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The expression “to make one’s blood curl” is an increasingly common product of the elision of the d in “bloodcurdling.” I myself can bring both images to mind—though I don't imagine either actually occurring when I listen to Alterman rattle his ice cubes. Such is the nature of an idiom.

But than...

That insult only works after you've already established your dominance. Otherwise it just makes you seem like a desperate pitiful cunt of a boy. I'm not saying you're a cunt, but you certainly haven't provided evidence to the contrary.

"What if you're wrong?" isn't an argument. Basically what the questioner is getting at is this: "How come you're not afraid of going to hell?" It's a silly question with an obvious answer, and Dawkins gave it more respect than it deserved.

he's their son, jackass.

Dr. Tyson looks sleepy, but I look forward to seeing the full interview.

Listening to someone's opinions isn't a sign of stupidity. Accepting them as divine proclamation would be.

The opening speaker is not the moderator. He's just an annoying jackass who thinks he's funny. Skip to 11:00.

This would be a much more effective bit if the first pic wasn't fake.

Maddow pronounces it "flook" (rhymes with book). This is how Sandra pronounces it as well.

I see what you mean. I'm not sure where the misquote occurs, but if you listen starting at 3:40, he does respond to the intended meaning. He's saying no, a divorce doesn't show that a marriage was bad -- it just shows that people change, and sometimes good marriages die as a result. In fact, an h...

The prayer was to the "Father", i.e. the Judeo-Christian god. The US Constitution (1st Amendment) prohibits the government from endorsing any religious establishment. Above all, this is meant to ensure that popular religious ideas are not forced on the general public via official policy & law; bu...

Which country do you think he lives in? The US Constitution prohibits government endorsement of religion. Here's why: (a) No one should be forced, via taxation, to support the dissemination of someone else's religious ideas; and (b) no one should be subject, via official policy or law, to the ten...

Not really. Lots of couples stay together even though one or both parties may be profoundly unhappy. Reasons for this may include: (a) concerns about the children, if any; (b) fear of seeming like a failure in the eyes of friends or family; (c) dependence on the collateral benefits of marriage, e...

3/3 This isn't to say that I find TBS's reasoning completely staunch, only that his defense of it is more proper, more professional, and more painstaking than any of Craig's rebuttals. And I'm not just making an aesthetic observation. If Craig chooses to take on an argument that he deems "ludicro...

1/3 Agreed, it's not absurd except by the application of Craig's own dubious standards. Having clearly judged his opponent to be an inferior, he immediately rejects 'something which does not exist' as the designation of a nonexistent object that may be acted upon -- even though the situated phras...

You're paraphrasing Pascal's wager, which asks us to "bet" on the existence of God, not because a persuasive case has been made in support of it, but merely to insure ourselves against the eternal torment that certain religions claim is the punishment for non-belief. But do you really think you c...

whoa, down girl. kirby was just being helpful. what makes you think people who don't believe in any gods shouldn't engage in debates about religion? obviously it's a relevant topic to anyone who lives on planet earth, and that's kind of what the guy in the video explains. also, a lot of people ar...

This is just pitiful. A headline from The Onion sums it up: "Fumbling, Inarticulate Obituary Writer Somehow Losing Debate To Christopher Hitchens".

Yeah you can tell why the way her singing is unaffected when she turns her head to smile at the crowd. It's still a fun performance to watch. She looks really happy.

Attaboy.

No black American in more than a century has been literally a slave, but they have suffered irrational discrimination & violence simply on account of their color. One consolation: They tend to have family members who fully appreciate the injustice of this experience. Gay adolescents, by contrast,...

But if the "psychics" weren't around to demonstrate the stupidity of their clients, we wouldn't have such a clear idea of how badly our culture is still poisoned by superstition. I know you're saying some of these people are in a traumatized mental state, but in most cases they were gullible and ...

Buddy... it's no secret to anyone that Gaga likes to identify herself with the outcast and the forbidden -- commonly symbolized by grotesque creatures and hellish imagery. She does it in all her videos. She does it on stage. She does it loudly and openly and without the slightest hint of malevole...

I love how he starts to insult them for not turning his shit into sparkly little diamonds.

All you Thomases might be interested to know that she did end up traveling AND learning things that year. Just something to think about.

Anyone who expects real knowledge from a "psychic" deserves to be deeply insulted.

If you watch all the performances of this song in chronological order, you can see his soul slowly shrivel until he's just not there anymore. Not that he's all that charismatic to begin with, but obviously singing the same song in the exact same way like a thousand times -- to the delight mostly ...

Why would I need to yell?

Uh oh, here we go again. I'm coughing up blood.