USFA Pub night number two!
Wednesday, October 12 at 8:00pm
Location: Winston’s English Pub & GrillHey gang! After the wild success of our last pub night, we’ve decided to have another one! Come out to Winston’s for a beer and some interesting discussion with your fellow freethinkers. Bring your friends! Bring your enemies! Bring your brain!
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UofS Freethought Aliance Pubnight
Posted in Skeptic on October 9, 2011 by saskskepticDraconid Meteor Shower
Posted in Skeptic on October 8, 2011 by saskskepticFrom SpaceWeater.com:
DRACONID METEOR SHOWER: On Saturday, October 8th, Earth will pass through a network of dusty filaments shed by Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. Forecasters expect the encounter to produce anywhere from a few dozen to a thousand meteors per hour visible mainly over Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East. The meteors will stream from the northern constellation Draco–hence their name, the “Draconids.” Check http://spaceweather.com for full coverage of the event including observing times and a live audio stream from a meteor radar.
Skeptics In The Pub
Posted in Event, Saskatoon, science, Skeptic on September 21, 2011 by saskskepticWednesday Sept. 28
Any time between 7:30-10:30 or later
Joey’s Only Seafood
101, 2100 8th Street E (8th & Preston)
101, 2100 8th Street E (8th & Preston)
Saskatoon, SK S7H 0V1
(306) 343.5639
(306) 343.5639
Agenda
James Randi was in town on Monday what did you think?
There is a provincial election up coming. Lets develop a list of questions to ask provincial candidates.
Here is a start:
The questions include:
Standardized Testing
Immunizations
Standardized Testing
Immunizations
Science and R&D
Uranium
Climate Change
Uranium
Climate Change
We need someone to organize the next two or three pub nights.
Any issues people wish to bring up.
CFI Saskatoon Meetup: Leaving Mormonism
Posted in Skeptic on September 12, 2011 by saskskeptic|
Leaving Mormonism
will happen on Sunday, September 18, 2011
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We will have a local student, Dustin Patzer, as our guest speaker. Dustin will discuss his journey out of Mormonism and answer our questions. For a preview, check out I am an ex Mormon. Dustin served as a missionary before leaving the church. The…
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Saskatoon Secular Family Network: Reading Group-Unconditional Parenting Wrap-up
Posted in Skeptic on September 4, 2011 by saskskeptic| Time |
Friday, September 23 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Erica and Sam’s house
623 9th Ave N
Saskatoon, SK
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Time to leave Alfie behind, and move onto another book!
Join us to watch the dvd talk of Alfie Kohn on his Unconditional Parenting. Kids are welcome to come play while the adults watch and learn. Feel free to bring along some snacks to share. We will also decide on the next parenting book to tackle in our reading group — so bring some suggestions! See you there. [more info available on our Meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/saskatoon-secular-family-network] |
Skeptics In The Pub
Posted in Skeptic on July 27, 2011 by saskskeptic
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Any time between 7:30 to 11:30 Agenda Open Discussion Here are a couple of ideas Conservative Christian websites are saying the Norway kill was not christian. http://crev.info/content/110724-norway_killer_cultural_christian_practical_darwinian http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/a-darwinian-terrorist/ Article about God being on the side of a mine company in Kamloops |
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Skeptical BBQ
Posted in Event, Saskatoon, Skeptic on July 20, 2011 by saskskepticFriday, July 22, 2011, 6:30 PM
2329 York Ave, Saskatoon, SK (map) two streets West of Clarence Ave and 3 houses South of Ruth St
This is potluck, bring your own meat/booze or what ever else you want. You should also probably bring your own chairs and bug spray.
We can provide ice, deck fridge, & dishes. We also have a fire pit, wood, & marshmallows.
The forecast is for scattered showers. We will move inside if we need to.
This may turn into a non-psychic fair so bring your magic tricks and divining crystals.
Bring any games you want to play.
Hope to see you there.
Café Apostate
Posted in Skeptic on July 7, 2011 by saskskeptic|
Café Apostate will happen on Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Because in Saskatchewan we don’t get a lot of nice weather (think summer, sun and heat!) we’re changing the June, July and August meet-up locations to the deck of Bring some beer or other cold beverage to drink on the deck. We’ll provide the coffee and/or tea service! |
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Logicon 2011 Keynote Speech
Posted in Skeptic on July 6, 2011 by saskskepticDaniel Loxton’s LogiCon 2011 Keynote Available Now
“While every human deserves scientific literacy, it’s not something we’re born with. It’s something we must be taught.” This is the theme of “The Reasonableness of Weird Things,” Daniel Loxton’s very personal Keynote Address from LogiCon 2011—available now in both audio and video formats.
Presented on the broadcast radio program Skeptically Speaking, the audio version includes both the speech and a new interview of Daniel by host Desiree Schell. Video of the speech is also available, courtesy of the Greater Edmonton Skeptics Society. (Handheld video, in four parts.)
Daniel tells the story of how his parents taught him to believe in the paranormal, and yet also taught him the critical thinking skills he uses in his work today. Having himself been both, Daniel explains that there are no neat lines between “skeptics” and “believers.”
“No matter how clever we are,” Loxton reflects, “at the end of the day, we’re at the mercy of our sources. Our beliefs are only as accurate as the information we have to work with.”
CFI Saskatoon: Banned Book Club
Posted in Skeptic on July 6, 2011 by saskskeptic
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Hi Readers, Okay, this should be a challenging one. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is our next book for the July 7th, meeting. This is not an easy book to read, content wise, but an important book, regardless. Wikipedia Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian. The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle-aged Humbert Humbert, who becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze. After its publication, Nabokov’s Lolita attained a classic status, becoming one of the best-known and most controversial examples of 20th century literature. The name “Lolita” has entered pop culture to describe a sexually precocious girl. The novel was adapted to film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne. Lolita is included on Time’s list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It is fourth on the Modern Library’s 1998 list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century. Also made the ALS’s 100 banned or challenged novels of the 20th Century Banned as obscene in France (1956-1959), in England (1955-59), in Argentina (1959), and in New Zealand (1960). The South African Directorate of Publications announced on November 27, 1982, that Lolita has been taken off the banned list, eight years after a request for permission to market the novel in paperback has been refused. Have a great June! Jon
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