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Bioethics Medicine Politics

When burning stupid just isn’t enough…

…leave it to the Investor’s Business Daily to kick it up a notch to thermonuclear as an anonymous editorialist tries to criticize President Obama’s health plan by invoking the dreaded British NHS: People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

Ron Paul: Quackery enabler, part II

While I’ve let myself get sucked into commenting on health care politics (well, not exactly “sucked in”; I was pissed off enough at the “Obama = Hitler” analogies that I enjoyed skewering some of the idiots making them), there’s another issue that’s popped up that I can’t resist commenting on in my usual inimitable fashion. […]

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History Hitler Zombie Medicine Politics

The latest “Obama = Hitler” shenanigans: Too stupid even for the Hitler Zombie…

Remember the Hitler Zombie? He doesn’t show up all that much anymore. The reason is not because a lot of brain dead Nazi analogies aren’t being used to demonize political opponents. In fact, If I had a mind to, I could probably populate this blog with nothing other than people whose brains have obviously been […]

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Humor Politics Skepticism/critical thinking

President Obama: A Cylon

Further tweaking of the crank conspiracy theory that is the “birther” movement: Obama Debunks Birther Conspiracy – watch more funny videos If President Obama is a Cylon, maybe he was born in Kenya and Hawaii.

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History Politics Skepticism/critical thinking

Birthers on parade, revisited: Happy Birther Day, Mr. President!

Wow. After I wrote a post last week about the “birthers,” cranks who believe that Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii, and therefore is not a natural born U.S. citizen, and therefore is not eligible to be President of the United States. Like all good conspiracy theorist cranks, they trot out all sorts of […]