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The IIG Awards Honors James Randi

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jun 30, 2008 in Videos | 1 comment

Last Monday, June 23, Eric (my hubby-to-be) & I went to the Second Annual IIG Awards at CFI West. Keep in mind, I am rarely star struck, but James Randi truly lived up to the title “The Amazing”. I remember watching him on the television, performing tricks and debunking psychics. He is still full of energy and very, very entertaining. Randi performed the rope tricks he made famous on the Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson. On this occasion, I had the honor of assisting the legendary...

38 Seconds In…

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jun 25, 2008 in News, Videos | 0 comments

I try to stay away from politics as much as I can, but really I just try to try. In Bart Simpson’s famous words “I can’t promise I’ll try, but I’ll try to try.” In any case, I found the following vid via Truthdig. Here it is, “O’Reilly in One Minute”: The title of the post “38 Seconds In…” refers to… well, watch it and you can see for yourself. EDIT: This video is no longer available…...

Removal of “Under God” & “In God We Trust”

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jun 24, 2008 in Links, News | 0 comments

Thanks to Alonzo Fyfe for starting The Pledge Project: In the near future, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals gives its decision on “under God” and “In God We Trust”, This is one post that I must make available before that happens. I have written this series of essays for you to use as a reference when they go out amongst the people and debate the issue. You’re going to need a way to easily get to the post that covers the issue you may be debating at any particular time. So, I want to...