December 2009
706 posts
The Best of Atheist Revolution in 2009 →
The older I get, the quicker time seems to move. It is hard to believe that this year is already about to come to a close. 2009 was not a bad year for Atheist Revolution, if I do say so…
idealize jesus christ →
Shared by Yvette
Actually, Jesus was racist. He referred to greeks as “dogs” and had to be convinced to help one.
For those with Jesus Christ on their minds (and maybe even more for those who…
GOP opponent claims front-runner Mark Kirk is gay... →
Oh dear what if Mark Kirk has teh gay? Can he really be trusted in office if he is not heterosexual? You would think that with all of the social growth that has taken place in the last…
Record lobbyist spending reveals basic problem... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Washington’s influence industry is on track to shatter last year’s record $3.3 billion spent to lobby Congress and the rest of the federal government — and that’s with a down economy and about 1,500 fewer registered lobbyists in town, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics. Many lobbying firms have escaped the worst of the corporate...
How come the Christian and Capitalist ideologies... →
The US conservative mix is an interesting combination of ideologies, from one hand bringing the Christian fundamentalist aspects of Protestantism or Catholicism with their values of meekness, “turn…
“I draw a radical distinction between the symbolic and the substantial. As a...”
– Cornel West (via langer) (via unburyingthelead) (via fuckyeahtheorists)
fuckin Cornel West deserves a word that is more than brilliant
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omg! so awesome
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U.S. Voters Oppose Health Care →
ryking:
robot-heart-politics:
azspot:
While voters oppose the health care plan, they back two options cut from the Senate bill, supporting 56 - 38 percent giving people the option of coverage by a government health insurance plan and backing 64 - 30 percent allowing younger people to buy into Medicare.
7th Grader Raped at School, Officials Rush to... →
robot-heart-politics:
katoleary:
Although there were two witnesses to the attack — one physically interceded while the other ran for help — one of the school site supervisors, Marquita Dones, seemed wary of the victim’s story, saying, “If she was being raped, why didn’t she scream?” Wow. Just taking a wild guess here, but maybe she was scared? Maybe he threatened her? Perhaps she was...
Americans United Urges Army to Avoid Religious... →
The following is a press release from Americans United for Separation of Church and State: WASHINGTON - December 18 - U.S. military officials should make further changes at Fort Leonard…
wish they were "ethnic" →
This is a guest post for swpd by Izumi Bayani, who writes of himself, “I identify as a straight male who is 100% Japanese and 100% White and I am 25% deaf. Izumi is my middle name and Bayani is a…
More biased coverage of the snowball incident →
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“Hierarchies are natural!” →
A common objection given by capitalists to Anarchist theories is that Anarchism is utopian because people will always form hierarchies, as much as we’d like them not to do so. In short,…
Finished watching On The Beach. Huge tearjerker, terrifying movie. Much recommended.
“On the beach at night
Stands a child with her father
Watching the east, the...”
– Walt Whitman
For Rush Limbaugh Health Care Is Like Houses →
Rush finally admitted the truth of the Republican position on healthcare. He obviously does not believe that ensuring that people have access to health care is a moral issue. Rush,…
Idiot of the Week: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) →
Another work week has ended, and Saturday heralds a new Idiot of the Week. There are so many to pick from, but I found that this week’s winner really stood out. I am going with Sen. Jim…
A Rare Debate on US Policy in the Middle East →
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even if one holds that our position truly is altruistic, this level of insulation between domestic and foreign opinion ought to be troubling.
American policymakers and…
Famous Atheists Throughout History
yeeyeeyo:
tamburina:
- Confucius, Chinese philosopher - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher - Francois Marie Arouet “Voltaire”, French author and playwright - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, scientist, writer, printer - Marquis de Sade, French libertine - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author - Napoleon Bonaparte,...
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Hahaha! I still want to know if you’d sleep with Tiger Woods!
No. :P
Socialist feminism is the theory that explains the origins of women’s oppression in the
interaction of both capitalism and the patriarchy. Socialist feminists claim that women’s
liberation depends on the overthrow of capitalism and the patriarchy (whereas marxist
feminists...
Leftists, Embrace Survivalism & Preparedness →
Survivalism has a pretty bad reputation. And it’s no wonder. The vast majority are right wing nutjobs who hoard guns and can’t wait to shoot looters. They’re convinced the end of the world…
Leftists, Embrace Survivalism & Preparedness →
Survivalism has a pretty bad reputation. And it’s no wonder. The vast majority are right wing nutjobs who hoard guns and can’t wait to shoot looters. They’re convinced the end of the world…
Corduroy Stone Ex Gay Therapy Finally Recognized... →
What if you were a young person struggling with your identity? What if you felt that it was secret that you could not share with anyone because society has made it clear that you are somehow…
Health First, Then Disaster Prep →
Survivalists have a tendency to focus on the least likely but most dramatic methods of death: global thermonuclear war, bioterrorism, meteor attack, socialist world takeover. You know, the end of…
Anarchy as Responsibility →
Conservatives like to talk about personal responsibility. By that they mean taking responsibility for your own well being and perhaps that of your family and community. But if you are not within the…
Health First, Then Disaster Prep →
Aggressive vs. Friendly Atheism: Misleading Labels... →
On the subject of “aggressive” vs. “friendly” atheism, Hemant Mehta (Friendly Atheist) argues that there are more similarities than differences. For example, he notes that both types “want to…
ask non-white people how to fight racism →
Fightin’ Whities mascot
In response to A. Smith’s recent guest post about her frustration with passive white readers on the Internet, some commenters wrote about white people who…
To serve and protect →
This is what you get when you give a lot of power to a small minority (and only to a small minority) of people in order to “protect” you.
We had to wait again, with the handcuffs on, in the bus…
Businesses Offering Discounts to Christians →
What are your thoughts on the subject of businesses that offer discounts to Christian customers? Is this practice no different from the even more common practice of granting discounts to seniors, or…
Bulimia Study: "Treat Blacks" and "Treat Bulimia... →
For far too long eating disorders in the Black community have been ignored. The joke has long been that anorexia or bulimia are something that happens when the main provider loses their job. Eating…
Nothing is a better indication that capitalism just doesn’t work than the fact that a modern, first-world country can have millions of unemployed people willing and able to work. It doesn’t make any sense. Logic tells us that instead of sitting around waiting for unemployment checks and hoping they’ll be able to keep their houses, these people could be out working. But economics...
Skinny vs. Fat →
tiredofbeingignored:
ihatethismess:
They are both so on point here. Its so much easier to say that Kate Moss hates fat and that fat women don’t like women’s magazines because they hate skinny women, then to get to the real issues of how women’s bodies are regulated in our society. It’s also a great way to delegitimize fat acceptance, and really any woman who chooses to accept her own and...
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Have you thought that “Sane Survivalist” as a title might be hurtful to people with mental illness? The rightwing survivalists act irrationally but to call them insane or crazy further stigmatizes people who are already heavily stigmatized.
Yes, and saying “Non-Panicky” or “Level-Headed” or anything similar would have also stigmatized people....
What Is Sane Survivalism? →
Introducing My New Blog: Sane Survivalism →
My new side blog can be found here.
As a few of my e-buddies may be aware, I’m a survivalist, though hardly the (correctly) stereotypical right wing nut type. Part out of a paranoid…
Not for anyone.
tiredofbeingignored:
One of my biggest goals for 2010 is to listen to my body and respect it. Along that line, I will not alter my body for anyone. I will not change myself to fit in with any movement or ideals.
I have spent over 20 years hating the way I look. I have spent over 25 years messing with my hair. So much so that I vaguely remember what my natural hair texture feels like. I have...
Introducing My New Blog: Sane Survivalism →
My new side blog can be found here.
As a few of my e-buddies may be aware, I’m a survivalist, though hardly the (correctly) stereotypical right wing nut type. Part out of a paranoid…
I need your help!
http://www.formspring.me/poisonthemonkey
I’m starting up a sane survivalist blog geared towards, guess who, sane survivalists - as well as people who are interested in emergency preparedness but have no stomach for the nutwing crap. Because most people are interested in survival and health even if they don’t actively think about it, and the blog will be partially aimed at such people,...