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If you thought Mormon Zeitgeist was bizarre, check out Richard Evans' thoughts on the Mountain Meadows massacre, posted at Henry Makow's website. Evans suggests the massacre, which was apparently fueled by militant paranoia and some nasty rumours, was really a Satanic ritual sacrifice (you know, like 9/11). For the record, Makow is a batsh** insane... Continue Reading →
Recently, a complete stranger called Cactusman sent this message to the Significant Other: "Incredible new info on 9/11: A group inside of America aided and abetted the terrorists, they've been at war with America since 1830, they infiltrated the Bush White House and all three terrorist events were related." He provided a link to the... Continue Reading →
In honour of the 44th President of the United States, I decided to catalogue the Top Ten stupidest smears, urban legends, and conspiracy theories that have been spun around Barack Obama since his election campaign. He's here in spite of them all, and I think that says something about smear campaigns: They're a complete waste... Continue Reading →
Director: Larry Charles I did NOT want to see this movie. But Changeling wasn't out yet, and I certainly didn't want to see Eagle Eye or Roadside Romeo. Frankly, I expected Religulous to be a shallow and disrespectful examination of complex religious issues, focused on the fringiest of the Christian fundies in an effort to... Continue Reading →
- Prophet Yahweh (Ramon Watkins) predicts yet another UFO landing sometime between Halloween and November 11. The aliens want to show their support for Obama. (Prophet Yahweh also claims he can summon UFOs by reciting passages from the Bible, so predictions seem moot.) - I pay little mind to the pop music world, but this... Continue Reading →
Dr. Bill "Modified Attack Baboons" Deagle Vs. David Wilcock It would be difficult to choose between these two modern-day prophets. Dr. Deagle is one of the Two Witnesses described in the Book of Revelation, but on the other hand, David Wilcock accurately forecast the Lewinsky scandal when he described his dreams about stuffed-animal orgies and... Continue Reading →
This stuff is idiotic even by Alex Jones and Jordan "Please Send Money" Maxwell standards. Yeah, the Nazis used Teutonic legends and imagery in their propaganda (portraying Hitler as a Teutonic knight on posters, for example), but how does this make Zionisma "Germanic death cult"?! The only pieces of "evidence" cited are the Indiana Jones... Continue Reading →
TV ads for Dianetics and Amway? That is so '87. "The Land of Will": Nauseatingly ridiculous TV spot for the cult known as Quixtar. Notice how they throw in the first mention of Quixtar at the very, very end of the commercial, almost reluctantly? And how they don't actually mention what they're supposedly selling? I'll... 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 →
Swallowing The Camel 