Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 8.11
Saturn’s rings will disappear today – “The rings shine because they reflect sunlight. But every 15 years, the rings turn edge-on to the sun and reflect almost no sunlight.” From Kitty. Girl reads at 1, graduates college at 14 – And royally pisses off the Greek Orthodox Church after investigating the historical roots of the church for herself. From QuestionAuthority.…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.7
Meet George Sodini’s relationship guru – Yesterday, we linked to this post which quoted misogynist bloggers who suggested that if only Sodini had “game” he could’ve gotten laid and never would’ve shot those women. Now we find out that he was taking advice from the type of men that write books like, “Date Younger Women: For Men Over 35.” Reset your…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.6
Gunman murders gym-going women; Misogynists approve – “Like Sodini himself, Roissy assumes that Sodini shot up a gym because women rejected him, not that women rejected him because he was the kind of guy who would one day shoot up a gym.” Plague vaccine for prairie dogs could save endangered ferret – “Black-footed ferrets only eat prairie dogs…So if the…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.4
In Church vs. Neighbors, bells begin the fight – “The neighbors said the bells were just too loud. The bishop said that if you silenced the bells, you silenced the voice of God.” More Scientology members come forward with accounts of abuse – “They are stepping forward — from Dallas and Denver, Portland, Las Vegas, Montana — talking about what…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.31
Slaughter a cow every 28 days: How the Bible ruined Western Society – Have our Abrahamic roots led us to have a tendency to polarized thinking? Is a woman in labor a child abuser? – “If she lives in New Jersey, she might be. Because apparently, refusing a C-section (and then successfully vaginally delivering a healthy baby) and acting “combative”…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.30
Radovan Karadzic’s New Age adventure – “How did a Serbian war criminal hide from the world as a bioenergy-channeling, alternative-medicine-peddling, bearded and, well, nutty guru?” Arm-swinging riddle is solved – “Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity.” From Infinite Monkey. It’s not actually…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.28
Canadian Supreme Court rules: No religious exemption for photo on driver’s license – “The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 4-3 Friday that a Hutterite community in Alberta must abide by provincial rules that make a digital photo mandatory for all new driver’s licences as a way to prevent identity theft.” From Babe. The Natural Basis forfor Inequality of the Sexes…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.24
Creationist Girl Scout honored - Note that the Gold Award is given to scouts who undertake a large project that is based on community service.  I agree with the author, that this isn’t implicit endorsement of creationism from the Girl Scouts.  A scout who did a project based on evolution would also receive the Gold Award. The building block(heads) of life – Middleman found this…
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