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Welcome to the Atheist Zone, Pope Beanie. We left the porch light on for you.

Welcome to Atheist Zone, McS.

Welcome to the site and thank you for sharing the interesting history of your life.

Welcome, Becky.

Welcome to the new site, Unseen Headroom.

Welcome to the new site, Nina.

A lot of money will be diverted and a lot of lives adversely affected based on these climate models, so it’s rather important that they be right.

Yes indeed.

The challenge is that it’s impossible to predict complex outcomes with certainty. The best we can do is estimate the odds of different scenarios coming to pass and assess the quality of t…[Read more]

“Keep in mind the butterfly effect and the fact that the climate scientists compiled a mind-bogglingly huge quantity of data. What if some of that data is a little bit off? It seems to me that for many people, belief in human-caused climate change has become a de facto article of faith.”

Faith is necessary when there is lack of evidence. We have…[Read more]

The stupidity of the appointment boggles the mind. Otherwise, things sure look fantastic in Denmark.

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“Danes enjoy a high standard of living and the country ranks highly in numerous comparisons of national performance, including education, health care, protection of civil liberties, democratic governance, prosperity and…[Read more]

Welcome, Tools.

Update: Greece just cut another deal which included what the New York Times calls “…an almost total capitulation by Athens to creditors’ demands for tough austerity.”

The crackpots win again.

All the number quoting and finger pointing is pointless.

The point is becoming better informed.

If somebody was spending far more than they were making…

That poorly describes the cause of the economic crisis in Greece.

…and had no plans to curb their spending…

This is wrong too. Greece has drastically curbed spending.

…or increase…[Read more]

@GM, Your analogy is way off base.

In what way?

Nobody is denying that slavery and it’s horrors existed.

Nobody accused you of denying the existence of slavery.

I’m suggesting your argument willfully ignores that Confederate flags actually represent the Confederacy. That purpose is true as a matter of fact, not opinion. It remains true e…[Read more]