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Truth Tickets - The Panda’s Thumb

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Alonzo Fyfe at “Atheist Ethicist” challenges his readers to buy a Truth Ticket to offset anyone contributing to the dumbing down of America by buying an “Expelled” ticket.Send the equivalent value of a ticket…

The Lippard Blog: Richard Dawkins lecture at ASU

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Tonight we attended Richard Dawkins’ lecture at ASU’s Grady Gammage auditorium on “The God Delusion,” which was the 2008 Beyond Center lecture, introduced by Paul Davies. The lecture was accompanied by a giant screen…

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The Lippard Blog: Tinfoil hat brigade generates fear about Infragard

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An article in The Progressive by Matthew Rothschild worries that the FBI’s InfraGard program is deputizing businesses, training them for martial law, and giving them a free pass to “shoot to kill.” Rothschild…

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The Lippard Blog: Is “Expelled” going to show up in any theaters on April 18?

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“Expelled” was originally claimed to be opening in February 2008, and I recall seeing claims that it would be on 4,000 screens. Its website has subsequently been claiming an April 18 opening date (”in theatres…

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An argument in support of Matt Nisbet

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I thought I’d try to come up with an argument *for* Nisbet’s general position (though I don’t support the claims that all publicity is good publicity or that particular people should shut up), and came up with this…

9/11 truthers at the University of Waterloo

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Jeffrey Shallit has written a multi-part summary of an event hosted by the University of Waterloo Debate Society on March 19 on “A Forensic Analysis of September 11, 2001: Questioning the Official Theory.” The event…