Retro X-40

Oh so many months ago, one "weakie2000" sauntered into the chat room on Yahoo!, plopped down his little soap box, grabbed his cane and started expousing the wonders of this "Retro X-40". What is this crap, you ask? Well, as best I can tell, it's a bunch of herbs. Weakling2000 directed me to www.hannasherbshop.com but I'll be dammed if I can find any thing having to do with Retro X-40. But, here's what Squeakie2000 had to say about it.

• Note I did not say cure yet. The Free speech law does not apple to the word cure except by Dr's who are allowed to Kill you with drugs.
• It is all done by self responsibility! Learn for yourself at your local Health food store.
• Then one may have to deal with various, Flukes: blood, liver, lung, intinstinal, and more. Then figure what the next layer is.

No, I have no idea what Weaker was tryin' to say with that second quote...

Regardless, Weakie2000 finished with, "There are many types of microscopic parasites, various Flukes and other worms bacteria, and virus'"

To which, I replied, "Weakie: Do these parasites cause HIV and AIDS infection?"

And, weakie's reply was among the stupidest I've seen on the chat room: "If your mind is closed it doesn't matter."

Look, herbs (and many, many other plants not classified as herbs) do contain compounds which can have an effect on the body. That's why rhubarb leaves are poisonious and why you shouldn't consume certain flower seeds. But these compounds are either too weak to do anything substantial to a virus such as HIV or simply don't do anything at all. It can be chalked up to the placebo effect. There is still no cure for HIV nor AIDS. Though, if the cure can be found in herbs and other plants, more power to the researchers! (But at least get the results published in a medical journal, for Pete's sake!!!)

Immuno QR

I've always known that the best way to get advanced medical knowledge (such as a cure for AIDS) to the vast world-wide population is through shouting in a comment made to a blog. That whole scientific review process just takes too long and they require all sorts of annoying things like facts, research, and reproducability. As a case in point, some user named "WW" commented on a blog entry about Magic Johnson. And he used all caps which not only makes it difficult to read, it also means he was SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS! Oh, and he didn't use any punctuation, either; which is a clear sign of the obvious truth and scientific research he's done on this "Immuno QR" crap. Here--unedited--is what he said:

THERE IS A CURE FOR AIDS AND HIV IMMUNO QR AND IT IS ON THE MARKET ON THE INTERNET FOR 240 BUCKS LOOOK IT UP IT WAS DISCOVERED OVER 10 YEARS AGO BUT THE DAMN FDA WONT APPROVE OF IT BECAUSE THEY MAKE WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON OVER THE COUNTER BULLSHIT ASS MEDICINE.

I had NO idea that the FDA gets its money and funding from actually selling medications!

For those that can't really make heads nor tails of WW's, uh, information here's what he typed with appropriate punctuation and not in all caps: "There is a cure for AIDS and HIV--Immuno QR--and it is on the market on the internet for 240 bucks. Look it up. It was discovered over 10 years ago but the damn FDA won't approve of it because they make way too much money on over-the-counter bullshit ass medicine."

Ok, so I've Googled for "Immuno QR". And here's what I was able to discover about it.

The first site that came up for it says, "The said drug called "Immuno QR" has not gone through any scientific trial and the claim of any success should have been published in any of the scientific journals in India or abroad " Interesting. So I move on.

The second site (which sells Immuno QR) says, "That is why immuno-QR is effective in many otherwise incurable disease. It is very effective in the treatment of killer viral diseases Immuno-QR is also found to cure Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma and S.L.E. as well as Rheumatoid Arthritis." But no mention of HIV. Kinda contradictory, don't ya think?

And the serach results go on and on. Needless to say, Immuno QR doesn't cure anything except the empty wallets of the assholes who sell it to desperate people. (Maybe even to desperate housewives; but I'm not sure.)

Mark Anastasi's "Fill-in-the-Blank Miracle Breathrough" Ebook Review

Some months ago, Mark Anastasi decided that I'm somehow defaming his character by relating non-libelous truths about him and what he does. In that message he inexplicably sent me a free copy of his $97 Ebook, "The AIDS/HIV Breakthrough Miracle". While I had difficulty opening the file at first thanks to a crappy dialup connection (the same crappy dialup connection that's forced me to go to a Weekly update rather than Daily) I have finally been able to open the Ebook.

Although I would like to post a copy of it to the blog for free downloading I can't do that for a number of reasons. First and foremost, copyright laws and my respect for them. However, there is nothing at all preventing me from reviewing the Ebook and then posting my opinion of it. Even the quotes I take from the Ebook are protected under the Fair Use laws because I'm simply writing a review.

In fact, this blog almost demands I post a review of it and I will reveal this so-called "breakthrough miracle". So hang on; here 'goes....

Who's the Real Author?
One of the first things I noticed about Mark Anastasi's ridiculously priced Ebook isn't even contained in the content of the Ebook. It's in the document properties. While the File states the correct file name (how could it not?) the Title and Author fields have nothing to do with Mark Anastasi nor HIV/AIDS. The title apparently is really "A Letter to Diabetics Everywhere" written by one "Mudrika Bhudia". Although Mr. Anastasi thanks this Mudrika Bhudia in the book, a quick Google, MSN, Yahoo!, Dogpile.com, and Wikipedia search for "Mudrika Bhudia" yielded precisely zero results. Not a single one. So while I'm respectful of copyright laws, Mr. Anastasi doesn't seem to care very much.

Another sign of his lack of caring is the seeming different sources for the Ebook. From chapter to chapter, the writing style changes. I don't care enough to do a scientific study on the possiblity of different authors for each of the chapters but a simple read produces enough doubt for me. Most obvious to me is the different spellings of "disease"; in some places, it's "disease" and in others it's "dis-ease" complete with quotes. Does Mr. Anastasi think he's fooling anybody?

Pay for Free Information?
The Ebook is a complete waste of money as well as hard drive space. On Mr. Anastasi's web site, one can sign up and have a free report sent to you. 77 of the $97 Ebook's 81 pages (that's a massive 93%) are made up of the very same free report that Mr. Anastasi will happily send to you and other information from his various websites. Only a very small portion of the Ebook (a whopping four pages) mentions anything about HIV or AIDS. Since Mr. Anastasi has so many "Fill-in-the-Blank Breakthrough Miracle" Ebooks for sale, I can only presume that the only thing that changes from the HIV version to the Lupus, Cancer, Diabetes and Mutiple Sclerosis versions is that tiny section.

(He owns--or at least is the registrant--for a large number of hyphenated web sites such as www.health-answers.com, www.your--health.com (yes, with two hyphens), www.vibrant-life-and-health.com, www.health-ebooks.org and an untold number of others. (Search Google for "acts as an affiliate to Mark Anastasi's products." to see more. NOTE: As of July 18, 2006, these sites are mysteriously missing from that search. Some of the sites are still up and running; others are "Under Construction". Apparently, Mr. Anastasi has found a way to eliminate the sites from the search. However, a quick look-see at the site that hosts all of the style sheets for the sites (http://www.healthy--life.com/master_files; yes, with two hyphens.) yields some interesting details. Also, a quick Google search for "First, picture your body as a car," will yield other sites.) All of these essentially identical sites list as having cures Acne, Cancer, Eczema, Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, Cholesterol, Fibromyalgia, Osteoporosis, Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue, Gout, Psoriasis, Athlete's Foot, Depression, Health & Energy, Weight-Loss, Asthma, Diabetes, Lupus, and Yeast Infection. And, to be fair, what he says about gout as being caused by eating too much meat is correct. But you don't need to pay $97 to know that by reducing the amount of red meat you ingest will reduce the incidence of gout. That's no miracle.)

Contradictory Admonitions
The "Disclaimer" in the book he sent me, "The AIDS/HIV Breakthrough Miracle", contains the following,

"Before beginning any practice relating to health, diet or exercise, it is highly recommended that you first obtain the consent and advice of a licensed health care professional.

"The author assumes no responsibility for the choices you make after your review of the information contained herein and your consultation with a licensed healthcare professional.

"None of the statements in this article or in the book have been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), or the American Medical Association (AMA)."

A standard Disclaimer. However, later in the book, Mr. Anastasi proceeds to attack the very "Heathcare Professionals" he suggests you go see. He says, among other things:

• "The pharmaceutical industry and medical establishment are doing EVERYTHING in their power to discredit 3,000-year old science, even going as far as lobbying the European Commission to pass laws banning vitamin and supplement companies!"
• "The medical monopoly or medical trust, euphemistically called the American Medical Association, is not merely the meanest monopoly ever organized, but the most arrogant, dangerous and despotic organization which ever managed a free people in this or any other age." (Actually part of a 7-page-long quote from "The Drug Story")
• "The medical profession and their pseudo-scientific dogma kills 250,000 Americans a year! They are the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S!"
• "According to the American Medical Association, the half-life of the current medical education is 4 years. This means that a doctor leaving school today knows 50% more about medicine than someone who left 4 years ago. With so many patients to see, doctors rarely have time to further their education." (Emphasis in Original)

Is Mr. Anastasi bipolar and off his meds?

Pure Marketing
Mr. Anastasi is not a doctor; isn't a scientist and can't practice medicine. What he can do is call himself a specialist in "Online Marketing". No kidding. He's a marketing guy. It's obvious.

A friend of mine who was in the marketing department for a large electronics company used to joke, "I'm from Marketing. You can't believe a word that comes out of my mouth." That joke seems to be painfully real and prescient in Mr. Anastasi's case.

The Ebook seems to be nothing more than a written Multi-Level Marketing seminar. The most telling clue is this quote: "Chances are, the information I will be sharing with you over the next 7 days is unlike ANYTHING you will have ever come across in your life so far." Unless Mr. Anastasi knows that his Ebook will take seven days to read why even mention something about "7 days"?

Further, the Ebook uses the usual MLM technique of repeating the same damn information over and over and over. And the annoying overuse of "You see...." I know people write like they talk, but this is ridiculous!

Clueless Author!
He says that sugar is one of the things, along with Coffee ("pure acid", he says), drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and vinegar, that one should stop eating in order to be healthy. But, earlier in the very same section (Section III, "Nutrients") Mr. Anastasi advocates eating all types of berries (which contain sugar), beets (which, not surprisingly, is the source of beet sugar), and molasses (which is nothin' but sugar).

I'm pretty sure that he means to eliminate eating refined sugar. Why then does he advocate eating molasses which is a byproduct of processing sugar cane into granulated sugar? Regardless of what Mr. Anastasi means he is consistantly unclear and imprecise.

He also says, "you must Eliminate Your Ingestion of Unhealthy Fats & Oils, Animal Flesh, and Dairy Products." And then later on the very same page he says that "essential fatty acids" from "some types of fish are very good for you". Unless there has been some major reclassification of what constitutes an "Animal" these days, aren't fish an animal!? Oh, I know what it is; fish aren't cute and cuddly....

Further, in the tiny section actually dealing with HIV and AIDS, he tosses out a statistic that "95% of all AIDS cases occur in the poorest countries." He then launches into a greatly curtailed version of the tired old "HIV doesn't cause AIDS" and blames AIDS on the "inner terrain" of the person. (Most of the Ebook is devoted to talking about how "polluted" the cells--the "inner terrain"--of all of us have become in the past 50 years and how this "pollution" is the cause of all our problems.) However, the way of life in these "poorest" countries hasn't changed much in the past 50 years. They're still eating the same vegetables (raw and cooked) and the same types of meats they have for decades.

Does this guy actually read what he's writing?

Just because he says it doesn't mean it's true...
Throughout the Ebook Mr. Anastasi makes so many remarkable and unsubstantiated claims it's laughable. The Ebook offers no bibliography to identify any of his sources. The only conclusion is to assume that Mr. Anastasi has simply made up his statements. For example:

• "...Everyone has operated on the mistaken supposition that germs and viruses cause disease."
• "1 in 3 Americans get cancer, but only 1 in 7 American athletes get cancer. Why? Because athletes get a lot more oxygen flowing into their body!"
• "People with fatty, unhealthy diets are often tired and sick. You see, when there’s too much unhealthy fat (and toxins) in your system, your red blood cells stick together, they move more slowly, and as a result you get far less oxygen reaching your cells. Your cells then become weaker – some cells may even die or mutate. That’s why so many studies show high fat intake related to cancer."
• "Our bodies are NOT designed to eat meat!"
• "Milk is the most mucus-forming food you can imagine! The WORST part is, it covers the inside of your intestines and it hardens it like concrete! It coats the villi that absorb the nutrients, preventing them from performing their role!"
• "To really get the most out of your food, ... do not mix carbohydrates with proteins."
• "[Psoriasis and Eczema are] simply acid coming out directly through your skin."
• "AIDS is due to having a highly acidic and toxic bloodstream, where your white blood cells are overcome with toxins and morbid matter."
• "I have seen people go from being HIV-positive to HIV-negative within 30 days of starting to alkalize and energize by taking Dr. Young’s Supergreens™."

Early in the Ebook he actually quotes the Red Pill/Blue Pill speech from Morpheus in The Matrix as a way to drive his point home. I'm astounded that someone would try to use an entirely fictional story as a credible way of getting us to think like he does.

At the very end of the Ebook he lists various "services" he offers. And here they are:

• "Public Speaking
  $4,000 an hour
  Corporate events, seminars, exhibitions, conventions.
  
  
• The LifeQuest Corporate Health-Check
  $12,000 per consultation and delivery of training.
  Benefits: drastically reduce lost productivity due to sick days. Massively increase energy, creativity, and overall wellbeing of your staff.
  
  
• Live Forever Clinic
  $50,000 per intervention.
  Only 12 clients a year.
  The Live Forever Clinic is a London-based consultancy for high net-worth individuals interested in longevity extension and physical immortality.
  We use cutting-edge non-mainstream technology as well as esoteric principles to heal and rejuvenate.
  
  
• LifeQuest Healing Centers®
  $200,000 per franchise
  We are seeking investors to set up LifeQuest Healing Centers around the world, where patients will be treated and healed through natural means, as well as empowered about their health through education."
  

A "Live Forever Clinic"!?!? Please! (One wonders if Dick Clark is a client....)

Conclusion
Anastasi contradicts himself, makes unproven and ridiculous claims, apparently steals information from others, and tries to make us believe he's helping people. The only person he's really trying to help is himself.

The Ebook is badly written, poorly designed, poorly constructed, badly misinformed, and possibly harmful. It takes 81 pages to really just be an advertisement for eating raw foods. Yes, this "miracle breakthrough" is not much more than "Eat Raw Food and your Fill-in-the-Blank illness will go away."

Really, I could go on and on and on; I've completely bypassed whole sections. But I really think this is enough information for anybody to make up their mind about whether or not Mark Anastasi is on the up and up. I'm sure you can figure out what my opinion is.

UPDATE: Mark Anastasi

A continuation of the "Eating Raw Fruits and Vegetables" post....

I've recently been honored by an email message directly from Mr. Mark Anastasi. I can't say how pleased I was that my blog is getting more and more notoriety. Unfortunately, Mr. Anastasi didn't have very nice things to say about me. Here's what he wrote to me:

"Dear Bryan,

I have just checked out your blog on AIDS.

It is very unfortunate that you have fallen what [sic] the pharmaceutical industry's lies and medical establishment's pseudo-science.

I have attached a copy of my ebook, free of charge, and hope to educate you about what is REALLY going on.

This is bonafide GENUINE information.
You are doing a lot of people a disservice by advertising your ignorance.

Fair warning: I am going to instruct my lawyers to start legal proceedings against you by the end of the month unless your blog is removed, for defamation of character.

Best regards
Mark Anastasi"

Ok, I checked out my post ridiculing him. There's no "defamation of character". Nothing I say is a lie or false. Here's a hint to Mr. Anastasi: It isn't libel or slander if it's true...

I find it almost hysterical that he mentions the "medical establishment's pseudo-science". I challege Mr. Anastasi to produce independantly verified and published (in JAMA or similar journal) proof that what he says is true. I think I'll just sit here and wait for him to do so.

It may be "genuine information" but that doesn't mean it's true or right or correct or any number of other synonyms.

Regardless, I apprecaite his unsolicited mailing of his 3 megabyte .pdf file. I would love to pass it out to those who might ask; unfortunately, I can't. Not only would that be illegal (copyright laws, etc.) but the damn .pdf file is broken. I can't even open it myself. Oh, well...

And, Mr. Anastasi, your grammar stinks.

Blood-letting

Throw that Time Machine into reverse! "Out with the old, in with the new!!" We're going to ancient Greece!!!!!

Back through Dr. Salk's time! Back through tuberculosis patients kept in Mammoth Cave! Back through the discovery of ether as an anesthetic! Back! BACK! Back beyond the discovery of the human skeleton! Back beyond the Middle Ages!! Back beyond Mary and Joseph in the barn!! Back all the way to 400 BCE.

Ah! Greece!! The time of Zeus and Hera! The time of Aphrodite and Hermes! The time of a whole bunch of bad information!

Look over there! The catapult has just been invented! There goes Socrates philosophising away! He doesn't know that next year he'll be killed by drinking hemlock. Poor fellow!

There's Hippocrates slicing open a vein in a guy to let out the bad blood; just like our buddy, Ashok T. Jaisinghani, thinks will cure AIDS. You'll remember Mr. Jiggywithit from the earlier post on Vitamin K.

This time, Mr. Jocularity is even offering a reward of 50,000 rupees to any doctor who can prove that blood-letting won't help AIDS at all! 50,000!!! That sounds like a lot, doesn't it! I bet I could buy a whole car with that!

After a quick trip to the calculator with today's exchange rate in hand, I discover that 50,000 rupees--that Oh-so-big-sounding number!--is really only about $1,100. Crap! I was hoping for a new car.....

Regarding this pittance of a reward, Mr. Jamababa says that "Only crazy persons would attempt to prove the impossible." Something tells me that Mr. Jiggerofwhiskeytoomany knows a lot about crazy people. You know... Being crazy enough to think that blood-letting will cure any infection, much less AIDS.

Mr. Jaundice goes on to complain about "multi-national companies" making money off of the "ignorant and panic-stricken AIDS patients" of India. And, while Mr. Jamminhandin here isn't asking for any money for his really, really bad advice he still is hurting people. The very same panic-stricken people he's trying to protect.

Finally, a person with HIV/AIDS has many, many frequent and regular blood tests. After all those trips to the phlebotomist; after all that blood is removed on a regular basis; after all of those little vials of blood are taken you would think--if blood-letting did anything--that somone, somewhere, at sometime would have been healed of AIDS.

UPDATE 2: The ParaZapper™

After a long and thoughtful evening, Mr. Etheredge has posted to the blog again. Again, my comments are in blue and bold.

Well Bryan, I am glad that you were able to fix one of your errors. I am also glad that our several thousand customers a year do not agree with you. (You're glad of that because your deceit is lining your pockets.)

Really, how can you say that [something is bullshit] about something that you have not tried? And you seem to do that a lot about a lot of things. It looks like your are representing the pharmaceutical companies because they are afraid of these products. Again, we have thousands of very happy customers. (I am not representing anybody other than me. You, on the other hand, are trying to get money from people who are desperate for a cure where none exisits. Test tube results don't always translate to real-world results. If you were anything remotely resembling a scientist you would know that. However, I'm getting the feeling you're one of those annoying marketing assholes.

And, if pharmaceutical companies are afraid of your bullshit like you say they are, why is that? Because of money? Please tell me how your selling your bullshit ParaZapper™ is *any* different from that?

Also, anecdotal stories are *not* proof. If you want to play the numbers game try this on for size: You may have thousands of happy customers but how many tens- and hundreds of thousands are happy with pharmaceuticals?)

As a matter of fact, on a university campus right close to you, there are several of our ParaZappers available for free use by HIV infected individuals. (Yeah? Which one? Why don't you say which one?)

I am told by the department head that the units are in high demand. We also sell a lot in your area to those who can afford their own after trying the free usage units. (Names; I want names! Cold hard facts, bubba! I want numbers! Who is the department head? Which department? C'mon! Stop being so evasive!)

You mentioned that we suggested our most expensive model for AIDS and HIV. It is refreshing to see the pharmaceutical companies charging aspirin prices for their AIDs medications. And so far, these medications work so well that ( heck, what are they having? 5-6 percent success? ). (Again, how is your charging a lot of money for your bullshit *any* different than what you're accusing them of doing!? The difference I see is that they have independantly verified proof that has been peer-reveiewed and you don't. Mainly because your bullshit simply doesn't work.

And, what do you define as a "success"? A verifiable and continued reduction in Viral Load? [Success rate: nearly 100% for pharmaceuticals] Absolute cure? [Success rate: 0% across the board because there is no cure for HIV nor AIDS.] Simply feeling better with no objective evidence whatsoever? [Success rate: Who knows?])

Also, We do not sell or promote Colloidial Silver, but I have heard of amazing results coming out of the University there. (Again, which university?? Colloidial Silver is bullshit. It didn't work in the 1980's and it doesn't work now.)

Regardless of what you may believe, ParaZapper works, and so does Colloidial Silver! (What do you define as "works"? Does your bullshit ParaZapper™ shoot the body with electricity? Sure; I have no doubt that it does. Does it do anything to viruses? No. If you think it does then maybe you can describe for me and everybody else how the electricity knows to differentiate between a normal body cell and a virus cell. Also, please describe, in detail, how it knows to only zap the harmful bacteria and not the good bacteria?)

So the next time you want to blast some product that you do not know sh-t about, think of this. If you bought a product that did not work, what would you do? First, get your money back. Second complain to the Better Business Bureau, Third complain to the FTC, and fourth, sue!.

1) We rarely are asked for a refund but always give it provided that terms are met. (And what are those terms? That it's returned the day after it's shipped unused and unopened and untouched by human hands? C'mon. If you *really* stood behind your bullshit product, you'd not have such a qualifier as "provided that terms are met.")

2) We have never had a complaint against us at the Better Business Bureau. (Are you a member of the Better Business Bureau? I don't see a single reference on your site about it, so I assume no; you're not. And, the BBB only registers complaints against its members. Your argument here is moot.)

3) We have never had a complaint filed against us at the FTC. (Perhaps your customers don't know they can complain to the FTC. Or, perhaps, the FTC doesn't have enough complaints on your product to bother with. Again, a moot point, bubba. Also, it would be the FDA that would be concerned about you since you're promoting cures that don't exist.)

4) We have never been threatened with a lawsuit. (That you know about. I'm sure lots of people threaten a lawsuit that the defendant knows nothing about.)

You might consider that a person who presents false information may end up hurting those who follow their suggestions. Some may die because you gave them uninformed thoughts! (The only one between us offering a false sense of hope is you. YOU are helping to let people DIE because YOU tell them that you have a cure when none exists. Don't go trying to get on your high moral horse with me, scum bag.)

Before you go out and blast products and people, find out the real truth. Talk to actual customers who have used the products which you obviously have not. (Again, anecdotal stories are not proof. Show me some actual peer-reviewed studies and publications in qualified medical journals that your bullshit ParaZapper™ does what you say it will and I will consider removing your crap from the web site. Until then, it stays.)

If ParaZapper did not work, then why would customers call and order more for other family members? (Anecdotal at best.)

Lastly Bryan, while you can mislead others out there who have not tried ParaZapper, you can not mislead our customers because they at least know the truth. Over 50 percent of our new customers come from seeing the results that someone else had. (Mislead? *I'm* misleading people!? How is pointing out that there is no cure for HIV and AIDS misleading people? How is calling your fucking bullshit on the carpet for the bullshit that it is misleading?)

ParaZapper is only one of over 50 companies that manufacture and sell parasite zappers. (And that makes it better some how? That makes you somehow immune to ridicule?)

It is estimated that between 50 thousand and 100 thousand units are sold a year and doubling every year. (Which is it? 50,000 or 100,000. That's a big difference. So, it's doubling every year, eh? If it doubled every year, every person on the planet would have one within 17 years of the first 50,000-unit year. Can you forward your sales figures which bear-up your outlandish statement? Didn't think so....)

Oh! and one last question. If our product is so bad, why do our customers not put up pages like this? (Maybe because they were embarrased to be taken in so completely by your bullshit. And, how do you know that your customers haven't put up a page like this? How do you know that I'm *not* one of your customers? Have you checked and asked each and every one of your 10,000-or so customers? Didn't think so.)

Mr. Etheredge, unless you provide cold, hard facts or an article in JAMA (or another qualified peer-reviewed medical journal) in any reply, comment, or post, this is the end of the conversation.

UPDATE: The ParaZapper™

One David Etheredge has taken me to task on his bullshit ParaZapper™. Reproduced here is his comment on my ParaZapper™ post. I make my comments in Bold and Blue:

Dear lacking in knowlege and intelligence, (That's a good way to make friends.)

Of all things, besides being a complete idiot, you are a complete liar. (No, you are the liar, you nit-wit. Lying implies deceit or intent to deceive. I made a simple error in who owns the trademark to ParaZapper™; which, by the way, is still bullshit no matter who owns the trademark. I in no way intended to deceive who owned the trademark. You, however, *are* intending to deceive with your bullshit.)

First, Dr. Clark Does not own, have any interest in, or any involvement with ParaZapper!

I am the owner of the trademark ParaZapper and I am the design engineer who creates all of the products owned by the company Para Systems and Devices, LLC. These are based on her design but are improvements beyond. (Fair enough. However, you really should learn how to make complete sentences before you go blasting away at people.)

None of the ParaZapper sites are Dr. Clarks and she does not get any money or any thing else from us except an occasional letter thanking her for her efforts. (So, she gives away her books on her fake cures for all diseases? She has no vested interest in trying to get people to electrocute themselves to abate their cancer?)

Additionally, Dr. Clarks zapper is free to build yourself and there are published schematics all over the internet for various models.

While we do offer our products as available for HIV and AIDS infected individuals we do not offer them as a cure. We also have a money back guarantee. (Oh, come now. Don't insult my intelligence. You say that HIV and AIDS may be caused by parasites and, all over your web site, you also say that your ParaZapper™ kills the parasites that make one ill. How can you keep that information completely insulated from each other? C'mon!)

We also do not suggest that anyone use the ParaZapper in place of any medication. (Nice way to cover your ass in the event you get sued by anybody who's harmed by your bullshit. You must sleep really, really well at night.)

For your information, ParaZapper is being tested at a major US university and does show a reduction of viral load in many but not all cases. (Yeah, yeah. Which "major US university"? Yale? Certainly not. MIT? Doubtful. College of CowFart, Alabama? Probably. Who's doing the testing? What department? What's the person's name? What's their specialty? When did they start testing? When do they expect to finish?)

As for the individual who told the Yahoo chat room visitor that ParaZapper was BS, which model did that well advised person buy and use that made him such an authority? (I'm *extremely* pleased that you recognize that the person who says your ParaZapper™ is bullshit was well-advised! Now, if you could just stop saying that your bullshit device will actually help people... Naw, that might cut into your revenue stream....)

Mr. Etheredge, thank you for your comments. You have allowed the world (Or at least the readers of this blog) to see what kind of asshole you really are. And, next time you want to go galavanting around the internet and calling people liars, you should probably look yourself in the mirror before you go throwing stones in your glass house.

While the ParaZapper™ is still bullshit, I have corrected the original ParaZapper™ post to reflect who actually owns the trademark.

Eating Raw Fruits and Vegetables (I guess)

The fuckin' asshole promoting today's cure is starting to really piss me off with the spam he's sending me so here' goes....

Today's Fucker, Mark Anastasi never actually says what his fucking cure is but alludes to "alkalizing and energizing". I presume from the other shit coming from the fucker's mail box that he means eating raw fruits and vegetables.

Typical of the style of spam Mr. Anastasia sends, there's a fuck-load of hyperbole and rhetoric that really doesn't say a damn thing. It all leads down to "BUY MY E-BOOK FOR $97!!!". Who in their right fuckin' mind would pay $97 for a friggin' E-book???

Mr. Anashitsi here says his mission is "To add massively to the sum of happiness and wellbeing in the world", whatever the fuck that means. I presume it means adding to the sum in his already swelling bank accounts.

The crap-filled E-Mail report he send out on his "The Truth About HIV/AIDS" starts out with the usual,

"None of the information contained in this eBook is intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease, nor is it intended to prescribe any of the techniques, materials or concepts presented as a form of treatment for any illness or medical condition."

But then goes right ahead and tells you (or, at the very least, infers) how you can prevent, treat, and cure AIDS. (Eating raw fruits and vegetables.)

According to his own web site, Mr. Ashitsi is "a public speaker and entrepreneur specializing in the areas of Health & Nutrition and Online Marketing." No kidding. So, he's not a doctor but proposes to know, not only the real cause of AIDS (the ubiquitous "toxins") but how to get rid of it. And, even says that he's seen people go from HIV Positive to HIV Negative in 30 days. Whatta fuckin' tool!

He's only out to make a quick and easy Sucker-buck on his AIDS Breakthrough. Which really isn't his to begin with. It's really from some Dr. R. O. Young. But, the upshot is, according to the spam Mr. Ashittinyu sends, "You MUST be alkaline". And, no, he doesn't give any information on how he wants you to be alkaline. You gotta pay $97 to figger out that....

Don't sign up for his fucking E-Mail report; don't buy his fucking E-book. However, go ahead and eat more fruits and vegetables; you'll feel better. You won't be cures of HIV nor AIDS nor cancer nor diabetes but you will feel better.

(There. Now I can get this fuckin' asshole out of my Inbox.... And, to let you know what kind of person this mouth-breathing fucker is, he doesn't even try to pretend that he's not trying to sell you something. When you try to unsubscribe from the mailing list you never signed up for, it's called the "AIDS Sales Page".)

The Antidote (a.k.a., Extract of Crocodile)

No, I don't know what that means, either.

They call it, "The Antidote"; a Biological Miracle. This crap "is a unique Anti-Microbial Peptide offering the widest range of healing power on the market today. It kills all known deadly VIRUSES and BACTERIA in the body." Nevermind the fact an antidote is used to counteract poisons; such distinctions and actual definitions aren't appropriate for these people.

But no matter; they claim that with the Antidote, "The common cold is a thing of the past, even serious infectious diseases such as Cancer, HIV, SARS and many other life threatening diseases can be helped by the miracle healing powers of the Antidote." (Apparently, they've not only found a cure for cancer, they've also discovered that cancer is an infection and is caused by a virus and/or bacteria. Who knew!!???)

I don't know how they extract it, either. Do they put a whole crocodile in a blender and switch to Puree? Ice Crush? Hold a specimen jar underneath a certain part of the crocodile?

Anyway, they want you to have this all-inclusive crocodile puree but "The Antidote is only available from Biologicalmiracle.com's Internet website". Not because they want to bilk desperate people out of money but because drug companies don't want you to have it because they "would be losing billions every day if this product was on the shelf next to their major brands." (Uh, wouldn't the Drug Company™ that made, marketed, and sold this thing be making billions if it actually worked??? But that would require that pesky FDA approval process and clinical trials and such...)

Oh, but WAIT! They have a clinical trial. It lasted for about a month in Puerto Rico and involved, as best I can tell, 12 people. Well! That's good enough for me! Screw the FDA! Screw the facts! Screw testing!!! Bring on The Antidote! Oh, wait. That's supposed to be the Antidote. (Why the hell do they put it in red and bold like that? Does that lend some sort of non-existant credibility?)

And doesn't any company that makes a drug become a Drug Company by default?? Again, that deals with pesky definitions and such... We have no time for, you know, facts and bullshit like that....

While they don't tell you how much the Croc Juice costs on the web site (it's $49.95 a bottle) it comes in 5ml bottles. Yes, $10 per cc. (Ok, if you want to split hairs, it's $9.99 a cc)

Finally, they keep taking pains to point out that it's a peptide made from "a Natural Protein made up of Amino Acids." I'm no biologist but I always thought that proteins were always amino acids.

So, make friends with Steve Irwin! Cure all that ails you (unless it's a fungus) with a Crocodile smoothie! (Can I have mine with a margarita?)