The recent arrest of the anti-Islam mouthpiece known as "Tommy Robinson" in Leeds has brought to my attention a troubling issue that has plagued the UK for over a decade: Moral and racial hysteria surrounding so-called "grooming gangs." I have to admit that I had been only vaguely aware of this phenomenon up until now.... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the Gary Webb Tease
Yesterday, I briefly posted a piece on the death of journalist Gary Webb. This was actually a draft of a post that I don't intend to publish until later in the week, so my apologies to those who saw the post in their readers and attempted to access it. - SME
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup: Bigfoot, Smallfoot, and Another Atacama Humanoid
Another Boy from La Noria: The latest news on the Boy from La Noria (the "Atacama humanoid") is that he wasn't the first tiny child discovered in the Atacama Desert and paraded around as a sideshow curiosity. Back in the 1930s, Robert Ripley himself possessed and exhibited a 6.5"-tall human he named Atta. There's a... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
I'm sure you've heard all the Arizona shooting theories by now, but here they are anyway: Jared Loughner was a Manchurian Candidate, he's a white supremacist, he's a right-wing nut, he's a left-wing nut, and he sacrifices oranges to Satan. What's weirder than Ken Kesey insisting most of his neighbors were aliens? Damned if I... Continue Reading →
Links Purge
We'll be gone until the second week of November. 'Til then, enjoy some of the WTFery that's been accumulating in my bookmarks...Of all the ways for a cult messiah to die, getting dynamited to bits by disgrunted ex-cultists has to be of the most interesting.Video: "Satanic Murder by Hypnosis Exposed". Finally!!An Above Top Secret commenter... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness: Satanic Nephilim Hybrids
In lieu of a weirdness roundup, I'm gonna give you one big ol' chunk of weirdness that warped my mind this week. What do you get when you combine Biblical prophecy, Illuminati conspiracy theories, aliens, pop psychology, and teen vampire novels? A serious freaking mess. On the Monday-Tuesday broadcast of Coast to Coast AM, guest... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
Courtesy of Nexus magazine Nexus magazine, as I've mentioned before, is cover-to-cover batshit insanity on crack. It recycles the craziest of the crazy "alternative health" and conspiracy memes, everything from the health benefits of drinking your own piss to reasons why the moon is probably hollow. The American edition is a bi-monthly edited by Duncan... Continue Reading →
"The Wikipediatrician"
by Natalie Dee
Wow, this must be more embarrassing than Piranha II
James Cameron - and a lot of other people - have been duped by a wannabe scientist and pseudo-historian.One of the weekend guests on Coast to Coast AM was Dr. Charles Pellegrino.If the name is familiar, you may have seen him in the Discovery Channel documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus, or read the 2007... Continue Reading →
Returning This Week.
Another delay, what a shock. We'll be back later in the week. Hans the Not-so-flying pig escaped quarantine and had to be chased down to Clearwater, Florida. I guess he likes to vacation there or something.
Swallowing The Camel 