Mike Tidmus

The war on religion (video: JesusSavesAtCitibank at YouTube)

The Islamic fundamentalist who threatened South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone has been arrested by the FBI. Zachary Chesser was stopped while attempting to board a plane in New York City after being placed on a no-fly list. Chesser, who also goes by Abu Talhah al Amrikee, wrote a post at the radical [...]

We already knew that America’s leading consumer of online porn is the Mormon theocracy of Utah. Now we have some very interesting stats on the international über-kinky porn-consumption front. The country’s attorney general has slammed and banned Facebook for blasphemy and those cheeky cartoons, but there are quite a few channels the Islamic Republic of [...]

“I think it’s perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don’t know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away. Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it’s because he’s ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they’re responsible [...]

Jello Biafra made a complaint about the Mel Gibson movie — AKA The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre — that there were no action figures. Well, here you go (video: rexcat at YouTube)

Well, at least this should keep the little ones off the streets and out of trouble for a spell. We all know how children get when that pesky my-god-can-beat-up-your-god thing pops up unexpectedly. Pakistan to Watch Web for Blasphemous Content – Truthdig Eagle-eyed Pakistani officials will be fixing their gazes on major websites like Amazon, [...]

Oopsie! Looks like the founding father of Facebook won’t be paying a visit to Pakistan anytime soon. These blood-thirsty religionoids not only believe that their primitive religious laws should be observed by everyone else on the planet, but so should the draconian laws of their bass-ackwards theocracies. Pakistan authorities wants Facebook founder charged with blasphemy [...]

Music video by Lady Gaga performing Alejandro – © 2010 Interscope Records (video: LadyGagaVEVO at YouTube) Taking a short break from his one-man campaign to cram the less than saintly Mother Teresa down America’s secular throat, the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue (and his computer) has gone completely gaga: Lady Gaga is playing Madonna copy cat, [...]

FOX: Catholics Outraged Over Paintings of ‘Virgin Mary’ Holding Weapons (video: Atheist Media Blog at YouTube) Proof positive, once again, that while America’s Christian right thinks Islam should get a sense of humor, when it comes to Christian symbolism some things – and they’ll let you know what they happen to be – are just [...]

The Culture and Media Institute is prepping for a serious knickers-twist over Comedy Central’s plan for a new animated TV show that centers on a character called Jesus Christ. The son of the invisible dude in the sky is back and he now just wants “to escape his father’s enormous shadow to live life in [...]

Close Up: Sir Ian McKellen – at 1:57 (video: TV New Zealand at YouTube) Sir Ian McKellen wisely rips out the part of the bible that criticizes the gays when he stays at hotels. Excellent idea. And, don’t forget to recycle those pages, because after all they’re soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent. (tip: Atheist Media [...]

“There comes a point in any society’s existence where it must ultimately, to paraphrase Martin Luther (who himself was more than happy to see opponents put to death), dig in its heels and say here we stand, we will do no other. We don’t need to be perfectly consistent philosophically or historically or theologically to [...]

Facebook Blocked in Pakistan Over Prophet Images (video: Associated Press at YouTube) According to Yahoo News, the Pakistanis didn’t hold one big anti-free-speech rally, they held two separate sexually segregated rallies. LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook on Wednesday amid anger over a page that encourages users to post [...]

It’s National Draw Moe Day (montage: mine)

Happy National Draw Mo Day (Video: Pat Condell, via YouTube)