facts + logic = truth
Here are just a few of the bizarre bits of nonsense I've encountered this week: "You can treat just about anything through the ears," said a friend who had tiny adhesives stamped all over both of his ears. The adhesives, called "seeds", are placed on acccupressure points. Every so often, he has to squeeze each... Continue Reading →
In honour of the 44th President of the United States, I decided to catalogue the Top Ten stupidest smears, urban legends, and conspiracy theories that have been spun around Barack Obama since his election campaign. He's here in spite of them all, and I think that says something about smear campaigns: They're a complete waste... Continue Reading →
(AKA Plastic and Aluminum) Mystical-quantum gizmos + your water = plain ol' water I first heard of the Stirwand when Dr. Deagle, in his Granada Forum lecture, mentioned "special wands from Global Light Network that can actually change the structure of water to help ease specific conditions". This sounded like yet another structured water scam,... Continue Reading →
I have just learned that Christiane Maggiore died on December 27, at the age of 52. My condolences and sympathy go out to her only living child. She did not have to die so soon. Maggiore's friends and supporters say her six-month bout of fatal pneumonia was in no way related to her HIV/AIDS. They... Continue Reading →
A couple of extremely weird hoaxes have been exposed recently. Or maybe they haven't. One might have been was a 9/11 Truther pseudocide, the other isn't really a hoax but might be a hoax by way of its non-hoaxiness. Update: The Truther, Ace Baker, is alive and "well". Scroll down for info. On January 6,... Continue Reading →
The year's first Pants Afire Award goes to Casey Anthony, the mother of murdered 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, for telling the most (and most easily discovered) lies in the shortest amount of time. I don't usually pay attention to these high-profile missing child cases, because they're only the tip of the iceberg. Every year, thousands of... Continue Reading →
A Fun New Year's Quiz! Below are some gloom-&-doom predictions from some of my (least) favourite conspiranoids. You tell me if they're referring to the aftermath of Y2k, or to what they think will happen in '09. Answers are at the bottom. Bonus points for guessing the conspiranoid! Well, OK, no bonus points, but it's... Continue Reading →
I have really, really good feelings about 2009. I know some wonderful things will be happening for many of us. So enjoy the ringing in of the new year, and look forward to a better one!
A strange literary fraud burns Oprah (again) Nearly every case of literary fraud I've covered on this blog (Anthony Godby Johnson, James Frey, Misha Defonseca, etc.) has one thing in common with every other case: Oprah Winfrey. I don't have anything against Oprah, but I gotta say that woman is gullible. With a capital G.... Continue Reading →
Many Truthers and believers in the NWO are excited about a clip from CNN-Pakistan, in which former ISI chief Hamid Gul "admits" that 9/11 and the Mumbai attacks were engineered in the U.S. Actually he's just expressing an opinion. To someone like me, who suspects Pakistan had some involvement in these attacks, Mr. Gul's message... Continue Reading →
Swallowing The Camel 