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Age of Autism’s “Reporter of the Year” strikes (out) again

I can only guess that being voted Age of Autism’s “Reporter of the Year” went to David Kirby’s head. Of course, the only real competition was Dan Olmsted, who apparently couldn’t find the Clinic for Special Children in Amish country (or, more likely, didn’t bother to look for it) yet bravely claims there are no […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

I have failed

Now that 2009 is about to kick into gear, I have to look back at 2008 one last time to acknowledge one failure. As a backdrop to that failure, I note that the antivaccine propaganda site Age of Autism has posted a series of their People of the Year “awards” for 2008, including, antivaccine luminaries […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

The woo-meister supreme returns, and he’s brought his friends

Here we go again. You know, now that it’s 2009, I had hoped that one of the most irritating people alive would continue his blissful quiet. I’m referring, of course, to Deepak Chopra, that Indian physician who demonstrates that a medical training is no protection whatsoever against pseudoscientific and anti-scientific thinking. Indeed, Chopra goes far […]

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Nominated again!

I realize that I said I would take New Years Day off, but I saw this and felt a brief post was in order. I also realize that some will never believe that it’s not false modesty when I express amazement that so many people show up here day in and day out to read […]

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Happy New Years

Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s hoping that 2009 is better than 2008 was, which, quite frankly (at least for me) sucked big time. In any case, I’m taking the day off. In the meantime, enjoy Jib Jab’s 2008 Year in Review: Not Jib Jab’s best, but still amusing enough. Perhaps it’s appropriate for the year […]