Category: Skeptics

  I enjoy writing about the Doctor’s Data v Barrett case.  Every time I turn around and look to see what’s happening another guffaw exits my system, for once more, seemingly out of nowhere sometimes, comes one more patent example that there is, in fact, a divine justice in the world. Opinion by Consumer Advocate […]

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” […]

This case is becoming an Event to watch… Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  In mankind’s not-so-distant past we used to have public hangings of criminals.  It was a popular spectacle.  Citizens would gather from miles around for the Event – and would cheer when the executioner pulled the trap handle and the criminal dropped […]

It was three long weeks ago that Michael K. Botts, Esq. applied (Pro Hac Vice) to the Federal Court in Chicago to, supposedly, represent Stephen Barrett in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal Court case.  On August 26th we saw that Botts had been rejected by the Court but was being re-applied by Barrett’s local […]

I check my Pacer Account every few days and yesterday found four new filings in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal Court case.  After that I am even more convinced that the script writers for Saturday Night Live are designing Barrett’s Defense. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  The four documents, all presented by Stephen […]

I think the arrival of Michael K. Botts, Esq. as Stephen Barrett’s attorney in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal lawsuit is significant. It is a flat-out desperation move.  Simply, Stephen Barrett could not afford to hire a law firm to Defend.  So someone is providing an attorney of their choice – not someone Barrett […]

I admit this move by Stephen Barrett  took me by surprise.  I actually thought this lawyer Barrett hired, to defend him in the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett, et al case, Michael K. Botts, was dead. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  More, the last case Botts handled for the quackbusters (Victor Herbert v American […]

We have to keep our eye on the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, et al, Federal case.  Something new is always happening, or at least brewing.  Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  Here is the latest Pacer record: “SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant The National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. (vcf, ) (Entered: 08/11/2010)”

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    Keep in mind that there are three Defendants in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, et al Federal Court case in Northern Illinois – and all three have to lawyer up and Respond within the Court’s required time. Only Stephen Barrett, himself, as an individual, was given 60 days, […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I guess Doctor’s Data wants to use a kinder, gentler approach then I do.  They gave Stephen Barrett sixty (60)  days, instead of twenty-one (21) to respond to the Federal lawsuit they filed against him.  The sixty day period started on June 29th, 2010 so Barrett’s answer is not […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen   A friend of mine sent me a link to a blog calling itself “Respectful Insolence,” run by the guy I thought was going to be Barrett’s replacement “Orac the Nipple Ripper.” Ok, the guy doesn’t actually call himself “Orac the Nipple Ripper.”  I call him that. He calls himself […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I just checked my “Pacer” (Federal Court information system) file, and Barrett has not yet brought in a lawyer, and filed a response to the Doctor’s Data lawsuit against him. Could it be this easy?  Could it be that rancid old Stephen Barrett, when push comes to shove, […]

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    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 […]