Episode 09

Hey Folks,

Episode 9 is now up on the feed.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NorthernFreethinkers

Mike is now joining us as the third host for out bi-weekly(ish) podcast.

Here are the links to the articles we discussed in the episode.

http://www.thestar.com/article/266160 - Faith Forward

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2287480 - Faith Based Prison Units

Episode 07 and Episode 08 of Northern Freethinkers are Up.

We missed the show notes for episode 07 and there are not to many for episode 08. Please leave me a comment or email us at northernfreethinkers@gmail.com if you would like a copy of them.

Cheers

Budget Car & Truck Rental in London Ontario. You are now on my shitlist.

No time like the present to start a shitlist and the first entry is going to Budget Car & Truck Rental in London, Ontario. I also hope owner Russ Urlin gives this a good read.

Me, my wife and our roommate rented a car for the the Thanksgiving weekend to go see some of the local sites and enjoy some turkey dinner. Car was nice, brand new Toyota Yaris with only 10km on it. So weekend was great and we returned the car at the time and date the contract indicated. We drove about 540km the entire weekend before we returned it.

Couple days go by, they were closed on the day we returned the vehicle and we deposited the keys in the return slot, we get the bill.

It is a little fishy, they billed us for another day and then tacked on around 200 more kilometers. My wife contacted them when she looked at the bill to get it corrected. Once we were able to show, based on the written contract the return date, the clerk did remove the extra day. She also emailed us a copy of their contract. My wife was then transferred to the owner/manager Russ Urlin. This guy was was extremely rude to my wife and later to me. He lied to me and told me that the mileage cost was for only 6 dollars, when I asked him to double check for me on his contract, I didn't know my wife had a copy at this point, he refused and after asking politely a few more times he hung up on me.

He also told my wife that they never make mistakes.

I did file a complaint with the BBB and here is the contact information they provide on their site:

Name:	BUDGET CAR & TRUCK RENTALS
Phone:	(519) 433-1701
Fax:	(519) 645-6473
Address:	519 York Street
	London, ON N6B 1R4
Original Business Start Date:	January 1967
Principal:	Russ Urlin, Owner
Customer Contact:	Russ Urlin, Owner
Type of Business:	Auto Renting & Leasing
BBB Accreditation:	This company is not a BBB Accredited business.

Their grade with the BBB is F. Never ever rent from this Budget location.

Militant Atheist

Northeern Freethinkers Episode 6 is out

Hey Everyone,

Episode 6 is now out.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NorthernFreethinkers

Here are the links we talked about in the show, and others we didn't have time to get to.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadas-public-sphere-just-got-a-lot-more-messy-and-free/article1277210/

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/691637

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/faith/the-gay-debate-57602742.html

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/200909085345/Commentary/Editorial-When-rights-collide

http://www.canada.com/life/Calgary+brochure+raises+Muslim/1973575/story.html

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2009/09/19/research-finds-that-atheists-are-most-hated-and-distrusted-minority/

http://christianretailing.com/index.php/newsletter/latest-etailing/20072-darwins-origin-in-christian-stores-

http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/AP/story/1249325.html

http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/news-charles-darwin-film-finds-distributor-will-be-seen-in-u-s-r-1253828264

Thanks for listening and pass along the link to your friends or tell them to look us up in iTunes.

Official Podcast of the Canadian Secular Alliance

Northern Freethinkers is now the official podcast of the Canadian Secular Alliance and sponsored by the Centre for Inquiry Canada.

We are just finalizing our record date for episode 6 and will have Mike Evans on for a second time.

If you haven't done so yet, look us up on iTunes and write us a review.

Northern Freethinkers Episode 05

Episode 05 is out. We interview Justin Trottier from the Center for Inquiry Canada.

The Vatican is Bullshit!

Reading this blog, you are most likely familiar with the comedy duo, Penn & Teller.

This week in a episode of bullshit!, starring the pair, they take on the Vatican and Pope. They discuss matters from child abuse cases to the spread of AIDS/HIV in Africa. If you have not yet seen this episode I highly recommend getting a hold of a copy or catching it in syndication.

Northern Freethinkers Episode 04

Here are the show notes for episode 4 of Northern Freethinkers. We only covered a few of the stories in this list, the rest were just of interest to us this week.

That Inhumane Monolith

Jimmy Carter Leaves the Baptist Church in Protest of Woman's Rights

Fixing Non-Believers Live on TV

The Catholic Church vs. Our Rights Commissions

Online Outcry Forces Tim Hortons to Pull Out of U.S. Event Against Gay Marriage

Muslim Couple File Human Rights Beef Over Superstore Salami

New Study Shows Current State of Vocations to US Religious Communities

Homosexuality: Trouble on the Reorient Express

Statue of the Virgin Mary Stolen From Outside Calgary Church

The Creation “Museum”

Roughly 300 Atheists Visit the Creation Museum in Kentucky

Roughly 300 Atheists visit the Creation Museum in Kentucky. These 5 skeptics made a short 3 part documentary about their experience.

Also check out PZ Myers blog to get his account of the day.