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The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally 703

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 03, 2010 @02:00PM from the giving-truth-the-bump dept.

jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'"

Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

Comment Reverse debit (Score 1) 861

by brianben on Friday March 30, 2007 @04:06PM (#18548389) Attached to: What is the Best Bug-as-a-Feature?

The university I attended started a debit card program in 1992, so that parents could give money to their kids to spend on food and books at the student union. It seemed to work normally for almost everyone, but a friend's card added the debited amount to his balance every time he used it at the bookstore, rather than subtracting it.

Unfortunately, the error was discovered after only a few weeks, and he was too cautious to buy stuff for all his friends...

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