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Medicine

A new blog carnival

I’m actually surprised to find this out, but up until now there was a noticeable lack as far as medical blog carnivals go. Sure, we have Grand Rounds, but that’s a general medical carnival that covers every specialty and all issues that relate to medicine. Although it’s usually chock full of great blog material, Grand […]

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History Holocaust Politics Religion

Whoever thought this would be a good idea?

Sometimes people come up with ideas that are just so mind-bogglingly inappropriate that I have a hard time grasping them. Case in point, recently Polish authorities granted permission by a local theater group to perform Jesus Christ Superstar at an old Nazi death camp: POLISH authorities have withdrawn permission for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar […]

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Movies Science fiction/fantasy

New Star Trek movie to be released in 2008

According to Trek Today: Paramount Pictures announced today that Lost creator J.J. Abrams will co-write, produce and direct the eleventh Star Trek film, set for release in 2008. According to an article in the Daily Variety, the new film will be a prequel to the original Star Trek series, featuring younger versions of characters like […]

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Humor Religion

What better way to start the weekend than with a Jack Chick parody?

This Jack Chick parody is a bit incoherent at times, but parts of it are still pretty amusing nonetheless. I’m still not entirely sure what it’s about, and maybe someone can help me out there. This particular parody seems to be a parody put together from more than one Chick tract. However, one of them […]

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Medicine

The Skeptics’ Circle is coming

OK, skeptics, listen up! Bora’s set to host the 33rd Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle over at Science and Politics on next Thursday, April 27. If you haven’t already done so, this weekend is the perfect opportunity to submit your best skeptical blogging to Bora before 5 PM EDST on Wednesday, April 26. Bora has […]