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This Week:

Intro:

00:02:25 Birthday Richard Howard Carter

00:05:14 White MEdicine Cloud found slaughtered

00:08:00 Barack Obama endorses gay marriage...sorta kinda

00:15:55 Coalition of Reason puts up a San Antonio billboard and forms a coalition of Reasonable folk

00:31:38 What to say to non-religious folk when bad things happen

00:52:45 April Music Challenge Death and Taxes

00:53:54 Gregs Song: Bunkam Comes To Town

00:58:09 Greg song discussion

01:03:33 Garys Song Death and Taxes

01:05:55 Gary song discussion

01:09:25 Next song challenge discussion

01:14:15 Lightning Round

And the dogs get off to a rousing start, taking orders via a dogernet over-air ordering system.

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This Week:

Intro:

00:02:30 Birthday

00:08:00 Jordan Clipston and Emily Clark http://www.facebok.com/helpreunitearielandjordan

00:42:55 Critical Thinking and Religiosity

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-religion-analytical-thinking-20120427,0,5374010.story

00:49:43 Dan Savage Keynote at the National Scholastic Press Association And Journalism Association Convention

http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/04/christianity-is-bullshit-and-im-not-apologizing-for-saying-that/

01:11:33 Lightning Round

Joke to hijack plane gets a guy in trouble

http://news.yahoo.com/joke-hijack-plane-kill-obama-gets-utah-man-002429373.html

Blind writer and forensics

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9197585/Police-save-words-of-blind-author-who-wrote-26-pages-after-pen-ran-out.html

Breathairianism

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/swiss-women-dies-giving-water-food-thought-live-sunlight-article-1.1067359

ProPatch Titanium placebos

http://skepticwire.blogspot.com/2012/05/cant-even-give-this-stuff-awayor-can.html

Art and facial recognition

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/5453

Pr0n vs christian malware

http://www.webpronews.com/porn-surfing-is-safer-than-browsing-religious-sites-2012-05

And the dogs keep the baddies or perceived/ alleged/ imaginary ne'er-do-wells away through liberal use of growling, barking, leaping, and generally being a nuisance.

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This Week:

Intro:

00:01:35 Birthday

00:08:00 Former Texas SBOE Chairman Don McLeroy on Colbert

00:15:00ish SBOE has changed the standards and diminished important concepts in History

00:18:00 Common Core State Standards

00:20:45 Teacher Mike talks on education and the Obama plans

00:48:00 Shoddy Forensics versus reality

01:05:55 Lightning Round

Gary: Light touching increases chance of getting a date

Donna: McVitties makes Lickable wallpaper

Greg: Brain freeze figured out

Gary: Doctor claims to have found evidence of the G-Spot in the cadaver of an 83 year old woman

Donna: Science makes a sonic screwdriver

Greg: Vermont discusses allowing non-vaccinated kids to go to school

Gary: Anatomic existence of the elusive G-spot confirmed

And the dogs have some sort Fiesta event going on but we weren't invited. I wonder if they had to purchase tickets to eat? Certainly not from me.

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This Week

Intro:

00:01:00 "Pat Tillmans" workout and playing drums

00:05:41 Birthday: Clarence Darrow

00:13:25 http://www.facebook.com/helpreunitearialandjordan

00:15:51 Gail Spurlock Texas SBOE candidate and...worrisome thinker

http://tfninsider.org

Gails vetting video:

http://youtu.be/6uywIjkKd6w

00:25:48 The interesting quotes by Gail Spurlock

00:41:15 Indiana passes a law allowing nonconsentual HIV testing

http://legiscan.com/gaits/view/348071

00:52:31 Kids, asthma, and CAM

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/04/13/alternative-therapies-arent-used-as-substitutes-for-asthma-meds-study

01:06:00 Lightning Round

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-04-17/Naples-acupuncturist-arrested-for-insurance-fraud

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ search for melting-glaciers-liberate-ancient-microbes

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/14/health/military-sexual-assaults-personality-disorder/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/santorum-bella-is-now-an-nra-life-member-120479.html

http://www.vaccinateyourbaby.org

http://shotofprevention.com

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/communiques/aviation/2012/a11f0012-20120416.asp

And the dogs once again snore their way through a perfectly good couple of hours, chasing cats and possum and butterflies in their doggy dreams.

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This Week

Intro: 1 year down recap stuff

00:05:55 Birthdays

00:14:50 Help friend-of-the-show Jordan keep his daughter. Check out his Facebook page for information:

www.facebook.com/help-reunite-arial-and-jordan

00:17:00 Homeopathic Awareness Week, Herbal Remedies, and skepticism

http://nccam.nih.gov

http://naturalstandard.com

http://

00:34:30 Obesity: discrimination

00:40:30 Obesity: sleep effects

00:49:55 Obesity: Children

00:57:45 Obesity: Autism

01:10:10 Lightning Round

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/homophobic-people-repressing-same-sex-attraction-study-article-1.1058728

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/people-happy-friends-sex-short-work-commutes-article-1.1057336

http://mynorthwest.com/

http://jcm.asm.org/content/50/4/1376

http://techcitement.com/culture/the-best-birth-control-in-the-world-is-for-men/#.T4XiFtkZQwS

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/manson_skips_th_parole_hearing_may_JceZQ3nxM478Ga0G56BM6I

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9191848/Universal-cancer-vaccine-developed.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-usa-taxes-crashes-idUSBRE83A12R20120411

And the dogs crash hard and snore at us except when they run in and out.

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This Week

00:03:00 Birthdays, Foundation Beyond Belief, Donna on Reason Rally

http://skepticwire.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-thoughts-reason-rally.html

00:13:40 FIRE and evolution and stuff

00:30:40 Cracked.com thinks that men hate women and other feminist rants

http://www.cracked.com/article_19785_5-ways-modern-men-are-trained-to-hate-women_p2.html

http://www.cultofmac.com/157641/this-creepy-app-isnt-just-stalking-women-without-their-knowledge-its-a-wake-up-call-about-facebook-privacy/

http://mashable.com/2011/02/07/facebook-privacy-guide/

01:00:00 Lightning Round with a long end about strip searches and SCOTUS

http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-national/dinosaurs-and-evolution-banned-from-tests-by-school-system

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Andrea-Yates-seeks-weekly-release-from-mental-3439312.php

http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/movie-theater-rejects-atheist-ads-032712

http://techland.time.com/2012/04/03/arizona-looks-to-outlaw-internet-trolling/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-02/jailhouse-strip-searches-backed-by-u-s-supreme-court.html

And Calliope whines a bit about Maese blocking the doggy door to go out, not because she needs to go out but because there might be a possibility she wants to go out.

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This Week we skype it in! Again!:

00:03:40 Birthday

00:04:35 188 Day Earthquake Cycle totally off

00:06:20 Lobby Day plus arguing on the internet

00:21:57 Interview Amanda Knief

00:31:39 Reason Rally Intro

00:35:18 Interview Jehovah Phineas (Big Cross Guy)

00:44:00 Offensive things n stuff at The Rally

01:00:59 Interview Rob Curry (Florida atheistsofflorida.org)

01:12:40 Favorite Speakers

01:19:30 American Atheist Convention

And the dogs bojangle in the background, busking money from the june bugs that Calli brings inside because she has decided they need a nice home.

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This Week we skype it in!:

00:02:00 Birthday

00:08:05 188 Days between major earthquakes?

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread820089/pg1

rebuttal by potholer54

http://youtu.be/sFnOf0-FtF0

00:28:40 Psychic ability study and the people behind it

00:49:40 Humanbirdwings.net videos

http://humanbirdwings.com/

01:04:90 Lightning Round

Relative size of things

http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white

Killed for being atheist

http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-national/soldier-shot-and-killed-for-being-an-atheist

Urns of St. Albans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-17366284

NCSE and Tennessee

http://ncse.com/news/2012/03/monkey-bill-passes-tennessee-senate-007264

FAU student gets rowdy

http://upressonline.com/2012/03/fau-student-threatens-to-kill-professor-and-classmates/

Sex and the gym

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/19/10759818-no-sex-necessary-women-have-orgasms-at-the-gym-study-shows

Reason Rally 24Mar2012

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And many dogs make their presence known but defer to the sounds of Donna's air conditioner to make their points.

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This Week:

00:01:30 Pi Day Birthdays

00:07:19 Reason Rally is 24Mar2012 - watch for tweets and FB page posts to meetup with us if you want. Discussion of secular vs atheist and the rally

00:17:57 Comics and social commentary

00:20:13 Donna on Prehistorical grafitti

00:33:58 Texas' new testing standard STAAR with Teacher Mike

00:44:51 Kegel Excercises for men

00:48:00 Song Writing for March! Gary's Song o' t'month intro

00:59:31 "Party on a Saturday Night"

00:55:14 Music writing discussion

1:01:39 Greg's Song "It's All You"

01:06:19 Greg's song discussion

...and the dogs surf teh internets in teh background, leaving nasty troll messages on random websites they find deserving or undeserving of such behavior.

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Party on a Saturday Night Lyrics:

I felt it when we started that this party was a real good time

I could tell by your expression that Id have to try real hard to stay in line

I knew that you were looking for a sign

In a burst of inspiration I was telling you the night would turn out fine

Through the open door the people and the music maintained a steady roar

The kegs beside the pool refilling mugs of drunks clamoring for more

Wed never had so many guests before

The parking situation blocked the streets two miles to the store

Just a party on a Saturday night

All our friends pitching in to help the evening go right

Carried on until the next afternoon

Its too long to be host I hope theyre leaving soon

Broken bottles on the porch plastic bags strewn in the lawn

People crashed out in the kitchen on the counters with their heads in bras

Dont worry bout the group back in the bathroom in the backroom with a cause

You left before the clock showed two

You left me here with all this work to do

I felt it when we started that this party could go on for evermore

When you quickly changed expression I could hear the police knocking at the door

Everyone was quickly reassured

Now I know the reason for the moat around the Castle Kerrymuir

Just a party on the next Sunday night

All our friends sleeping in avoiding the light

It continued til we ran out of brew

With more on the way they wont be leaving soon

I said theres more on the way so dont be leaving soon

Its too long to be host this weekend rendezvous

"It's All You" Lyrics

Celebrate Saint Pattys

Only with the whiskey

The only way to party

Is with Bacchus bounty

But who wants a drunk

To come to their todo

The balls to have a ball

It all comes down to you.

The muse calls you to drink

And fuel your gifted think

The talent for a line

Flows from that red wine

The pen dont make the art

Or the corkscrew

The Art to making art

It all comes down to you

INSTRUMENTAL

You gotta have the booze

To light your ladys fuse.

A shot of moonshiney

To spank your honeys hiney.

The hooch dont make you hot

Or get you past taboo

The way to be GGG

It all comes down to you.

Only with some spirit

Can you loose the corset

No fun at the fair

Repunzel let your hair.

Fairy tales are best

When the heros true

The short of the story

It all comes down to you.

INSTRUMENTAL

Now youve had enough.

Of wine, hooch, and stuff

Landed in A.A.

They tell you pray and pray.

But no higher power

Will help you breakthrough

Strength to get past the sauce

It all comes down to you.

This Week:

00:02:05 Birthdays

00:06:10 Raw milk and solar flares and the ISS sees San Antonio flashing them

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0307/Two-powerful-X-class-flares-erupt-on-sun-video

00:12:30 Atheist billboard vandalized

00:29:20 Primate Sexy Time!

00:29:40 Bonobo sex and stuff

00:57:20 Lightning Round

Tornado prediction

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=large-dangerous-tornado-outbreak-forecast-friday

Parliament on gay weddings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17221312

Beards

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/06/beards-get-respect-but-not-women-study-finds/

Sleep

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

Tortilla Jesus

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Jesus-spotted-on-tortilla-during-Ash-Wednesday/QsrBBj-vNkaWMQQEq0qN4Q.cspx

Witch hunter trial

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17255470

And the dogs, not having opposabel thumbs or prehensile tails, decide to stay away from the proceddings, except to give occassional distant encouragement.

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