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		<title>Atheism is a Religion Assholes</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/atheism-is-a-religion-assholes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A title that can hook people on BOTH sides of the issue.  I won&#8217;t bother building suspense; to clarify I&#8217;m not saying &#8220;Hey assholes, Atheism is a religion.&#8221;  No, this is actually a post about assholes who insist that atheism is a religion, and the tripe they spew. Generally I have resisted simply copying dialog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=179&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hijacking English</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to bitch about Mormons for a bit here. I know, this marks a major departure for me, but let&#8217;s just say that I&#8217;m maturing, becoming more sophisticated. These assholes are doing some serious Newspeak shit here.  Not only have a group of mindless drones been unwittingly hard at work to forge a massive, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=171&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Zodiac Signs?  Panic? Turmoil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theicidalmaniac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Facebook is a-flurry this week with a lot of hubbub about a new zodiac sign being recognized, and adding to the panic is the fact that people&#8217;s sense of wellbeing is being besieged, plagued even, by worries that matters of fate will no longer be crystal clear through a detailed understanding of time-honored astrological [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=163&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Back to Where Ya Came From, or &#8220;Cure from the Common Cult&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/go-back-to-where-ya-came-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Radio from Hell Show, a local morning show on Salt Lake City&#8217;s X96, had guest Vincent D&#8217;onofrio on today.  You may remember D&#8217;onofrio&#8217;s colorful antics as the dude that goes psycho and blows his head off in Full Metal Jacket, yes?  Well, now he wants your money.  Alright, that&#8217;s not fair.  D&#8217;onofrio doesn&#8217;t want your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=113&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Choice or Anti-Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently this question has been thrown around in some of the circles I frequent&#8230;although it&#8217;s usually phrased as &#8220;are you PRO-choice, or PRO-life?&#8221;  While I appreciate people&#8217;s attempts to ruin a perfectly cordial dinner-party, I have to say I object to the premise of the question entirely. I&#8217;m looking at my blog&#8230;it&#8217;s been a long [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=97&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Translation, or &#8220;Oh, the Mormanity!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/lost-in-translation-or-oh-the-mormanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah has no shortage of mythology and folklore, and a great deal of it is tied to the LDS church organization.  A recent discussion on Postmormon.org , in which I participated, reveals the ubiquity of these dubious stories.  Among them are claims that a Mormon official encountered bigfoot while on horseback, and discovered the beast to be none other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=101&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Utah loves its porn more than YOUR state does!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theicidalmaniac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, anti-depressants and prescription drugs aren&#8217;t the ONLY thing we Utahns lead the country in anymore:  According to a study conducted by a professor at Harvard Business School 8 of the 10 states that lead the country in online porn subscriptions (anonymized data provided by credit card companies) are CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN STATES!!!  I&#8217;m so happy! And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=91&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Euthyphro for Parents</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/euthyphro-for-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kid said &#8220;Oh Shit,&#8221; today while playing with grandma. I&#8217;m reminded of a line spoken by Ralphy in &#8221;A Christmas Story,&#8221; a line that will certainly be true for my daughter.  &#8220;Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=85&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Euonym</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/euonym/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Euonym: an appropriate name for a person, place, or thing Example: The realtor&#8217;s name was Sue House, a euonym. Etymology: 1889; Gk. eu &#8216;good&#8217; + onym &#8216;name&#8217;  ~Dictionary.com   Just a quick update to my most recent post, &#8220;What Kind of Religion Won&#8217;t Let You Quit?&#8221;  Actually, it&#8217;s nothing new, just something I hadn&#8217;t noticed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=80&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Kind of Religion Won&#8217;t Let You Quit?</title>
		<link>http://theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/what-kind-of-religion-wont-let-you-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TheicidalManiac tries to quit the cult, but they have a special offer to retain him...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theicidalmaniac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2828142&amp;post=66&amp;subd=theicidalmaniac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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