sduford on Dec 07 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Scams, Science
As a follow-on to my previous post on our little Canadian Dictator and his position on Global Warming, here’s a very nice little explanation of what is really going on, courtesy of DeSmogBlog.
If you owned a distillery, you would probably not be in favour of prohibition.
So it is little wonder why Harper is apposed to [...]
sduford on Aug 15 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Scams, Science, Skepticality
The Guardian has a very nice op-ed piece today on our society’s slide back into the dark ages of superstition and quack science. Well worth a read. Here’s an extract:
The enlightenment was a beautiful thing. People cast aside dogma and authority. They started to think for themselves. Natural science flourished. Understanding of the real world [...]
sduford on Mar 27 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Scams
Here is an article on Chuck Norris, the NCBCPS, and their campaign to get a Christian Revisionist Bible-based curriculum into American public schools.
America really is sliding back into the dark ages!
sduford on Mar 20 2007 | Filed under: Panama, Politics, Rant, Scams
HSBC in Panama is sueing a customer for having posted disparaging messages on some Panama Yahoo Groups. This is an outrageous lawsuit but according to HSBC Watch Interactive, this is far from being an isolated incident. One thing I didn’t realize is that HSBC used to be the very much maligned Household Finance and its predatory lending [...]
sduford on Feb 20 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Scams
Two weeks ago my favourite hard-hitting call-a-spade-a-spade take-no-prisoners journalist, George Monbiot of the British newspaper The Guardian, came out hard against the 9/11 conspiracy theorists and their cult movie Loose Change. Monbiot called them out for what they are: a bunch of talented nut-jobs who are taking attention away from the real issues and making [...]
sduford on Jan 28 2007 | Filed under: Computers, Mobile Devices, Scams
January 19, 2007 (Computerworld) — The next time you’re at an airport looking for a wireless hot spot, and you see one called “Free Wi-Fi†or a similar name, beware — you may end up being victimized by the latest hot-spot scam hitting airports across the country.
You could end up being the target of a [...]
sduford on Jan 28 2007 | Filed under: Rant, Scams, Science, Skepticality
Molecular “memory” of water! People will really believe anything. Homeopathy is another example of “faith” being used to exploit people. While on the surface homeopathy can appear harmless, it can be very dangerous when people use its “remedies” instead of a proper treatement for serious diseases.Â
By Terry J. AllenÂ
For the half billion people worldwide who use homeopathic remedies, the potions can [...]
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