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Skeptical Inquirer 32:1
2008-05-27 12:45:00 The latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer (32:1) has been released, and as usual there are a bunch of free online articles from the new mag: "Exciting UFOs Become Bland IFOs", by Joe Nickell. "A Darwinian View of a Hostile Atheist", by Irwin Tessman. "Chiropractic: A Profession Seeking Identity", by Samuel Homola, and "A Skeptical Consumer's Look at Chiropractic Claims: Flimflam in Florida?", by Bruce Thyer and Gary Whittenberger. "The Difference between Hahnemann and Darwin", by U. Kutschera. "One Large Defeat for Science in Canada", by Gary Bauslaugh. Full details of the entire contents available at the SI website.
European Union Skeptical of Closure Case In Turkey
2008-05-01 15:49:00 There is growing concern in many European nations over efforts by defenders of secularism in Turkey to use the court system in an effort to destroy the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) whose leaders are accused of seeking to impose a strict Muslim code of behavior on the nation. Guther Krichbaum, chair of an EU ...
Blockbuster Offers $1.35 Billion For Skeptical Circuit City
2008-04-15 00:53:00 Blockbuster Offers $1.35 Billion For Skeptical Circuit City Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, said he would assist in backing Blockbuster in its quest to pick up the electronics and computer retail giant.http://www.informationwee-k.com/news/sho...
Skeptical monkey
2008-04-08 11:52:00 Sent in by Ted GoasI hope my testimonial is short and sweet. I was raised by two educated, traditional parents in the New York metro area of the U.S. I was introduced to, schooled in, and eventually confirmed Lutheran. At no point was I ever enthusiastic about my religion or going to church. But like many others I took religious teachings at face value, went through the motions and believed what I read in the Bible.But then I went to graduate school, which turned out to be my turning point. There I learned to question things, filter out bad information, ask for proof, and basically ask “Says who?”During this time I watched a documentary and heard this quote from Michael Shermer: “Smart people come to revisit things they learned for not-smart reasons,” or something to that effect. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.It made me realize that children can’t control how they’re raised. But we can re-evaluate what we were conditioned to think. After doing so, my s...
By: ExChristian.net
Hopefully Romantic
2008-04-06 06:23:00 Is this happiness, I wonder Or just a spell you’ve put me under? Is now the time to sing and smile And leave the bleakness for a while? Is here the often dreamt-of place Where I can always touch your face? Dare I believe that life’s this kind, That it now offers peace of mind? Have I just finally begun To understand that two ...
Be skeptical
2008-03-20 15:52:00 Few days back I received an email claiming link between drinking cold drink after meal and cancer. Another friend did some research and responded with another email claiming the above is a myth.Today I received another email forwarded by a friend on some claims that some hawkers melt plastic such as drinking straws or plastic container into hot oil so as to have fried crispy snacks remain crispy for hours. I didn't manage to find strong arguments that this is untrue, but ... may be that's because it was just reported in a newspaper quite recently, near end of February. Or may be it is true, but I doubt so.I don't mind reading such emails. False information is still a piece of information. However, I mostly don't forward them to others. Especially if the article encourage one to do so.In this information explosion era, we have to be skeptical with all these information. Not only those myth-like information, but also those myth-buster type. Take for example, in the above first ca...
Justices Appear Skeptical Of D.C.?s Handgun Ban
2008-03-19 05:56:00 A majority of the Supreme Court indicated a readiness yesterday to settle decades of constitutional debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment by declaring that it provides an individual right to own a gun for self-defense. Such a finding could doom the District of Columbia’s ban on private handgun possession, the country’s toughest gun-control ...
By: Gun News
Google Pitches Media Buying "Dashboard" To Skeptical Ad Agencies
2008-03-10 16:31:00 Many people think that Google is a search engine. That's true but it's only part of a much larger story that Google is developing. Indeed, the company increasingly sees itself as a diversified media buying platform. Already print newspaper ad buying,
By: mini wisdom
U.S. reportedly skeptical about the dirty bomb allegation
2008-03-05 22:47:00 ABC News has reported that U.S. authorities remain deeply skeptical about Colombia's charges that FARC was seeking to obtain materials for a dirty bomb. According to ABC, U.S. law enforcement officials want to scrutinize the entire cache of Raul Reyes-related computer documents to assess them for their impact on U.S. drug trafficking cases against FARC. Clearly the U.S. will also want to review the computer data bases to assess for themselves whether the data backs up Colombia's claims about FARC...(read more)
The Hopeful And The Skeptical
2008-03-01 15:30:00 When a person puts on a new position in his portfolio he is both hopeful and skeptical. Mostly he is hopeful because he has done everything that the Wall Street mavens have told him to do. His research has been impeccable. He knows all about the P/E ratio, what the sector is doing, the cash ...
By: cash For Debt
Judge in Bonds case skeptical of Novitzky (Yahoo! Sports)
2008-02-11 04:15:00 IRS investigator’s conduct in collecting evidence in BALCO case has raised the ire of Judge Susan Ilston. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Barbara Walters and The View Skeptical of Sam Lutfi Call, Britney Spears in
2008-01-28 20:11:00 This is why I LOVE Barbara Walters. Because, when she got a call from Sam Lutfi (yes SHE got the call, not her calling him), in which Lutfi tells her that Britney Spears is now in “treatment”, guess what Walters says? “I don’t know if anybody is telling the truth or not telling the truth.” Couldn’t ...
SHALLOW GREENIE ATTACK ON A PROMINENT SKEPTICAL SCIENTIST
2008-01-28 04:51:00 I reprint an excerpt from the attack below (from the Greenie “Grist” site) followed by some comments from various sources Unstoppable disinformation every 15 minutes from Fred Singer by Joseph Romm So Kansas state House member Larry Powell has sent a copy of Fred Singer’s lame denier treatise, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, to every Kansas legislator. ...
How Skeptical Are You?
2008-01-15 05:14:00 **You Are Very Skeptical* Image: http://www.blogthingsimages.com-/howskepticalareyouquiz/skeptic-al-1.jpg Your personal motto is: "Prove it." While some ideas, like life after death, may seem nice... You aren't going to believe them simply because it feels good. You let science and facts be your guide... Even if it means you don't share the beliefs of those around you. *How Skeptical Are You?* Blogthings - How Skeptical Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/hows-kepticalareyouquiz/)*
Supreme Court Skeptical Of Lethal Injection Challenge
2008-01-07 22:59:00 The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing today to lawyers challenging the use of lethal injections to carry out executions in the United States. The lawyers argued to the court that the three-chemical compound used in the injection causes inmates to die a painful death. If these three drugs are “properly administered,” the inmate should die ...
By: The Hot Joints
Skeptical Scientists Urge World To ‘Have the Courage to Do Nothing' At UN
2007-12-13 01:38:00 Global warming nut jobs are dealt yet another embarrassing blow. Read the whole thing.BALI, Indonesia - An international team of scientists skeptical of man-made climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore, descended on Bali this week to urge the world to "have the courage to do nothing" in response to UN demands. Lord Christopher Monckton, a UK climate researcher, had a blunt message for UN climate conference participants on Monday."Climate change is a non-problem. The right answer to a non problem is to have the courage to do nothing," Monckton told participants."The UN conference is a complete waste of our time and your money and we should no longer pay the slightest attention to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,)" Monckton added.You know the good thing about not believing in global warming is similar to the good thing about believing in God: even if you're wrong it doesn't matter. In the case of God - if it did turn out that everythi...
Skeptical: Only 18% Of Americans Believe Intel Report On Iran
2007-12-07 21:07:00 I am glad to see that I’m not alone in my skepticism of the recently released N.I.E. concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The report claims that Iran halted it’s covert nuclear weapons program back in 2003. However, since it took U.S. intelligence more than a decade to discover they had such a program in the first ...
By: The Hot Joints
Fred Thompson: We should be skeptical of the NIE
2007-12-05 19:56:00 Fred speaks for many Americans on the latest NIE report…via Fred08.com The accuracy of the latest NIE on Iran should be received with a good deal of skepticism. Our intelligence community has often underestimated the intentions of adversaries, including Saddam Hussein?s Iraq and North Korea. And are all of the CIA detractors now going to take ...
Are Your Customers Scared, Scarred Or Skeptical?
2007-11-28 00:00:00 Whether you are marketing on-line or off-line, your potential customers are scared, scarred, and skeptical these days; meaning they are overwhelmed. Consumers are becoming resistant to sales messages. In the mid 80’s, a store could run a “20% off” sale and people would flock in. Then the big stores got into the discounting mentality. Now it ...
The Media is Skeptical But Paul's Supporters Believe He Could Have a Real S
2007-11-19 00:56:00 Pundits and rivals have dismissed Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign as a joke, saying he's a fringe candidate with no shot of getting elected. Dr. Paul indeed may not win the White House, but the plain-spoken libertarian is now laughing ? all the way to the bank. Riding the strength of his zealous supporters, his campaign pulled in more than $4.2 million in a Web-based fundraiser Nov. 5, breaking the single-day GOP record. That record may not stand for long. Dr. Paul's backers plan a fundraising blitz Dec. 16 with a goal of $10 million ? $100 donations from 100,000 people ? in commemoration of the Boston Tea Party, which helped spark the American Revolution. Dr. Paul wants a similar seismic change in today's society. "The message of freedom is powerful," said Jesse Benton, spokesman for Dr. Paul's campaign. "It's unifying. People are getting our message at a time when the government is moving away from personal freedoms." Flush with cash, Dr. Paul now aims to make in...
Press Play
2007-11-18 10:13:00 Press Play Possess the night, convince the day To let you take over this game And in the end redeem your name Shake the flames and debris off Although the sun and moon might scoff At your audacity to try To plead with eyes that will not cry Tell your feet to start the dance With circumscribable happenstance Take her hand, twirl her around Hold her ...
Despite Gain in Jobs Data, Wall Street Is Skeptical
2007-11-03 18:47:00 A robust employment report offered investors a pleasant surprise yesterday, but some thought it was too good to be true. The economy added 166,000 jobs in October, the fastest pace in five months, the Labor Department said. But anxious investors cast doubt on the report and sent stock markets down much of the day as the outlook for fourth quarter remained cloudy. Analysts said the job gain in October meant that the Federal Reserve would be less likely to cut interest rates again when it meets in December despite fears of rising energy prices, weaker spending and a worsening housing slump. "Sooner or later these big problems out there - credit, housing, and oil - are going to catch up with us," said Nigel Gault, chief United States economist at Global Insight. "We can't keep running forever on this two-track economy, where housing collapses and everything else just carries on like nothing else is happening."
Jardin de Miramar
2007-09-27 17:16:00 This is where my friend’s wedding will be held. It’s the Paradiso area in Jardin de Miramar in Antipolo. Now I’m really getting excited about the wedding. It turns out that when you’re helping the bride plan the wedding, along with her maids of horror and her other whoresmaids (the bride’s words ), you start ...
Judgment Day/The Unsaved
2007-09-12 01:28:00 I’ve broken every vow I gave To those whose souls I cannot save To those who’ve earned, in retrospect, Not one ounce of life’s respect To manifest one’s innocence One must appear to have some sense Of what is right and what is wrong And what it takes to stand so strong Or else the judge of circumstance Will deprive one of the chance To ...
The darnedest thing!
2007-09-10 23:08:00 My friend, cynic extraordinaire, the antithesis of the hopeless romantic, a bona fide player, beats every man at every game…is getting married! Oh, shit! The apocalypse could be just around the corner! You might say I’m overreacting, but you don’t know this girl. She has been a cynic since she was a teenager. This ...
Poll finds Europeans skeptical that new U.S. president to improve trans-Atl
2007-09-07 12:23:00 Among the survey’s other findings: _ Americans and Europeans both expressed misgivings about a resurgent Russia. Asked about Russia’s behavior toward its neighbors, 69 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Europeans noted concern. _Fifty-four percent of Americans and 48 percent of Europeans saw China as more of an economic threat than an opportunity. Half the Americans ...
By: 1913 Intel
God?s supplication
2007-09-07 03:37:00 Three knocks. The sound of shuffling feet. A whisper that sounded like the wind asking for permission to pass through. Raven. I opened the door to find a man in an Armani suit and a pair of loafers custom made for him by the local cobbler. Oh, him. I was expecting the suit, but the ...
Senators skeptical on Iraq's security
2007-09-05 07:49:00 1. This artical was just a small part on what has happened over here since the beginning of 2003 and hasn't stopped since. Is there an end? My opinion is no...
By: Get rich
The Las Vegas Challenge: It Pays To Be Skeptical
2007-08-11 21:26:00 We’ve touched on the Las Vegas real estate market numerous times before and still remain optimistically bullish on the area and its vast future prospects. As the desert oasis continues to be a mecca for all types of tourists – gamblers, families, and thrill seekers alike – the area’s economy continues to thrive around both the tourism and the businesses required to support that diverse industry. (...)
Skeptical About Pennsylvania Foreclosure Homes?
2007-07-31 19:46:00 By the end of 2007, more than one million home owners will lose their homes to foreclosure, adding to the million foreclosure homes recorded last year. This presumption was actually based on the number of subprime loans taken out during the most recent housing boom and with the poor performance of the subprime loan industry; most states are scrambling to reduce the foreclosure numbers.
Addressing Skeptical Concerns
2007-06-28 15:59:00 I started answering a comment from Grit on a previous post here, titled “For Some, Doubt Is Enough”, and it grew quite large, so I’m just posting it here: The problem is not with people being willing to accept credible arguments, but, rather, with knowing which arguments are credible. I can accept that. May Tome just has ...
By: Reasic
Invest Skeptically
2007-06-24 09:45:00 I recently came across Invest Skeptically by Thomas Kim. Although Thomas is new to blogging, he’s an affluent investor judging from his initial posts. I’m always on a look out for online mentors, and Thomas fits the bill perfectly. His writing resembles one of my favourite authors, John Lawrence Reynolds, of The ...
By: Financial Jungle
Cambodia: Bloggers still skeptical of Khmer Rouge tribunal after agreement
2007-06-10 23:29:00 After continuous delays in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia’s (ECCC’s) tribunal proceedings, the United Nations and the Cambodian Bar Association reached an agreement last week on how much the CBA can charge volunteer tribunal attorneys. Although this is a step forward in securing transitional justice for Cambodians, international bodies and the Cambodian ...
NY LEGIS SKEPTICAL ABOUT RED LIGHT CAMS
2007-05-29 23:56:00 As well they should be. They’re hearsay evidence and by so stating in court, you can beat any ticket issued via so-called camera evidence. Another typical waste of valuable police and court resources, and flat out illegal. But what else is new in Buffalo, where there are 40,000 vacant houses waiting demolition while being used ...
Europeans Highly Skeptical About The iPhone
2007-04-27 21:49:00 In the very unscientific poll I took while attending the S60 Summit in Madrid this week, most Europeans I spoke with said the iPhone is “worthless without 3G.” They are also unconvinced that the touchscreen interface will allow them to send SMS messages quickly. Will the iPhone be DOA overseas? read it here informationweek
By: iPhonetunes
Yet Another Skeptical Global Warming Documentary Ignored by American Media
2007-04-11 03:34:00 Climate Catastrophe Cancelled: What You’re Not Being Told About the Science of Climate Change Posted by Noel Sheppard - NewsBusters.org Contrary to claims that the science of climate change has been settled, the causes of the past century’s modest warming is highly contested in the climate science community. The climate experts presenting [sic] in the video demonstrate ...
Russia Skeptical About Iran Announcement
2007-04-10 17:50:00 Iran said Monday it has begun operating 3,000 centrifuges - nearly 10 times the previously known number. Russia said it had not received confirmation of the claim.Iranian officials said on Monday Iran had started injecting gas into a batch of 3,000 atomic centrifuges being installed at Natanz. They gave no figures for the number of machines set up and running, saying U.N. inspectors would confirm numbers.Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said in a statement."We haven't got a confirmation yet that they have actually begun uranium enrichment at the new cascades,'' of centrifuges."Iran's enrichment activity, until now at an experimental level, has drawn international criticism, including from Russia, its closest big power ally. The U.N. Security Council has slapped sanctions on Iran for not stopping the work.Russia has developed close economic ties with Iran and is building its first nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr.Tensions over the nuclear row ...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Skeptical Conspiracy Theories Answered
2007-03-23 15:11:00 Here at Reasic, I like to try to answer any and all objections, no matter how nonsensical. Today, I was provided with an example of such an argument. A visitor named “R Boutiere” left a long, one paragraph comment that was littered with unsupported data, unverified assertions, logical fallacies (mainly straw man arguments), and general ...
By: Reasic
U.K.'s Cameron Skeptical of 'Surge'
2007-03-14 06:58:00 LONDON, March 13 -- Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Tuesday said he was 'skeptical' of President Bush's 'surge' of troops into Iraq, saying sectarian bloodshed could be curbed only through political negotiations among Iraq's rival ethnic
By: Get rich
Reality-Based Community Skeptical of Discovery of Jesus' Tomb
2007-03-08 12:31:00 As news broke of James Cameron's supposed discovery of Jesus' tomb, most in the reality-based community reacted with skepticism. While some Christians acknowledged that Cameron's claim challenged the very core of their faith, most atheist bloggers appeared to regard the news with minimal interest. At first glance, this might appear surprising. After all, wouldn't atheists be expected to celebrate the death knell of Christianity?As you have almost certainly heard by now, the big news involved claims by filmmaker James Cameron that his upcoming documentary on the Discovery Channel reveals the tomb of Jesus and his family. This claim, if it can be shown to be true, would challenge the Christian dogma surrounding the physical resurrection of Jesus.So why are many atheists dismissing this news as being relatively unimportant? I believe the answer lies in our rationalist nature. I'm not here to claim that atheists are necessarily rationalists, but I readily identify myself as such. A...
Skeptical Inquirer
2007-02-10 07:01:00 For a fast-growing number of discriminating persons, the Skeptical Inquirer magazine is a welcome breath of fresh air separating fact from myth in the flood of occultism and pseudoscience on the scene today.
SHANNON, Ireland (AP) - Americans’ skeptical view of t
2007-01-13 17:17:01 SHANNON, Ireland (AP) - Americans’ skeptical view of the Iraq war won’t change until they see progress there, but the United States won’t “pull the plug” on the conflict, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. Rice would not detail any backup strategy if President Bush’s new plan to turn around the war comes up short, or if the Iraq government fails to hold up its end. Full Story Here: Rice: U.S. Won’t ‘Pull the Plug’ on Iraq Well, it took almost 4 years for THIS plan to be hatched, don’t rush ‘em, they’ll think of something, it’ll come to ‘em eventually, it might be called alternate plan ‘B’, version 359 but it’ll happen and right up until the time the movers are there taking his things OUT of the White House, Bush will STILL be telling us how this is going to work and the Iraqis are only 3 or 4 billion dollars and another thousand or so AMERICAN lives away from standing up on t...
By: TexasFred's
Republicans growing more skeptical of the President
2006-09-18 16:09:02 The New York Times had an interesting article on Friday.Mr. Bush has plenty of supporters in this Denver suburb and the surrounding cities, an evenly divided swing district that is a bellwether in the battle for control of the House. But interviews over the last three days here found Republicans, Democrats and independents all expressing degrees of skepticism about Mr. Bush?s motives in delivering a set of high-profile speeches on terrorism and the war in Iraq two months before Election Day.If the Republicans want to chart a new course on Iraq, Chuck Hagel is the the man for the job. |
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