Captain Disillusion
Category: Skepticism
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Greg Laden's Blog
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- NewEnglandBob on Top Ten Internet Videos Countdown: #8
- dhogaza on "Climate Gate" ... the latest scandalous outrages
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- Alcari on CERN: "Atoms ... we smashes them"
- Greg Laden on "Climate Gate" ... the latest scandalous outrages
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I also blog at Quiche Moraine, where you will find interesting restaurant reviews, political trades, and tear jerking memories. Such as:
- - Strong Ideas and Exclusionary Thinking: Obama, Palin and Greek Food in Minneapolis
- - Midori’s Floating World Cafe
- - Dinner at Azia
- - The Black Forest Inn: Anarchists 2; Scientists 1
- - The Hurricane Lantern Effect
- - Maybe We Should Have Elected a White President After All
- - The Day the Right Wing Lost Its Last Shred of Moral Standing
- - My Journey Through Race and Racism (Part I)
- - Fashion at the West Bank’s Bedlam
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- CERN: "Atoms ... we smashes them"
- Top Ten Internet Videos Countdown: #8
- Global Warming Gate Beginning to Cool Down
- We were warned....
- The Cost of College: California
- Increasing Diversity among the college ranks
- "Climate Gate" ... the latest scandalous outrages
- An Interview with Jason Page, Film Maker, about White Man's World
- Crocodile ancestors found in Sahara
- The Free Market, Flu Vaccine and The Role of Gummit
Skepticism:
When John Almost Died of Naturopathy
Category: Skepticism
Recent discussion of Canadian Naturopathy caused this old memory of mine to surface, regarding a friend who nearly died because he had a treatable illness but was attended to only by a Naturopath. A stupid, badly dressed Naturopath who couldn't drive for shit....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:59 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Iraq Army uses magic wands to detect bombs ... instead of physical inspections
Category: Skepticism
Some of the Iraqis are kinda pissed off because some of the magic wands have been purchaced for $60,000 while equally effective magic wands were available for cloer to $18,000.
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:13 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Let's get a few things straight this morning.
Category: Skeptical Skepticism
First off, Major Hasan, the Fort Hood Shooter is not dead. He's in custody, wounded. Interesting how he was dead for much of the day yesterday. You'd think they'd get that straight....
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:10 AM • 58 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I need your help picking out a tee-shirt.
Category: Atheism
I would very much like your help in picking out a tee-shirt to wear around town. Let me tell you about the town, and you'll be able to make an appropriate suggestion....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:00 AM • 53 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The perfect Christmas gift: Telekineses machine!
Category: Skepticism
Calling all skeptics ... So, what's the story with this thing? They seem to be saying it uses Beta Waves. Remember Beta Waves? I wonder if these are a new kind of Beta Waves, or are they the Beta Waves that run my Ouija board?...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:42 PM • 51 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The podcast is available.
Category: Skeptical Skepticism
In case you are interested, the conversation with Desiree Schell, Omar Mouallem, and me talking about "Getting Noticed" on Skeptically Speaking is in podcast form. Here....
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Don't forget to tune in tonight!
Category: Skeptical Skepticism
Big radio show not to be missed.
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Global warming and the Minnesota Moose. Part IIa
Category: Global Warming
This is a continuation of a discussion on the role of Global Warming in the decline of moose populations in Minnesota. It is also a discussion of Global Warming denialism....
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:51 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dara O'Briain sets the record straight
Category: Skepticism
Put them all in a sack and hit them with a stick!...
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:31 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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