Empire of the Odd

by Wendy M Grossman | posted on 25 May 2007 (in newswireless.net.)

For a time in the late 1980s and early 1990s you hadn’t arrived as a skeptic until you’d been sued by Uri Geller. The person who bore the brunt of most of the lawsuits was, of course, James Randi, the escape artist, stage magician, and paranormal investigator.

I never got beyond threats – yet. On the first occasion, it was when I wrote a news story for New Scientist about the Randi/Geller law suits. I seem to recall a lawyer’s letter, but the details are hazy by now.

Geller’s brother-in-law, Shipi Shtrang, also wrote to the magazine objecting to my work on ethical grounds, calling me a promoter for Randi. That was a little sticky until the editor realized Shtrang’s connection to Geller. I am, of course, not now nor have ever been a promoter or publicist for Randi, though I admire much of his work.

The second time was the green room before a TV show on which Geller and I were both booked appearing. Practically Geller’s first words to me were: “If you print lies about me in your magazine, I will sue you for a quarter of a million pounds.” A researcher saw us and bustled over. “Everything all right?” he said. “Oh, yes,” said Geller. “We’re just having a friendly conversation.” (That’s his idea of friendly?)

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This thing doesn’t look remotely airworthy to me. It’s most likely a funky looking model or CGI creation. There is also some discussion in various places of where these photos are originating. No one seems sure which of course just screams hoax.

This write-up and photo from“Chad” is courtesy — Coast to Coast.

Last month (April 2007), my wife and I were on a walk when we noticed a very large, very strange “craft” in the sky. My wife took a picture with her cell phone camera (first photo below). A few days later a friend (and neighbor) lent me his camera and came with me to take photos of this “craft”. We found it and took a number of very clear photos. Picture #4 is taken from right below this thing and I must give my friend credit as I was not brave enough to get close enough to take this picture myself!

The craft is almost completely silent and moves very smoothly. It usually moves slowly until it decides to take off. Then it moves VERY quickly and is out of sight in the blink of an eye. MORE THAN ANYTHING I simply want to understand what this is and why it is here?

We found your show with Google and I have listened for a few nights now. I have decided that if anyone can help me understand what this thing is, it is you and your audience. I must admit I am deeply unsettled by this thing. I have never seen anything like this in my life… Location: I would prefer not to say for now.

–Chad

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OK, some of you out there might be wondering why I’ve paid so much of my attention to an out of work, semi homeless fellow in some podunk Florida town.

Well it’s very simple, he asked me to. He may not have known it but he asked me to do this, demanded it, begged me. Being a nice guy I agreed.

On the one hand, paying this much attention to Lord Rick is not a very good idea. He’s one of those special people. One who thrives on attention, good or bad it makes little difference to Lord Rick. When he cannot get good attention he starts trolling around for bad attention. Rick’s done it before and I daresay he will do it again, and again, and again. Each time with the same results. Rick will piss people off, they will mock him. He will whine about how people are nasty to him and he will scurry away. So I gave Lord Rick what he wanted, for a little while.

And what have I done to him?

Something, but not too much. He won’t understand what happened right away. The Internet is a strange and wonderful place. The rules are different here, indeed they are different in every part of the Internet. But rules exist and they must be followed. You do something, wait awhile and stuff happens.

What has he done to me?

Well nothing really. Rick made attempts to get my goat (he is not the first.) He told a bunch of lies, he (allegedly) smoked a few joints and blasted zombies on his Resident Evil video game. He got some of his mindless-minions up in a lather, not that it did him (or them) any good.

Oh yes and the free Internet services he’s been abusing received some complaints — and they shut him down.

From my point of view the war is over. Rick has not mentioned me in the last twenty-four hours. I’m satisfied with that. Oh I’m sure he will bring me up in an attempt to get my goat some more. I’m sure he will concoct some childish webpage to bash me like he has done to other people who disagreed with him. He’ll do it anomalously too, Rick hates a confrontation with someone who can more than hold their own with him. I wonder how anyone believes Lord Rick is a brave ghost buster when he’s too scared to talk to someone over the Internet.

Rick will keep trying and that’s OK; if he crosses the line like he has done on other occasions, things will go into motion. Next time Lord Rick, I may not be so easy on you.

The Odd Empire goes back to its normal insanity but before I sign off tonight, I wanted to direct your attention to the Hotsauce fan club on MySpace.

Some of you will understand what it’s all about, some of you will not.

In either case, it’s all good.

Today, the forces of the Omnipotent Mullet Messiah girded their loins for another series of devastating attacks against.. WTF?

I’m not really sure what these are suppose to be. Other than further examples of Lord Rick’s predilection (for you at the Paranormal and Ghost Society the word predilection means, tendency… what a person does a lot of,) for stealing photos from people, altering same and using them in cyberbullying attacks. Thanks Lord Rick! You’ve proven yourself not only a cyberstalker but also a cyberbully and a thief!

I agree with your Lord Rick! I think those pics are pretty funny! The captions are priceless!

For his part the Omnipotent Mullet Messiah had this to say;

I am not angry at them I understand that they are using the computer to serve as a place where they can hide there[SIC] incompentantcies. [SIC]
Lord Rick

This is good stuff Lord Rick! I don’t have to write ANY of it!

Lord Rick of the Paranormal and Ghost Society made a stunning request today on his paranormal and Ghost Society MySpace page.

Lord Rick says;

I am giving out free lifetime memberships to our site at PGS for those who have information on the individuals responsible for libeling, stalking, harrassing and crimes against our community.

Ye gods! I wish the Omnipotent Mangod would learn how to spell harassing.

Community? Crimes against our community? What does Lord Rick think he’s talking about? 1000 bots and two or three posters on a MySpace page is not exactly a community.

Those in private who are willing to provide me with home addresses to these people, phone numbers, records, websites they run, personal photos, place of employment, etc I want as much information as you can give me.

Translation;
I am a really a lame-o investigator and cyberstalker so please do my homework for me and I will show you a crapload of photographs with smoke on them. Help Lord Rick cyberstalk people pleeeeze!”

I will verify that information so it better be accurate. Dont tell me something I already know!!

Well sure thing Man God Rick, we must ALL be psychics like you!

I already have Odds business, home address and phone numbers.

“Translated;
“I already have Odd’s (note the possessive apostrophe dumb-ass,) business address, and phone numbers. I have already cyberstalked the publishers of the Empire of the Odd webpage.”

Hey thanks Lord Rick! I already know that but it is nice of you to make yet another public declaration.

I will be looking for the rest!!

Translation;
“Lord Rick will be cyberstalking YOU NEXT!”

Also for those experienced in The Matrix get in touch with me. I will give a free lifetime membership to those that produce me these things and if you run a website I will put a banner either up in our sponsors page or our main page which we get about 8 to 10 million hits a year meaning your going to get hits also.

I have no earthly idea what this is supposed to mean. Experienced in The Matrix? As in the 1999 Wachowski brother’s flick? Does he think that movie was about real events? (holy crap!)

The other part is pretty hilarious. He doesn’t even get a fraction of 10 million hits on his web page.

According to data the Omnipotent Mangod Rick put out himself, he only gets a few hundred visitors a day on a good week. A hit count registers individual requests not visitors. A web page with a gazillion crazy java applications and scripts will register far more hits than a page that was constructed properly. It can be ten to one or even a hundred to one. (What that means Omnipotent Mangod Rick is that if you get 1000 hits you might have only gotten 10 visitors. That’s if your page is an incompetent mass of Frontpage 4.0 crap with tons and TONS of useless java scripts, including one that copies stuff from a visitor’s clipboard. We know that a world-class psychic like yourself HAS NO REASON to spy on visitors.

To sum up; Omnipotent Mangod’s web page gets an average number of visitors for a badly Google- bombed piece of crap ghost buster page. Around 100 to 200 per day according to his logs. (Remember boys and girls, this is information Rick put out himself.”)

As a matter of fact your trend has flattened out or is actually dropping. The reason it’s dropping is simple……

Advertising is something that is priceless so let me help you help me!!! Contact me privately I expect alot of replies and will be answering them throughtout the day thank you for your time. I look forward to our fellowship!
Lord Rick

Translation;
“Please validate Lord Rick’s opinion that cyberstalking (an illegal act) is OK and he will reward you. If he can get other people to stalk those who think Lord Rick a boob than (somehow) Lord Rick will feel empowered to do more cyberstalking.”

PS If you need names of the people I want this information on I can tell you but some of you already know the names involved. Some of you also have some information I need so any you can give is very much appreciated as in return I can give you some as well.

Translation;
“Lord Rick is creating a cyberstalking network out of his Paranormal and Ghost Society, one person at a time!”

Signed; Lord Rick.

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In all seriousness;

To say this is a bad idea is an understatement. Lord Rick has clearly crossed a line here. By inciting others to commit illegal activity he has violated several tenets of the free Internet services that he has been using. He’s also advocating said criminal activity. The word advocating for all of you at the Paranormal and Ghost Society means the same as promoting…. liking it so much that he wants you to do it too!.

Acording to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberstalking

When prosecuted, many stalkers have unsuccessfully attempted to justify their behavior based on their use of public forums, as opposed to direct contact. Once they get a reaction from the victim, they will typically attempt to track or follow the victim’s internet activity. Classic cyberstalking behavior includes the tracing of the victim’s IP address in an attempt to verify their home or place of employment. [1]

There is no doubt that Lord Rick has done these things to others and now he intends to widen his abuse to his supposed thousands of members. I will be very surprised if more than a handful of people respond to this plea. It’s like shouting to passersby “hey! See that Liquor store over there? Help me knock it off and I’ll give you a lollipop!”

think it would be a very good idea for Lord Rick to pull that statement off of his MySpace account as quickly as he can. Being a buffoon is OK (and I’m all in favor of it.) Inciting people to commit illegal activities is a little like talking about your illegal drug use in a public forum. It’s unbelievably stupid — almost beyond what we expect from Lord Rick.

Stay tuned fun-seekers! More fun and frolic with the Omnipatant Mangod Lord Rick and our happy minions at the Paranormal and Ghost Society to come.

It was a quiet day today in the Odd Empire. Lord Rick and his minions were eagerly awaiting yet another high-tech-master of the airwaves mondo- spectacular Mangod Radio Broadcast, coming to you almost living amid the piles of cardboard boxes in Rick’s apartment.

Or well it’s not exactly Ricks apartment, see it really belongs to a couple of goobers named Vegas and Juggernaugt, who get into fistfights over, cookies? The Omnipotent Mullet Messiah after getting kicked out of his last dive (the one with raining cats and dogs) managed to find two losers that were worse off than him.

Anyway, in the parts that were not downed out by static from Ricks high tech audio gear one could hear; I think it was Rick saying something about people suing the Odd Empire. He’s not suing the Odd Empire, but several other groups are!

Hmm, that’s all news to me! I must alert the Hounds of Hell, being the crack law firm of Labrusky, Skinflint, Shyster, and his larger brother leo.
The Omnipotent Mullet Messiah who-controls-the-fate-of-all-men had this to say about the situation;

They go around the internet and its not personal opinion that they are giving its harrassment, stalking, and libel along with defamation of character. They talk about my members, my kids, who I date, what i do, what i eat for dinner. Its not a matter of hey I dont like PGS its a matter of personal attacks and has been for 8 months.

I am experienced in psychology by the wording that goes on in that forum there are alot of hints of jealousy, hatred and low self esteem. People just do not get it they never will I had one girl on that UER site write me and say to me I use to make fun of you cause everybody else did it now she says to me being on your board has changed that. These people do it because everybody else does it. That odd guy is a fruit cake he is a friend to nobody he is just playing that group like he does to everybody else that is why I laugh cause unlike most people I see fate and destiny play out much like a game of poker with the guys some nights.

Well whether it be lawsuits or forces of nature I must go to my luxurious imperial bedchambers tonight quaking in fear that any misfortune that comes my way has been caused by the Omnipotent Mullet Messiah, Mangod Lord Rick of the Paranormal AND Ghost Society, friends of all humanity unless you happen to be involved in Urban Exploration, one of several hundred jilted girlfriends or the Odd Emperor.

Today marks a dark day indeed for forces of the Odd Empire which came under devastating demonic attack by forces under the control of Man-god Lord Rick.

His August Majesty, Man-god Lord Rick, sitting astride his trusty Thoat “Raptus Regaliter” and wielding the sword-of-mighty-psychic-power “Perite” did smite the Odd Empire with an assortment of demonic entities (too numerous to mention.)

His many minions from all over the Realms-Internet have risen to this holy cause and even now they gather to plan many nefarious embarrassments and hideous taunts which will drive his foes like the drooling animals that they are!

The Mullet Messiah himself spoke about today’s skirmish.

I think karma alone is the best thing in some form or another I feel very bad for what this guy (the Odd Emperor) has done to other groups not just mine but to the fact that people like him think its okay to demean others. That is what seperates humans from animals is all about how you treat others if you go around libeling others one day its gonna bite you in the ass. I think people sometimes are just so scared of the paranormal they are ignorant to learning about it so rather they pick at those who are involved with it.
Rick

Shortly there after the Mangod ironically said this.

I bet he (The Odd Emperor) doesnt even know how to use a sword. The question I have is what is a guy his age hanging out with underage kids? Hell that UER group and ODD group consist of a bunch of older people hanging out with underage kids. One of there members Ophiliaism I heard had sex with over 40 underage kids on the board and she is older then me so let them have there circle jerk it does not surprise me.

Hmm, dosen’t know how to use a sword Man Mullet Rick? This angers me! I admit that I’m not in the habit of waving wall-hangers around while standing on a roof with my shirt off, that’s just idiotic!

Several of Rick’s minions (pictured above) had a few words to say about today’s skirmish.

One minion said;

“They are jealous and just trying to start stuff, because basically their life sucks. They have no interest in promoting paranormal, their lack of experience and knowledge is obvious on the site because they spend their time bad mouthing others. That just makes them look insecure and incompetent.”

FALLEN ANGEL…THE RETURN shouted;

RICK, , DUDE, , I GOT YOUR BACK, , , TELL THEM TO F(***) OFF..THIS IS THE BEST GROUP, , AND WHEN I NEED ADVICE, YOU GAVE IT TO ME, , AND THANKS FOR THAT..DUDE, TO HELL WITH THEM, , PEACE

JAMisON (that name is not a typo.) said.

“Im going to have fun terrorizing these douche bags! These are the type of people who so scared of thinking outside the box they attack whatever they cant comprehend. Im going inside the box and will attck relentlessly.”

To which I replied;

I’m terrified!
Please tell ALL of us how it goes will you?

JAMisON said.

“Hahah i got some hate mail from that emperor dude! Theres a real shit storm going now lol! Hahaha emperor=hotsauce ! Its funny when 45 year old men act like high school kids on myspace.”

To which I replied;

It’s really funny when a 34 year old man writes like a fourth grader.

To which JAMisON replied

Its funny how i can go to your little group of cencorship and facism and get bant so quickly hahaha. You could at least take your 45 year old candy ass to the “Big Group” and make a feeble attempt to son me there old man. But you catch feelings and email me? Obviously ive got under your skin somehow eh? I didnt bother reading your last 2 mails sorry but i dont have to time to read about your obsession with a man with a green mullet. Youre creepin me out . Seek help gramps. Now stop stalking me homo Capish?

And then he posted on Mangod Rick’s Paranormal and Ghost Society MySpace.

That Emperor wont stop emailing me, aparrently i hurt his feelings or touched a nerve. Its funny how upset people get when you expose thier true agenda. This guy aparenly is in love with lord rick and is having a hard time coming to terms with it. Otherwise hed laugh it all off and forget about it. In reality if he was to run his mouth in the same way he does over myspace id beat him into a pool of blood and urine.

Another post on the PGS MySpace, by the curiously named “Home Made Demons” said;

Good that you are sticking with karma, but if you want to cause some evil look a speel that is right for you and cast it. ( Don’t do death spells). Anyways the spirit realms and other realms are affected by there knowleders so they will gight t

I don’t really know what to say about this page. It’s well written, articulate. The subject matter is fairly “out there”but the papers, essays and whatnot are a refreshing change from the paranoid sounding crap-fest on most pages. The Academy has an optimistic overview which I also find refreshing. The essays all seem to be well written, well cited and the authors have an impressive array of credentials! You should read this stuff if your into this kind of thing (I certainly am!)

The Academy says it is a registered non-profit out of California. which I believe! (It’s easier to get non-profit status out of California.)

Inducted April 3, 2007

In a MySpace official post by the Mangod Lord Rick; King of all he surveys, ruler of 1/3 of a two bedroom apartment in bucolic Deland Florida declared out and out WAR against the Odd Empire.

In his statement, Man-god Lord Rick said.

“Its obvious the guy is not playing with a full deck of cards. Think about it why would someone own a domain just to laugh at other groups he is either jealous or tries to make up for it with what he lacks at with his cheesy website lol.”

I am jealous Man God Rick, I am SO jealous of you! Words just fail me! And CHEESY! You call my beautiful Odd empire website cheesy! Why! You are so .. Insulting! You hurt my feelings! Wait till my technoflunky Mr. Pettingill hears about this!

I’m going to have to have a sit-down in the Sun-Drenched Imperial Atrium and sulk for a while! (sniff)

In addition The illustrious Man-god Rick also declared war against all reality, (but, he does this almost daily.)

death dont even scare me I would raise my arms and love nothing more then the earth to burn before my knees it would be pleasure not pain for me.

I love bringing down empires before my knees nothing is greater then the feeling of conquering the weak and you are weak go make a site about how to cook italian cause the odd is outed lol.

Well we at the Odd Empire wish Man-god Lord Rick, Adolph Hitler and George W. Bush a fine-time crushing the weak.

Well, maybe not Hitler, he was SUCH a dumbass (and he’s dead.) I think anyone who believes National Socialism and bigotry to be good ideas are beneath contempt. And all those idiots over at Vanguard News Network ? God! What dolts! What nincompoops! What mouth-breathing-drooling tards! Anyone who reads that crap, let alone anyone who believes a word of it is simply out catching catfish for lunch! …. if you know what I mean!

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