… because I saw The Atheist Pig’s cartoon today. It takes something I don’t have to be able to convey so much in 4 panels with simple drawings. Anyway, it reminded me of an old verse of mine: (Every word of this is true.) A friend of mine, some thirty years ago, The eldest son, …
Category Archive: snake oil
Aug 07 2012
Olympic Placebos
The reality’s hard to escape: It’s just sticky and bright-colored crepe. It’s absurd, or it’s funny; It’s made lots of money— The placebo, Kinesio Tape Just a few observations, prompted by a post on NPR’s Health Blog and by my observations of the US Olympic trials. That brightly colored tape adorning the shoulders, legs, and …
Dec 28 2011
Times Square Jumbotron Strikes Again
Via James Randi’s Swift, a time-sensitive message. Remember when the National Vaccine Information Center ran ads this past April, on the Times Square Jumbotron? They’re baaaack: (Important stuff, after the jump:)
Nov 30 2011
Burzynski The Bold (A Ballad)
Some folks would give up; Some folks would just quit, When they look for three decades, but only find shit. But some can make hay from a whole lot of zero… Like Dr Burzynski, the medical hero. Though his method is lacking empirical proof Looking less like a treatment and more like a spoof That …
Oct 31 2011
Homeopathic Science
It’s a wholly different system– There are data, but you missed ‘em, In the infinite dilution of our minds! Modern medicine is bleaker Cos our evidence is weaker, Which is stronger, as our different system finds! All those articles and studies That you put out with your buddies, Which you think will make your evidence …
Feb 02 2008
Vaccination Fixation
Oh, pity poor Orac! He’s feeling the love of the anti-vax folks, who apparently think he is a stupid-head. So this one, like it or not, is for you, Orac. It’s obvious that ignorance combined with desperationAnd deliberate distortion mixed with misinterpretationNot to mention giant leaps of overstressed imaginationMay result in opposition to a helpful …
Dec 29 2007
No vaccine for arrogance…
Orac reports on the latest pinhead celebrity to jump onto the anti-vax bandwagon. Yup, it’s that walking, talking hairpiece, The Donald. The anti-vax pinheads are a group I find particularly annoying. My aunt had polio. My grandparents’ generation saw the Salk vaccine for the wonder that it is, and saw polio for the danger it …
Dec 17 2007
A long-running bet…
A pair of hucksters had a bet, a long, long time agoEach swore that he could prove himself the lowest of the low;Each knew who was the world’s top swindler: “Naturally, I am!”And so the competition: who could pull the greatest scam? The first said “I shall tell each father, mother, son and daughter,That I …
Nov 09 2007
New and Improved Ancient Technology!
Respectful Insolence reports on an ancient, historic health product–basically, two cylinders, one of copper, one of zinc, that you hold (one in each hand). Yup. I have improved on the idea. This ancient pharmacology has long since proved its worth;It’s the finest panacea in the history of earth.Two simple metal cylinders can cure all of …
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Jan 31 2008
The Enzyte Song (The Biggest Dicks Of All)
Pinheads, snake oil, social commentary
by Cuttlefish
Well, it looks like “Smilin’ Bob” won’t be smiling much for a while. The (Cincinnati) Enquirer reports that Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, the makers of Enzyte, are in court, accused of defrauding customers… to the tune of $100 million. That’s an awful lot of male enhancement. James Teegarden Jr., the former vice president of operations at …
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