stupid

http://reverbpress.com/politics/proof-republicans-are-stupid/

Why America Is Prone to Mass Shootings

http://www.livescience.com/51991-why-america-is-prone-to-mass-shootings.html?cmpid=NL_LS_weekly_2015-08-26

Crash-Test Dummies as Republican Candidates for President

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/paul-krugman-rash-test-dummies-as-republican-candidates-for-president.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=1

H&R Block snuck language into a Senate bill to make taxes more confusing for poor people

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/24/9195129/h-r-block?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Human rights go against Muslim values

For those who think Islam gets a bad rap...

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/13/Najib-human-rightsism-against-muslim-values/

Children as property: The common root of religious child abuse and the pro-life movement

This really gets at the conservative pro-life mindset:

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/children-as-property-the-common-root-of-religious-child-abuse-and-the-pro-life-movement/

Why cats aren't Republican

Just 'cause:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/27/1339526/-Why-cats-aren-t-Republican?detail=emailclassic

Was the Civil War Really About States' Rights?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=171&v=pcy7qV-BGF4

G.O.P. Candidates and Obama’s Failure to Fail

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/opinion/paul-krugman-gop-candidates-and-obamas-failure-to-fail.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-left-region%C2%AEion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

How world poverty, violence, health, education, the environment and more have changed over time

For those conservatives (and some liberals, granted) who think the world is worse off than in the past:

http://ourworldindata.org/

More evidence that the Republican party is the home for not just racists, but sexists too

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/8/9120545/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-sexist?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Charles Koch Urges Conservatives to Skip ‘Corporate Welfare’

Excuse me...did a pig just fly out my butt?

http://time.com/3981312/charles-koch-corporate-welfare/?xid=newsletter-brief

To Weed Out Protesters at Last Night’s Event, The Satanic Temple Had Attendees Transfer Their Souls to Satan

Hah! What a perfect solution:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/26/to-weed-out-protesters-at-last-nights-event-the-satanic-temple-had-attendees-transfer-their-souls-to-satan/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork

About that job-killing Obamacare: Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 40 years

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/24/1405112/-About-that-job-killing-Obamacare-Jobless-claims-fall-to-lowest-level-in-40-years?detail=email

Hundreds Gather for Unveiling of Satanic Statue in Detroit

http://time.com/3972713/detroit-satanic-statue-baphomet/?xid=newsletter-brief

The Global Backlash to America's Gay Rights Triumph

Inevitable, but surely temporary...except in the most religiously backward places.

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/huffington-magazine-issue-159/0277405001437418256/p11?short&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Satanists and Potheads using religious freedom laws to subvert conservatives

Satanists:
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/satanists-sue-missouri-laws-violating-their-religious-beliefs

Potheads:
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/indiana-first-church-cannabis-files-religious-liberty-suit

Donald Trump Insult Generator

http://time.com/3966291/donald-trump-insult-generator/

Barack Obama is officially one of the most consequential presidents in American history

Here's something to reference when arguing with a conservative who claims Obama is the worst president in history:

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8849925/obama-obamacare-history-presidents

Boy Scouts of America Set to Allow Gay Leaders

http://time.com/3956061/boy-scouts-gay-adult-leaders/?xid=newsletter-brief

Obama Just Neutralized The Hobby Lobby Decision With New Obamacare Rules

Nice!

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/obama-just-neutralized-the-hobby-lobby-decision-with-new-obamacare-rules/

Obama Fact Checks Republicans on Their Predictions for His 2nd Term

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXlPybx25A

Satanism: A Mischievious Thorn in the Side of Conservative Christianity

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/us/a-mischievious-thorn-in-the-side-of-conservative-christianity.html

Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else

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

Guns Don't Deter Crime, Study Finds

This still won't convince the gun nuts, but at least there's some hard evidence to back up common sense gun laws:

http://www.livescience.com/51446-guns-do-not-deter-crime.html?cmpid=NL_LS_weekly_2015-07-06

The banning of government studies of gun violence is just asinine!

The Most Lucrative Way to Fight Climate Change

http://time.com/3946708/business-climate-change-economy/

Some in a Texas county fear an Obama-led U.S. military invasion

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion/2015/07/04/58047fee-2001-11e5-84d5-eb37ee8eaa61_story.html?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Mexico: Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/mexico-supreme-court-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-nationwide

So What’s It Like to Be a Gay Cadet at West Point These Days?

This is surprising, especially considering how many legislators maintain that being gay causes problems for military cohesion:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/06/being-gay-west-point-after-dont-ask-dont-tell?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

A "Moderate" Response From Muslims To Atheists

At least Christians rarely get this bad...

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/op-ed/moderate-response

Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions

http://time.com/3939143/nows-the-time-to-end-tax-exemptions-for-religious-institutions/

An irrefutable argument for gay marriage

Now that marriage equality has been made the law of the land today (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0), here's a point you can make to all your conservative friends who are butt-hurt by the whole thing:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/02/04/90004/-an-irrefutable-argument-for-gay-marriage

And if you want to assuage some of their hysteria:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/06/26/upon-the-legalization-of-gay-marriage/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=godlessindixie_062615UTC070615_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=48972496&spUserID=MTMxNjYyNjQyODc3S0&spJobID=703501907&spReportId=NzAzNTAxOTA3S0

Someone finally polled the 1% — And it's not pretty

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/29/1302820/-Someone-finally-polled-the-1-And-it-s-not-pretty?detail=emailclassic

The Effect Climate Change Could Have On Plant Growth

http://time.com/3916200/climate-change-plant-growth/?xid=newsletter-brief

As US companies spend billions repurchasing shares, employees and economy may pay the price

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/05/30/companies-pour-billions-into-buying-back-stock-but-workers-and-economy-may-paying-high-price/8vi1toy4kZBr59ykKYzdNL/story.html

What happens when you tax the rich and raise the minimum wage?

https://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/25/1366806/-What-happens-when-you-tax-the-rich-and-raise-the-minimum-wage-Meet-one-of-USA-s-best-economies?detail=email

Robert Reich on why we should raise the estate tax

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/making-the-economy-work-f_b_7510980.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Christian Husbands – You don’t pay for the milk when you own the cow!

So much for no means no. More evidence of Christian morality being reprehensible:

http://biblicalgenderroles.com/2015/04/28/christian-husbands-you-dont-pay-for-the-milk-when-you-own-the-cow/

America's Morals Are Shifting To The Left

Yay! About fucking time....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/27/socially-liberal_n_7453526.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Why don't poor people just get jobs? Because they already did.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/25/1385987/-Why-don-t-poor-people-just-get-jobs-Because-they-already-did?detail=emailtest

60M-year-old fossil can’t convince creationist that Earth is older than 6,000 years

Hah! Even when the evidence is right in their faces...

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/60m-old-fossil-t-convince-creationist-earth-older-105006686.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Teens Are Leaving Religion In Droves, And That Spells Big Trouble For The GOP

The future looks brighter!

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/05/28/teens-are-leaving-religion-in-droves-and-that-spells-big-trouble-for-the-gop/

The Norden: viewing Nordic society from the perspective of outsiders

An interesting series that'll take a while to get through:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4YqiptlUqNnh3STGVXeDQ

The church does not get to make rules about sexual morality

The definition of marriage has changed so often throughout history and between different cultures, and the church itself has not been consistent:

From a great article on the topic: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/05/22/the-church-doesnt-get-to-make-the-rules-about-sex-anymore/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=godlessindixie_052215UTC070540_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=48718920&spUserID=MTMxNjYyNjQyODc3S0&spJobID=682752038&spReportId=NjgyNzUyMDM4S0

Indonesia: Female students barred from graduating if they fail virginity test

First the military, now they're doing this to high school girls? WTF?

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/indonesia-female-students-barred-graduating-if-they-fail-virginity-test-1487403?fb_ref=Default&fb_source=message

Joe Barton (R-TX), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Idiot

Indonesian Military Chief Defends 'Virginity Tests' For Female Recruits

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/17/407526194/indonesian-military-chief-defends-virginity-tests-for-female-recruits

Why don't they require men to cut off the heads of their penises while they're at it? They're more likely to behave "morally" that way, after all.

British Islamist Abu Waleed fantasizes about virgins of paradise

This is the best the afterlife can offer?

https://www.facebook.com/100004435574890/videos/421472934677222/

And they support slavery. Lovely people....

Honest answer to a reader’s question

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/taylor-batten/article21108579.html

How Atheists Are Turning ‘Religious Freedom’ Laws Against Religion

More of what goes around, comes around:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/05/19/3660284/atheists-trying-use-religious-freedom-laws-remove-god-trust-us-currency/

Satanists Say Abortion Waiting Periods Violate Their Religious Beliefs

It looks like the Satanic church is shaping up to be the gadfly for showing the hypocrisy of recent "religious freedom" oppression attempts:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/satanists-say-abortion-waiting-periods-violate-their-religious-beliefs

America Is Losing Religion: Why More and More Women Are Embracing Non-Belief

http://www.alternet.org/belief/america-losing-religion-why-more-and-more-women-are-embracing-non-belief#.VViQhzrHFXE.email

The true face of "normal" Islam

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AtheistRepublicTeam/permalink/462532857238121/

I posted:

"Christianity is just as bad...it's just that most Christians ignore the parts of the Bible that are disgusting or inconvenient. Muslims are just more true to their scripture. The cancer is religion, not just Islam or Christianity. Embracing fairy tales without evidence is evidence of irrationality, and nobody should be proud of that."

Jon Stewart takes down Fox News on denial they stereotype the poor (VIDEO)

http://egbertowillies.com/2015/05/14/jon-stewart-takes-down-fox-news-on-denial-they-stereotype-the-poor-video/

Oklahoma Mom Forced to Move After Stopping Bibles Being Handed Out in Public

Another reason to fight religion whenever possible:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/oklahoma-mom-forced-move-after-stopping-bibles-being-handed-out-publi

See man hate ACA. See man refuse to get ACA. See man whine that he can't get ACA.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/12/1384235/-See-man-hate-ACA-See-man-refuse-to-get-ACA-See-man-whine-that-he-can-t-get-ACA-when-he-needs-it?detail=emailmc

America Is Getting Less Christian And Less Religious, Study Shows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/12/pew-religious-landscape-survey-2014_n_7259770.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Important note, though...atheists/agnostics are declining slightly as a percentage of the entire world population (not just the US), while evangelical Christianity is increasing slightly. However it appears the majority of this is being driven by sub-Saharan Africa. The Internet appears to favor secular thinking for the simple reason that sunlight is the best disinfectant.

The Clock Is Ticking And Republicans Still Have No Serious Obamacare Alternative

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/10/obamacare-repeal-replace_n_7243876.html

This could be a royal disaster if the Supreme Court rules against the ACA.

More Americans Are Comfortable With A Gay Presidential Candidate Than With An Evangelical One

Sometimes I just can't help but experience schadenfreude. :-)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/americans-gay-candidate-evangelical-_n_7216448.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices

Pamela Geller vs Imam Anjem Choudary on Fox News, Hannity

Fundamentalist Christians suck (so do Fox News and Hannity), but fundie Muslims are even worse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYCfP4Eg1B4&feature=youtu.be

Robert Reich and the argument for a $15/hour minimum wage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXKLa2zfoTk

Nebraska woman files suit in federal court against all homosexuals

Nutbag alert!

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-woman-files-suit-in-federal-court-against-all-homosexuals/article_91c7526c-f33b-11e4-964f-97697770307b.html

The Verdict is in: Guess Who's The Worst President in US History?

http://jeff61b.hubpages.com/hub/The-Verdict-is-in-Whos-The-Worst-President-in-American-History

Satanists Claim Abortion Waiting Periods Violate Their Religious Beliefs

More what goes around, comes around:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/05/04/satanists_in_missouri_they_argue_that_the_state_s_waiting_period_for_abortion.html

9 Reasons Most Conservatives Are Not 'Christian'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/03/1382087/-9-Reasons-Most-Conservatives-Are-Not-Christian?detail=email