On Davis And Capital Punishment

September 22, 2011

Troy Davis was executed this evening for the murder of an off-duty policeman after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay of execution amid widespread public doubts about his guilt. Davis, 42, died at 11:08 p.m. ET, according to a Georgia Department of Corrections official. His death by lethal injection came after an approximately [...]

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Sally Morgan’s Epic Fail – Dr Chris French Tells The Tale

September 21, 2011

Of course, considering the kind of savvy subscribers I have, you would have checked out the article by Dr Chris French of the UK Skeptic by now… if not, quickly go and read the story in full here - Psychic Sally Morgan hears voices from the other side (via a hidden earpiece): The theatre’s general manager, [...]

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From New Hampshire UFOs To The Scope Of Skepticism

September 20, 2011

I’ve spent some time offline and missed a few news items, but this is the only one that I thought I should mention as it would probably miss everyone else’s attention: NH notes 50th anniversary of UFO abduction story LINCOLN, N.H. (AP) — Fifty years after Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a flat, cigar-shaped [...]

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Little Kitten – Angry Birds Live

September 18, 2011
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Ouch

September 16, 2011

After deciding to spend some time off the internet (and thus less time being grumpy, rude and generally pointlessly disagreeable and unproductive online), I clean my office and take the bin out to be emptied. Upon doing so, I promptly step onto this creature outside my front door. Yes, I know what you’re thinking it [...]

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Skeptics Get Published, Win Awards! (Also – My Thesis Finally Arrived!)

September 16, 2011

This is one of those posts where it’s just easier to take a photo of things to demonstrate what on earth I’m talking about and get it over and done with (the usual – pics provide evidence)! Firstly, I arrived home to a dozen packages waiting for me, which has taken me about a day [...]

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I Have… [Auckland Again - Much Love And Links]

September 12, 2011

I have missed the 11th of September, due to crossing the international date-line and missing a day. Many thanks to Digital Cuttlefish for the blog-post ‘Obligatory 9/11 Post‘ and the post ‘9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Eat Their Own‘ which was apparently inspired by a Slate article I sent them while on the road. Or is it [...]

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DragonCon 2011 – Saturday – Sunday – Monday

September 11, 2011

Features Pamela Gay and Matt Lowry’s science show, George Hrab, Felicia Day, Jonathan Strickland and Scott Sigler. Download the films and the forthcoming interviews at www.tokenskeptic.org.

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