If Everyone's In Denial It's Happening, Can They Know?

  "He didn’t see the cult-leader aspect." 

Julian Assange is like the "yoga is exercise" thing, turned inside-out,…

 

Where's All That Beauty And Love Ann Althouse Sees?

THIS QUACK PROBABLY FLEW UP THERE: 

Surgeon living on a snowy mountain gets seven years for defrauding patients of $30million

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN "ALTERNATIVE" MEDICINE DOCTOR: 

  Alternative-medicine doctor reprimanded, fined in hepatitis C outbreak

HE PROBABLY FIGURED, THE MORE HE STUCK IT IN, THE LESS GUILTY HE'D BE:

 Rape case registered against homeopathy student

THEY CAN'T INVESTIGATE THE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE THEY FOSTERED, BUT THEY'VE GOT TIME FOR THIS: 

 BBC film crew held at gunpoint after trying (and failing) to sneak into 'Area 51'

DON'T FORGET - HE WAS NEWAGER SHERYL CROW'S BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME: 

 Lance Armstrong was ringleader of biggest doping conspiracy in sporting history, say USADA

A BLACK EYE - THEY SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER TO BEGIN WITH: 

  Anonymous withdraws support for WikiLeaks

CONSERVATIVES ARE SO MUCH BETTER AT CONTROLLING THEMSELVES:

  Pile Of Manure Dumped On An Ohio Democratic Headquarters

AND FEMINISTS ARE CHANGING THE WORLD ALRIGHT: 

 Men Aren’t Intimidated By You. They Just Don’t Like You.

Duh! Tell Me Something I Didn't Know Already

If you ask me, WikiLeaks is pretty much worthless. Even the cynicism of contacts through Bush House is obvious without their "help":

The BBC could be part of a ‘propaganda media network’ for al-Qeada, according  to U.S. files published by WikiLeaks.

A phone number of someone at the BBC was found in phone books and programmed  into the mobile phones of a number of militants seized by the Americans.

The number is believed to be based at Bush House, the headquarters of the BBC World Service.

WikiLeaks accuses BBC of being part of 'possible propaganda media network' for Al Qaeda

Look, wake me up when they've revealed the Fergie tie-in, O.K.? (You know there's GOT to be a Fergie tie-in,...)

WikiLeaks: You Can't Trust The Guy On The Left

Some people really know how to get our attention - emphasis ours:

A tell-all book by a former WikiLeaks insider casts founder Julian Assange as an "emperor" who has become just the kind of public figure he is trying to expose.

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former WikiLeaks spokesman who left the secret-spilling website after a bitter dispute with Assange, writes about his euphoria at the website's spectacular rise as well as his disillusionment with a leader he describes as delusional and power-crazed.

He said one of his motives for writing the book was that he wanted to clarify the events that led to the falling-out.

"We need to set the record straight before Assange turns into a cult, a pop phenomenon," Domscheit-Berg told reporters in Berlin on Thursday at the launch of his book.

Ha! A "cult"? Isn't it funny how Domscheit-Berg would consider that a risk - of all things - with so many smart and intelligent people around?

Or maybe, after his experience with Assange, he's discovered they ain't so smart and intelligent after all,..?

Beware What You Want (You Just Might Get It)

Pity the poor liberals. It seems that everything they've ever said and believed about the Iraq war was wrong. Not that they care - the truth is arbitrary to them. Getting their way, getting their choice of president, was all that mattered:

While the media have been quick to run with WikiLeaks’ U.S. State Department cable releases to undermine Washington’s efforts to effect stability in unstable parts of the world, it is slow, if not silent, in giving credit where credit is due. Although other credible sources confirmed it before WikiLeaks did, in receiving similar disinterested responses from the media, it should be clear now that President Bush’s concerns about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program were well-founded.

The 2003 Iraq invasion by U.S. forces also launched a massive effort to find WMDs. By late 2003, as determined in a review by a Wired Magazine editor of WikiLeaks documents on the issue, the Administration was losing faith WMDs would be found. But, as Wired reports, the WikiLeaks documents clearly show "for years afterward, U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins and uncover weapons of mass destruction. . . . Chemical weapons, especially, did not vanish from the Iraqi battlefield. Remnants of Saddam's toxic arsenal, largely destroyed after the Gulf War, remained. Jihadists, insurgents and foreign (possibly Iranian) agitators turned to these stockpiles during the Iraq conflict — and may have brewed up their own deadly agents."
 
A September 2004 New York Times op-ed by the former head of Saddam’s nuclear research program supported this, as well. He wrote:

"[T]he West never understood the delusional nature of Saddam Hussein’s mind . . . he lived in a fantasy world . . . .  giving lunatic orders . . . he kept the country’s Atomic Energy Commission alive . . . Saddam fooled  . . .  the world . . . . [O]ur nuclear program could have been reinstituted at the snap of Saddam Hussein’s fingers."
 
Of note too is a January 2004 revelation by Syrian journalist defector Nizar Nayuf. He reported there were three locations in Syria where Iraqi WMDs had been transported prior to the 2003 invasion and were being stored. He also revealed some of these sites were being built with North Korean cooperation. This explained why three years later Israel attacked a nuclear facility being built in Syria by Pyongyang — and Syria’s subsequent failure to criticize Israel for fear of drawing further international attention to what Damascus had been doing.

Ahh, delusion. It's such a wonderfully common thing today. Where would we be without it? Where would liberalism be without it? One has to wonder, considering:

To the extent that there is such a thing as a "peace movement" in America, its members are a contemptible lot. But why are peaceniks so unworthy?

For one thing, because pacifism is dumb. It is merely the reductio ad absurdum of the trivial truth that war is bad. Philosophers and statesmen have a wide range of opinions as to when going to war is wise, justified or necessary. Only a child or a simpleton thinks the answer is "never." Thus the "peace movement" tends to attract the dull and the immature.

To be sure, under some circumstances it takes courage to stand against one's government. A public pacifist in Nazi Germany, or in Iran or North Korea today, would be an admirable figure notwithstanding the naiveté of his ideology. By contrast, being a pacifist in 21st-century America entails risking exactly nothing.

Well, nothing but the country, that is. Like we said, pity the poor liberals.

After this latest round of lies, and political fiascos, they're never getting this one back.

Assange Doesn't Understand Our Culture At All

This is such bullshit:

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said he fears he will die in a US jail if David Cameron allows him to be extradited.

He claimed there was a "high chance" of him being killed inside prison in America.

This little bitch really needs to get over himself. Nobody's going to kill him in prison. Rape him, yes, but not kill him.

He's too cute for that.

In The Real World The Press Would've Pounced

Now here's some Grade A NewAge logic for you:

Julian Assange thinks every government's information needs to be made available to everyone - but anything about himself is "private".

How do we know we're in the NewAge? He's getting away with it.

It Only Seems Right: Since They All Came Up Together, They Might As Well Go Down Together

Awww:

It seems some WikiLeaks cables prove Michael Moore is a liar - in just the way we've always said he was. (Do we know these losers or what? Moore's pictured above, at a movie premier, shaking hands with the then-head of the Democratic Party and some weirdo who thinks she's either A) a caccooning butterfly or B) attending a toga party.)

Moore's currently backing WikiLeaks' Julian Assange.

Assange recently said:

I had never heard of the name Bradley Manning before it was published in the press.

Do we believe Assange? With Michael Moore's backing? Suurrrre we believe him.

We have mentioned we don't "believe" in the concept of belief, haven't we?

The Truth's Finally Out: Nothing's What It Seems

Giving WikiLame WikiLeaks Some WikiLashings

It seems the WikiLeaks Army AKA Julianne Assange's NewAge Nazis have blitzkrieged the world because - get this - the world would like some privacy. Silly world. Oh well, we beat the Nazi's once, and, we guess, we'll have to beat 'em again. But this time, when we finally put 'em down, let's put 'em down for good.

You know, like dogs.

Plus a P.S. that should be unnecessary, but since people are, apparently, stupid:

We put that video up there because we think it's funny - funny as in crazy - not because we "believe" anything in it. If you visit this site often and couldn't figure that out, please, don't bother visiting again. You're too dumb to be here. You're probably to dumb to vote. Whether you're too dumb to live is still an open question.

I Want You To Go To Your Window, Lean Out, And Scream At The Top Of Your Lungs "I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore!"

It's been really an eye-opener to discover how much damage not having the "right" attitude, and bit of swearing, can do to one's reputation and influence - throwing a cloak over any and all other accomplishments to the point where, even if one were capable of "saving the planet" (assuming it needed saving) the reaction of most would still be, "Not with that mouth, he won't!"

We can't help but think of this particular aspect of juvenilia after looking at Anthony Watts' assessment of the WikiLeaks cables relating to climate change, where he ends with this:

What really strikes us is the fact that all this Copenhagen/Cancun stuff has nothing to do with the Climate, or saving the World. It’s about political positioning, money, and plain old fascism cult promotion. But as referred before, this is only the tip of the iceberg. More is to come, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re going to be answered about who is behind Climategate, or Al Gore’s Nobel nomination, or the facts behind all the IPCC mess. Stay tuned…

Yea - you read that right:

Plain old fascism cult promotion.

Now, call us narcissistic but, after all these years, and having hardly been shy in our views about what's a cult and what ain't - and having, repeatedly, beat pretty much everyone else blogging (or in other media) to this conclusion in a number of areas - we'd think, by now, our email box (not to mention our phone) would be going crazy with people asking, "How did you know this?" as though talking to a mongoloid Nouriel Roubini about economics.

But nooooooo!

Not only does everybody ignore what we've been saying for years now, nobody else even reacts, like everybody's just been knowing it all along - and openly claiming it - as a matter of course. Or that, now that it's revealed a form of cultism was what this Climate Change bullshit was all about after all, there's no need for any further discussion, is there?

"Oh, it's been discovered that the Global Warming and Climate Change hysteria of the last few years was merely the entire fucking world being led by the nose by lying politicians, and their media accomplices, to blow trillions of dollars on the promotion of some kind of fascistic NewAge environmentalist cult? Very well then - what do you want to do for lunch?"

Move along, nothing more to see here, mister! Sure! Sure! Sure! Whatever you say!

Arrrggghhh!!! It's fucking incredible! This! Is! One! Of! The! Biggest! Fucking! Stories! Of! Our! Time! Forget the WikiLeaks relationship between Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi now - this blatant attempt to control our minds, as well as our vision of mediated reality, should be the centerpiece of the American journalistic world today!

And, I'm sorry - I'm sorry, I'm sorry - but how does Glenn Reynolds, the great Instapundit, inform his massive public of this nonsensical assault on our very lives, country, sanity, and freedoms? Check this out - and try not to yawn:

A WikiLeaks / Climategate Convergence?

That's it? THAT'S IT? Really? That's all one of the great minds of our time has to say about this? Laws have been written forbidding Americans to buy fucking incandescent light bulbs! The American factory that makes incandescent light bulbs has gone out of business! Is that all they get? The people have been bombarded with useless "green" public service announcements (AKA CULT PROPAGANDA) for years - and that's all they get? Journalists have been hounded by environmental cultists for daring to say this crap doesn't add up - some run out of business - and that's all they get? Are you kidding, Glenn? Please, say it isn't so!?! This is un-American! This - this is insane!

Now you listen to me:

We haven't been able to watch TV without these green cultists telling us what to do! We haven't been able to listen to the radio without these green cultists telling us what to do! We haven't been able to go to the movies without these green cultists telling us what to do! We haven't been able to read a magazine or a newspaper, or even a goddamn comic book without these green cultists telling us what to do! The goddamn Simpson's Movie was on the other night, and all it was, was Lisa-fucking-Simpson posing as a goddamn green cultist telling us what to do! When and where does this goddamn bullshit stop?!?

As someone whose life was destroyed by NewAge cult influence, this may affect us more than the average person, but, my god, it is lunacy what we've been forced to live with since that happened! Doesn't anyone else give a damn? The guy who wrongly lost a bar bet because the other side screamed they supposedly had a "scientific consensus"? The marriage that was destroyed because either the husband or the wife supposedly wasn't trying hard enough to "save the planet"? Look at that photo of the poor Polar Bear, right? The guy who stayed with friends only to be driven mad because of their mindless goddamn environmentalist demands while he stayed over?!? Doesn't anybody care that all that chaos and discord was orchestrated by these environmentalist wacko cultists who knew - from Al Gore on down, they always knew - all of it was over nothing?

We've asked this before, and we're asking it again, and we're going to keep on asking it - no demanding it - until we get a satisfactory answer out of you boobs:

Starting with, say, The Deepak Chopra/Maharishi Caper - what is it going to take to finally get you people to adequately address the vital issue of the continual, and wasteful, influence of post-60s Baby Boomer NewAge fraud on the Western World? Seriously, what in the hell is it going to finally fucking take?

There's Some Stories Which Break Themselves

Oh wow - it seems Mr. Wikileaks, Julian Assange, was so busy getting himself in trouble over American diplomatic cables, he's been holding out on the good stuff:

Many weirdos email us about UFOs or how they discovered that they were the anti-Christ whilst talking with their ex-wife at a garden party over a pot plant.

Well shit, my boy, why didn't you say so before? TMR would've been willing to host your entire site for that stuff!

See what happens when you fuck with the wrong people,...?

Enemies: Attack Of The White-Haired Assholes

They say Julian Assange is in England. Our heart goes out to his mother, but the man is a fool. Some are calling for his death. If they get their wish, we will be neither surprised nor saddened. This was an attack on the world by a NewAger for nothing.

We've been saying for years NewAgers are civilization's destroyers but, this time, we've got to give credit where credit is due:

That last try wasn't bad.

"I'm An Old Fat Guy Now, But I'll Kick His Ass!"

See, this is Obama's problem, today - everybody thinks they can kick his ass! And, as we can see by the actions of the Tea Parties, Iran, North Korea, and even WikiLeaks, it's just a matter of time before things are going to get more "real" than just trash talkin' ex-basketball players. Mark our words:

We're in serious trouble, here, folks.

The Reason Why We Do What We Do (Doo Doo)

TMR has always been very aware of how difficult it is to get a clear "meeting of the minds' with others - especially in a world filled with "believers" in one bit of cultish nonsense or another.

We noticed it from the very beginning of the blog, when we started investigating what and how cultists believe, and many readers assumed those were our beliefs - or (after actually catching our drift) started defending those outrageous beliefs themselves.

Their reactions confused us so much (and, too many times, depressed us so badly) that - for our own mental well-being - we've pretty much abandoned the oh-so-serious goals TMR started off with, and have happily settled into the role of giving believers of all kinds a home for what they really deserve:

Shameless wisecracks and free-floating ad hominem attacks.

Now, sure, occasionally we will still tell you what's going on, straight, ostensibly for the purpose for "snapping" a few of you, but - let's face it - we're under no illusions, seeing the situation as basically hopeless, and any progress as so incremental it might as well not have happened at all.

(We now prefer the 9/11 approach, where some massive act of stupidity allows something really, really bad to happen so - overnight - everyone gets a clue and starts letting old people have a seat on the bus for three or four days.)

We got to thinking about all this as we read an article in The Telegraph about those "new" WikiLeaks disclosures.

The article is by someone with the cool-assed honorary TMR name of Praveen Swami, and he basically says - as we repeatedly point out - that there's nothing "new" in the "news" we're getting about America's diplomatic cables, except that the politicians we're reading about are all essentially barking mad:

In a thoughtful interview, Chip Berlet, a political researcher, noted that both the political Left and Right in the US were increasingly prone to “Manichean thinking: there are evil forces in the world and good people have to expose them, and everything will be fine once they are exposed. This is a magical explanation of how the world works.”

Paranoiacs who claim that the world is run by conspiracy – and a 2006 essay written by Mr Assange raises fears he is among them – are evidence of the regrettable lack of access some in genuine need have to psychiatric care.

But the fact is that the paranoiacs are gaining strength because of the diminishing time both the media and its consumers are willing to devote to real knowledge about the world around them. In recent years, conspiratorialist thinking has led to the exercise of state power being cast as a dark art practiced by sorcerers in the service of evil power. Wikileaks’ media partners have done a real disservice by having pandered to this delusion. The answer, though, isn’t outrage: its information.

And check out the graphic the paper uses to illustrate the mindset of our political class:

That could be said to be the same one we use, day after day after day. But no one "believes" us - though we've provided multiples of examples - because they're still not sure what we're asking them to "believe" in, instead.

Here's a hint:

We don't even "believe" in the concept of "believing".

Anyway, we're sure, one of these days you'll get it (and give us lots of money) but we're not going to hold our breath, because - when even "the best and brightest" can be sucked into a mental landscape that's no better than a "spiritually" political Pee-Wee's Playhouse in Space - we're getting far more enjoyment from pointing and calling you names than we ever could from saving you from yourselves.

So, keep up the good work, Losers. We're with you, 100%.