For those of you familiar with Randi the guy busting fakers like psychics/mediums etc.. Here's the winners for 08 in the Pigasus awards:
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This year's (dis)honorees are:
1) Dr. Colin Ross, who claims he can shoot electromagnetic radiation from his eyes;
2) The Producers of the movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed";
3) Late night cable TV stations;
4) Jenny McCarthy; who has written books and appeared on countless TV shows promoting measles; and
5) Kevin Trudeau; who sold quack books even after the government fined him for it.
Glad he's got Jenny Mcarthy on there, she's a scourge convincing naive women to not vaccinate their kids.
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4) Jenny McCarthy is well known as a model and actor, but in recent days she's getting far more publicity for her stance that vaccines cause autism. She has a son who may be autistic, and of course we are sympathetic to her plight. But that can only go so far when Ms. McCarthy appears on endless chat shows, is interviewed in magazine articles, and even writes books encouraging people not to vaccinate their children.
Personally I would rather have a child with autism than have a child have to go through diseases that could have been prevented, some of them causing death...
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey get serious about autism! Questions - and answers - about vaccines from experts on both sides of the controversy.
Tonight, 9 pm ET
Pleeease have a solid counter guest to this woman, sick of Larry bringing on those dumb mediums (von pragh, edwards, and sylvia bitch brown) without tough critics on the other side.
Personally I would rather have a child with autism than have a child have to go through diseases that could have been prevented, some of them causing death...
Well thankfully you won't have to make that choice as the evidence is overwhelming. Mccarthy is a new ager, which should tell you about all you need to know
By the way since he's in town on Saturday (wish I didnt have plans!) Phil Plait of Bad astronomy wrote about Jenny:
Some really interesting folks on there, even if most are atheists.
Either way, glad to see him mention Kevin Trudeau. The man is an idiot of the highest order.
I don't post, but I do browse them every once in a while, CP takes up most of my online browsing time Theres some really smart people involved with Randi, its a great organization, hope the old man is around for many years to come.
Infidels forums are probably the only other site that I have to slap my face with how brilliant some people can be, people that textcritic would enjoy as they debate theology, biblical history/accuracy, etc..
James Randi 2008 Pigasus awards
