Showing posts with label magical thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magical thinking. Show all posts

21 May 2026

ALL THAT 'LEFT COAST BOOGA-BOOGA' DOESN'T COME CHEAP...

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-- "California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, which is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration over fraud allegations, COVERS EXORCISMS AND OTHER FAITH-BASED HEALING PROCESSES.   Medicaid spending has more than doubled since 2019, rising from roughly $100.7 billion to a projected $222 billion in 2026." --

28 March 2026

10 October 2025

IT WAS 2:30 AM... IF EVEN A FIRE TRUCK WITH FLASHING EMERGENCY LIGHTS ISN'T SAFE...

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-- "The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes, where emergency crews had been responding to an earlier collision. The fire truck was positioned in a live lane to block traffic when it was struck by the transport truck. The cause of the crash REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION." --

03 October 2025

DING-DONG... ALLAH CALLING...

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-- "There is no atheist, Christian, Jewish, Catholic, or other group that is allowed to use loudspeaker to blast a five-minute prayer into the homes of people in the East Dearborn community," she added." --
Multiple attempts to reach the mosque for comment were unsuccessful.

11 February 2025

I'M SO OLD, I REMEMBER A CANADA THAT WASN'T FILLED WITH EVIL SPIRITS AND BAD JUJU...

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-- "After she paid $10,000, she said Maha Dev asked for more, claiming the evil spirits were too strong. She gave him a total of $46,000. Then, she was told to get jars from a dollar store so the spirits could be captured in a ritual and taken to Niagara Falls to be killed." --

Well... maybe she can be 'lucky in love.' 

But wait... there's more...

-- "A Whitby woman is sharing her experience as a warning to others after she said that she handed over $50,000 to a psychic who promised that she could help her start a romantic relationship with a man from her gym." --
I think I understand how Justin got elected.

13 January 2025

YOU MIGHT AS WELL BELIEVE IN WIZARDS AND TROLLS...

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-- "In April, the Sovereign Grant—the amount paid to the monarchy by the UK’s Treasury—is increasing by £45 million to £132 million this year in a move that looks set to see royal finances spark more debate." --
Oh, trust me... it gets better.

17 January 2024

ANOTHER DESTINATION OFF THE VACATION LIST

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-- "Apiworasit Puangsaeng, a 35-year-old professed Thai shaman has confessed to charges relating to videos of him casting spells over clients' anuses and genitals, and promised to stop doing it. He had been casting spells over clients' anogenital areas for about a decade, and they usually came back for repeats, he said." --

29 September 2023

SOME FOLKS WOULD JUST THROW A PARTY

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-- "A powerful suicide bomb was detonated near a mosque killing at least 52 and injuring 70 more in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, on a a Pakistani national holiday commemorating the birth of Muhammad." --
Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Halton Regional Police have arrested Kenneth Dang, 39, of Maple, Kyu Chang Park, 39, of Etobicoke, Chin Eng Pong, 35, of North York and Chandara Saroeung Svy, 35, of Toronto on a multitude of drug charges following an investigation dubbed Project Atlas." --

25 September 2023

NOT A PEEP ABOUT ALCOHOL OR THE DEVIL'S LETTUCE... JUST SAYIN'

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-- "Charges against Condrain Group, the company accused of criminal negligence in connection with an August 2022 tragedy that claimed the lives of six young adults in Barrie have been dropped. It's believed the group of six young adults was on their way to a casino in Innisfil, south of Barrie, when the car they travelled in DROVE INTO THE MASSIVE HOLE in the centre of the CLOSED ROAD between Veterans Drive and County Road 27." --
Just spitballin' here, but...
-- "Friends close to the six missing individuals said the group was on their way to the casino at Georgian Downs AROUND 6AM SATURDAY, but they never made it." --

22 November 2022

FROM OUR VOLUMINOUS 'ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL' FILE

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-- "A water tank in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district was drained and 'purified' with cow urine by upper caste villagers after a Dalit woman drank water from it. The incident took place in Chamarajanagar district's Heggotara village on November 18." --

03 November 2022

13 September 2022

26 March 2021

Racism Finally Over!!!

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"I pray that this event ends global warming the same way that Live Aid ended world hunger."

RELATED:   Yeah, sure... let's drill down a little

WAIT JUST A COTTON-PICKIN' MOMENT:

According to the Oakland Equity Index, “around 8 percent of the city’s white residents, approximately 10,000 people, live in poverty.”
The city’s statement does not make any mention of assistance for poor white families.
Are we gonna eliminate racism... or just put it under new management?

07 August 2020

24 June 2020

03 May 2020

04 April 2020

Like Barbie used to say...

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"The study demonstrates that, under a worst-case scenario of 240,000 deaths in the U.S., given mitigation, COVID-19 will be about 170 times less deadly than accidents and 12 to 45 times less lethal than other common causes of untimely death."

"According to Just Facts, the death rate for people who contract COVID-19 is uncertain, but is probably closer to that of the seasonal flu than figures commonly reported by the press."
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RELATED: Let's ask Dr. Richard Schabas...

...the former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario.

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST:
2,800,000 Americans died in 2017 from …

Heart disease: 647,457
Cancer: 599,108
You're gonna nerf the world so nobody gets hurt?

Good luck with that.

17 November 2019

There's a few more disillusioned...

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"A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy.

The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue."

09 October 2019

How about some real equality?

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Judge Barbie comes in four different skin tones and includes a gavel and round block “that kids can use to help her call the room to order and make important decisions.,”

“Barbie has had over 200 careers. We like to say, ‘There isn’t a plastic ceiling that Barbie hasn’t broken.’”

09 September 2019

Ship of Fools List of Shame

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"Scientists, students, filmmakers from University of Rhode Island’s Inner Space Center on a mission to 'document climate change effects' in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago have to be rescued after the ship is damaged after grounding on unexpected hard, bluey-white substance floating on the sea."
No, sorry... not "The Onion."