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What has JREF done lately?

I'm trying to figure out where to post a new thread. I don't think it should be under JREF, but I don't know where it should be either. I also don't know how to start a new sub-forum.

Ward
 
Creating a new subforum could be a bit tricky. You'd need to volunteer for modhood, then bribe the rest to accept you in, then invest time to get close to Darat, and then, finally, quietly do the deed and take over.

Easier to just start in Skepticism, and then the mods can move it if they like.



eta: What Orphiya Nay said, without the woul-be funny blather.

And thanks for starting that thread!
 
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wardenclyffe said:
...I'm sure they would not mind being told that there are dead links on their page as long as you specified where...
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Just looking at pages at random, I found a dead link on almost every one, so I don't think a list would be all that useful. Made me think that the site is poorly maintained, perhaps dormant.

If someone wanted to take on the task, I could see a book (they still make those, don't they?) written about the MDC, its clones and successors. With the right author, it could be made into a seat-edge cliffhanging mystery. Think Scooby-Doo.

Wasn't Randi working on something like this before his death? I wonder if someone could finish the project if he left enough notes. Or maybe access his spiritual mind thru a medium.
 
CFI are suing Boiron!

https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp.../04/14130827/CFI-v-Boiron-Complaint-FINAL.pdf

"Center for Inquiry, Inc. brings this action against Defendant Boiron, Inc. for the unfair and deceptive trade practices it regularly utilizes in the marketing and sale of homeopathic products."

“Homeopathy does not cure. Homeopathy is wishful thinking, deceptively packaged and sold for a hefty profit, nothing more.”

Go, CFI!!
 
That's a pretty powerful legal challenge. Unfortunately, Boiron's war chest is many times bigger than CFI's. The major winners in this war will be the lawyers.
 
Orphia Nay said:
CFI are suing Boiron!

https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp.../04/14130827/CFI-v-Boiron-Complaint-FINAL.pdf

"Center for Inquiry, Inc. brings this action against Defendant Boiron, Inc. for the unfair and deceptive trade practices it regularly utilizes in the marketing and sale of homeopathic products."

“Homeopathy does not cure. Homeopathy is wishful thinking, deceptively packaged and sold for a hefty profit, nothing more.”

Go, CFI!!
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Good for them! :thumbsup:

Just in case they're able to pull this off, that might actually make a really huge difference, in terms of setting a precedent about the legal treatment of the peddling of the whole range of BS.
 
Chanakya said:
Good for them! :thumbsup:

Just in case they're able to pull this off, that might actually make a really huge difference, in terms of setting a precedent about the legal treatment of the peddling of the whole range of BS.
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Maybe it deserves its own thread. Might do it when I get home on my PC.
 
The IIG is scheduled to run a test for the $250,000 prize on Saturday. I say scheduled because claimants will often schedule a test, but then they don't show up. So there's no promise of a test, only a promise that one is scheduled. Details:

There is a monthly meeting today at 11am Los Angeles time. Locals can meet in person (if vaxxed). Everyone else can join via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81366592738?pwd=YTZobnQxcktCVFV0QjluSXRkWW41dz09

Zoom room opens at 10:30 if you want to arrive early and socialize.

Ward
 
I hate to immediately pull the rug out from under my previous post, but I'm told that the test has been postponed. The applicant cannot make it because they will be helping someone with a demon possession. The meeting should still be interesting, though.

Ward
 
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