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Homeopaths on homeopathy | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk
Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:54 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Homeopaths on homeopathy (MARTIN ROBBINS: THE LAY SCIENTIST) In celebration of World Homeopathy Awareness Week, I've decided to hand my blog over to leading homeopaths and allow them to have their say. After all, the more people know about homeopathy, the better; and who …
Shame works on bankers, MPs and tabloids, however immune they seem | Gaby Hinsliff | Comment is free | The Guardian
Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 6:25 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Why do the corrupt - financially or morally - behave the way they do? In groupos? And are always astounded that others view their behaviour as wrong? Gaby Hincliff takes a perceptive eye to the whole mess.
New Statesman - What do you do with a vile advertisement?
Seeded on Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:28 PM EST (New Statesman Contents)
Today the gambling firm Paddy Power were told that their major "Ladies' Day" advertising campaign could no longer be shown on British television. The company did not take this well, saying:
Disabled people face unlimited unpaid work or cuts in benefit | Society | The Guardian
Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The British government is currently considering some extremely cruel and unfair proposals to exploit the sick and disabled. It is even more cruel when you consider that trying to find a job while you are already disadvantaged by illness and disability becomes even more difficult …
Australian Vaccination Network fights closure | thetelegraph.com.au
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:07 PM EST (thetelegraph.com.au)
Controversial lobby group the Australian Vaccination Network has taken the Health Care Complaints Commission to the Supreme Court over a warning the watchdog issued about the vaccination website.
IPAN – Questionable Treatments for 'PreAutistic' Children | The Quackometer
Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2012 2:47 PM EST (The Quakometer)
Celebrity Melanie Sykes donates game show prize money to questionable autism charity. According to the Sun and Daily Mail today, celebrity Melanie Sykes has won £50,000 on the TV game show The Cube and will be donating the money to the charity International Pre-Autistic …
American Organization Accused of Cheating Chinese Cancer Patients
Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2012 7:54 AM EST (CRIEnglish.com)
Stanislas Burzynski strange (and apparently cure-all) therapy has been slammed once again.
If It Looks Like a Compliment, and Sounds Like a Compliment…Is It Really a Compliment? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:10 PM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
Two weeks ago I was at Science Online 2012, the annual conference for science bloggers and writers in Raleigh, NC. While there, I attended the session on Blogging Science While Female
Complementary medicine courses in universities: how I beat the varsity quacks - Telegraph
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:51 AM EST (Telegraph)
What would you think if your child went off to university to be taught that amethyst crystals “emit high yin energy”? Or that cancer can be cured by squirting coffee up the fundament? What if they were told in a lecture that the heart is not, as medical science has …
Boing Boing will go dark on Jan 18 to fight SOPA - Boing Boing
Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:41 AM EST (Boing Boing)
On January 18, Boing Boing will join Reddit and other sites around the Internet in "going dark" to oppose SOPA and PIPA, the pending US legislation that creates a punishing Internet censorship regime and exports it to the rest of the world.
New Year Brings New Attacks on Evolution in Schools | New Hampshire & Indiana Evolution Proposals | HB 1148, HB 1457 & SB 89 | Evolution in Public Schools | LiveScience
Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 10:28 AM EST (Live Science)
The new year is bringing new controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, with two bills in New Hampshire seeking to require teachers to teach the theory more as philosophy than science. Meanwhile, an Indiana state senator has introduced a bill that would allow schoo …
The Worst Quackery of 2011: Battlefield Acupuncture - Forbes
Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:58 AM EST (Forbes)
Pseudoscience continued to thrive in 2011, making my choice for the worst quackery of the year a difficult one.
LaBarbera Warns That Gay Rights Movement Is "Satan's Plan"
Seeded on Thu Nov 3, 2011 2:25 PM EDT (Right Wing Watch)
If someone did this as a satirical sketch, they would be decried for being completely over the top.
The Biology Files: Huffington Post: Irresponsible mouthpiece for the World of Woo
Seeded on Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:22 PM EDT (the biology files)
Huffington Post is notorious for publishing anti-science garbage. But I don't think anything they've vomited into the Webosphere is as egregiously misleading and anti-scientific as this piece by one Robert A.
Search Term Bingopocalypse
Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:17 AM EDT (Terrribleminds)
Writer Chuck Wendig occasionally dips into the search terms that lead people to his idiosyncratic blog on writing (and babies). Sometimes, those search terms can be very strange indeed, as any blogger will confirm. Warning: contains some profanity.
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
Seeded on Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:30 PM EDT (Neil Gaiman)
Some words of wisdom from the writer of the Series of Unfortunate Events books. Read, mark, inwardly digest. Especially the reminders of historical precedents.
Here Are The Four Charts That Explain What The Protesters Are Angry About...
Seeded on Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:35 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)
Here are a few charts to show just what the Wall Street protesters are angry about. They also explain why the protesters' message is resonating with the country at large... and indeed, much of the developed world.
Unspoken Rules For Women In The United States
Seeded on Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:43 AM EDT (Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.)
Today, after reading the news that the House passed a bill that would allow hospitals to let women to die rather than perform a life-saving abortion, commenter mcstabbypants came up with an idea, "Rules For Women In The United States." Here they are. Pass 'em on.
What 'Obamacare' critics don't tell you | Altoona Herald | desmoinesregister.com
Seeded on Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:19 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)
This may seem horrific to those who live in countries that have a national health scheme.
How safe is the HPV vaccine? New data available. « Dr. Jen Gunter
Seeded on Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:14 AM EDT (Blog)
With all the hysteria surrounding HPV vaccination, it may be useful to read or re-read this thoughtful post by Dr Jen Gunter on studies into the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. There are some antivax activists in the comments, easily spotted by their lack of spelling, …
An interview with Sir Terry Pratchett – Boing Boing
Seeded on Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:31 AM EDT (Boing Boing)
Famed author Terry Pratchett interviewed by friend and famed author Neil Gaiman on the occasion of the publication of Pratchett's latest novel, Snuff.
Pratchett's Snuff: a rural/nautical tale of drawing-room gentility, racism, and justice – Boing Boing
Seeded on Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:44 AM EDT (Boing Boing)
I hates Cory Doctorow for ever because he got to read this book before me. The latest Terry Pratchett offering gets a rave review from Boing Boing. If you're a Sam Vimes fan, as I am, read on...
Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy : The Lancet
Seeded on Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:45 AM EDT (The Lancet)
Richard Horton has asked whether anyone is looking at the effect of the economic crisis on health and health care in Greece, in light of the adverse health effects of previous recessions.
The right wing's favorite virus: The real scandal behind the HPV story | a paper bird
Seeded on Sun Oct 9, 2011 6:30 PM EDT (A Paper Bird blog)
Rick Perry has had a rough month. He started as the right wing’s favorite candidate for President of the U.S, a sort of Reagan redivivus, complete with shellacked hair, crinkly face, and a stable of writers to feed him lines.
We Are All Human Microphones Now | The Nation
Seeded on Sun Oct 9, 2011 1:25 PM EDT (The Nation)
Anyone who’s been down to Occupy Wall Street and stayed for a General Assembly will instantly recognize the call and response that begins, and frequently interrupts, each meeting. “Mic check?” someone implores. “MIC CHECK!” the crowd shouts back, …
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