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So, a few people at work were talking about how they were suprised no news-worthy event took place because of the "special significance" of this date: "On Wednesday of this week, April 5th, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 In the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03...

Thought you might find this amusing and/or insightful. This is from the blog of Mimi Smartypants. If you aren't already reading her regularly, you should. Not because she writes about skepticism, generally; just because she is so damn funny.

Did anyone else catch Dawkin's 2-part documentary special on the BBC? It was called The Root of All Evil. Part one was "The God Delusion" and part two was "The Virus Of Faith". I'd link to a bit more info on it but I've got a few more posts ahead of me before I can! Anyways, I was just curious...

Knowing the credulous line TO has often taken towards CAM in the past, I was expecting this to be pretty much in favour of CAMs across the board. However, as well as featuring (as RichardR has pointed out) Ben Goldacre’s piece about homoeopathy, it also features an article about the provision...

"Evolution Schmevolution: A Daily Show Special Report" I would think that John Stewart is one of the good guys. But with a title like that, who knows!

And in a drive to take more of your money, this couple has invented.... Jesus scented candles! See here

Global TV affiliates in Canada will be airing this special on Saturday (10:00 PM). Has this ever aired before elsewhere, and, if so, is it worth tuning in for something that, at least on the surface, appears that it will make John of God seem like the paragon of skeptical journalism?

So what makes the speed of light such a special constant in the universe? Why can't we travel faster than light, without resorting to some “trick” like using wormholes or the like? What is it that actually prevents clever engineers from developing an engine that can break the light...

I’ve been watching the rise of sterling (and the Euro) against the US dollar for the last few weeks and found the commentaries of the financial pundits fascinating. I can remember when sterling dropped below 2 dollars for the first time and as far as I can recollect the pundits were up in...

Apart from shafted, that is...

It seems to just be an emotional propaganda tool for the ant-abortion lobby. Much like the "rape-victim" line used by the pro abortion people. Yeah its kinda gruesome, but its not like the other methods of abortion are fetus freindly. The real issue is viabilty/when is the baby its own...

"Morning Edition" this morning ran a segment on a special Pentagon office which evidently had as it's purpose the collection and forwarding of intelligence directly to the White House, without the usual vetting and analysis applied by "conventional" intelligence agencies. The accusation being...

left reference right reference Robert Novak knows who committed a serious crime. Because he's a journalist, he's not being forced to reveal the person. I thought you only don't have to cooperate if you are MARRIED to someone. I never knew that if you happen to get paid to write about...

... to JJ and others, at a time when they should advocte for orphans and war widows, instead feel the need to defend Saddam from being roughed-up or exploited on television, in order to show WE'RE BETTER THAN SADDAM!.... because we didn't already know that. On behalf of countless men women and...

Re: Rugby World Cup .... Remember your reply many posts ago when I suggested we could change the subject to Rubgy ? Just one thing left to say now, eh ? V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V "SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT" !!! (Nothing paranormal - simply the best team won.)

Listening to the Stern show this morning ( hey it beats NPR) they were talking about how the Rush pill popper story is not barely being reported by the Fox outlets as compared with the coverage from the other news network. I guess Rush is close buddies wh some Fox bigwig (I forget the name)...