If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Another example of the classic tactics.

http://mattbruenig.com/2014/06/08/oppor ... -misreads/

Iâ€™m too tired. Iâ€™m tired of trying. Iâ€™m weary of the ways of white folks. More and more, I retreat to where most of the voices online are black and get the hell away from the white manâ€™s internet, because itâ€™s killing us while it robs us blind. http://freethoughtblogs.com/entequilaesverda...

I WAS THERE FOR YOU! THEREFORE YOU OWE ME! Speaking of which, I have emotionally supported everyone in the pit. I also have bigfoot in my basement. Now everyone needs to support my claim. I believe your experience deLurch. Your Bigfoot and the Yeti in my flying saucer should hang out. Last one to N...

I believe, with Melody Hensley, it's been a tit-for-tat war that's gone on for years. Her tweets are condescending and irrational there are times I feel like making a Twitter account just so I could her off. But then I remember some of us have to be adults on the Internet and that will never be Mel...

Apparently Popehat wants to get a seat at the SJW lunch table. (Apologies if this was already posted.) https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/368534679676129280 (Sorry, don't know how to insert graphic.) Good lord. Dear Popehat: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/009/559/stewie.png Appare...

Also there has been an interesting exchange between Carrie Poppy and Barbara Drescher (and others) in a thread under a comment (regarding his latest video) posted by Wendy Hughes on Mr. Deity's FB page (don't know of a way to link directly to it). It looked like there has been some redacting, also ...

Al Stefanelli wrote:Referring:

Nice bit of text

Thanks for keeping out there, Al. Sorry they were dicks.

Guest wrote:Peez is setting up a new group of followers to fleece.

http://www.paradigmsymposium.com/

Wow! Peezus might get to share the stage with the great Eric von Daniken!! Awesome!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd241/gumbythecat/Slymepit/caine_zpsd71db8ee.jpg The poor dears at Pharyngula just can't figure out why all the more visible figures in the community are disavowing them at an increasing pace. The one thing that never occurs to them is that THEY"RE HORRIBLY IN THE...

Anybody know the process for filing a law suit after a cease and desist letter has been ignored?

bhoytony wrote:There can be only one

[youtube]XAg5KjnAhuU[/youtube]

And clearly that it it.

ianfc wrote:I'm surprised this episode hasn't earned some sort of worthy title, probably something with the gate suffix. Or I haven't seen it.

The only thing that comes to mind is Grenade Gate.

Justicar talks about rape.

[youtube]r9qG0jnNLV0[/youtube]

Roofied_Baboon wrote:http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lndsb ... o1_500.jpg

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/ge ... t+deadline

How sure are we that the deadline actually means anything? What if it's just a bluff to try and get PZ to go away?

Cunning Punt wrote:I've finally found a way to keep up with the lulz! Learn while you sleep! Just click on this button now!

http://i.imgur.com/yr9KlEq.jpg

This was really handy when I was going for my porcupine quill replacement certificate.

The FFRF FB page has a quote from "The Happy Atheist." I thought those guys liked to stay away from the internal drama?

Dan wrote:"Drama doesn't drive up blog hits"

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or does it?

Nice evidence to the point made in the C&D letter.

Justicar chimes in a bit.

[youtube]eo3OrlihrZo[/youtube]

Me, May 2012, When PZ and Greta were pulling the "ABBIE THREATENED TO KILL GREATA!!!" card: You cannot even stretch to make that a threat. PZ is either knowingly saying I committed a crime I have not been legally accused of, much less convicted of (â€¦libel) or is so freethinking he is accepting so...

Gha, thought I had the edit to 4:11 in that video.

Lsuoma wrote:
Southern wrote:And to think that Lsuoma wanted to close the Slimepit - TWICE!
Someone said "Mattress" to Mr Lambert - TWICE!

[youtube]mpn1anVPZsc[/youtube]

Pitchguest wrote:Did anyone freezepage the lawyering up post before PZ memoryholed it?

Somebody put it up an imgur and I linked to it on the AgainstAtheismPlus subreddit. I also saved it.

I read that twice and still don't understand it. WTF a guy rapes underage kids from a chat room? TURN HIS ASS IN![/quote] Post has vanished without a trace[/quote] See here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/08/08/what-do-you-do-when-someone-pulls-the-pin-and-hands-you-a-grenade/comment-pa...

Random thought: If FTB goes down due to Shermer the Lindasy WiS2 talk will be seen as prophetic.

Thimbledick has a post up asking for information about something told to him by someone who is trusted by someone who he trusts: http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2013/08/11/a-request-for-information-regarding-victims-of-a-sexual-predator-within-one-of-our-communities/ I read that twice and s...

ReneeHendricks wrote:Brilliant bit by YesIAmJames:

[youtube]v=YKlnaD05_ms[/youtube]

Speaking of Health Addict, it seems she (or someone) cut a quote from the Justicar from one of his vids and implied it was on one of hers.

We are lucky that Peezus hasn't banned Nerd of Redhead yet, otherwise we would have been deprived of this masterpiece of mindless lunacy. It's surely one of his best efforts in that genre. http://i.imgur.com/aYGXziU.jpg Would someone PLEASE tell Nerd of Dipshit that this is not a courtroom? Nerd ma...

/r/atheismplus rules on commenting on Shermer case: http://www.reddit.com/r/atheismplus/comments/1jrp45/polite_antimuslim_racism_in_a_canadian_catholic/cbknu77 I'm not personally frustrated. Burden of proof belongs to the person making the claim. If you claim racism, you have the burden of proving r...

All in all this has been a depressing week for organized atheism. Who would have thought even one person like Shermer would be discovered, much less four. I think Skepticon and most atheist conventions need to recognize the toxic environment and actively work to stop this nonsense. And I have an id...

All in all this has been a depressing week for organized atheism. Who would have thought even one person like Shermer would be discovered, much less four. I think Skepticon and most atheist conventions need to recognize the toxic environment and actively work to stop this nonsense. And I have an id...

David Silverman was named by that "more shall be named" Tumblr. Why isn't he getting more blowback, seeing as how the witch hunters have labeled him a sexual predator? I'm wondering how DS will receive Peezus at that conference. Given Silverman's interview on Brave Hero Radio I'm sure he'll stick w...

David Silverman was named by that "more shall be named" Tumblr. Why isn't he getting more blowback, seeing as how the witch hunters have labeled him a sexual predator? I'm wondering how DS will receive Peezus at that conference.[/quote] Given Silverman's interview on Brave Hero Radio I'm sure he'll ...

One way or the other, Peez will never be invited to speak at another conference ever. I've been wondering about that - is PZ presently scheduled to speak at any conference? If so, is it possible that such an invitation could stand, in light of his recent actions? He's going to be at the AA meeting ...

In a brave show of support, Rebecca Watson has retweeted a comic.

http://twitpic.com/d7l99g

Did they have a Hawker Sea Fury at Yeovilton? I've been to the US Naval Aviation Museum and the Udvar Hazy Center and the only two planes I want to see that I haven't are a Sea Fury and a Mosquito. Yes: http://slymepit.com/staticimgs/seafury.jpg There are several Mosquitos being rebuilt at Salisbur...

How was the hols Lsuoma? Ace, thanks. Me and Mrs L are very accommodating in sharing each other's interests. We did a bunch of NT stuff, which Mrs L likes. I got to choose the de Havilland Museum in Herts, Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, and Bletchley Park - all fab geek stuff. Did a lot of good...

Here is the text of the Cara story: Is it storytime? I think itâ€™s storytime. Let me start. Every year, the Center for Inquiry holds its annual travel cruise, a week-long extravaganza through exotic lands available to any and all Friends of the Center to take part in. For the low, low fee of (at le...

And like that ....it's gone. http://heresyclub.com/2013/08/storytime/ :whistle: Wow. I saved it just a minute before. That wanker Cara was dumb enough to: 1) Pass on a story about Krauss acting badly on a cruise, then; 2) Mention that Krauss will be on the upcoming CFI cruise. Dude, what were you t...

Well, Rebecca was able to connect the dots between Trayvon and Elevatorgate.

http://www.freezepage.com/1374102677NLIVBMYTOK

Abbie : Virology (ERV, to be precise) John C. Welch : IT, published author, three books, two assists, one solo. One of the assists was the only book, that I'm aware of on OS X Server 1.X, and sold quite well for a bit. dresq : Clinical and forensic psychology Skep Tickle : M.D Barn Owl : Teaching a...

Abbie: Virology (ERV, to be precise) John C. Welch: IT Skep Tickle: M.D Barn Owl: Teaching at medical school John Greg: English Literature Steersman: Pain in the ass, Ph.D Phil Giordana: Musician, skydiving instructor Sacha: dog expert, and managing director of Gender Traitors International AndrewV6...

Reece Elliott British bloke who made threatening comments on Facebook about killing 200 students in a US school before killing himself has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison Is this not an attack on free speech : No it is nothing of the sort and in deed there is no such thing short of...

Reece Elliott, British bloke who made threatening comments on Facebook about killing 200 students in a US school before killing himself, has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison. Ophelia Benson has the scoop. http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/07/two-years/ Haha, only...

Reece Elliott, British bloke who made threatening comments on Facebook about killing 200 students in a US school before killing himself, has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison. Ophelia Benson has the scoop. http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/07/two-years/ Haha, only...

Lsuoma wrote:
Aneris wrote: I don't see the issue. So she does Cosplay. And?*

*It's not that Rebecca Watson is an academic with some gravitas. Even if she was. I don't think that Feynman would disapprove that.
When did dressing-up games become "Cosplay"?

I think I first heard it called that in....2002 or so.

This was just posted about CONvergence (SkepchickCon) Any thoughts? https://twitter.com/pzmyers/status/352920351388352512 http://i.imgur.com/gfYKFed.png Here are the panel speakers: http://ow.ly/i/2wSPo I think I saw Richard Sanderson on twitter saying that there would be some kind of walkout on th...

Ape+lust wrote:Is there a job opening for a PZ-lite that I didn't hear about?

Atheism Entails Anti-Discrimination!

Atheism entails $0 down, $99 a month for a new Kia Rio!
Go down to Skepti-Motors now and you'll get a free porcupine fitting!

Interesting constitutional debate in Tunisia: "Article 141 of the draft constitution specifically states that â€œIslam is the religion of the state.â€ This language contrasts with Article 1 of the draft, which states that Tunisia is a â€œfree sovereign, whose religion is Islam, language is Arabic, ...

Mykeru- "I'd like to take part in Skepti-Schism because I would actually like to do some real skepticism (I've mentioned an interest in the Dyatlov Pass Incident and the death of Audrey Mestre before) that isn't related to FTB bullshit and isn't Skeptic Inks "let's make fun of fundies and dowsers ye...

Someone cries foul on Nasrin and Namazie's "whores" bit.

http://literateperversions.com/to-marya ... mment-3501

Southern wrote:Matt wants an apology for what? For he being a fat clueless moron? He is the one who owes me an apology for wasting my time with the Atheist Experience shows hosted by Martin Wagner.

For something Vacula said on the Friendly Atheist's blog, didn't say what.

Matt Dillahunty even gives a shout out to Justin for getting dumped and said he's still waiting for an apology.

By the by... I can't be the only person who's completely disinterested in the topics and speakers at these women in secularism shit conferences. I couldn't be more bored by this sort of shit and I go to lengthy talks on fucking international standards for fun. I've seen only clips of conversations ...

karlaporter wrote::clap: A round of applause for JV's diligent conference coverage. He takes a lot of flack, even here. But where credit earned it should be recognized IMO. He indeed did NOT misstep in the Capital of Eire.

His interviews were great. I loved the Dan Barker one.

I thought it was.....up lifting.

justinvacula wrote:Another video, interview:

Ann Brusseel speaks about #EWTS2013

[youtube]KbuwXIoR8t8[/youtube]

She said she's in the Flemish parliament? I'm not familiar enough with their system, do they have a Flemish parliament, a Wallonina one, and a federal one?

Within few days, three separate people who now attack each other for whatever reason reach out to the Slymepit to heal their wounds. A few days ago, there was the discussion at JT Eberhard's blog where he posted about an incident with Greg Laden, Stephanie Zvan and some troll and somehow managed to...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/261927.php Ran across this while looking something up for work. It reports a study in Nairobi; the particular form of victim-blaming taken in this study was quite effective in reducing rapes of young women (bolding added): Rape is shockingly common in the sl...

https://twitter.com/pzmyers/status/350414740759134211 PeeZus Christ, they do suffer for the social justice cause! Also, GreÃ¡gol is awesome. :mrgreen: I haven't been able to afford a trip on an airplane in over ten years. Let me take your place,PZ! I'll sit through the two hours easily. I've never ...

If anyone is interested here is the live feed of a satellite launch from a modified jet liner. The satellite is going to study the Sun. I don't think it's the one Vacula is on but I'm not sure.

http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/iris/status.html

If anyone is interested here is the live feed of a satellite launch from a modified jet liner. The satellite is going to study the Sun. I don't think it's the one Vacula is on but I'm not sure.

http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/iris/status.html

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