DJ Holy Ghost and special guest appearance from MC David Rodigan!
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Friday, September 5, 2008
DJ Holy Ghost: Church Rave
Thursday, September 4, 2008
CBS: Cindy McCain On Abortion, Creationism
September 3, 2008 with CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric
From Transcript:
Couric: How do you feel about creationism? Do you think it should be taught in schools?
McCain: I think both sides should be taught in schools. I think the more children have a frame of reference and an opportunity to read and know and make better decisions and judgments when they are adults. So, I think you know I don't have any problem with education of any kind.
BBC: God on Trial (TV Film)
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Aired: September 3, 2008 on BBC 2
Awaiting their fate in a sombre blockhouse in Auschwitz, a group of men – including a physicist, a glove-maker, two rabbis, a professor of law and at least one criminal – struggle desperately not only to survive, but to make sense of their existence.Thanks to The Sydenham Infidel for the link
As they wait to discover whether they have been selected for the gas chambers, these prisoners, driven to the limit by the cruelty of the Nazis, demand to know the answer to the question: What is the nature of a God that can allow so much suffering?
From award-winning writer Frank Cottrell Boyce and starring a stellar international cast, God On Trial is the extraordinary tale of how these men attempt to settle their dispute by putting God in the dock, charged with breaking his covenant to protect his people. Read more
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Paul Rothemund: The astonishing promise of DNA folding
Filmed Feb 2008; Posted Sep 2008 Link
In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, adundant detail the immense promise of this field -- to create tiny machines that assemble themselves.
ScienCentral: Organ Repair
August 29, 2008
For the first time, researchers have prevented the typical age-related decline in a whole organ, allowing old mice to have livers that keep working like when they were young. This ScienCentral News video reports on a strategy that researchers think could lead to treatments for age-related decline in other organs, such as the brain.by ScienCentral
Interviewee: Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Gov. Sarah Palin at Wassila Assembly of God Church
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June 6 2008
The Huffington Post:
Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.See also:
Her speech in June provides as much insight into her policy leanings as anything uncovered since she was asked to be John McCain's running mate.
Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord. Read more
- Palinianity by PZ Myers
- Palin: average isn't good enough by Sam Harris
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Dispatches: Undercover Mosque - The Return
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Aired: September 1, 2008 on Channel 4
In a follow-up to the initial investigation, a female Dispatches reporter goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs are still being promoted in certain British Muslim institutions. The documentary also looks at the role of the Saudi Arabian religious establishment in spreading a hardline Islamic ideology in the UK.See also:
Monday, September 1, 2008
The Bells of St. Mary: No "Under God" in Pledge of Allegiance
Check out this version of the Pledge of Allegiance from the classic movie The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Something is missing. There's no "under God" recited by the students.
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