About four years ago, my friend Will and I had finished a hard day’s car cleaning. We used to go round houses offering our car cleaning services for £3 – 5, depending on the size of the car. Our customers were always happy with the service. We even made leaflets, posted them through people’s letterboxes …
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Not so Appyfeet
You may have noticed them. I certainly have. A new type of shop seems to be springing up. Those shops full of water tanks. A bit odd, but not that weird. But there are people with their feet in the tanks. A bit more odd. Oh, and did I mention that those water tanks are …
Can a drug be classified as “not vital”?
The Daily Mail has put out a piece that reads like a press release. I suppose that’s like a lot of their web content. However, this one attracted my attention as it was about animal testing. It is based upon an investigation by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, titled “The Ugly Truth”, …
First ASA Win!
Yay! My first ASA win is no longer under “embargo”. I’ve decided that, for the sheer hell of it, I will post a copy of my complaint about this website. Check the Freezepages to see what they were and the non-Freezepage links to see what they are now. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to you …
MMS on eBay
If you remember back to the days of old – when Bleachgate was young and so was I… well, when I was younger than I am now… One of the early victories of the Bleachgate campaign was eBay removing all the Miracle Mineral Solution items from it’s website. This came after the FSA’s warning. Well, …
ThinkCon: Can You Make A Difference?
Last night (19th March, 2011) was ThinkCon, an evening of skeptical goodness. The event was titled: “Can You Make A Difference?” and the speakers all gave their experiences about how they have made a difference. The evening was chaired by Gia Milinovich and the speakers were: Me. I was the first person to speak. I …
Remission
For the last time, before I get any more stupid comments suggesting some ridiculous quacky cure… Unless you are a gastroenterologist/immunologist or some expert on Crohn’s, I don’t care what cured your friend when you suggested it to them, I will not use your cure/treatment. This includes: Squatting Herbs Unproven treatments Cutting out dairy Actually, …
Ambiguity over alternative medicine funding in Wales
On the 1st of December 2010, I sent Freedom of Information Act requests to all seven of the Local Health Boards in Wales; Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Cwm Taf Local Health Board Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board Hywel Dda Local Health Board Powys Teaching Local Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board Abertawe …
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Consumers in Cardiff stage homeopathic ‘overdose’
Consumer rights activists across Cardiff have today announced their intention to take a mass homeopathic ‘overdose’ next month, as part of a major global protest against the alternative remedies. Protesters in Cardiff will swallow entire bottles of homeopathic pills on February 5th 2011, in a bid to raise public awareness of the fact that homeopathic …
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Cardiff Skeptics Homeopathy Event
Due to being the one to suggest it, and Dean and Alice being away on the weekend planned, I am organising a Cardiff Skeptics homeopathy event! Huzzah! If it all goes wrong though, blame them though for letting a kid run the show 😉 Honestly though, I’m planning for the event to go down on …