Episode 130 Rates The Ankles Of Teresa MacBain, Natalie Portman, Psychics, & Bigfoot

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00:00 Intro
02:24 Skeptical Birthday (SPOILER)
08:37 Teresa MacBain Resume Wrongdoing
20:00 3 Stories of Women In The Middle East

• Saudi Sheikh Says Driving Harms Women’s Ovaries and Pelvises
• Arifa Bibi Stoned To Death in Pakistan for Possessing a Cell Phone
• Cut into pieces: ‘She challenged God’s orders’

32:36 Marvell and Natalie Portman Promoting Women In STEM
35:45 Psychic Rose Marks Found Guilty
48:50 Psychic's Boyfriend Burns Down Her Business
52:32 Bigfoot In the News

•  Melba Ketchum
• Alleged Pa. “Bigfoot” Sighting Causing Quite A Stir
• 'Big Foot' Print in Ohio Back Yard
• MAP: 92 Years Of Bigfoot Sightings

71:52 Website or Webshite
           http://sasquatchgenomeproject.org/
72:21 Closing

Harpo is of the opinion that HER ankles are the prettiest of all.

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Make New Friends, But Keep The Old...

I was raised in a liberal christian family.  One of the things I credit with leading me away from religion is that my best friend from childhood, we'll call him "S", was not a christian:  He was a muslim.  Like most Americans back then (1980s) I knew it was a different religion, but I didn't know much more than that.  With muslim and jewish friends, and about a dozen different flavors of christianity in town, some of my first skeptical thoughts about religion were along the lines of "Well, they can't all be right."

At this year's Texas Freethought Convention (co-sponsored by Atheist Alliance of America...though if you hear the AAA's president talk it's the other way around) I made a new friend who was also raised muslim, let's call her "I."  Through the miracle of "the internets" these two friends of mine, old and new, have "met" through me on Facebook.  That interaction led to a recent IM comment from "S".

"So I'm like super intrigued by your ex-Muslim atheist friend, "I". She's really the only one I've ever known to come out and openly express her views. YOU GO GURL!!"

I started off thinking I'd give him a quick reply about how I met "I" at this year's TFC and what I've seen so far...and I just kept going.  So since I wrote a bunch (and haven't posted much to the blog lately) I figured I'd share some of what I wrote back to "S" with you all.  Here's what I wrote: