Con Artists and Knowing the Source of Claims

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Post by _charity »

Gadianton wrote:If you're on the ground floor of the MLM and getting a good cut of Trudeau's profits, then the truths about his past are truths that aren't very useful, are they (Charity)? LOL!


Laugh yourself silly if you want to.

On another thread, I said lies are never in a protected class.
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Post by _Pokatator »

The latest I have seen are these foot pads, Kinoki, that pulls the toxins out of your feet. It claims to remove radiation poisoning, heavy metals, cellulose, mucus, out of the body through the feet.

https://www.buykinoki.com/?cid=398358

This next link debunks the Kinoki product and then promotes another snake oil product.

http://www.publichealthforums.com/kinoki.asp

The market is full of this stuff.
I think it would be morally right to lie about your religion to edit the article favorably.
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Post by _Ray A »

What about the price of gas? Now that's a flaming rip-off!

Both the government and gas stations are cults.
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Post by _DonBradley »

Ray A wrote:What about the price of gas? Now that's a flaming rip-off!

Both the government and gas stations are cults.


Here in the US, Ray, it's all the same thing!
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Post by _Mary »

Ray A wrote:What about the price of gas? Now that's a flaming rip-off!

Both the government and gas stations are cults.


Hah! You think you guys are being ripped off!
Over here in the UK we are paying over a £1 a litre. (ouch)
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Miss Taken wrote:
Ray A wrote:What about the price of gas? Now that's a flaming rip-off!

Both the government and gas stations are cults.


Hah! You think you guys are being ripped off!
Over here in the UK we are paying over a £1 a litre. (ouch)
Mary


Hi Mary, I'm not sure what that translates into OZ dollars. The price is now $1.45-$1.50 per litre. LPG (gas for taxis) is now $.72c per litre (up from $.48c). Some Saudi emperor is probably wiping his rear end with gold-laced toilet paper. He could also being doing deals with cultic gas-station managers. I think some sort of firing squad is in order, Old Testament style (of course). Stoning might bring more justice. ;) (tongue-in-cheek, I'm against violence)
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Post by _Inconceivable »

Thanks for the topic, TD.

Yeah, I bought the first book with the accompanying CD's. I am more intelligent now.

He gives natural health a very bad name.

I fell for the MLM deal too when my bride and I had just married. It gave me wisdom beyond my years to get that out of the way before our life together really got going. I could write a very compelling book discecting the lies and true motivation behind this devil's workshop. But they have been done.

Then there was the Mormon church. It took 42 years of mortality to begin to recognize it for what it has done to myself, my family and others.

In a way, it's embarrassing to admit my ignorance. I am glad I am not too proud to admit I was wrong - regardless of the staggering investment of my soul.


I am yet reminded of the betrayal by those that created the misrepresentations.
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Post by _Mary »

Ray A wrote:
Miss Taken wrote:
Ray A wrote:What about the price of gas? Now that's a flaming rip-off!

Both the government and gas stations are cults.


Hah! You think you guys are being ripped off!
Over here in the UK we are paying over a £1 a litre. (ouch)
Mary


Hi Mary, I'm not sure what that translates into OZ dollars. The price is now $1.45-$1.50 per litre. LPG (gas for taxis) is now $.72c per litre (up from $.48c). Some Saudi emperor is probably wiping his rear end with gold-laced toilet paper. He could also being doing deals with cultic gas-station managers. I think some sort of firing squad is in order, Old Testament style (of course). Stoning might bring more justice. ;) (tongue-in-cheek, I'm against violence)


Ray! Exchange rate is now about $2.26 to the £, so here you would be paying about £2.26 for a litre of petrol... Our fill up this week cost £60 or 135.55 Australian Dollars.

(I think over here it is Gordon Brown who is laughing, because I think it is about 80% of the cost is taken up in tax (including vat)
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Post by _truth dancer »

I'm kind of wondering if the motive here is that Mormonism should also be "exposed" as a "scam"?


Hi Ray...

No, my motive is just to explore belief.

We humans want to believe certain things. We have a way of discounting reality for belief.

I truly find the phenomenon of belief more than fascinating, to say the least.

I think there is a lot more to belief than just wanting to believe, having faith in something, or even trusting.

I'm off to work.. I'll check in later! :)

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Post by _Blixa »

I'm glad that several people have pointed out that collodial silver can permanently turn your skin blue. Interestingly the process is the same one used to produce photographs: the exposure of silver nitrate to light (which is why "smurfs" have darker blue faces and hands).

I don't know if this was covered in any of the links but one of the more interesting stories of silver victims is that of Stan Jones a conservative twice-failed senatorial candidate, twice-failed governor candidate from Montana. He still maintains a "belief" in the value of taking the supplement and also claims photos of his blue skin have been "doctored." (The BBC news website had an amusing headline about him once, "True Blue Bids for Senate.")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Jones

edited: just saw the Stan Jones story covered in the Something Awful roundup, including supposedly doctored photo)
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