10.29.2007

She doesn't like being ridiculed for being...

Patricia Gardner is the "High Priestess of the Coven 'The Dragon Warriors of ISIS'". Sadly, she doesn't like being ridiculed. Imagine that. Patricia is a demonologist from New York that has "embarked on the life-long study of demonology". She began having experiences when she was 14 years old, including her television turning on and off randomly. Maybe she shouldn't have been sitting on the remote...

When talking about her investigations as a demonologist, Patricia claims that the dangers lie in poor pre-planning. Namely that trespassing can get you arrested. As the interview continues, she discusses the dangers of the Ouija board and seances. When it comes to the requirements necessary to become an investigator or a demonologist she is fairly vague. Mostly it seems that you have to read a lot of publications on the paranormal until you convince yourself that the occult surrounds us daily.

Patricia and her team offer free investigations in the tri-state area of New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Her website is located here:

http://isisinvestigations.com/

10.15.2007

Idahoax

According to Wikipedia, Idaho is the only state to have been named by result of a hoax. According to legend, George Willing suggested the name in the 1860s for the territory that later became Colorado. He claimed that it came from a Shoshone language and meant either 'the sun comes from the mountains', or 'gem of the mountains'. While it didn't end up becoming the name for the territory he intended it to, it did eventually come into play.

Idaho County was created as a part of the eastern part of Washington Territory in the same year. It is said that this name came from a steamship whose name also was Idaho, but it is unclear as to whether the steamship was named before or after the Willing suggested the name. Ee-dah-how is the Shoshoni word that Willing said the name Idaho came from, though later he admitted that it was not a Native American word, but was rather something he had made up of his own accord.

10.07.2007

Revenue Numbers Down In New York's China Town...

It's all because of a well-known respiratory disease that was one of the biggest stories of 2003 -- SARS. Severe acute respiratory syndrome went mainstream in November 2002 and was a 'major pandemic' until July 2003. There were a total of 8,096 cases that resulted in 774 deaths. However, the mass hysteria I recall didn't have anything to do with those kinds of frightening numbers. The United States as a whole seemed to lose all sense of reality once the media got hold of SARS. I remember seeing people walking around the mall, grocery store, etc. with goofy white masks over their noses and mouth. It's understandable that with a mortality rate of nearly 10% most people wouldn't want to mess around with SARS. However, nearly all of those cases and deaths came in countries in the Orient.

As far as Americans are concerned, SARS isn't nearly as common as UFO abductions or ghost interactions. Only 8 people reported any laboratory evidence of SARS in the U.S., and most of them contracted it abroad. The SARS epidemic in the U.S. was simply an 'Epidemic of Fear', nothing more. Because of the way the public and the intial media handled the news of the disease in Asia, SARS became the topic that CNN, MSNBC, etc. desire to beat into the ground for 22 hours a day for 6 months. Asian operated businesses began reporting losses, and SARS was looked at as a product of the culture in Asia rather than a disease caused by SARS coronavirus.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome

10.01.2007

Happiness Is A Warm Gun...

On December 8th, 1980 John Lennon was shot 4 times by Mark Chapman outside of the Dakota in New York City. Before reaching the hospital he lost 80% of his blood, and was pronounced Dead On Arrival. In November of 1980, Ronald Reagan became President-elect and George H.W. Bush was his running mate. On the day of Lennon's murder the two of them were a few short weeks away from moving into the White House. However, according to Mark and Kristi of CarpeNoctem.tv, they weren't just packing up their belongings. They must have been awaiting word on whether all had gone according to plan. And Mark Elsis, who could very possibly be the same Mark from CarpeNoctem, states very plainly that our 41st President, George H.W. Bush, authorized the assassination of John Lennon (john-lennon.net).

As a Beatles fan, this theory peaked my interest. How could I smile upon a man helping Hurricane Katrina victims with Bill Clinton when he ordered the murder of one of, if not the most famous rock stars of all time?? The thought that his son is our current President, albeit not for much longer, must really frighten today's most famous musicians. Kanye West must have been on to something when he said that George Bush (just W. this time) hates black people.

Sadly, the article didn't offer a lot of proof. It's main arguments were pretty weak. One was that Chapman didn't seem to have much of a motive. Earlier that day he had gotten Lennon's signature on a copy of their new album. When he was taken into custody after the shooting they found 14 hours worth of Beatles cassettes on him, along with the 5-shot .38 revolver. I guess I always thought he just mustn't have liked the new single. But in reality, at least according to Mark, he had been brainwashed into the killing. Lennon was a fairly outspoken individual on some topics that the right-wing Republicans didn't want to hear about. It's been said that Lennon's FBI file was over 300 pages long. He was considered and extremist, and all extremists are to be considered dangerous, as is handwritten and underlined in Lennon's file according to Mark Elsis. So rather than allow him to brainwash the youth of America with his free-thinking music, the government, authorized by then Vice President-elect Bush, brainwashed Mark Chapman to kill Lennon. 'Mean Mr. Mustard' that Bush guy is, eh?