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Holocaust denial Politics

Stomping free speech flat in Austria

Austrian prosecutors think Irving’s jail term is too short: Austrian prosecutors have filed an appeal against the three-year prison sentence handed to the British historian David Irving, arguing that he escaped too lightly for the crime of Holocaust denial. Irving was left stunned and open-mouthed when the sentence was handed down after a one-day trial […]

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Medicine

Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no. 22

Now that my technical problems have resolved, it’s time to do what I do every week and plug the latest edition of Grand Rounds. It’s a blog carnival that’s like Grand Rounds for medical blogging (hence the name), and it collects the best of the medical blogosphere from the last week. I’m a regular contributor […]

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Blog housekeeping

Technical issues (again)

Although the most serious blog problems (such as my not being able to post) appear to be resolved, that doesn’t mean that everything is peaches and cream here at ScienceBlogs. Apparently the servers have been getting slammed by spammers attempting to deluge us with comment spam. Consequently, we have all been asked to tighten our […]

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Evolution Humor Paranormal Pseudoscience

Who says the Flying Spaghetti Monster isn’t real?

His Noodliness walks (or flies) among us, and here’s the evidence. Hey, it’s better than any “evidence” that I’ve seen supporting the existence of UFO’s or ghosts.

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Announcements

Technical problems resolved

Previous technical problems that prevented my posts and your comments from showing up on this blog have now been resolved. Orac is back online. Everything appears to be working as it should, and you should be able to comment again. If you haven’t contributed your own You might be an altie if… idea, now’s the […]