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Sylvia Browne?s Economic Predictions for 2008
Now that the Montel Williams Show is no longer being filmed we won’t be privy to this spectical anymore, but at the end of each year, Sylvia Browne, a self-proclaimed psychic would issue her predictions for the next year. Last year I noted that her predictions for 2007 were very very wrong. However, it seems [...]
Rainbow Conspiracy Theory Fail
Yes, the following video is real. It comes directly from Failblog, because in this case, it was such a failure that it actually was recognized as one almost universally. A crazy lady finds that her sprinkler makes a rainbow. What? A rainbow? Those are supposed to be in the sky! And it’s not raining [...]
The Toof Fairy is Back
The toof fairy has been making her rounds trying to get kids who live near nuclear plants to hand over some teeth to prove that they were exposed to fission byproducts in recent years. Now, however, it seems that the original study started back in the 1950’s and concerned nuclear weapon tests, or to be [...]
More ?Uranium is running out? nonsense
This time it’s from a politician. Geez, who would ever think a politician would mislead the public about the facts? Still, it’s an unfortunate and persistent myth that replacing fossil fuels with nuclear fission will lead us to a ‘peak uranium’ crisis in a few years or decades.
Is uranium going to hit a”Hubbert Peak”?
Hubbert didn’t [...]
Banished Words Of the Year (Guess what?s No 1.)
Lake Superior State University is known for one tradition that has been going on for thirty four years: “The Banished Word List.” The list is basically a collection of fifteen words of the year that have been so overused, so misused so hyped, so trendy that they have come to define everything annoying and lame [...]
What the hell is a natural pizza?
I was flipping through the channels today when I saw the word “natural” come up. Obviously I stopped to see what kind of product it would be, as the word seems to be a buzzword for every bad science scheme out there. This time it’s pizza. Yes, that’s right. A **NEW** natural pizza from Pizza [...]
First ?Solar Powered Freighter? - No not really
There’s a big to-do about the fact that some shipping company has placed a bunch of solar panels on one of their big international freighters. Ironically, it happens to be a car carrier. Like all solar projects, it seems this one was damn expensive and offers a very low return.
I think these guys may even [...]
Bitching over Bad Science Works!
Omega Pharmaceuticals is a European company which manufacturers non-prescription health and medical products. The products they manufacture include some at least appear to be legitimate, such as a treatment for hair lice as well as some that are a bit more questionable, such as “natural” health products.
Not long ago the company came out with a [...]
Ignorance and Paranoia Get Contagious
You may remember that there was a lot of talk about how a rail maintiance facility was really a concentration camp run by the government and preparing to become part of a program to slaughter millions. You may have also seen a recent post describing how this mentality has spread beyond the US all the [...]
Celebs not the best health advisors? Really?
A rare piece of extremely good, yet all to obvious advice in the mainstream media turned up in the London Times. It seems that the paper is advising readers that the fact that someone is well known for their acting, music or sexy bod does not necessarily mean you should put any value on their [...]
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