tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54321482024-02-28T17:35:02.570-05:00Walter EgoChoice web morsels, idiosyncratic opinion, random rants.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-46916369739365165442014-12-18T01:07:00.001-05:002015-01-29T13:09:15.926-05:00The Angry Atheist Podcast #112 with Walter Ego
Angry Atheist Podcast #112 from Walter Ego on Vimeo.
This is a podcast I recorded on Christmas Eve of 2012 with Reap Paden. For some reason Reap removed all the Angry Atheist podcasts from the internet so I made this video with my saved copy.
Audio only version.
Reap's ReapSowPadio podcasts can be heard here and his You Tube channel can be Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-1559232761465512672008-01-07T20:28:00.000-05:002010-09-13T17:53:43.541-04:00THE REASONING SHOW"TRUTH AND HUMANITY - DR. SUSAN BLACKMOREIn this show, the seemingly indefatigable Susan Blackmore and hosts David Quinn and Dan Rowden try to come to grips with issues as diverse yet integrated as mystical experiences, memes, free will, consciousness and how truth can become integrated into the nature of what we are as humans. In a wide ranging and stimulating discussion other subjects touched Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-48638889738958640002007-12-03T04:56:00.000-05:002010-09-13T17:53:43.465-04:00Why I'm Glad The Sixties Are OverIf you're masochistic enough, you can view the rest of the Donahue-Rubin videos atClassic Television Showbiz: The Phil Donahue Show with guest Jerry Rubin (1970)Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-19491520510541109942007-11-16T20:07:00.000-05:002010-09-13T17:53:43.559-04:00Make Big Bucks In Blogging!Turns out the secret has to do with pictures of cats . Who'd a thunk it? (Please don't ask me why the cat has lipstick on its ass. I didn't put the lipstick on the kitty's tush and don't remember where I got the picture.)Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-41031159734194169442007-11-01T13:33:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.432-04:00The New Village AtheistsThe search for the pure guiding light of reason, uncontaminated by human passion or metaphysical principles that go beyond all possible evidence, continues, however; and recently, an epidemic rash of books has declared success, at least if success consists of having slain the inveterate enemy of reason, namely religion. The philosophers Daniel Dennett, A. C. Grayling, Michel Onfray, and Sam Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-1942152475775317622007-10-23T23:47:00.001-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.500-04:00Celebrity Ass-Licker James Lipton Was Parisian PimpJames Lipton, the host of U.S. talk show, Inside the Actors' Studio, once worked as a pimp in Paris, France.The revered TV presenter, who has sat down with Hollywood's biggest names for in-depth chats about their life and work over the last 13 years, has revealed he once procured clients for French hookers.He says, "This was when I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-44004446663538118392007-10-20T05:15:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.505-04:00Comcast Must DieVictor Yuschenko said...Here is a letter I sent to David Cohen, executive VP of Comcast, this summer. I am amazed at how similar my experience is to others on this board.I am writing to tell you about the Single Worst Customer Experience of My Life, courtesy of the fine men and women of Comcast.This story has it all – shocking lack of competence, outright lies, and a customer service system that Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-82410497938423820242007-10-08T21:42:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.452-04:00Yet Another Republican Toilet Troll BustedAnother Republican elected official-- a pal of David Diapers Vitter no less-- caught toe-tappin' in the boys room! And he wants wanted to be a state senator too! Yesterday's Times-Picayune painted another dismal picture of another Republican pervert who trawls from public restroom to public restroom looking for... love? Well, looking for something. Joey DiFatta is the chairman of St. Bernard Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-41834086333090897952007-09-28T09:30:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.506-04:00Brokeback Mountain, The Opera!Yep, 12-tone gay cowboys ... It's not a hoax ...When word emerged this week that an operatic version of Brokeback Mountain is in the works, with a score by Charles Wuorinen, [pictured, left, with with Lepton the cat] a lot of people in the classical music world weren't sure what to think. For a start, the news appeared in the Rush and Molloy gossip column in New York's tabloid Daily News — not a Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-4288555695859339972007-09-26T21:26:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.530-04:00The Sad Truth About The Blog RacketReady for the facts, kids? Bogging is like a bargan sale at Macy's. If you weren't at the front of the line when the doors opened, you don‘t get the silk pajamas. Like professional wrestling and capitalism itself the game is fixed and, like high school, social (if not financial) success depends on who you know. But all is not lost, if you work real hard you might still be able to make a buck.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-289632038267962032007-09-26T12:55:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.527-04:00I Ate At Fox NewsI was in the Big Apple recently and ate lunch at the Fox News headquarters on Sixth Avenue near Rockefeller Center and I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between the Fox commissary and any other media employee’s restaurants in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by fascists and most of the patrons were Fox News propagandists!It was frigin’ Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-54984062494646554252007-09-24T04:28:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.467-04:00The Bar LifeMy letter to the editor did NOT get published as promised by Bay Times. (See my article two posts below, or click here.) I decided then to revise and update it, and resend it. Here is the result:Dear Editor,It is clear to me that Hole in the Wall Saloon's prolonged relocation difficulties is a matter of karmic justice, than of NIMBY politics and business rivalry. During my two-plus years as a Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-504961017153968022007-09-24T02:12:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.462-04:00The GistCondi's "Closest Female Friend"I had an interesting conversation with Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler, whose new book is The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy.There have long been questions about Rice's sexual orientation and her personal life in general. As Kessler notes, "She has built a wall of privacy around her that is never breached." Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-34847246216927403922007-09-22T13:40:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.532-04:00That Was ThenWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-40143947279678024132007-09-19T12:38:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.499-04:00There's One Born Every MinuteDisgraced memoirist James Frey is back with a new novel and judging by some of the comments on a UK Times article his gullible fans are waiting to lap it up:I loved both of James Frey's books and don't really understand why people are treating him the way they are. I watched the show where Oprah went after him. The books are incredibly touching and would assist anyone who is surviving addiction Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-76856270729798369002007-09-19T10:53:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.555-04:00Chris Crocker May Get Reality ShowYouTube sensation inks deal with 44 BlueThe "Leave Britney Alone" guy could be getting his own TV show.Reality shingle 44 Blue Prods. has inked a development deal with Chris Crocker, the Internet superstar whose tear-filled defense of Britney Spears has generated nearly 8 million hits on YouTube in just one week.Plan is to develop a docusoap built around Crocker, a 19-year-old who lives with his Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-67024120016406790762007-09-18T20:25:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.501-04:00Backpedaling Kos StyleHmm... Somebody got some ''splaining to do. Kos diarist bobbyd100 apparently had second thoughts on the Andrew Meyer tasering incident at Flordia State University. He removed his original post defending the cops (in support of Kerry, he said). The Google Cache preserves the evidence.There's lots of hand wringing going on over on Kos about this incident. 'Reasonable conservative' Jon Swift has a Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-15402612264053611972007-09-18T13:21:00.001-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.425-04:00Cops Taser Student For Being A JerkSparks flew during a townhall meeting that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., held yesterday at the University of Florida. Journalism student Andrew Meyer interrupted the speech, prompting police to drag him away from the microphone and shoot him with a Taser gun."He apparently asked several questions — he went on for quite awhile — then he was asked to stop," university spokesman Steve Orlando tells the Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-14798001509830078782007-09-17T20:37:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.554-04:00Times Select Is DeadThe New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight Tuesday night, reflecting a growing view in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site.In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge,Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-73069358245433323942007-09-17T13:39:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.550-04:00You Tube WarsKent Hovind is an evil creationist liar who is currently cooling his backside in prison [in Edgefield, S.C.] convicted for evading $840,000 in taxes. That’s the good news. It’s downhill from there.His group, Creation Science Evangelism, has been on a pogrom — a jihad, if you will — taking down YouTube videos that reveal Hovind for what he is: an evil creationist liar. This group has been sending Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-88363098532414389672007-09-16T11:44:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.485-04:00Pink Shirts Legend GrowsThe story of two Nova Scotia boys who got more than 400 schoolmates to wear pink to support a bullied younger student has swept across North America and made its way to Europe.Travis Price and David Shepherd, Grade 12 boys who organized a drive to back a new Grade 9 student who was harassed for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school last week, have been deluged with e-mails and interviewWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-11008230583234745782007-09-14T10:46:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.476-04:00The Keith Olbermann ArchiveVideo archive of every Countdown show (even on the nights Keith has off which seems a bit obsessive) broken down into segments for your viewing pleasure. There is no excuse to miss Keith now!Olbermann.org: An Unofficial Keith Olbermann Archive and Fan SiteWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-25781430863725572002007-09-14T07:24:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.539-04:00Escape from Real Bitch IslandNineteen and gay, too effeminate to hide, and persecuted by haters in his small town, Chris Crocker turned to the web to vent. Now he's a huge YouTube celebrity. Is the internet Chris Crocker's ticket out?The Stranger, Seattle's Only NewspaperThe Stranger article was published last May. Chris's "Leave Britney Alone" video posted above, which played all over cable TV this week, may be his Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-15446768268337677742007-09-13T18:24:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.466-04:00Message From James BrownMP3: Message From James BrownThis is a rarity: an unreleased promotional single that was probably distributed to radio stations only. There is no discographical info whatsoever (there isn't even a label on the record), but it must date from around 1967, which would be the time of national race riots that it is obviously intended to try and quell. JB had done a famous concert at Boston Garden Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432148.post-9234979498614460002007-09-13T10:18:00.000-04:002010-09-13T17:53:43.502-04:00Pam's House BlendMany thanks to Mike Signorile and producer David Guggenheim for access to the audio of my segment yesterday on Mike's satellite radio show on SIRIUS OutQ 109. We tried in 20 minutes to untangle the latest GOP gay scandal involving Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC10) and a cast of characters involved in a bizarre Florida murder-suicide. It's a murky, pretty depraved mess that is cryingWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605727160849917245noreply@blogger.com