Bay of Fundie

Foxholes, that is. In his latest column for ClownHall, titled “Atheists in the Capitol’s Foxhole“, Norris defends your right to his religion. He’s upset that the fundie push to engrave two prayers (a.k.a. the national motto and the Pledge of Allegiance) on the Capitol Visitor Center has been met with a lawsuit from the Freedom [...]

(Comic by Cectic) (You can see the other reports here: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5) I was sitting here trying to figure out how to summarize Friday (July 10th), the first full day of TAM 7. None of the speakers really stood out, so I roamed the web to try to [...]

(Note: Unfortunately, it looks like I’m going to have to put in a lot of extra hours at work over the next couple of months, so my blogging will be diminished. Instead of one long article, I’ll have to write up my TAM 7 experiences in several shorter articles over the next week or so.) [...]

[Note: I’m planning a few articles about TAM 7, but it will take a few days to put those together. In the meantime, let’s look at what else is going on.] (Image from Mother Jones) The current level of religious interference in government and public life is not a new phenomenon. It was actually the [...]

I’m now back from The Amazing Meeting 7. I’ll be reading all the comments and cleaning up any messes within the next couple of hours. If you picked up my card at TAM and are here for the first time, welcome! If you want to see what this blog is all about, the last five [...]

I’m at TAM 7 right now and can’t post, so I’ve scheduled a few amusing pictures to run as cheap filler. I’ll be back tomorrow to clean up the mess from the trolls and spammers.

I’m at TAM 7 right now and can’t post, so I’ve scheduled a few amusing pictures to run as cheap filler. I had reservations about running this one. Is it too offensive? Or just slightly so? Should I pull it down when I get back? How offensive is too offensive? Who gets to decide?

I’m at TAM 7 right now and can’t post, so I’ve scheduled a few amusing pictures to run as cheap filler. I had this game back in the early ‘70s. Nothing about the box struck me as even a little wrong back then. Thankfully, most of us are more enlightened today.