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"Hillary Clinton and Al Gore have been affiliated with The Family? WTF? I figured that this had to be a mistake. After all, I have not heard any mention of it in any of the coverage this group has been receiving. And yet, a few minutes on Google revealed that there was no mistake. This story on Clinton broke (or at least should have broke) at least as early as 2007 when Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported it in Mother Jones. It became newsworthy again in 2008 after Obama's Rev. Wright troubles. Writing in The Nation, Barbara Ehrenreich pointed out that Clinton couldn't really criticize Obama for Wright because her own religious associations were even more problematic. The same point was made in The Atlantic. Compared with Clinton, it was much harder to find incriminating information on Gore. According to Jeff Sharlet, Gore has made very positive statements about Dog Coe, Family leader. That there was some sort of friendship between Gore and Coe was noted again in 2008, but it... more... - Chris Munro from Bookmarklet

"New York: GRAPHIC PHOTOS of a Somali man being stoned to death for adultery in a village close to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu have surfaced. Somalian Islamic extremists and militants on Sunday stoned a man to death for adultery in front of hundreds of local residents. A second man, Ahmed Mohamoud Awale, 61, who was accused of murder, was shot to death. Hundreds of villagers were forced to watch the stoning by the militants." - Eivind from Bookmarklet

It looks like they have sent commandos to Aden and Somalia, and 'neutralized' some bad people but I guess they forgot to neutralize the Islamic autocracy. Good thing is, they saved civilians (non-Somalian) :\ - Onur Gündüz

"The large poster depicts a dejected-looking Joseph lying next to Mary, whose eyes are turned heavenwards, under the words: "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow."" - Eivind from Bookmarklet

Someone who is offended by a humourous challenge to their beliefs by fellow believers has not succeeded in becoming a "better person"... - Mark

Looks like it's been pulled down :( - Ken Morley

Works for me too - Eric Logan

"NEW YORK — Bicyclists planning a protest ride through New York City are calling it their "Freedom Ride" – free of clothing, that is. The removal of clothing during Saturday's ride is meant as a protest over the removal of a bike lane in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Bicycling advocates say the city erased the bike lane from the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood because some conservative residents were upset about seeing women in skimpy clothing ride by every day." - Chris Munro from Bookmarklet

I hear fences make good neighbors. - Heather

"Letting Go of God has been a completely home made operation. It's not just a one-woman show, it was a one woman everything. That's not completely true, actually. I had a producer for the movie and the stage show, who did a huge amount of work. And of course all the people who worked on the stage and film productions. But in the deepest sense, this is really a one-man-band. I was so glad that I started working on this show just when new technology made it possible to do everything myself. I hated that "It's Pat" had so much studio input (that didn't necessarily make it better or worse, it's just that I didn't get to make my own mistakes because of so much interference.) "God Said, Ha!" which I was able to direct and have total creative control over is now owned totally by Miramax (Disney now, I guess.) When "God Said Ha!" plays on cable, I have no knowledge of that. It's theirs and they can do with it what they want. So, when it came to "Letting Go of God" it was really important to... more... - Rob Haas from Bookmarklet

bad science? - Janice from Bookmarklet

"I mean, what's more likely -- that I have uncovered fundamental flaws in this field that no one in it has ever thought about, or that I need to read a little more? Hint: it's the one that involves less work." - Eivind

": I stopped believing in the hairy man when I stopped believing in the Bible. When I used to talk to Jesus in my head, I never really got an answer back." - Janice from Bookmarklet

Great snippets in this transcript or you can listen to the story - Janice

I call "non-overlapping magisteria" between science and Santa! - Eivind

I can't read it (page not found), but is this the 2008 study by Helmuth Nyborg and Richard Lynn? - Eivind

Bummer, looks like they took the PDF down. I think I may have downloaded a copy. Stay tuned... - Trevor Rotzien

Kava? What about acupuncture and acupressure? - Janice

Wow, head is at the top, buttocks are at the bottom, which is another word we use for buttocks. What are the freaking chances?! I mean, look where shoulders are located, for crying out loud! How could this possibly be madeupshit? - Edward Zwart

"About a week or so later I received a call from Stephen, we essentially picked up where I had left off with the first missionary. We discussed at length on the mind’s ability to create psychosomatic reactions to stimuli that are often attributed to god which easily explains why LDS doctrine teaches that if you study the Book of Mormon and pray asking God if it is true there will often be a sensation in the chest (often referred to as the Burning Bosom). This sensation is nearly universal when it comes to religion, it is very similar to what I have felt while in worship or prayer to my former deity – this feeling is a psychosomatic effect of my subconscious desire to worship or experience the truth of god, it falsely confirms that “my god” is “the god” for almost anyone that needs it to. Stephen had no trouble understanding my viewpoint, but for some reason was unable to grasp that this could just as easily be the effect of Buddhist chanting as it is of praying to the Christian god –... more... - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

Better! - Eivind

Oh yeah! - Janice

A doctoral dissertation that begins with "Hello, my name is..." - appropriately simplistic if you ask me. - David (slumrig) from Bookmarklet

Thanks for fixing the personal/academic quote, Mark. It makes much more sense now. When I was 11 I remember making many of the same mistakes Hovind makes in the intro, like starting every sentence of my "My Summer Holiday" thesis with "I" (the Norwegian equivalent, of course) :) - Eivind

He prayed for a "Job" like miracle... it never came. - Janice from Bookmarklet

stuck to his chair! I mean come on, what was your first clue that dog was not jumping in to save you???? - Janice

Not at her best, but still she socked it to him - Janice

I like the term Atheist But ...almost as much as faitheist :) - Edward Zwart from Bookmarklet

Jerry Coyne's take: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009... (thanks Jim Turner) - Edward Zwart