Category Archives: Urban Legends

3.15.2013

by Josh DeWald

MercolaWatch:Aspartame and milk

I swear I try really hard to avoid talking about aspartame all the time but it seems to be a lost cause. For the past few weeks, my news feed has been filled with various articles claiming that the food / read more…

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3.12.2013

by Brendan McKinney

The Decalogue Stone

A friend of mine recently drew my attention to an article in the online magazine Tablet concerning one of those minor archaeological puzzles that I had once known about and then forgot: an eighty-ton rock in the New Mexico desert, known as / read more…

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3.11.2013

by Mike Rothschild

Why North Korea Can’t Flatten Seoul

In the past few weeks, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has been on a run of lunacy nearly unrivaled in the history of the division of Korea. He’s made the news by threatening the US with preemptive nuclear attack, / read more…

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2.26.2013

by Ryan Haupt

Anti-Viral Ad Supplement: Spam Is Not Always A Scam

I’m feeling under the weather today so I’m not up to my usual anti-advertisement tirade. However, since our Overlord Dunning has made it clear by example that a totally valid blog post can be made up of links to other / read more…

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2.25.2013

by Mike Rothschild

Historical Misquotes, Volume 2

Welcome to another edition of Historical Misquotes, where we take a look at some of the most famous utterances in culture and history to determine if they were actually said, and if so, in those exact words. Last time we / read more…

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2.23.2013

by Eric Hall

Social Media Political Lies

I want to preface this post by stating I am not a fan of the two-party system that controls the politics in the United States. This post is not intended to be a defense of President Obama, nor a criticism of / read more…

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2.20.2013

by Stephen Propatier

Death By Sugar Soda.

A follow up on problems real and imagined with sugar soda. The news story that Coca Cola was the primary factor in the death of a 30 year old mother immediately attracted my attention. It has been widely reported on the internet / read more…

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1.25.2013

by Josh DeWald

Will the BabyBjorn endanger your infant’s health?

You don’t have to spend very long on the Internet as a parent to be made to feel that you are essentially abusing your child every 3 seconds. Not feeding them organic. Using formula. Daring to carry them, even just / read more…

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1.18.2013

by Josh DeWald

MercolaWatch: Misrepresentation of dental amalgams

Joe Mercola just published another of his articles which presents dental amalgams (silver fillings) as all bad and also calls out “dental review boards” for revoking licensure of dentists who remove amalgams. While ideally we would release no mercury into / read more…

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1.15.2013

by Brendan McKinney

Dead Presidents and Living Victims

I was disappointed, although not really surprised, to hear that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has publicly expressed his doubt that his uncle was killed by a lone gunman. This year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, / read more…

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