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billh58

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8. I think that it's

Reply to xocet (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 03:34 PM

Nov 2013

an absolute travesty that someone has cast asparagus on the character that he's playing this session.

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Senator Paul Claims to Have Written Scientific Papers.... [View all] xocet Nov 2013 OP

And did he actually write even this one? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #1

Let's see those eight footnotes, too. randome Nov 2013 #2

...for ONE sentence pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #7

He sounds rattled. Another clown falling out of the car. randome Nov 2013 #9

That is exactly what I thought.... n/t xocet Nov 2013 #21

If he really wrote science articles, he would know they are not "footnotes" Coyotl Nov 2013 #35

I wouldn't let "Doctor" Paul anywhere near my eyes. progressoid Nov 2013 #3

He also claims to have written "The Diary of Anne Frank." Orrex Nov 2013 #4

At the same time he wrote his doctor's diploma? appleannie1 Nov 2013 #5

He also wrote the stuxnet virus. randome Nov 2013 #6

I think that it's billh58 Nov 2013 #8

And for someone whose hair looks like melted broccoli, too. randome Nov 2013 #11

Bet he wrote one to get into his Association malaise Nov 2013 #10

Hey, don't mock! He's Bored Certified! pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #13

He was in The Association? He sang "Never My Love"? hatrack Nov 2013 #40

Scientific papers don't allow wholesale plagiarism... JHB Nov 2013 #12

I think that is what is probably happening even as we write Hekate Nov 2013 #26

THIS. Volaris Nov 2013 #31

I don't know the protocol for scientific papers, enlightenment Nov 2013 #28

I won't pretend I know the answer to that, especially not knowing the details. JHB Nov 2013 #36

He probably paid someone to write it for him, and THEY knew better than to plagiarize SoCalDem Nov 2013 #41

I agree - I didn't think he cribbed an entire enlightenment Nov 2013 #42

well, so's David Duke! MisterP Nov 2013 #14

what an asswipe gopiscrap Nov 2013 #15

Someone should tell Gattaca Man Rand that middle school papers don't count. kydo Nov 2013 #16

The sci. jounrals I've published in don't use footnotes... HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #17

He's learning another meaning of the word 'footnote'. randome Nov 2013 #20

That is a good point. xocet Nov 2013 #22

PubMed should work as should Science Citation Index HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #25

Here is an example of a review article with which I am familiar.... xocet Nov 2013 #33

Searching on PubMed for Paul RH[Author] has some that are probably his, but... JHB Nov 2013 #37

It is weird he calls them "footnotes" johnd83 Nov 2013 #18

No, if you're quoting a section of another work, it's cited like every other reference in the paper JHB Nov 2013 #19

A "citation" enlightenment Nov 2013 #30

The man's got a complex. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #23

Tell him Rachel Maddow wrote a fugging PhD thesis at malaise Nov 2013 #24

This fucker is special as hell. giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #27

He should have kept his trap shut MattBaggins Nov 2013 #29

I fed the search term Denzil_DC Nov 2013 #32

Thanks. I have been looking at some of those entries. xocet Nov 2013 #34

You're welcome. Denzil_DC Nov 2013 #38

In one, he discussed how some peas are wrinkled, and others are smooth . . . hatrack Nov 2013 #39