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Noooo! Antivaccination nonsense in Michigan!

You know, I keep trying to get away from this topic for a while. But, as Michael Corleone said in The Godfather, Part III, “Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.” I suppose it is unfortunately a measure of the success that antivaccinationists have been having with their public relations […]

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The obligatory holiday weekend Indiana Jones open thread

It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the States. For those of us lucky enough not to be on call, working retail, or otherwise being forced to go to work, it means three days away from work. Although I’ll be working a bit on various protocols and papers, it nonetheless means three days away from the […]

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Entertainment/culture Music

Sunday afternoon YouTube: David Bowie

What better thing to do than to do a little Sunday afternoon YouTube action with my all time favorite artist, David Bowie? This time, it’s one of the best songs in Bowie’s entire catalog.

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A worthy recipient of a Darwin Award

Yesterday’s post sucked all the blogging life out of me for the moment, so here’s a quickie. If there’s anyone who deserves a Darwin Award, it’s this guy here: AUBURN — A man talking on a cell phone while walking Wednesday on railroad tracks was hit by a train and killed. He was the second […]

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Entertainment/culture History Politics Television World War II

Those who use the Neville Chamberlain gambit don’t even know what Neville Chamberlain actually did

This is too hilarious for words. It’s priceless. It’s Chris Matthews applying a little history smackdown–I mean lesson–to an ignorant right wing talk radio host named Kevin James, who was overjoyed at President Bush’s use of the Neville Chamberlain gambit the other day and wanted to take the opportunity to throw the same gambit around […]