Thanks in no small part to my beloved BABloggees and Tweeps, Rachael Dunlop won a Shorty Award in the Health category!
Yay!
It’s nice that she gets some recognition for her debunking of quackery, hoaxery, and quite a bit of alt-meddery, but the real schadenfreudeliciousness comes from knowing that she’s helping Mike Adams’ and Joe Mercola’s heads that much more explodey. Go read her link for all the sordid, but oh-so-satisfying details.
For those of you who helped out, my sincere thanks. Ya done good.
March 6th, 2010 at 8:11 am
Did that other guy one one? In the Fraud, Cheat, or Liar category?
March 6th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Cool! Congrats Rachael.
& uh, Larian *which* other guy?
March 6th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Well deserved too. I love the way she basically said nothing and let the Loon Ranger keep making himself look bad. Congratulations, Dr. Rachie.
Schadenfreudeliciousness = my new favorite word.
March 6th, 2010 at 9:43 am
I don’t want to say his name, but starts with an “M” and is synonymous with woo, quackery, lies, and vote rigging. He puts “Dr.” in front of his name for some reason, but I doubt the credentials as being actual.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:14 am
I didn’t vote, refuse to tweet/twit/whatever, I even hate emails but admit to their occasional usefulness. (Yes, I am an old-school techno Luddite who refuses to cave to silly trends.)
That said, it was a fascinating display, from a psychological perspective, of how the woo merchants can become complete cognitive retards when it came to a contest they simultaneously poo-pooed as “unimportant” yet went batsh*t insane trying to rig.
I applaud Twitter for this opportunity and congratulate Dr. Dunlap for maintaining the higher ground in this skirmish. Oh, and for her win.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Cool! My vote is shown on her screen cap of the voting!!!
March 6th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Mercola may be flaky in most of his woo posts, but is right to suggest on his website that range fed beef is more environmentally friendly than feedlot beef.
Range fed beef (what we ate in the 50s and 60s) tastes better than feedlot beef too, though it is a bit tougher than corn fed beef.
March 6th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Floyd- even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once and a while.
I live in a very rural area, cattle and corn country, and most of my friends/relatives with farms/ranches range feed their cattle simply because it is cheaper. I know of ONE ‘feedlot’ in the county.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Off topic: The SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) charges psychic with fraud:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/business/05psychic.html
http://jonathanturley.org/2010/03/06/bad-prediction-psychic-charged-with-fraud-in-financial-investments/
March 7th, 2010 at 7:48 am
I admire Dr. Dunlap for taking the high road and not calling Mr. Mercola a fraud and charlatan.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Funny, I heard the whole thing was rigged as obviously M had thousands of votes taken down that were legit. And he is a real doctor… unlike “Dr. Rachie”
March 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
http://www.skepdic.com/osteopathy.html
“Osteopathy is a medical practice based on the theory that diseases are due chiefly to loss of structural integrity which can be restored to harmony or equilibrium by manipulation. The manipulation allegedly allows the body to heal itself. Osteopaths use manipulation for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.”
Quack Quack Quack
March 7th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
John, even if Mercola is a real osteopathic doctor, he still behaved badly. Even his followers got upset with him.
Dr. Dunlop is a real PhD medical researcher. That makes her health credentials equivalent to Mercola’s. And much better than Mike Adams (who has no health/medical training).
March 8th, 2010 at 6:07 am
john @11
The votes that were taken down were NOT LEGIT. That’s the whole point. The problem was that neither the Mercola or Adams quacks bothered to read the Shorty voting rules before they asked their followers to vote. The rules explicitly stated that you needed to have an established and active Twitter account that was set up before 1 Jan 2010 in order to be able to vote. But the moronic followers never bothered to read the rules either, and set up new Twitter accounts just to vote for the Shortys. Arp! Game over.
So by not reading the rules, both Mercola and Adams contributed to their own demise in the voting. Ironic, and oh so Schadenfreudelicious!
ETA: PZ Meyers DID read the rules first. When he asked us to vote for Dr. Rachie, he stated that you could not vote unless you already had an active Twitter account.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Egad. I’ve spelled PZ’s last name wrong. Must remember to finish drinking first cup of coffee before posting.