US Atheists Continue To Suffer Discrimination

by | Mar 13, 2009 | Uncategorized

The American Chronicle has this article on the discrimination faced by atheists in the United States. I don’t see it as being as much of an issue in Australia and yet I wonder – how many Australian politicians are public atheists?
clipped from www.americanchronicle.com

If you live in the United States, you are almost certainly friends with at least one atheist, agnostic, nonbeliever, skeptic, or unaffiliated humanist, whether you know it or not. And your friend almost certainly endures prejudice and unequal treatment, whether you know it or not. And your friend is roughly as decent, good, loyal, honest, courageous, and generous as your other friends, and you know it.
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GDay World Live 001

by | Mar 12, 2009 | Atheism, capitalism, Christianity, free will, geopolitics, israel

I did my first (well, first in a long, long time) GDay World Live show on uStream tonight and it was a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who joined in. I talked for an hour and forty minutes! WTF!?

I talked about:

    Free Will
    Why Christianity Is Dangerous
    Why Capitalism Is Broken
    The Israel – Palestine Conflict

You can watch the whole thing below or download it in FLV format.

http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/1243094

Sesame Street – R Is For Redundancies

by | Mar 12, 2009 | Uncategorized

The big shock for me in this story is that Sesame Street only makes $145m a year? How is that possible? With all of that brand merchandising? I’m shocked. I’m sure the Wiggles make more than that. And they SUCK. (link via @thetowncrier)

Sesame Workshop, the US non-profit organisation that produces Sesame Street, is cutting 20% of its workforce because of the recession.

Read more on The Age.