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		<title>When Anti-Vaxxers Cross the Line, or You Can Take the Credulous out of Church but you Can’t Take the Faith out of the Credulous.</title>
		<link>http://northernskeptic.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/when-anti-vaxxers-cross-the-line-or-you-can-take-the-credulous-out-of-church-but-you-can%e2%80%99t-take-the-faith-out-of-the-credulous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently on my Facebook status I posted the following.
Nathan Hinman I&#8217;ve been vaccinated against H1N1 because the science could not be refuted by any of the arguments against it. My immunity will protect those who could not get the shot.


I received more than a few comments but what struck me was the vehemence of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=165&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Long Time Ago in an Immune System Far Far away</title>
		<link>http://northernskeptic.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/a-long-time-ago-in-an-immune-system-far-far-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems with combating misconceptions of science is placing the concepts within an easy to understand frame for the recipient.   Take vaccination for example and the belief that vaccines contain the virus itself which will make people sick anyways.  This is just one of many falsehoods that are spread by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=161&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skeptic North</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anouncing a new project that has been coming together between a number of Canadian skeptics that first got together at The Amaz!ng Meeting 7, and picking up more along the way.  We have started our first project Skeptic North (not to be confused with myself your humble Northernskeptic).  We will be contributing to our group [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=150&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Atheists, Theists and Skepticism.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gather a group of skeptics together and you will find that they will talk about almost anything with a critical outlook.  Whether it is the latest alternative medical claim, psychic expose, or quantum gizmo the conversations flow like a floodgate released.  Many in the community revel in such discussions since often it is difficult to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=146&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skeptics Oath</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip of the hat to the Green Lantern&#8217;s Oath for inspiration.  To those who think that skeptics shouldn&#8217;t have an oath, I&#8217;m just a geek having fun so NYA NYA.
In woo filled days, In spook filled nights
No flim-flam will escape my sight
Let those who schill the crackpots blight
Beware my reason, my skeptic light
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		<title>To Snip or Not To Snip &#8211; The Great Debate</title>
		<link>http://northernskeptic.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/to-snip-or-not-to-snip-the-great-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was posted by my friend Chantale on Facebook.  I find myself opposed to genital mutilation as unnecesary in any form, so I was interested to hear from a mother&#8217;s point of view.  Thanks to Chantale for allowing me to share this with you.
Tonight while I was sitting in the waiting room (for what seemed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=138&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions on how I&#8217;ve been feeling.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a hard admission for me to make but I feel that it should be done.  As many of my friends will know I take things to heart very easily, and because of this I become prone to allowing my emotions to run wild.  This is very hard for a skeptic to come to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=132&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Experiment in Follow-Bots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday night (June 13) I decided to perform an experiment.  I sent  3 tweets to see what sort of followers I would gain, and today I present the results.
First the tweets that I sent the fourth was suggested by the totally awesome @SurlyAmy who you should be following:

Network Marketing Opportunity
HHO Water Power
Subluxation align chiropractic
Hippy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=122&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UFO&#8230;or not.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 02:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other evening I looked up in the sky and saw a dark object hovering in the sky.  I observed for about a minute when it suddenly put on a burst of speed and moved what appeared to be a great distance to the south west.  It hovered there again for another half a minute [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=118&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When is it appropriate to call friends on questionable science?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize it has been a little while since I last posted, I guess I needed to be inspired.
My roomies and I had some friends visiting from out of town and last night we were talking about some of our favourite shows.  I mentioned The Big Bang Theory and that led to a bit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=northernskeptic.wordpress.com&blog=5690267&post=112&subd=northernskeptic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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