April fools
Some headlines that I wish were April Fool jokes, but aren’t:
Pope to give ‘moral guidance’ during UK visit
Child victim of human trafficking in India consoles distraught Lindsay Lohan
The Clockwork Chartophylax
Outsourced Memory and Topical Fulminations for the Money-Got Mechanic Age
Archive for Crazy
Medieval magic biscuit cult believes that demons actually exist
From the same institution that brought you magic biscuit worship as a solution to systemic child abuse by its members.
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Exorcism is no fantasy according to the church, with the Sydney archdiocese last month appointing an as-yet unnamed priest, suitably ”endowed with piety, knowledge, prudence and integrity of life” to [...]
Moment of clarity
Cults. At the end of the day it always comes down to the fucking, doesn’t it?
Context.
All I’m asking for is a little consistency
As I’m extremely late to the party on this (blame equal parts back-to-work meh and lack of non-mobile broadband), I’m sure someone’s planted this sitter in the back of the net already, but isn’t the public stoning of Iris Robinson and her lover(s) by the elders of the DUP long overdue?
I mean if members of [...]
Cause and effect
Oh for fuck’s sake…
The Irish Independent:
FIVE people who stared at the sun in the hope they might be witnessing religious apparitions are being treated for serious eye damage, a top eye surgeon has revealed. Reports of pilgrims to Knock seeing the sun dance in the sky and changing colour indicate serious eye damage.
It’s irony on [...]
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