Author: Tim Bolen

Barrett Has Not Even “Lawyered-Up” Yet…

In the Federal Court System a defendant is given 21 full days to properly Respond to a lawsuit. 

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

Let’s assume, for the moment, that since Stephen Barrett was sued by Doctor’s Data on June 18th, 2010, that he was served with papers on the 19th, the next day.  Counting 21 days from that moment brings us to Monday, July 12th, 2010 – the deadline for Barrett to hire an attorney who can practice in Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, and prepare, and submit a Response to the Court.  That’s eight days from now – and Barrett does not even have an attorney yet. Continue reading Barrett Has Not Even “Lawyered-Up” Yet…

I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning…

I’ve got a copy of the Doctor’s Data v Barrett Federal lawsuit attached to this article.  Be careful when you handle it – it’s HOT...

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen   

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I was kind of mad at Darryl Hickok, the head of Doctor’s Data laboratory a few months ago, for not walking out and legally punching sleazebag Stephen Barrett, and his minions, in the face over their obvious intent to destroy Doctor’s Data, and hence, a whole host of great US Doctors, with their activities.
Continue reading I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning…

Doctor’s Data Laboratory Files Federal Lawsuit Against Barrett, Quackwatch, NCAHF, Consumer Health Digest..

Stephen Barrett, who has no income of his own, he claims, had to go to his wife Judith the other day, I think, and say“Honey, I need an increase in my allowance this month.  I’m getting sued in Fed Court in Chicago now, and I’m going to need $250,000 this month as a retainer, and another $100,000 per month to pay for my Defense, for the next year, or so.”

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  

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On Friday June 18th, 2010 Doctor’s Data Laboratory filed an eleven count lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Stephen J. Barrett, MD, the National Council Against Health Fraud Inc (NCAHF), Consumer Health Digest, and Quackwatch, Inc.

 

Continue reading Doctor’s Data Laboratory Files Federal Lawsuit Against Barrett, Quackwatch, NCAHF, Consumer Health Digest..

US Federal Trade Commission Drills North Carolina Dental Board…

The North Carolina Dental board is in BIG TROUBLE…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen

On Thursday June 17th, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed formal charges against the North Carolina Dental Board, saying:

“Dentists in North Carolina, acting through the instrument of the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (“Dental Board”), are colluding to exclude non-dentists from competing with dentists in the provision of teeth whitening services. The actions of the Dental Board prevent and deter non-dentists from providing or expanding teeth whitening services, increase prices and reduce consumer choice without any legitimate justification or defense, including the “state action” defense. The actions of the Dental Board unreasonably restrain competition and violate Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.” Continue reading US Federal Trade Commission Drills North Carolina Dental Board…

More Reasons Why Stephen Barrett was Afraid to Go To Trial in the San Diego Federal Court…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

I have received a lot of amusing comments about the “Barrett Settlement” stories I’ve been telling.  Apparently there a a lot of people out in the world who, you might say, have an interest in Stephen Barrett’s troubles. (Insert your own pointed comment here).

But, had I wrote the whole story, all at once, about what actually happened, although amusing, it would have just been too long.  One phone call could have broken your laughing concentration – and we don’t want that – for a good story is a good story… Continue reading More Reasons Why Stephen Barrett was Afraid to Go To Trial in the San Diego Federal Court…

Will the San Diego Federal Judge Put Stephen Barrett in Jail?…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

Oh my, the “Barrett Settlement” story, in San Diego, is getting even better.  It seems that now the Federal judge in the case has assigned a Federal Magistrate Judge, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo “to retain jurisdiction for settlement purposes.”

Wow – this could could get interesting.  VERY interesting.  I’ll explain. Continue reading Will the San Diego Federal Judge Put Stephen Barrett in Jail?…

Stephen Barrett Rip-Thrashed Once (Twice?) Again..

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

I fully expected a battle royal in a San Diego Federal Courtroom this week with Stephen Barrett.  Barrett had sued Hulda Clark and Carlos Negrete, making some sort of claim or another (I find it hard to tell what Barrett’s lawsuits are actually claiming).  I was a major witness scheduled to testify against him and I’d been preparing for weeks going over every piece of evidence I had ever gathered regarding Barrett’s activities.  I fully expected to testify for a full day – maybe more.  And,  I had a lot to say.

I even bought a new tie for the occasion.  Continue reading Stephen Barrett Rip-Thrashed Once (Twice?) Again..

The Assault on Autistic Children and their Parents…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

Things are about to change in the Autism Wars.  A new report is going to be released next week.  Find out about it below.

Everybody knows that I am a Crisis Management Consultant in the health care industry.  I get called into the cases where the quackbuster misinformation group is operating.  Not so long ago, I was hired to look at a situation in Austin, Texas where a clinic was attacked by goofbag Stephen Barrett  on several fronts – a Texas Medical Board complaint was filed against the doctor (Jesus Caquias MD), all of the health insurance companies stopped paying the clinic for their services, and the FBI raided the clinic last July 2009, claiming in the warrant that they were investigating the clinic for “Insurance Fraud,” and “Health Fraud” violations. Continue reading The Assault on Autistic Children and their Parents…

Wikipedia Doesn’t Like Me …

Wikipedia’s General Counsel, Mike Godwin, is sending me nasty emails.  Apparently he doesn’t like me telling people how bad Wikipedia actually is, and he definitely doesn’t want me telling you what to do about it – when it effects you personally.  He actually, the other day, said I “was trying to destroy Wikipedia...”

Stand back while I turn down my testosterone levels. Continue reading Wikipedia Doesn’t Like Me …

David Gorski MD – “Orac the Nipple Ripper…”

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen 

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I’ve been wondering who would pick up the reins of the quackbuster  operation once Stephen Barrett croaks, which could be very soon.   I think I found the candidate.  He’s perfect for the job – has all of the right qualifications, and seems eager to fill the spot.

For years there was a contest, among the quackpot faithful, to be crowned the heir apparent, and many were groomed for the job.  But, problems kept coming up, so there was no obvious Crown Prince.

Continue reading David Gorski MD – “Orac the Nipple Ripper…”

I Love Being Hated by Quackbusters…

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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 health convention where he was going to be.

 

Continue reading I Love Being Hated by Quackbusters…

What Obama’s Health Care Reform is Missing…

A lot of very smart people I know think that the so-called Swine Flu “pandemic” is a simple marketing ploy created by the foreign owned pharmaceutical industry to sell, nearly useless, and untested, dangerous vaccines to an unsuspecting US public.  In fact, it looks as though about 50% of the people in North America think so.

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Continue reading What Obama’s Health Care Reform is Missing…

Suzanne Somers’s Cancer Book “Knockout” Soars to Number One on New York Times Best Seller List…

It just had to happen sooner or later – the truth about the US Cancer Industry not working at all, just had to come out – to the American public, in a very big way.

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

If you haven’t picked up, and read, Suzanne Somers’s newest book, you don’t have anything better to do today, after you finish reading my newest newsletter, of course, than running down to the store and picking up a copy.  In fact, if you have a list of people in mind you care about, then pick up more than one, and give those people a copy.  The book is about the real world, and, frankly, I think Suzanne did a better job, much more, than she intended. Continue reading Suzanne Somers’s Cancer Book “Knockout” Soars to Number One on New York Times Best Seller List…

Truehope “Raids” Health Canada…

Yesterday, a Canadian company Truehope, the makers of EMPowerplus, the first supplement product in North America to be protected against attack by a government agency by the Court System, started their second round of assault against Health Canada.

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

Let’s wish them well… Continue reading Truehope “Raids” Health Canada…

Will Suzanne Somers New Book on Alternative Cancer Therapies Start the Cancer Revolt?…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

Watch Larry King Friday night, October 23, 2009.  He’s interviewing Suzanne Somers about her new book “Knockout,” which talks about REAL treatments, ones that actually work, for cancer.  9:00PM EST

The longest running war conducted by the United States is not the war in Iraq, nor the war in .Afghanistan.  It is the “War on Cancer” started, with great fanfare, in 1972, thirty-seven years ago, by President Richard Nixon. It is a complete failure.  The enemy, cancer, continues to gain ground.  Continue reading Will Suzanne Somers New Book on Alternative Cancer Therapies Start the Cancer Revolt?…

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 several others had conspired with Clark and myself to accomplish that.  After 8 and 1/2 years of no action to prove the case the judge threw it out, Dismissing it out of hand. You can read the entire article, the one that went around the world like wildfire, detailing Barrett, Polevoy, and Grell’s huge humiliation, by clicking here.. Continue reading Quackbusters Sue Each Other – All is Not Well in Scumville …

A4M Sues Wikipedia – Quackbuster(?) Propagandists Targeted…

On August 19th, 2009 the American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) filed suit in a New York State Supreme Court against the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., (solely as a nominal Defendant) and John or Jane Does 1-10.  The Complaint Number is 09111917.

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

This is a very important case to the anyone involved in health care anywhere in the world..  Why?  Because Wikipedia articles about health care have turned Wikipedia into a PROPAGANDA MACHINE – with the full knowledge, and cooperation, of the management of both the Wikipedia Project, and the Wikimedia Foundation.  Wikipedia is the fourth ranked website on Planet Earth. Continue reading A4M Sues Wikipedia – Quackbuster(?) Propagandists Targeted…

Barrett Lawsuit Against Tim Bolen Dies of Old Age(?) in California Court…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen 

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I’ve always said that “quackbuster” Stephen Barrett, as a man, just wasn’t much.  Recently he proved my point – in spades.

How?

On November 3rd, of the year 2000, this rancid old fart, and a couple of his equally stunted cronies, filed a lawsuit against me, and others, sort of claiming that I, Tim Bolen, had been hired by world acclaimed author, and health humanitarian, Hulda Regehr Clark PhD to defame him, and that others conspired to help me.

Don’t laugh too long.  They actually wrote this nonsense down. Continue reading Barrett Lawsuit Against Tim Bolen Dies of Old Age(?) in California Court…

Congratulations to the AAHF/ANH on their Strategies…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

I am a very loud critic of the US Health Care system.  It sucks, and the American public is suffering from it.    There is, right now, an ongoing dialogue in the US about how to resolve the healthcare crisis.  But, for many of us the fact exists that the points under national discussion do not even come close to the reality of the problem, for, it is obvious, the dialogue only seems to be between the different factors of the very problem.

There is an old adage “identifying the problem is half way to solution.”  At the moment in the official US healthcare dialogue the real problems are not being addressed – and, of course, because of that there is virtually no movement towards solution. Continue reading Congratulations to the AAHF/ANH on their Strategies…

TWO State Supreme Courts Punch Top Quackpot…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen 

 

Delicensed MD Stephen Barrett appears to have fled the State of Pennsylvania for North Carolina, just ahead of the official laughter laid on him by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The Pennsylvania High Court joins the California Supreme Court in its disdain for Barrett’s legal opinions.  Barrett, who among other things, claims to be a “legal expert,” has now been officially, and very soundly, had his pants pulled down, and his butt paddled TWICE by America’s highest courts.

(insert laughter here) Continue reading TWO State Supreme Courts Punch Top Quackpot…