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<vote poll=blog37>A tribute to DNA and [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/sunday-sensational-science_10.html science]. (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog37>A tribute to DNA and [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/sunday-sensational-science_10.html science]. (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog36>Purveyors of scientific/medical woo often chalk their failures up to persecution, and claim kinship with Galileo.  [http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2008/08/galileo_semmelweis_and_you.php Not convincing.] (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog36>Purveyors of scientific/medical woo often chalk their failures up to persecution, and claim kinship with Galileo.  [http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2008/08/galileo_semmelweis_and_you.php Not convincing.] (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
<vote poll=blog35>Texas has a new mandatory elective: kids, pick up your [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/10/texbible/ Bibles] and turn to... (self promotion warning) (''10 August 2008'')
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<vote poll=blog35>Texas has a new mandatory elective: kids, pick up your [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/10/texbible/ Bibles] and turn to... (self promotion warning) (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog34>The Discovery Institute has [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/10/difail/ firmly given up] trying to appear non-religious.  Win. (self promotion) (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog34>The Discovery Institute has [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/10/difail/ firmly given up] trying to appear non-religious.  Win. (self promotion) (''10 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog33>McCain [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/09/ohiofail/ fails] the [[Ohio]] economy, endangering his chances in a swing state. (self promotion warning) (''9 August 2008'')</vote>
 
<vote poll=blog33>McCain [http://www.acandidworld.net/2008/08/09/ohiofail/ fails] the [[Ohio]] economy, endangering his chances in a swing state. (self promotion warning) (''9 August 2008'')</vote>

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August 2008

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0A tribute to DNA and science. (10 August 2008)
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0Purveyors of scientific/medical woo often chalk their failures up to persecution, and claim kinship with Galileo. Not convincing. (10 August 2008)
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0Texas has a new mandatory elective: kids, pick up your Bibles and turn to... (self promotion warning) (10 August 2008)
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0The Discovery Institute has firmly given up trying to appear non-religious. Win. (self promotion) (10 August 2008)
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0McCain fails the Ohio economy, endangering his chances in a swing state. (self promotion warning) (9 August 2008)
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-2Edwards isn't the only John guilty of infidelity: read about McCain's affair on the liberal blogs (Ames, Jed, Kos, Huffington Post). (9 August 2008)
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1The Disgrace of the Olympics:...when Ni tried to protect her home, she was hit on head with a brick and dragged to the ground by one of the demolition workers.
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2Why campaigns go negative, and why Barack Obama can't afford to. Update: McCain continues the race to the bottom. Urge to kill... RISING. (self promotion warning) (8 August 2008)
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2Get a hyper-conservative chain letter lately? Send them this. (self promotion warning) (5 August 2008)
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1John McCain: lying and quote mining his way to victory. (self promotion warning) (6 August 2008)
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3Islam: Not The Religion of Terrorism and Intolerance - Self promotion warning.
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4Guantanamo Bay sucks. (self promotion warning) (5 August 2008)
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3Probing the limits of the establishment clause: is a memorial in the style of a Latin cross ever not a religious endorsement? Yes, says one court. (self promotion warning) (4 August 2008)
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1Schlafly's Letter - blogging round 2 of the Lenski Affair (self-promotion warning) (4 August 2008)
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2An analysis of Colin Fry's psychic abilities cconcludes that he's probably not psychic (self-promotion warning) .(3 August 2008)
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3The new McCain ad that calls Obama "The One" seems to sarcastically compare Obama to Moses. But, is it really implying that he is the Antichrist? Some Christians familiar with the teachings of dominionism and the coded language of the Left Behind series believe it is.
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-2Memo to John McCain: In your zeal to smear Barack Obama, try not to smear the child of one of your biggest contributors.
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3JJ MacNab provides a nice summary of the recent sentencing of two men convicted in helping arm and defend convicted tax protesters who promised to start the next Waco or Ruby Ridge. The truly amazing story of insulting a judge right before he determines how long you are going to spend in prison highlights just how far gone the minds of cranks can degrade.
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2Promises to avoid negative campaigning be damned! Pessimism sells. At least that's what John McCain's hoping for. How dare you have hope!!! (self promotion warning) (1 August 2008)
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2PZ Myers is scheduled to debate Ray "Comfort Food" who is famous for his anti-evolution banana fallacy. (1 August 2008)

July 2008

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5"Moderate maverick" McCain pulls off the compromiser's cap and puts on the Karl Rove ski-mask. (self-promotion is fun and profitable) (31 July 2008)
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3Islamophobia in the media's intepretation of a poll of British Muslim students. (self-promotion warning). (31 July 2008)
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5The 92nd Skeptics' Circle is up! (self-promotion warning) (31 July 2008)
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4Is there a positive platonic ideal of Christianity? If so, commercialism has killed it. (self-promotion warning). (31 July 2008)
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5PZ Myers reacts to and mocks the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy press release informing us that it is unconstitutional to criticize religion. (30 July 2008)
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2The New York Times loves Little Green Men(self-promotion warning). (30 July 2008)
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6Somebody out there likes us. (self promotion warning) (29 July 2008)
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3People don't kill people---cell phones kill people. (24 July 2008)
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4 Skeptics may have won the battle against the 9/11 truthers club. (15 June 2008)
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5 Nigeria: a study in political corruption. (26 July 2008)
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0As hysteria over Salmonella-tainted tomatoes starts to die down, the outbreak remains a mystery and highlights the struggles of the health industry in the modern world. (23 July 2008)
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9A list of the crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush administration. (25 July 2008)
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1A new study shows how better educated parents responded more to the MMR controversy. (25 July 2008)
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12How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists' claims. by Christopher Hitchens. (July 21, 2008)
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0Ceci n'est pas un biscuit. (July 24, 2008)
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6The Rational Reply to Conservapedia on Starlight. (July 19, 2008)

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