Exactly, thank you. I didn't write that, but I do agree with Ben Goldacre. He's saying if she feels that she has such strong evidence, why doesn't she publish it and put it to peer-review. He, and I, suspect that she has no evidence and resorts to name-calling for her critics.

The summary was more unclear than what I wrote. I replaced the first "I" with [Ben Goldacre of The Guardian] so you could at least tell who the "I" was.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/drilling-down-documents-7.html#document/p1/a27935
A 1987 EPA study in WV. "the residual fracturing fluid migrated into (the resident's) water well."
"A spokesperson for the EPA would not directly address the apparent contradiction but said in an email that the agency is now reviewing the 1987 report and that 'the agency has identified several circumstances where contamination of wells is alleged to have occurred and is reviewing those cases in depth.'"

That 2004 EPA "study" was done with negotiations with gas companies. " fluids migrated unpredictably -- through different rock layers, and to greater distances than previously thought -- in as many as half the cases studied in the United States."

I have very little faith in the EPA after Bush/Cheney gutted it to be their personal sockpuppet.

I stopped reading at "irregardless."

I can do that too. Maybe he did a ritual sacrifice to Satan, and didn't want it showing up online.
The point is, he reneged on an agreement. If he doesn't want something he said to surface, he should think twice about speaking in public.

by the banks, I'm ok with the role reversal.

This should:
"In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.

So a powerful 1% owns 40% of the global wealth...

If you lose a virtual item to "virtual theft" you appeal to the people running that game, not the police. There are no virtual police, and likewise, the virtual police can not come into the real world and arrest people for trolling.

Have you seen Top Gear? It's not a car review show. They get fast cars, new cars, whatever, and race them around their track, let the Stig race them, then they do some silly challenges, like make tanks out of lorries. I've said this whenever these issues come up, if anyone is basing their car purchases off of watching Top Gear, they need their heads examined. They do present things in an informative manner, but it's an entertainment show. Take it all with a grain of salt, and remember it's entertainment.

All they need to do is ban patenting genes next.

As long as the other 364.25 days are Steve Jobs free days.

Or buy another kindle. Or any other e-reader. I fail to see that this is an issue, when they tell consumers they can use Amazon's pre-caching, or not use it. I think I agree with another comment about the sales tax fight. Someone's making a stink about nothing for some leverage later.