Cult Survivor Headlines Are More Colorful Than Watching Parrots Eating Crayons

GERMANY IS WHERE ALL THIS WATERLOGGED MADNESS BEGAN:

WOW! The German Medical Association bans homeopathy

YOGA IS STAYING HARMLESS:

Survivor of ‘Escuela de Yoga’ cult helps bring down the human trafficking sect he escaped from 

   

  SHE'S FINE WITH DEATHS AFTER SPREADING "THE SECRET" BUT NOT THIS:

Oprah Winfrey regrets her contribution to 'diet culture,' admits she set unrealistic standards 

   

  FINE - HIT YOURSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER:

Dear Abby: My husband wants me to ‘forget’ his 20-year-long affair 

   

  FROM MEDICINE TO NEWAGE QUACKERY TO "DIY" WELLNESS:

Hospitals’ new message for patients: Stay home

IMAGINE - ABANDONING BELIEFS AS "THE BEST DECISION":

"I'm an ex-Jehovah's Witness - I felt shunned by my church after my divorce and leaving was the best decision for me"

THE CULT MOM'S "MAGIC MAN" HAS FINALLY LOST HIS POWERS:

DNA matched to sample found on Daybell's axe

National Movie Review

‘God’s Misfits’ appear in bullet-proof vests at first hearing over kidnap and murder charges

Behind a Vegan Chef’s Holistic Empire, an Ugly Reality

Inspired by reality TV, Buddhist monks become matchmakers

"The Tortured Poets Department does begin with a shred of hope that, just maybe, Swift knows what she’s talking about,...But,...unmasks itself quickly as a heady vat of pop nothingness,..." 

   

  Chiropractors charged with sexual assault

Premature Alzheimer’s diagnosis using pseudoscience is dangerous

Family that only walk on all fours leave scientists baffled as they 'shouldn't exist'

Caitlin Clark salary criticism a ‘false narrative,’ says WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert

Man who was raised in a polygamist cult to SIBLING parents lays bare the horrifying truth about INCEST inside the religious sect - revealing he was made to do BLOOD TESTS as a child to figure out which of his relatives he could safely marry

Two Former High-Profile Trump Critics Now Admit It: His Foes Are the Real Threat to Democracy

Sigh,...

You're Not My Dad

 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Morphed Into The New Pat Boone With This Unique Rendition Of Muddy Watters' "Hoochie Coochie Man"

Women Accuse Tim Ballard of ‘Spiritual Manipulation, Grooming, and Sexual Misconduct’ Though, To Be Honest, They Seem To Fall For That A Lot (Ask Russell Brand And A Host Of Others). TMR Strongly Recommends Everybody Find New Interests

German police are investigating Nazi salutes at Oktoberfest because,...come on.

And a Dad fears a Buddhist group brainwashed his son

Once Again (It's On)

 

 Homeopathy: An Ongoing Public Health Failure

Many popular fish oil supplements are rancid

Clueless Yellowstone tourist escorted away after challenging bull elk to a fight 

   

 Author, 28, took own life after anxiety became 'entwined' with success 

   

 Ancient Buddha statue worth $1.5 million stolen from Los Angeles art gallery

Family of Black Man Who Died From ‘Medieval Torture’ Receives Millions From State 

  

How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

Hello, Dalai - News Flash: He's Not Reincarnated And Tibet's Now Going To China

Of course, just like The Pope, he said nothing to anyone and let the kids suffer:

Dalai Lama: I knew of sex abuse by Buddhist teachers since 1990s

You can still worship him, if you want, but - if his position wasn't much help when it comes to reporting child abuse - I doubt it'll work, in any other context, either.

All Of Life Is Suffering

When a headline reads Buddhist author loses ‘How to Be Decent’ book deal after ThinkProgress covers alleged sex misconduct, you'd think *someone* would realize the Buddhist belief system doesn't make anyone more peaceful, or wise (as practitioners claim) but, instead, it turns them into a pack of golden robed liars - even to themselves - about what they've really been up to in this life.

But They're Expected To Be Reasonable Now

"Political expression on the Left...often mixed politics with occultism — magic and witchcraft along with costumes and symbolism drawn from Native American religion, Hinduism, and Buddhism. For example, at the mammoth antiwar protest near Washington, dc, in October 1967, Yippies performed a mock-exorcism to levitate the Pentagon and cast out its demons."

The History Of The Swastika From Hinduism To Naziism

People Who Make Bucket Lists Haven't Done Anything

Ha! While Ann Althouse was crying over some dumb, boring lesbo movie not winning any awards, somebody was making the movie Ann should be watching:

"Perhaps the most sexually explicit and audacious film to hit Sundance this year, Wetlands is a German-language coming-of-age drama about a young woman with an unhealthy and fetishistic obsession with certain body parts (and bodily fluids), mostly as a result of her reaction to her parents’ divorce. When an anal fissure (don’t ask) sends her to a hospital,…"

German, divorce, anal fissures - they locked that shit up, tight.

And I'd say, since movies like this are now also being made (AKA The Kids Are NOT Alright) it's pretty clear, culturally - just like with the racists - the hippies were probably not fooling anybody either.

Like feminism, Buddhism, NewAge and all the rest, they just forced themselves on us, when - and because - they could,…

 

Steve Martin Did A Bad Thing - Needed An Edumacation

Poor Steve Martin - the internet is becoming, like, The Hills Have Eyes or some shit for racism:

Then came dismay at the unwarranted betrayal - did Steve Martin ever have a Ghetto Pass? He plays the banjo, so I don't know. The banjo can make racism sound happy, like Martin famously said it could, for Nixon.

Big laugh.

 

Is it bash black folks day on twitter? RT @trice10552: Steve Martin coming for us too? For why?

O.K., Stevie, you're white, you're rich - you've used race, blacks and Indians (almost exclusively) for comedy before - what do you say? It's the Buddha calling, baby - Big Time. You know the New Age rules - you and Tina Fey made a movie about them:

BE HUMBLE!

Sorry about that. RT @illmami: I'm not totally offended but I don't want to be the one saying it. It was witty. But nawl. Not today.

Ooooh - EXCUUUUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! 

Not. Humble. Enough. Steve. 

Too "sophisticated" for any American but the cocksucking French art lovers you're known to hang with now - try again:

I did apologize. But again, a second later I realized what an offensive thing I'd done. Deep bow.

Better - 12 Years of Cool - but know something: 

 You've been walking a very-thin cultural line, for a long time now, Mr. Mark Twain Award winner and - like blogging professors - we expect better of you. 

And we're very disappointed when you fail us. Believe it or not - we're counting on you. 

And it's important that we do.

Yeah, I learned that.

Good - so go hold up your end and keep helping with the others who can't:

And stay afloat, Holmes - we love you,...

If I Was Religious (You Guys Would REALLY Dislike Me)

 

 I'd be all "Jesus this" or "The Buddha said that":

It'd be brutal,...

 

Buck Shot / Buck Wheat: Only One Is Good & Nutritious

It takes years for these people to catch up with me. In 2008 (and calling him "an angry Buddhist") I wrote Sam Harris Doesn't Speak For Me, but here's an article just released today:

Sam Harris's books "The End Of Faith" and "Letter To A Christian Nation" have established him as second only to the British biologist and author Richard Dawkins in the ranks of famous 21st century atheists. The thrust of Harris's best-sellers is that with the world so crazed by religion, it's high time Americans stopped tolerating faith in the Rapture, the Resurrection and anything else not grounded in evidence. Only trouble is, our country's foremost promoter of "reason" is also supportive of ESP, reincarnation and other unscientific concepts.

That's 5 years, which means - atheists or no atheists - "late" doesn't even begin to describe these people,...

 

In The Beginning, There Was Light, And God Said "Turn That Off Or They'll See Through This In A Heart Beat,..."

"I have to protect you. 

I have to kill the demons."

"I’ve always leaned towards Buddhism. 
It makes me feel like my nihilism and apathy 
might be early signs of enlightenment 
as opposed to mental illness."

“Why I’m Abandoning Polygamy”

'Snake Salvation' Exclusive: 

Pastor Andrew Hamblin Tells How God 

Led Him to Pick up Serpents (Part 1)

Ted Cruz dad: Son ‘destined’ by God