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Dumbest comment of the year from an antivaccinationist?

While I’m recharging a bit from the Christmas festivities yesterday to the point where soon I’ll be able to write a substantive post, full of the Respectful Insolence™ and science or medicine that readers have come to expect, here’s something to amuse (I hope). On Sunday, I wrote a not-so-respectfully insolent takedown of a truly […]

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Humor

The joy of Christmas, take 1: Scared of Santa

It’s Christmas Eve, and nothing says Christmas like Santa Claus. And nothing says Christmas quite as much as the terrified reactions of some little children when they see Santa Claus and realize that they’re Scared of Santa. There are lots more where these two pictures came from here, here, and here. Merry Christmas!

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Complementary and alternative medicine Humor Medicine Popular culture Quackery

Doonesbury on magical thinking

Getting it right once again (click on the image for the whole comic)… I’ve been meaning to do a piece about Head On, but I think I’ve decided that it’s just too ridiculous to bother with, and that’s saying something. After all, this is the blog that regularly posts pictures of a giant enema bottle.

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History Humor World War II

Churchill or Hitler?

You can probably manage to tell a Picasso from a Monet. But can you do the same for Churchill and Hitler? Inquiring minds want to know. The website’s Swiss, and it’s written in German, but you should be able to figure it out. Just click on one of the four painting to get started and […]

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History Humor Politics

What if John Adams had had access to YouTube in 1800?

Would it have looked something like this? And how would Thomas Jefferson have countered? (Hat tip to Spinning Clio.)