It’s Time to Have a REAL Discussion About Vaccines and Why They Are Not Super Impressive Things by Bill Maher 5th Hour Science/REAL TIME Dr. Shermer is wrong that vaccines are amazing things of science. I don’t think they are “amazing” all. Quite the contrary. I think they are “un-amazing.” I say this as someone of higher...
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I’ll let the man speak for himself. BTW, a Los Angeles doctor recently told me that, in the last few weeks, many otherwise healthy 20- and 30-something people were entering his emergency room with the swine flu.  An alarmingly high percentage of the un-vaccinated ones were leaving in body bags. I imagine such body counts don’t bother Bill...
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I’ve been anti-Bill Maher for a few years now, ever since POLITICALLY INCORRECT transitioned from a unique and contrarian TV show to a vehicle for the no-brain comments of whatever four ABC sitcom actors the show was able to book at the last minute. A more notable flashpoint, though, occurred in the early 2000s. Maher said something...
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CLEANING OUT THE LINK CAGE 10/16/09 Michael Shermer politely schools the braying jackass Bill Maher. Marc Lamont Hill provides a brief list of overrated white people. Brett Favre is conspicuous by his absence. Frog expert delighted to have a two-inch, penis-shaped mushroom named after him. Look at this fucking hipster. Apocalypse Cakes brings you recipes for the end. I...
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CLEANING OUT THE LINK CAGE: September 26, 2009 Cracked.com provides “Six Bullshit Facts About Psychology That Everyone Believes.” How Cracked.com is an authority, I’m not sure, but it’s worth a read. A pile of interesting Soviet-era magazine covers. Via Siberian Light. Listen to Carl Sagan sing; I implore you. This is incredible. Hey! Guess which heartless bastards are...
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I’m tired of Oprah’s shtick. “What’s that,” you say? “But you’ve got to respect someone who has made so much money doing what she loves!” No, I don’t. And given that Fatface has used the whims of the credulous, the naive and the stupid to generate her billions, she doesn’t deserve an ounce of my respect....
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