The socially autistic atheist

It’s not just a figment of my imagination, it seems atheists truly are socially autistic by their own report. Asperger’s Syndrome is a disorder described as “autistic psychopathy” by its discoverer, Dr. Hans Asperger. Those with the disorder tend to be intelligent, socially awkward and difficult to converse with. They are also likely to be […]

Well, it does make sense

PZ doesn’t find it funny, but I sure do: The one that sticks out was when Randy took me behind closed doors and said he had just learned of a situation where he just found out why Lindy was such a bitch. That he just learned she not only was a lesbian. She was an […]

Ismail Ax

And now we know why it took so long for them to release the VTU killer’s name. From Atlas Shrugs: No one is talking about the “Ismail Ax” fact.. I mean no one. No TV, little print. I just watched the whole press conference and not one, not one, reporter asked about it. They asked […]

A feminist myth assaulted

It seems Mary Shelley may not have written “Frankenstein” after all: Finally, I read a fabulous book last week — John Lauritsen’s “The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein,” which will be published in May by the gay-themed Pagan Press, based in Dorchester, Mass. Lauritsen, who is known for his work in gay history and for his […]

Bring it on, Pharyngurl

Our favorite atheidiot nobly stands by his words: I am a biologist. Like it or not, the Republican party is being led by religious zealots who are anti-biology, who publicly and vigorously oppose reason and knowledge and evidence in my field of study. This hasn’t always been true, and it may not always be true […]

Atheism vs Agnosticism

The definitive difference: Agnostic: “I doubt there is a God. Because I haven’t seen the evidence.” Atheist: “There is no God. Because I’m an asshole.” No doubt Aardvark will soon have the t-shirts….

That’s not a hard one

Over at Brent Rasmussen’s site, Jim Downey has a hard time understanding why most people would rather vote for a retarded Dachshund of questionable moral character and only three legs for President of the United States than a “generally well-qualified” atheist: Yup. Bottom of the list. [Gallup Poll indicating 45 percent would vote for an […]

Sometimes I astound myself

Gilburn is a poor-man’s Richard Dawkins, whose YouTube videos are popular with and considered marvelously enlightening by the sort of 10th-grade boys who seriously believe that no Christian has ever read the Bible. (This is a common theme in the sort of science fiction they read, wherein the scene featuring the atheist hero stunning the […]

Sen. Edwards’ vision for America

St. Amynda the Children’s Advocate One thing I vow here and now–you motherfuckers who want to ban birth control will never sleep. I will fuck without making children day in and out and you will know it and you won’t be able to stop it. Toss and turn, you mean, jealous motherfuckers. I’m not going […]

Thus spake the Squamous

An interview with Mr. Charles Stross: Last year, you released your novel Accelerando in a free electronic version at the same time the hardcover version of the novel debuted. What did this do for the sales of the book or when it came time for awards consideration? Would you do it again if you could? […]