466: The Pen is Mightier Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, the Supreme Court crawls under yet another bar, Pastor Michael Todd gets confused by the phrase "spitting image", and Anna will be here to ratchet up our talent average.

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Headlines:

SCOTUS to hear appeal of coach fired for coercive school prayer: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/supreme-court-football-coach-prayer.html

Christians Protested a Harmless Meeting of an "After School Satan" Club: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/christians-protested-a-harmless-meeting

Pastor Mike Todd Smeared Three Wads of Spit on Brother's Face Because Jesus:

https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/pastor-mike-todd-smears-three-wads

Family Research Council comes out against racial diversity on MLK day: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/frc-biblical-worldview-fellow-racial-diversity-in-congregations-is-not-a-moral-good/

Proposed Iowa Law Would Make Teachers Stand and Say the Pledge of Allegiance or Be Fired: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/proposed-iowa-law-would-make-teachers

Marjorie Taylor Greene is still upset about 'Jewish space lasers': https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-lasers-2656416649/

Transcript

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0:00.0	One of the following podcasts has been rated R for strong language, partial nudity and mild drug use.
0:05.7	This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by stamps.com.
0:09.7	Hello, fresh and by the new Cannibal Meal service, Hello, Flesh.
0:14.7	Hello, Flesh, because our advertisers don't listen to this part of the show.
0:19.1	And now The Skating Atheist.
0:21.6	Hi, this is Caleb. The token sits head white man of the mod team of the unofficial puzzle and a thunderstorm community discord server.
0:28.2	And I'm here to say that I have faced time with John Ford enough times to know that we did, in fact, evolve them filthy monkey folks.
0:35.0	It's January 20th and it's hangin' awareness day.
1:00.8	I'm here to say that I'm here to say that I have faced time with John Ford.
1:10.8	I'm here to say that I have faced time with John Ford.
1:40.8	I have never wanted to sledge hammer a cache of weapons and gold coins out of my basement floor more than I did when my wife tested positive.
1:52.8	That actually happened mid-record. Heath, Eli and I were recording an episode of Gamla's Friday and when we got done, I called her and I invited her up to smoke a bowl but she was crying.
2:02.8	She told me I probably didn't want to smoke after her and then she told me it was because she just tested positive for COVID.
2:09.8	Now, look, we've all been through a lot of shit in the last couple years.
2:13.8	So I understand that her situation isn't exactly unique, but Lucinda's dad has two really bad lungs.
2:18.8	He's on supplemental oxygen pretty much all the time and that's on top of his fucked up heart and his fucked up kidneys.
2:24.8	She's his chief caregiver and she has been uber vigilant throughout this pandemic.
2:28.8	She's always masked up. She washes her hands like a fucking surgeon.
2:31.8	She only goes out when she absolutely has to contactless delivery on everything, skipping family gatherings, holidays, vacations.
2:38.8	For years now. But of course, she's been doing that in the National epicenter of COVID denialism.
2:45.8	Sure, Lucinda's always masked up whenever she goes anywhere, but she's usually the only one.
2:50.8	She always washes her hands before she helps her dad with something, but she's not the only person that he sees.
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