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Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Chris Grrr

Chris Grrr — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:45:03 +0000

How many of you actually bought and used heroin?

This blog post isn’t labeled as a review, but I’m going to unload on you anyway. I really don’t want to see any criticism from anybody who has not actually used heroin.

I am buying heroin because I want to see for myself if it works, and if it does, would it be beneficial for the hyperactive children in our family. If it helps even a little, it’s a little we can build on.

Fortunately all people are not distrusting skeptics like you. I hope you’re never in a position of authority with your closed, closed minds. All of science happens to be built on ideas, no matter how stupid or ill-founded, as well as wishful thinking and authoritative-sounding astroturfing and not your slavish devotion to reproducible results.

Meanwhile, take YOUR intellectualism and shove it. I’m going to try heroin myself before I scoff at its so-called drawbacks.

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Allen

Allen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:33:53 +0000

Thank you for being the voice of reason for those who are not Mensa material! Idiots pay $20 for something they could make with a few paper clips and some electrical tape! Just man up and do things on your own people…

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:24:20 +0000

LMAO love it, where do i sign up??!

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Michael D. Shapiro

Michael D. Shapiro — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:31:03 +0000

Speaking as one of the suckers who bought this thing… all I can tell you is that it’s damn near $36 with freight. And they really, really don’t want you to leave their site without buying more of ‘em. If I had run across that BEFORE I bought, I would’ve backed out faster than sh*t trough a goose. Alas, I already trimmed the band on mine, so I’m stuck with it. Live and learn…

Comment on iRenew and Q-Ray Scams- A Follow-Up by marlanea bridgewater

marlanea bridgewater — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:46:44 +0000

If that braclet actually benefited us somehow, then it would be growing on trees or in the ground, or falling from the rain clouds. It’s not anything but junk and a scam. Better yet, why wernt we born with them around our wrists. It’s BS. All the magnetic energy is already all around us naturally.

Comment on The Stars They Saw – April 14, 1865 & April 14, 1912 by Eric Willem

Eric Willem — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:32:50 +0000

Titanic is our keepsake for us

Comment on Denialism and The Age of Disinformation by Kev Coleman

Kev Coleman — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:56:13 +0000

Well Dan, many thanks for posting the video. I sat and watched and felt utter dread at the future of reported science because of the Specter characters totally over the top attitude to anyone with a counter view to his. We are all wrong and he is right. Sorry to say I disagreed with his views on a lot of subject matter because he wasn’t prepared to accept that there was or is an alternative path to anything. He is one dangerous individual with ideas like his. GMO’s are proving to be dangerous and despite the evidence he was clearly in the ‘lets develop it and let the devil take those left by the wayside because all that matters is Monsanto’s total global control over everything’. I liked some of the data that mentioned partisanship as an indicator of scientific bias because the lack of statistics training that Specter mentioned towards the end became particularly evident. Its obvious that if an individual follows a particular political party then they are likely to hold similar views on most things. However the panel neglected to say that the issues mentioned were in fact the most contentious issues currently being discussed by all parties and therefore there would definitely be a bias that followed partisan lines. If they took their statistics further (as they should have) to include smaller, less controversial issues they would then discover a certain difference between individuals which would not be obvious when only the major issues were mentioned. A bit too selective of examples for my liking. Not enough fine detail. The woman who reported on medicines who took the view that there were too many drugs prescribed when not needed was spot on in my view. The US is definitely ‘a pill for every ill’ nation that is steadily becoming totally dependent on the pharmaceutical companies to help each American through every day. Now that is sad and true. I am glad I live in the UK.
The journalist guy spoke of the future being Geo-engineering. Oh Dear! I really hope not because we have already done enough damage to planet Earth.
My view. (For what it is worth) The people in general, both here and in the US, have long given up believing the press and media where science is concerned because they have been numbed to the truth. Its the ‘little boy crying wolf’ syndrome. Too much reportage of climate change, GM technology, oil spills, pollution, famine, disease and a whole raft of issues has worn the readers down and now all the majority of people want to do is sit down with a beer and the box switched to their favourite channel of crap tv. Its like that here.
However in Specter’s favour he did mention one aspect of society which he got right. Education. However I would hate to have his curriculum to study.

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by lopez

lopez — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:43:55 +0000

it’s called the placebo effect. you felt better because you wanted to believe in this bracelet.

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Rick

Rick — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:23:39 +0000

And they never explain why they can’t ship both items in the same package for the one S&H price. The obvious answer is that the profit level is increased for them. This is a red flag in almost all infomercials, prefaced by “But wait…”. The other one is “call within the next 10 minutes” or “the offer ends at midnight.” Think about it. These scams run all day, every day.

Comment on I- Renew Bracelet – Why is MSNBC airing this Junk? (Are there really that many stupid people in America?) by Joe

Joe — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:09:34 +0000

Was simply gonna dismiss this until they have the doctor show up for 20 seconds.