Spoiler warning: This post contains complete spoilers for the film Catfish. Caught The Truth 2.0 In 2007, 22-year-old New York photographer Yaniv "Nev" Schulman received an adorable Myspace message from a young girl in Michigan. Abby Wesselman, 12 years old, wanted to show him some of her paintings, including one based on one of his... Continue Reading →
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Contrail Chemtrail May 1-8 has been declared Canadian Chemtrail Awareness Week. So remember, the next time you see a contrail, think of it as a chemtrail. This message has been brought to you by The Committee for WTF Is In Our Oxygen.
Conspiracy Monday: "33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True B.S."
Inspired by this Cracked.com list of real conspiracies, Jonathan Elinof of the website New World Order Report posted a list of 33 "conspiracy theories" that turned out to be true. Then a commenter at the Above Top Secret forums posted a shorter list of real-life conspiracy theories. The problem is, all of the things listed... Continue Reading →
Hoaxes From Space Part I: Bob Lazar
Gotta have his hustle tight.The Pimp Daddy of UfologyThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the first public appearance of Bob Lazar.If you're at all interested in UFOs, you've probably seen video clips of Lazar chatting calmly and matter-of-factly about his experiences with extraterrestrial spaceships warehoused in the Nevada desert. In his Dan Dreiberg glasses... Continue Reading →
Two Years Among the Truthers
The Significant Other has retired from 9/11 Truth activism after 2+ years. I have come to realize that total immersion in this movement can be more damaging to the psyche than I ever imagined. I even feel physically lighter now that I'm not reliving the trauma and pain of 9/11 every single day - watching... Continue Reading →
Chicago Tea Party Rant a Hoax?
On March 2, a Playboy.com article by Mark Ames and Yasha Levine, "Backstabber: Is Rick Santelli High On Koch?" (since removed from the site), revealed that CNBC commentater Rick Santelli's apparently spontaneous rant of Feb. 19th, in which he suggested having a "Chicago tea party" to protest Obama's housing stimulous plan, was really a carefully... Continue Reading →
Christine Maggiore (1957-2008): A Sad and Inevitable End
I have just learned that Christiane Maggiore died on December 27, at the age of 52. My condolences and sympathy go out to her only living child. She did not have to die so soon. Maggiore's friends and supporters say her six-month bout of fatal pneumonia was in no way related to her HIV/AIDS. They... Continue Reading →
Doesn’t Dance With Wolves (and other Holocaust memoir hoaxes)
Misha Defonseca: A new addition to the Bogus Holocaust Memoirists Hall of Shame Don't you just love it when your timing is spot-on? Today I was skimming through some of my notes on suspected literary frauds. These are cases that set off all my B.S. bells, but I can't prove they're bogus: The works usually... Continue Reading →
Anthony Godby Johnson, the Invisible Boy
Boy Wonder Tony Johnson was a dreamchild: A kid who excelled effortlessly in school, never accepted handouts, and was determined to better himself, despite having a childhood that might have made Dickens blanch. What follows is Anthony Godby Johnson’s story as he told it in his 1993 memoir, A Rock and a Hard Place: One... Continue Reading →