- Do too many psychics spoil the brew? – Salem has too many psychics, which is making it hard for any of them to earn a living. From Vanessa.
- Mercy for witchcraft girl “told to stab mother” – “The court heard how all her family, including her mother, believe in the occult and did not blame her for what she had done. In delivering his verdict Mr Justice Keith told Leeds Crown Court: “She believed spirits can enter the body and make you do things that otherwise you would not have done.”
- Italian seismologists on trial for manslaughter for bad earthquake prediction – “Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in the earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila on 6 April 2009.”
- The controversy of the surfing Madonna – “The artwork, which shows Our Lady of Guadalupe on a surfboard, has drawn complaints because some feel it is offensive as a religious symbol. They say it should be taken down.” From Michael.
- Cute Animal Friday! ZOMG, clouded leopard cubs! If that’s not cute enough, how about an otter playing tag with a toddler. And perhaps the best thing ever, quotes from Oprah’s last show presented by dogs wearing scarves.
Salem’s frauds, hucksters and vultures can’t make a living? Boo f-ing hoo. ‘Psychics’ are an absolute embarrassment to the Human Race, delusional or deliberate. The casual acceptance of this as a ‘profession’ makes my blood boil.
My sentiments EXACTLY. I’m not sure what the lesser of the evils is though – having these con artists out there conning morons, or having them on unemployment & having the tax payers foot the bill. Can’t we send them all to Mars?
I’m channelling a Martian as I write, and ix is saying they want no part of psychics unless they are edible.
I hear roast psychic is TOTES edible.
No, Nightshade, you missed it. The problem is that some are not TRAINED. They hold people’s LIVES in their hands, and they’re not TRAINED.
I feel it is my duty to point out, in the Surfing Madonna story, that the mayor of Encinitas is named James Bond.
Your honor, my religion teaches that mischievous spirits can enter my body and make me commit armed robbery during a nationwide one-man crime spree. Can I go now?
They’re not trained? Does that mean they are self-taught in cold reading instead of learning from someone else?
No sympathy for the psychics. They should have seen it coming.
Two trials. In one, scientists are accused of failing to have magic powers and of failing to predict the unpredictable. In the other, not guilty by reason of “a ghost told me to do it.”
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Cause like, she would never, ever, ever come to her in the middle of the night and attempt to stab her to death as she slept. Well, yes, she did do that, at first. But the mother had it coming. She had violated the unwritten law.
DimsdaleThe daughter wanted to let her off, but the mother insisted.