The Skeptic Wire

This Week:

The War of Xmas

00:00:00 Disclaimer 1 Toast to Hitchens

00:00:47 Disclaimer 2 Where-in we plan to get coal in our stockings

00:03:45 Volley 1 American Family Association attacks the USPS

00:12:03 Volley 2 AFA's Naughty or Nice List

00:23:59 Volley 3 Taking the gay out of Xmas

00:25:30 Volley 4 Displays and tone

00:37:21 Volley 5 What do you do about a myth called Santa?

00:55:47 Greg explains his song "Thank You, Santa"

00:58:54 "Thank You Santa" by Greg Perrine and Gary Laun

01:02:20 Gary explains "Seasonal Party"

01:05:08 "Seasonal Party" by Balsa Racers

And the dogs have a grand time trying to convince each other about Schroedinger's Santa: that at any one time there either is or isn't a Santa.

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This Week:

00:00:30 Intro: David breaks, birthdays

00:05:30 Richard Dawkins Foundation hosting a contest

00:08:00 Texas DMV approves religious license plate

00:18:45 S.C. held a bible-style assembly and is now reaping the rewards

00:24:15 Rick Santorum and education

00:03:15 Kangan water again

00:57:45 Mercury and it's cloaked companion

01:10:50 Lightning Round

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644208-can-you-make-something-go-viral-social-media-contest-ten-point-vision-of-a-secular-america

http://tfninsider.org/2011/12/08/board-oks-christian-themed-license-plate/

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/09/santorum-parents-not-obama-know-what-is-best-for-their-childs-education/

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/08/42054.htm

http://news.discovery.com/space/is-that-a-cloaked-alien-spaceship-orbiting-mercury-111208.html

Lightning Round

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/mythbusters-cannonball-map/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228423.600-otzi-the-icemans-stomach-throws-up-a-surprise.html

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion/article/Firing-of-Macy-s-worker-pits-freedom-of-religion-2377472.php

http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm

http://www.scientificamerican/article.cfm?id=haarp-russian-phobosprobe

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/rick-perry-rebecca-black-youtube-dislikes_n_1138000.html

And the dogs make up this week for the last few weekses anti-tantrums.

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This Week:

00:00:30 INtro

00:02:25 Nick Lee Interview (from Atheist Alliance of America)

get the full interview at http://skepticwire.blogspot.com in the Episode 034 notes

00:12:00 Donna and Gary talk about the San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience

(not particularly skeptical, but it was fun!)

00:16:00 Another flu jumps pig to human

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-h3n2-flu-strain-from-swine

00:24:15 NJ nurses sue about helping with abortions

http://www.newsmax.com/US/Jersey-nurses-abortion-lawsuit/2011/11/28/id/419245

00:35:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce

http://www.alternativetherapysa.com/

00:44:50 Toxic Colon Bingo (get some cards at skepticwire.blogspot.com ! Or ake your own using the supplied words (which means we're too lazy to make more than three cards)

01:02:00 Lightning Round

01:15:00 Politics and stuff (oh dear: sorry)

Lightning Round Links: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/12/smart-image-editor-adds-fake-objects-to-photos.html

http://www.burntimpressions.com

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/02/prophet-god-claims-solved-mystery-voynich-manuscript/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/01/tech/mobile/abortion-clinic-siri-iphone/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/30/9117310-nic-cage-on-cover-of-serbian-biology-book

http://youtu.be/c6tmsxdSUkY

http://freethoughtblogs.com/cuttlefish

And...the dogs decide to avoid the recording due to the talk of colonic irrigation and a vet visit coming up (you know: because of temperature taking and gland expression and stuff...)

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This Week:

00:00:30 James Arther Ray sweatlodge update

00:07:00 Mark Twain quotes

00:10:00 Obama's Thanksgiving address

00:16:30 Burzynski and friends make a name for themselves (with guests Leick and Allison)

00:51:08 Emma Sullivan versus Sam Brownback and Freedom of Speech

01:02:00 Holistic Chamber of Commerce SITAreadings

01:11:00 Lightning Round

And the dogs get another night off, not knowing that there were cats at which they could bark and worry.But hey: check out that natural reverb on our voices!

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

00:02:22 Utah Highway Patrol cross update

00:08:50 Atheist chaplains in the military

00:21:45 Skepticon IV and the gelato shop fiasco

00:35:22 IQ and drugs

00:59:04 Thanksgiving quiz (it's actually not pseudoSCIENCE..it's pseusoHISTORY)

01:19:24 Things to be thankful for

And the dogs, confused by this week's odd schedule take it easy, unsure of what their response should be.

And we at Skeptic Wire- you know David, Greg, Donna, and Gary- are all very thankful that you listen! Thank YOU!

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Special Guest Jordan Clipston sitting in for Donna this week!

This Week: hh:mm:ss

00:00:30 Intro: Reason Rally and AA Convention in Washington D.C.

March 16-18, 2012, Texas Freethought Convention wants to

get a Texas charter bus going up.

00:04:10 Evolution of Flight

00:18:00 Why religious services are good for us

00:34:56 e-cigarettes and the FDA (despite none of us are smokers)

00:52:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce

01:06:15 Lightning Round

Jordan's youtube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenyAndBluey

And the dogs gradually calm down after they realize they won't soon be evolving wings. Because they can't climb cave walls or hang from cave ceilings.

Plus a special, kindly shout-out to anyone who posts on our facebook page or blog who gets Gary's crappy joke at 00:17:30 (guess who does the show notes, eh?).

Also, friend Texas Freethought Convention on Facebook

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

Please ignore the sniffling Gary who had a cold

00:01:00 Intro: Antivax Delta, Hitchens tribute vid, Alt Med Center update, Donna gets ordained, RIP Andy Rooney, Pete Stark birthday

00:13:50 Carl Sagan and skepticism discussion

00:42:00 Anatomy of arguing on the internet WOAI "In God We Trust" Edition

01:03:00 Lightning Round

01:24:30 A couple more White House petition things

And the dogs wrestle and growl and carry on in a vain attempt to draw attention to their new ideas on the intelligent falling food scraps, but it turns out to be merely a warmed-over distance-squared proof, only with doggy treats.

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

00:01:00 Halloween

00:03:55 Updates on James Webb Space Telescope, Matt Dillahunty and Beth Presswood's wedding, Fracking in England, Homosexuals still can not donate blood in US, more on the FLDS, Interview with Mason Crumpacker, Australian Dateline segment,

00:14:45 Supreme Court Rejects Hearing Utah Public Cross Case

00:23:41 White House Petition Responses

00:34:28 Legalize Marijuana? No.

00:54:30 Lightning Round

01:07:50 A bad Mozart Effect study for endoscopy

And the dogs join in on Wolfgang Amadeeus Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nacht Music" as performed by die Wiener Philharmoniker.

Interview with Mason Crumpacker

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/interview-with-a-9-year-old-skeptic/

White House Petitions

http://www.whitehouse.gov/petitions

NORML's response

http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/

Cycloptic Fish

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/#

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

00:01:57 Lawsuit vs San Antonio mayor

00:03:30 FLDS update

00:05:19 Texas license plate offering not legal?

00:10:15 "Natural" medicine drug interactions

00:16:00 Fracking and earthquakes

00:26:13 Poe's Corner

00:36:02 Yoga versus stretching

00:45:00 Global warming study again shows it's real

00:59:45 Lightning Round

01:13:32 A scaaaaaary Halloween story!

And the dogs search for ghosts using high tech equipment like an ammeters and a MiniDisc recorder. And a hot dog. Did you know ghosts are attracted to hot dogs? Go figure.

Brian Dunning's on fracking:

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275

Global warming speech referred to in the 'cast:

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/10/18/347070/video-senator-whitehouses-must-watch-speech-on-climate-change-and-the-senates-failure-of-duty/

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

01:15 Texas Freethought Convention sum-up

13:25 Occupy San Antonio (and thus Wall Street)

18:35 The importance of breathing

44:55 Anthropology news: skull found

01:04:19 Lightning Round

01:22:10 Thailand using slapping to increase breast size

And Maese lets something outside know what's what and Who's who and whatever they are, they darn well better stay away. Oh and apparently is well bored with the procedings at some point.

Gary's other podcast: Injudicious Ramblings on iTunes or injudiciousramblings.blogspot.com

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