Real Sceptic

Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens. Or Maybe not.

Through the years I’ve learned to keep an eye on people with different viewpoints. For one it exposes me to new ideas and challenges my own ideas and what I base them on. When done right this can create an interesting exchange of ideas.

But sometimes, like with what I saw in my twitter feed this morning, it makes me cock an eyebrow and wonder what really happened (retweeted by Steven Crowder):

Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses, Mocks Christian Teens | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/anti-bullying-speaker-curses-mocks-christian-teens.html via @toddstarnes

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Make a Noise

The Keystone XL protest have indeed made a noise. It started out small, a group of 52 people were arrested for sitting peacefully in front of the White House, a diverse group of people protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. A pipeline that will deliver one of the most environmental damaging won oil from Canada’s tar sands.

It has become the most important environmental decision facing President Obama before the 2012 election and it has sparked nationwide opposition, from Nebraska ranchers to former Obama campaigners. Even scientists joined in to make clear using tar sands would be an incredibly bad idea. And they made their voices heard by making some noise: Read more