The WiZard is In
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Calls Prince Charles a "snakeoil salesman" forced to retire
[Edzard Ernst] Scourge of Snake Oil Salesmen Bids an Early Farewell
Science 333 [6403] 687 5 August 2011
Ernst called Prince Charles
a “snake oil salesman”—a headlinemaking
sneer he doesn’t regret. “He owns a firm that
sells a tincture of artichoke and dandelion
that supposedly detoxifies the body. To me
that is snake oil,” he says.
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Diana elected herself the People's
Princess. So she became a Goddess
for the unfortunate, the silly and the
unhappy.
Phillip Howard
[Edited on 20-8-2011 by The WiZard is In]
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hissingnoise
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This 'heir' to the most highly 'subsidised life-style' ever envisaged has a very large head, composed of 99% face, with the remaining 1% made up of
some kind of solid grey 'matter'!
He can't possibly be a 'snake-oil-salesman' because even that would require him to have an IQ expressible in positive numbers.
His issue is little better . . .
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Magpie
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I've always suspected that the bulk of the concoctions in health food stores were snake oil. It is simply amazing how many people regularly patronize
these stores. The stores have a huge selection of natural products and chemicals. And for that I'm grateful as I can walk in and buy any of them
without a prescription from a doctor.
In regard to Ernst, it is wonderful to see a man put scientific honesty ahead of politics and the polishing of his own career.
[Edited on 21-8-2011 by Magpie]
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drago57
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Best hope Harry becomes King then
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DeathAdder
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I have read and reccomend the book BAD SCIENCE although i get the since that he is a liberal and an atheist both of which i an to say the least not
fond of.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein
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hissingnoise
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Yep, a doggone good book from another of those pesky Godless liberals with that 'seek and destroy' attitude to unreason . . .
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Very inappropriate joke (all the more reason to tell it!!)
How did Lady Di hold her liquor?
By the ears.
Snigger.
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dann2
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What does thread split mean?
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