tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45429920005047447882024-02-08T11:08:21.832-06:00Rational News BlogOffering news and commentary regarding all sorts of topics, including technology, science, religion, music, and more!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475153481285908194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542992000504744788.post-20401971545700703242010-11-01T01:35:00.001-05:002010-11-01T01:36:35.931-05:0010-31-2010 - Halloween Weekend News<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 14px;"></span><br />
<h2 class="entry-title" datatype="" property="dc:title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 24px/1.2em Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">An atheist responds to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity</span></span></b></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">October 30 marked the date of Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity', which featured such themes as rationalism, anti-racism, and the priorities of journalism. The approximate number of attendees at the event is 215,000.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Arkansas School Board Member Resigns Over Anti-Gay Comments</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><a href="http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/arkansas_school_board_member_resigns_over_anti-gay_comments"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/arkansas_school_board_member_resigns_over_anti-gay_comments</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been semi-following this story, and I think that Clint McCance did the only 'right thing' that he could do in this situation. Apparently he didn't realize that things like Facebook are publicly available and could get him in serious trouble.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lifehacker - October 2010's Most Popular Posts</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lifehacker puts forth it's most popular posts for October, which include some pretty fascinating subjects such as 'How to Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy', 'How to Break Into a Windows PC (And Prevent it from Happening to You)', 'What "Free Public WiFi" Is and Why You Should Avoid It', and more and more good stuff. Great information as usual :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brazilian Power Metal band Angra has released a new video for the song 'Lease of Life' which appears on Aqua (released in August).</span><br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Video provided by <a href="http://www.thegauntlet.com/" target="_blank">The Gauntlet</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Flames "Almost Done" with pre-production</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Flames reported that they will be releasing some exclusive video clips to Jesterhead.com in the next week.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glenn Danzig to host Headbanger's Ball</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The show will air on Monday, November 1 at 3am ET and will feature two Danzig videos - "Crawl Across Your Killing Floor" and "On A Wicked Night", as well as 6 other videos by Superjoint Ritual, Metallica, and others.</span><br />
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</div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475153481285908194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542992000504744788.post-29864059679191603052010-11-01T00:56:00.000-05:002010-11-01T00:56:34.677-05:00Netbook Game Review<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">It's a little odd that my first blog post is actually a plug for someone else's blog, but I sincerely dig the idea and I really like the information that has been presented so far. If you own a netbook, or are considering purchasing one, Netbook Game Review might have some helpful info for you.</span></span></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475153481285908194noreply@blogger.com0