What's the point if there's no God? | Richard Dawkins, William Lane Craig and others

https://youtu.be/J2CAAf2CmOg

The Case Against the Resurrection (Keith Parsons)

Former pastor Keith Parsons lays out his case against the resurrection.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/CNjweaCZj60

Mapping Police Violence: New Study Shows Cops Have Killed At Least 1,152 in 2015

Amid grief and outrage over the killings of two unarmed African Americans in Chicago, a year-end report from the Mapping Police Violence research project says police nationwide killed at least 1,152 people in 2015. In 14 cities, every single police victim was African-American. And across the country, police killings had little correlation with crime rates and population size. We discuss the findings with Sam Sinyangwe, a statistician who worked on the Mapping Police Violence project...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/6WHd8NEp7lw

Grief & Outrage as Chicago Police Shoot Dead 2 More Unarmed African Americans

Protests continue in Chicago after police shot dead two more unarmed African Americans—Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old mother of five, and 19-year-old college student Quintonio LeGrier. The shooting comes amid outrage over the more than year-old police killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and a potential police cover-up. Could these killings force Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign? We are joined by Aislinn Sol of Black Lives Matter Chicago.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/rW4O9miTdjE

Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 28, 2015

https://youtu.be/Y4irtjV_mm0

Atheist Arguments #2 Natural Disasters (Natural Evil)

https://youtu.be/VqPJ5hEvf1w

Bill Nye: Can We Stop Telling Women What to Do With Their Bodies? | BEST OF 2015

The Science Guy argues that most anti-abortion legislation is derived from outdated beliefs that predate smart science by fifty centuries...
https://youtu.be/ME5vQYaSO3k

Five Stupid Things for December 28, 2015

The internet freaks out over a black woman being cast to play Hermione in a new Harry Potter play, Hillary Clinton wants to be thought of as a Latino grandma, and Pro Publica and the Marshall Project publish an unbelievable (and infuriating) story of rape.
https://youtu.be/_SdN9L_gjGk

And Now the Good News #169: 12/29/2015

https://youtu.be/7IUf0tjXaZI

I’m An Atheist, But I’m Not…

“I’m atheist but that doesn’t mean I’m being disrespectful when I ask the question, 'Why?'”
https://youtu.be/zV3KWRy3gKk

Unlimited Corporate Money In Politics Killed Democracy Long Ago

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse explain the threat that unlimited corporate money poses to our democracy.
https://youtu.be/OMhJ2VKMGC0

How Is This Not National News?

--A massive methane leak in Porter Ranch, California, has displaced thousands of residents and is releasing over 30,000 kilograms of methane per hour...
https://youtu.be/7x-4VRg-cRc

The Biggest Health Epidemic Ever That Americans Are Ignoring...

Thom Hartmann reports on a Harvard researchers who say police shootings should be considered a public epidemic and Thom calls for higher standards for police officers.
https://youtu.be/ZLlVh-9htRw

The Real Ten Commandments... the ones from Solon the Athenian Philosopher

1. Trust good character more than promises.
2. Do not speak falsely.
3. Do good things.
4. Do not be hasty in making friends, but do not abandon them once made.
5. Learn to obey before you command.
6. When giving advice, do not recommend what is most pleasing, but what is most useful.
7. Make reason your supreme commander.
8. Do not associate with people who do bad things.
9. Honor the gods.
10. Have regard for your parents.
http://infidels.org/kiosk/article/the-real-ten-commandments-2.html

Government Spending

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Paul Krugman: The Nasty Truth That Trump Distracts Us From

And you thought W. was bad...
http://www.alternet.org/economy/paul-krugman-nasty-truth-trump-distracts-us

Why the Christian Right Is so at Home With Donald Trump's Bloated Narcissism

The non-religious Trump seems to resonate with evangelicals...
http://www.alternet.org/why-christian-right-so-home-donald-trumps-bloated-narcissism

Turns Out, Raising Restaurant Workers’ Wages Won’t Cause Job Loss

A new study challenges the restaurant industry’s claim that it will not be able to keep up with minimum wage increases...
http://www.alternet.org/labor/turns-out-raising-restaurant-workers-wages-wont-cause-job-loss

No Liberal Hero Here: Pope May Have Helped Derail Marriage Equality In Slovenia

This may come as surprise to some who view Francis as a progressive force within the church...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/no-liberal-hero-here-pope-may-have-helped-derail-marriage-equality-in

Chicago police kill two in domestic call, saying one was a mistake

Grieving relatives and friends of the two victims said Sunday that the slayings raised concerns about why officers “shoot first and ask questions later” and that law enforcement had failed the city's residents...
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/27/chicago-police-kill-two-in-domestic-call-one-a-mistake.html