Empire of the Odd

Here is a recent review on Amazon for Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health.
Anyone who’s either not a Scientologist or has not kept his or her head buried in fine peat for the last fifty years knows. Dianetics is an early self-help books penned back in 1950s by Science Fictions writer El. Rom Hubbard. It was so successful that Mr. Hubbard spawned a religion off of it which continues to this day as one of the oddest most sue-happy organizations on Earth.

People who diss Dianetics/Scientology are either:
1.) Incredibly suppressive and don’t want people to get better
2.) psychiatrists who will lose their cosey, [SIC] governmet [SIC] funded jobs
3.) Ignorant on what it is, as they haven’t read the book, or if they did, went by words they didn’t understand and therefore didn’t get the subject matter
4.)miseducated; [SIC] their cousin’s uncle’s father’s dog told them it was evil or something, and they’ve adhered to that ‘fact’
5.) were [SIC] part of Scientology at some point and did something bad to a Scientologist and are trying to point the finger at them in order to make themselves feel better.

SO, If you want to know what Scientology IS, rather than the BS stories of how we are a ‘cult’ or worship aliens or whatever ingenious other rumor some idiot concocted:
1.) Read Dianetics and make sure to look up any confusing words
2.) Find [SIC] a local church and TALK to the people. A bunch of them, too. Do they seem wierd? [SIC] Did they take off their shoe and hit you with it? No, but that would be really funny… Get to know how honest and ethical they ARE.
3.) Read another book, like Fundamentals of thought, or do a basic course. Come on, it’s like 10-30 bucks, and it is life changing.
THEN, you will be educated enough and will have a better idea.
I, myself, have used what L. Ron Hubbard wrote and have helped numerous people get off of drugs. I’ve also helped people learn to study, and learning how to learn is NOT taught at schools.( god, I wish I had this info before I went to Oxford, as it would have made my education easier..)
GET THE TRUTH. NOT THE MALICIOUS LIES THAT RABID ANTAGONISTS LIKE TO SPOUT OUT. They’re not cool, really…

No, Scientologists don’t worship aliens, they worship El Ron Hubbard. As for this person claiming to have gone to Oxford, I believe Mr. Hubbard claimed the same thing, and he was lying too.

Actually, this reviewer is doing critics everywhere a service by spewing such nonsense, she’s taking a clue from Tom Cruse! The only person who has managed to do more harm to Scientology than any critic.

The Odd Emperor

So spake the Red Queen on her Psychotic Diary, stupidly continuing the blog war.

“File under sleezy creepy: Scary creepy psycho-skeptoid who know who has me listed in 10 categories on his scary creepy psycho-skeptoid website. I’m listed under: Dumb, dumb (he has 2 dumb categories, hmmm…), obsessive woos, (uh, irony calling), incredibly dumb, ranting, skeptics, UFOs, Woos, Nuts, and Fan Page. “

You know Red Queen. I could never run out of adjectives to describe you. So long as you keep on this track though, the first one which comes to mind is “amusing.”

Additionally, I wish your pal Beckjord would have signed up on your Bigfoot list, you really asked him? Oh the humanity! The hilarity! You two would have hit it off – oh boy would you have hit it off!

“Jon-Erik Beckjord, BA (honors -Tulane),MBA (UC Berk.) , is a managment [sic] consultant and also an investigtor [sic] of anomalous phenomena world-wide, spirit photographer, an adventurer, traveller,[sic] lecturer and author.”

Thus begins the web page allegedly world-famous, Erik Beckjord. He’s the inventor of a coat hanger wire thing that allows one to set magazines in loose leaf binders. He also has the distinction of being kicked off more woo forums than any skeptic.

How does he do it? The folks at JREF recently got a first-hand look.
They were having a conversation with someone named LAL. She seems reasonable despite a very strong belief that Criptos like Bigfoot are flesh and blood creatures.

Mr. Beckjord has a slightly different take on the matter, he started a new topic on the forum with this –

“Erik is here and it is a new ball game.

I said this in 1995 on Henry Franzoni’s IVBC list, and all hell broke loose. I introduced the paranormal/supernatural/tulpa/alien concept, and was immediately attacked most viciously
by all the non-researcher newbies there. (This has continued on most all boards ever since). However
Henry himself was a secret supernaturalist, and I had many
beer-soaked phone talks with him, and after he speciously
attacked me to his list to “preserve his cred” (ho) and stay in with
Dahinden etc, I then OUTED him and posted some of his
para experiences. “

It’s kind of difficult to make out where this person is coming from, a very strange place indeed.

He continued;

“I am a “semi-expert” snce nobody except abductees is an actualy expert, but I did interview two of those. (Will be in my book).

So — have at it — I can take your very worst. And then convert you.â€?

What he ended up doing after almost a hundred, more than 15 a day was get suspended for cussing people out.

I’m converted! Far from thinking this person is a nutball, I now think he’s a world-class nutball. Way to go!

The Odd Emperor

From the India Daily Technology Team.

India daily has been wowing the woo-sector for the past couple of years. It’s fun stuff! Aliens, otherworldly inventions. Sinister western conspiracies (to create the devastating tsunamis in 2004 for example.) What’s really mind boggling is India Daily is (or was) a respectable publication. Now it serves as a litmus test for silliness.

Here’s a story about how solar flares should have baked the Earth to a crisp, except for some timely intervention by you-know-what.

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/3143.asp

Linda Moulton Howe, once investigative reporter turned UFO biz promoter has raised the ire of some prominent researchers in Brazil. A. J. Gevaerd, writes in an open letter,

“I could not believe what I was told and then I visited Earthfiles.com.

To my astonishment and absolute surprise I confirmed that Linda Moulton Howe once again has produced a very unreliable kind of journalism and presented completely distorted information as genuine fact to the international UFO community.

The Odd Emperor wonders why this is surprising? Ms Howe has allegedly done a few good documentary pieces but in her many appearances on Coast to Coast and her voluminous writings since then has cemented her reputation which (in the opinion of the Odd Emperor) could be described as “friend of crackpots everywhere.”
More on UFOWatchdog.

From the Red Queen’s Psycho Diary

Re: below: like I told you dear readers, it hasn’t stopped, and never will. Justifications for slimy behavior abounds within the PsYcHo ~ SkEpToId world. While my particular example of late has been in the extreme, just read along in any skeptic forum and you’ll find several of the more rabid skeptics who behave in this way.

Hey Red Queen. If you really have a problem with the Odd Emperor, why don’t you just email him? You know the address, you’ve emailed him before. He’¢s reasonable so long as you’re reasonable–you know that. Whining about him on your psychotic diary is just, kind of whacky.

Oh BTW, why does’t the Odd Emperor email you? Because you asked him not to! Don’t you remember?

So spake the Red Queen on her psycho-diary.

6/1/05: Scary, creepy . . .pathetic. Same old tired stuff; you know who, ranting about me entries on his blog, complete with — get this — bar graphs! of activity on my groups. And some disturbing comments about “erasing the archives” — which means, of course, this sick twisted psycho is actively obsessing and stalking. He’s also thrown in some bizarre crap about me and religious boards — of which I don’t belong to, …and then, almost worst of all (it’d be funny if it weren’t so scary,) he’s ripped me off on the Red Meat ‘create your own’ and answering me (well, talking to himself really, since I don’t answer, and don’t read his stupid comics, not after the first one) on Debunking Debunkers. I reallyneed to stop and take the advice of the experts at this point (who was that guy that wrote The Gift of Fear?) and not give him fodder for his pathetic sad little creepoid life. It just really angers me that people like this are allowed to get away with it. For we all know, that if I stop, he’ll still go on. Nothing will stop him from ripping me off, addressing me as if I’m right there, talking about me, posting about me on his site, etc. Disgusting. So I document it for the record for all to see. The only other thing I can do is warn people privately. So girls, if this creep pops up in your forum or any board you’re on, you better watch out.

No; actually my dear Red Queen that’s all a bunch of bullcrap. It is you who is acting out some kind of strange fantasy. I tend to leave people alone when they leave me alone–unlike yourself who seems to constantly *want* others to come after you. You actively seek my attention. Seeking attention can be OK at times. But seeking attention by goading people and then shouting “help help! I’m being persecuted” when they respond is a little nuts. it’s very strange behavior and rather sad. playing the victom card is a very old stupid, sad trick.

By the way, Gift of Fear was written by Gaven de Becker. What Red Queen is (once again) implying is that the Odd Emperor is some kind of serial rapist or mad-violent person. libeling a fictional character is kind of silly. Since neither the Odd Emperor nor the editors of the Odd Empire (whom The Red Queen has undoubtedly vetted already,) have a history of such things, the very suggestion is creepy.

One of the things Becker advises women who think that someone is out to get them to “Separate real from imagined danger.� I believe the Red Queen would be well advised to do that. Of course she will interpret the last statement as some kind of threat but she thinks everything is a threat. That shows an incredible amount of insecurity. Throwing this kind of allegation into the stew is one of her trademarks, I would call it paranoid but in reality it’s the grasping of someone who really has nothing else to say. Red Queen is like someone who would throw herself in front of a moving automobile and try to sue the driver. She seems to have no compunction against telling lies, none whatsoever.

The other peice of advice I might send your way dear Red Queen? Don’t start flame wars with people. Especally if you can’t take what you dish out.

Red Queen (once again) tricked me into something cool. Build Your Own Meat.
We had a very bizarre conversation, I guess because Red Queen has something to say to the Odd Emperor but can’t figure out how to get in touch with me directly. (Pssst! You send me an email.)

…So spake the Red Queen on her Psycho-Blog.

“Neener on creepy stalker psycho skeptoids, previously mentioned here; one who has his own message board still only has 3 members, and the other’s group is dead with about 24 members. While I, the Red Queen, have 59 on Debunking UFO Debunkers, etc.”

You keep trying to get my goat Red Queen why? What is so important that you have to keep trying to goad the Odd Emperor, you keep trying to embarrass the Odd Emperor? Why? Why Red Queen? I would truly love to know.

Is it some kind of strange unholy obsession that you have? Is it fear? Is it hatred? Is it love Red Queen? It’s creepy Red Queen, i’s very strange. You keep bringing the Odd Emperor up, keep starting the conversation over and over again. Why Red Queen? What do you want?

Embarrassing you however is like mashing peeps with a large sledgehammer. There is simply no sport in it! That’s why I don’t like to do it. Unless you beg me to.

For example; your Yahoo group debunking_ufo_debunkers@yahoo.com, you remember that one? The one in which you failed to debunk anyone except yourself over and over. This is the only one of your groups I regularly posted on.–for only a couple of months.

But let’s take a look at it shall we?

Le’s see; here is a chart of your total posts for the time The Odd Emperor (and a few other skeptics) were on this group. There was some good conversation going on there, it was fun for a while.

See the change? When you kicked everyone who disagreed with you and when *I left voluntarily* your group suffered a bit: As a matter of fact it tanked.

To put it succinctly.

It tanked because of your stupid tactics Red Queen. It tanked because you are a very bitter, angry person, unsure of yourself, inadequate and insecure. It tanked because you don’t understand that it’s conflict that powers conversation, not endless agreement. It tanked because not everyone thinks like you do. It tanked because you as host insulted your guests and *all* the active one were kicked out, or left in disgust. You can’t get my goat by telling me that you have fifty people signed up. You never let them speak, who cares?!

See my goat Red Queen? Its right here. I’m feeding it oats as I write this. You can’t have it and every time you try, I can either choose to ignore you or plop out more of this kind crap. You like this crap don’t you Red Queen.

You keep asking for it.

Your goat is right next to mine dear Red Queen, I got it some time ago, right around Febuary 2005 as a matter of fact.

And I just got it again.

By the way; I’ll pretend that I don’t notice that you are slowly erasing history on that group. That’s another dumb tactic Red Queen, only used by people with something to hide–like yourself. The religious groups you trolled don’t erase their transcripts. JREF (another group you trolled) doesn’t erase theirs. You can’t post in those places, and seldom in JREF because, you remember the standards of politeness we discussed?

They enforce them, unlike you.

They don’t have anything to hide, unlike you.

It would be much better if you were to think about what people are telling you. It’s not just me dear, it’s lots of other people in lots of places.

BTW, thumbing your nose at others only risks getting it bitten off.

Olive branches though they *will* get a different response. You might even get what you want but first, you have to decide WHAT you want. If you want the Odd Emperor to keep getting your goat, please continue to jeer at him. I know you will make the right choice ; )

Have a great summer!

Richard C. Hoagland’s doing it yet again. What’s he doing? Well NASA has been posting photos from the Cassini probe. Recently a bunch of photographs have come back showing some oddball stuff on Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Ipaetus is the same moon that Arthur C. Clark used in his original treatment of 2001: A Space Odyssey as a probable place for an alien artifact. This is because Iapetus is very bright on one side and rather dark on the other. We can see, thanks to the Cassini photos that there is a large oblong patch on the moon’s surface that causes the changes in brightness.

But there are other strange things. A ridge extends for many hundreds of miles, over twelve miles high, it’s a “wall” according to Hoagland. Artificially constructed.

Well I’m no specialist in low gravity geology but I bet there could be some natural process out there that could possible account for that. I don’t know what, a collision in the far past and material building up around the equator might do it. But, Hoagland doesn’t just see walls on Iapetus, he’s seeing square craters, huge ruin fields and tremendous towers. Just like – just like!

The Earth’s Moon and Mars! Looks like Earth is the only place in the solar system that’s just a boring ball of nickel-iron.