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Californians: Just Say No on Proposition 8
As Sam mentioned the other day, there’s a lot more happening on Election Day than just the presidential race. Californians will be voting on Proposition 8, which, if passed, will take away the rights of gays to marry. Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance had a wonderful essay last week about why this should matter to rational people, so I’ll link…
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SNL Busts on Anti-Vaxxers
Anti-vaccination kooks, yeti hunters, and the Learning Annex all get a smack in the face in the first few very skeptical minutes of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. Happy Sunday everyone!
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Be Healed! It’s Comment o’ the Week!
Happy Friday! The sun is shining, the leaves are turning, and the monkeys are flying (well, at least my new screaming slingshot monkey is). That must mean it’s time for the Comment o’ the Week! Sure, Im A Hedge got multiple noms (nom nom nom) for hilarity, but what else is new? Sorry, IAH, but this week’s prize goes to…
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Ben Stein Gives “Expelled” Four Stars!
In case you were wondering whether or not to buy the DVD of the movie Expelled, the anti-evolution lie-fest hosted by Ben Stein, the producers would really like you to know that a bigtime Hollywood star who was once in three minutes of Ferris Bueler’s Day Off gives this movie his absolute highest recommendation! Yes, that person is also the…
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Why You Should Not Use CareerBuilder.com
Lots of people emailed me a ridiculous article on CNN’s site about what your zodiac sign says about your job. Because journalism is dead, CNN allows an advertiser (in this case, CareerBuilder.com) to hire a bonehead (in this case, Rachel Zupeck) to write an “article” that is really just a platform for promoting the business. Well guess what, CareerBuilder.com? Now…
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Reminder: Boston Skeptics in the Pub tonight!
So, the point of this post is to remind you all that Boston Skeptics in the Pub is happening tonight(!) at 7pm at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square. Our speaker is Sid Rodrigues of London Skeptics in the Pub. He’ll be talking about that, plus something about Tigger losing his boing, which I believe is something perverted. Also, he has…
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Comment! O! The! Week!
Is it Friday? Already? I guess that means it’s time for a short-and-sweet Comment o’ the Week! I’ve got a whole lot going on this week, as I’m sure some of you have guessed (particularly those who follow me on Twitter and Facebook), so I’ll cut to the chase. I didn’t consider any comments left in response to this month’s…
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The Bigfoot Hoaxers are Back! (An Illustrated Post)
First, the bad news: those idiot con artists who tried to peddle a Halloween costume off as the real body of Bigfoot are back. Now, the good news: I drew a comic about it instead of writing a blog entry. My conjoined twin Jeffrey Rowland of Overcompensating made a general request for guest-drawn comics this week, and I was inspired.…
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