X-MAS Is For Atheists Too

• “I’ve seen things you ‘people’ wouldn’t believe.  Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.  All those… moments… lost in time… like… tears… in rain…” “I want more life,  fucker!” • In a film widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made, a humanoid creature …

EVOLUTION IS A MYTH, OR: RETROGRADE STUPID

One half the world is grasping eagerly for the light of truth and the facts of scientific discovery, while the other half languishes in the arms of ancient superstition and but thinly disguised magic.

URANTIAN SOJOURN 12·10

Welcome to the premiere edition of Urantian Sojourn Magazine, our latest effort at simultaneously blogging ourselves into oblivion, and regaining some semblance of a life fairly balanced between work and play.  Here’s what we have in mind. Our “Table of Contents” below shows you what’s in this issue so far;  starting out, we anticipate publishing just the cover story, hoping …

Scary Halloween Post-Election Thought

John of Orange, recessive gene carrier of the long extinct Orange race* Given that the electoral odds strongly favor a Rethug takeover of the House of Representatives this Tuesday; and given the John Boner will likely become the Speaker of the House (like I learned in Catholic grade school: when two vowels go a walkin’, the first one does the …

Coming Soon: URANTIAN SOJOURN

Not hot off the presses:  Urantian Sojourn Magazine will debut soon, watch this spot. It’s a back to our roots via the blog thing, and yeah, we’re excited— just not blessed with enough time to getter done a month in advance. The original Urantian Sojourn Magazine was born in the tumultuous summer of 1990, as a satirical-political spear in the …

Swiftboating Latino Voters (Update)

Aping the Teabaggers, the Rethugs wrap themselves in the flag and promote their party as the defenders of the Constitution. And just when you thought they  couldn’t sink any lower, they roll out the above ad to Hispanic voters encouraging them to ignore their most primary constitutional responsibility– the right and duty to vote.  (For the Spanish version, see  here.) …

Irreligiousness-ness

Holy effin’ balance sheets! “Accounting professors” kicking the asses off “art professors” when it comes to knowing God?!? Who knew…