Episode 046 begins receiving coupons related to the embarrassing things it bought online..only once, it swears!

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This Week:

00:01:00 Skeptical Birthday: Hertz

00:06:28 Ash Wednesday and Lent and shout outs and stuff

00:12:45 Target targetting soon to be moms and habit-forming

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp

00:34:43 Women in the military

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/09/women-in-combat-policy-could-change/?hpt=hp_t3

00:45:51 Dawkins hit by a smear campaign

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9091007/Slaves-at-the-root-of-the-fortune-that-created-Richard-Dawkins-family-estate.html

01:06:20 Lightning Round

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world/asia/nepal-witchcraft-burning/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/19/man-trapped-

snowed-car-hospital

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Weather-folklore-that-came-true/mEjvOoiyLE6EEuO3QgbkLw.cspx

http://www2.wsav.com/news/2012/feb/18/local-woman-kicked-out-church-breastfeeding-baby-ar-3257326/

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2012/02/more_texas_cities_considering.php

http://www.yoplait.com.au/active-life/

And the dogs decide that- what with all the excitement around the house being re-arranged- three people sitting around yipping and yapping at each

other isn't as interesting as a nice, long nap.

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Episode 045 enjoys some Roy Zimmerman tunes and talkage and Musically Excoriates Valentines Day songs...kinda

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This Week:

00:01:00 Skeptical Birthdays

00:04:20 Medina Valley Judge responds to critics

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judges_order_takes_swipe_at_politicians_who_demagogued_school_praye/

00:07:00 Roy Xmmerman interview

http://www.royzimmerman.com

00:20:30 Health Care Reform: Religion versus Women's Rights

00:31:50 Amendment added to Oklahoma Personhood bill

00:34:05 Greg's Valentine's Day Song "My Life With You"

You're the perfect gal A dream to behold

When they made you They broke the mold.

You'll keep your looks Even when we're old.

You're the perfect gal A dream to behold.

My life with you Is everything great,

You love what I love, hate what I hate.

The stars got crossed, Ridiculous fate

My life with you Is everything great.

You're a fantasy My ethical slut.

Games behind doors Are never a rut.

Positions and toys And everything but

You're a fantasy My ethical slut.

You're always around When I need to vent.

When trouble's in air You've got the scent.

I've got your ear Your wise two cents.

You're always around When I need to vent.

The walls light up When you're in the room

Aren't we a sight The bride and her groom

Or your glowing face A baby in womb

The walls light up When you're in the room.

Our life together The future's all set.

It's a good thing That we've never met.

You're the picture of Feminine ideal

Be nice to meet, If only for real.

But red gives to green The dream goes a blur

Too bad I'll never Knew who you were.

00:39:57 Song discussion

00:46:47 Gary's Song "Valentine's Day (Chemicals Divine)"

http://soundcloud.com/oscarlaun/valentines-day-final-14feb2012

It's February fourteenth and today the skies are blue

So I picked a bunch of flowers That I'm going to give to you

Perhaps it's the dopamine or the norepinephrine

That's putting this smile on my face everytime I think of you

Oh the chemicals divine

They'll fade but til they do I'm feeling fine

And tho I'm wheezing, sneezing 'cause the allergies are kickin me (hyper sensitivity!)

I know there's soothing coming 'cause I popped an anti-histamine

As antagonists block I stop and I take stock

Perhaps I should have waited for a while before I operated this machine

Oh the chemicals divine

They'll fade and when they do I'll feeling hives

I pull up to your house I'm in a floating state

Between the flowers and the drugs and love Instead I should've bought some chocolate

Besides the health effects it is nearly as good as a passionate kiss

And the way I feel with my nose congealed all my cells are going to degranulate

Oh the chemicals divine

They'll fade but til they do I'm feeling high

00:51:16 Song Discussion

00:57:51 Lightning Round

And the dogs SkYipe amongst themselves via their own canine internet, which is a series of Snausage tubes.

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Episode 044: hears Nick Lee from AAI speak while checking it's aura and spanking a creepy monkey

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This Week:

00:02:10 Skeptical Birthdays

00:04:57 9th Cicuit Court of Appeals Upholds proposition 8 dismissal

00:09:35 Nick Lee from Atheist Alliance of America and other stuff

00:16:24 Compass ZYTO technology

http://www.naturesessentialoilsonline.com/The-Zyto-Compass.html

00:37:30 Creepy Visitation online - see the blog for the text.

00:50:38 Spanking doesn't work

http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/06/why-spanking-doesnt-work/?iid=biz-main-mostpop2

01:11:48 Lightning Round

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=russian-scientists-poised

http://www.livescience.com/18308-google-earth-update-erases-atlantis.html

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/florida/florida-teenager-calls-cops-after-hearing-her-mom-have-sex-012612_17407791?obref=obinsite#ixzz1lMqp1gCi

http://sabbsa.org/

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-03/news/31022991_1_glacier-ice-patagonia-region-authorities

http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312840-internet-piracy-suit-asks-can-you-even-copyright-porn

royzimmerman.com

And the dogs drink and growl and play "revolving door" with the dog flap. But for whatever reason avoided the humans while they laughed uncontrollably for 10 minutes.

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Episode 043 talks pink and stink in a totally non-innuendo-y sort of way

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This Week:

00:01:38 Skeptical Birthdays

00:08:30 Locks of Love kerfuffle in Michigan

http://abcnews.go.com/US/cancer-survivor-teen-suspended-michigan-school-locks-love/story?id=15472285#.TygHu8VSTLw

00:16:05 Komen Foundation pulls money from Planned Parenthood

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-komen-defunded-planned-parenthood/2012/01/31/gIQAACW0fQ_blog.html

00:22:43 Exams for men to get erection pills

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/mandatory-ultrasound-bill-virginia-anti-abortion_n_1242627.html

00:28:53 High heels are not good for you

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/scientists-look-at-the-dangers-of-high-heels/

00:36:53 Atheist Temple in Britain?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092593/Battle-atheists-Alain-Botton-plans-temple-non-believers-heart-London-antidote-Richard-Dawkins-

destructive-approach-atheism.html

00:54:24 Lightning Round

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/everything-about-learning/?intcid=postnav

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017329706_alaska26.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16756381

http://www.break.com/index/worlds-worst-church-singer-2292275

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/27/10253843-teens-send-toy-above-the-clouds

01:15:48 Google Ads

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/google-thinks-i-am-find-out-who-google-guesses-you-are/2012/01/26/gIQALirnSQ_blog.html

And the dogs get upset because as goes Planned Parenthood, so goes Planned Puppyhood.

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