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About Me



The Wolf Report is a cold, hard, unvarnished look at the world we live in. Each broadcast will shine a 50k spotlight into another nest of cockroaches, just to see how fast they scatter.

If you have any closely held fantasies that won't stand up under intense scrutiny, you may want to keep them locked up. They won't last long here.

Welcome to my world!

Leo Wolf

In "Imagine", John Lennon asked us to Imagine, in the absence of all the dogma and threats, "All the people, living for today". I believe that humans are charged by the wonder of the natural world to live fully in each day. Learn as much as you can, surround yourself with beauty, experience ecstasy, share joy and wonder. Love and be Loved. Live, not in anticipation of death, but in reverie of life!

My Interests


This image was respectfully inspired by the advertising for the BBC program "The Root of All Evil", I just like my fonts better. Leo

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My world is a unique one, and few can survive here. It exists outside the boundaries of inanity and coddling of the insipid. Rational thought and intelligence rule the day, everyday. In Wolf World, no one is allowed to win by default. No one gets a free pass. If you depend on superstition or cultural acceptance of your asinine conventions to save you , it won’t work. You’ll be killed and eaten the first day.

There are no special cases here. Your heartfelt belief in something doesn’t excuse you from defending it under the stark light of truth. And this is real truth, not some imagined truth. Just because you believe something to your very depths doesn’t make that belief true. There are no unassailable thoughts here. If you hope to live through the intellectual siege you better be in a fortress built of solid evidence. Mythologies have never once in history impeded a trebuchet.

But Wolf World isn’t really a hostile place. In fact at its core, it is a sanctuary. A place where those who have the courage to question can gather with others who do the same. If you come clothed in inquiry and quest you have nothing to fear. If you come lauding some myth you feel has intrinsic truth……. Well, don’t say you weren’t warned.

Welcome to my World

Leo Wolf

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."..Denis Diderot

The greatest advances in the history of humankind have not been made by religion, but rather in spite of it. - Leo Wolf

To choose the pursuit of a "Religious" life is to actively choose the pursuit of ignorance, and is an odd choice indeed. - Leo Wolf

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams

If it takes being threatened by a god to make you behave in a moral fashion, you are not a moral person, you are just a coward who responds well to threats.Leo Wolf

If you believe that there are magical beings that live in the sky that judge you and tell you how to live and speak to you directly, you are considered mentally ill. Unless they are middle eastern based deities called Yahweh and Jesus. Then you are considered sane and righteous. In reality, it is still mental illness. The number who suffer from it is irrelevant. If 200 million people have the flu, you don't build buildings to worship the illness. You treat it. Perhaps if this mental illness were treated instead of applauded, the world would be a more sane place!- Leo Wolf

I prefer the awe of knowledge to the awe of ignorance- Douglas Adams

Science sees evidence and truthfully concedes there are no absolutes, as a race, we should never allow that truth to be punished by the purveyors of myths, lies and enslavement - Leo Wolf

Churches should be outlawed for the same reason Ponzi/Pyramid scams are. They all use false pretenses to dupe people out of large sums of money. In fact, Ponzi/Pyramid scams are more honest about it!-Leo Wolf

If a "Soul" was actually needed to create life, there would be no "Debate" about cloning. This is the main reason it is controversial.- Leo Wolf

Books:

You will learn more spending a week locked in your house with books by Hunter S. Thompson and Richard Dawkins and the collected works of Bill Hicks on DVD, than you will in any institution.

Heroes:


A brief list of celebrity Atheists, just so you know you are not alone.
A
* Forrest J. Ackerman * Douglas Adams * Phillip Adams * Brandy Alexandre * Ayaan Hirsi Ali * Tariq Ali * Woody Allen * Shulamit Aloni * Thomas J. Altizer * Natalie Angier * Lance Armstrong * Liv Arnesen * Madison Arnold * Darren Aronofsky * Isaac Asimov * Peter William Atkins
B
* Julian Baggini * Russell Baker * J.G. Ballard * Iain M. Banks * Clive Barker * Dan Barker * MC Paul Barman * Dave Barry * Richard Bartle * Bill Bass * Matt Bellamy * Steve Benson * Ingmar Bergman * Pierre Berton * Matt Besser * Paul Bettany * Björk * Susan Blackmore * Bill Blass * Jim Bohanan * Sir Herman Bondi * Pierre Boulez * T. Coraghessan Boyle * Nathaniel Branden * Marlon Brando * Richard Branson * Berkeley Breathed * Julia Hartley Brewer * Isaac Brock * Rodney Brooks * Andrew Brown * Bill Bryson * Peter Buck * Warren Buffett * Gabriel Byrne * John Byrne
C
* Dean Cameron * Mike Carey * George Carlin * John Carmack * Adam Carolla * John Carpenter * Asia Carrera * Fidel Castro * Dick Cavett * Stephen Chapman * Dov Charney * Vic Chesnutt * Noam Chomsky * Mohammed Choukri * Robin Christopher * Chumbawamba * Alexander Cockburn * Billy Connolly * John Conway * Alex Cox * Francis Crick * David Cronenberg * David Cross * Alan Cumming * Justin Currie
D
* Ron Dakron * Rodney Dangerfield * Julia Darling * Russell T Davies * Mark Jonathan Davis * William B. Davis * Richard Dawkins * Jeff Dee * Daniel Dennett * David Deutsch * Ani DiFranco * Micky Dolenz * Amanda Donohoe * Phil Donahue * Roddy Doyle
E
* Christopher Eccleston * Dean Edell * Jonathan Edwards * Paul Edwards * Greg Egan * Barbara Ehrenreich * Paul Ehrlich * Albert Ellis * Bret Easton Ellis * Warren Ellis * Harlan Ellison * William Empson * Garth Ennis * Brian Eno
F
* Oriana Fallaci * Diane Farr * David Feherty * Jules Feiffer * Larry Fessenden * Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach * Richard Feynman * Harvey Fierstein * Bob Fingerman * Reginald Finley * Brian Flemming * Larry Flynt * Dario Fo * Dave Foley * James Forman * Jodie Foster * John Fowles * Robin Lane Fox * Stephen Fry
G
* Noel Gallagher * Janeane Garofalo * Bob Geldof * Jack Germond * Ricky Gervais * Prabhir Ghosh * David Gilmour * Ira Glass * James Gleick * Jean Luc Godard * Al Goldstein * Nadine Gordimer * Michael Goudeau * Greg Graffin * Richard E. Grant * A. C. Grayling * Stephen Greenblatt * Susan Greenfield * Germaine Greer * Kathy Griffin * Rachel Griffiths
H
* Joe Haldeman * Kathleen Hanna * Sam Harris * Harry Harrison * Nina Hartley * Roy Hattersley * James A. Haught * Bill Hayden * Judith Hayes * Stan Hayes * Robert Heinlein * Nat Hentoff * Katharine Hepburn * Richard Herring * Paul Hester * Christopher Hitchens * Philip Hobsbaum * Douglas Hofstadter * Jerry Holkins * Ted Honderich * General Choi Hong-Hi * Sidney Hook * Derek Humphry
I
* Eddie Izzard
J
* Penn Jillette * Billy Joel * Angelina Jolie * Kirk Jones * Lionel Jospin
K
* Joachim Kahl * Wendy Kaminer * Jonathan Katz * Dawna Kaufmann * Kawaljeet Kaur * Diane Keaton * Ken Keeler * Ludovic Kennedy * Kevin Kline * Eli Khamarov * Margot Kidder * Kim Il-Sung * Florence King * Neil Kinnock * W. P. Kinsella * Michael Kinsley * Melvin Konner * Frank Kozik * Kramer * Paul Krassner * Ron Kuby * Milan Kundera * Paul Kurtz
L
* Ring Lardner Jr. * Mr. Lavanam * Richard Leakey * Alexander I. Lebed * Bruce Lee * Stewart Lee * Tom Lehrer * Mike Leigh * Stanislaw Lem * Vladimir Lenin * Gerda Lerner * Michael Lewis * Tom Leykis * James Lipton * Denis Loubet * H.P. Lovecraft
M
* Heather Mac Donald * John Malkovich * Mike Malloy * 'Manda * Barry Manilow * Shirley Manson * Mao Zedong * Michael Martin * Karl Marx * Nick Mason * Armistead Maupin * John McCarthy * Malachy McCourt * Evelyn McDonnell * Ian McEwan * Todd McFarlane * Montana McGlynn * Sir Ian McKellen * Alexander McQueen * Jonathan Meades * Antonio Mendoza * Stephen Merchant * Tom Metzger * China Mi * Arthur Miller * Frank Miller * Jonathan Miller * Mike Mills * Marvin Minsky * Warren Mitchell * John Money * Hans Moravec * Henry Morgentaler * Desmond Morris * James Morrow * John Mortimer * Markos 'Kos' Moulitsas Z * Frank Mullen * Cillian murphy
N
* Taslima Nasrin * Ramendra Nath * Ted Nelson * Randy Newman * Mike Nichols * Jack Nicholson * Kai Nielsen * Oscar Niemeyer * Friedrich Nietzsche * Robert Nozick * Gary Numan * Ronald Numbers
O
* Madalyn Murray O'Hair * Bob Odenkirk * Patton Oswalt
P
* Camille Paglia * Andy Partridge * Mark Pauline * Leonard Peikoff * Paul Pfalzner * Julia Phillips * Joaquin Phoenix * Ferdinand Piech * Steven Pinker * Neal Pollack * Katha Pollitt * Paula Poundstone * Vladimir Pozner * Terry Pratchett * Paul Provenza * Philip Pullman
Q
* Robin Quivers
R
* Justin Raimondo * Ayn Rand * James Randi * Ray Romano * Ron Reagan Jr. * Rick Reynolds * Trent Reznor * Griff Rhys-Jones * Mordecai Richler * Christopher Ricks * Matt Ridley * Brian Ritchie * Brad Roberts * Chris Robinson * Gene Roddenberry * Joe Rogan * Neil Rogers * Henry Rollins * Andy Rooney * Richard Rorty * Arundhati Roy * Jane Rule * Salman Rushdie * Douglas Rushkoff * Bertrand Russell * Karen Russell
S
* Oliver Sacks * Mona Sahlin * Sebasti * Robert Sapolsky * Jos * Pamela Sargent * Max Sawicky * John Sayles * Arthur Schopenhauer * Tom Schulman * Eugenie Scott * Captain Sensible * Nick Seymour * Robert I. Sherman * Michael Shermer * Robert Silverberg * Bob Simon * Claude Simon * Simplot, J.R. * Joe Simpson * Peter Singer * Marie Sk,,odowska-Curie * Slayer * J.J.C. Smart * Robert Smith (football) * George H. Smith * Robert Smith * Lee Smolin * Steven Soderbergh * Todd Solondz * Annika Sorenstam * George Soros * Joseph Stalin * Richard Stallman * Peter Steele * Bruce Sterling * Howard Stern * J. Michael Straczynski * Ken Stringfellow * Julia Sweeney * Matthew Sweet
T
* James Taranto * Teller * Studs Terkel * Louis Theroux * Pat Tillman * Tom Tomorrow * Linus Torvalds * Solomon Tulbure * Ted Turner * Bill Tytla
V
* Eddie Vedder * Paul Verhoeven * Gore Vidal * Kurt Vonnegut Jr. * Sarah Vowell
W
* Matt Wagner * Annika Walter * Harry Waters * James Watson * Peter Watts * Steven Weinberg * Gene Weingarten * Joss Whedon * Earl Wild * Harland Williams * Sean Williams * Ted Williams * Ian Wilmut * Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine * Tom Wolfe * Lewis Wolpert * Steve Wozniak * Bruce Wright
Y
* Irvin D. Yalom
Z
* Frank Zappa * Zarkov * Nick Zedd
Source - http://www.celebatheists.com/

My Blog

How can they not see the connection?!?

I am listening to news reports about the "Cult" of  FLDS that was just raided in west Texas.  The commentators are talking about how the people "Lived in Fear" and were "Caught before they w...
Posted by Leo on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:45:00 PST

The Problem with Obama’s Speech

Earlier this week Barack Obama made a speech in which he said basically, "People in the midwest who have had their lives turned upside down have become bitter, and they cling to guns and religion"&nbs...
Posted by Leo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:49:00 PST

Thoughts on the War

I heard a story today that made this particular blog necessary.  I think that too often, people skirt around this issue, and it needs to be said straightforward and in the way I want to have it ...
Posted by Leo on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:04:00 PST

Political Myth Busting

Political myth bustingI have been listening to a lot of the political ramblings over the last few weeks, and several things have come to mind that I wanted to put down.  Agree or not, they are th...
Posted by Leo on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:59:00 PST

The Time Has Come.

As I have stated before, I haven’t made any direct statements regarding who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election.  The choice you make should be based on a rational review of t...
Posted by Leo on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:17:00 PST

Brigstock on Religion

Richard Dawkins is using a clip from this excellent Marcus Brigstock piece on religion.  Just thought I would share for those who haven’t seen it. ...
Posted by Leo on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:23:00 PST

Richard Dawkins - Austin Tx, 3/19/08

The Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion book tour made a southerly swing through Austin, TX and since I was in town I decided to drop in and listen the updated material.Richard was kind enough to stop...
Posted by Leo on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:47:00 PST

Precious Life

After a discussion regarding my sometimes militant stance on religion, I was doing a bit of introspection.  Why does it bother me so?  There are the standard, pat answers&&I can point to so ...
Posted by Leo on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:11:00 PST

Sex Spitzer and The World

I am going to glom several things in together here, because, well, current events make it possible to do so.  When headlines give you the opportunity to address a flock of your pet issues at once...
Posted by Leo on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:44:00 PST

Voting or not 2008

Voting in the US presidential electionThere has been much discussion of late regarding voting (or not voting) in the US presidential election 2008. I have given this point a lot of thought and I have...
Posted by Leo on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:09:00 PST