Fad Diets, or “fad cures”?

We’ve probably all tried one or more types of fad diet over the years. They come and go, hence fad. Some are helpful, some harmful, some are in-between. Some are invented by con-artists who will sell you “special” food plans for ludicrous amounts of money. Some will even insist that for the diet to “work”, [...]

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Outer Space Con-Artists?

Most people have been the target of fraud attempts here on Earth, but now, it seems, the scammers are looking to the stars, literally. Space Adventures, a Virginia company specializing in “space tourism”, allegedly conned Japanese businessman Daisuke Enomoto out of more than $20 Million.
They promised him a spacewalk, but he apparently was taken for [...]

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Oprah Winfrey gives her “me too” to an already popular book that didn’t need her.

It’s funny how Oprah Winfrey has twisted the world to conform itself to her endorsements. David Wroblewski wrote a novel, titled “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” It is a wonderful book. It really is. Actually, it already was, before Oprah pulled her usual scam that I like to call “re-endorsement”. See, she takes something that’s [...]

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Producers of “Fifty Dead Men Walking” are thought police?

“Fifty Dead Men Walking” is a story about Martin McGartland, a double agent who infiltrated the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Rose McGowan, who stars in the film, has stated that if she had been in Ireland during the troubling times of the film, she would have joined the IRA.
Apparently, the film’s producers don’t like personal [...]

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“Yet another study” discovers things we already knew.

Is anyone else sick of scientists conducting “studies” to determine results we already know? We have diseases yet to be cured, medical conditions that continue to threaten the lives and well-being of people, and health issues that persistently debilitate patients, yet someone is funding ridiculous studies. Here’s one such study…did you know that sweets interfere [...]

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Criminal cops get honored?

Police officers sometimes break the law. Okay, they often break the law. They’re just as capable of bad behavior as everyone else. I understand, it’s alright. But, when cops honor them, it continues the tradition of the “thin blue line.” This has got to stop. When you break the law, you don’t get rewarded.
In New [...]

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My “Casey Anthony” thoughts.

For anyone who isn’t familiar with this story, I’m in Florida, and there’s this woman, Casey Anthony, who had a little girl named Caylee. Well, little Caylee went missing, and the disappearance went unreported to authorities for nearly a full month. Now evidence collected suggests that the missing girl is likely dead, and her body [...]

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What exactly does “reportedly” mean?

I was just sitting here, doing nothing, when a thought came to me. I was flipping channels, as I often do when bored, and I happened upon a news report. I won’t go into detail, as the story itself doesn’t matter very much, but one word stuck out. The word is “reportedly,” and I’ve been [...]

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What is Georgian President Saakasvili smoking?

Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia, is claiming that “the rest of the world” will help Georgia in it’s civil war against Abkhazia and South Ossetia. I’m not exactly sure what may have been said to Saakashvili in private that could give him that idea, but I think it’s time that “the rest of the world” [...]

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LPGA to “reconsider” discriminatory language rule?

LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens released a statement suggesting that the LPGA will drop part of their clearly discriminatory rule requiring foreign golfers to speak English. However, Bivens says, fines for players remains an option, instead of outright suspension for non-compliant golfers.
Some California legislators have expressed legal concerns over this policy, which may have prompted [...]

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