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The second hundred Meetings of the Skeptics’ Circle begin

Having finally hosted the Skeptics’ Circle myself last week after a long absence and having had a blast doing it to celebrate the 100th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle, I know it’s time for me once again to turn over the reins to the next host, who will inaugurate the beginning of what will (I […]

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Is Jenny McCarthy a danger to the world?

You know what my answer to this question would be. But what about puppet Steve Colbert’s answer? He disagrees. Or does he: “Now sure, she’s not the kind of expert who relies on facts and figures….She knows what she feels is true. She’s that kind of expert.” Heh. Oh, damn. PZ beat me to this. […]

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The day after Thanksgiving: A bit of reading for you–and a “framing” response

Believe it or not, sometimes even Orac has a life. I know, I know, between the ridiculously logorrheic blogging here and other online activities, coupled with even more ridiculous long hours working at his day job, it’s hard to conceive. However, my wife and I had a whole passel of relatives over, several of whom […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Continuing the theme from yesterday one last time this week and bringing our long disused blog mascot front and center, I wish all my readers a happy Thanksgiving!

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Be afraid, be very afraid…

…EneMan thinks he’s “too sexy”: Unfortunately, someone else is claiming EneMan as her mascot: We can’t have that. Remember, EneMan has been this blogs mascot since December 2004. Maybe he’s getting restless because he hasn’t been featured very often the last couple of years. I wonder if I should remedy that…