Did a New Zealand primary school principal sold DoTerra to her own school and...
An interesting bit of news passed my desk this morning: Parent threatens to sue primary school if essential oil diffusers are not removed.Apparently a parent (also attorney) Rainey is threatening to...
View ArticleIPro Sued by SEC as Alleged Pyramid Scheme
Back in July 2017, I had serious reservations about the amount of PR crap put out by IPro supporters, who claimed everything from ex-Shark Tank guy endorsements to the typical "we have a lawyer so it's...
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Just how much of MLM is smoke and mirrors (and illusions of wealth)?
Recently, an article on BehindMLM caught my attention. The title was "Wakaya Perfection Field Leader sentenced to prison for fraud".It's not the fraud itself though, but the circumstances that caught...
View ArticlePardon for the long hiatus
Suffice to say, my life circumstances have changed, and while I'm trying to settle down, it's my time to write about things is severely limited.I am back, but I still won't be writing that often....
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How Article Writers Cheat To Make Subject Matter Look Better
Recently, I came across this article in my news feed:6 Reasons You Should Eat Organic from mindbodygreen.comI am a skeptic. I doubt most things I read, and the "goodness" of organic food is one of...
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Just because it's on a famous website doesn't mean the advice is any good
I like my water with a little flavor, so between lemonade mixes, Crystal light, and so on, I am looking into the world of water enhancers. You've seen those in supermarkets... Either in a box of 6-10...
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If you resorted to name-calling, you've already lost
One of the refrains in network marketing is "how to deal with haterz". Usually one laments over "why do you hate my dreams". Here is one example of this ranting moan:These companies are gold mines....
View ArticleScam Analysis: The Fake Rental Scam
Fake Rental Scam happens frequently. With free listing service like Craigslist, but also other rental sites, it's proliferating like mad, as it costs virtually nothing to perpetrate, and yields quite a...
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MLM Absurdities: Does essential oil diffusion actually clean the air?
There was a series of wildfires in California in recent weeks, and the air quality around SF Bay Area suffered as a result. The woo peddlers and the oil slick huns decided to use this opportunity to...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Karen: How willful blindness and self-righteousness lead to...
In 2020, the name "Karen" became a pejorative, meaning a probably white woman acting in an extremely socially inappropriate manner. The name Karen is now the embodiment of "white entitledness" usually...
View ArticleHerbalife 1: Science 0 -- How MLM gets away with SLAPPing science again and...
BehindMLM just reported that Herbalife, through legal threats against scientific journal's staff and publisher, has forced a study finding heavy metal in Herbalife products into MIA status (no longer...
View ArticleWTF: anti-vax Pharmacist caught sabotaging hundreds of COVID vaccine doses
I have no problem when antivax folks spread nonsense opinions... they are EASILY debunked with the truth, which they cannot debate. And if they don't want the vaccine, the more for the rest of us. But...
View ArticleThe Gamestop Short Squeeze and Its Implications on the Widening Wealth Gap
First of all, there is no denying the wealth gap had been widened between the haves and have-nots during the pandemic. The people who barely got jobs are doing worse than ever. People who had wealth...
View ArticleThe Bogosity of Napoleon Hill
Aside from Robert "Rich Dad" Kiyosaki (who is not really what you think he is), one of the most frequently mentioned names among MLMers, other than their own upline or company head, is likely to be...
View ArticlePsychology of Karen II: The Vigilante Karen sub-type
Last November I wrote a post about "Psychology of Karen", but I realized I had left something out... a subtype of Karen that base their actions on their supposed superiority (narcissism) rather than...
View ArticleCanadian #ButterGate is a #pseudoCrisis instigated by #MemeTerrorists
The #pseudoCrisis started innocently enough... A woman "Julie Van Rosendaal" (cookbook author?) on Twitter asked... why is the butter no longer soft at room temperature? Link to TweetShe also coined an...
View ArticlePsychology of Karen III: The Punisher Karen Sub-type
A recent Reddit thread on r/entitledpparents has pointed out yet another "subtype" of Karen, which I am dubbing "the punisher Karen", or type III. It shares traits from both type I and type II. A type...
View ArticlePsychology of Karen IV: The Robber Karen Sub-type
Previously, we had discussed the three sub-types of Karens;(NOTE: for consistency, I'll be using the term Karen, and "Ken" if the subject is male. Apologies to actual people named Karen and Ken)Type I:...
View ArticleWTF: Vaccine Hesitancy in COVID times
In January 2021, total deaths due to COVID in the US have passed 400000... that's LESS THAN A YEAR after the FIRST confirmed case (January 21st, 2020, in Seattle). Today, April 2021, it's already past...
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How to Spot Propaganda Statistics -- COVID Edition
NOTE: This post is also available at randomrantsbykc.blogspot.com as it explains how antivaxxers misuse statistics for propaganda purposes. Recently, experts warned that pregnant women are being...
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Scam Analysis: The Fake Job Offer
A reader of /r/scam posted this "job offer" and asked if it was a scam. There are a couple red flags. * While an employer can definitely run a credit report on a candidate, it is generally paid for by...
View ArticleWas Confirmation Bias The Cause For the Batmobile Debacle?
Confirmation bias is a serious problem that everybody suffers from, and it takes conscious effort to avoid it. Whether it played a part in the infamous "Batmobile Debacle", is a bit questionable. For...
View ArticlePsychology of Karen V: The "How Dare You" Karen
Previously, we had discussed the four sub-types of Karens;(NOTE: for consistency, I'll be using the term Karen, and "Ken" if the subject is male. Apologies to actual people named Karen and Ken)Type I:...
View ArticleDocumented Type II "Vigilante Karen" Sighting in San Francisco
A Type II "Vigilante Karen" was documented on Reddit harassing a father with his disabled child in San Francisco's Lands End, mistaking them as "old man dragging a drugged kid" over the July 4th...
View ArticleNation-wide Scam Warning: The Phantom Hacker Scam
When the FBI warns the public about a scam, you know it's serious. And that's the Phantom Hacker scam. To make a long story short, the scam has 3 phases. 1) A random call from a major company (this is...
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