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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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Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Surgery

Vertebroplasty for compression fractures due to osteoporosis: Modern acupuncture

If there’s one theme that’s run through this blog since the very beginning, it’s that the best medical care should be based on the best science. In other words, I like to think of myself as being far more for science- and evidence-based medicine, than I am against against so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM). […]

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Humor Pseudoscience Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Everything you ever needed to know about conspiracy theories

Too bad it’s missing one big one. There’s nothing about the birther movement there: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. I think that about sums it all up: moon hoax, 9/11, the Illuminati, the Masons. What more could there be?

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Humor Religion

Harness the power of religion

This may be a few months old, but I only just saw it the other night. Seems like it would work: CreedocideUploaded by greenfaace. – See more comedy videos. My only question is: Where is the other major monotheistic religion?

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

The Bad Astronomer apparently gets a more famous class of crank in his comments

I’m soooo envious. Why and of whom am I envious? I’ll tell you. Phil Plait, a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer, attracts a more famous class of antivaccine loon. He’s managed to attract Dr. Joe Mercola himself in the comments of a post about anti-vaccine zealots: If you TRULY are interested in finding out the truth about […]