Sometimes I get asked by the faithful as to why I advocate so strongly against religion. It is hard to know where to start sometimes, but sadly incidents like what is happening in Minnesota at Anoka High School makes it all to easy. Religion promotes intolerance, hatred and bigotry.
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – More BSG
The BSG Motif week continues, with the 6/8 Shape of things to come last week, Allegro in 4/4 this week. Bear McCreary works his magic for us again. Love the syncopation in this piece. Filed under: Music Tagged: Allegro, Bear McCreary, BSG, Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Founding Fathers/Founding Principles of the United States Secular, Not Religious
Confirmation bias might be the end of us all. For the zealots who think that the US was founded on anything but secular principles, watch and learn. Filed under: Politics, Religion Tagged: RDF, Religion, Secular Society, Separation of Church and State?, US Constitution, zealots
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How pro-life is really just anti-choice and really, just plain crazy.
Social Conservatism on Display The pro-life position is riddled with contradiction – Republican Rep. Larry Pittman, who was appointed to the District 82 House seat in October, expressed his views in an email sent Wednesday to every member of the General Assembly. […] “We need to make the death penalty a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: White Liberal Guilt – Tom’s Shoes Marketing Strategy
Tom's – Made in China under human unfriendly conditions, oh but you're helping the poor, honest! “There are two reasons for every action. The good reason… and the real reason.” -J.P. Morgan Did you ever want to consume AND feel good about helping others all at the same time?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Feminism – Improving the Condition and Status Of Women
Working toward a better future for everyone. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Education, Feminism, Moving toward Equality, Understanding Feminism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Proselytizing for Jeebus – The Real Story
Former Preacher Dan Barker summarizes the ‘good news’ in less than two minuets. How many people would sign up if they were actually served up the truth about christianity as presented by Mr.Barker. I’m guessing that the cognitive dissonance would be too much for most people in the non-gilded form
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Purity Bear to the Rescue!
Damn…posting this straight up make me “feel right” too. Filed under: Humour, Religion Tagged: christian inanity, Humour, Priceless, Purity Bear
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Musical Interlude – The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come theme This theme, also referred to as the “Passacaglia“, “Allegro“, or “Opera House theme“, is one of the few recurring motifs in Battlestar Galactica — along with “Worthy of Survival” — not associated with a particular character or group of characters. Appearing in the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ah, Laundry – What Women Do Best.
Watch how TV helps women garnish the yummy shit sandwich of patriarchal norms. Thanks Clorox, because we need more vectors of misogynistic oppression, not less! Bleh! Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Crappy TV, Feminism, Patriarchy on Parade, things that vex me
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anonymous – A Message to Congress
So, is this how it must be? I’m thinking that we get Anonymous when the structures of your democratic institutions are corrupted and ineffective. When the voice of the people is lost in the swirl of corporate dollars and lobbying, we get Anonymous. When the elites believe that they are
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Internet Blackout – nothing but Hyperbole and a PR Stunt according to the MPAA
Watch, gentle readers, what happens when elite interests are not given priority. The outcry, the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the injustice of it all. The MPAA CEO Chris Dodd called out the irresponsible websites – Wikipedia, Reddit etc on their egregious behaviour: “A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Socialism that Works in America
What! Socialism in America? Say it isn’t so. Better start the protests now. Filed under: Humour, Politics Tagged: Bill Maher, Socailsim, Superbowl, USA
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Take your Daughter to Work Day
And I thought teaching was a tough gig. Poor Gary. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Humour, Robot Chicken, Star Wars, Take your daughter to work day
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Illusion of Choice – George Carlin
Wading through politics in North America one can get the idea that we have a lot of choice when it comes to running our countries and determining our social policies. It takes the brilliant thoughts of a late comedian to crystallize what our societies have become. Agree or disagree, Carlin’s
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, Orgelbüchlein
The Orgelbüchlein (“Little Organ Book”) was written by Johann Sebastian Bach during the period of 1708–1714, while he was court organist at the ducal court in Weimar. It was planned as a set of 164 chorale preludes (smaller-scale compositions based on chorale melodies) spanning the liturgical year; however, Bach
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Keeping the Sex Class on its Beauty Toes – with Fotoshop by Adobé
That whole thing where we make women try to meet impossible standards of beauty is totally just feminist jaw-waggling. Oh wait a second… Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Fotoshop by Adobé, Sex Class follies
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On American Societiy – George Carlin
Like the present John Stewart, George Carlin because he was not in power could make the radically anti-establishment pronouncements he so often did with minimal consequences. He was a comedian after all and no one listens to comedians… More people need to listen and act on the ideas of our
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Stompn’ Mudholes – Or how to beat transgendered people
The binary view of gender is a regressive patriarchal notion that needs to be abolished and the sooner the better. The gender binary hurts women and men as people are shoehorned into roles that they are not suited for and then judged as being deficient by society according to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The worst thing you’ll read all day…
[TW FOR RAPE CULTURE AND GENERAL DOUCHEBAGGERY] Once again an idiotic college student has brought shame on his fraternity, his school, and possibly the entire Greek system by doing something that confirms every misogynistic frat guy stereotype. Today we received a copy of a an email purportedly written by a
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