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Religion

Frontline Tackles the Right to Assisted Suicide

by RichMarch 3, 2010

The latest episode of PBS’ Frontline, entitled “The Suicide Tourist,” tells the story of Craig Ewert, a 59-year-old man who was dying from ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He and his wife decided to travel to Switzerland, one of the few countries where physician-assisted suicide is legal, and end his needless suffering.
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Tweeting with Megan Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church

by RichFebruary 25, 2010
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When you run a site like ours, it’s easy to get lost in all the replies and comments we get on our content, which is shared across our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Myspace (for all two people who still use that) pages. Half of it is positive, the other half is negative, and we [...]

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Muckmakers Proudly Presents the 2010 Muckmaker Awards!

by RichFebruary 19, 2010
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It’s the awards show you’ve all been waiting for…no, not the Oscars. That’s next month. No, not the MTV Movie Awards. Let’s be honest – even the Golden Globes are more watchable than that crap. It’s the 2010 Muckmaker Awards, where we dishonor the worst people, organizations, businesses, and ideologies of 2009 by awarding them [...]

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God Hates Lady Gaga – Westboro Baptist Church’s Parody of “Poker Face”

by RichJanuary 29, 2010

The always classy Westboro Baptist Church (the assholes behind the “God Hates Fags” campaign) recently launched their latest abomination creation – a music video parody of Lady Gaga’s hit single “Poker Face.” Seriously. You can’t make this stuff up, people. Take a look…

And I thought that Charlie Check’m video was painful to sit through. In [...]

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Video: Good Morning America Rips Pat Robertson for Haiti Comments

by RichJanuary 15, 2010

Asinine, hateful comments with absolutely no historical legitimacy from Pat Robertson that effortlessly undermine a tragedy? That’s standard for the 700-year-old “700 Club” host…
Televangelist Pat Robertson said Wednesday that earthquake-ravaged Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact to the devil.”
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about [...]

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Video: Creationist “Discovery Institute” Tries to Censor Opposition

by RichJanuary 6, 2010

Yes, YouTube is full of pointless videos of people getting whacked in the balls and kids singing pop songs karaoke-style into their webcams, but there are many users who actually do something purposeful with their accounts, like DonExodus2. Last spring, he made a video entitled, “Casey Luskin: Liar, Hypocrite, Imbecilic Assclown.” (Pure poetry, isn’t it?) [...]

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Pagans Are the REAL Reason for the Season!

by RichDecember 25, 2009
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Always eager to play the role of oppressed minority in a country where they are the overwhelming majority, I’m always amused by the cries of Christians who claim that Christmas is under attack by those who either celebrate other holidays or those who just don’t celebrate Christmas at all. They declare that, “Jesus is the [...]

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Robert Wright and Christopher Hitchens Debate

by IanDecember 21, 2009

Via BloggingHeads.tv:
A pretty lengthy debate between Robert Wright (author of The Evolution of God, and Nonzero) and Christopher Hitchens (author of God Is Not Great). Total run time is just over 76 minutes, but it’s certainly worth watching.

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