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With Christmas approaching fast, I went to have a look at the brand-new Christmas decorations at the world-famous Toronto Eaton Centre. What I found was surprising, and disappointing.

I have a dear friend who believes in alternology. No matter how devastating the evidence to the contrary, she remains convinced and prefers to believe the baseless claims of the sharks swimming around her, eager to free her from her money. I should have expected nothing else, since it is exactly what the saying teaches [...]

Besides paying a fine, the company will also have to publish a correction in major Canadian newspapers and on its website, and must reimburse duped customers.
The wheels of the Competition Bureau may seem to turn very very slowly indeed, but let’s remember that -in spite of what many people seem to think- even civil servants [...]

One of the most-heard criticisms by people who are in favour of alternology and opposed to the big pharmaceutical companies, is that the big pharmaceutical companies –also known as Big Pharma– have enormous budgets for marketing and far smaller budgets for research. Is this true?

Dispersants are part of the arsenal used in the battle against the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. No one knows what the effect will be on the environment, but there are some clues.

Apple’s recently launched iPad, a supposedly revolutionary device, but while some people were enthusiastic, many others were quite underwhelmed. People in Japan however, have been using Ipads for around six years, in the form of adult diapers.

Oral Roberts, a well-known evangelist and faith-healer, has kicked the bucket yesterday, December 15, 2009. There is one fewer con-artist and obvious fraud on this planet now, and we’re better for it.

From now on, thanks to Europe, young women will pay more for their car insurance, while young men will pay less. Discrimination? Not exactly. Just the opposite, in fact. At least, that is the claim.

Tata, a giant industrial group in India, is planning to launch the world’s cheapest car, or “People’s Car” on January 10. The car will have a list price of 100,000 rupees, approximately $2,500.