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The other day, an elderly gentleman soberly informed me that Obama will be the next President of the United States. Not because he's the best candidate or even because he's getting the most votes, but because Dick Cheney is going to make sure it happens that way. Why? Well, around Christmas last year the choir... Continue Reading →
Hans and I will be on vacation until late in the month, so here's a smorgasbord of links to sample while we're away... Several months ago a reader brought to my attention a unique Holocaust memoir that was to be released in April: Rachel Sarai's Vineyard by Deborah Rey. The book is about a 5-year-old... Continue Reading →
"The world's first 9/11 hunger strike": An empty stomach and an empty gesture? It's been nearly a week since Pheonix 9/11 Truther Blair Gadsby began his hunger strike in a bid to win an audience with John McCain. Gadsby has reportedly dropped 8 pounds from his already skinny frame, yet I still have no idea... Continue Reading →
This May, 54-year-old useless-gizmo salesman Jeff Peckman has been pressing the Denver city council to approve a ballot initiative that would allow voters to OK an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission. This proposed 18-member panel would be allotted $75,000 a year to prepare Denver for contact with intelligent beings from space (and/or their vehicles). If he can... Continue Reading →
Writer Robert W. Cabell alleges that Adam Sandler's latest movie, Don't Mess with the Zohan, is derived from his comic book The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde and his 2007 novel of the same name. Take a look and decide for yourself. Both Cabell's comic and Sandler's movie feature tough guys (a gay superhero and... Continue Reading →
There’s a rumour snaking through Europe and the Net that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the biological daughter of Adolf Hitler. This shouldn’t even be considered a possibility, as Merkel was born 9 years after the Fuhrer's death, but the explanation is that the horrifically sadistic Auschwitz doctor Carl Clauberg was able to freeze some... Continue Reading →
I've talked about the perils of paranoia, and now it's time to examine the problem of magical thinking - irrational causal reasoning. Like paranoia, magical thinking appears to be on the rise these days. And magical thinking can be dangerous. The Xhosa and Thembu tribes of South Africa nearly starved themselves into oblivion because some... Continue Reading →
This month, over 400 infants, children, and teens were removed from the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) community in Eldorado, Texas, by Child Protective Services. There had been reports of underaged girls being forced to marry much older men. Specifically, a 16-year-old girl named Sarah phoned a Texas women's shelter to report that she was... Continue Reading →
Coming in April: Gangstalking: What is it? The Top 10 Conspiracy Theories
A 2004 article by a New Age conspiracy dude who calls himself "cbsworks" offers this bit of wisdom: "Mel Gibson is a THEM. In his movie, THE PATRIOT, his first words are, when weighing a chair: '9 pounds, eleven ounces...perfect.' This was a message to many CIA operatives and the elite that plans were going... Continue Reading →
Swallowing The Camel 