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The 121st Skeptics' Circle"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv xmlns\u003d\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PqiPgKVm1uI/Ss1UpWuG7WI/AAAAAAAABEk/0SmJCrQ8j7c/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg?imgmax\u003d800\" style\u003d\"float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 800px;\" /\u003eGood evening and thank you for watching W.E.B.S., your Fox news-alternative.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere at W.E.B.S., we've been closely following a story many of you may not be aware of.\u0026nbsp; Tonight we will go into detail as we examine the Skeptic Threat!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlready, some have been made aware of Skeptics and their condescending, know-it-all-ism.\u0026nbsp; The way they make the rest of us feel stupid for taking our over-the-counter Dr. Mbeki's homeopathic A.I.D.S. remedies.\u0026nbsp; They also seem to mingle with another crowd -- the Atheists.\u0026nbsp; A recent article by recognized Skeptic, Karen Stollznow even addresses \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/when_the_beatles_were_bigger_than_jesus_christ/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eWhen the Beatles were Bigger than Jesus Christ\u003c/a\u003e!\u0026nbsp; Can this scourge be stopped?\u0026nbsp; It's as if there are rationalists around every corner!\u0026nbsp; They even challenge the very foundations of our country by suggesting that the socially unacceptable practice of Atheism is tenable.\u0026nbsp; A writer called \"One Brow\" has even gone so far as to challenge the logic of \u003cu\u003eThe Last Superstition\u003c/u\u003e in a post entitled \u003ca href\u003d\"http://lifetheuniverseandonebrow.blogspot.com/2009/10/review-of-tls-preface.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eReview of TLS -- a preface\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Skeptics -- as they willingly call themselves, will challenge all manners of concepts regardless of how many of us know them to be true.\u0026nbsp; The recent scientific study finally proving the violent dangers of giving sugar to children has even been challenged by Andrew Bernardin who published a post entitled \u003ca href\u003d\"http://evolvingmind.info/blog/2009/10/dangerous-science-threat-level-cherry-red/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eDangerous Science Threat Level:\u0026nbsp; Cherry Red\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; Not only does he mock the very alt-science he worships, he mocks our gracious benefactor Emperor Bush.\u0026nbsp; Next, these people will be doubting the maquaque study linking Hep B vaccines to autism!\u0026nbsp; It doesn't stop there.\u0026nbsp; Mattus Maximus even questions the recognised medical genius of the heretic Bill Maher in an article he's written called \u003ca href\u003d\"http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/blasphemy-day-bill-maher-and-free-inquiry/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eBlasphemy Day, Bill Maher, and Free Inquiry\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; In a time where truth is just a click away at Conservapedia, these Skeptics even have the gall to suggest that newspapers still have a place in the media market place.\u0026nbsp; Socratic Gadfly suggests they have a role left to play in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-newspapers-arent-dead-yet-and-they.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eNo, newspapers aren't dead yet, and they probably aren't that close\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; Hopefully this doesn't suggest the reappearance of the peer-reviewed journal!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat else do Skeptics believe.\u0026nbsp; You might be surprized.\u0026nbsp; Stay tuned after the break.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWelcome back.\u0026nbsp; We here at W.E.B.S., your Fox news-alternative, take your family's welfare very seriously.\u0026nbsp; We recommend that, if there are children in the room, you take them out for the next 10 minutes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe all know and love ghosts.\u0026nbsp; Whispy, fun-loving and adorable.\u0026nbsp; They're a part of our lives.\u0026nbsp; How would your children take it if someone was to walk up to them and claim there might not be ghosts after all.\u0026nbsp; The looks on their faces would break any mother's heart.\u0026nbsp; Two Skeptics seem to claim that there might not be ghosts!\u0026nbsp; One Skeptic called \"Bing McGhandi\" openly mocks the very types of evidence used to prove the existence of ghosts in an entry entitled \u003ca href\u003d\"http://hjhop.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-ghost-hunt.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eMy Ghost Hunt...\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; Mockery is one thing when it comes from someone claiming to be a hypno-toad but it is another coming from a human being.\u0026nbsp; Cubic's Rube writes an article purporting to explain how some things, like evidence of ghosts, are discovered -- \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cubiksrube.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/anomaly-hunting/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eAnomaly Hunting\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; This article even questions the existence of UFOs!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe science of Creationism has been widely accepted for years now.\u0026nbsp; Thanks to Emperor Bush and the brave souls in the Texas Board of Education and their kindred spirits, the heretic teachings of Charles Darwin are all but forgotten -- unless you're a Skeptic.\u0026nbsp; In his post \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.theexaminingroom.com/2009/10/dialogues-with-darwin-exhibit/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eDialogues with Darwin Exhibit\u003c/a\u003e, Dr. Charles waxes on about just how valuable Charles Darwin was to science.\u0026nbsp; Funny.\u0026nbsp; Even though we all know the world was created in 6 days, these people still hold on to these out-moded beliefs.\u0026nbsp; Evolutionists!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThink this threat is a small one.\u0026nbsp; Think again.\u0026nbsp; They are meeting up and using our technology.\u0026nbsp; They might even be sitting right next to you.\u0026nbsp; PodBlack is sending recommendations to skeptical bloggers in her post \u003ca href\u003d\"http://podblack.com/2009/09/the-process-of-skeptical-blogging-the-bridge/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eThe Process of Skeptical Blogging -- The Bridge\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; These radicals are using technology to their advantage.\u0026nbsp; Not only that, they are organizing and having meetings.\u0026nbsp; A character called \"TechSkeptic\" brazenly writes about his attendance at a Skeptic conference right in New York City!\u0026nbsp; \u003ca href\u003d\"http://techskeptic.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-weekend-at-necss.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eMy weekend at NECSS\u003c/a\u003e tells of an event with numerous Skeptics in attendence.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, how can you keep your kids from growing up and dabbling in Skepticism?\u0026nbsp; The process is as simple as it is traditional.\u0026nbsp; Keep going to church.\u0026nbsp; Lend a steady hand when they falter and actually ask questions.\u0026nbsp; Make sure they take the Bible with them to science class every day and take their homeopathic medications.\u0026nbsp; Most importantly, stay tuned, here, to W.E.B.S. -- your Fox news-alternative.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePhoto by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammza/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003edhammza\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4977309212311534399-4557948862914154694?l\u003dwww.themadskeptic.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/feeds/4557948862914154694/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4977309212311534399\u0026postID\u003d4557948862914154694\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/4557948862914154694"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/4557948862914154694"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/2009/10/alive-at-five-121st-skeptics-circle.html","title":"Live at Five! 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float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;'/\u003eThis doesn't happen everyday:  my work-world intersects with my skeptical-world.  Well, that is to say skeptical topics usually don't rear their heads on a daily basis here in the lab.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eLast Thursday, that changed.  I really can't say too much about the samples other than they were round little pills in small bottles which were labeled \"small pox\" and \"anthrax\".  I don't know how they were found but they were tested for biological activity and were found to be negative.  They were then passed to us to analyze.  We tend to be a lab stuff gets sent to when someone asks \"\u003cspan style\u003d'font-style: italic;'\u003ewhat the hell is this stuff?\u003c/span\u003e\"\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eWhen I saw the pills (which more closely resembled white buckshot), I immediately thought of homeopathy pills.  I had heard that they were round sugar pills.  I did a quick internet search and, sure enough, they did resemble the photos I saw.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eUnfortunately for me, I didn't get to do the analysis.  The samples came in at the end of the day and I was leaving for a fishing trip to \u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://www.visitlakegeorge.com/'\u003eLake George, NY\u003c/a\u003e (I almost got skunked) so my co-worker did the analysis using our \u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_spectroscopy'\u003eFourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy\u003c/a\u003e microscope (FTIR).  I read over her report this morning.  Wouldn't you know it -- one pill was sucrose and the other was lactose!  Sugar pills!\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eHere's the important part -- there was nothing else.  That's it.  Zip.  Nadda.  Nothing.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eNot a surprise for me or the lab really but it might be a surprise for some misguided individual if they started dying from small pox or anthrax.  Last I knew, sugar doesn't kill\u003cspan style\u003d'font-style: italic;'\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax'\u003eBacillus anthracis\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/i\u003eor\u003ci\u003e \u003c/i\u003e\u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_pox'\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariola vera\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003ePhoto by \u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/'\u003epasukaru76\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4977309212311534399-6890675293013747507?l\u003dwww.themadskeptic.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/feeds/6890675293013747507/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4977309212311534399\u0026postID\u003d6890675293013747507\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/6890675293013747507"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/6890675293013747507"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/2009/06/results-are-in.html","title":"The Results are In"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Baron Army"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07476349695309049940"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17303909186244852468"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"georss$point":{"$t":"42.648859223403264 -73.76010417938232"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977309212311534399.post-7724348420761931951"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-10T15:35:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-11T10:09:22.227-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"misinformation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"homeopathy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"autism"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Michael Savage / Homeopathy Connection"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv xmlns\u003d'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d'http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PqiPgKVm1uI/SjAJ_h0ve4I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/QgnvCbLVsXY/%5BUNSET%5D.png?imgmax\u003d800' style\u003d'max-width: 800px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;'/\u003eMichael Savage, the loud-mouthed, ultra-conservative talk show host who was recently \u003ca href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_%28commentator%29#Banned_from_entering_the_United_Kingdom' target\u003d'_blank'\u003ebanned from traveling to merry old England\u003c/a\u003e and who's son and wife are up to their eyeballs in \u003ca href\u003d'http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid\u003ddf98b35756c6942343b3353592214e7a\u0026amp;gid\u003d90066263010\u0026amp;ref\u003dsearch' target\u003d'_blank'\u003eRockstar Energy Drinks\u003c/a\u003e, is also an author!\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"I already knew that\", you quip.  \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eHa ha!  I wasn't talking about Michael \"Savage\" -- his nom de plume.  I'm talking about Dr. Michael Weiner -- his real name (and I can see why he'd use \"Savage\" -- \"Weiner\" probably still gets him beat up.).\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eI was recently reading about some \u003ca href\u003d'http://consumerist.com/5283320/the-rockstar-energy-drinkmichael-savage-connection' target\u003d'_blank'\u003ehullabaloo over Rockstar Energy drinks over at the Consumerist\u003c/a\u003e.  It meantioned that Weiner had written about \u003ca href\u003d'http://whatstheharm.net/herbalremedies.html' target\u003d'_blank'\u003eherbalism\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href\u003d'http://www.skepdic.com/homeo.html' target\u003d'_blank'\u003ehomeopathy\u003c/a\u003e.  My curiosity was piqued so I followed the link to \u003ca href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_%28commentator%29' target\u003d'_blank'\u003eWikipedia\u003c/a\u003e and, wouldn't you know it, there was a \u003ca href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_%28commentator%29#Books_as_Michael_Weiner' target\u003d'_blank'\u003elist of Weiner's publications\u003c/a\u003e!  Sure enough, he's written such tomes as \u003ca href\u003d'http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895294125?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dthemadskeptic-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003d0895294125'\u003eThe Complete Book of Homeopathy\u003c/a\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' border\u003d'0' style\u003d'border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important; display: none;' alt\u003d'' src\u003d'http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t\u003dthemadskeptic-20\u0026amp;l\u003das2\u0026amp;o\u003d1\u0026amp;a\u003d0895294125'/\u003e and \u003ca href\u003d'http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912845104?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dthemadskeptic-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003d0912845104'\u003eHealing Children Naturally\u003c/a\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' border\u003d'0' style\u003d'border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important; display: none;' alt\u003d'' src\u003d'http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t\u003dthemadskeptic-20\u0026amp;l\u003das2\u0026amp;o\u003d1\u0026amp;a\u003d0912845104'/\u003e.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eNot only that, he appears to be an autism denialist!  That's right!  The man has stated:\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d'font-style: italic;'\u003eNow, the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, \"Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.\u003c/span\u003e (Michael Savage via Wikipedia)\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003eThere has been a lot of talk recently about autism and the anti-vaccination crowd.  Has anyone been talking about autism denial?  I wonder where he got his facts.  99% of reported autism cases are bogus?  That's a big number.  I'll leave it up to \u003ca target\u003d'_blank' href\u003d'http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/'\u003eDr. Novella\u003c/a\u003e to tackle the numbers but I smell bullshit.  \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eI would pay money to see he and Jenny McCarthy go at it in Celebrity Mixed Martial Arts!  Good times.  Good times.  What's that about killing two birds with one stone?  I have friends who have an autistic son.  One of them is a Savage fan.  I wonder what his take would be if he read that quote.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eSo I ask the question:  If Dr. Weiner is as self-deluded or ignorant or deliberately misleading in his writings as a book on homeopathy would seem to indicate, how can one take Michael Savage's opinions seriously?\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eMethinks he's not a member of the \u003ca href\u003d'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community' target\u003d'_blank'\u003eReality-Based Community\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4977309212311534399-7724348420761931951?l\u003dwww.themadskeptic.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/feeds/7724348420761931951/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4977309212311534399\u0026postID\u003d7724348420761931951\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/7724348420761931951"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4977309212311534399/posts/default/7724348420761931951"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.themadskeptic.com/2009/06/michael-savage-homeopathy-connection.html","title":"The Michael Savage / Homeopathy Connection"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Baron Army"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07476349695309049940"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17303909186244852468"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});