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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Trinity

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – February 4
* 1677 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer
* 1913 – Rosa Parks, American activist (d. 2005)
* 1940 – George A. Romero, American director and producer
* 1947 – Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
* 1948 – Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter and actor
* 1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft
* 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg
* 2006 – A stampede occurs in the PhilSports Arena near Manila, killing 71 people

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Fungus from Antarctica survived Martian conditions simulated aboard ISS
* The rotten smelling Amorphophallus titanum to bloom next week
* Method developed to restore the bacterial benefits of vaginal birth to c-section babies

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* State Legislatures Behaving Badly
– Florida house committee passes abortion ban | via Progressive Secular Humanist
– Washington state senate committee passes transgender bathroom bill | Transgender People’s Bodies Are ‘Security Concerns’ | State Rep. Graham Hunt quits over military-service exaggerations
– Oklahoma has several anti-gay bills | via Raw Story via via Addicting Info
– Utah senate resolution would declare porn a public health crisis | Full bill
– Utah house bill would give opposite sex couples preference in adoption
– Idaho house’s proposed constitutional amendment would allow state funds to go to religious schools
* Bundy occupation update
* Religion headed to extinction in nine countries
* Lunch meeting between French and Iranian Presidents canceled over wine
Harlem church of James “There’s semen in my coffee” Manning to be sold at auction | via Joe My God | Gays trying to buy his church

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Chris King is a philosopher specializing in research ethics. We discuss research ethics and consent, epistemology, his religious background, and internship at the Discovery Institute. We also discuss the breaking news about the Bundys that came up during recording.

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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Religion and Diversity

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – January 21
* 1738 – Ethan Allen born – Maker of unfinished, kinda shitty furniture and American general was born
* 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
* 1977 – United States President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft dodgers

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Cascadia
* Water Column Drop?
* Slow Earthquake
* NOAA Buoy

POLITICS AND RELIGION
* Pakistan withdraws bill to raise marriage age
* Pakistani boy chops off own hand
* Canadian mom fights school prayers
* First militant arrested in Burns
* Oak Ridge, Tennessee council members boycott secular invocation

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We are joined by Miles Greb, creator of the After the Gold Rush science comic book. We chat about his comic and background and then thoughts on atheism, skepticism, Jesus, computers, Star Wars, and atheists and skeptics in popular media.

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Happy New Year!

Dusting off the Degree – Favorite Bible Passage – Galatians 4:1-3

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – January 7
* 1789 – First U.S. presidential election
* 1947 – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts
* 1999 – 1999 – Clinton’s Senate impeachment trial begins

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* The periodic table get its last seats filled, making all Chemistry textbooks obsolete!
* The smaller the reptile, the faster the tongue

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Armed group seized federal building in Oregon
* Six people caned for public affection and gambling in Aceh
* New ISIS rulings for handling captives released | Sex slaves | Organ harvesting
* Priest suspended for riding hoverboard during mass
* Scalia thinks the establishment clause doesn’t have to do with religion

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We are joined by Robert Ray of the Original Motto Project, Humanists of the North Puget Sound, Secular Humanists of Everett, and the Secular Yakking podcast. We discuss the spread of “In God We Trust” in counsel chambers and on patrol cars and his efforts to replace it with the original motto, “E Pluribis Unum”, his podcast, the local organizations he runs, and his work as a Humanist Celebrant.

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Religion and Holidays

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – December 24

1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned
1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning
* 1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed
* 1913 – The Italian Hall disaster (“1913 Massacre”) in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children
* 1914 – World War I: The “Christmas truce” begins

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
All About the Planets

*Water Discovered on Mars
*Pluto’s Surface Revealed
*Philae rises from the dead!
* Check out Space.com for other awesome photos from this year, including Saturn’s moons Enceladus and the “Death Star” moon Mimas, Earth’s face from EPIC, and the DOUBLE BLADED LIGHTSABER!

POLITICS AND RELIGION

*FDA removes lifelong ban on blood donation for men who have sex with men
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*California woman assaults praying Muslims
*Virginia school district forced to shut down over geography lesson
*The first sentence has been issued New York X-ray terror plot
*Brunei has banned Christmas
*Joe Kennedy files EEOC Complaint
*Christian homeless shelter kicks out all women

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We are joined by Ishmael Brown from the Angry Black Rant Podcast and discuss his podcast, Pentecostal upbringing, race issues, the death penalty, and so much more!

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – December 10
* 1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg’s Elster Gate
* 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state
* 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded
* 2005 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter Dies (b. 1940)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Tardigrades have the largest % of “foreign” genes (bacteria, protozoa, etc) in the world

POLITICS AND RELIGION
* Planned Parenthood shooting | GOP Candidates | Ted Cruz | Josh Feuerstein | Petition
* Saudi Arabia to sue anyone who compares their justice system with ISIS
* The Gambia bans female genital mutilation
* Harris County, Georgia Sheriff puts up “politically incorrect” sign in front of office

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Case is with The Satanic Temple of Seattle and lead their street action challenging the Jehovah’s Witnesses at a downtown Seattle transit center and their challenging of Coach Joe Kennedy’s 50 yard line prayers at Bremerton High School football games.

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