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Helpful Hint: Before trying to fight extradition to the U.S., first make sure you do not look exactly like Richard Ramirez. Free Gary! He can save the world! Or not. British national Gary McKinnon , 42, perpetrated what one U.S. prosecutor called "the biggest military computer hack of all time". (1) Between February 2000 and... Continue Reading →
The year's first Pants Afire Award goes to Casey Anthony, the mother of murdered 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, for telling the most (and most easily discovered) lies in the shortest amount of time. I don't usually pay attention to these high-profile missing child cases, because they're only the tip of the iceberg. Every year, thousands of... Continue Reading →
Swallowing the Camel has moved! We're now at swallowingthecamel.wordpress.com. Please join us! The Wineville Chicken Murders, the impersonation of Walter Collins, LAPD corruption, and the secrets of Canada's Northcott familyThe case of serial killer Gordon Stewart Northcott and little Walter Collins is so surpassingly bizarre, so full of incredible twists, that even a full-length feature... Continue Reading →
It's an outrage. It's an abomination. It's utter B.S. The short-lived hoax of Ashley Todd isn't particularly interesting (nor unique), but the reactions it elicited in the blogosphere were quite revealing. For those who missed it: Ashley Todd is a 20-year-old Texan, a member of the College Republican National Committee, and a McCain campaign volunteer.... Continue Reading →
Alex Jones and Coast to Coast AM have struck new lows. If you're surprised by this, please go away. Yesterday's C2C featured guest Bob Fletcher, a Georgia man who says he knows everything there is to know about the assassination of Sonny Bono. Back in the '80s, Fletcher had a small company that sold those... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
I don't think Nexus magazine is intended to be entertaining, but that's just what it is. Only Mad makes me laugh harder. It's a breathtakingly dumb repository of debunked hoaxes, quacky cures, "alternative energy solutions", and completely crackpot conspiracy theories. It still promotes Erich von Daniken's Gold of the Gods (though von Daniken himself admitted... Continue Reading →
(in no particular order, with each theory's author or main proponent in parentheses, if known) The driver shot JFK. (the late William Cooper) The Beatles were designed and sent to the U.S. by the British Psychological Warfare Division, to undermine the morals of American teenagers. (Lyndon LaRouche) Christ's Crucifixion was staged. (Hugh Schonfield) Christ eloped... Continue Reading →
This fellow, who will be a guest on Coast to Coast AM tomorrow, believes he is the Lindbergh baby. He calls himself Charles Lindbergh, Jr. Which is interesting, because the Lindbergh baby was Charles Lindbergh III.
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