Empire of the Odd

Read more:

http://www.bnd.com/2011/03/09/1622362/bigfoot-filmmaker-sues-for-free.html#ixzz1G8hOSC7W

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Pokemon: Westboro Sucks Ass and Ruins Funerals… and Makes Me Question the First Amendment, Which Makes Me Very Upset

I am really upset with one parent who viciously attacked me via Facebook because I questioned her son’s psychic abilities after watching a sophomoric interview (and one sided) about his pretend powers.

See the interview below and captured screen shots of my communication (via Facebook) with her son. You’ll determine there is NOTHING inappropriate with my emails and this lady (in my opinion) is a lose cannon and possibly she needs help. This article will be broken down into various parts. I don’t have time right now, but believe me, there is an epic rant coming.

Psychics – I’m holding nothing back.

All the psychics provide to people, who lets say, want to communicate with a dead loved one is platitudes and things they want to hear. It’s always responses like, “Your father loves you and wishes you will move on” it’s never “Your father was unfaithful to your mother for 20 years and wishes that he never had you.”

Psychics fall into two categories. They are either scammers or well meaning yet delusional people who honestly think they have some kind of power.  Psychics prey on grieving, desperate emotional people who have suffered some kind of loss or tragedy and are looking for closure or comfort. People also base important life decisions on the word of the charlatans and spend huge amounts of money on readings. Look up cold reading or hot reading to see how these people operate.

Here’s “Psychic Kids in a nutshell. The producers look for disturbed kids who think they’ve got magic powers, and then they’re flying in “professional psychics” to coach them in dealing with their awesome powers, i.e., indulge their delusions, get off on feeling superior to unhappy kids, and collect a paycheck for psychic child abuse. Not only are kids and their parents getting sucked into believing things with no solid evidence, but targeting children with documented psychological problems and giving them bogus solutions precludes them getting professional medical therapy and assistance they obviously could use. Even worse, televising the entire process normalizes the idea for the audience, which might include other troubled kids and parents who decide to try the same “solutions” with “paranormal experts” that aren’t monitored by  TV cameras.

[[[MORE]]]

Part 1: Parents of kid featured on “Psychic Kids” lash out at Scifake. Go figure!

The Middle East feminist revolution

I fucking forgot that this was even here! I won’t forget again. Tumblr in my not so humble opinion is a very worthwhile time investment. If you don’t already have a tumble-blog. get one.

?Last October we told you the dramatic story of young Daniel Montalvo, a 19-year-old who had been brought up in Scientology but had made a dramatic break for freedom — only to be thrown in jail by the LA Sheriff’s Office on behalf of revenge-minded Scientologists.

Since that time, we’ve kept in touch with Daniel and the actor Jason Beghe, whose Malibu ranch has been Montalvo’s protective sanctuary as Scientology continued to send private eyes and process servers at him.

Today, Daniel turns 20 years old. Yesterday, he filed two stunning lawsuits against Scientology with the help of attorney S. Christopher “Kit” Winter.

Winter helped Montalvo avoid the grand reaching that tends to characterize lawsuits against Scientology, and instead kept his complaints laser-focused on damning charges about how children are used by the church in troubling ways.

Specifically, Montalvo’s lawsuits paint a picture of a child who was essentially abandoned by his two Scientologist parents to the organization, was signed to a billion-year contract at only 6 years of age, and through his teens was forced to work up to 100 hours a week with only the barest schooling, and for wretched pay (about $35 a week).

[[[MORE]]]

This comes via SciFake and CNN..

I can’t tell you how revolting this all is. Basically a bunch of adults are informing children that they have psychic powers.

According to Wikipidia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_Kids

the show brings together children who report having psychic abilities with adult psychic/mediums, with the stated purpose of “show[ing] them how to harness their abilities and, ultimately, [showing] them that they’re not alone in this world”

Now I’ve never watched this show and truthfully, that’s probably a good thing.

I mean GAG ME! I don’t have a problem with keeping children’s  minds open but TELLING THEM THAT IT’S OK TO BE A DELUDED ADULT!!! The very thought of more Lord Ricks in the world, deluded adults  who really believe that they are super beings who can say or do whatever they like.

I truly feel sorry for those kids and hope that show is canceled on  A&E soon.

The Odd Emperor

———>

Scifake’s Note: We received permission from the author Brandon K. Thorp to repost this article. Mr.Thorp is a freelance producer fro CNN and his credentials are excellent. In addition, today I spoke with Mr. Thorp personally via phone and he was very pleasant. His excellent story is a prelude to other stories surrounding Chip Coffey and A&E’s pathetic TV show Psychic Kids.

It’s my opinion A&E’s Psychic Kids is exploiting children. As a parent, I found one child reaching out for help via A&E’s Psychic Kids forum. Yes, scifake has this exclusive video and we soon will share it with our readers.

This teenager thinks she is being raped in her dreams by a paranormal entity and she is convinced a person from the A&E Psychic Kids forum will help her. She talks about scratch marks on her legs and how she needs immediate paranormal help. It’s sad that she is seeking help from the A&E community and not a professional and maybe A&E is responsible for her delusiveness.

—–>

Story below.

By Brandon K. Thorp

Common sense: Kids should be rewarded for good, not bad, behavior. The adults in their midst have a duty to discourage their anti-social, crazy, and excessively goofy tendencies, and to moderate any wild imaginative flights that could lead them to dishonesty, or to a permanent disfigurement of their budding worldviews. Most of all, adults must be square with them; mustn’t molest their cosmologies or affirm their infantile tendencies in such a way that the children will be mentally crippled or stunted. That’s my opinion.

Also my opinion: For the reasons above and probably several hundred more, Chip Coffey is one bad dude. Check out this clip from his show, Psychic Kids, the second season of which began airing last month, and continue reading after the jump. (I’d have embedded the vid, but its hosts have disabled that option. Probably to keep it from getting posted here.)

[[[MORE]]]

Companies struggle to gain exposure for products and services, and engage public relations firms to help craft and communicate effective marketing messages. Sometimes, organizations turn to PR stunts to attract attention, but PR stunts backfire almost as often as they succeed, so proceed with caution.

I don’t have any proof that the Westboro Baptist Church drafted its own hoax threat from Anonymous as a public relations stunt. But, let’s assume for a minute that it did. Anonymous has been in the headlines already–from thehacktivism in defense of Wikileaks to the takedown of information security firm HBGary. Why not try to ride the notoriety of Anonymous for increased exposure?

[[[MORE]]]

[[[SOURCE]]]