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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:

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine

After all this time, Dr. Bob Sears finally tips his hand on vaccines, part III

Dr. Robert Sears (a.k.a. “Dr. Bob), author of The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child, is definitely antivaccine. His mouth may say, “No, I’m not antivaccine,” but his actions say, “Yes, yes, yes!” There, I finally said it. I’ve been flirting with saying it that bluntly for some time now, but have […]

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Send a Grrl to Antarctica

I can’t help but have noticed that one of our own, GrrlScientist, is in the running to be selected as the blogger to go on a trip to Antarctica and blog from there with the Quark Expedition in February. As of my checking, Grrl is in third place. I have no doubt that She’d do […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Requiem for a quack

What can one say about a woman who wrote books with titles such as The Cure For All Cancers, The Cure For All Advanced Cancers, The Cure for HIV and AIDS, The Cure For All Diseases, and, most recently, The Cure and Prevention of All Cancers (with bonus DVD)? A woman who stated that a […]