Back from holidays
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »I'm finally back from holidays and will begin updating the site tomorrow. In the meantime, as something to chew on, try this: I've just watched the wonderful episode of "Who do you think you are" about the London mayor, Boris ...
Climate resistance, holidays
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Conspiracy Theories | 3 Comments »I'm off on holiday in a few hours, expected back late on Sunday night (31st August). I'm not expecting to add any more posts until Monday 1st September. Just in the mean time, I thought I'd say something to the folks ...
Today’s game card – William Dembski
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »Today's card is a difficult one. William Dembski is a very smart guy - he's got more degrees than you could safely count and, well, he just looks smart too. But the problem is that he believes something outrageously stupid ...
Today’s card – James van Praagh
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »Today's 'fraud, idiot or loony' is James van Praagh, a man whose name sounds like he was stabbed in the middle of it. Van Praagh is, of course, a psychic spirit medium, which means he is one of the very ...
Today’s game card – Dean Radin
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | 1 Comment »I think it's time we started acknowledging some of the idiots of academia in this rapidly expanding card game. So here's a good start - Dean Radin, President of the parapsychological association. Radin is a scientist. Well, I suppose he can ...
Today’s game card – Edgar Mitchell
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »Some of you may have read my previous post on former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Lest I be accused of attempting to smear the good name of an American hero, let me just briefly restate what I said before, that ...
Interesting developments in the fraud ratings
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Internet | No Comments »Many of you will have read my original post a few weeks ago on fraud ratings. I proposed the system as a (highly flawed) method for tracking public sentiment about publicly visible paranormal claimants. Well, there have been interesting developments ...
Today’s game card – Prince Charles of Great Britain
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | 2 Comments »I thought I'd go with a topical, if somewhat unpatriotic card today by choosing the heir to the British throne. Prince Charles is certainly a nice bloke. One can't disagree with that - he seems reasonably genuine and it's certain that ...
Another new game card – Derek Acorah
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | 1 Comment »This is Sunday's game card, of UK-based psychic medium Derek Acorah. Acorah is perhaps best-known for his role as the resident psychic in the ludicrous show 'Most Haunted' where he follows around a bunch of credulous D-list TV celebrities and tells ...
Today’s Card – Uri Geller
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Game Cards | No Comments »At last we get to one of the greatest all-time paranormal claimants, and perhaps one of its most hilarious failures, Israeli-born magician and claimed psychic, Uri Geller. Geller has been on the scene since the mid-seventies when he managed to convince ...
