Category Archives: Ridiculously obvious scams

Feds Need to Enlist Consumers to Police Eyepoppingly High Level of Medicare Advantage Ad/Marketing Fraud

Yet another reason to be leery of Medicare Advantage…..widespread deceptive marketing.

Do Masks Work During the Pandemic? Scientists Say “Yes.” Secondary Reviews of Clinical Trials Say “No.” So, Which Is It?

Four authors with top statistical chops, including Yaneer Bar-Yam and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, stomp all over the anti-mask Cochrane Report.

What Does Mustard Gas Have in Common with Crypto and Blockchain?

In Let Them Eat Crypto, Peter Howson warns that these schemes are fraudulent and causing indefensible harm to both humanity and the planet.

Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits

Assisted living facilities have become one of the most lucrative branches of the long-term care industry that caters to people 65 and older. Investors, regional companies, and international real estate trusts have jumped in.

Jim Chanos: “The Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.”

The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber

PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet

More on why public private partnerships, aka PPPs, amount to private enrichment at public expense, not just governments but also users.

Plaintiffs in Mammoth RICO/Swiss Law Suit Versus Credit Suisse, Many Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Egregious Misconduct File Response to Defendants’ Objections

An update on a monster lawsuit against Credit Suisse (now UBS), KPMG, and various executives for a decade of very costly misconduct.

New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis

ust 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds.

The Dirty Secret Behind the Hydrogen Hype

Despite promises of opportunity and jobs, communities slated for hydrogen projects oppose these handouts for the fossil fuel industry

FDA Confirms IM Doc Concerns About Pharmacies Pushing Covid Boosters + Other Vaccines in Same Visit

Flu vaccine upselling as yet another chapter in medicine, American-style.

EPA Fast-Tracking of Gene-Altering Pesticide Sparks Concerns

The EPA is rushing a gene-changing pesticide through the approval process which would open the door to similar products from Big Chemical

Beware Climate Finance Charade

Finance has increased, not reduced, greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the industry is bizarrely touted as part of the solution.

IM Doc on the Corruption of Public Health and the Breakdown of Medical Practice in the US

Sadly, famed short seller David Einhorn’s saying applies to US public health: “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.”

The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake

The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.