In light of PEGIDA Canada’s Jenny Hill’s failed attempt to crowdfund for her $11,000 judgment, we thought it prudent to bring to the public’s attention another PEGIDA related GoFundMe that deserves similar attention and action. Yellow Vests Canada members, PEGIDA supporters, general hatemongers, and self-professed “Domestic War Reporters” Rick Boswick and Derek
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Dead Wild Roses: Woo Wednesday on DWR – The “Magic” of Ear Candling
Hey, lets stuff burning stuff into our orifices, think magical thoughts, and *poof* feel better. Let’s go along with Concordance as he takes a bit more time to explain exactly inane ear candling is and why, at the same time rational people still do it. Filed under: Quackery Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happy New Year.
The last big bump has been before the long yawn that is January and February has just been crossed. Happy New Year everyone. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Happy New Year, Woo
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Central Dogma of Alternative Medicine – Dr. David Gorski
Orac brings the pain to the masters(?) of woo. Filed under: Media, Medicine, Science Tagged: Alternative Medicine, CAM, Magic, Reiki, Woo
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Traditional Woo – Endangering Children in Canada
Just like using Vitamin C to treat cancer… “It’s a case that has Canadians and the legal community buzzing. Earlier this month Ontario Judge Gethin Edward ruled in favour of a First Nations girl and her family, who stopped chemotherapy to treat her acute lymphoblastic leukemia, choosing traditional medicine instead. The judge rejected
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Let’s Chalk Up Another Child’s Death to Alternative Medicine
Ah yes, purveyors of Woo this is your fault. This isn’t Big Pharma, this isn’t biased studies, or any of the mendacity that you preach – the death of this child is squarely and completely on you. The CBC reports: “Criminal charges are pending against a Calgary mother who
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Edmonton Alternative Medicine – Quackery Descends in my Hometown
Why oh why do people still want to normalize the use of magic and illusion into the practice of medicine? We’ve spent decades codifying and rooting out the bullshit practices and have steeled ourselves against ‘good common sense’ notions and looked where the evidence points us. There is no
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Another Blog Milestone?
You betcha ladies and gentlemen. 500,000 hits to the blog as of a couple of days ago. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to share with us here at DWR. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: DWR Housekeeping, The 500k celebration, Woo
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