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An antivaccine rap by a rapping “Health Ranger”? The pain, the pain…

We all know that Mike Adams, a.k.a. the “Health Ranger,” is anti-vaccine to the core. He’s known for NaturalNews.com, a repository of quackery, anti-vaccine craziness, and conspiracy theories that rivals Whale.to but in a much slicker fashion. Now, unfortunately, I learn that he’s going multimedia. Worse, Mike Rangers, who is about as white bread and […]

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Quackery at the University of Toronto, redux

Three weeks ago or so, I expressed dismay at what I perceived as an autism quackfest being held at the University of Toronto. Worse, that quackfest had been partially funded by a grant from a very prestigious children’s charity, The SickKids Foundation, which in response to complaints about its sponsoring the autism quackfest known as […]

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September 11, 2001: What we saw and as it happened

Once again we come to another September 11. It’s hard to believe that it’s been eight years since that horrible day. On this day, traditionally, I do two things. First, I post the following video. This video was shot by Bob and Bri, who in 2001 lived in a high rise a mere 500 yards […]

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Reading the entrails: The 119th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle

It’s that time again, time for another meeting of that–choke!–“venerable” blog carnival known as the Skeptic’s Circle. Sorry, it just bugs me that the Circle I took over four years ago is now counted as “venerable.” Oh, well. In any case, this time around, it’s at Cubik’s Rube (great name for a blog, BTW), and […]

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You knew it was coming…

…Hitler is most displeased with President Obama and what he did earlier this week: