November 2009
The Archives
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11.24.09Kirk Cameron Video on Huffington Post and TMZJoe's video of Kirk Cameron debating students at UCLA has made its way to TMZ and then onto the Huffington Posts. Looks like Tristan and Leilani are in the video as well. TMZ: Kirk Cameron -- Mauled by a Bruin in Darwin Fight Huffington Post: Kirk Cameron Confronted Over Evolution (VIDEO) Here's the video: UPDATE: A commenter on Pharyngula by the name of "Dorkman" was kind enough to transcribe this video.
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11.22.09Yet another report on Ray Comfort and Kirk CameronYes, it's yet another report on Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Delayed, because I'm perpetually busy. Here's what happened. We knew for a long time that Ray Comfort was planning to distribute the books on the 19th of November. But on the morning of the 18th, I woke up and read this: Ray has a change in plans. Ray Comfort announced the morning of that he was coming in a day early! So we had to change our plans too. The original plan was to have volunteers hand out counter-flyers and bookmarks from the NCSE, while simultaneously holding a table on ...
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11.19.097″ Record: Carl Sagan – “A Glorious Dawn” ft. Stephen HawkingI finally got my 7" record of "A Glorious Dawn" today in the mail. If you haven't seen the video, you must watch it now. It's a wonderful song composed of auto-tuned voice clips of Carl Sagan speaking in Cosmos. It is a moving song I mus say. You can get the 7" records from Third Man Records for $6 each including shipping if you're in the US. "A Glorious Dawn" was created by John Boswell for The Symphony of Science a "musical project...designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form." Here is what the record looks like. Click ...
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11.19.09Nazis, Darwin, and Living a Good LifeWell, in an not entirely unexpected move, Ray Comfort and his creationist cadre moved up the day where they were to distribute their own corrupted version of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species with a 59 page unnoted garbage introduction regurgitating tired disproved creationist arguments of irreducible complexity and claims that Darwin played a pivotal role in Nazi Germany, despite obvious evidence that it was banned under Die Bucherei von 1935 (The Library of 1935): Quote:6. Schriften weltanschaulichen und lebenskundlichen Charakters, deren Inhalt die falsche naturwissenschaftliche Aufklaerung eines primitiven Darwinismus und Monismus ist (Haeckel). Translation: Quote:6. Writings of world natured and living-oriented ...
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11.18.09BASS Meeting VIIIFirst, a bit of news. Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron made personal appearances today, a day early! It was very sneaky of them. However, they will still distribute books tomorrow (Thursday), so our original plans will continue. Please stop by our table on Bruin Walk tomorrow. Meeting VIII! When: Friday, Nov. 20th, 5:00-6:30 pm Where: Ackerman 3508 RSVP by Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180872424180 Agenda: News Scan Reports on Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron A few brief presentations, to be announced Out of body and near death experiences Relevant links: http://bruinskeptics.org/2009/11/18/a-day-early-banana-man-and-kirk-cameron/ http://www.spencerfern.com/ http://www.dontdissdarwin.com/ http://skepdic.com/obe.html
