Thank you for offering me this opportunity to play the devil's advocate with a ... what should I call it? What would you call it? Propaganda? Well, I think propaganda covers it pretty well. Mark you, I haven't had oceans of time to study it, and my appetite is going downhill ... to the nausea level already.

1) Oprah has promoted a face cream derived from ... babies' discarded foreskins. Winfrey calls SkinMedica's anti-wrinkle cream a "magic fountain of youth." Others say her enthusiasm for the product clashes with her activism against genital mutilation.
Are you serious? Who made the recipe for the 'face cream' in the first place? And what does the '....' prevent me from reading?

2) Winfrey, by her own acknowledgement, used to smoke crack. She's blamed a series of bad relationships for her drug abuse.
... in her 20s! Gimme a break. 40 years ago! She has stopped, hasn't she? And who does not make foolish things when they are young?

3) In April 2014, Winfrey endorsed and spoke at length at a fundraiser for Lavern Chatman, a Democratic congressional candidate who had, in 2001, been found liable for scheming hundreds of D.C. nursing home employees out of more than $1.4 million in wages.
Maybe that guy didn't tell her in advance ...

4) Oprah is also accused of using her show to promote the power of psychics and paranormal "mediums" like John Edward and Allison DuBois. Skeptics on these shows were sidelined by the show's producers, setup to look unserious, according to several participants who appeared. During one such broadcast, Oprah herself relayed an encounter she had with an apparition.
Good grief! Am I glad I don't watch these shows .... We have paranormals in shows here as well. I don't watch them. And we have cat talkers on the radio. Aren't people supposed to apply some critical attitude to what is being broadcast?

5) Oprah held a very lavish opening for a girls school in South Africa; less than a year later, six of the students accused the school's headmaster of sexual and physical abuse. The school, which features "state-of-the-art" classrooms, computer and science laboratories, a yoga studio, a library, two theaters (one indoor, one outdoor), and a beauty salon, is accused of being needlessly extravagant.
As I said yeaterday, I liked her 200-thread-count sheets. I liked her initiative a lot, and I quoted it as one reason I find her sympathetic. Why shouldn't African girls try a bit of luxury for once in their life? And it wasn't Oprah who did those girls harm, was it?

6) Oprah claimed a Swiss shop keeper refused to show her a handbag costing $25,000, accusing the saleswoman of being racist and presuming she couldn't afford it because she's black. The saleswoman said Oprah invented the story and she in fact offered to show her the bag.
Isn't that far out? I cannot think of Europeans weighing the economic status of black people in a sales situation or at all for that matter. To my knowledge we never had a black/white race problem of that sort. Least of all in Switzerland! I'm glad it says *claimed* ...

7) Oprah, a longtime friend of Harvey Weinstein, is accused of .....
*accused of ...* isn't this the web slander is weaved from?

8) After Weinstein was accused of serial rape and sexual misconduct, the disgraced Hollywood mogul claims Oprah called him to offer her support.
*claims* Maybe I have a habit of trying to judge the value of words, being an alien. *claims* is not hard evidence. It's rumormongering.

9) Oprah's eponymous daytime talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, was long accused of being a platform for pseudo science and quackery.
And then what? People don't have to believe any of it. She also promoted 'Karate Chop' by Dorthe Nors. People don't have to believe any of that either, but they get a good read.

10) In 2013, Oprah courted controversy when, speaking to the BBC, she dropped the pretense of being a "healer" and, while addressing the topic of racism, said the only way for racism to end is for racists to die.
I don't understand the implications of this, and I would suspect that everyone but the writer of this article who has a job to do for which he'd getting paid by ??? is the only one remembering this episode 4-5 years ago. And why does he want to remind anyone?

11) After 9/11, Oprah hosted a show titled "Islam 101," ostensibly to teach Americans about the faith. However, the program was accused of providing a one-sided view that effectively served as "propaganda" that downplayed the threat of radical Islam.
Amen ...

12) Many Christians have said Oprah uses her show to trash the central tenets of Christianity. ...
And what has religion to do with it? Especially if it should come to politics.

Can I still have that trip with you in your Chevy truck? Is always still always

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 01/10 - Active Members

Active team members report
==========================

                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     854,621,124         335,650
judson Somerville MD              2          0     345,164,436               0
GeraldRube                        3          0     309,861,147         157,724
xroule                            4          0     256,049,878         213,384
keithhenry                        5          0     190,202,924          71,116
dkt                               6          0     163,426,582           1,576
brown chris                       7          0     117,184,406          28,035
Vuj                               8          0      73,850,724          18,322
cht!                              9          0      64,569,284          81,955
parmesian                        10          0      64,274,690           2,945
NiceMedTexMD                     11          0      64,029,194          14,570
Tomwp                            12          0      45,199,012          14,492
Lanscader                        13          0      45,143,620          28,996
largethunder                     14          0      37,652,171          18,276
PohSoon                          15          0      32,530,547          18,871
Hintsala                         16          0      25,406,070           1,656
Jonathon Wright                  17          0      24,045,589          20,764
Mechanical                       18          0      23,135,831          15,080
dantheman5606                    19          0      21,802,158           3,734
Wunderwuzzi                      20          0      12,409,125               0
CRAZY SHOOOTER                   21          0       9,054,650               0
johng                            22          0       7,786,649           3,121
doright                          23          0       6,834,656           3,618
Bon Kuhlman                      24          0       6,346,147           2,868
pauldarleen                      25          0       3,895,742             846
Jarato                           26          0       3,760,194           7,936
sm217144                         27          0         489,589             867
- dc                             28          0         459,198               0
little mermaid                   29          0          73,374               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 335,650 points
02: xroule - 213,384 points
03: GeraldRube - 157,724 points
04: cht! - 81,955 points
05: keithhenry - 71,116 points
06: Lanscader - 28,996 points
07: brown chris - 28,035 points
08: Jonathon Wright - 20,764 points
09: PohSoon - 18,871 points
10: Vuj - 18,322 points
11: largethunder - 18,276 points
12: Mechanical - 15,080 points
13: NiceMedTexMD - 14,570 points
14: Tomwp - 14,492 points
15: Jarato - 7,936 points
16: dantheman5606 - 3,734 points
17: doright - 3,618 points
18: johng - 3,121 points
19: parmesian - 2,945 points
20: Bon Kuhlman - 2,868 points

Total points returned today: 1,066,402
Active members returning points today: 24
Average points per member active today: 44,433.4167

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 01/11 - Active Members

Active team members report
==========================

                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     854,963,040         341,916
judson Somerville MD              2          0     345,164,436               0
GeraldRube                        3          0     310,004,313         143,166
xroule                            4          0     256,262,185         212,307
keithhenry                        5          0     190,270,892          67,968
dkt                               6          0     163,477,716          51,134
brown chris                       7          0     117,207,984          23,578
Vuj                               8          0      73,878,744          28,020
cht!                              9          0      64,655,680          86,396
parmesian                        10          0      64,277,980           3,290
NiceMedTexMD                     11          0      64,048,304          19,110
Tomwp                            12          0      45,218,977          19,965
Lanscader                        13          0      45,171,885          28,265
largethunder                     14          0      37,674,127          21,956
PohSoon                          15          0      32,554,092          23,545
Hintsala                         16          0      25,406,070               0
Jonathon Wright                  17          0      24,071,952          26,363
Mechanical                       18          0      23,148,854          13,023
dantheman5606                    19          0      21,809,759           7,601
Wunderwuzzi                      20          0      12,409,125               0
CRAZY SHOOOTER                   21          0       9,054,650               0
johng                            22          0       7,787,814           1,165
doright                          23          0       6,838,458           3,802
Bon Kuhlman                      24          0       6,348,188           2,041
pauldarleen                      25          0       3,897,348           1,606
Jarato                           26          0       3,763,704           3,510
sm217144                         27          0         489,589               0
- dc                             28          0         459,198               0
little mermaid                   29          0          73,374               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 341,916 points
02: xroule - 212,307 points
03: GeraldRube - 143,166 points
04: cht! - 86,396 points
05: keithhenry - 67,968 points
06: dkt - 51,134 points
07: Lanscader - 28,265 points
08: Vuj - 28,020 points
09: Jonathon Wright - 26,363 points
10: brown chris - 23,578 points
11: PohSoon - 23,545 points
12: largethunder - 21,956 points
13: Tomwp - 19,965 points
14: NiceMedTexMD - 19,110 points
15: Mechanical - 13,023 points
16: dantheman5606 - 7,601 points
17: doright - 3,802 points
18: Jarato - 3,510 points
19: parmesian - 3,290 points
20: Bon Kuhlman - 2,041 points

Total points returned today: 1,129,727
Active members returning points today: 22
Average points per member active today: 51,351.2273

I may come back in 45 days.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 01/12 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
=========================

                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
No movement in team ranks.

Points milestones report
========================
No points milestones found.

Runtime milestones report
=========================
RT reached 561 years of runtime
brown chris reached 82 years of runtime

Results returned milestones report
==================================
No results returned milestones found.

New members report
==================
No new members found.

Retired members report
======================
xroule retired from the team.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points     Results

Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned     Returned
01/12/2018  0:228:11:53:00    920,055  1,945
01/11/2018  0:301:13:23:42  1,129,727  2,593
01/10/2018  0:288:13:43:21  1,066,402  2,534
01/09/2018  0:295:12:47:39  1,108,614  2,630
01/08/2018  0:289:18:05:00  1,072,521  2,636
01/07/2018  0:282:05:44:36  1,058,403  2,526
01/06/2018  0:288:03:59:11  1,077,579  2,518

Team Records:
Results Returned: 09/09/2017 11,542
Points: 01/06/2013 3,311,422
Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42

Team Streaks:

- Streak begins
- Streak continues
- Streak ends

Results Returned:
-Over  1,000: 177 days 
-Over  2,000:   0 days  - ended 12-JAN-18
-Over  3,000:   0 days - ended 03-JAN-18
-Over  4,000:   0 days - ended 08-NOV-17
-Over  5,000:   0 days - ended 18-SEP-17
-Over  6,000:   0 days - ended 18-SEP-17
-Over  7,000:   0 days - ended 18-SEP-17
-Over  8,000:   0 days - ended 17-SEP-17
-Over  9,000:   0 days - ended 17-SEP-17
-Over 10,000:   0 days - ended 17-SEP-17
-Over 11,000:   0 days - ended 17-SEP-17

Points:
-Over   250,000: 201 days 
-Over   500,000: 177 days 
-Over   750,000: 177 days 
-Over 1,000,000:   0 days  - ended 12-JAN-18
-Over 1,250,000:   0 days - ended 03-JAN-18
-Over 1,500,000:   0 days - ended 10-MAY-17
-Over 1,750,000:   0 days - ended 01-AUG-16
-Over 2,000,000:   0 days - ended 01-AUG-16
-Over 2,250,000:   0 days - ended 21-JUL-16
-Over 2,500,000:   0 days - ended 15-JUL-16
-Over 2,750,000:   0 days - ended 14-JUL-16
-Over 3,000,000:   0 days - ended 09-JUL-16
-Over 3,250,000:   0 days - ended 24-JAN-13

Runtime:
-Over          90 days: 201 days 
-Over         180 days: 177 days 
-Over         270 days:   0 days  - 12-JAN-18
-Over         365 days:   0 days - ended 15-FEB-17
-Over 1 year,  90 days:   0 days - ended 01-AUG-16
-Over 1 year, 180 days:   0 days - ended 21-JUL-16

Good crunching folks!!!!!