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Looks like it’s time for another edition of Bill Donohue Is A Terrible Person. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights commented on the current Zika epidemic: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Friday, adding that laws and policies that restrict access to sexual and reproductive health… Continue reading BillDo Has A Totally Practical Solution to Zika
Another day, another shooting two shootings. As usual, people will shrug and say that as long as the Second Amendment (peace be upon it) guarantees the right to carry a gun in your pocket (especially if you’re not glad to see me), these sorts of massacre will continue to happen. But if there’s one thing… Continue reading A Modest Proposal
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(Update: Thanks to alert reader Fez for pointing out that 20% alcohol by volume is 40 proof, not 80. Oops. This somewhat mitigates, but doesn’t invalidate the rest of my points.) We all know, of course, that the whole point of homeopathic remedies is that there’s no active ingredient in the bottle. So you might… Continue reading How Do You Spell “Booze”? C-V-S
Yesterday was day two of homeopathy hearings at the FDA. There were some audio and connectivity problems, and again, I was distracted, but I tried to pay some attention. One or two presenters tried to explain why you can’t perform randomized double-blind clinical trials to demonstrate the efficacy of homeopathic remedies. Apparently it boils down… Continue reading FDA Homeopathy Circus, Day 2
Today and tomorrow, the FDA is holding hearings to see about updating its regulations for homeopathy. Or, as NPR puts it, FDA Ponders Putting Homeopathy To A Tougher Test. Here, “a tougher test” means applying the same rules to homeopathy as to every other proposed medical treatment: see whether it works. So to that end,… Continue reading FDA Homeopathy Circus, Day 1
This past week, Bill Donohue took a break from complaining about perceived slights to his religion of choice, and posted something more inspirational, entitled The Power of Hope and Prayer. He tells of a family whose newborn son had a heart disease, but who was cured thanks to hope, prayer, and the best medical care… Continue reading Not Impressed By the “Power of Prayer”
Over at Glenn Beck’s The Blaze (so you know it’s sane and rational), Billy Hallowell warns, “Do Christian Televangelists Have Something to Fear? Atheists Reveal New Effort to Impact Culture”. By this he means that American Atheists have announced that they’ll be launching an atheist TV channel for the Roku set-top video-streaming box. So yeah.… Continue reading The Blaze Warns of New Threat to Christian Televangelists From Atheist Roku Channel
(Yes, I know I’m late to the party. I’ve been battling floods and a cold. Give me a break.) The American Family Association-owned One News Now has a sad. A very deep sad, because their religious freedom is under attack, yet again! See, Mississippi recently passed the Religous Freedom Restoration Act, which basically says that… Continue reading Lowering the Bar for Christian “Persecution” Yet Again
So the other day I was listening to Mark Driscoll’s series on James the brother of Jesus, and heard: When he’s [James] talking about “the world” here and worldly conflict, let me give you a simple definition of what it means to be worldly: worldly means that things are put together in a way that… Continue reading Worldliness Makes Baby Jesus Cry
