The Skeptic Wire

00:03:48 Birthdays

00:16:21 Why airplane windows do not roll down

00:25:00 Tim Farley gave us another plug on Virtual Skeptics about Natural News and their WOT rating

PLus new WOT:

www.ourhollowearth.com

Good Omens...read it!

Q: Hollow earth more like a hollow tootsie pop or a spherical oreo?

YOU decide!

00:39:30 GMO paper done wrong and general GMO/ sciencey/ press discussion

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/09/anti-gmo-researchers-used-science-publication-to-manipulate-the-press/

And Harpo decidely takes a stand on not wantin no frankenfood but eats her meal anyway.

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00:05:20 Birthday Fritz Schadinn

00:13:55 Web of Trust versus NaturalNews.com

00:24:00 Was Jesus married

00:36:45 Dr. Pepper vs. Creationists

00:40:40 Blasphemy all over the place

00:58:30 Lightning Round

01:07:00 Skeptic Wire discusses being skeptical pin-ups

01:11:00 Help Donna replace her film stuff (theyre only asking for 2k)

http://www.indeigogo.com/13stepsthemovie

And Harrrrrpo fastens the battens, trims the mains'l, and generally pirrrates like only a sea dog can.

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00:03:00 Birthday Guillaume Le Gentil

00:14:00 Car wash-prostitution ring busted

00:17:15 Libya and the very bad film

00:25:00 Indian Cartoonist Praveen Triveti released from jail

00:36:00 No right to wear crosses at work in Britain

00:45:54 Richard III bones found in England...maybe

00:51:45 Polands new exorcism magazine

00:58:50 Manta ray gills used as non traditional Chinese medicine

01:02:00 New song challenge concept: Due Oct 24, mention United Nations Day, Hitchcock, splanchnocranium

01:05:00 Lightning Round

01:13:00 Acoustic guitars being modelled and studied to find the best shape

And Harpo makes known the fact that her chew toy is well chewed and no longer viable for use as her entertainment.

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00:02:15 Birthday Werner Erhard

00:12:35 Deaths: Sun Young Moon and Michael Clark Duncan

00:20:00 Greg gets a facebook letter meme wrong

00:28:25 Where we lose it

00:35:00 Diet and health

00:50:00 Organic foods are not any more nutritious than non-organics in which we miss an important point: organic does not mean no pesticides, it merely means that only so-called natural pesticides will be used on the food

01:00:00 Obese rats have brain plaque causing dementia

And Harpo throws the chew toy in the air in hopes of braining one of the humans.

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00:04:15 Birthdays: friend of the show Richard and Roger Scott Jackson

00:08:55 WOT's all this, then, of the week:

skepticon.org should get a good rating

00:10:15 Blue moon is Friday 31August

(Correction: Buzz Aldrin's book is "Men From Earth")

00:13:40 Neil Armstrong dies

00:19:00 Another WOT's all this, then this one a rate down

www.amberartisans.com

00:31:00 Older dads have greater chance of having autistic children

00:39:55 American Academy of Pediatrics says circumcision has benefits

00:52:55 Smart meters causing problems with some home owners

01:07:00 August Song Challenge: Summer Anthem

01:08:16 Garys Song "Summertime Is Here"

01:12:00 Song Discussion

01:17:36 Gregs Song "Its Summertime"

01:21:45 Song Discussion

And Harpo pokes her nose where it shouldn't go while training for the next olympics.

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00:02:40 Birthdays Ray Bradbury, Perry DeAngelis

00:05:55 Osteopathy clarification

00:19:10 Akin, politics, rape, science, and religion in politics

00:54:50 Dan Savage vs Brian Brown

01:02:45 WOT

www.christianliferesources.com

01:07:40 Lightning Round

Be aware that West Nile is going around Texas so use that bug repellent.

Lots of conventions coming up many with skeptical tracks. Go 2.

And the dogs jingle their collars and wonder how much money they could make if they danced around in robes at an airport.

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00:02:30 Donna Does Vegas

00:07:45 Birthday Usai Mikao

00:14:00 Dr. Tenpenny dislikes vaccines

00:23:20 Religious people vs doctors in end of life decisions

00:38:50 GM fiery protestor has heart attack

00:42:15 The Air Conditioning kicks on

00:43:05 New human species

01:00:20 Lightning Round

And Harpo gets really upset about osteopathy while Calli and Maese have the week off.

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00:02:30 Birthday Paul Dirac

00:07:15 Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) lands on Mars

00:19:17 More violence

00:23:40 Weekly WOT Weccomendation

www.dowsers.org

00:26:30 Thai army using ST200 dowser bomb detectors

00:41:43 Dr. Ali on sleep and vaccines

01:04:45 Lightning Round

And the dogs pretend they are the batmobile entering and exiting the batcave (from the old series with the fold-down bushes, not the new ones)

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00:04:48 Birthday

00:12:45 Curiosity gets to Mars on Sunday at 10:30PM Pacific Daylight Time

Seven Minutes of Terror http://youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s

Watch it on NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

00:16:45 WOT Website of the Week:

get the plugin here: http://www.mywot.com/

rate as you see it (we dislike this one): http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/saynotovaccines.org

00:21:28 Gore Vidal dies

00:24:00 Olympic athlete sexual objectification

Zoe Smith, weightlifter, calls out the trolls

00:32:00 People view men as whole and women as parts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725150215.htm

00:39:28 Ancient sex in Africa

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2018783144_humans27.html

00:51:05 Sex before sports does not hurt sports performance

00:59:35 Lightning Round

01:09:00 Algebra should not be taught in school

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html

CDC Vaccine link

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/AdultVaccines/

And the dogs do their best to match feats of past canine Olympiads, but are unable to match the record for Times Gone Through the Dog Door While Recording. Maybe next week.

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00:03:00 Birthday Louise Joy Brown

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00:12:00 Slacktivism: Web Of Trust

http://www.mywot.com/

00:16:35 Indonesian activist petition

00:20:00 Aurora Colorado

00:59:00 Sally Ride, first American Woman in Space

01:02:30 Chick-Fil-A

01:11:50 Neanderthals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39536880/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/neanderthals-were-compassionate-caring/

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0719/Why-did-Neanderthals-have-such-humongous-right-arms-video

And the dogs wrestle themsleves and their squeak toys into submission.

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