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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine

David Kirby smacked down–and not by me! (Part 2)

You know, I’m really, really beginning to like this Dr. Rahul Parikh guy. Yesterday, he delivered an absolutely delicious smackdown of that chief propagandist for the mercury militia and antivaccine movement, David Kirby. It was at least seven kinds of awesome, and I was truly grateful to Dr. Parikh for doing it so that I […]

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Cancer Medicine Politics

John McCain a “dead man walking”? Not so fast, ptosis-boys!

It figures. I know, I like to start posts with “it figures,” and maybe I do it too often, but this time it really fits. For a moment I thought I was going to have a lot of egg on my face over this, but just for a moment. Yesterday, I wrote a rather extensive […]

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Announcements

The 96th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle lands

It’s finally here. Once again, the Skeptics’ Circle has landed at another skeptical blog, to spread the joy of reason and critical thinking hither and yon throughout the blogosphere. This time, the 96th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle is at Endcycle, and it’s another fine addition to the growing list of previous meetings. Go forth […]

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Cancer Medicine Politics

John McCain a “dead man walking”? Not so fast

Less than a month ago, I got a bit perturbed by some vile rhetoric written by a left-wing blogger named Matt Stoller, who referred to John McCain as a “crazy, cancer-ridden dishonest madman.” As you recall, I administered a bit of not-so-Respectful Insolence to him. It wasn’t so much because I like John McCain. Indeed, […]

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Entertainment/culture News of the Weird Science

Animal rights activists: Impossible to parody

I’ve written about their antics, both silly and vile, many times before. Animal rights activists in general and PETA in particular. In doing so, I’ve come to the conclusion that they are so far off their rockers that they are simply impossible to parody. Just yesterday, to reinforce that point, PETA wrote an open letter […]