It is global, has no leader, no clear hierarchy and no identifiable spokespeople save for pseudo-representatives like Gregg Housh (administrator of whyweprotest.net) and Barrett Brown.

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Reta's face became covered in tattoo markings. (Prosecutors say during his trial Reta used make-up to cover the facial markings.) And both sported tattoos of "Santa Muerte, " the Grim Reaper-like pseudo-saint worshipped by drug traffickers.

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Then there are prevaricating pseudo-decisions, like Mr Brown's establishment of umpteen policy reviews.

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In reality, the only lesson to be drawn from this episode is that academic economics, like many social sciences, is grounded in hubris and pseudo-precision.

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No, the issue surfaced, like many others during this election campaign, in the form of a pseudo-scandal.

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Like creationists, the anti-vaccine crowd has no patience for actual science, only pseudo-science that confirms their bias.

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Moreover, he derides as "pseudo science" the battery of chemical and other tests restorers use to determine what art works originally looked like.

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