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Wed Jan 28, 2015, 01:18 PM Jan 2015

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At a Recent “Psychic” Demonstration by John Edward, Skeptics Were Waiting with Educational Signs

January 27, 2015 by Hemant Mehta 76 Comments

A few nights ago, television “psychic” John Edward — better known as the Crossing Over guy — did a small show for an audience in Los Angeles.

And outside the theater were peaceful protesters ready to educate the audience about the scam they were about to witness (and waste money on):

(snip)

"How do you know you’re having an effect? When the people running the event, lose their minds trying to get you removed by the police."



"A few minutes after that exchange, one of the people who had come to attend the event stepped up to assist the security guard and arm her with what I’m sure he thought, would be a slamdunk. He told the security guard that he had paid for tickets to the show and that we were ruining the event for him with our “negative energy”.


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/27/at-a-recent-psychic-demonstration-by-john-edward-skeptics-were-waiting-with-educational-signs/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=friendlyatheist_012815UTC050111_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=47906637&spUserID=MTE4MTY1MzAzMTE5S0&spJobID=603861801&spReportId=NjAzODYxODAxS0

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