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9GAG on This
Read more: 9GAG on ThisClickbait website 9GAG lifts automated content from popular social networking website Reddit For producers of “clickbait,” Reddit – the self-titled “front page of the Internet” and 27th most popular website in the world – is a treasure trove of copy-and-paste-friendly content. Without getting swamped by copyright issues, the reason clickbait websites such as 9GAG presume to…
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Presumed Guilty
Read more: Presumed GuiltyThe search for “Special Notice 11-02”, the UK Metropolitan Police Service’s never-seen document overturning the presumption of innocence [UPDATED: Read the Met Police’s response to my enquiry by clicking here] Earlier this year, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe wrote a controversial article for the Guardian arguing that police officers “should not unconditionally believe every…
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Thought Field Therapy (and More!)
Read more: Thought Field Therapy (and More!)Why is UK’s Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre offering dubious “alternative” therapies? US reporter and I have asked UK oversight agency On April 25, my Atlanta, GA blogging buddy Peter M. Heimlich and I co-signed and co-blogged a request for a review of dubious medical treatments being offered by a Liverpool hospital. On May 2, we…
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Worst in Show
Read more: Worst in ShowPolice Scotland arrests man for Nazi dog video – I’ve asked authorities to advise dog owners on how to behave their pooches online Police in Scotland have reportedly arrested a 28-year-old man from North Lanarkshire on hate crime charges over a video he allegedly posted online of a dog gesturing a Nazi salute. Via the Guardian: The video/apology,…
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EFT on the NHS (cont.)
Read more: EFT on the NHS (cont.)Why is a UK hospital offering dubious “energy therapies”? Atlanta, GA reporter and I have asked UK oversight agency Last Monday, my Atlanta, GA blogging buddy Peter M. Heimlich and I co-signed and co-blogged a request for a review of dubious medical treatments being offered by a Liverpool hospital. We filed our request with the Care…
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National Holistic Service
Read more: National Holistic ServiceWhy is a Liverpool hospital offering dubious “holistic treatments”? Fellow blogger Peter M. Heimlich (Atlanta, GA, US) and I have asked UK oversight agency A couple of days ago, I reported an item about how Aintree University Hospitals in Liverpool offers, apparently via the publicly-funded National Health Service, these “holistic treatments” (all links to Quackwatch.com):…
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Crystal Therapy on the NHS
Read more: Crystal Therapy on the NHSUK National Health Service promotes yet more dubious alt-med therapies Via the Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Crystal therapy traditionally involves placing quartz crystals on different parts of the body – often corresponding to a person’s “chakras” – in an attempt to construct an “energy grid,” which is purported to surround the subject with healing energy. …
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Q&A with Peter Tatchell
Read more: Q&A with Peter Tatchell“Free speech is one of the most precious of all human rights” – Renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell answers my questions on racism, transphobia and freedom of speech For over 40 years, British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has worked tirelessly to advance the causes of freedom, civil rights and social equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
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