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Hot topics in delusion and rationalization.

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How can we expose more people to critical thinking?

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We are the Borg.

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Archaeology
What's your artifact doing in Boss Kean's ditch?

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Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:13 am
Medicine, Health, & Nutrition
Ever had it before? Well you got it again.

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Frauds, Scams & Urban Myths
How not to buy a brick in a box off the back of a truck.

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Computers
The war between wetware and hardware.

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Never agree to 3 points on top of the vig.

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Drama queens must check their tiaras at the door.

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Stump your fellow simians.

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A Home For Bruce

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GSA is offering lighthouses for sale, some for free .

For sale: Historic waterfront property with a spectacular, 50-foot-high view of Lake...

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A bit too luminous. Filters or exposure?
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Not Suitable for Kitten Pics Thread

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Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:59 am
World's oldest and largest rape conspiracy still at it.

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U.S. prelate McCarrick resigns from College of Cardinals

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has accepted U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick’s offer to resign...

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Every fourth pedophilia suspect in Poland is a priest, state commission reveals

Nearly 30% of all sexual offences against minors in Poland are...
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:30 am
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

by Pyrrho » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:13 pm
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Thread devoted to the various vaccines in development. Here's a good reference.

Graphic 'splainer that illustrates just how remarkably fast the...

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“The vaccinated are a danger to the unvaccinated because of shedding!”: The latest COVID-19 antivaccine disinformation

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Have you heard about...
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:28 am
Humans Need Not Apply

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The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.

You...

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Pentagon believes its precognitive AI can predict events 'days in advance'

The US military's AI experiments are growing particularly ambitious. The...
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:16 am
Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

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Franco, Ford & Kissinger, 1975.
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:53 am
sparks appreciation thread.

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Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:48 am
I need kitten pics or something.

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Since mid-october I have been in a very dark place, even by my standards. Not in the sense of being depressed or anything, but I began doing some...
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:16 am
The France thread

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They were just charging the rotation premium.

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Is there a guillotine museum? ~~~last selfie~~~Marie Antoinette lost her head on this one too...LOL...chunk.
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Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:20 pm
The TUMBREL of MISSED OPPORTUNITY

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Thanks to Whitefork (if indeed that IS h/is/er name) for the elegant thread title for this, the final resting place of those whose demise we would...

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Steven Weinberg, 88.

The Cosmos is not about us!
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Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:34 pm
Wuhan Flu Truth and Big Brother Narratives

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For those who prefer truth over lies, nonsense and hyperbole:
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Last post by robinson
Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:24 pm
Smallpox Cowpox Ignaz Semmelweis and the failure of old fashioned science

by robinson » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:57 pm

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Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, a DNA virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus. Humans are the only known reservoir for this virus. It is...

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Yes

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Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:12 pm
mental health pension identity of mine

by pillory » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:17 pm

even mr jesus is against me ----althohugh satan and his demons

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Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:17 pm
just now---doesn't go very well

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:46 pm

but im cheesful to chear you up ----and back to the gravity----i'm very cheese about that :De_Bunk: :D :lol:

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Last post by Pyrrho
Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:44 pm
fellows you ain't fools

by pillory » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:47 pm

who knows

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Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:43 pm
Jetpack Man/Woman/They/Them/It

by Pyrrho » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:08 pm

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Crazy

Around 6:12 p.m. Wednesday, a Boeing 747 pilot radioed to report “a possible jetpack man in sight,” according to a recording from the...

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If it shows up, they can find out what it be

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Last post by robinson
Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:36 am
Science isn't easy

by Pyrrho » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:26 am

Human gene function publications that describe wrongly identified nucleotide sequence reagents are unacceptably frequent within the genetics...

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Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:26 am
Science vs idiots, the eternal war

by robinson » Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:29 pm

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Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical...

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India and Mexico have a lot of data

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Last post by robinson
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:47 pm
UK's Climate Research Unit server Hacked -- Cat out of bag

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And, of course, we still have no idea how much of these mails was forged.
That was my first reaction to reading the emails. I seriously though this...
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Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:50 am
Why and how I know fraudulent climate data when I see it

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Scientific fraud? Or political nonsense? Something else?

I became a skeptic in Feb 2010.

Why? What does that even mean?

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Yes we are going to get to Feb 2010

Once again we see that it's not a warming trend that ends up with a record snow dump

This theme will show...
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Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:41 am
Heathens' corner

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Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:22 am
Japan

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Why Florida is an awsome place to live

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1) You can shoot people pretty much at will

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A new State Animal!!!!!!
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Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:04 am
Electric truck

by Witness » Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:55 am
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Just so Rob can bitch some more… :twisted:

Designed by the former Chief Designer of Isuzu’s commercial truck division, Steve Jennes, now Chief...

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Follow-up:

Nikola electric-truck prototypes were powered by hidden wall sockets, towed into position and rolled down hills, prosecutors say...
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Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:59 am
Lister

by ed » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:30 pm

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Anyone hear anything??

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I can’t fathom that nobody has his number

What the fuck?

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Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:46 am
Oatmeal

by Pyrrho » Sat May 10, 2014 8:10 pm

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Pure win.

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His new game You've got crabs! is fucking hilarious. Good luck getting your wife to play

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Last post by robinson
Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:47 pm
Alaska earthquake (8.2) and tsunami thread

by robinson » Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:14 am

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Watching data in realtime

Not looking good

But who the fuck knows?

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Indeed sir.
And Lo, even unto even the most ob-fucking-obscure-news doth the (previously held in high esteem) God succumb. (Truth be told though F...

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Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:55 am
A Thought for the Day

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Which every forum should have. Various bon mot tachi-thingies to help you through that Inevitably Consistent Disappointment that is your existence....

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“A calendar was hung in the kitchen as if to say: Expect more of the same.”
― Gary Lutz
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Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:13 am
Anti-vaxxers in power

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Relax, it's Italy:
Anti-vaccine Italian Government Sacks Entire Health Expert Board

The vaccine-skeptic Italian government has sacked every member...
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Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:01 am
The UK thread

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From Google searches (allegedly):
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Last post by Pyrrho
Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:59 am
I Review Everything right here -FREE-

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Movies, music, your mom. Everything.

Language is not a problem, I have opinions whether or not I know what is going on. Similarly music and theater....

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I am not convinced Ed cuddles.

We better don't look too… ahem!… deeply into that!

But ed's still a slacker, hasn't reviewed anything as of late....
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Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:37 am
life is for philosopher

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:54 pm

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everyday underpants changing :o :o :o :o :o :o

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narrative objective spiderman

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Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:26 pm
Happy 10th Anniversary

by Pyrrho » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:41 am
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10 years ago today the forum became sentient. Or the refugees from tyranny landed on the golden shores of freedom. Or some squirming life forms...

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Part of the fun is piecing it together yourself. Especially when you get the wrong conclusions!
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Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:13 pm
higher than that highway of life in this life i won't rise

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:18 pm

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Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:15 pm
life is an escape way from the realities of life

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:46 pm

life is only way to escape those realities

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Last post by pillory
Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:51 pm
high--you fellow moon light shadows

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:13 pm

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how many street lamps have is your record to shut down in your night wandererings

i have only two----twice the lamb has shut down when i'm under it...

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i saw the lamp post standing there-------that 's only view on my mind ----oh georgia
seventeen lamps ahead-----but this is rockn roll-----stupid...

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Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:29 pm
is it in humanity two dangers

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:40 pm

although it has too much or it has nothing at all

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Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:40 pm
high i'm soon back

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:52 pm

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i just go to get seven more lemming beer----that not yet make you the vole

soon back----clock may strike tik-tak for a waiter ---but soon back

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high iäm belly button again

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Last post by pillory
Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:30 pm
ed and others ex-wine cellar men

by pillory » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:05 pm

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how you managed leave that little bit labelled cellar for spirits of bottle not to the ghoasts of the road :?

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i just coulndt collapse straight to cheap coffee and peasoup----i'll do that tomorrow----i' ml ike highway man

first highways ,after that those...

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Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:39 pm
What have you been watching lately

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Just a general purpose thread.

I recently started bingewatching Homeland on Netflix. It's not a new series, but in a way that's better if you...

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– J.D.
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Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:56 am
Scotch Whiskey thread

by sparks » Wed May 24, 2017 3:29 am
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A friend of mine says someone just gave him a bottle of Tamnavulin double cask. Anyone here tried it? Looks as though if one were to buy it in the...

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I'm not that versed in Scotch as I am in Bourbon. What would you recommend to a Bourbon drinker in Scotch?

Leave all jokes about you drink t3h...
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Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:24 am
Thought Provoking Graphs

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Is low (but population sustaining) birthrate really that big a disadvantage? The ratio of supporters to...
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Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:36 pm
Amusing Science

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Viagra makes flowers stand up straight

Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is good not only for treating male impotence. Israeli and Australian researchers...

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Identify bird song with an app: BirdNET .
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Last post by Witness
Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:46 am
Wine

by ed » Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:19 am

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I guess I was a bit of a wine snob back in the day, up until I quit drinking.

I am noticing now something interesting... the number of different...

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Finished a bottle of Faustino I 2005. Tomorrow I think I'll go for an Amarone with my cheese. :)

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Last post by Witness
Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:13 am
don't ever try to understand artists

by pillory » Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:54 am

they fool you-they understand you more than you ever deserve

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Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:30 pm
all-given jordan

by pillory » Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:11 pm

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Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:25 pm
Re: this is for me

by pillory » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:37 pm

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Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:40 pm
Climate Change/Global Warming Hysteria with graphs!

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I became a skeptic in Feb 2010.

Why? What does that even mean?

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No, you have created a strawman instead of arguing the point.

Those taxes does not denote all taxes .

What is the difference between those taxes...
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Last post by robinson
Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:37 am
Ya, about those glaciers melting....

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I don't think peer reviewed means what you think it means.

(ya, I know it wasn't claimed that this was peer reviewed, but with regards to losing...

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Hmmm
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Last post by robinson
Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:34 am
Space News

by Witness » Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:45 am
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Nokia secures $14.1m NASA funding to roll out 4G on the Moon

Nokia is teaming up with NASA to ensure that the new wave of lunar astronauts will be...

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Russians...in space...doing...stuff.
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