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Politics Religion

PZ and archy just ruined my day

Thanks, archy and PZ. You just ruined my day. Really. If you thought that Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church was bad, you really ain’t seen nothin’ yet until you’ve checked out Paul Hill Days. The Phelpses may be evil in the way that they torment people in their moment of grief with their […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Paranormal Pseudoscience Religion Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Michael Egnor = Deepak Chopra? You be the judge!

In blogging, there are some topics that I know that I really shouldn’t bother with; yet, somehow they suck me in. A number of things can cause that. Perhaps it’s a topic that just gets under my skin to the point where I can’t hold back a commentary, even when I know that it might […]

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Announcements Medicine

Pediatric Grand Rounds

The latest Pediatric Grand Rounds has been posted over at Med Journal Watch. There’s lots of good stuff, including some posts about the Autism Omnibus trial.

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History Medicine

Another reminder of how times have changed

I’ve seen ads like this before in issues of LIFE Magazine from the 1940s that I inherited from my uncle, but they never cease to make me cringe when I see them: (Click for a larger image and to read the text of the ad more clearly.) Get a load of the text:

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Entertainment/culture Humor News of the Weird Television

I don’t know what Irn-Bru is, but maybe I should try some

If Irn-Bru can do this, maybe I should try some the next time I manage to make it to the U.K.: (Via Attuworld.)