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    • Hubble spots a chunk of ice 6.7 billion km away! December 16, 2009
      I love stories like this: Hubble spotted a small iceball — only about a kilometer (0.6 miles) across — orbiting the Sun 6.7 billion kilom12 Vote(s)
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    • The return of sunspots! Maybe! December 16, 2009
      After a very long absence, it looks like the Sun may finally be kick-starting its magnetic cycle. A big ol’ group of sunspots has just appeared10 Vote(s)
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    • Rachel Maddow Speaks About the Cecil Bothwell Case December 16, 2009
      The other night, Rachel Maddow did a segment about the Cecil Bothwell case — it’s worth watching just to hear him not take an oath to God8 Vote(s)
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    • Kabbalah Vodka with Christian Infants December 16, 2009
      I’ve never been much of a drinker, but I think I’m going to have to start…I can’t tell if it’s real or not,15 Vote(s)
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    • The Season of Reason December 16, 2009
      At the end of the year, lots of charities ask for money. It’s a combination of the giving season, as well as your chance to make some tax-deduc5 Vote(s)
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    • Nativity Scenes on Public Property December 16, 2009
      Yesterday, I got an interesting email from a producer of a radio show asking if I could come on to talk about Nativity scenes on government property.5 Vote(s)
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    • Well-heeled, tax-exempt charlatan December 16, 2009
      15 Vote(s)
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    • AGW, Revisited December 16, 2009
      Though this subject is not one that directly concerns the JREF, I'm very frequently asked if I'll turn my skeptical eye to it. As a year-end fling, I18 Vote(s)
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    • New York City Atheists Offer Meetings in Spanish December 16, 2009
      The New York City Atheists are trying to reach out to the local Spanish-speaking population by conducting services in their native language. T12 Vote(s)
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    • How a4Letting Go of Goda4 is Truly a One-Woman Show December 15, 2009
      Julia Sweeney explains why the label “one-woman show” is a perfect way to describe Letting Go of God. Unlike her previous projects which17 Vote(s)
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    • The devil stole Rod Parsley's money! December 16, 2009
      That's what he says, anyway: he's put out a desperate call for mo' money because he is under a "demonically inspired financial attack". His ministry is facing a $3 million dollar shortfall. Coincidentally, he also had to make a big payout of $3.1 to the family of a two-year-old who was spanked to the point of being covered in welts a […]
    • Wrong in principle, right on detail December 16, 2009
      I was all prepared to criticize a young atheist who refused to read the bible as literature in an English class. Newton South High School officials dropped a requirement to read excerpts from the Bible for one student last month, after he refused to read the Biblical passages as a literature assignment because he is an atheist. Jack Summers, a 15-year-old so […]
    • Godless givers, read this! December 16, 2009
      This will be handy: it's a long list of secular and atheist charities. Science, education, medicine, civil rights, fighting poverty and hunger…we have a lot of areas in which secularism is the best way to contribute. Read the comments on this post...
    • Say it ain't so, Randi! December 16, 2009
      This is so disappointing: James Randi joins the ranks of the climate change denialists, and he does so on the basis of an extremely poor argument. I know, he's a professional skeptic about everything, but skeptics must have some standard for evidence … a standard which the climatologists have reached, while the denialists have not. Here's th […]
    • Called home, finally December 15, 2009
      I guess Oral Roberts didn't meet his fundraising quota this year, because god has finally pink-slipped the old fraud. Read the comments on this post...
    • I'd better mention this again December 15, 2009
      Yes! I've seen the octopuses using coconut shells, and it's very, very cool. Here's the video: (This is one of the dilemmas of having a popular blog. I just checked my inbox, and I've been getting notifications about this observation at the rate of about 20 per hour since yesterday. Thanks everyone, I really appreciate it, and you should […]
    • Another lecture online December 15, 2009
      The Minot Skeptical Society has posted my lecture on Evolutionary Denialism to youtube. You have to work your way through a series of numbered segments to see the whole thing, and I do go on. Read the comments on this post...
    • Gotta keep you on your toes December 15, 2009
      The comment registration system here is still a PITA. I know; I get so many complaints from so many people, yet at the same time, I need the dog-damned thing in order to manage the horrendous pile of spam and troll-trash spilling over into the comments. So I'm going to compromise a bit. I will occasionally switch off the comment registration requirement […]
    • I get email December 15, 2009
      I am often chided by morons. Consistent Dear Mr. Myers, To be wrong is always acceptable, because we are human. But, to be consistently wrong, especially when you call yourself a Professor, is going way beyond the bounds of good sense. Anyone who even gives ear to people such as Dawkins and Kitchens is no less than a fool. There is nothing wrong with being a […]
    • Nice debunking of biocentrism December 15, 2009
      Robert Lanza and Deepak Chopra (just the fact that he is associated with it should discredit it right there) have been peddling this bizarre notion of Biocentrism, the idea that the universe is the product of human awareness — it's a kind of upscale version of The Secret, gussied up with more science vocabulary. The gang at Nirmukta have put toget […]
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2008 Atheist Alliance International Convention

~ Unsinkable Atheism ~

“Unsinkable Atheism,” the 14th Annual Atheist Alliance International (AAI) Convention, will be held the weekend of September 25-28, 2008 on the beautiful and historic Queen Mary, which is permanently docked in Long Beach, California.

Hosts:

Herb Silverman and Margaret Downey

Speakers and Workshop Presenters:

Jennifer Bardi – Editor of the Humanist magazine
August Berkshire – President of Minnesota Atheists
Ellen Johnson – Exec Dir for Godless Americans Political Action Committee

M. J. Chritensen – Co-Founder of Scouting For All
Annie Laurie Gaylor – Freedom From Religion Foundation President
Kathleen Johnson – American Atheists Board Member
Cathy Jones – Godless Grief, Writer and Humorist
Troy Conrad – Comedian (Comedy Jesus)

Lori Lipman Brown – Lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America
PZ Myers – Biologist, University of Minnesota, Pharyngula
Michael Newdow – Attorney and Physician
Michele Rundgren – Comedienne
Michael Shermer – Publisher of Skeptic Magazine
Eddie Tabash – Lawyer and Atheist/Secular Humanist
Marlene Winell – Psycological Consultant

Jason Torpy – Military Assoc. of Atheists and Freethinkers

Jeremy Hall – Army Specialist and plaintiff

Mikey Weinstein – Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Carlos Bertha – Professor at the U. S. Air Force Academy

Also Appearing:

Joel Pelletier – Artist and Muscian

The Camp Quest Players
Religiomania
with Michele Rundgren, Debra Ryll, and Wanda Plimmer
Jill Sobule – lyricist, singer and composer
Julia Sweeney

For more detailed information download the
schedule/registration information PDF

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