"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Category: Anti-Semitism

Holocaust denial and 9/11 “Truth”: Two crappy tastes that taste crappy together

Post author By Orac
Post date April 19, 2008
46 Comments on Holocaust denial and 9/11 “Truth”: Two crappy tastes that taste crappy together

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am somewhat. As loony as the President of Iran Ahmoud Ahmadinejad is, as much of an Energizer Bunny of Holocaust denial and host of a conference for Holocaust denial as he is, even I didn’t think he would go this far. But, thanks to Mark Hoofnagle and […]

Anti-Semitism Biology Entertainment/culture History Holocaust Holocaust denial Intelligent design/creationism Movies Pseudoscience

Darwinism leads to anti-Semitism? Or, the commonality of denialist tactics

Post author By Orac
Post date April 13, 2008
36 Comments on Darwinism leads to anti-Semitism? Or, the commonality of denialist tactics

Well, I’m here in sunny San Diego and about to head on over to the convention center to check out the day’s festivities and to make sure to check out a friend’s poster this morning. (If anyone reading this is attending AACR, you might recognize me by the Plexiglass box full of multi-colored blinking lights […]

Anti-Semitism History Holocaust News of the Weird

A story that should be an April Fools’ Day joke, but isn’t

Post author By Orac
Post date April 1, 2008
20 Comments on A story that should be an April Fools’ Day joke, but isn’t

Three words you never want your name associated with: Nazi sex scandal.

Anti-Semitism Bioethics Biology Entertainment/culture Evolution History Holocaust Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Movies Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking World War II

A question for Ben Stein: Why are you singling out Darwin and ignoring the true inspirations for the Holocaust, Pasteur and Koch?

Post author By Orac
Post date March 29, 2008
46 Comments on A question for Ben Stein: Why are you singling out Darwin and ignoring the true inspirations for the Holocaust, Pasteur and Koch?

Nasal drone Ben Stein, as you would be hard-pressed not to know if you are a regular reader of ScienceBlogs, is hosting what looks to be a truly execrable crap-fest called Expelled!: No Intelligence Allowed. The movie basically consists of two themes: (1) Whining about “intellectual oppression” by those evil “Darwinists” directed against any valiant […]

Anti-Semitism Entertainment/culture Evolution History Holocaust Intelligent design/creationism Movies Politics Pseudoscience Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Rush Limbaugh gives Expelled! thumbs up

Post author By Orac
Post date March 24, 2008
24 Comments on Rush Limbaugh gives Expelled! thumbs up

Why am I not surprised? The stupid, it does so burn.

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