Did everyone suddenly give up on skepticism? I don't believe it.

[Orrex]

No posts since Wednesday morning?



Lonely.

So lonely...

[uppityperson]

1. Michael Jackson had vaccines when he was a kid

been busy and avoiding DU since it is nuts

[realisticphish]

3. actually, yeah

it's been hard to post on any other topic for the last day and a half

[Orrex]

4. I can hardly blame you. But...

Please tell me that no one mentioned his vaccination history.

[uppityperson]

5. I didn't see it, but then I've been mostly not here

[realisticphish]

6. haha

not that i've seen so far

[salvorhardin]

10. No MJ anti-vax stories

But both Deepak Chopra and Uri Geller claimed they were close, personal friends and advised him often. Which kinda explains a lot if you ask me.

[Orrex]

11. I just read that Chopra had been "deeply concerned"

Well, that's marvelous.


And Uri Gellar has the distinction of being the only fraud totally debunked more times than The Shroud, yet he still rakes in the green.

[skepticscott]

17. He apparently wasn't deeply concerned enough

To report Jackson's doctor to the state medical board. Guess that would have been bad kharma or a disruption of his quantum field balance...

[onager]

18. Thanks all, I did not know that.

Deepak Chopra says he had drug concerns about Michael Jackson since 2005
By GILLIAN FLACCUS , Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Spiritual teacher and medical doctor Deepak Chopra says he has been concerned since 2005 that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription painkillers and most recently spoke to the pop star about suspected drug use six months ago.

Chopra says Jackson, a longtime friend, asked him for painkillers in 2005 when the pop star was staying with him following his trial on sex abuse allegations.

Chopra says he refused but said the nanny of Jackson's children repeatedly contacted him with concerns about Jackson's drug use over the next four years.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/49342677.html

So along with Deepak's other accomplishments, now we can add the modifier "pathetic fame-whore."

Oh, most of us already did that. Never mind...

[skepticscott]

19. Although to be fair

To Chopra as an MD, he's far from alone in being negligent about reporting other doctor's professional misconduct. Not that this really excuses it, but very few doctors in his position would have done differently.

[realisticphish]

2. I did

sorry :shrug:

I now believe in everything

[moggie]

7. It's the grief olympics

It's tiring just watching it.

[lizerdbits]

8. Working too much

plus my horoscope said to stay off the internets. :)

[moggie]

9. Did you see this?

COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.

Chandrasiri Bandara, who writes an astrology column for a pro-opposition weekly, was taken in on Thursday, police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara said.

"The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer," Gunasekara said Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the "basis" for the prediction.

The astrologer had predicted that a planetary change on October 8 will be inauspicious for parliament and the government may not be able to arrest rising living costs -- a prediction already made by private economists.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iTIEU0UOO-bCaaSgLSOzAIuorzRg

The report goes on to say that most Sri Lankan politicians take this stuff seriously enough to have their own personal fortune tellers.

First they came for the astrologers,
And I didn't speak up, because I'm a Virgo, and we're reticent and shy...

[lizerdbits]

15. I was going to say

good thing our government isn't run by people who take that kind of stuff seriously, but then realized most of them believe in the sky daddy.

[TZ]

12. Well..

I think you know that I COULDN'T post until Friday. BTW, this might be as good a time as any to tell folks here, that I am not very happy here on DU right now and may not be around much. I have a facebook page and I hang out there alot. Also I'd be glad to exchange emails with anyone who wants to.

[Orrex]

13. Okay, you get a pass

Honestly, that whole thing came and went before I even knew it was happening.

Since I'm an ardent solipsist, I don't need to go in for whole "clique" thing anyway...

:evilgrin:

[CanSocDem]

14. And I know you've been wondering...

...about me and my unusual absence. I kind of lost interest during the discussion about what to call yourselves.

As a good Canadian, I try to avoid 'skating on thin ice'.

:hi:

.

[mr blur]

16. My Orbe says it's not a good time to share

and we're having a heatwave. We're not used to it over here.

[moggie]

22. A heatwave, with hailstorms

Had my windows open on Saturday because of the heat, but had to close them when ice started coming in. I did not find this amusing.

[semillama]

20. sorry, I was suffering from Vitamin D deficiency...n/t

[Silent3]

21. The planets just haven't been aligned very well...

...for channeling skeptical energy. According to my special psychic advisor, the outlook for increased skeptical posting is "REPLY HAZY TRY AGAIN".

[Heddi]

23. I WAS in A CRUISE

and went to BAHAMA MAMA and got some VOODOO SPELL re: impreg ORBE babbys!

Then! I come, back, and BILLY MAYS IS DEAD and I think THEY PUT THE SPELL ON WRONG!1! I DID NOT MEAN for him to DIED!

Me and MR. HEDDI spent $400 JUST ON ALCYHOL in THREE DAYS CRUISE!!! wow1