Monthly Archives: November 2005

Every now and again the Odd Empire gets “blasted.” Blasted by spam. I don’t always know the reason, perhaps the Odd Emperor’s blog was scanned and got flagged by a spammer algorithm or two. Perhaps one of the Odd Emperor’s … Continue reading →

At last! My very own copy of Abducted, how people came to believe they were kidnapped by aliens by Susan A. Clancy arrived in the Imperial mail. Now I can see for myself what all the shooting is about. Now … Continue reading →

Posted on Sun, Nov. 20, 2005 Psychologist: ‘Alien’ faces are none other than Mother BY RICHARD MORIN Washington Post Accounts of people who claim to have been abducted by aliens have one eerie similarity. “When serious researchers like psychologist Frederick … Continue reading →

Clancy is bracing for a fresh round of hate mail with her new book, Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens, published by Harvard University Press. From the Canadian National Post I don’t blame her–those pesky … Continue reading →

India Daily continues to bring the credulous a steady stream of absurd stories. Computer models finally are showing that micro fine control of electromagnetic flux becomes possible by altering time dimension and spatial manipulation of other dimensions. That is how … Continue reading →

Tinfoil beanies increase radio frequency transmissions into the human cranium! Via Busy, busy, busy and MIT, On the Effectiveness of Aluminium [SIC] Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US … Continue reading →

Kansas school board redefines science New standards question accuracy of evolutionary theory In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena. In a related decision … Continue reading →

The Imperial postmaster delivered a stunning letter the other day, it was from my fun-bud Alfred — regarding a couple of comments I made on the now defunked RR group. There was some ugliness there, people got bent out of … Continue reading →

A flock of enterprising collage students are reshaping the space program. Big expensive rockets? Hypersonic shuttles with millions of parts? Complex systems that take thousands of support people every time they get off the ground? None of the above. These … Continue reading →