Sam J.

If you place an order with this company, they often won't ship it out until a week or more. And their shipping fees are outrageous.

Also, if they're out of stock for an item, they won't tell you--they will just ship your order and then tell you to reorder the missing item.

Many of their herbs are of poor quality, and they are also deceptive about some of their products. For instance, their "Ceylon" cinnamon powder is not genuine--it's cassia cinnamon instead (which is a lot cheaper). That's called "fraud."

I read an account by an employee who said that lots of their employees smoke pot and vape, and no doubt the smells and residues end up in their herbs. Apparently they drop stuff on the floor and put it back in the vats too.

Please stay away from this awful place.

Media Bias Fact Check is supposed to give "objective" ratings to news sites.

Well, I did a little experiment. At random, I checked out 10 sources that they rated at one end of the political spectrum. We'll call this Set A. Then I checked out 10 sources they rated to be at the OPPOSITE end of the spectrum, which we'll call Set B.

For Set A, they listed all the sources as "mostly factual" or "highly factual."

For Set B, however, they listed all the sources as "mixed" (meaning having "mixed" factual content).

Does that sound "objective" to you? And could their OWN bias not be any more obvious?

This site appears to be a total joke.

A few months ago, I posted an answer on Quora that some might find controversial. For several months, they didn't have a problem with it.

Yesterday, though, they deleted my answer for "violating" one of their policies. (I suspect that someone "reported" my answer because they just didn't like it.) Anyway, I appealed, and won. Today, however, they collapsed the very same answer for violating their "Be Nice, Be Respectful" policy (which is ridiculous--my answer is polite and respectful). Anyway, I appealed, and asked them how my answer violates their policy. They totally rejected my appeal with no explanation (obviously because they know they don't have a leg to stand on). Again, I think someone is merely "reporting" my posts because they don't like my opinion--so much for freedom of ideas on Quora.

Also today, they collapsed another one of my answers, and this time there were absolutely no details about why. So, I appealed and asked for clarification of what rule my comment supposedly broke. Well, they simply rejected my appeal without any explanation again.

Anyway, I'm done with Quora. It appears that the deceptive, dictatorial moderators just do whatever they want--they don't follow any logical or published rules. Apparently their BNBR policy actually stands for: "Bully Now, Bully Rigorously." ;) In fact, one person on there hit the nail on the head with this comment:

"In the end, Quora moderation's purpose is to mainly prevent views they don't approve of from becoming visible on the site even when it answers the question fully within their ambiguous BN; BR policy so that they can create an echo chamber where everyone nods and agrees with each other while simultaneously claiming the site is open to all views and opinions (something that they are clearly not, as I and most others have noticed)."

I would recommend staying away from Quora. Or at the very least, don't try to post anything of substance there.

I was trying to place an order on their Web site, but was having a very difficult time. So, I gave up and decided to call them instead.

The representative I talked to told me that I would need to create an account first. I asked her why. She said that they don't have guest checkout. I asked her what the reason is that they don't have guest checkout. She said they just don't. Again, I asked her why. Exact same answer. Then I said,"Ma'am, you're not answering my question. Most places have guest checkout. Why is it that Zappos does not?" Guess what--she hung up on me! I think that's only the second time in my life that I've been hung up on by a customer-service representative!

Absolutely pathetic. I ordered my shoes somewhere else.

The next day, I called and asked to speak to a manager. I told her what had happened. She was nice, and said that since they record all their calls, they might be able to find out who hung up on me. But she never asked,"Were you able to complete your order?" or "Can I offer you a coupon to win you back as a customer?" You would think that a manager would know to do this.

Maybe my first-ever experience with Zappos was atypical, but I won't be back.

I used to think Real Raw News was a valuable source of information. But now I'm skeptical.

About a week ago, a friend of mine sent the author of this Web site, Michael Baxter, an e-mail asking him if his news is actually real or just parody, and also where he gets his information from. And guess what? He never responded.

So, yesterday I posted a comment on his Web site telling others about this. I then asked, "Has anyone else e-mailed Mr. Baxter, and does he ever reply?" Well, within a few hours, Baxter DELETED my comment! I'd never had any of my comments deleted before.

What's more, now I can't post on there at all without my posts going into moderation, even though I'd been posting occasionally for months without my posts EVER having to be moderated first.

So, what's Baxter trying to hide? And does this really sound like an "honest" Web site to you? Besides, apparently "Michael Baxter" is not even the owner's real name—it's actually "Michael Tuffin."

I think Mr. Tuffin is mainly after money. I believe that some of his stories are true, while others are probably fabricated—whatever will attract the most viewers. In addition, Tuffin is the only "journalist" on this site and a rather poor one at that, someone who routinely makes spelling and grammar mistakes.

It's also interesting that many people post comments with lots of vulgarity and explicit sexual content, but Tuffin never does anything about those. However, he immediately decides to delete an honest, polite comment like mine. So, it seems he's definitely just after money and views.

In terms of his "news," many of his stories are contradictory. For example, a few months ago, he wrote that Biden had had a massive stroke on June 1 and was hospitalized at Walter Reed for it. But then about a week ago, he said that Biden had had his stroke in "early February" instead. And when readers asked questions about this inconsistency, he never responded.

Now in his latest stunt, Tuffin has set up a GoFundMe page, citing censorship from Google/YouTube. This supports the idea that all he seems to care about is MONEY. Interestingly enough, he's actually using his real name for this page.

In a nutshell, Tuffin seems to be very shady, so please either stay away from his site entirely, or else take anything you read there with several grains of salt.

Dr. Mercola has a lot of good articles, but if you ever challenge what he says with constructive criticism, he'll boot you from the site.

For instance, on his Web site, I wrote that:

1) Many people don't think ADHD is a real disease (even though Mercola does).

2) Mercola tells his readers to boycott Google, but he routinely includes videos from YouTube, which is owned by Google. That's hypocritical.

3) He is very down on alcohol (even in moderation), but seems to be A-OK with marijuana.

Can you believe that such mild comments got me banned from his site? I guess he's extremely insecure.

Anyway, even though he has a lot of good articles, please stay from his site. Or at the very least don't bother to leave any comments, because no dissent is allowed.

Mercola is also a crook. For years, he was selling "full-spectrum" fluorescent bulbs on his Web site. Then in the fall of 2016, he put out an article saying that any fluorescent bulbs are bad for you, and that you should switch to incandescent instead. Well, guess what--after publishing the article, he KEPT SELLING THE BULBS! Even months later, he was still selling the harmful fluorescent bulbs.

I guess he just wanted to sell out his stock in order to make a profit. So, apparently he couldn't care less about the health of his readers--all he cares about is making a buck.

Please stay away from Crooked Joe.

Incidentally, I do still read some of his health articles, many of which I've heard are actually ghostwritten. Nonetheless, a lot of them are still helpful and insightful. But I would never 1) buy any of his products again or 2) try to post any comments to his Web site.

Mario Murillo, who is a Christian minister, writes an interesting blog. I had been commenting on his blog periodically for months, with no problems.

Then one day, I dared to criticize his sacred cow Billy Graham, who was apparently a Freemason and member of the Illuminati. (You can do a Web search and read all about how corrupt Graham was.)

Anyway, since he's a huge fan of Graham, Murillo promptly REMOVED my post, and then no longer allowed me to make any more comments on his Web site without them being moderated first! This kind of behavior—intolerance of healthy, respectful criticism—is a classic sign of spiritual abuse. Also, people only censor something when they fear the truth.

What's interesting is that, while he won't tolerate honest disagreement, Murillo allows another poster on his blog to routinely bully others. One woman wrote a message complaining that she has tried to respond to the bully, wondering why he attacks other posters, but Murillo won't approve her comments! She said that she's puzzled why Murillo doesn't seem to allow "freedom of speech." Well, maybe the bully gives a lot of money to his ministry? Who knows? Anyway, it seems that Murillo is threatened by genuine freedom of speech.

Sadly, Murillo is a big hypocrite. He (rightly) attacks the Left for the way they censor people, but then does the very same thing to people who respectfully disagree with him! He seems to be threatened by smart individuals, surrounding himself with yes-men instead.

He's also been divorced THREE times, completely violating the Bible's commands about divorce and remarriage. So, his current "marriage" is most likely an adulterous one. Not only that, he named his ministry after himself (a sign of a huge ego). And on his blog posts, he never posts pictures of Jesus or anything, but instead is always posting huge pictures of HIMSELF. Sadly, like most modern Charismatic ministers, he seems to be continually engaged in the sin of self-promotion.

In addition, as president of his own "ministry," Murillo is accountable to no one in the Church but himself, which is also unbiblical. Furthermore, he lives in a huge home in Lafayette, Tennessee—over 8,000 square feet! I mean, why would anyone ever want to give their hard-earned money to this super-wealthy guy? And while he frequently speaks about how corrupt Facebook is, he won't ever delete his account and move to an alternative site instead—I guess because he's afraid to lose followers, which equal MONEY. Does that really sound like a humble servant of God to you?

Sadly, Murillo's actions seem to indicate that he's serving himself, not Jesus. Even worse, he's spiritually abusive. Please stay far away from him and his "ministry."

This review is about the moderators of Free Republic, not the majority of posters themselves. There are many, many intelligent posters on Free Republic.

I had been a member of Free Republic for almost 10 years. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I suddenly got kicked off. This was the reason given by the moderator: "troll." Completely ridiculous. Over the nearly 10 years I was on there, I had made hundreds of posts. I had never once even received a warning, much less a ban. Anyway, I was not allowed to appeal this recent verdict or defend myself either.

Apparently the reason I got kicked off was for suggesting that Trump may have had a consensual encounter with E. Jean Carroll. I like Trump overall, but I suspect that something did happen between them.

Anyway, isn't that ridiculous? I don't know what the moderators there are smoking, but frankly, I don't care. Apparently, now if you express any opinion that the moderators don't agree with, you're history. It didn't use to be like this. So much for diversity of opinions, huh? This is just a warning for any conservative who wants to join that Web site--don't. Please go elsewhere instead.

First off, this site does offer some helpful information, and I visit occasionally to get advice on certain health and food topics. Unfortunately, the site owner, Sarah Pope, is rather shady:

1) Pope is on the board of the corrupt Weston A. Price Foundation, run by Sally Fallon. In fact, she's such a fan girl of Fallon that she even named one of her kids "Fallon"! No joke. Sadly, this foundation has been promoting rancid fermented cod-liver oil, and has also covered up serious sexual harassment by Fallon's husband, Geoffrey Morell. According to popular Cheeseslave blogger Ann Marie Michaels, Pope once told her, "When Sally says 'Jump,' I say 'How high?'" Again, no joke. By staying silent about this organization's corruption, Pope is in fact enabling it. So, she's complicit in their corruption.

2) Pope has a lot of affiliate links on her Web site. As a result, she's going to have serious bias on certain topics, such as fluoride in kombucha. It's all about MONEY. And the last time I submitted a comment to her Web site, she edited out 50% of it, with no explanation whatsoever. Why? I believe it's because I mentioned a brand name. Maybe that product clashed with some other product she's promoting? Not entirely sure, but that explanation seems the most likely. Anyway, I've decided that I'm NOT going to comment on her site again, because I will not put up with perfectly normal comments being censored.

Those are the two big problems with Pope and her site. Here are a few smaller ones:

1) Many readers ask questions in their comments. Sometimes she responds to the questions, but more often than not she just ignores them. Another turnoff. I guess she thinks she's too important to respond?

2) No matter how many times you comment on her site, she ALWAYS moderates your comments. Frankly, she sounds like a big control freak. What's she so afraid of?

3) In her bio, she brags about having graduated "summa cum laude" from Furman University. Well, if you're in your late 50s and still bragging about something like that, then not only do you have a huge ego, but you're also very insecure. Like anybody really cares about your GPA from 35 years ago? And I don't think she's nearly as smart as she seems to think she is.

In a nutshell, be cautious about visiting Pope's site. Some of her articles are worth reading, but just be sure to think for yourself. And please think twice before commenting—you never know if she's going to censor you. LOL.

I used to be able to browse Accuweather.com easily with JavaScript disabled. Now, the pages won't even load without JavaScript turned on--they're completely blank. And the new layout for the extended forecasts is absolutely terrible.

This site is no longer usable in my opinion.

I was recently looking for an older article by Dr. Mercola (who is outspokenly against the Covid-19 "vaccine"), and guess what message I got:

"This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

So, if you run a popular Web site but are not gung-ho about vaccines and masks, then the Wayback Machine will BAN you.

Pathetic.

Just ban the Wayback Machine from your life instead.

I wrote a 3-star review of a certain dermatologist. I waited over a week, but it never showed up. Then I tried writing another review. Again, it never showed up. According to other reviewers, HealthGrades only wants POSITIVE reviews.

Anyway, this site doesn't seem honest at all. Please go elsewhere.

I just joined Dog Forums today because I needed some help with how to use a home heartworm test kit for my dog.

So, I created a thread, and in about an hour, one person responded. I replied back, and so did the other person. Then when I went to answer them just a few hours later, the thread was GONE!

Why on earth did the moderators delete the thread? Who knows?

It sounds like the moderators on this forum are mentally ill or something. Well, I won't be back. Please stay away from this toxic place.

About six weeks ago, I visited my local Subway. According to the hours displayed in the window at the store, it was supposed to be open. But it was completely closed and dark inside.

So, I contacted Subway's "digital" customer service (you can't talk to a live person) about this matter. Well, even though I got an automated e-mail receipt, no representative ever contacted me--even after six weeks!

Apparently their "customer service" is permanently out to lunch.

I had a long review of an item that I wrote over 11 years ago, and Amazon suddenly deleted it a couple of weeks ago.

I have called Customer Service at least 6 times, but can never get a response from the Communities team that addresses the actual issue. Most of the time, the Communities team just ignores Customer Service and doesn't even respond to me.

My advice: Stay far, far away from the Communities team, and don't ever post any reviews up on Amazon.

Citi is the worst credit-card company ever.

A few months ago, I ordered a product that turned out to be defective. So, I contacted the company that I ordered it from TWICE to let them know that it didn't work. Well, they never responded. As a result, I opened up a dispute with Citi.

Citi gives merchants 45 days to respond, and this merchant responded with a very vague, general response on day 44--and lied about not being contacted by me. Nevertheless, Citi immediately ruled in favor of the merchant!

Shocked, I appealed the verdict, but this time the merchant didn't even bother to respond to what I wrote. And guess what? Citi STILL sided with the merchant! Why? Because I didn't return the defective item on my own dime. Tell me—have you ever heard of a credit-card company that expects the CUSTOMER to pay to return defective items? Until now, I certainly hadn't.

Anyway, I called up Citi and told them what I thought. The woman I talked to was actually pretty nice, and said that the merchant was being extremely difficult and "didn't want to accept" a chargeback. HUH? Who actually controls the purse strings—Citi or the merchant? But at least she said that she would issue me a "goodwill credit" because I'd been a customer for so long.

While I appreciated the credit that the agent gave me, Citi should've never sided with the dishonest merchant in the dispute. Sadly, it seems that Citi's policy is: "The merchant is always right!" It didn't seem to matter what evidence I brought to the table—Citi basically just ignored it.

After paying off my final balance, I canceled my Citi card for good and haven't looked back. Please learn from my story and stay FAR away from this joke of a credit-card company.

I wrote a review on this site about five months ago, but it's STILL listed as "pending." I guess they should just change their name to Out_to_Lunch_NonProfits!

On their Web site, Sur la table list a regular phone number to call, but make their toll-free number almost impossible to find. In fact, I didn't even know they had one!

Using the non-toll-free number, I called them up recently, and at the beginning a message said that my wait time would be "over 2 minutes." Well, after staying on hold for a good while, I finally just gave up. On another site, one customer said they were waiting for over 40 minutes and still no one picked up!

Anyway, I decided to submit a ticket instead. And in their automated response, they listed their toll-free number! I was shocked.

So... I wasted some of my own good money calling them (though they never answered) instead of using the toll-free number that they try so hard to conceal.

Very sneaky, deceptive company.

If you want to read real news, this is a great site for it. In fact, it's one of the few sites left on the Web where you can actually learn the unvarnished truth about stuff. This is what true journalism looks like in a world swimming in fake news.

A couple of weeks ago, I placed an order with Grubterra. But I never got an e-mail confirmation. In fact, I received ZERO communication from them. So, I contacted them a couple days ago to find out the status of my order. They told me that, because of inventory issues, my order would not ship until about two more weeks—that is, about a MONTH after I first placed it. Sorry, but that's crazy. So, I told them to just cancel my order.

In addition, this company has no telephone number, so you can never talk to anyone. Please stay away from this joke of a company.