Archive for the 'Fraud' Category
Former Russian Propaganda Chief, “Inspiration” for Russia Today, Found Dead in U.S. Hotel
November 7th, 2015Via: Guardian: Vladimir Putin’s former press secretary, who was an “inspiration” for the Russia Today (RT) news channel, has been found dead in a hotel room in Washington. The body of Mikhail Lesin was found in a room in the plush Dupont Circle hotel on Thursday morning, the Russian embassy in Washington said, confirming reports […]
Paxil: Researchers Said a Popular Antidepressant Was Safe for Teens — It Was Actually Deadly
October 13th, 2015Via: Vox: For years, the drug company GlaxoSmithKline was illegally persuading doctors to prescribe paroxetine, sold under the brand name Paxil, as an antidepressant for children and teenagers. They did so by citing what’s known as Study 329 — research that was funded by the drug company and published in 2001, claiming to show that […]
More Doctors Against Vaccines
September 28th, 2015Via: Organic Lifestyle Magazine: Bad advice is everywhere, and it can stem from every profession, even the medical profession. History has taught us that there are times the experts are nearly unified in their advice and are still dead wrong. The reasoning has always been the same, that the benefits outweigh the risks. When you’re […]
Artificial Leaf Harnesses Sunlight for Efficient Fuel Production
September 20th, 2015Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — I like reading the artificial leaf news, even though there are always tall hurdles ahead of the technology becoming practical. In this iteration of the artificial leaf, for example, the system only works for about 40 hours. I wondered how much money was being spent […]
Analysis of Antidepressant Paxil Finds Data on Teen Risk Was Held Back
September 18th, 2015Via: Reuters: A medical journal criticised British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday for delaying access to key data from a trial of its antidepressant paroxetine (Seroxat, Paxil) that would have shown earlier that it is neither safe or effective in adolescents. The widely used medicine is linked to an increased risk of suicide in young people […]
Faked Peer Reviews Prompt 64 Retractions
August 24th, 2015Via: Nature: A leading scientific publisher has retracted 64 articles in 10 journals, after an internal investigation discovered fabricated peer-review reports linked to the articles’ publication. Berlin-based Springer announced the retractions in an 18 August statement. In May, Springer merged with parts of Macmillan Science and Education — which publishes Nature — to form the […]
Citigroup’s “Low Risk” Hedge Funds
August 24th, 2015Via: AFP: US securities regulators ordered two Citigroup affiliates Monday to pay $180 million to settle charges that they defrauded investors by falsely claiming a pair of hedge funds were low-risk. Citigroup collected nearly $3 billion from 4,000 investors by claiming the ASTA/MAT fund and the Falcon fund were low-risk investments akin to investing in […]
Long Range Strike Bomber Already a Snowballing Disaster
August 18th, 2015Via: Fiscal Times: The price on the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation bomber was just raised. Again. Last year, Air Force officials told Congress that the cost for the 10-year research and development phase for the Long-Range Strike Bomber would be $33.1 billion between fiscal years 2015 through 2025. But this year the price skyrocketed. The […]
The Teflon Toxin
August 12th, 2015Via: First Look: Concerns about the safety of Teflon, C8, and other long-chain perfluorinated chemicals first came to wide public attention more than a decade ago, but the story of DuPont’s long involvement with C8 has never been fully told. Over the past 15 years, as lawyers have been waging an epic legal battle — […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Facing Three Felony Indictments
August 3rd, 2015Via: WFFA: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail Monday morning on three felony indictments. Paxton’s security detail drove him in a black Chevy Tahoe into a garage at the jail and away from cameras. The attorney general did not appear in public. Once inside, Paxton was fingerprinted, photographed, booked and […]
