Did He Really Say That?

Did Steve Doocy of Fox News really say what I thought he said about Sarah Palin?

Yep. She has "international experience" because Alaska is right up there, you know, next to Russia! Sure. And I must be fluent in French because I don't live that far from Quebec.

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As promised, the Lancet has published a correction to the 2nd Lancet study:
There have been some particularly inane comments regarding Sarah Palin's "experience" including this bit of craziness from Steve Doocy of Fox News (and echoed by Cindy McCain a short time later).
One of the characteristics of defective thinking, particularly of cranks (see theHOWTO) that we've discussed on scienceblogs is their poo
Nature has published a letter (subscription required) from Roberts and Burnham responding to this story.

C'est bon d'apprendre que je pourrais dor�navant commenter en fran�ais ici!

(It's nice to learn that I'll be able to comment in French here, from now on.)
[the translation being intended for people don't living near Quebec, or people not living near people that live near Qu�bec]

But you really should do something about UTF-8 ;-)

I must speak Arabic and Spanish since I live in Alhambra (California).

I liked what Jon Stewart said about her closeness to the North Pole giving her so much knowlege about Santa Claus.