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A field guide to biomedical meeting creatures, part 1: Any questions?

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Kids and Santa

I posted this once before a long time ago, but since no one was reading my blog then, I figured I’d post it again. You know, nothing says Christmas like kids sitting on Santa’s lap asking for presents. Too bad some kids are scared of Santa. You know, there are some pathetic Santas in that […]

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A politically correct holiday greetings

Found on the Internets via e-mail: With with the holidays fast approaching, please accept — with no obligation, implied or implicit, on behalf of the wisher or wishee — my best wishes for an environmentally-conscious, socially-responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice, practiced within the traditions and/or within the religious or secular belief(s) […]

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Christmas carols for the the DSM-IV

Via the Internets… Christmas Carols for the DSM-IV Schizophrenia — Do You Hear What I Hear? Multiple Personality Disorder — We Three Kings Disoriented Are Dementia — I Think I’ll be Home for Christmas Narcissistic — Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me Manic — Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and […]

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Holocaust denial Humor Politics

Danish cartoonists have a little fun with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Take a look at this image: At first glance, it looks as though it’s supporting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, doesn’t it? But it’s not. Not really. If you haven’t figured out why yet, you’ll see below the fold: