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Wrecker of Civilisation in Bizarre mag
The latest always-fascinating Bizarre magazine has a piece on the equally always-fascinating Genesis P-Orridge, mainly speaking about his recent plastic surgery escapades, and how they form part of his current work and obsessions.
Pope brings back the exorcists
For those of you not keeping track, the current Pope used to be head of the Doctrine of the Faith, which used to be known as the Inquisition way back in the day. Now that he’s head of the Roman Church he’s decided that it’s time that local dioceses went back to tackling Satanism and [...]
Egypt tries to copyright the pyramids
Zahi Hawass, the “controversial” (and that’s the most diplomatic phrase I’ve heard to describe him) head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced a plan for Egypt to demand royalties for the use of images of Egyptian antiquities. Quite how this is supposed to work I don’t know - copyright is normally for 75 [...]
Peace on Earth, goodwill to all men?
Christian priests have been celebrating the birth of their saviour by having a punch-up in the Church of the Nativity. They fought each other for over an hour with fists, brooms, and iron rods, eventually injuring five people. Unfortunately they got caught on camera during it… The whole thing eventually was broken up by police.
Blessed [...]
Germany may ban Scientology
It looks like Germany will take steps to formally ban Scientology. It’s had it in for Scientologists for years - if you apply for a job in the German government you get asked “Have you ever studied works by L. Ron Hubbard?” and if you answer in the affirmative you won’t get employed. This applies [...]
Raelian Gets ‘God-Free’ U.S. Citizenship Ceremony
For a country founded on the separation of god and state, it’s remarkable that it took until last week for the citizenship ceremony to remove all references to god. But Thomas Kaenzig has managed it, thanks to the teachings of Rael (and perhaps alien intervention?). He convinced officials to not only take out swearing to [...]
Thieves cut off man’s ‘holy leg’
Police in southern India are hunting for two men who attacked a Hindu holy man, cut off his right leg and then made off with it. The 80-year-old holy man, Yanadi Kondaiah, claimed to have healing powers in the leg.
He is now recovering from his ordeal in hospital in the city [...]
US Iraq watchdog agency under investigation (for hexes?)
The U.S. agency charged with investigating allegations of waste and fraud by contractors involved in rebuilding Iraq is itself the subject of four government probes, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Employee allegations of overspending and mismanagement at the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) prompted an examination of the agencies financial [...]
