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For Quackbusters – The End is Near…  Barrett, and Company, are Loading the Submarine and Heading For Argentina…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    Where we left off in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case saga was the point where Doctor’s Data had asked for a  formal Protective Order to keep it’s Expert Witnesses from being attacked by Barrett, and his minions. I had written two different articles on that … Continue reading For Quackbusters – The End is Near…  Barrett, and Company, are Loading the Submarine and Heading For Argentina…

Quackbusters:  Their Fear is Palpable…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I monitor and provoke, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, the discussion activity of the organization calling itself the “quackbusters.”  It is not easy, for, in a way, it is like listening in on a group of pedophiles discussing their plans for our neighborhood children.  Keep this comparison in mind. … Continue reading Quackbusters:  Their Fear is Palpable…

I Love Being Hated by Quackbusters…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen  – New Orleans area doctor James Carter MD, PhD, author of the famous book “Racketeering in Medicine,” the blatant 1994 expose of the plot to destroy innovation in US health care, called me up one day, several years back, and asked me if I was coming to a certain … Continue reading I Love Being Hated by Quackbusters…

Quackbusters Sue Each Other – All is Not Well in Scumville …

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen   On November 3rd, of the year 2000, quackbusters Stephen Barrett, Terry Polevoy, and Christopher Grell sued me, Tim Bolen, along with a whole host of people, claiming that world famous author and health humanitarian Hulda Regehr Clark PhD had hired me, Tim Bolen, to defame them – and that … Continue reading Quackbusters Sue Each Other – All is Not Well in Scumville …

Court Demands Quackbusters Pay $491k – Two Pay, One Doesn’t …

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Way back in the year 2001, when Quackbusters Stephen Barrett, Terry Polevoy, and their attorney Christopher Grell decided to file their cockamamie lawsuit (Barrett v. Clark) in Oakland, CA Superior Court, they brandished it on the internet as their crowning activity.  Little did they know, then, that it would … Continue reading Court Demands Quackbusters Pay $491k – Two Pay, One Doesn’t …

Gerson Documentary Humiliates “Quackbusters”…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I almost spilled my cup of jasmine tea,  I was laughing so hard. I had just been viewing the first part of a DVD video documentary called “Dying to Have Known,” and  I had to stop the thing right there, and rewind, to see if what I had … Continue reading Gerson Documentary Humiliates “Quackbusters”…

Court Orders Quackbusters Barrett and Polevoy to Post $433,715.93 Bond…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    The “quackbuster” organization is learning a very HARD lesson about the reality of the US legal system.  And, I’m very pleased. They’re learning, in the most humiliating, and financially devastating way, that US Courts don’t want the system abused to harass those that the“quackbusters” don’t like. In the … Continue reading Court Orders Quackbusters Barrett and Polevoy to Post $433,715.93 Bond…

Pennsylvania Dental Board Approves Cavitat Device, NICO – Dumps Quackbusters…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    Public agencies have relied on the “quackbuster” operation for expertise in health care issues far too long.  The time when an agency could fly some“quackbuster” bozo in for a hearing, have them testify to nonsense for a few hours, and stuff them back on a plane, fat check … Continue reading Pennsylvania Dental Board Approves Cavitat Device, NICO – Dumps Quackbusters…

Quackbusters “On the Ropes?”…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen   Top “quackbuster”  Robert S. Baratz MD, DDS PhD was forcibly removed as a witness in a California case recently after it was pointed out to the State of California that Baratz was a not quite what he claims to be.  Cases all over the United States, originally initiated … Continue reading Quackbusters “On the Ropes?”…

Quackbusters CRUSHED by California Supreme Court…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen   II don’t know how the “quackbusters”  can even come out in public any more.  Their constant humiliation in the US Court system has got to be incredibly embarrassing.  I don’t know how they can withstand the solid stream of laughter from the general public. It’s not just the … Continue reading Quackbusters CRUSHED by California Supreme Court…

“Quackbusters” Crushed in Massachusetts Dental Case…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen   The “quackbuster” operation in North America, run out of a New York ad agency,  took another broadside last month in Massachusetts when the Massachusetts Dental Board called, not one, but two, “special meetings,” both to dismiss, with prejudice, all seven charges against cutting-edge Dentist David Satloff.  The attempt … Continue reading “Quackbusters” Crushed in Massachusetts Dental Case…

In California:  We know How to Treat “Quackbusters”…

Victory can be so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o sweet…  I’ll tell you about our latest victory in a minute, but first… Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen In California we like to have first rate health care.  The attitude is “we deserve it.”  We’ve got the fifth largest stand-alone economy in the world – and it isn’t by accident.  … Continue reading In California:  We know How to Treat “Quackbusters”…

Quackbusters “Horse-Whipped” by Missouri Supreme Court…

The North American “quackbuster”  operation is scrambling for survival – because, among other things, the American Court System is “horse-whipping” them. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen I just received word about a new Supreme Court Case Decision involving an attack on an innovative health practitioner, Edward W. McDonagh, D.O., from Missouri, who had the … Continue reading Quackbusters “Horse-Whipped” by Missouri Supreme Court…

Quackbusters “Shortt-Circuited” in South Carolina…

Generally speaking, I’ve always found that the word “inept” usually describes “quackbuster” leadership.  I’ve never been proven wrong. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen The “quackbusters,” or in this case the more aptly descriptive term “quackpots,” are getting desperate for a victory.  They thought the Jim Shortt MD case in South Carolina would do the … Continue reading Quackbusters “Shortt-Circuited” in South Carolina…

Schwarzenegger Attacks “Quackbusters”…

The “quackbuster” operation, run out of a New York ad agency, isn’t doing well in California… to say the least. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Many of my readers will remember, with amusement, the pieces I wrote about the “quackbusters” being humiliated in California when they sued over forty victims, using California Business & … Continue reading Schwarzenegger Attacks “Quackbusters”…

Quackbusters Retreat to “Liar For Hire” Tactic in Connecticut?…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen   Big Pharma, as the “drug” industry is known, has for years funded, and operated, a covert group commonly known as the “quackbusters” whose purpose is to stomp out competition to “drug therapies.”  The operation is run out of a New York ad agency.  Previously successful, the “quackbuster” operation … Continue reading Quackbusters Retreat to “Liar For Hire” Tactic in Connecticut?…

California Appeals Court, in Sinaiko Case, Stomps Quackbusters…

The California Medical Board v. Sinaiko case started in 1996, and hasn’t ended yet… October 6th, 2004 But for some time, for the “quackbusters,” the Sinaiko case, has been the most devastating loss in their history – for with it, during it, and because of it, they lost ALL influence in California.   And worse for … Continue reading California Appeals Court, in Sinaiko Case, Stomps Quackbusters…

Black Days For Quackbusters…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen   There’s a change in the tide… For years the battle to provide appropriate health care for Americans was fought by the “healers” and their support groups – one defensive action after another, with each individual interest group re-inventing the wheel, almost every time.  Then came the “activists,” those … Continue reading Black Days For Quackbusters…

Quackbusters Accused of “Racketeering” (RICO) in Colorado…

It happened today. Delicensed MD Stephen Barrett, his dubious website “quackwatch.com,”  Bobbie Baratz, the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), and a big chunk of the organized quackbuster conspiracy got themselves named in a lawsuit, in Colorado, for “were and are each employed or associated with an enterprise, and participated and participates in the conduct of … Continue reading Quackbusters Accused of “Racketeering” (RICO) in Colorado…

Homeopaths Now “Own” the Quackbusters…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen   A few years ago a couple of quackpots strutted into a courtroom (or two) in Los Angeles, California fully intending to “end, for all time, alternative health practices”  in California, by using California’s Business & Professions Code section 17200 (fraud in advertising). Over forty cutting edge supplement companies … Continue reading Homeopaths Now “Own” the Quackbusters…