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Entertainment/culture Medicine Popular culture Television

A medical Jack Bauer

Sadly, today would have been the day that the new season of 24 would have started. Even though after the first five or six episodes last season stunk bad enough to knock the proverbial buzzard off a manure wagon, I’m still a sucker for the show and had high hopes that it could stage a […]

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Entertainment/culture Science fiction/fantasy Television

Open mouth. Insert foot.

Given the way that he’s so successfully resurrected Doctor Who, I had come to believe that Russell T. Davies could do no wrong. I guess I was wrong: The Daily Post is reporting that comments made by Executive Producer Russell T. Davies at the preview screening of Voyage of the Damned have caused quite a […]

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Entertainment/culture Humor Science fiction/fantasy Television

Now that makes for a complicated holiday gathering

If you think spending the holidays with your family is stressful, imagine what it might be like for the Doctor: By the way, I’ve managed to check out the Doctor Who Christmas Special. By and large it’s pretty good; maybe I’ll post a review sometime in the next few days, while I’m taking it fairly […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Entertainment/culture Medicine Popular culture Quackery

Latest celebrity drinking the Kool Aid of vaccine pseudoscience: Donald Trump

As if Jenny McCarthy weren’t enough stupidity in pushing the alleged “link” between vaccines and autism, it looks as though Donald Trump has joined the fray on the side of pseudoscience: In an interview with Palm Beach Politics, Donald Trump offered a controversial opinion on a new topic: autism. The New York-Palm Beach real estate […]

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Entertainment/culture Music Television

The joy of Christmas, take 3: David Bowie and Bing Crosby, two great tastes that taste great together

Bowie and Bing. Christmas. What more needs to be said? Consider this making up for the last Christmas video. Simply awesome.