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Politics Religion

Unclear on the concept

Vacation time! While Orac is off in London recharging his circuits and contemplating the linguistic tricks of limericks and jokes or the glory of black holes, he’s rerunning some old stuff from his original Blogspot blog. This particular post first appeared on October 19, 2005. Enjoy! Somehow I didn’t find out about this story about […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

If you think it’s just about mercury when it comes to vaccines, you’re wrong

Vacation time! While Orac is off in London recharging his circuits and contemplating the linguistic tricks of limericks and jokes or the glory of black holes, he’s rerunning some old stuff from his original Blogspot blog. This particular post first appeared on July 20, 2005. This one seems downright prescient as I read it again. […]

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Skepticism/critical thinking

The 68th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle: London made me forget

From deep in the heart of London, even here on vacation, I couldn’t forget to mention that the 68th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has been posted by Martin over at Aardvarchaeology. This carnival is remarkable for two things: First for Martin’s no nonsense style of presentation; and second, because, thanks to my vacation, I […]

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Anti-Semitism History Holocaust Holocaust denial World War II

Orac attracts a Holocaust denier

Vacation time! While Orac is off in London recharging his circuits and contemplating the linguistic tricks of limericks and jokes or the glory of black holes, he’s rerunning some old stuff from his original Blogspot blog. This particular post first appeared on February 2, 2006. Enjoy! It had to happen sooner or later. I’m only […]

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Biology

Random observations from an American in London: Squirrels

Alright, after being castigated for being a stereotypical American tourist complaining about the service in restaurants in London, here’s an off-the-wall observation that my wife and I have made: Why is it that there seem to be no squirrels in London? We’ve been all over the city now in the last five and a half […]