Joseph and Andrew Obi: International Men of Mystery
So, another vague and preposterous legal threat and my web hosts have caved like bullied ginger children. Pages have been taken down and then immediately […]
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More Threats to the Quackometer
Another page or two goes missing. You can read more about this here: I’m not sure that’s ethical and here:Legal threats and extortion to suppress […]
Natural Disasters, Corporate Nutrition and the Confusopoly of Diet
The louder a food screams ‘natural’ or ‘healthy’ at you, the further you should run. That is the somewhat counter-intuitive message of Michael Pollan’s essay, […]
The Myths of Patrick Holford
Bertrand Russel said, What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires — desires of which he himself is often […]
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Professor Joan Higgins, Chair of the Federal Working Group on Complementary Therapies, is in charge of setting up the Natural Healthcare Council (Ofquack). From April, […]
“Nothing Acts as Well as FairDeal Homeopathy”
It looks like the campaign to clean up homeopathy is having effects! A new supplier of homeopathic remedies appears to have entered the market with […]
The Homeopath at the Ataraxia Theatre
As I am sure you are aware, the marketing departments in pharmaceutical companies employ hoards of cartoonists to mock the alternative medicine industrty, alledgedly. Here […]
Gold, Frankincense and Mirazid
I do find the Bible disappointing in one or two areas. For a work supposedly divinely inspired, it is remarkably lacking in handy life enhancing […]
Magic Homeopathic MP3 Music is Nothing New
There is nothing new under the quackery sun…
Extending the ‘Simple Challenge’
Homeopaths claim that their pills can induce predictable and distinct sets of symptoms in healthy people. That is how they prove their powerful medicine. This […]