Reply #33: The president of Harvard brought in $500 million in donations. He didn't keep $100 million, did he? [View All]

[HamdenRice]

But you haven't even read my analysis of what kind of scam JREF is. His defrauding of pitiably conable dupes by begging for "donations" is the lesser scam; the major victim of his scam is the federal treasury. JREF is a tax avoidance scheme above all. I don't deny he generates revenue; the point is that he didn't pay taxes on it, by pretending that that income was the revenue of JREF a "non-profit" "educational foundation" -- rather than his personal piggy bank.

As for being a promoter of "critical thinking" if the cult like JREF forum is an example, then he isn't very successful, is he? Your mouth foaming response seems to confirm the blind cult like attitude that JREF seems to cultivate in its suckers -- errr, I mean, dupes and victims.

Oh, and by the way, Randi spent his early career as a magician, the Amazing Randi -- I remember that doofus doing tricks on "Wonderama," one of my favorite kiddy shows when I was about 8 -- so he is indeed, as I described him a former psychic spoon bender. Most not-mentally-challenged people, however, grew out of the Amazin' Randi, his schtick, and Wonderama a few years before puberty.