Posted on March 14th, 2009 by armineh
Longtime peace activist Lisa Kalvelage, a petite German immigrant who marched against three U.S. military invasions and coordinated the San Jose Peace Center through the tumultuous Vietnam War era, died on Sunday. It was International Women’s Day, her fellow peaceniks noted. She was 85.
View full story
Name: Lisa Kalvelage
Born: April 21, 1923 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by armineh
12:29 02 March 2009, The New Scientist
by Ewen Callaway
Religion might not be the only reason people buy into creationism and intelligent design, psychological experiments suggest.
No matter what their religious beliefs, college-educated adults frequently agree with purpose-seeking yet false explanations of natural phenomena - finches diversified in order to survive, for instance.
“The very fact of belief [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by armineh
Written by and starring Jeanmarie Simpson as Jeanette Rankin
Narrated by Martin Sheen and Judd Nelson
Featuring the music of Joni Mitchell
Refreshments will be served. Discussion to follow the film.
International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 8, 3:00 P.M.
Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto
Free ~ Contributions will be requested ~ Wheelchair accessible
For more information, see http://peaceandjustice.org/article.php?story=Jeannette_Rankin_Film
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by armineh
Click on drawing to enlarge
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on January 1st, 2009 by Alex
Gerry Hunt, Treasurer of Health Care for All-California and a CPA with 20 years of experience specializing in process and cost analysis, will talk about how deceptive euphemisms are and how the industry capitalizes on deception. He will also address how and why a single payer system, i.e. Medicare or the Veterans’ Administration, provides security, [...]
Filed under: Sunday Forum, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on December 6th, 2008 by armineh
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c0cf508ff8/prop-8-the-musical-starring-jack-black-john-c-reilly-and-many-more-from-fod-team-jack-black-craig-robinson-john-c-reilly-and-rashida-jones
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Alex
Humanist Community member Marc Perkel will lead a discussion of “What is a Humanist?” with the initial assumption that the name “Humanism” defines the organization. Learn everything you can about Humanism and then forget it all. We will use a new way of problem solving that transcends the limitations of ordinary thinking. Can we take [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on November 26th, 2008 by armineh
Nov. 26, 2008
The national Freedom From Religion Foundation is filing a lawsuit today in federal court against the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., for taking actions which led to the censorship of its “Imagine No Religion” billboard on Archibald and Foothill Blvd, Route 66.
The Madison, Wis.-based Foundation, the nation’s largest national association of freethinkers (atheists [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by armineh
British atheists announced Tuesday a high-profile advertising campaign to put posters on London buses that say: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
To read more…
Filed under: Discussion, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on October 20th, 2008 by armineh
Guardian
October 20, 2008
A Kuwaiti official said authorities abruptly ended a concert by an Egyptian singer when a young female fan jumped on stage, hugged the male singer and gave him a kiss. Qanas al-Adwani, who heads the government department that monitors public entertainment, said the girl’s behaviour at Friday’s concert “defied the conservative traditions” of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »