Category Archives: Freedom

Let’s take back the Internet: Today’s Internet Censors and Arbiters

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Thanos

Rebecca MacKinnon: Let’s take back the Internet! | Video on TED.com.

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Qualia Soup: Good without gods??

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Thanos

Qualia Soup in the first of a series on why good does not require religion. YouTube – ?Morality 1: Good without gods??.

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President Obama: Consistent and Persistent

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Thanos

President Obama got this exactly right during the campaign, and ever since he was elected. He’s been pounding the leadership of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in both Waziristans without relenting for two years now to great effect. Now under … Continue reading →

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A Letter from Christopher Hitchens to American Atheists

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Thanos

Christopher Hitchens is ill, and cannot make an address he was scheduled for instead he sent this letter. Dear fellow-unbelievers, Nothing would have kept me from joining you except the loss of my voice (at least my speaking voice) which … Continue reading →

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Qualia Soup on Atheism

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Thanos

As stated in previous posts, I’m an atheist – I don’t believe in god(s) or the supernatural. Lack of belief is not the same as denying the possible existence of god(s) however, as Qualia Soup explains in the following  excellent … Continue reading →

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Dawkins Deservedly Pummels the Pope

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Thanos

Reality belies the Pope’s claim, indeed it seems that religious moral cowards are more likely to become Nazis than atheists, after all the current Pope did. Continue reading →

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ACLU Takes Mississippi Bigots to Court Anyway

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Thanos

In a recent controversy a shcool in Mississippi canceled the Prom because the bigots in the school administration did not want to allow a lesbian to attend with a female date or to wear a tuxedo. The cancellation was to … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Thanos

Today is international Darwin Day, and it’s Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday as well. It’s a great day to celebrate and I recommend going to see “Creation” tonight.

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What Happens Where Tyrants Rule

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Thanos

This is what happens where tyrants rule. Not imaginary tyrants like those dreamed up by paranoid tea partiers, but instead real tyrants like those ruling the United Arab Emirates. Warning: Graphic Violence, but not the spattering blood type. More on … Continue reading →

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Blasphemy in Ireland

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thanos

If you are religious you will most likely find these quotes offensive, and I used to really care a lot about not offending religious people even though I’ve been atheist all my life Continue reading →

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