I told you all about how great Wax Poetics magazine is.
My tight partner, Thorny, blogs about how great Betty Davis is.
Betty Davis happens to be on the cover of the current Wax Poetics.
Some might call that a coincidence. Some might call it complete and independent verification of how fucking hip I am. Who am I to say?
Via GetGarnett.com
Gotta take advantage of the freebies. And this looks like a good one. Turntable Lab is a hip-hop nerd’s paradise.
Columnist Dan Gardner writes a thoughtful, cogent rebuttal to the throngs of people who have taken to attacking the “new atheists” like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens.
Then there’s the problem on the other side — among the atheists such as Richard Dawkins who have been labelled “fanatics.” Now, it is absolutely true that Dawkins’ tone is often as charming as fingernails dragged slowly down a chalkboard. But just what is the core of Dawkins’ radical message?
Well, it goes something like this: If you claim that something is true, I will examine the evidence which supports your claim; if you have no evidence, I will not accept that what you say is true and I will think you a foolish and gullible person for believing it so.
That’s it. That’s the whole, crazy, fanatical package.
Crazy, huh?
When I think about former pro-bowler and fellow Wake Forest alum Mike McCrary, I always remember the sweet Mustang 2.0 that he drove around campus. That thing was cherry red, with a full spoiler kit. Combine that with the fact that he was a tall, muscular football player and you know that this guy was really living the life during his college years. McCrary surprised everybody by going on to be a star defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens when they had one of the most feared defenses in the history of the league.
Now, he can barely walk.
His knees ache with pain so intense that he says he is unable to stand for more than a few minutes.
“I look silly at cocktail parties. I’m the only one sitting down,” said former Ravens defensive end Michael McCrary.
He is 36 years old.
He has taken a blizzard of medications for chronic pain and depression, casually rattling off the names as if they were afternoon snacks.
“I’ve been on Percocet, Percodan, OxyContin, oxycodone, three different psychiatric medicines,” he said. “I had a fentanyl patch; that’s like heroin. I’m on methadone now.
“You know when people said it was crazy, all that stuff that Anna Nicole [Smith] was taking? Man, that’s the same stuff I take.”
I’m 34. I couldn’t imagine facing the prospect of getting two knee replacements in a couple of years. But for a few million dollars a year…I would have done the same thing.
Surprise, surprise. Racial profiling exists on the basketball court.
“An academic study of the National Basketball Association, whose playoffs continue tonight, suggests that a racial bias found in other parts of American society has existed on the basketball court as well.
A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 seasons from 1991 through 2004, white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players.”
Kirk Cameron–yes, that Kirk Cameron–and Ray Comfort, author of God Doesn’t Believe in Atheists, will debate two atheists to be named later.
Via The Christian Post
ABC has said that they will film the debate, which will take place on May 5 in New York City, and will stream it live on their website as well as use footage for their program Nightline. Martin Bashir, co-anchor of Nightline, will moderate the event.
Wouldn’t it be great if Horshack just happened to be an outspoken Atheist?
