Igor Panarin: Predicting the Future of the US

Here’s an interesting (and dumb) claim – made by a Russian Political Science professor: Russian Analyst Predicts Decline and Breakup of USA A leading Russian political analyst [Igor Panarin] has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate [...]

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30 Greatest Conspiracy Theories

[Via Bad Astronomy] Phil Plait put up a post this morning linking to the Telegraph’s “History’s greatest conspiracy theories“. An interesting list, and I hadn’t heard of all of them. I did notice one that wasn’t on the list: the conspiracy that the polio vaccine given in Africa was spiked by the United States to [...]

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Chi Master?

I remember seeing this video over 10 years ago. I was already leaning towards a completely naturalistic worldview, and I remember being taken aback by it. How did he do that? Is this proof of something more than the material world? Well, since then, I’ve discovered that it’s quite common to use electricity with acupuncture. [...]

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I’ve Been Tagged – Six Random Things

Rut-Row. I’ve been tagged by the Darwin Report. The rules? 1. Link to the person who tagged you. 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. Write six random things about yourself. 4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. 5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and [...]

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One last Sarah Palin Post, and Busy-Body Christian Conservatives

Ah, I’ve been buried lately with work deadlines, and they’re still a few months away. I feel like a negligent blogger. But, here’s some stuff to check out: Take a guess: From The Onion or CNN? Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration, [...]

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Ghost Story for Skeptics

Here’s an interesting story from This American Life. It’s a ghost story from 1921. In the story, a family moves into a new home, and they begin to experience some strange things: sounds of footsteps, knocking on the walls, a feeling of dread, the plants died, and then ghostly figures appeared. The audio is about [...]

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