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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Television

Media medicine: Arghh!

I sometimes wonder if those doctors who do health segments for various TV news outlets are “real” doctors, given the sorts of things they actually say. Oh, Dr. Dean Edell is a pretty evidence-based guy most of the time (one of his finest moments being his takedown of Dr. Lorraine Day on the air), but […]

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Entertainment/culture Movies Politics Religion Television

People unclear on the concept

Why is it that the concepts of freedom of religion and freedom of speech seem so hard for some people to understand? Witness a truly idiotic attempt to prevent someone from appearing on TV simply because he is a Scientologist: March 31, 2007 — – A German official is demanding that John Travolta be uninvited […]

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Science fiction/fantasy Television

Doctor Who returns!

I have to wonder what we Anglophiles did before the invention of BitTorrent. I guess we probably waited months or years for the best British TV to make its way across the pond, usually to be shown on PBS, if at all. Now, I can look forward to the return of one of my favorite […]

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Entertainment/culture Evolution Science Television

I feel the need for a Guinness after this ad…

Hmmmm. Guinness… (Via RichardDawkins.net.)

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Entertainment/culture News of the Weird Television

24: Jack Bauer versus Aqua Teen Hunger Force

I have to admit, I don’t quite “get” the whole Aqua Teen Hunger Force thing (I’m either too old or too uncool, I guess), but, as a certified 24 addict, I found this to be a rather amusing take on the terror scare caused by an ill-fated ad campaign in Boston a couple of weeks […]