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Guy suing a "naturopath" shoots and kills the quack.. 7 Archae Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 4164
Bizarro Comics Dan Piraro incurs the wrath of anti-vaxers 4 SaintLouisBlues Mar 2017 Mar 2017 14 3618
LTE, Guardian (UK): "No evidence to back idea of learning styles" 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2276
Belle Gibson misled public with cancer claims, judge says 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 2285
"Liberation" Therapy debunked 2 uriel1972 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2660
No, You Shouldn't Question Everything 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Mar 2017 1 3396
Why do people hate science? 22 Archae Aug 2016 Mar 2017 2 4691
Google delists Mike Adams Natural News website. 2 progressoid Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2414
A nice summation 1 Orrex Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 2237
A local psychic is on Facebook offering $20 off on psychic readings 6 Orrex Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2247
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Iggo Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1273
The evidence for vaccine safety is abundant. That will be $100,000, please. 0 progressoid Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1804
During one of our arguments on vaccines, I saw this guy and his web site used... 0 Archae Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2129
Television Signals Are Being Used To Implant Intergalactic Demon Viruses In Americans 9 HAB911 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 2947
Did you know that mammographies cause breast-cancer in the first place? 4 DetlefK Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2186
I subscribe to eSkeptic, and 1 frogmarch Jan 2017 Feb 2017 1 3542
Too strange to be coincidence 3 Orrex Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 3858
Hollow Earth! 6 progressoid Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2715
Trump meets with vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. 5 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2720
A conspiracy theory to befuddle the anti-vaxxers: 2 trotsky Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2318
Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science 1 progressoid Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1795
The top science boobs of 2016... 1 Archae Dec 2016 Jan 2017 0 3050
Top 5 Chemistry Fails by the Food Babe 3 progressoid Dec 2016 Jan 2017 4 3187
Essential oils, vaccines 4 gollygee Dec 2016 Jan 2017 0 3200
Top 10 Retractions of 2016 0 kristopher Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 3071
Don't miss "Skeptic on a stick"! 1 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1637
Abusing Science You Dont Understand 0 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2495
We still Need Better Communication on GMOs (and science) 1 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1735
Anti-vaxxers try to explain away the successes of vaccination... 0 Archae Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2353
Mother stands trial after 7-year-old son dies from strep infection she treated with dandelion tea 1 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1716

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While DU was down, I ran across this anti-GMO and anti-vaxx kook. 2 Archae Nov 2016 Dec 2016 1 1884
“Health Ranger” Sells Remedy for Disease He Doesn’t Think Exists 2 HuckleB Jun 2016 Dec 2016 2 2038
Trump Transition Team Is All Tied Up With Anti-Gay Pseudoscience 2 HAB911 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2316
The anti-GMO kooks in Hawaii have lost out again... 0 Archae Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1701
How to make lots of money for nothing, legally? 2 Archae Sep 2016 Nov 2016 4 2202
"Psychic" has terrific excuse for all the failures... 3 Archae Oct 2016 Nov 2016 2 2357
Incentives Vs. Information: Why the Best Science isn’t Always Published 2 kristopher Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 2246
Study: Sugar Industry Secretly Paid Harvard Researchers to Blame Fat for Health Risks 21 kristopher Sep 2016 Nov 2016 2 4748
Anti-vaxx kooks don't like these facts... 3 Archae Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1908
When Soda Makers Fund Studies, Links to Obesity Weaken 0 kristopher Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1598
Invitation to General Discussion: "Broken Promises of GMO Crops" 8 JackRiddler Oct 2016 Nov 2016 0 4260
Just how much total bullshit is on the Internet? 3 Archae Sep 2016 Oct 2016 1 2032
"We don't like that the evidence fails to support our beliefs, so we want you to stop talking about 4 progressoid Sep 2016 Oct 2016 2 2622
Yes, I did it. 1 progressoid Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1781
What's the harm? 1 Orrex Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1443
Henry Jeffreys: No, having cancer did not heal my life 3 LeftishBrit Oct 2016 Oct 2016 2 1986
"molecular hydrogen, the very small particles, not the big ones that can cause,like, explosions " 13 progressoid Aug 2016 Oct 2016 0 4141
How Norway Became an Anti-GMO Powerhouse 1 progressoid Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1865
"Psychics" completely blow it. Again. 3 Archae Oct 2016 Oct 2016 5 2415
Anti-GMOer Latham Attacks Kevin Folta With Trumpish Dishonesty 9 HuckleB Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2582
Interesting find on a local Goodwill bookshelf 2 Orrex Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1854
Russian hackers 10 Orrex Jul 2016 Oct 2016 2 2698
Aliens Inside Jupiter's Moon Europa? NASA's Secret Announcement! 9/22/16 2 yuiyoshida Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1892
This Special FX Team Hoaxes Paranormal Activity at Haunted Locations, and Business is Booming 0 William Seger Sep 2016 Sep 2016 3 1494
France most skeptical country about vaccine safety 3 progressoid Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1766
Anti-Vaccine Doctor, Bob Sears, Faces Disciplinary Action 2 progressoid Sep 2016 Sep 2016 2 1701
Been awhile since I posted this but still good. Off That (Rationalist Anthem) - Baba Brinkman 1 BootinUp Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1698
Jacob Wetterling case, "psychic" fails completely, as always. 2 Archae Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 2553
How credible is this European group? 6 Archae Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 3597
Nooscope mystery: The strange device of Putin's new man Anton Vaino 5 William Seger Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2758

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What It Was Like Working For A Billion-Dollar Sham 1 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1660
Good news from the universe of woo... 0 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 11 1619
Ironic headline of the day... 3 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2227
I posted a wackadoodle WND/Chuck Norris chemtrail thread in GD... 2 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2023
Evoman 3 TZ Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 1953
“Chemtrails” not real, say leading atmospheric science experts 7 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 2137
Now here's something "holistic" I can support. 1 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1928
The sheister lawyer who is suing over Roundup, has an ad posted. 2 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1843
Skepticism – Banned by Facebook 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 2047
Panic! Panic! Panic! Fear! Fear! Fear! 4 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1931
End The Derp! 0 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 4 1564
Va. man claimed he had cure for cancer, charged $1,200 per bottle. Cops say it’s bogus, bust him. 1 HuckleB Jul 2016 Aug 2016 0 2736
Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Lethal” Lipstick 5 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 5 2116
We got some good ones in Latest Breaking News... 0 Archae Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1582
CARA: Integrating even more pseudoscience into veterans’ healthcare 0 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1410
How Alex Jones Uses Fear of the Government to Sell Diet Supplements 0 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1702
Brisbane homeopath Cyena Caruana selling vaccinations and boosters made from refined sugar 4 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1822
Non-GMO sugar plays major role in "Reeking, Oozing Algae (Which) Closes South Florida Beaches" 3 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1924
Miss Cleo, Famous TV Psychic, Dies at 53: Report 4 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 2204
Consumer Reports Promotes Woo Again. 0 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1760
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