Alabama Wins Intolerance Contest Hands Down
2005.04.29 (Fri) 19:02
We are so sorry for ever doubting that Alabama would maintain its place as the most intolerant state in the country. We wrote about this a while back when it looked like Virginia was making a play for [»]
What We've Been Up To - Adding Features
2005.04.29 (Fri) 16:40
We've been busy lately adding new features and functionality to our site. Some of these changes will mean little or nothing to many of you, and others may be things that some of you have been looking [»]
Scribbled Above the Urinal
2005.04.29 (Fri) 15:41
As with all good things, our run of avoiding persistent trolls has come to an end. Thanks, Sniffles, for this wonderful gift! Accordingly, we have adopted a policy that the good folks over at the Pand [»]
Busting Internet Bullshit
2005.04.29 (Fri) 01:44
Attention all Two Percent Company readers: please take a look at the following official virus warning which we recieved this morning: This information arrived this morning, from Yahoo and McAfee. Plea [»]
Skeptics' Circle #7
2005.04.28 (Thu) 11:23
The seventh edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Thoughts from Kansas. So pull down the shades and light a few aromatherapy candles while you take in the hedonistic delight [»]
The Skeptics' Circle Wants You!
2005.04.26 (Tue) 10:52
The seventh edition of one of our favorite blog carnivals, the Skeptics' Circle, will be posted on Thursday, April 28th. If you've got some skeptical writing, by all means get it over to Josh at Thoug [»]
Only God Can Prove a Negative, and There Is No God
2005.04.25 (Mon) 00:54
In response to our series on Allison DuBois, we have received a fair amount of feedback. Among the critical comments, there is one specific theme that we've heard more than any other — people qu [»]
Carnival of the Godless #11
2005.04.24 (Sun) 21:06
Earlier today, the eleventh edition of the Carnival of the Godless was spawned in an orgy of heathen revelry — head over to Freespace to check it out. We'll take a closer look at the posts tomor [»]
Media Sees Public's Stupidity, and Raises
2005.04.22 (Fri) 00:58
No, it's not news, but we just need to Rant — the majority of the people who make commercials are complete fucking idiots. That's no surprise, considering who they're aiming at with their market [»]
Indoctrination Sucks
2005.04.22 (Fri) 00:25
Angry Professor relates two sad stories of a common form of parenting that we, personally, see as psychological child abuse: what most folks like to call "indoctrination." First she tells the tale of [»]
Death is Too Good for this Son of a Bitch
2005.04.21 (Thu) 02:24
Last month, a previously convicted sex offender, John Evander Couey, admitted that he had abducted and killed nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford. On Wednesday, some of the details of this crime were relea [»]
Breaking News: Republican Stops, Thinks
2005.04.19 (Tue) 23:41
Any time that a politician actually stops and thinks, it constitutes big news these days; and if the politician in question is a Republican, then it just could be the story of the year. Based on repor [»]
Conservative Vatican Enforcer Poped Up
2005.04.19 (Tue) 18:35
Remember the brief speculation that the next Pope might be the one to allow a few progressive changes in the Catholic Church? You know, maybe letting priests marry, or allowing for women to become pri [»]
Boxjam Explains It All For You
2005.04.18 (Mon) 22:49
Boxjam rocks — he's one of our daily reads. Hey, blogs aren't the only thing on the Internet! Check out Boxjam's latest strip. (For the uninitiated, "Bup" is what Boxjam's kids, Boxjam Junior an [»]
Scalia Doesn't Deny Sodomizing His Wife
2005.04.16 (Sat) 01:07
As reported throughout the blogosphere — by many of our Usual Suspects — Justice Antonin Scalia was shocked — shocked! — by the effrontery of one student's question. Scalia is [»]
Airport Screenings: Annoying, Invasive and Apparently Useless
2005.04.15 (Fri) 21:47
If you've flown in the United States any time in the recent past, chances are you've experienced at least some of the problems caused by the "enhanced security measures" put in place after 9-11. You k [»]
Skeptics' Circle #6
2005.04.15 (Fri) 17:56
The sixth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Socratic Gadfly. At a glance, we see mention of astrology, medical quackery, angels, creationism, conspiracy theories, psychi [»]
MIT Joke Paper Accepted in Conference
2005.04.15 (Fri) 01:47
This one's just too good. Three graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology put together two randomly generated academic papers consisting entirely of high-brow vocabulary and "cont [»]
Someone Else Who Gets It
2005.04.14 (Thu) 15:47
Read this article by Jonathan Edman, on Kennesaw State University's Sentinel website. (Use BugMeNot if you need to login.) With the constant complaining we hear from folks like the Religious Right abo [»]
This is the Harm of Pseudoscience
2005.04.14 (Thu) 13:54
Over on Respectful Insolence, Orac has put up a post simply called "The Orange Man." This is required reading for anyone who has ever thought: "Well, alternative medicine might not work, but what harm [»]
So, When Does the Backlash Come?
2005.04.13 (Wed) 21:27
We've been wondering lately when the backlash against the growing Christian theocracy in the United States is going to come. Of course, it isn't a foregone conclusion that any backlash will happen, bu [»]
An Ongoing Conversation About Beliefs
2005.04.13 (Wed) 03:07
We recently received a comment on one of our Allison DuBois posts asking about our beliefs and our skeptical approach to life. The commenter, Cat, had the following to say: I feel for you guys being s [»]
New NASA Chief to Revisit Hubble Decision
2005.04.12 (Tue) 23:56
Based on the recent confirmation hearings that went rather smoothly by all accounts, it appears that Mike Griffin will soon take his place as the next head of NASA. After canning a possible robotic se [»]
The Guide vs. The Bible?
2005.04.11 (Mon) 15:27
The folks at Planet Magrathea have seen some showings of the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide movie, and have compiled a list of elements found in previous versions of the story (the radio show, the books, [»]
Carnival of the Godless #10
2005.04.11 (Mon) 13:17
As of yesterday, the tenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless was released upon an unsuspecting world — head over to Wolverine Tom's site to check it out. This edition contains a healthy hel [»]
We've Got Duke over Tettamanzi for Pope
2005.04.09 (Sat) 19:26
We're not sure how we missed this great chance to bet on the outcome of the Pope Tournament. In case your NCAA brackets were as useless as ours were, check these out (found via Majikthise). [Click for [»]
Coka-Bala Classic
2005.04.08 (Fri) 23:08
No, the recent upsurge in the popularity of kabbalah couldn't possibly be just another scam to bilk gullible fools out of tons of money. That's why it isn't primarily aimed at celebrities with lots of [»]
More *@$%! Media Censorship?
2005.04.08 (Fri) 03:35
We recently received an email from the ACLU that warned us about impending censorship legislation which is about to be presented in the Senate. You can see a similar message on the ACLU web site. Acco [»]
Unintelligently Designed Journalism
2005.04.07 (Thu) 16:32
Jay Mathews, apparently an education columnist (if you can believe that) for the Washington Post, was bored and frustrated in his high school biology class — and apparently, he believes this is [»]
CNN: Your 24 Hour Dead Pope Network
2005.04.06 (Wed) 14:00
Jesus Christ on a stick! Enough about the Pope already. If this was coverage of our own deaths, we wouldn't want it to be this pervasive. This has nothing to do with what we thought of the man (he had [»]
Some Monday Links
2005.04.04 (Mon) 23:33
It has been a little hectic here lately, and we haven't had a lot of time for anything in depth. So, to keep you thinking (and probably in some cases grimacing), here are some Monday Links. First, Ed [»]
"Living in Sin" is Apparently a Criminal Offense
2005.04.01 (Fri) 14:32
The headline: "Unmarried woman challenges law; Fired because she lived with her boyfriend, she files suit to overturn state cohabitation ban." When we first came across this story on Dispatches from t [»]