Why It Is Getting Embarrassing to Be an American

American Exceptionalism just isn’t going to cut it any longer.  Jingoistic statements like this one from Mitt Romney reveal the depths towards which we are sinking: “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s … Continue reading

Underground Wind Energy. What the What!?

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Underground Wind Energy

Invelox is definitely innovative. Imagine the typical wind turbine as you drive down the interstate in rural Minnesota or Iowa. Now reduce the height by half, put the turbine blades underground, and replace them with a double-tiered, skyward-facing phonograph horn. This technology, developed by SheerWind founder Daryoush Allaei, harnesses whatever wind is blowing above ground and directs it through small openings below ground, increasing the velocity and therefore the production power of the wind, to turn the turbine blades attached to generators. The process essentially does with air what a dam does with water.

 

I’m Not a Sinner

Adam and Eve fell to temptation.  They ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, defying god.   In his rage and anger for the defiance, god condemned everyone who was born over the … Continue reading

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The Atheist Camel Rants Again

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Providing an oasis of reason in the desert of religious thought, Bart Centre’s alter-ego, Dromedary Hump offers an atheist perspective at his blog The Atheist Camel, clarifying the muddles of theists, religion and politics, belief, God, … Continue reading

William Shatner is Not Dead

Stargate’s William Shatner, Dead at Age 80 I first watched Star Trek when I was 6, at an age when reality and fantasy were hard to separate.  I thought they were actually out there, exploring new worlds.  I asked my … Continue reading

This Site Will Be Censored on January 18, 2011

Just so people know that there is a real danger to the internet if media companies can use the Federal government to shut down sites that are suspected of granting access to pirated or illegally shared media. More about it … Continue reading

Analysis By Paralysis

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This is pure definitional apologetics in action, and the OTF has been plagued by it from the very beginning, even though I had anticipated it. For the OTF asks believers to use the same level of skepticism when examining their own inherited religion as they already use when examining the other religions they reject. I did not try to define the level of skepticism involved. Presumably if using a certain standard of skepticism against a different religious faith is judged as healthy by a believer, then that same standard should be used to examine his or her own faith. If the one is considered healthy skepticism, then so should the other. Otherwise, believers have a double standard

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