Cunts

I feel like shit today - waking to face another 24 hours, mostly in bed, a lot of it in pain. And there's not much in my morning reading to cheer me up. For instance, I think this guy's talking about insane feminist professors, who call those who disagree "losers," and whatnot. It's kinda depressing such people are allowed to teach:

"The real problem today is not stupid conservatives, but people with multiple university degrees who ‘don’t get’ what it truly means to be an intellectual."

And in a related, psycho/social, observation:

‘A lot of the new feminism is just snobbery. If Kate Moss is on the front cover of Vogue dripping with diamonds with her tits out, then it’s art; but if there’s a girl who’s not as stunning, who’s a little bit curvy, on the front of a lads’ mag, then it’s “disgusting” and “degrading”.’

I hear ya. It's so bad, I'm practically sick of seeing women in almost any state of undress (Is taking nude photos, or partially-nude, all real feminists do when not lying around - uninjured - calling themselves "smart" and "independent"?) Any man who can see through their madness - and silently stands by as it happens - probably deserves to be called a "loser," because the feminist's hypocritical, snobby, non-intellectual "professors" are taking their money and eating them alive. One final thought on "female fantasy" from my reading:

Haji appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” the tale of three dancers who beat a young man to death, kidnap his girlfriend and flee into the desert. She played the lesbian paramour of the lead character, Varla, played by Tura Satana. The film has acquired a devoted following and has been embraced by the filmmakers John Waters and Quentin Tarantino and even some feminists, including the film critic B. Ruby Rich, who praised it in The Village Voice as a “female fantasy.” 

“You just didn’t see women taking over and beating up men in those days,” Haji said,...

Right. A "female fantasy" is to beat a man to death in the desert - that's heroic.

But if you saw a man do it - then or now - everyone knew he was an unstable asshole.

Good thing women, too, have parts of the anatomy to describe how feminism's changed the world,...

 

What Do These People Have In Common? They're All In Stupid NewAge Cults, Worshiping Quackery - And Killers - While Also Promoting Very Bad Art

From Madonna’s quest to “neutralise radiation” to Tom Cruise’s dismissals of psychiatry, celebrities are seldom shy about expressing their views on health and science – even when they appear not to know what they are talking about.

A roll call of public figures such as Cruise and Delia Smith have offered bogus advice or “quackery” this year, according to scientists and doctors. The charity Sense About Science is concerned that celebrities mislead the public when they endorse theories, diets or health products while misrepresenting the science involved.

Some – such as Oprah Winfrey and Kate Moss – espouse “detox” regimes, while others, such as Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, believe (mistakenly) that the Pill can cause cancer.

Nor are politicians exempt from lending credence to health myths. The US President-elect is among several American public figures who continue to suggest that the MMR vaccination is a potential cause of autism, despite an overwhelming weight of scientific evidence to the contrary.

...Demi Moore, the actress, surprises the experts with her use of “highly trained medical leeches” to “detoxify” her blood.

Kate Moss, the model, is reported to be on a strict “detox” diet of fruit and vegetables at a health spa in Thailand. But nutritionists note that such regimes exclude important food groups such as protein.

Moss’s friend Stella McCartney, the designer, was criticised last year for saying that a chemical found in skin creams was also found in antifreeze. Gary Moss, a pharmacologist, said that the chemical, propylene glycol, was versatile and its use in cosmetics was not “scary”, as claimed.

...The Sense About Science initiative is an update of a leaflet encouraging celebrities to avoid making claims until they have checked the facts. While there has been “considerable improvement” in the way British celebrities approach medicine, the charity says its files are still too full of pseudo-scientific claims. “We don’t expect people to know everything about science; the problem comes when they don’t consider checking it or asking questions.”

-- David Rose, showing one can be rich and famous and still be a NewAge idiot with no concern for the good of the nation or the world - or even The Times Online.

Charles And Camilla's Quackery Can't Cure You

Mosaraf Ali's list of patients includes Kate Moss, Geri Halliwell and the Duchess of Cornwall. They are enthusiasts of his particular combination of Eastern and more traditional forms of healthcare, which has seen him hailed as a pioneering healer who can help those whom conventional medicine has failed.

But the glittering reputation of Dr Ali, Britain's best-known champion of integrated medicine, is about to receive a stern examination. He is facing a High Court lawsuit from a former patient who claims that treatment at the central London clinic where Ali practises led to him needing to have both legs amputated.

Ali's status as a doctor to the stars rests on him having helped Prince Charles's wife Camilla to 're-energise' and quit smoking, treating socialite Tara Palmer-Tompkinson for her cocaine habit, and advising former Spice Girl Halliwell on her weight problems.

However, Raj Bathija tells a very different story. A textile trader from Mumbai, he flew to London for treatment by Ali in September 2005, hoping that such a high-profile doctor would help him walk again after two strokes had left him in a wheelchair. His mobility was already limited to occasional assisted short walks around his home. But in legal papers filed at the High Court, he claims that Ali and his brother Imran, a masseur at the doctor's Integrated Medical Centre, were negligent in their care of him. Backed by public funding from the Legal Services Commission, Bathija is seeking compensation and to expose what he now sees as the perils of relying on the healing powers of non-traditional approaches to medicine to treat illness.

His action will bring unprecedented scrutiny to bear on the methods and expertise of a man of whom Vogue once gushed: 'What Deepak Chopra is to LA, Dr Ali is to London.'

He is close to Prince Charles, whose interest in non-traditional approaches to healthcare is so strong that he has his own Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health.

Ali claims to achieve astonishing results. He has spoken of helping paralysed people to walk again through 'a special massage designed to improve blood flow to the brain', and of saving the life of a patient with a brain tumour whose conventional doctors had told him to expect to die.

He has some very satisfied clients. Selina Scott, the TV presenter, said: 'If Hippocrates had needed a doctor, he would have sent for this man. Dr Ali is surely the cure for all cares.' He's the 'eighth wonder of the world', according to the former 'It girl' Palmer-Tompkinson. Ali's treatments involve yoga, massage, exercise, dietary advice and relaxation. He eschews drugs and says the body's ability to heal itself is the key.

Bathija, 69, states that Ali's advice during his first consultation on a Monday was to eat potassium-rich foods and have massage from Imran and physiotherapy. However, after the massage he was left in terrible pain. The morning after his first visit to the IMC he says his left leg was pale and cold and that he had pins and needles in his left foot.

He claims that Ali assured him there was nothing to worry about. He recommended Bathija to have further massage, take a supplement and put the foot in hot water.

According to Bathija, his condition worsened dramatically, and soon both legs felt cold and had become discoloured. On the Friday he was taken to St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where doctors diagnosed chronic lack of blood supply to his legs. The damage was so great that later that month Bathija underwent mid-thigh amputations of both legs.

His lawsuit claims that Ali should have realised that the pain and cold in his left leg were signs that something was seriously wrong and referred him to hospital urgently. He is taking legal action because, although the IMC's brochure offered patients a combination of traditional and alternative medical practitioners, he received only alternative treatment at a time when he clearly needed conventional medicine.

'I was promised an integrated medical approach at the IMC, which meant that conventional medicine help and guidance would be available when required. And that was exactly what didn't happen. I did not receive conventional medical assistance when my symptoms presented themselves and this is one of the reasons for my seeking legal recourse,' said Bathija.

Bathija's daughter, Shibani, says: 'Before he attended the IMC my father was in a wheelchair but was making progress with his walking. He hoped he might become a bit more independent, like making the short walk to the bathroom unaided. With the amputations, that's all gone. His goal has been taken from him.' His documents claim that, if he had received conventional medical help far sooner, one or both legs might have been saved.

Although the clinic offers 'integrated medicine', the case comes amid growing controversy about the effectiveness and safety of alternative medicine. Edzard Ernst, Britain's first professor of complementary medicine, believes some forms of complementary and alternative medicine do more harm than good, such as using acupuncture to treat nausea and osteoarthritis. The NHS is referring fewer patients for homeopathy, after serious doubt was cast on its credibility.

Bathija's lawyer, medical negligence specialist Edwina Rawson of Charles Russell solicitors in London, said: 'There's a danger that people will have alternative treatments simply because some celebrities swear by them. The Bathija family were impressed by Dr Ali's clientele and that encouraged them to seek treatment at the centre.'

Last month, Dawn Page, of Oxfordshire, got £800,000 in damages after a 'hydration diet' led to her developing epilepsy and a brain injury. Page had consulted Barbara Nash, a nutritional therapist. The diet involved taking greater amounts of water and less salt. Nash's insurers settled without admitting liability.

The Bathija family have raised questions about Ali's credentials as a doctor. He always calls himself 'Doctor' but he is a natural health practitioner, not a conventional medical doctor. The General Medical Council, which licenses doctors in the UK, said he was not registered with it. Ali's medical degree came in 1980 from the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow. The GMC says 'Doctor' is a courtesy title that can be used by anyone with medical or academic qualifications, which Ali has.

But Shibani Bathija said that her father opted to seek treatment at the IMC partly because famous people such as the Prince of Wales had endorsed Ali's treatment but also because he was a medical doctor, too. 'The website shows Dr Ali in a white coat and stethoscope, leading us to believe that he was a registered doctor in the UK,' she said.

It is understood that the Alis will vigorously defend themselves. However, lawyers for Imran Ali said they could not comment because of the claim. Capsticks solicitors in London, who are advising Dr Ali, said that their client would, on the firm's advice, make no comment on the case because of the dispute. 'As this matter is the subject of legal proceedings, it would be inappropriate to comment. It's our advice to him to say nothing.' The Observer had given Dr Ali a week to respond to the allegations.

-- Denis Campbell, The Observer's health correspondent, on a case that could break the Indian "alternative medicine" scam wide-open, in The Guardian, U.K..

Talking Through That Whole On My Neck

Fine. I'm done. You knew it was going to come to this, didn't you? I named the blog right. Look at the title again.

Or here, let me lay it out for you, nice and simple like:

You're. All. Fucking. Wrong.

I've been dancing around saying that for such a fucking while, even I've wondered what's taken me so long.

You're wrong. All of you. You don't know shit, and what you think you know isn't worth much, because you're not sure.

I'm sure. You can hear it in my voice - even in the voice I write with: I'm sure of everything I'm fucking saying, and what I'm saying most loudly is YOU'RE WRONG.

Let's start with the so-called "big stuff": there is no God. I'm not going to fight with you about it, or try to prove otherwise, because there's no point: there is no God.

Let Richard Dawkins pull together his PowerPoint demonstration for you, making the "atheists" proud in the face of your stupidity. That's not for me. I'm just going to state it as plainly as I can, one more time, and move on:

There-is-no-God.

Wait a minute - I'll go a little further: Constance Cumbey, you're a lawyer, and the fact you waste your time chasing NewAge nonsense to justify "Biblical scripture" is below you, and everyone who hears you. You're no different than that silly woman who "facilitates recovered memories" and claimed John Bolton (the U.S. Ambassador, not the treacly musician) yelled at her 20-something years ago. You all need to stop. Now. Get a life. Get a real one. Jesus doesn't need you anymore.

Oh, and while I'm at it (and before I move on) a quick message to my ex-wife who thinks (giggle) she's a four-eyed god: you almost got me, Bitch. But now I think I've finally got you figured out too - you're crazy.

A lot of people tried to tell me that but, silly me, I cared so much. Well I'm over it now. I'm going back to my music, played loud, and if I get it right, you'll hear it in whatever damned "spa" your already-dead ass is forever trying to "relax" in. That's the way I want it, that's the way it's going to be: noise, noise, noise, for the rest of my days. A real racket.

O.K. - I feel better now. Let's move on:

I've already told you McCain's going to be president, so you might as well drop the Obamamania now, because he ain't gonna do it. He ain't "The One". I'm the one:

I'm black, I'm post-racial, and I don't give a shit.

That's what you're looking for.

There's only one problem: I'm not running. Nope. No way, Jose. Anybody who thinks I'm "presidential timber" don't know shit about wood. I got "the right stuff" but the wrong attitude. Why? Because I'm disappointed in all of you and don't want to do it. Didn't I just have to tell you there's no God? Now who in the fuck wants to lead a bunch of idiots who couldn't figure that one out? Oh yea: John McCain.

I'd let him if I were you.

Music sucks. I'ma do what I can to fix that, but right now it sucks, and you people really should demand better. Go to Dylan's house and complain. Rip up the tombstone on Jimi Hendrix's grave - do something. Because if you have to rely on me to save you, with my attitude, your ass might be waiting a mighty long time.

If I have to wade my ass through another group of musicians, it's only going to be because I want to do something, and, considering the way I feel, I just may change my mind. I definitely won't be doing it for you. I'm 47 years old, and the idea of a 47 year old man - especially this one - trying to make somebody happy, depresses me. So, I don't know, throw money or something. There's a donate button over there: use it. Or be left to your own devices for "happiness." I'm all wrung out.

Art? What's "art" now? Bronze statues of Oprah? I don't think so. That's spectacle, just like those Kate Moss Yoga poses, Banksy getting cute, and whatever Michael Jackson's done to his face. Doesn't qualify.

Nothing does. It's over.

Women? What about women? Just asking that question - putting the word "women" with a question mark next to it - is enough to piss 'em off, so who cares?

Didn't they get the memo? I'm hereby declaring all insane people "insane," so if they've already bought their Sex And The City tickets, then damn it go, GO! Leave me the fuck alone.

I'm working here.

Joseph Chikelue Obi Ain't No Obi Wan Kenobi

Well, it looks like the homeopaths are being fascists again, with some asshole named Joseph Chikelue Obi trying to stop Le Canard Noir from writing about homeopathy. These glorified water boys tried to pull this stuff before back in October. (Ever wonder why homeopaths, like Scientologists, don't want an open discussion on their topic of choice but, instead, immediately turn to their lawyers when someone points out their "cures" don't work or how the water-is-supposed-to-be-medicine thing makes no sense?)

Anyway, along with all the other bloggers working on quackery, I'm posting the expose' Obi's trying to ban - in full - and I'd suggest that anyone who wants to see for themselves how homeopaths do business read it (This Obi guy claims to have developed a "Penis Enlarger",...and, like my ex, Karine Brunck, had joined some weirdo group that wants to abolish general medicine as we know it.). It's just more proof these guys are criminals of the highest order:

Right Royal College of Pompous Quackery - Dublin, Thursday, September 28, 2006

I had to share this with you. Following on from my recent Quack Word 'Doctor' blog, I came across the Royal College of Alternative Medicine (RCAM) , a Dublin based - well, I'm not sure quite what it is...

What caught my eye was just the shameless aggrandisement of the site. It is quite hilarious, if not a little repetitive at times. Calling yourself 'Doctor' is somewhat pompous when all you have done is paid for some international postage. However, the man behind RCAM has absolutely no shame and titles himself as the:

"Distinguished Provost of RCAM (Royal College of Alternative Medicine) Professor Joseph Chikelue Obi FRCAM(Dublin) FRIPH(UK) FACAM(USA) MICR(UK)"

Wow! Probably, just Joe to his mates. Naturally, when you Google the qualification FRCAM(Dublin), there is only person who appears to revel in this achievement. I'll leave the rest as an excercise for the reader.

The distinguished provost looks like he is just another pseudoscientific nutritionist, his spin being "Nutritional Immunomodulation". This is obviously a lot more clever than Patrick Holfords mere 'Optimum Nutrition', but having only one 'omnipill' is probably a poorer commercial decision that Patrick's vast range of supplements.

Obviously, Professor Obi has had a few problems with what probably amount to bewildering comments about his site as the legal threats and press releases concerning his 'ethical' responses to criticisms cover more space than anything else. 'Ethical' is a favourite word on the site.

The most recent press release states:

"7th September 2006 : The Distinguished RCAM Provost, Professor Joseph Chikelue Obi FRCAM(Dublin) FRIPH(UK) FACAM(USA) MICR(UK) has formally accepted appointment as Chief Professorial Examiner for the Doctor of Science (DSc) programme in Evidence Based, Alternative Medicine (EBAM) of a highly respected International University in one of the British Commonwealth Protectorates.

This new qualification is primarily aimed at Medical Graduates, Physicians, Surgeons, Pharmacists, Dentists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Opticians, Wellness Consultants, Herbalists, Acupuncturists, Naturopaths , Healers, Podiatrists , Chiropodists , Scientists , Healers ,Therapists, Homeopaths, Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Nurses wishing to ethically upgrade their current Qualifications in Alternative Medicine over an exceedingly intensive 12 - 36 month period of study."

British Commonwealth Protectorates? Could that be Dublin?

I really have no idea what this organisation is all about. But it looks like it could be getting quite big soon...:

"RCAM currently has International Vacancies for One Million (1,000,000) 'Foundation Fellows' ('Movers and Shakers') ; who will independently play a highly pivotal role in diligently mentoring (and regulating) it's future Global Membership.

So if you really think that you seriously have what it takes to become a 'Leader' in Alternative Medicine , then (perhaps) RCAM may definitely be exactly what the Doctor ordered for you."

One million. That's a lot of quacks! And they are just to mentor (and regulate) the wider quack membership! This man has ambition.

The Big J really hates real doctors. This is his most recent press release...:

"RCAM would like to warmly commend the various Chieftans of the National Health Service of the United Kingdom for ethically and appropriately ignoring utterly misguided calls (from a rather amusing Group of thirteen Clinical Yestermen) to compel Hard-Working (and Tax-Paying) British Citizens to additionally pay for Life Enhancing Alternative Medicine Interventions out of their very own pockets - rather than get such treatments free via the NHS. RCAM would like to also categorically state that such exceedingly flawed 'G-13′ demands that the National Health Service of the United Kingdom expediently abandon Alternative Medicine altogether (in total favour of Conventional Medicine) be diplomatically treated with the very utmost contempt which such unguarded verbal flippance duly deserves ; as none of these 13 'Eminent UK Scientists' behind such calls has professionally attained Globally Acceptable Fellowship Qualifications in Alternative Medicine and as such cannot be deemed competent enough to make such sweeping 'Shilly-Shally' statements about the noble independent specialty of Alternative Medicine.

RCAM therefore publicly advises the General Public to lawfully go about their normal Wellness-Seeking Behaviour as usual - without any unwarranted prejudice or fear resulting from such highly self-serving, morally unethical , abjectly crude , totally unprofessional, utterly unstatesmanly, morbidly barbaric, wantonly uncivilized, profanely undemocratic and unspeakably sacrilegious perpetual affronts on the therapeutically formidable institution of Alternative Medicine."

Now, I do not have 'Globally Acceptable Fellowship Qualifications' in Santa Clause Studies to know he does not exist. But hey. I must be a morbidly barbaric and profanely undemocratic, unethical duck.

So, struggling around the acres of pomposity I find one place where Prof Joe might be making some money. You can call him to seek his wisdom, after pre-booking an hour's slot (and handing over your credit card) for a mere 300 Euros. Alternatively, you can pay by the minute on the contact line for a trifling $10 per minute.

Its going to cost you $20 just for Joe to say Hello and to read out his numerous titles, qualifications and names. Not bad 'ethical' work.

Ethical Quackery, the Monarchy and Kate Moss - Thursday, October 12, 2006

No, this is not about our Defender of Quackery, our Quack-in-Chief His Royal Quackiness, Prince Charles, but about the Distinguished Provost of the Royal College of Alternative Medicine, Professor Joseph Chikelue Obi. And yes, it is just a rather lame story written solely to get a picture of Kate on my blog.

I've written a rather lazy blog on the distinguished professor before that was just a bit of a gawp at his quacktastic website and what looks like a health phone-line scam.

Well, I've done a little more digging with Google and it has revealed a few quack gems. It has been pretty hard work, since Google returns some 6,000 pages, the vast majority just appears to be Prof Obi's self-promotion. However, if you persist in digging a few interesting facts turn up.

So, what has the little black duck found out about the "most Controversial Retired Physician and 'A-List' Medical Celebrity, Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi"?

Here we go...

1. The Irish Independent reports that his college does not exist at the Dublin address given on the web site. There's a surprise! It's just a front.

2. The Independent goes on. "In January 2003, he was suspended by for serious professional misconduct at South Tyneside District Hospital. Among the allegations made were that he failed to attend to patients, wrote strange notes about colleagues and at one point gave a dating agency phone number to a psychiatric patient."

3. He was being investigated by the police for taking thousands of pounds of a 58 year old woman to in order to cure a long standing illness.

4. The GMC strike Dr Obi off their register for "serious professional misconduct". So much for him being retired.

5. On another tack, Dr Obi has been involved in a little cyber-squatting. This looks as if it took place while he was a doctor - always after a few quid!

6. Since then, now self-titled Prof Obi, a few new avenues have been opened, including trying to entice Kate Moss away to one of his 'safe-houses' in Ireland. Hat's off!

He is quoted as saying:

"Under the European Convention on Human Rights, Miss Moss still has fundamental rights, just like anyone else out there, and as far as I am concerned, she is not guilty of anything until an Ethical Jury says so."

(I mentioned before that 'ethical' was one of his favourite words.)

7. Prof Obi has been developing a Penis Enlarger (watch out Kate) that his own Royal College has now endorsed.

8. At least one person (out of the targeted million) has paid Prof Obi the fees for his college to accredit them. Dr Michael Keet (8 Canards) of the Central London College of Reflexology handed over 'hundreds'. Do we feel sorry for out-quacked quacks? I guess we ought to.

9. For those of you wanting to see behind the grand titles and see the real human being, Joseph lists his interests as Comedy in London, Whole Food Nutrition and Christian Music. On this 'Meetup' site, he describes himself as "Just a very ordinary guy . . .". That's nice.

10. His name appears very often on the blog Abolish The General Medical Council (GMC), often reporting something he has got up to. The blog describes itself as:

"An ethical blog for those who publicly feel that the General Medical Council (GMC) should be Statutorily Abolished in favour of a Medical Licensing Commission (MLC) to solely register and revalidate Doctors who practise Conventional Medicine in the UK. The Blog also recommends that the GMC/MLC hands all disciplinary functions over to an Independent Clinical Tribunal (ICT) in keeping with the EU Convention on Human Rights ; to avoid (both) Institutional Bias and Multiple Jeopardy."

Oooh. There is that word 'ethical' again. And 'European Human Rights'. No name is given for the blog author but the avatar is a portrait of the queen. Another apparent obsession of Prof Obi - royalty. Could the author be none other than the Professor himself, a little agrieved for his ticking off? I hope you all click through to the blog. Maybe we will show up in his stats and whoever the writer is can get in contact and confirm one way or another.

I rather hope it is, as the final thing I turned up would just be fantastic...

11. Is the Distinguished Provost of the Royal College of Alternative Medicine, Professor Obi now selling ethical ring-tones? I do hope so.

Watch out Crazy Frog! Here comes the Crazy Provost...

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