How is it that
Dia de los Muertos
Junk set out for my 'hood
AND
the beginnings of the Birthday Extravaganza Thrifting Weekend
have all fallen on the same day this year?
Plus, I gotta work for a couple of hours! (Unusual for a Friday)
I suspect the Illuminati.
Or at least Chiquito!
In honor of the day:
Okay, so it's not "Day of the Undead" but soon I am going to be shambling from junk pile to junk pile in search of treasure. That's kind of like being a zombie.
Sort of.
Showing posts with label conspiracies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conspiracies. Show all posts
Friday, November 01, 2013
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Out of them all, this one is by far my favorite!
Yes, he really just said that:
1. Jesus was crucified on a pyramid.
2. By aliens. Not the Jews, who have been blamed for centuries based on bad Bible interpretation. Not the Romans. Aliens. Someone alert the Pope.
3. The proof is on the Ohio flag. I guess if you live in Ohio you should worry about something, but I really have no clue what it would be.
Folks, for the whole "train wreck" aspect of this stuff, it's awfully hard to beat Gorilla199. He kind of runs the gamut, combining all kinds of alien invasion and Illuminati takeover stuff with a bizarre brand of apocalyticism that sees anyone and everyone as agents of the Anti-Christ. He's also somewhat of a chameleon, changing and updating his beliefs from time to time.
He was square on the reptilian alien shapeshifter impostor bandwagon for a while, but he fell off of it. Now, he seems to think that the whole thing is some sort of Masonic creation. At least, he seesm determined to prove that David Icke, primary reptilian theorist, is actually a Mason.
He's also got a thing about someone called Apollyon the Destroyer, and the letters I, O, and X, particularly when they are seen together. He also displays that uncanny ability many of these theorists have to see sinister symbols absolutely everywhere. It often involves completely deconstructing or rearranging something (like he does with the Crucifixion scene in this video), but eventually he will get everything in the right order to make it say what he wants/needs it to say.
I've said it before when discussing this topic, but it bears repeating:
YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP!
Simply fascinating.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Tunes of Doom!
It's one thing to call yourself a prophet and deliver messages of the end times. It's quite another to set them to music. Check this out:
Admittedly, not all of his tunes are this catchy, but I'd get a CD of this stuff if he'd ever put one out. I cannot decide if my favorite line is the one about AntiChrist not being "nice" or the one about having "no 'lectricity." Yes, meet William Tapley. The Third Eagle of the Apocalypse and Co-Prophet of the End Times. No, I don't know what those titles mean either or who bestowed them upon him. (Although, he's probably sure it was God.)
What I find most interesting about Tapley (and what keeps me checking his stuff out) is the fact that he's Catholic. This makes him unique in the fire and brimstone world of conservative evangelical doomsday preachers who all loudly proclaim that the Catholic Church is the "Whore of Babylon" from the book of Revelation. He's had to make as many videos refuting this claim as he's made warning that the end is near. (He also doesn't see Obama as the Anti-Christ, which places him at odds with many of his apocalyptic brethren.)
Stylistically, however, he has a lot in common with the fire-breathing fundies. I grew up seeing a lot of "End Times Timelines", little charts that purported to demonstrate how close we are to the Return of Christ. Here's a sample of what I'm talking about. It's the kind of thing that only a fundamentalist-literalist interpretation of the Bible can come up with. I totally love the "You are Here" and "You Could Be Here" arrows.
Tapley's vids are full of this kind of thing. He uses lots of print outs and pics and graphs and such. It is very interesting to see from a Catholic perspective. Tapley's Catholicism adds interesting elements to his Apocalypticism, as well.
For example, he has a wealth of Marian apparitions and prophecies to draw upon for imagery. Practically every time the Virgin Mary is supposed to have appeared to this or that shepherd child or nun, she left secrets and messages and hints about what was to come. It's pretty common for conservative Catholics to apply those messages to things happening in the Church since Vatican II, but not so common to see them used as Tapley uses them.
There is also his application of Catholic morals to his prophecy. Did you know that people who use condoms will not be raptured?
And, then of course, there is the reverse influence that other theorists (particularly more secular folks like Alex Jones) have on his work. I truly doubt that the messages of Our Lady of La Sallette really talk about alien abductions and zombies. (See why I love this stuff??) I kind of wonder what his local Bishop has to say about his "ministry" when I see stuff like that.
Of course, like most of these so-called prophets, he's made a few calls that have fallen short. Check his channel on YouTube and you'll see that he has declared a few times that WWIII has already begun, despite no obvious signs. He also declared that the 44th Super Bowl would be the last one. Really?
As a prophet, he makes a much better tunesmith. But that's enough to keep me watching.
Oh, yeah! He's also done his own Whitney Houston death video. However, unlike folks I was talking about yesterday, he doesn't lay the blame for her death on any shadowy parties. Rather, he believes her death is a message from God for President Obama.
Admittedly, not all of his tunes are this catchy, but I'd get a CD of this stuff if he'd ever put one out. I cannot decide if my favorite line is the one about AntiChrist not being "nice" or the one about having "no 'lectricity." Yes, meet William Tapley. The Third Eagle of the Apocalypse and Co-Prophet of the End Times. No, I don't know what those titles mean either or who bestowed them upon him. (Although, he's probably sure it was God.)
What I find most interesting about Tapley (and what keeps me checking his stuff out) is the fact that he's Catholic. This makes him unique in the fire and brimstone world of conservative evangelical doomsday preachers who all loudly proclaim that the Catholic Church is the "Whore of Babylon" from the book of Revelation. He's had to make as many videos refuting this claim as he's made warning that the end is near. (He also doesn't see Obama as the Anti-Christ, which places him at odds with many of his apocalyptic brethren.)
Stylistically, however, he has a lot in common with the fire-breathing fundies. I grew up seeing a lot of "End Times Timelines", little charts that purported to demonstrate how close we are to the Return of Christ. Here's a sample of what I'm talking about. It's the kind of thing that only a fundamentalist-literalist interpretation of the Bible can come up with. I totally love the "You are Here" and "You Could Be Here" arrows.
Tapley's vids are full of this kind of thing. He uses lots of print outs and pics and graphs and such. It is very interesting to see from a Catholic perspective. Tapley's Catholicism adds interesting elements to his Apocalypticism, as well.
For example, he has a wealth of Marian apparitions and prophecies to draw upon for imagery. Practically every time the Virgin Mary is supposed to have appeared to this or that shepherd child or nun, she left secrets and messages and hints about what was to come. It's pretty common for conservative Catholics to apply those messages to things happening in the Church since Vatican II, but not so common to see them used as Tapley uses them.
There is also his application of Catholic morals to his prophecy. Did you know that people who use condoms will not be raptured?
And, then of course, there is the reverse influence that other theorists (particularly more secular folks like Alex Jones) have on his work. I truly doubt that the messages of Our Lady of La Sallette really talk about alien abductions and zombies. (See why I love this stuff??) I kind of wonder what his local Bishop has to say about his "ministry" when I see stuff like that.
Of course, like most of these so-called prophets, he's made a few calls that have fallen short. Check his channel on YouTube and you'll see that he has declared a few times that WWIII has already begun, despite no obvious signs. He also declared that the 44th Super Bowl would be the last one. Really?
As a prophet, he makes a much better tunesmith. But that's enough to keep me watching.
Oh, yeah! He's also done his own Whitney Houston death video. However, unlike folks I was talking about yesterday, he doesn't lay the blame for her death on any shadowy parties. Rather, he believes her death is a message from God for President Obama.
Friday, June 22, 2012
It's the end of the world as we know it! (Or is it?)
I totally love conspiracy theories. And doomsday theories. And, especially, doomsday conspiracy theories. From the right. From the left. Religious or secular. I just love 'em.
There's something strangely fascinating about the whole worldview. On the one hand, there's the train wreck aspect, where you sit back and go "I cannot believe someone just said that they actually believe that." On the other, I cannot help but marvel at people who can only deal with the tragedies, uncertainties, and unknowns of life by constructing grandiose theories.
I mean, yes, 9/11 was the absolute most senselessly tragic thing to happen to this country in my lifetime. Yes, the idea that an organized group of terrorists can inflict such horror on society armed with nothing more than a little knowledge and some box cutters still boggles the mind. It is scary to think that so many of the safeguards then in place failed us so miserably and so many died because of it. It's horrifying. It's incomprehensible.
But for some folks, the only way to make any sense out of it at all is to claim that the government was behind it all. And, somehow, this not only makes sense to them, but also makes them feel just a little bit better because they've been able to simply explain something that is large and complex and scary. The train of thought that can take all these little bits of unrelated info and odd coincidences and string them together into a grandiose untenable theory that cannot be toppled no matter how many holes get poked inside it simply fascinates me. Over and over.
And scale of tragedy doesn't seem to matter, either. Whitney Houston was a tragic figure who lived a tragic life filled with bad choices in the public eye. When she died, it was a great loss of talent, and an even greater loss of potential, in terms of what she could have been, if she had done things differently. That's reality.
Now, go on YouTube and search for vids about Houston's demise. In amongst all the tributes, you'll find the theories. She was killed by the secret powers behind the scenes who apparently needed the sacrifice of an aging pop diva way past her prime to release the energies necessary to properly celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. I am not making this up! You cannot make shit like this up! Well, except for the fact that, you know, somebody did make it all up, but you know what I mean. And that is what I find so fascinating. Oh, and it was all set in motion by Madonna's Super Bowl performance, which was actually a Satanic ritual.
It is somehow more comforting to believe all that, rather than just accept that an 80's pop star drowned in her bathtub? I'd really hate to see what story some of those folks would concoct to deal with a more personal loss, like the death of a family member.
And, when you go all apocalyptic on top of everything else, you get the religious angle thrown into the mix as another factor that serves to confuse and confound, while at the same time comforting and confirming. For some people, everything has to be a sign of impending doom because of their faith belief that they're going to eminently be rescued from it all. This relieves them both of the responsibility to make rational sense of everything, but also the duty to actually try and do anything to improve the situation. Other than give dire warnings of doom. Or rant. Whichever feels better.
So, that brings us to the end of the world. The whole 2012 thing has really gotten some folks going, since the end of life as we know it is supposed to be one of the great goals of all the conspiracies. And we're getting people poring over every news story looking for clues and signs. And we're getting all the predictions of doom. And it all fits together. At least in some minds.
Except that no one mentions all the "end of the world" predictions for 2011 that obviously didn't come to pass. And I'm not just talking about Harold Camping, either. He's a drop in the bucket. Take a look.
See what I mean? And the best part of it all is that so many of these folks have moved right on to 2012, as if nothing had happened. (Which is, of course, what happened.) Little to no explanation. Just on to the next set of theories. Like I said, the whole mindset is fascinating. And don't get me started on the Lizard/Reptilian people. Those are my favorites! (To bring up the Queen again, she's a reptile, you know!)
For the weekends, I usually go into video, low-content mode. It's easier to get posts up that way, because the weekend is a very busy time for me, with yard sales and such. I usually do try, however, to put some kind of commentary up so you get a dash of my dubious humor or a glimpse into my mind or at least know why I picked the clip I did. This weekend is a theme weekend: "My Favorite YouTube Doomsday/Conspiracy Wackos." I've got a couple of gems for you, so I hope you'll tune in.
In them meantime, here's some more reading on the subject. And a set of fun commentary. By the way, this guy won't be among my picks for the weekend. He's too much of an attention whore for my taste. (But that is a classic rant!)
There's something strangely fascinating about the whole worldview. On the one hand, there's the train wreck aspect, where you sit back and go "I cannot believe someone just said that they actually believe that." On the other, I cannot help but marvel at people who can only deal with the tragedies, uncertainties, and unknowns of life by constructing grandiose theories.
I mean, yes, 9/11 was the absolute most senselessly tragic thing to happen to this country in my lifetime. Yes, the idea that an organized group of terrorists can inflict such horror on society armed with nothing more than a little knowledge and some box cutters still boggles the mind. It is scary to think that so many of the safeguards then in place failed us so miserably and so many died because of it. It's horrifying. It's incomprehensible.
But for some folks, the only way to make any sense out of it at all is to claim that the government was behind it all. And, somehow, this not only makes sense to them, but also makes them feel just a little bit better because they've been able to simply explain something that is large and complex and scary. The train of thought that can take all these little bits of unrelated info and odd coincidences and string them together into a grandiose untenable theory that cannot be toppled no matter how many holes get poked inside it simply fascinates me. Over and over.
And scale of tragedy doesn't seem to matter, either. Whitney Houston was a tragic figure who lived a tragic life filled with bad choices in the public eye. When she died, it was a great loss of talent, and an even greater loss of potential, in terms of what she could have been, if she had done things differently. That's reality.
Now, go on YouTube and search for vids about Houston's demise. In amongst all the tributes, you'll find the theories. She was killed by the secret powers behind the scenes who apparently needed the sacrifice of an aging pop diva way past her prime to release the energies necessary to properly celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. I am not making this up! You cannot make shit like this up! Well, except for the fact that, you know, somebody did make it all up, but you know what I mean. And that is what I find so fascinating. Oh, and it was all set in motion by Madonna's Super Bowl performance, which was actually a Satanic ritual.
It is somehow more comforting to believe all that, rather than just accept that an 80's pop star drowned in her bathtub? I'd really hate to see what story some of those folks would concoct to deal with a more personal loss, like the death of a family member.
And, when you go all apocalyptic on top of everything else, you get the religious angle thrown into the mix as another factor that serves to confuse and confound, while at the same time comforting and confirming. For some people, everything has to be a sign of impending doom because of their faith belief that they're going to eminently be rescued from it all. This relieves them both of the responsibility to make rational sense of everything, but also the duty to actually try and do anything to improve the situation. Other than give dire warnings of doom. Or rant. Whichever feels better.
So, that brings us to the end of the world. The whole 2012 thing has really gotten some folks going, since the end of life as we know it is supposed to be one of the great goals of all the conspiracies. And we're getting people poring over every news story looking for clues and signs. And we're getting all the predictions of doom. And it all fits together. At least in some minds.
Except that no one mentions all the "end of the world" predictions for 2011 that obviously didn't come to pass. And I'm not just talking about Harold Camping, either. He's a drop in the bucket. Take a look.
See what I mean? And the best part of it all is that so many of these folks have moved right on to 2012, as if nothing had happened. (Which is, of course, what happened.) Little to no explanation. Just on to the next set of theories. Like I said, the whole mindset is fascinating. And don't get me started on the Lizard/Reptilian people. Those are my favorites! (To bring up the Queen again, she's a reptile, you know!)
For the weekends, I usually go into video, low-content mode. It's easier to get posts up that way, because the weekend is a very busy time for me, with yard sales and such. I usually do try, however, to put some kind of commentary up so you get a dash of my dubious humor or a glimpse into my mind or at least know why I picked the clip I did. This weekend is a theme weekend: "My Favorite YouTube Doomsday/Conspiracy Wackos." I've got a couple of gems for you, so I hope you'll tune in.
In them meantime, here's some more reading on the subject. And a set of fun commentary. By the way, this guy won't be among my picks for the weekend. He's too much of an attention whore for my taste. (But that is a classic rant!)
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