The Orca’s Thumb

Birmingham City Council has blocked its staff from looking at websites about atheism. That’s their prerogative, of course. The following, however
The authority’s Bluecoat Software computer system allows staff to look at websites relating to Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and other religions but blocks sites to do with “witchcraft or Satanism” and “occult practices, atheistic views, voodoo [...]

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Bill Donahue, writing in response to PZ, said,
It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ.
Really? Perhaps molesting children and then covering it up. Repeatedly.
Wow, that wasn’t hard…

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As seen on this year’s Comic-Con:

If you think this was horrible, nothing — and I say nothing — will ever prepare you for the worst nightmare Comic-Con ‘08 had to offer.
(Warning: Not Safe for Lunch.)

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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Wednesday issued a company-wide memo outlining his battle plan for the new fiscal year in which he singled out the Apple experience as a benchmark for future success.

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Dr. Chilingar. Now there’s a character.
After comparing CO2 over billions of years to human CO2 over centuries back in 2006, he is now using formulas that assume greenhouse effects don’t change to argue that greenhouse gases will have no effect.

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Below is a video of Amanda Peet effectively talking about antivaccination nonsense for Cookie magazine.
Best of all, after being attacked by antivaxxers for her comments she held her ground. Go ahead and read it. It’s awesome to behold.

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Sad, but true…

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The wackaloons over at Spirit Daily currently have a new headline: LONG RIDICULED, WORRIES ON POTTER BEAR OUT IN AN EXPLOSION OF TEEN WITCHCRAFT.
Surely casting a spell over a cracker to change it into Jesus is magic akin to witch-craft.
Then again, I guess what worries the Catholics is that others are muscling in on what [...]

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