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nymag.com » Daily Intel - Jun 16, 2008
Seth TobiasPhoto:CNBC In the months following the drowning of hedge-fund manager Seth Tobias in his Palm Beach swimming pool, the stories of what exactly happened that night in September got wilder and more sordid …
Also tagged: hedge fund, geniuses, in other news, seth tobias, filomena tobias, billy ash
religionnewsblog.com » Religion News Blog - Apr 26, 2008
The advert on DD-India channel in Hindi said that Pandit Bharatraj Shastri was an expert in "palmistry, birth kundali (horoscopes), vastu expert, marriage issues, troubles in business, dissatisfaction at work, warding …
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Apr 10, 2008
It's really not a good time to be a psychic. As was reported in the Observer last weekend, in a month's time they face new Consumer Protection Regulations that will come into force following the repeal of the …
Also tagged: very silly things, rationalism
telegraph.co.uk » blogs.telegraph.co.uk blog listings. - Apr 9, 2008
In the Guardian of the belief: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/07/climatechange.carbonemissions Looking in a mirror... Lindzen was right and I'm a schmuck... just like the people who believe me. In …
Also tagged: harry potter, sci fi, toast, pseudo science, liars, profiteers
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Feb 15, 2008
This is truly unbelievable. Easington Council in County Durham have paid half of a £120 fee for a psychic to "exorcise a supposed poltergeist" from one of its council houses. The occupants, the Fallon family, had …
Also tagged: scams, very silly things
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Feb 7, 2008
The Office of Fair Trading has launched a new initiative in Dundee aimed at tracking down and convicting fraudulent psychics who target their victims through the mail. Trading standards officers have placed blue …
Also tagged: scams
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Feb 5, 2008
We received a rallying call over the weekend from Julia Atkinson at the website Bad Psychics, who is urging all rationalists to attend a demonstration by "psychic surgeon" Gary Mannion in London tonight. He'll be …
Also tagged: scams, paranormal, very silly things
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Feb 1, 2008
In an otherwise informative feature on psychics fleecing credulous members of the public for thousands of pounds, BBC Watchdog presenter Julia Bradbury came out with the extraordinary statement "Of course, there are …
Also tagged: scams, bbc, paranormal, watchdog
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Jan 31, 2008
After 17 years, Montel Williams is closing his doors. And the world’s IQ goes up a few points. But whatever will Sylvia Browne do? Make an honest living for once? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAhahahahaha! No, of course not …
Also tagged: humor, frauds, sylvia browne, montel williams, skepticism, piece of mind, antiscience
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Jan 29, 2008
So asked this week's Mail on Sunday . We'd say probably not, but this doesn't seem to be the opinion of Dr Chris Roe, a parapsychologist at the University of Northampton. Apparently a "parapsychologist" is someone who …
Also tagged: paranormal, very silly things