If you weren't already sick of the race to the White House, you're going to hate the next 4 years of your life, as the media can't help but trip over themselves trying to predict the possible candidates for 2016. One prospect for Republicans is a Hispanic Florida Senator by the name of Marco Rubio. He's made the new recently for saying some profoundly dumb shit: I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what ...

Once upon a time there was a mean old atheist who didn't like the fact his government was showing obvious favoritism to the dominant religion of his fellow citizens. He dared to ask that other holiday displays not affiliated with the mythology of Jesus also be allowed to be publicly displayed, and a more inclusive form of festivities could be added, so as to reduce the alienation of others. Luckily, a lovab ...

This week, Ryan joins me for a general news show, where we discuss the death of Savita Halappanavar, who was denied a life saving abortion because of Catholic superstition. Also on the show, the FFRF sues the IRS for failing to uphold its own laws, and Italians finally want to tax the Vatican. Come get your fix! - Ireland top 10 atheist countries [1]: -Young woman dies in irish hospital after being denied a ...

You would think that after spending months reading and studying the Bible, I would do better on this quiz that scoring 22 out of 50 questions. To be fair, I haven't done the New Testament at all, but I should totally have gotten some of those early answers (like the punishment for a woman being raped and not screaming loud enough. You're better than that, Jake!). Ok, it's time for a friendly contest: Who ca ...

Since I first blogged about this a few days ago, the death of Savita Halappanavar has caused a lot of understandable outrage in Ireland. It seems her highly avoidable passing has rudely awakened a generation of young people who are shocked their own health could be threatened due to the persistence of religious dogma. Even more shocking, they're about to realize change is impossibly slow, given the ones hol ...

Now that the election is over and President Obama no longer has to be afraid of Evangelicals bent on his destruction, it's time to put aside petty politics and enforce the law in regards to religious institutions and their supposed neutrality when it comes to politics. We all know countless religious organizations have been violating the rules of their tax-exempt status, which stipulates pastors are not all ...

Thank the dead Palestinian Jew who probably never even existed that Cindy Jacobs and her group of whackjobs were around in 2011 to protect us with her 'prayer cover' that's been actively thwarting terrorist's attempts. Also in more personal news, I have a rock that can protect you from being mauled by a tiger. I'm currently selling it for the low-low price of $999.99, so you better move if you want my usele ...

A few days ago, I debated two religious dudes on a show called "Faith and Skepticism" (they might as well call the show oil and water considering how incompatible those two things are), and the one thing they couldn't seem to grasp is the idea that "hearing the voice of God" is usually a sign of insanity. Obviously, the degree of this insanity can be measured by analyzing what is being communicated. If the ...

I've heard a lot of tortured explanations from the Catholic Church over the years as to why so many priests are sexually abusing children. Pope Benedict XVI claimed it was increased secularization that somehow made their theists behave so immorally. Homosexuality has also been blamed, despite the fact that as many female children are abused as males. Finally, though, one pedophile priest by the name of Davi ...

I have some fond memories of the TV show Northern Exposure. It might have something to do with the fact Alaska looks a lot like rural Quebec in the winter (complete with wood shacks, small town politics, and some adorable wackos). Janine Turner was in my spank bank for several years after the show had ended, but then again, I didn't have the Internet to tell me what a bat-shit crazy bitch she is. When she i ...