Daily Archives: October 1, 2011

Jen Hancock on Atheists Talk

Scott Lohman will be talking to Jen Hancock, the author of Handy Humanism Handbook.

Jen blogs at Happiness Through Humanism. She is an author, blogger and humanist activist. Her website is at Jen-Hancock.com. Scott is the president of the Humanists of Minnesota.

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota, and the generous support of our members and donors. We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Details here.

Next week, I’ll be interviewing Don Prothero. Details forthcoming.

“Handy Humanism Handbook” Jen Hancock on Atheists Talk #135

Scott Lohman will be talking to Jen Hancock, the author of Handy Humanism Handbook.

Jen blogs at Happiness Through Humanism. She is an author, blogger and humanist activist. Her website is at Jen-Hancock.com. Scott is the president of the Humanists of Minnesota.

Atheists Talk is produced with funding from the Minnesota Atheists, the Humanists of Minnesota, and the generous support of our members and donors. We also wish to thank Q. Cumbers restaurant for purchasing on-air advertising and for providing a great place to eat and gather.

Details here.

Next week, I’ll be interviewing Don Prothero. Details forthcoming.

Commenting

Internet Troll
A Troll.
Trolls have shown up. Now, you need to have an approved comment to keep commenting. If you have have been commenting but only since I turned that feature off a couple of weeks ago, you may not be approved (I have no idea, we’ll see.)

If you are a troll, you know who you are and your comment has been deleted. If you are someone who has been commenting and you think I don’t like you an am repressing you, you are merely being delusional. Just make your comment and I’ll approve it as soon as I can. I’m checking the comment bin frequently. I am not repressing you at this time. I may repress you later, though.

For the rest of you (normal people who are not trolls), sorry for the inconvenience.

Please help get Renee Nicole Douceur out of trouble in the Antarctic

Antarctica Research Station Dome
Dome Antartica Research Station, from Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division.

Right now, Raytheon and the National Science Foundation are denying Renee – Nicole Douceur, the Winter Site Manager at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, life-saving medical treatment after a stroke she suffered last month. To avoid transporting her to an actual hospital, against theor own doctors orders, they have declared her stroke, a severe medical condition, not an emergency even though the lack of treatment endangers her vision, her mental capacity and her very life itself. This denial means they are making her wait for treatment for another month, when the regular transport arrives. Money should not be considered more valuable than the life of an employee, and as a government agency the National Science Foundation is acting in an appalling manner. Please help us take action to correct this situation and make their decisions no longer “cost effective.”

Go here and make the calls and emails.

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