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• Global warming proven to be a hoax, but Obama still bows to U.N. climate change committee

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  We should all be very thankful today. Our long, national nightmare is over. Global warming has finally been proven to be a hoax. A sham. An elaborate scheme concocted by snake oil salesmen to line their pockets and acquire more power. The entire house of cards came crashing down in this week. Original Article: Forum: ...
  2 days ago

• LessLoss BlackBody: improve your sound for just $959 and your sense of reason

  
  Tech News Time — Authority: 149
  The high-end audio market has always been more about marketing than about music, but it’s hard to say if we’ve ever seen a product as phenomenally insane as the LessLoss BlackBody , a $959 block of plastic that designer Louis Motek says “takes advantage of the quantum nature of particle interaction” to ...
  3 days ago

• Wow who new parliament could be fun :)

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 140
  Watch a British parliamentary committee destroy homeopathy – pay attention to the testimony of Dr Ben Goldacre (middle person at the table) who is, of course. the author of the Bad Science site. It was very funny to watch the homeopaths squirm. You can watch at ...
  3 days ago

• LessLoss BlackBody: improve your sound for just $959 and your sense of reason

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 164
  The high-end audio market has always been more about marketing than about music, but it’s hard to say if we’ve ever seen a product as phenomenally insane as the LessLoss BlackBody, a $959 block of plastic that designer Louis Motek says “takes advantage of the quantum nature of particle interaction” to improve ...
  3 days ago

• some new snake oil from kaspersky

  
  anti-virus rants — Authority: 450
  i found this out thanks to a thread at wilders - apparently kaspersky is taking a page out of the mcafee snake oil playbook. mcafee has total protection and now kaspersky has total security. ive been over this time and time again - this kind of branding is snake oil. the obvious implication that the average ...
  4 days ago

• The Epic Failure of the Main Stream Media

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 575
  How many investigative journalists work for main stream media organizations? There must be quite a few between the three television networks, the cable outlets and the big newspapers like the New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today(not to mention all the other newspapers in cities throughout the US.) You ...
  5 days ago

• What if your Virusproof Computer Catches a Virus?

  
  ThreatBlog — Authority: 569
  An Australian company claims to have launched a “virusproof” computer. They even say “ A fast, easy to use, computer that never gets viruses, EVER !” and then on the same page say “In the rare event that you manage to catch a virus on your virusproof computer, we will re-load both Zone 1 and Zone 2 onto ...
  1 week ago

• Hey! Pseudoscientists! Leave them kids alone!

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 127
  The name alone makes no sense: "Scientific Link to Autism Identified." What does that even mean? As opposed to a "nonscientific link"? A "religious link"? A "philosophical link"? A "chain link"? And it simply gets worse from there. First of all, if you can find a worse example of a news release, please ...
  1 week ago

• Commit Before Taking Weight Loss Medicine

  
  Weight Loss Tips — Authority: 138
  There are many different types of weight loss medicine available today. Some pills are hyped as medicine thats prescription strength and as effective as a prescription but you can order them off the television, online or through the mail. Dont.…
  1 week ago

• A new nonsense afoot

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 127
  Read this one today. It starts with several paragraphs of garbage masquerading as science-speak (e.g., " By looking at extensive scientific literature they discovered a cascade of hormones that emanate from the brain (hypothalamus)." Really? Gee. Thatll be a huge surprise to all those endocrinologists out there. ...
  1 week ago

• Follow-up on Thoughtful House suit

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 127
  The Austin mother in the Thoughtful House-related chelation suit has made available a statement regarding her situation, which you can find here at nochelation.org. Feel free to drop off some dollahs while youre there. She notes that: On this waiver Dr. Jepson also refuses to make ...
  1 week ago

• Attention Crazy People: OnLive Will Work on Your iPhone!

  
  Negative Gamer — Authority: 589
  I know I’ve always wanted to play the latest in High Definition gaming on my 3.5-inch cell phone screen! Now with OnLive, a yet unreleased streaming game service, you will be able to do just that. Supposedly. Kind of. Well, not really. In an effort to keep the wandering attention of the gaming press and appease ...
  1 week ago

• It was only a matter of time

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 127
  A local father is suing the mother of his autistic child because she refuses to sign consent to have their son treated at Thoughtful House with intravenous chelation. The parents are, of course, divorced. The mother has no lawyer, and the father has primary custody. That alone has proved fodder for fallacious ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Mercola "Facts" redux. Now with inferences and links updates!

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 127
  1. "Fact": Multidose vials of seasonal and injectable H1N1 swine flu vaccines contain MERCURY (all caps theirs), which is a "known neurotoxin." Inference: Getting a flu shot will poison your brain. Observations: The actual compound of the preservative in question is called thimerosal. It consists in part ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Nucc – “Pressure Press” video

  
  UGSMAG — Authority: 434
  From the album Snake Oil , available now on iTunes. Directed by Peter Lazarus. http://www.myspace.com/thenucc http://www.thenucc.net
  2 weeks ago

• Peak coal

  
  Dangerous Intersection — Authority: 435
  For those of you who read this shocker that the worldwide oil reserves are dwindling much faster than official reports have been coyly indicating, don’t get too cozy with the concept that we can always move on over to coal. At least that is the opinion of Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute. He claims ...
  2 weeks ago

• Devaluing the currency...

  
  halls of macadamia — Authority: 487
  ...of "right and wrong" ... -- BOSTON -- The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero . Okay... dont get me wrong here... Im really, really happy the train operator didnt turn this poor woman into ...
  2 weeks ago

• Run from actively managed securities funds

  
  Dangerous Intersection — Authority: 435
  Dan Solin at Huffpo has repeatedly pointed out the folly of paying an investment “expert” to manage a securities fund. His advice goes against the grain; innumerable books, magazines and websites pretend that if you want to grow your investments, you need to pay someone to actively manage them. As Dan ...
  2 weeks ago

• The more things change…

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 575
  Note from Karen: I could swear I’ve posted this before, but I couldn’t find it in the archives. It’s definitely worth watching this 50 year old cartoon. The issues are the same, we’re just the latest generation fighting the snake oil salesmen. Cross posted at Maggie’s Notebook Fifty years ago, the issues ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video Catoon from 50 years ago predicts today’s political environment

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 696
  by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook Fifty years ago, the issues of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were the same as today. The only difference between then and now – the snake oil salesman is female. See video below. Snake Oil Salesmen This is a priceless 50 year-old cartoon, demonstrating how big ...
  2 weeks ago

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