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Ducks are nuthin’ but trouble

Over the summer, one Big Alt bully got a proper seeing-off after attempting to silence an Italian blogger who had the temerity to point out that the homeopathetic remedy Oscillococcinum contains nothing more than sugar. Oscillococcinum is supposed to be something in the heart and liver of the Barbary duck which relieves cold and flu symptoms by causing them (you did know that was the philosophy behind homeopathy, right?). Apart from Hahnemann, who invented homeopathy, no-one has ever isolated oscillococcinum, so even the existence of this diluted-out-of-sight ingredient is debatable. In 200 years, nobody has managed to reproduce the experiment? I think the FPI™ order on that one is well past its put-up-or-shut-up-by date.

Anyway, onto the bullying scandal du jour. The inestimable Quackometer, run by the indefatigable @lecanardnoir, ran a piece on the Burzynski clinic two days ago…

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Jack of all trades, master of one or two. Hedonist without a pause. Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Quacks filleted and roasted on demand, sauce not optional.

9 thoughts on “Ducks are nuthin’ but trouble”

  1. The Burzynski Clinic says:
    25/11/2011 at 11:56

    [...] finally, Ducks are nuthin’ but trouble, which contains a list of links to other blogs on the [...]

  2. Dear Observer …………… « Nucella's Blog says:
    25/11/2011 at 12:43

    [...] Noir and has provoked a good number of blog posts. Anarchic Teapot has listed many of these on his site. GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

  3. Stanislaw, Streisand and Spartacus | Josephine Jones says:
    25/11/2011 at 15:53

    [...] will find a growing list of new Burzynski posts here), where anarchic teapot points out the perils of unleashing the Streisand [...]

  4. Controversy surrounding Burzynski’s ‘pioneering’ cancer therapy should be reported in newspapers | Josephine Jones says:
    25/11/2011 at 16:05

    [...] are lists of new posts here and here. Like this:Like5 bloggers like this post. This entry was posted in Science and Reason [...]

  5. The cruelty of the Burzynski Clinic must be stopped. Come on, Marc Stephens, make my day says:
    26/11/2011 at 16:58

    [...] You can follow the ever-growing list of publications by people who are determined to resist Burzynski at Josephine Jones "Stanislaw, Streisand and Spartacus". There is also a list at anarchic_teapot’s blog [...]

  6. On The Burzynski Clinic Issuing Legal Threats Against Bloggers – Support The Streisand Effect | Token Skeptic says:
    27/11/2011 at 04:22

    [...] I’m taking a little time out to blog about this, because there are a number of bloggers who are helping spread the word, in order to raise awareness and support Quackometer. In the comments, the Josephine Jones link is suggested for more information, and there’s more links at Short and Spiky blog too. [...]

  7. Don’t Streisand that blog, my friend | Butterflies and Wheels says:
    30/11/2011 at 16:25

    [...] will find a growing list of new Burzynski posts here), where anarchic teapot points out the perils of unleashing the Streisand [...]

  8. Happy World AIDS Day « Scepticemia says:
    01/12/2011 at 15:51

    [...] I managed to find some good friends, one of them being my blogging buddy and more prolific blogger Anarchic Teapot (note to AP: realize why the duck post, [...]

  9. #Burzynski: Silencing Legitimate Criticism is NOT Charity « Quackonomics says:
    14/01/2012 at 04:48

    [...] by Dr Burzynki’s clinic. Not unsurprisingly this story started doing the rounds and over a 100 bloggers have now written about this (further hurting Burzynski’s google search results) Rhys Morgan [...]

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