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Holocaust denial

David Irving on trial for Holocaust denial

Well, today’s the day. After all the waiting, it’s finally here. David Irving is going to stand trial for Holocaust denial in Austria today. Those of you who have read my old blog a while know what a despicable human being I consider David Irving to be. He’s clearly an anti-Semite, most famously having said […]

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Holocaust denial

An interesting take on the use of Holocaust denial in response to the Danish cartoons

As anyone who read my old blog knows, I have some very strong views on free speech, viewing it as the single most important basis of a free society. It is therefore not surprising that I recently commented on the Danish cartoon imbroglio, in which fundamentalist Muslims, outrage stoked by their Imams and by Muslim […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Religion

Reiki is a “sin”?

Many are the times when I’ve pointed out that many “complementary and alternative medicine” CAM or “integrative medicine” (IM) modalities are very much more based on religion or mystical ideas akin to religion than on anything resembling science. I realize that my saying this is nothing new, but every so often I see something that […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

MAHA: The “we’re not antivax” mask has been dropped

Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture

The Four Horseman of the Woo-pocalypse join President Trump to spread autism pseudoscience and quackery

On Monday, the Four Horsemen of the Woo-pocalypse joined President Trump to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy. They couldn’t resist adding antivax misinformation as well.