Thread: Blogs we Like

Do you know of a good blog that touches on our general areas of interest? Post a link and a brief description. If we share your enthusiasm we'll move the link into this post. Self promotional, commercial advertisement or affiliate sales blogs will not be granted that honor, in fact their links will be deleted.



* Patrick Pretty's Ponzi scheme and Internet Crime blog. Patrick is one of the most professional bloggers I know of, solid research and excellent reporting make him one of my daily reads.

* Eric Goldman's Technology and Marketing Law Blog. Mr. Goldman is an Associate Professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law. His blog focuses on how the law is adapting to changing technology and areas of marketing and intellectual property. His primary audience seem to be other legal professionals and his writing style reflects that, I sometimes find myself re-reading passages to make sure I understand them. But he's an excellent resource for those interested in how the law is changing to meet the challenges of the internet.

* Counterknowledge.com. "Exposing conspiracy theories, cults, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history." General skepticism and uncommon common sense, highly readable.

*False Profits Blog: Economics, Politics, Legalities, Ethics, and Sociology of Pyramid Schemes
Robert L. FitzPatrick [Submitted by Emet]

*The Fraud Files Blog: Tracy Coenen"s Daily commentary on fraud, scandals, scams, and court cases.[Submitted by Emet]




[I'm not sure if I ever had a plan on how to select which blogs got listed up top and which don't, but I'm open to feedback. Take a look at the blogs your fellow members posts and feel free to "second" the nominations of the ones you like.]

Science-Based Medicine
Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

False Profits Blog
Economics, Politics, Legalities, Ethics, and Sociology of Pyramid Schemes
Robert L. FitzPatrick

The Fraud Files Blog
Daily commentary on fraud, scandals, scams, and court cases
Tracy Coenen
Auditing & regulations, fraud news, pyramid schemes & MLM

http://docbunkum.wordpress.com/

http://forums.randi.org/forumindex.php

http://www.workathometruth.com/not-recommended/

The Pink Truth - excellent and the true Story and issue with Mary Kay Cosmetics- Pink Truth - Returning Mary Kay Inventory

MLM The Truth - the most extensive research ever done on MLM compensation plans and profitability, on distinguishing characteristics separating legitimate direct selling from pyramid or chain selling, and on the deceptions used to sell product-based pyramid schemes.
MLM The Truth

White Collar Crime - White Collar Fraud

Pyramid Scheme Alert - Pyramid Scheme Alert website is the world’s largest and most authoritative information source about the deception and harm of multi-level marketing (MLM) pyramid schemes. We enable consumers to identify, avoid or escape pyramid scams.
Welcome to the Updated Site | Pyramid Scheme Alert

Consumer Fraud Reporting - Very good site regarding all types of fraud, mlms, pyramids and scam - excellent resource -
MLM Resources - Information about Amway, Herbalife and Other Multi-Level Marketing Programs, Includign Fraud Investigations and Enforcement Actions

Two excellent books:

Behind The Smoke and Mirrors- by Ruth Carter
Merchants of Deception - by Eric Scheibeler

It is not real active now, but HYIP Lies | Exposing the scammers who create HYIPs was a good source of info.

It is already been mentioned but my favorite is Patrick Pretty.

PatrickPretty.com: PatrickPretty.com: Covering Ponzi Schemes, pyramid schemes, securities fraud, investment fraud and Internet crime.: Ponzi Schemes. Securities fraud. HYIP Schemes. Pyramid Schemes. Investment Fraud. Internet Crime.