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• Sex Change Curse

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 155
  Boo! WTF. A communtiy service announcement to the person in Malaysia who stole the ashes of an African witch doctor, return the friggin flowerpot or you are about to have an involuntary sex change! At du Plooy, who is the grandson of the deceased woman witchdoctor, says he is a medium and that dearly departed granny ...
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• Group Promoting Climate Skepticism Has Extensive Ties to Exxon-Mobil

  
  ECO-CAN News — Authority: 138
  A group promoting skepticism over widely-accredited climate change science has a web of connections to influential oil giant Exxon-Mobil, Raw Story has found. The organization is called the  Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change  (NIPCC), apparently named after the UN coalition International Panel ...
  17 hours ago

• Absolve This: Put The Catholic Church Out Of Its Misery

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 462
  Bless you Father for you have sinned… I’ve made no secrets of my feelings towards the Catholic Church, in particular when it comes to its dealings with child abuse. Thus, it was with a certain amount of resignation that I awaited the release last week of a report detailing the Church’s efforts to cover up ...
  22 hours ago

• What a Coincidence!

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 155
  Doh, I cant remember what I told them! Suicide? Murder? Suicide? Murder? Hmm, when a doctor suddenly dies of salad poisoning after spilling the beans about protesters being tortured in Iran’s prisons, you can pretty much suspect foul play. Oh yeah, especially when investigators say they are unsure whether Ramin ...
  1 day ago

• The Biggest Loser is Bad For Your Health, Part 2

  
  Health And Fitness Advice — Authority: 115
  The television show “The Biggest Loser” has little to do with health and fitness, and is far from reality. What it is, is a big business that generates about $100 million per year, business that exploits people and spreads false hope and misinformation about what constitutes a healthy lifestyle.The Wednesday ...
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• Broom Stands on its Own

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 162
  This is an example of why being a skeptic is good. I came down and this broom was standing upright by its own. Well I took two pics and it looks like it is against the fridge (inset image), but it is not. It is in front of the fridge. I took another pic from [...]
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• Global Warming farfromproven

  
  Adiaphora - a prologue to things indifferent. — Authority: 132
  fahrfromprovin fahrfromproven farfromprovin climategate Anybody remember those old Fahrvergnügen commercials? They spawned a whole industry of cheap t-shirts of German-sounding neologisms: Fahrfrompoopin - constipated Fahrfromthinkin - an idiot Fahrfrompukin - partying ...
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• I’m On The 365 Days Of Astronomy Podcast – Again!

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 500
  Many many thanks to Milton Mermikides and Richard Saunders for helping me contribute to the show for the second time! You can catch most of the episodes that the Skeptic Zone podcast have done by checking out an earlier blog entry, ‘ Richard Saunders – On Parsec-Winning 365 Days Of Astronomy Podcast! ‘ ...
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• Copenhagen Countdown: Nick Griffin’s stance backed by academic

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 607
  JUST days before British National Party chairman, Nick Griffin, goes to the Copenhagen summit as the leading political skeptic of man-made climate change, his stance has received the backing of a senior academic in the field. Professor Ian Plimer (left) has called the claim that the planet is threatened by man-made ...
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• 09-12-02

  
  Skeptic.com — Authority: 110
  In this week’s eSkeptic : call to action: Help Skeptic at No Cost to You! upcoming geology tour: A Death Valley Adventure (20 SPOTS LEFT!) year-end clearance: TWO SUPER DEALS! want SKEPTIC for Christmas? Tell a friend! Skepticality: Evolutionary Medicine latest from ...
  2 days ago

• I’m On Skeptically Speaking This Week!

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 500
  Wahhh! Skeptically Speaking is a great show (I keep getting shout-outs on it and I promptly hide behind the couch whenever they happen) – you can hear me and Dr Martin Bridgstock on it this weekend! It will be broadcast live, so you can hear it on the site (please phone in! Or zip in an email with questions!) ...
  3 days ago

• Big Apple Squash

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 155
  Look what happens if you aren’t vigilant when driving in New York! Psst Yeah, yeah Bearman it is a stunt OK! But admit it I had you going for a second? Geez, always the party pooper!
  3 days ago

• Australian Skeptics Award For Toni and David McCaffery

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 500
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_LOMtg2tOo You can read the whole story at the Australian Skeptics website - as soon as this presentation was made, I urged Richard Saunders to make sure it got online. ShareThis
  3 days ago

• Jillian Michaels’ Extreme Fat Burner Gets Terrible Reviews in the Blogosphere

  
  Health And Fitness Advice — Authority: 115
  Do a Bing search for reviews of “The Biggest Loser’s” Jillian Michaels’ Extreme Fat Burner weight loss supplement and you’ll find the results on the first page of Bing agree with the HealthAndFitnessAdvice.com position that this is a product to stay away from.  You’ll find most of these same reviews if ...
  3 days ago

• PLAN for a RANDI Christmas!

  
  SCIENCE-BASED PARENTING — Authority: 120
  The James Randi Education Foundation has begun the “ Season for Reason ” campaign. Their goal is to raise $25,000 for the purpose of creating a web site geared toward teaching critical thinking skills to children. Those who donate at least $100 to the JREF will receive a free “Best of TAM” DVD, featuring ...
  3 days ago

• Seven Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 142
  Image by oxfam international via Flickr Evidence for human interference with Earth’s climate continues to accumulate On November 18, with the United Nations Global Warming Conference in Copenhagen fast approaching, U.S. Senator James R. Inhofe (R-Okla.) took the floor of the Senate and proclaimed 2009 to ...
  3 days ago

• The Skeptic Magazine on Facebook.

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 462
  As you can likely guess from the title, The Skeptic Magazine has a Facebook page . We will be using Facebook increasingly post updates and interesting news on the page, so do click to ‘become a fan’ if you’re interested. The Skeptic on #FB
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• Michael Mann to be investigated over CRU emails

  
  Is It Getting Warmer? — Authority: 119
  It appears that Michael Mann, the Associate Professor of Meteorology from Penn State , will be investigated regarding concerns that were brought up after the release of the East Anglia CRU emails and documents . When I first saw the release for this investigation , it seemed a bit suspicious. It did not contain ...
  3 days ago

• Atheist Christmas cards (Special Offer).

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 462
  The full range of cards can be seen at http://www.cafepress.com/atheistxmas . Famous atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris celebrate Christmas, and they’re not alone. Order of St. Nick, a greeting card publisher specializing in funny and alternative holiday greeting cards, believes that everyone ...
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• New Horror Thrillers From IFC Films

  
  Hellnotes — Authority: 137
  IFC In Theaters, makes independent films available to a national audience by releasing them simultaneously in theaters as well as on cables On Demand platform.
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