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Anti-Semitism History Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

The ultimate “Zionist” conspiracy

If you’ve hung out in forums where Holocaust deniers, 9/11 Truthers, and other conspiracy theorists hang out, as I have done, one thing you’ll notice is that these particular purveyors of dubious conspiracy-mongering seem to have a particular love of demonizing Jews (or, as the smarter ones tend to call them in order to try […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Bioethics Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Quoth Dr. Rashid Buttar: “The medical board is a ‘rabid dog'”

Dr. Rashid Buttar is a quack. There, I’ve said it. It’s my opinion, and there’s lots of evidence to support that opinion. As you know, I seldom actually invoke the “q-word.” Indeed, for the longest time after I started blogging I tended to go out of my way to avoid using it, even to the […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery Surgery

An autistic child pays the price for Andrew Wakefield’s antivaccination “research”

Andrew Wakefield is an incompetent “scientist.” Of that, there is no longer any doubt whatsoever, given how poorly he and his collaborators did the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) studies that he did looking for measles RNA sequences in colon biopsy specimens taken from autistic children, studies in which they failed to do even the most […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Saturday afternoon lazy troll feeding

See what happens when I actually manage to keep myself from checking my blog for nearly 24 whole hours? The trolls take over. Well, they’re not exactly trolls. Trolls often don’t believe in what they post; they merely post it to get a reaction, for example, like rabid Hillary Clinton opponents posting on pro-Clinton discussion […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Schadenfreude

Sorry, but I can’t help but feel a bit of schadenfreude over this. Chelationist extraordinaire Dr. Rashid Buttar is, it would appear, in a bit of trouble: A Huntersville doctor is facing charges of unprofessional conduct. Dr. Rashid Buttar’s alternative medicine clinic treats autism patients from the around the country, but tonight there are questions […]