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HuckleB

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104. Essential oils = snake oil. And yet we don't stop the scam.

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Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:42 PM

Oct 2014

It's weird.

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NaturalNews: On Ebola, mainstream media, government and health authorities censoring natural cures [View all] wyldwolf Oct 2014 OP

scam artists and fuckwads are what they are. cali Oct 2014 #1

Just served on your jury LOL, I think you were alerted on within seconds snooper2 Oct 2014 #3

someone actually alerted on that? wowzer. cali Oct 2014 #4

i swear. some of the alerts i see lately, is DI members over here playing the system. seabeyond Oct 2014 #103

DU's Woo Brigade wyldwolf Oct 2014 #6

0-7 leave it... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #14

that's a riot. OK. who was juror 2? cali Oct 2014 #17

#2 was funny... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #20

thanks. cali Oct 2014 #26

I was four :) snooper2 Oct 2014 #32

An example of an 'attack cooment" would be geek tragedy Oct 2014 #22

I'm in love with Juror #2... SidDithers Oct 2014 #69

Me too. 0:7 to leave! LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #23

Hammer meet nail. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #5

NaturalQuacks is a more applicable name. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #2

What's wrong with ducks? shenmue Oct 2014 #11

Clocks are right twice a day JimDandy Oct 2014 #7

These quacks are the ones who are going to get people killed Hugabear Oct 2014 #8

It reminds me of the blogger in Contagion who claimed forsythia was the cure for the outbreak. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #16

I have some more to say about these shitmeister scammers cali Oct 2014 #9

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #36

What does being female have to do with her fucking language? msanthrope Oct 2014 #47

I never said there was anything against using medicinal herbs. I use them myself cali Oct 2014 #57

+1 kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #62

if there is one person I will go off on for attacking..It's Cali backwoodsbob Oct 2014 #72

Yes, as always, non-western medicine will be frowned upon... polichick Oct 2014 #10

that site has NOTHING whatsofuckingever to do with legitimate alternative medicine cali Oct 2014 #18

Not commenting on that site, but on the way non-western medicine is... polichick Oct 2014 #21

Theres a reason collodial silver and other hokum is frowned upon on DU... Erose999 Oct 2014 #68

There are plenty of herbs and medicinal foods that help people... polichick Oct 2014 #70

I'll just quote Tim Minchin here: GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #76

Hippocrates: polichick Oct 2014 #80

That was then. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #92

You're throwing out the baby with the bath water... polichick Oct 2014 #94

Read the link, then get back to me. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #96

what is the purpose of putting science in quotation marks? cali Oct 2014 #98

I wonder if you even know, on the most basic of levels, how... polichick Oct 2014 #100

That wasn't nasty. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #115

That was awesome, thanks for posting! Erose999 Oct 2014 #114

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Are we having a cow over seeing Old English words being used? hobbit709 Oct 2014 #40

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One person's vulgarity is another's common speech. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #42

Oh my. Please don't have a fainting spell. HERVEPA Oct 2014 #107

because there's no rule against 'vulgarity' on DU. cali Oct 2014 #53

Oh, memories of Lenny Bruce. Because we are defenders of personal liberty? Hortensis Oct 2014 #109

Thanks for your concern. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #117

I think that at any rate DU would frown on a site.. LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #25

As I've said above, it's not the site I was commenting on. polichick Oct 2014 #27

well, the site is the topic and you didn't make that clear. cali Oct 2014 #29

lol polichick Oct 2014 #30

when cornerd fall back on 'lol'. sad. can't you do any better than that? cali Oct 2014 #31

I'm amused at your overwrought reaction to this thread. polichick Oct 2014 #34

call it a pet peeve. I have a reason for it, but it's personal. cali Oct 2014 #35

Everybody has their perspective based on experience... polichick Oct 2014 #43

I have long had a great interest in herbs cali Oct 2014 #45

We don't really know what will cure Ebola... polichick Oct 2014 #49

we know from microbiology and virology what will not cure it. cali Oct 2014 #58

But that's just science, which is always wrong, dontcha know??? kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #63

It's western, what ever the fuck that means MattBaggins Oct 2014 #78

+1 HuckleB Oct 2014 #83

When they cure ebola with it, I'll stop frowning n/t arcane1 Oct 2014 #28

There will be other approaches around the world... polichick Oct 2014 #33

other approaches? what nonsense. if you think herbs or folk dances cali Oct 2014 #48

Time will tell - right now your typical rudeness is showing. polichick Oct 2014 #51

You could use a mirror about now. HuckleB Oct 2014 #105

If a cure for this disease appears, no matter where from, we'll hear about it. arcane1 Oct 2014 #59

Sure, the BBC and Al Jazeera will cover it no matter who comes up with a cure. polichick Oct 2014 #61

I don't think either outfit would appreciate your fandom, quite frankly. HuckleB Oct 2014 #86

Like it or not, they cover things our corporate media doesn't. polichick Oct 2014 #89

That might be true, but they also don't do NaturalNews BS. HuckleB Oct 2014 #90

There is no such thing as "western medicine." HuckleB Oct 2014 #65

Obviously, some people are uneducated about Eastern Medicine... polichick Oct 2014 #67

Medicine is not western or eastern MattBaggins Oct 2014 #81

Two very different approaches to wellness. polichick Oct 2014 #91

Only in the minds of hipster woosters MattBaggins Oct 2014 #95

Oh good grief - you really don't know anything about... polichick Oct 2014 #97

"Two approaches." HuckleB Oct 2014 #99

Where should I go to read up? Natural News or mercola? MattBaggins Oct 2014 #101

I'd probably choose a university press but whatever floats your boat. polichick Oct 2014 #106

Not that you'll read the link - but here's one refutation of your thesis. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #118

Unfortunately, that is true. HuckleB Oct 2014 #82

Non medicine is the problem MattBaggins Oct 2014 #75

Wonder if you get that many pharmaceuticals originate in herbs... polichick Oct 2014 #77

I worked in Big Pharma for 10 years MattBaggins Oct 2014 #79

What I said is true - sorry you don't get that... polichick Oct 2014 #84

Then prove it, with a consensus of peer-reviewed science from around the world. HuckleB Oct 2014 #87

Or, as is the case with acupuncture and much of TCM, a Maoist invention. HuckleB Oct 2014 #85

Worst. Health-related. Site. Ever. MineralMan Oct 2014 #12

I wonder if Fox News knows about these witchdocters............. wandy Oct 2014 #13

I wouldn't be surprised if they were supporting these woo-woo peddlers Hugabear Oct 2014 #19

What I don't see is where there is any major money to be made......... wandy Oct 2014 #39

Nobody ever accused teahadists of being rational Hugabear Oct 2014 #44

True. I fall into the same trap once again......... wandy Oct 2014 #52

you are wrong. go read the advertisements. cali Oct 2014 #50

Now, now, I didn't say they weren't making any money......... wandy Oct 2014 #56

Newsflash: Snake oil (Mercola, NaturalNews, Food Babe, etc...) Are Climate Change Deniers... HuckleB Oct 2014 #112

Well, Fox had "Food Babe" on to advertise the same kind of ridiculousness. HuckleB Oct 2014 #66

Himalayan Bath Salts Will Not Save Your Life cali Oct 2014 #15

"all truthful claims about herbs" - really? Avalux Oct 2014 #24

Except marijuana - gotta stay far away from THAT natural herb. Hugabear Oct 2014 #46

No one is claiming THAT natural herb can cure Ebola. Avalux Oct 2014 #54

Yes, better to take Tylenol, sleeping pills, an appetite enhancer... polichick Oct 2014 #55

None of that would cure Ebola either! LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #71

Natural News as a reliable source? hobbit709 Oct 2014 #38

Gee, dunno. Hmm wyldwolf Oct 2014 #64

Whatever the source, it's always a fun subject. polichick Oct 2014 #110

Traditional Chinese Medicine? KamaAina Oct 2014 #60

The #1 anti-science website on the internet... SidDithers Oct 2014 #73

Holistic... Always that fucking meaningless word MattBaggins Oct 2014 #74

awww, don't blame that perfectly good word. blame those who toss it around in ignorance. cali Oct 2014 #88

True MattBaggins Oct 2014 #93

I utilize TCM, herbs, other alternative therapies Tree-Hugger Oct 2014 #102

Essential oils = snake oil. And yet we don't stop the scam. HuckleB Oct 2014 #104

I think they are fine Tree-Hugger Oct 2014 #108

FDA warns three companies against marketing their products as Ebola treatments or cures HuckleB Oct 2014 #111

That's it Tree-Hugger Oct 2014 #113

Natural News is a thoroughly disreputable site. alarimer Oct 2014 #116

Yes, people should all take Yaakov's Elixir! stevenleser Oct 2014 #119