Daily Blend: Sunday, August 05, 2012

Gabby Douglas

Ian Murphy at AlterNet gives us the five most awful atheists. I’m not sure if S.E. Cupp even counts, being an unashamed Right-wing fraud. Though, I’m glad to see someone else tackle Penn Jillette’s libertarian anti-tax weirdness.
(via Pharyngula)

However, Hemant Mehta makes a great point: These people aren’t bad atheists, but rather bad skeptics, or possibly bad humanists.

Conservatives are wetting themselves at the revelation that pro-LGBT liberals can be assholes, too. Though, I do think outright firing him was overly harsh. (The man later apologized on YouTube.)

And finally, did you know that U.S. Olympians [pictured] just aren’t showing enough mindless jingoism patriotism according to Fox News?:
(via @radleybalko)

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Tags: atheists • Ian Murphy • Sam Harris • Bill Maher • Penn Jillette • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • S.E. Cupp • Hemant Mehta • skeptics • humanism • humanists • Chick-fil-A • Adam Smith • Fox News • Olympics • Olympic Games • Olympic athletes • U.S. Olympians • patriotism • jingoism • Alisyn Camerota • David Webb