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January 15, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Religious Disservice – Christian Hatred and Bigotry on Display:Jessica Ahlquist

Why can’t we just get along? A chilling refrain heard from a mild mannered christians to atheists. I mean really if we just leave each other alone everything will be great right? Perhaps we should ask Jessica Ahlquist about just getting along and coexisting peacefully. Ms.Ahlquist has had her

January 14, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Theramin Trees – ‘there are no gods’ – Unknowable Conceptions of God

The home run of the series. Theramin Trees examines and shows why belief in god(s) is unreasonable, and how rationally, he has become an atheist. Enjoy! Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: The unknown, theramin trees, There are no Gods, unknown unknowns

January 13, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Theramin Trees – ‘there are no gods’ Part 2. – Concepts for Gods

Part two of the series examines conceptions of the divine that, when looked at logically do not make sense and can then reasonably be ruled out. Filed under: Education, Religion Tagged: theramin trees, There are no Gods

January 12, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Theramin Trees – ‘there are no gods’ – A Three Part Tryptych

Theramin Trees a youtube author made a series of videos in response to the following questions. This three-part series looks at: 1. What I believed when I was a theist 2. Concepts for gods I affirmatively believe do not exist 3. Concepts for god I believe to be unknowable The

January 11, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Access to Abortion under Siege in the US – The Guttmacher Institute’s Depressing Overview

The pace is accelerating at which a woman’s right to choose is being taken away from her. The US is going crazy, one state at a time, the Guttmacher Institute documents the slide into insanity. “January 5, 2012 By almost any measure, issues related to reproductive health and rights at

January 10, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Philosophical Reflection – Wouldn’t that be nice in North America?

The lack of reflection in North American society reflects in our policies and economic choices. Countries that have experienced the ripsaw of neo-liberal capitalism (essentially the unbalanced “free-market” reforms that we impose on other countries to savage their people and exploit their resources) are contemplating life after the free marketers

January 9, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Just Dab Your Ant with Hormones and Poof husky He-Ants!

“Canadian researchers have discovered they can induce supersoldier ants — whose bodies react to stress by expanding in size with huge oblong heads and giant vicious jaws — in the Pheidole ant species. The findings are significant because they show there is dormant genetic potential that can be invoked by

January 8, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – WLC for the “lulz”.

I’ve always found WLC’s arguments to be a bit frothy, and unnecessarily wordy, perhaps even straying into the realm of prolix. The Disservice today focuses on the reasons why prominent atheists and other intellectuals are wary of, or outright refuse to ‘debate’ WLC and his ilk. Filed under: Religion Tagged:

January 7, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Hey Brazil, Women are not Incubators.

Behold, the fetus fetish. Unfortunately, the torrent of burning stupid never stops (the republican primary debates are ample evidence), not even for the new year. Brazil has just passed a piece of legislation making compulsory to register if you happen to be pregnant. How nice. Winnowing away of the rights

January 6, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Creationists – Thick, Puerile and Ignorant

That being said, here is a video from DiscoveringReligion that takes some of the more inane arguments put forth by our deluded christian friends vivisects them in great detail and sends the now ensaddened god squad packing. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Creationism, Creationist Fail, Dispellling Creationist Nonsense, Science

January 5, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Heteronormativity – Yet another unseen standard in society.

This clip is about the acceptance of same sex couples making out in public spaces. Why is it okay for hetero couples to mash face, but not when of the same sex. Gauge your reactions and how you feel about the situations presented. Examine your feelings and ask where do

January 3, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Things you really don’t (shouldn’t) think about… (A duty Poll)

This topic came up at supper, as the best and grossest conversations mostly do. How do you clean your posterior after finishing your business? As a stand and wiper, I assumed that my way was natural. I was surprised to learn that there are several different techniques popular in the

January 1, 2012 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Slavery approved by jesus, god etc.

I love the Bible. I love christians who don’t actually take the time to read this heinous turd of bronze-age mendacity. I extra-love christians who claim that there can be no morality without god. Basing your morality on the dubious actions and pronouncements of a god-head who is self contradictory

December 31, 2011 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: A New Year of Patriarchal Oppresson – Woohaa!

Just in case you forgot what you were living in and tacitly supporting… from I Blame the Patriarchy. “It’s like when I happen to run into the occasional woman who thinks Bust is a feminist magazine. Or maybe she believes that femininity is “natural,” or that “radiant skin” is desirable.

December 30, 2011 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Reflets dans l’eau (“reflections in the water”) by Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy‘s piece Reflets dans l’eau (“Reflections in the Water”) is the first of three pieces for the piano from his first volume of Images, which are frequently performed separately. It was written in 1905. As with much of Debussy’s work, it is referred to as Impressionistic, meaning that it

December 29, 2011 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: Virginity Tests – WTH Egypt?

Breaking news on the misogyny front… “An Egyptian court has ordered a halt to forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons. The case, which was decided on Tuesday, was filed by Samira Ibrahim, a woman who said the army forced her to undergo a virginity test in March after she

December 28, 2011 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: You are not Perceptive – Change Blindness

And of course, neither am I. Our perception depends on where we are focusing our attention at the time. 75% of people did not notice that the person dealing with them changed. So…do you still think you are on the ball? Filed under: Science Tagged: Change-Blindness, Experimental Psychology, Science, You

December 28, 2011 The Arbourist

Dead Wild Roses: The Making of the American 99% – Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich

Valuable insight from Barbara and John Ehrenreich about the OWS movement, class and popular misconceptions propagated by the Right. The “other men” (and of course women) in the current American class alignment are those in the top 1 per cent of the wealth distribution – the bankers, hedge-fund managers and