Author: Tim Bolen

Treachery…  A “Way of Life” in the Autism Community…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

This is the 12th article in a series focusing on the fact that Autism is a social issue that could have been, and should have been, solved a long time ago.

I’d heard about ” the backstabbing” among Autism Leaders.   I’d even seen a few examples, and I wrote about them, creating, with Jake Crosby, a huge argument in the Autism world.

But, I was actually under the impression that that activity was restricted to just a few people in a few self-centered groups.

Boy, was I wrong… Continue reading Treachery…  A “Way of Life” in the Autism Community…

This “Skeptoid” will not pass “Go” and is going directly to Jail…

An Exemplum – Top Skeptic Brian Dunning Federally Indicted for FRAUD…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  

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Exemplum definition – In literature, rhetoric, and public speaking, a narrative or anecdote used to illustrate a quotation, claim, or moral point. Plural: exempla.

In classical rhetoric, the exemplum (which Aristotle called the paradigma) was considered one of the basic methods of argument. But as noted in the Rhetorica ad Herennium (c. 90 BC), “Exempla are not distinguished for their ability to give proof or witness to particular causes, but for their ability to expound these causes.

 

I have several “skeptic” stories coming up.  Most of them involve charges being hurled around, and at, top skeptic leadership of rape and sexual harassment – none of which surprises me.  They did what they did in Australia, didn’t they?

Every time I tell another skeptic story, it seems, another facet of their combined persona is revealed.  This one on Brian Dunning is one of those. Continue reading This “Skeptoid” will not pass “Go” and is going directly to Jail…

An Interesting Barrett Side Note…  The T. R. Shantha, MD, PhD, FACA  case…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

There is no question that the attorneys for Doctor’s Data in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case are shredding Stephen Barrett, and the Board Members of both The National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF),  and Quackwatch Inc.  As well they should.

Many people send me personal emails about my articles, and most are right on point.  Once in a while, like recently, a gem of information comes out – something that, as in this case, was right there in front of us all this time.  And it is important that we take a look at it. Continue reading An Interesting Barrett Side Note…  The T. R. Shantha, MD, PhD, FACA  case…

You Can Smell Barrett’s Fear…  Why?  Doctor’s Data’s “Expert Witnesses” Are REAL…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

The unfolding Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case is, for many, just one continuous bag of exciting good news.  Kind of like when we were kids and we went trick-or-treating on Halloween night – when we got home and reached in the bag to take out all of those different things – everything at hand was a delight.

However, Stephen Barrett, and the Board Members of both The National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF),  and Quackwatch Inc, right about now, are probably checking out what life might be like living in South America.  For judgment day is coming. Continue reading You Can Smell Barrett’s Fear…  Why?  Doctor’s Data’s “Expert Witnesses” Are REAL…

Doctor’s Data Asks Court for “Protective Order”…  They want to keep their “Expert Witnesses” Alive and Well…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

As you might suspect, things are going VERY BADLY for Stephen Barrett, and the other Defendants, in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case.  Go ahead and smile.

In fact – Grin.

However, as you might also suspect, there is growing concern that Barrett’s masters and minions, desperate as they are, might fall back on the kind of tactics the “skeptics” employed against Meryl Dorey and the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN).  There, you will remember, the “skeptics” were caught calling Dorey’s home telephone with death threats – in fact, “death by fire,” death threats.  Then too, violent pornography was sent to her in the mail. Continue reading Doctor’s Data Asks Court for “Protective Order”…  They want to keep their “Expert Witnesses” Alive and Well…

Change Comes Hard…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

This is the tenth article in a series focusing on the fact that Autism is a social issue that could have been, and should have been, solved a long time ago.

In my “Calling For Batman…” article, I pointed out  a pattern of poor tactics, and lack of a general strategic plan, by Autism Leadership.  I mentioned a “Summit Meeting” between Autism Leadership and key members of the Health Freedom Community.  I said: Continue reading Change Comes Hard…

Calling For Batman…  Autism Leadership’s Desperation Tactics – No Analysis, No Planning (so far)…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

We, in the Health Freedom Movement are comfortable.  We just take it for granted that those around us, in the Movement, are honest, kind, competent, caring, helpful, full of integrity, and know how to solve problems in an organized manner – because we see each other operating in situations constantly.  Our friends are a phone call away, and when we run into someone we haven’t seen for a while, in a hallway, say, at a Health Freedom Expo, it’s time for a hug or a warm handshake, right now, before we rush off to the next meeting.  And, those hugs and warm handshakes are real.

So, I really can’t be blamed if I expected something reasonably similar when I walked into the Autism world.  Boy, was I wrong.  There’s a resonance there that just isn’t right – a tension.  A stress in the air that generates discomfort – like having to temporarily work in an office that has fluorescent lights, and three or four of the ballasts are buzzing so loud you can’t carry on a conversation with another, or on the telephone.  Tension rises. And rises. And rises.  Until those in the room become glassy-eyed.

Nobody is going to get anything done in that room.

That’s Autism. Continue reading Calling For Batman…  Autism Leadership’s Desperation Tactics – No Analysis, No Planning (so far)…

Health Freedom Steps in Where Autism Leaders Fear to Tread…  They Used the “V” Word (Vaccines) – Right in Big Pharma’s Face..

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

This is the fifth article in a series focusing on the fact that Autism is a social issue that could have been, and should have been, solved a long time ago.

When I first started looking into the reasons that Autism, a situation that, as I keep saying, “could, and should, have been solved years ago” was still with us, one of the things I was told was that there was this idea, within the Autism Community, that “you can’t use the “V” word…”

“And why is that?” I asked?  Continue reading Health Freedom Steps in Where Autism Leaders Fear to Tread…  They Used the “V” Word (Vaccines) – Right in Big Pharma’s Face..

The Autism Community Simply Cannot Help Itself…  The Reasons Are Legion…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

This is the fourth article in a series focusing on the fact that Autism is a social issue that could have been, and should have been, solved a long time ago.  Like the first three, it focuses on the mechanism, or in this case, the lack of mechanism.

There are simple ways to organize problems for solution.  Everybody uses them.  Businesses can’t survive without them.  Even government agencies use them.  Advocate organizations employ them.  Yet, for a myriad of reasons, the Autism Community cannot sit down and organize a campaign to solve their problems. Continue reading The Autism Community Simply Cannot Help Itself…  The Reasons Are Legion…

The “Skeptics,” An Organized “Hate Group,” Will Hold Their Annual Meeting in Las Vegas in July…  

The South Point Hotel Will Have to Burn the Sheets After They’re Gone.

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  

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In case you haven’t noticed I’m not exactly known to be “PC.”  Sorry about that…

Actually, I’m not sorry at all.  Somebody has to say something about the ABSURDITY of a group of angry male homosexuals calling themselves skeptics (I call them homoskeptuals), setting themselves up as the MORAL COMPASS  for anything – churches in general, Christianity, Judaism, family values, moral code, life-style, etc.

And certainly there is no qualification for mentally and physically pint-sized James Randi, who you can listen to an audio recording of soliciting sex from a young boy, to criticize anything what-so-ever. Continue reading The “Skeptics,” An Organized “Hate Group,” Will Hold Their Annual Meeting in Las Vegas in July…  

Barrett’s Calamitous Legal Defense Against Doctor’s Data…   A Foison of Frequent Frantic Floppy Floundering in Fluff and Flummery…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

I thoroughly enjoy reading the latest legal filings in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case every time something new comes out – and something new HAS come out.  Why do I enjoy them?  Stephen Barrett is such a piece of work.  He is, to me, a megalomaniac so immersed in his own crackpot view of the world that, after watching him for a while you can’t help but see humor in his antics – not one he, HIMSELF, would see, of course, but there none the less.

The real beauty in the picture is to observe Barrett try to force his nonsense on the court system and then watch what happens to him.  Oh, to see the look on his face when his idiocy is rejected by a Judge, in a State or Federal Court.  Life can be good. Continue reading Barrett’s Calamitous Legal Defense Against Doctor’s Data…   A Foison of Frequent Frantic Floppy Floundering in Fluff and Flummery…

The Skeptics:  Who are they?  What are they?

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

I have written a series of articles on who and what the “skeptics” (pseudo-skeptics) actually are.  The articles are not flattering, for there is nothing good about the skeptic organization.  Hence, there is nothing good about individual skeptics.

Nothing at all.  They are all about “hate.” Continue reading The Skeptics:  Who are they?  What are they?

Why Autism is Going to Be Here Much, Much Longer… Unless Major Change Happens…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

This is the third article in a series focusing on the fact that Autism is a social issue that could have been, and should have been, solved a long time ago.

The first two articles you can access in the table to the right.  This is an article I did NOT want to have to write for I simply do NOT like to have to openly question, or criticize, those that, for want of a better phrase, are on our side.  Or, at least, APPEAR to be on our side. Continue reading Why Autism is Going to Be Here Much, Much Longer… Unless Major Change Happens…

Federal Court Forces Barrett Deposition… What Fun Life Can Be…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

In September of 2010 I wrote an article about why the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case was so important to America.  Just below is an excerpt of that article:

“Why the Doctor’s Data v Barrett case is important to North America…

The US health care system is in tatters.  It is total crap, run by crooks and idiots, who on their best day, either by design, or stupidity, cannot find any solutions.  The “War on Cancer” has been running almost 39 years – and we are not even close to official answers – because the “war” is intentionally designed to fail. Continue reading Federal Court Forces Barrett Deposition… What Fun Life Can Be…

“Vaccine Construction” Moaning, and Whimpering, Over UNEP Program to Ban Mercury in Medicine…   The Battle to Get Mercury Out Of Planet Earth’s Environment Continues…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

The “Vaccine Construction,”  an unholy alliance of bought-off government employees in the US and the vaccine industry, is almost literally weeping and gnashing their teeth over what’s happening at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP 5).

Why?  Despite every effort – all the ones that usually work – the United Nations delegates to the mercury conference are dead-set on removing mercury (Thimerosal) from vaccines worldwide.  And the “Vaccine Construction” can’t fathom that.  They are totally against it.  They screech their opposition from the rooftops. Continue reading “Vaccine Construction” Moaning, and Whimpering, Over UNEP Program to Ban Mercury in Medicine…   The Battle to Get Mercury Out Of Planet Earth’s Environment Continues…

Doctor’s Data v Barrett Case  – January, 2013 Update…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

For thirty-one months, now, in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal Court case, we’ve been watching Stephen Barrett try desperately to delay the inevitable demise of his quackwatch operation.

He’s failing.

The other Defendants in the case, the National Council Against Health Fraud Inc (NCAHF), and Quackwatch, Inc. are VERY, VERY worried – and they certainly should be, for nothing is going their way.

Nothing. Continue reading Doctor’s Data v Barrett Case  – January, 2013 Update…

Geiers v Maryland – Let the Lawsuits Begin…  Geier Family Sues Sleazy Investigator, Prosecutor, and Corrupt/Inept Maryland Board of Physicians

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

It’s time for a laugh.

On Friday, December 21st, 2012, according to the Mayan calendar, the world was going to end.  But, when we all woke up the morning of the 22nd, the world was, and is, still here.  Perhaps there was an error, or maybe even a misunderstanding about that date.

Or, maybe the Mayans were referring to the Maryland Board of Physicians and their stumbling cronies, who, after all, fully believe that THEY are a world unto themselves.  Maybe the Mayans, a society that had far reaching understanding of the celestial picture, were, perhaps, speaking rhetorically. Continue reading Geiers v Maryland – Let the Lawsuits Begin…  Geier Family Sues Sleazy Investigator, Prosecutor, and Corrupt/Inept Maryland Board of Physicians

SafeMinds Steals The Show, Literally…

Opinion by Jake Crosby

Not yet dated.

 

I hate to write about dishonesty from people on our side. In four years, out of all the articles I’ve written, I am pleased to say that not one article has been a critique of any organization that presents itself as raising awareness for vaccines’ role in causing the autism epidemic. I am saddened, however, to say that as of this article, that is no longer the case. One organization and certain members in particular have, through deceptive tactics, systematically prevented Dr. Brian Hooker, a Ph.D. scientist and biochemical engineer who’s made 100 FOIA requests, from giving strong evidence to Congress of the ethylmercury-based vaccine preservative thimerosal’s role in causing autism, and the government’s role in trying to cover it up. The group’s actions effectively caused the congressional hearings – originally agreed by Congressional Committee Chair Darrell Issa to be specifically about autism causation and the vaccine program – to devolve into the “federal response” – paving the way for epidemic denialist groups to be invited and give testimony. Continue reading SafeMinds Steals The Show, Literally…

Vaccine Industry In a Panic…  Over Pending UN Removal of Mercury in Vaccine Action…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

Probably one of the most EXPENSIVE Public Relations campaigns in the history of Planet Earth began today when the worldwide vaccine industry makes its final desperate moves to try to stop the United Nations from banning, completely, in a binding treaty, the use of the deadly poison mercury as a preservative (Thimerosal) in vaccines  today injected into 96.2% of children worldwide.

If the UN actually does ban the use of Thimerosal, and it certainly should, then it appears that the vaccine industry will completely collapse.  There are those of us that think, quite correctly, that, that too, would be a VERY good thing. Continue reading Vaccine Industry In a Panic…  Over Pending UN Removal of Mercury in Vaccine Action…

Why Autism is Still With Us…  And What Do We Do About It?

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

From over here in what’s called “The North American Health Freedom Movement” we see Autism (and the other neurological disorders) as only two issues: (1) What’s causing it, and how do we stop that? and (2) how do we repair the children and the families?

Both of these issues are solvable right this minute.  We, as a society, know what causes them, and we know how to fix the children.  So, what are we waiting for?  Why hasn’t this problem been solved? Continue reading Why Autism is Still With Us…  And What Do We Do About It?