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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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The Big Board

And now it blows up?

http://gawker.com/5818993/richard-dawkins-torn-limb-from-limbby-atheists

So gawker has taken up Elevatorgate, which has now turned into Everybody dog on Dawkins Gate (and rightfully so, for the moment). And yesterday we learned that the Texas Freethought Convention has changed locations, at which Richard Dawkins is suppose to speak. Maybe the organizers of the conference aren't going to tell Professor Dawkins that they have changed venues? And perhaps they expect that Professor Dawkins will drive (or, realistically: be driven) around angrily until he finally finds an appropriate platform to give his talk.

Oh, yes: it's a conspiracy I tell you. And a rift in the community! And...and...disagreement and futzy headedness! Oh noes!

Let's hope Prof. Dawkins gives his stance a bit of thought and attends some to his apparent inability to see a different perspective.