My Enemy is Your Enemy

Bad sports that they are:

Iran blames west for deadly suicide bombing

and

they are probably right

even

the guardian thinks so

and

so might the telegraph

Stopping at Nothing

The famously anti modernist al queda entity has seemingly placed one of it's crack fundamentalist operatives at the heart of western science!

"The suspect was one of 7,000 working on the Cern project on the Swiss-French border to build a Large Hadron Collider, with the aim of simulating some of the conditions of the Big Bang in an attempt to answer questions about the origins of the universe. "

"Since its official opening last year, the 17-mile circular underground tunnel has mostly been closed for repairs."

As destroying everything might forestall the global caliphate, we must wonder whether the planners have succumbed to an even more serious state of non western madness.

Given that the large, non functional project holds the possibility of destroying the universe this story should be taken very seriously.

Think of the Cartoon Animals

They Have Us On The Run

Time to scarper, shipmates:

Conspiracy theorists have used the internet to co-ordinate increasingly slick attacks on the accepted versions of events, but now a group of scientists and sceptics has decided it's time to organise and fight back.

The British Broadcasting Corporation's crack anti conspiratorial unit has found a new hero in Arran Frood, who breathlessly informs us:

While many people find them harmless fun, others believe there is a darker truth (sic)- that conspiracy theories are rewriting history, warping the present and altering the future.

Well, if we could do all that, things would be looking brighter. However, just in case we seize control of the means of fabrication from the likes of Arran and Mike, we are warned that:

Enough is enough they say - it's time to fight back.

What human forms has the god nemesis placed on this earth to rid it of our humble kind?

...scientists, writers and comedians* target conspiracy theories - and their close cousins pseudoscience** and medical quackery***

scientist, writer and comedian

What weapons has he placed in their hands?

"more rational, critical thinking"

Which, as we all know, is like purest green kryptonite to our miserable clan.

Furthermore, they intend to invade our last refuge - the internet!

They even, strangely, have a "high priest", one James Randi, a famous entertainer who we are told:

"offered $1,000 to anyone who could prove the paranormal was real. Donations swelled the booty to more than a million dollars, but no applicants have passed the preliminary test."

Though they didn't mention that the preliminary test seems to be getting Randi to agree to it, as Rupert Sheldrake (not a magician, only a scientist) recently found out.

Fighting conspiracy theories seems to take a heavy toll on these warrior rationalist fellows. The 'sceptics' (who actually seem to believe everything they're told) complain terribly about 'isolation', 'abuse and ridicule'.

scientist, writer and magician

But plucky types like Dr Phil aren't going to be put off as easily as that:

Dr Phil Plait cites the myth that an egg laid on the first day of spring will stand on one end. Plait says that 10 years ago half of his audience had heard of the story - now that figure is less than 10%, which he says is down to using the web to disseminate articles that prove the claim is nonsense. "Legends do die," he says.

I'll sleep well tonight, knowing that's been cleared up.

So, if you're having trouble believing all the fucking shit you're told, just pony up £175 to the magician, and all your worries will disappear.

Original bullshit here

* It may be hard to tell them apart
** Must be that Global Warming Climate Change they're always on about
*** Have you volunteered your child yet?

Revelation Of The Month

Top notch discussion concerning one of the modern age's most fascinating subjects.


From the dean of darkness himself, David McGowan.

Watching Over Us

While having little knowledge of the esoteric, it's hard to escape the overwhelming creepiness of our United Kingdom Supreme Court.
Even I can discern a big friendly owl's head top right and the eye of providence at its heart. Though it may be the camera angle...

....but probably not.
The Court symbol is built around Omega, finality, the end.

But the end of what?

Does the ascendancy of the english rose over the wilting leek and thistle mean anything? Or are they just bound to each other forever? Certainly some see the court as a challenge to Scots law, even in its debased post Dunblane and Lockerbie form.

I fully understand the need for a supreme court. The United States have one and therefore so should we. (Though it does have heavily caveated written constitution as a perspective frame). However, as a creature of the serially useless Lord Falconer, a certain doubt over the true purpose and implications should be entertained.

I eagerly await the excellent attentions of the Vigilant Citizen on the formal aspects of this fascinating gothic revival phoenix.

Open to Interpretation

Cars and girls - or is Jeremy speaking in deadly code?

A fascinating insight into the terror busting tactics of our military intelligence community. The Telegraph reports on the typically vindictive extradition proceedings of some students:

A Muslim terrorist suspect sent coded emails to an al-Qaeda commander in which references to his impending marriage were in fact details of a planned bomb attack in Britain, MI5 has claimed!

The people involved were the suspects in the 'Easter Bomb' plot. This plot was perhaps hastily named, as there were no bombs, nothing happened at Easter and no charges were brought.
Some have speculated it might even have been a distraction from rather bad publicity elsewhere.

MI5 believed that girls’ names were used to refer to chemicals and that talk of a “wedding” was actually a reference to the bombing itself. In one of the messages, allegedly sent to an al-Qaeda commander in Pakistan, the student, alleged to have been the leader of the cell, wrote that he planned to get married in 12 to 17 days. That caused alarm among the security services who feared an attack was imminent.....
....police had traced a young woman who confirmed they were in a relationship and considering marriage.

The men were all denied bail yesterday pending a full hearing in March or April next year.

Perhaps the strain of monitoring the thousands of suspects our security services allege is beginning to tell.

If you can convince yourself that someone who talks about a wedding, when actually in a relationship, is plotting a suicide bomb attack but has no actual plan or explosives, you should maybe take a little time off.

People outside the security services who claim to see plots everywhere tend to get very short shrift these days.

Winter Patriot's handy compilation of the rather quiet reporting on this non plot is available here.

aangirfan shows us The Telegraph's online translation service. As they used to say on saturday afternoons, here are the results:

I saw a slight glimpse of Chemical (possibly h2o2) day before yesterday but Chemical (possibly h2o2) was of insufficient chemical strength.

Chemical (possibly h2o2) is more gorgeous than Chemical (possibly h2o2) at the moment and Chemical (possibly h2o2) is of sufficient chemical strength….Chemical (possibly h2o2) is of sufficient chemical strength Chemical (possibly h2o2) and it wont take long to attack.

Hmm tell me that how is ur sweety Chemical (possibly h2o2) I miss Chemical (possibly h2o2) a lot

About my Chemical (possibly h2o2). As I told you about Chemical (possibly h2o2)’s affair. Chemical (possibly h2o2) is still waiting for my response. Chemical (possibly h2o2) is of sufficient chemical strength and Chemical (possibly h2o2) is of insufficient chemical strength. You know Chemical (possibly h2o2) and Chemical (possibly h2o2). WOW man. I would love to get them in my friends list but you know I have been thinking about chemical strength. Chemical (possibly h2o2) sounds ok but Chemical (possibly h2o2) is found [sic] of money. Chemical (possibly h2o2) is some times of insufficient chemical strength. Chemical (possibly h2o2) of insufficient chemical strength.

I am still keeping my possible car bomb because most of the jobs they ask for it and other reason is you know Chemical (possibly h2o2)s mostly like guys with possible car bomb.

hmmmm so u have a lot of Chemical (possibly h2o2) friendsss me also like Chemical (possibly h2o2)sssss pay my salam [greetings] for ur Chemical (possibly h2o2)s friend ok

when ever u will attack soo plz first see ur Chemical (possibly h2o2) friend how is Chemical (possibly h2o2)…is Chemical (possibly h2o2) of sufficient chemical strength [because] we attack in life on [only] one time

You know what Chemical (possibly h2o2)s are like. I am bore of being bachelor now LOL [laughs out loud] so I would try to make it happen in the near future. I will be careful about my choice because your whole family life depends upon the decision.

I met with Chemical (possibly h2o2) family and we both parties have agreed to conduct the nikah [attack] after 15th and before 20th of this month.

I am delighted that they have strong family values and we will have many guests attending the attack. Anyways I wished you could be here as well to enjoy the attack.

If that's not a clear cut example of a detailed plan of impending and unimaginable carnage then I, as Richard Dawkins might say, am a monkey's uncle.