Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 11.10
- Does Suzanne Somers cause cancer? – From chasmosaur.
- Court vindicates doctor who questioned pregnancy “miracle” report - Remember that study that came out a while back, claiming to show that prayer had a significant effect on infertility? Dr. Bruce Flamm wrote some articles that were critical of the study and it’s finding and was therefore sued by one of the study’s authors. The case has now been thrown out of the courts.
- Penis tissue replaced in the lab – So glad to not see this reported as “Bunnies grow giant human wangs!”
- SMBC’s take on what a creationist horror movie would be like.
While I am not sure if Suzanne Sommers causes cancer, I am certain she causes nausea.
Does that mean that TV Land needs to pre-empt reruns of Three’s Compnay with:
FDA Warning: Exposure to Suzanne Somers may be hazardous to your health.
Next they’ll be telling us that Jenny McCarthy causes autism.
This reminded me …
The saddest thing about that penis-tissue article is that, at some point when this research leads to a cure for human erectile disfunction, the company trying to sell it is going to be unable to reach it’s customers because any mention of the problem itself is going to be filtered …
How about we get Suzanne Somers to star in a creationist horror movie where zombie Christians with penis shaped tumors all over their faces beleive devouring Somers while she’s in the act of prayer will cure them.
@James Fox: Wow, that’s… horrifying.
@Zapski: Religious fools, researchers lying, and Suzanne Somers, yes truly horrifying. Growing a new custom penis…, pot-o-science-gold !
If Suzanne Somers doesn’t cause cancer, she should.
The horrifying thing is–it was someone’s job to cut all those cute little bunnies’ wangs off. Can you imagine? What an awful job…
@fairboxie: They told Lorena Bobbitt the bunnies were philanderers. They didn’t even have to pay her.
Don’t most animal shelters employ a vet to do just that with the stray animals that come in?
Well, okay, the vet cuts off something else, but still …