Black Friday Link Dump 11/23/12

Yesterday was the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S., which invariably makes this the consumerist nightmare called Black Friday.  I, your intrepid and diligent blog contributor, am not participating in Black Friday.  Instead, I am sitting by the fire with a glass of buttered rum, so that I may bring you the latest and greatest in re-linked news. Like this.

Our Stuff

• The Left Hemispheres Podcast Ep07 - I'm doing it right, you're not supposed to enjoy it This edition of the LH podcast features Jack, Nick, and Steve; and welcomes back Andy from Laughing in Purgatory.  It's a hoot.
• Michael Shermer & Peter Boghossian Q&A So, it's not really ours, but we love both of these guys.  This was definitely post-worthy.

Religion

• Secrets of Tyler Deaton's prayer group emerge
• Air Force Academy's Orwellian "Religious Respect Conference" Indicates Clear Bias Against the Non-Religious
• High School Students in Pittsburgh Create YouthHumanist.org
• A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists
• Tolerating Prayer During my twelve years in the military, I often had to deal with this.
• A Travel-Size Holiday Prayer from True Christian™ and Real American™ Mrs. Betty Bowers
• Hallelujah! Reason prevails in Santa Monica

Politics

• TOM THE DANCING BUG: Bill O'Reilly's "Leave It to Beaver" Nightmare
• Thanks Be to Humanists Please don't hate me for linking to HuffPo.
• Rule-breaking Isn't Anarchy I thought this was an interesting perspective.
• Hostess Blames Bankruptcy on Unions, Company Executives Pocket Huge Bonuses
• Denny’s Owner John Metz to Charge Customers 5% 'Obamacare Surcharge'
• Walmart employees protest ahead of Black Friday

Science

• Studies: Man Needed to Eat Meat So Brains Could Grow
• Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
• Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests
• What's the Secret of Hadrosaur Skin?
• Australian geologists prove that a South Pacific island does not exist
• The questionable nutritional value of eating a human placenta
• The Women of NASA
• Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto Lacks Atmosphere

Here's your Black Friday video.