- Bullying isn't all that profitable these days. In fact,
as self named "quackbusters" Stephen Barrett (quackwatch.com),
and Bobbie Baratz (NCAHF.org), are finding out, it can, and will, be downright
expensive...
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- Quackbusters like to bully people. It's all they have.
It's the megalomaniac thing to do... Why? Facts, logic, and social reality,
are not on their side, arguing the issues surrounding North America's rush
away from "conventional medicine" towards what has been called
"Alternative Medicine."
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- Just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada by two-and-a-half
hours, is the little town of Bracebridge, Ontario. It's there that Stephen
Barrett, and Robert S. Baratz, North America's two top VISIBLE quackbusters,
have been set down for civil trial - for their misbehavior. In essence,
Barrett, and Baratz, are getting their noses bloodied again - in full view
of the general public.
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- According to court documents recently filed in Canada,
Barrett and Baratz's "bullying" was listed in 86 separate "claims,"
with 176 separate "allegations," 463 requests to admit, backed
by a demand for authenticity of 47 documents.
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- Also, is a demand that Barrett, and Baratz, EACH, put
up $25,000 to cover the costs of the case.
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- What the case is about...
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- Stephen Barrett, in my opinion, has some SERIOUS mental
problems. I believe he sees himself as a God - an ultimate authority on
everything within his view; health care, health fraud, law, libel law,
religion, you-name-it... and this, without any qualification, training,
learning, certification, etc. He just "says he is," and for
him, that's enough. And, Barrett's view of it all, is from the basement
of his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Which is why, in his lawsuit against me, I'm demanding
that Barrett submit to a complete Medical and Psychiatric evaluation with
doctors of my choice. For the Medical exam, besides blood and urine analysis,
we'll need the details from a hair analysis, a saliva sample, autonomic
response testing (Kinesiology), and we'll want to see if he has mercury
in his mouth.
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- In Canada, Barrett, accompanied by his dubious sidekick,
Bobbie Baratz, the heir-apparent to the quackbuster throne, sued Wayne
Obie, and his wife Francis Perrin, for supposedly defaming them by publishing,
or allowing to be published, articles that I, Tim Bolen wrote. Barrett,
and Baratz, are, in fact, suing Wayne and Francis, NOT for what I, Tim
Bolen wrote in the articles, but for Barrett's INTERPRETATION of what I
wrote. Barrett's God-Proclamation of what I wrote.
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- Canadians, Wayne Obie, and Francis Perrin, in response
to an attack by Barrett and Baratz, have decided to call a spade a spade
- and did so in a massive lawsuit against the twosome. Frankly, Wayne
and Francis did what a whole lot of us should have already done - they
identified the REAL problem with the self-styled "quackbusters,"
and are going after it. I'll tell you more about the case, and its importance
to the North American Health Freedom Movement, in another newsletter.
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- Paperwork in the case against the acid duo, runs into
the thousands of pages. Leafing through the documents turns up a myriad
of INTERESTING allegations, some of which I'll put on this page for your
edification and amusement.
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- For instance, Court Documents show:
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- The sole purpose of the activities of Barrett & Baratz
are to discredit and cause damage and harm to health care practitioners
and businesses that make alternative health therapies or products available,
and advocates of non-allopathic therapies and health freedom.
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- Barrett and Baratz have falsely and fraudulently held
themselves out as experts in the scientific fields of alternative complementary
medicine.
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- Barrett uses predatory and deceptive practices designed
to cause harm and damage to supporters and providers of alternative health
services and products.
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- Both Stephen Barrett and Robert Baratz are vexatious
litigants who use the court system to advance their agendas and the agendas
of their privately owned businesses, which promote allopathic medicine,
and discredit any health care treatment or product that is considered complementary
or alternative treatment.
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- NCAHF is the acronym for National Council against Health
Fraud. The NCAHF is a front organization used by Barrett, Baratz and their
other associates whose purpose is to solicit jobs so that they can act
as expert witnesses against doctors who practice alternative and complementary
treatment methods.
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- Barrett operates numerous web sites including Quackwatch.com,
Chirowatch.com., ratbags.com and Quackwatch.org . The sole purpose of these
web sites is to discredit health care professionals who practice alternative
and complementary medicine. These web sites discredit complementary medicine
and encourage people to report doctors who practice alternative medicine,
thus providing Barrett , Baratz and their associates with a constant stream
of potential cases that can be prosecuted thus providing them with opportunities
to act as expert witnesses on behalf of NCAHF, their privately owned company.
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- Quackwatch.com., Quackwatch.org and Ratbags.com all provide
links to NCAHF, and provide the false appearance of NCAHF being an impartial
and regulatory type body, when in fact, it is not.
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- The growing popularity of alternative therapy is a constant
threat to Barrett, Baratz and their business interests, and the interests
of the existing medical and pharmaceutical status quo.
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- The debate over allopathic care vs. alternative health
care is and will continue to be the subject of hot and emotional debate,
similar to that of politics and religion. Barrett uses the court system
and threats of legal action to bait, control and get leverage over what
others say about him, his opinions, and qualifications.
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- About Civil Rights...
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- Barrett has interfered with the civil rights of numerous
Canadians and Americans, in his efforts to have his critics silenced.
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- Barrettâs actions have resulted in loss of income
and damages to numerous parties in Ontario.
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- Barrett routinely sends letters of demand for money to
settle the threat of legal action, under the guise of e-mail communications
sent as either ãPrivateä, ãcopy writtenä and /or
ãWithout Prejudiceä. :Letter from Julia E. Holland copied to
Robert Armstrong on behalf of Barrett and Baratz is attached as Exhibit
ãNä
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- Neither Barrett, Baratz or NCAHF contradict quackbuster,
quackwatch, quackfiles, ratbags information anywhere on the internet, or
in any publication anywhere.
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- Baratz stated that the power of prayer is the same as
satanic worship.
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- About Conspiracy...
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- Quackwatch, and National Council against Health Fraud
although independently incorporated, are one of the same, in that they
have common directors, administrators, members, contributors and beliefs
and collaborate together to the benefit of Barrett, Baratz and their other
associates.
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- NCAHF is a private organization controlled by Barrett,
Baratz and other of their associates whose sole purpose is to lend credibility
to the activities, opinions and publications written by Barrett, Robert
Baratz and itâs other members, so as to enhance their income making
opportunities through payment of expert witness fees, sales of their publications
and contributions solicited on their web sites.
- The Quackwatch, Quackbusters, Ratbags, NCAHF and other
of Barrettâs and Baratzâs, and their members and shareholders
web sites, are all interlinked and support in one way or another, each
other.
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- About Qualifications...
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- Barrett was disqualified as an expert witness in New
York, when he was forced to admit under oath that he was never board certified.
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- Barrett using his NCAHF front led a legal action against
39 Defendants in California, claiming that the 39 defendants were committing
fraud, because according to them , alternative medicine proponents do not
have scientific proof of their claims.
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- Baratz testified under oath against a medical doctor
in Wisconsin, without having credentials recommended by the American Medical
Association to do so and without any knowledge about the field of expertise
in which the Wisconsin Doctor was involved.
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- Baratz has various versions of his CV, with conflicting
and inaccurate information.
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- Barrett once bragged to me that he had 4 libel suits
in progress against 10 defendants and that he would was going to be filing
against two more defendants within 2 months and had not decided if I was
worth suing yet.
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- Barrettâs web site is defamatory against me and
Talkinternational.com and states that the Talkinternational.com web site
promotes fraud in dentistry.
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- About Abusing the Legal System...
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- The Plaintiffs are not unknown to litigation and have
commenced and been involved in numerous legal actions in the United States
against persons who hold opinions contrary to those of the Plaintiffs and
or the interests whom the Plaintiffs represent.
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- As such the Plaintiffs are professional litigants in
that they routinely file lawsuits and are involved in lawsuits for the
sole purpose of advancing their agendas and creating expense and thereby
harassing person involved in integrative and alternative health therapies.
This is another vexatious action brought by the Plaintiffs.
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- The Plaintiff Barrett has stated publicly that "he
is the media" and as such under U.S. Law, he has no claim for defamation.
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- The Plaintiffs Barrett and Baratz are public figures
in the United States , and have chosen Ontario to claim defamation for
this article because they cannot do so in the U.S.
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- The Plaintiffs have chosen to bring this action in Canada
, notwithstanding the fact that their claim involves alleged publication
of defamatory material on an Internet site. The Internet is ubiquitous
and international in nature, it is unregulated by any governmental authority.
However, the largest potential audience for any Internet web site is in
the United States . As such, the Plaintiffs have chosen to bring an action
against the Defendants in this jurisdiction since their attempts to bring
similar lawsuits in the United States have not been and will not be successful.
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- The Plaintiffs advocate on behalf of business interests
in competition to those of clients of the Defendant Obie and ones promoting
integrative or alternative health therapies and mercury free dentistry.
Their tactics are to challenge and discredit legitimate alternative health
modalities and they have targeted individuals and businesses that advocate
or are in the business of making alternative, integrative and progressive
medical therapies available.
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- The Plaintiffs are residents of the United States . The
Defendants thereby request that the Court make a substantial Order for
security for costs against the Plaintiffs herein in consequence of their
predilection for engaging in similar litigation in the United States ,
wherein the Courts there are not typically prone to awarding costs against
unsuccessful Plaintiffs who engage in frivolous or vexatious litigation.
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- What happens next?...
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- Wayne and Francis have sent Barrett, and Baratz, DEMANDS
for information, and Request to Admit documents - which they have twenty
days to respond to. For instance, among the 463 facts Barrett, and Baratz,
will be queried about:
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- Baratz filed suit against Dean Richard Huber who was
over 70 years old after Baratz ran into the back of the Deanâs car
while jogging in October 1992.
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- Baratz and Dr. Driscol, a director at Harvard Health,
both mutually agreed in writing that Baratz does not have a high level
of medical competency.
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- Barrett, Baratz, NCAHF & Quackwatch are all opposed
to the practice of acupuncture.
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- There are no patient testimonials or other information
on the internet or otherwise in the public domain positively identifying
the quality of care Barrett provided to his patients, while practicing
medicine.
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- There are no patient testimonials or other information
on the internet or otherwise in the public domain positively identifying
the quality of care Baratz provided to his patients, while practicing medicine.
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- There is significant evidence that Baratzâs career
as a practicing medical doctor and dentist was less than extraordinary.
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- Stay tuned...
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- Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate
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- This "Millions of Health Freedom Fighters - Newsletter"
is about the battle between "Health and Medicine" on Planet Earth.
Tim Bolen is an op/ed writer with extensive knowledge of the activities
of a subversive organization calling itself the "quackbusters,"
and that organization's attempts to suppress, and discredit, any, and all
health modalities that compete with the allopathic (MD) paradigm for consumer
health dollars. The focus of the newsletter is on the ongoing activities,
battles, politics, and the victories won by members of the "Health
Freedom Movement" against the "quackbusters" It details
"who the quackbusters are, what they are, where they are operating,
when they appear, and how they operate - and how easy it is to beat them..."
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- For background information on the "Battle between
Health and Medicine" go to: http://www.savedrclark.net/by_whom2.htm".
A copy of THIS newsletter, and older ones, are viewable at the website
http://www.quackpotwatch.org/default.htm".
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- For EVEN MORE interesting and related articles go to
http://www.bolenreport.com".
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