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    <title>They&apos;re at it again, perhaps.</title>
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    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2012://2.3486</id>

    <published>2012-08-14T11:57:25Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-14T13:38:11Z</updated>

    <summary>England: The headline of an article on the BBC News website today caused a raised eyebrow at Prattle Towers: Witchcraft-based child abuse: Action plan launched. The start of the article was even more worrying. Had they taken on a redundant News of the World writer? The government has launched an action plan to tackle child abuse linked to witchcraft or religion in England. So, who is to be the victim of a moral panic this time? Are the fundies attacking Neopagans again? No, but the potential for vilification of an entire minority group is clear. This time, I fear what...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>England</strong>: The headline of an article on the BBC News website today caused a raised eyebrow at <em>Prattle Towers</em>: <q><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19248144">Witchcraft-based child abuse: Action plan launched</a></q>. The start of the article was even more worrying. Had they taken on a redundant <cite>News of the World<cite> writer?</p>

<blockquote>The government has launched an action plan to tackle child abuse linked to witchcraft or religion in England.</blockquote>

<p>So, who is to be the victim of a moral panic this time? Are the fundies attacking Neopagans again? No, but the potential for vilification of an entire minority group is clear. This time, I fear what will happen when the <cite>Daily Mail</cite> picks up the story, which is about a tiny number of cases among communities of more recent African origin than the majority:</p>

<blockquote>Scotland Yard says it has conducted 83 investigations into faith-based child abuse in the past decade - among them Kristy Bamu, who was murdered aged 15 in 2010, Victoria Climbie who was eight when she was murdered in 2000 and the headless torso of "Adam", a five or six-year-old boy, which was found in the Thames in 2001.
<br /><br />
Ministers are concerned that although the investigations number just a few dozen, other abuse is going on, "under-reported and misunderstood".</blockquote>

<p>Fortunately, the government's "plan" seems to involve recognition of the efforts already being made by community groups and religious leaders, rather than the simultaneous nagging of the affected communities into apathy, and vilification of same as we've seen in the approach to extremist Islamist bampots.</p>

<p>These efforts included Channel 4 documentaries highlighting the problem, <a href="http://barthsnotes.com/2010/07/26/documentary-shows-child-witch-stigmatisation-still-occuring-in-uk-churches/">most recently in 2010</a>.</p>

<blockquote>The programme explores several churches where child &#8220;deliverance&#8221; takes place, using undercover footage. A young  journalist named Juliana Oladipo agreed to pose as a difficult teenager being brought to church by her mother; in each case witchcraft is diagnosed as the problem, and aggressive exorcism prescribed as the cure.</blockquote>

<p>Some of the fraudulent preachers were after more than just money. One of them demanded sex from a young woman, 21 times, to "cure" her of her witchcraft.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19248144">Witchcraft-based child abuse: Action plan launched</a>&#8212;<cite>BBC News</cite>, 14 August 2012; <a href="http://barthsnotes.com/2010/07/26/documentary-shows-child-witch-stigmatisation-still-occuring-in-uk-churches/">Documentary Shows Child-Witch Stigmatisation Still Occurring in UK Churches</a>, <cite>Bartholomew's Notes on Religion</cite>, 26 July 2010.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Great Down South Egg-and-Spoon Race Conspiracy List</title>
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    <published>2012-07-27T13:12:33Z</published>
    <updated>2012-07-27T15:20:25Z</updated>

    <summary>There&apos;s some sort of sporting event going on down south, and I don&apos;t think I&apos;m allowed to mention it without paying lots of money. But it seems it&apos;s all part of a conspiracy, or several conspiracies, and not just the obvious one. The most popular option is for there to be a fake terrorist attack in London during the games, possibly nuclear, though with a number of different culprits - those pesky Jews, or governments seeking to establish a New World Order, or the Illuminati, or something complex and occult, or a combination of those. You&apos;ll find these scattered around...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>There's some sort of sporting event going on down south, and I don't think I'm allowed to mention it without paying lots of money. But it seems it's all part of a conspiracy, or several conspiracies, and not just the obvious one.</p>

<p>The most popular option is for there to be a fake terrorist attack in London during the games, possibly nuclear, though with a number of different culprits - those pesky Jews, or governments seeking to establish a New World Order, or the Illuminati, or something complex and occult, or a combination of those. You'll find these scattered around under different categories.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="#government">Government conspiracies</a></li>
	<li><a href="#jews">The <strike>Jews</strike> <strike>Israelis</strike> Zionists</a></li>
<li><a href="#occult">Occult conspiracies</a></li>
	<li><a href="#wags">Fake conspiracies</a></li>
	<li><a href="#overviews">Overviews</a></li>
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<h4 id="government">GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACIES</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://youtu.be/aZoZy3VqS8E">The London Olympics - a huge blood sacrifice in the making?</a>&#8212;<cite>Peter Preswick</cite> on YouTube
<blockquote>Is the media predicting a 'terrorist' attack at the London 2012 Olympic Games? The 9/11 false flag event was 'predicted' in the media. There seems to be sufficient evidence that another false flag event is being predicted / planned at the Olympic Games.</blockquote>
Unfortunately, the video is well over an hour long, so I can't tell you.</li>
	<li><a href="http://youtu.be/aZoZy3VqS8E">London Olympics 2012 False Flag Attack</a>&#8212;<cite>Stuart J Hooper</cite> on YouTube. <q>Looking at signs of preconditioning pointing towards a false flag attack at the Olympics in London this year. </q></li>
	<li><a href="http://youtu.be/5zgKTopLGiA"> The 2012 Olympic Games Exposed </a>&#8212;<cite> truth777exposed</cite> on YouTube.
<blockquote>A false flag nuclear attack that will be yet another step towards the New World Order that we feel will either start World War 3 or trigger the quarantining of citizens all over the world. </blockquote></li>
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<h4 id="jews">THE <strike>JEWS</strike> <strike>ISRAELIS</strike> ZIONISTS</h4><br />
<ul><br />
	<li><a href="http://www.atlanteanconspiracy.com/2012/03/2012-london-zion-olympics-false-flag.html">2012 London Zion Olympics False-Flag Warning</a>&#8212;<cite>The Atlantean Conspiracy</cite><br />
<blockquote>Based on research done by Rik Clay, Ian Crane and others it seems highly probable that the 2012 London Olympics are meant to be the stage for a false-flag terror attack, a UFO/alien type event, or some other such large scale manipulation.</blockquote></li><br />
	<li><a href="http://youtu.be/MXxGZ_z6wd0">2012 London Olympics Staged Alien Landing</a>&#8212;<cite>NoToBioChip</cite> on YouTube. <q>And my research has led me to deduce that the Zionist organisation has laid down plans to attack the Houses of Parliament during this year's London Olympics</q> in the form of a fake alien landing on 11th August 2012.</li><br />
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<h4 id="occult">OCCULT CONSPIRACIES</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://youtu.be/KdLTYCL7PSs">(NEW EVIDENCE) 2012 Nuclear Attack on London Underground During Summer Olympics</a>&#8212;<cite>TheTruthIsFromGod3</cite> on YouTube.
<blockquote>
As for the false flag attacks of the World Trade Center 9/11, there are a lot of movies and press articles which actually announce the coming London Olympics False flag attacks. Some hidden messages are so explicit that there is no doubt that the London Olympic false flag attack will take place and is part of a bigger plan: WW3 trigger and the entering to the New Age, New World Order, Era of Evil & the Deception of the so called aliens/extraterrestrials which are actually no more than jinns, Satan's offspring, devils, deceivers....</blockquote>
This individual has loads, and loads of videos bashing on the same theme.</li>

<p><li><a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread674877/pg1">London olympic clock stops...interesting 2012 conspiracy...have you noticed this..</a>&#8212;<cite>the Pharoah</cite> on Above Top Secret. It seems some Olympic countdown clock stopped in March, and this is obviously not a simple malfunction.<br />
<blockquote><br />
 firstly the clock maker for this 2012 olympic countdown...the clock is made by omega...we all know the current meaning of omega "the last"...as it is at the end of the greek alphabet...is this a countdown to omega.</p>

<p>the clock has both the name and symbol for omega...with the apparant zion logo above. please find a picture yourself as i dont know how to add one...<br />
</blockquote><br />
Angela1111 was able to explain:<br />
<blockquote>Anyway the clock stopped on an important date known as the IDES of MARCH this falls on the date 3/15.</p>

<p>The Ides of March was a day which celebrates MARS the god of WAR. Mars was an Olympian. Why this date?</p>

<p>If we look the next clue can be seen quite easily, is if you count 315 days in you get the date November 11 so essentially it directly links to the mystical number 11.11. (I have received this number for many years) so 315 is 11.11 </blockquote><br />
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<p>	<li><a href="http://www.londons-olympic.com/olympics_2012_paying_homage_annunaki_part_1/vi/Qhs-QFaxs50.html">OLYMPICS 2012 PAYING HOMAGE TO ANNUNAKI PART 1</a>&#8212; Long-winded embedded video of an <q>Occult researcher decoding the occult significance behind the Olympics and its connections to the Annunaki</q>, who appear to be space alien deities.</li><br />
</ul></p>

<h4 id="wags">FAKE CONSPIRACIES</h4>
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	<li>Performance artist Bill Aitchison explains the true significance of the London Olympics and its role in the 2012 apocalypse:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9QHvyFP7Wjo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></li>
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<h4 id="overviews">OTHER OVERVIEWS</h4><br />
<ul><br />
	<li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/05/olympic-games-2012-alien-conspiracy-theory">Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?</a>&#8212;<cite>The Guardian</cite> 5 December 2010.</li><br />
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    <title>Pratlets for 26th July 2012</title>
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    <published>2012-07-26T11:53:26Z</published>
    <updated>2012-07-26T13:10:20Z</updated>

    <summary> China: Man&apos;s penis stolen in his sleep&#8212;Digital Spy, 25th July 2012 England: Manchester uni puts faith in praying booth&#8212;The Guardian, 26th July 2012. May I suggest that studying is a far more effective technique? India: Couple, accused of witchcraft, forced to consume human waste&#8212;The Hindu, 21st July 2012 India: Woman suspected of witchcraft hacked to death in Vizianagram&#8212;Times of India, 21st July 2012 India: Row over witchcraft may have killed 12-year-old: Police&#8212;Times of India, 22nd July 2012 Kenya: Elderly couple rescued from Bamburi mob&#8212;The Star, 25th July 2012. An elderly couple in Bamburi was on Sunday evening rescued by...</summary>
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<li><strong>China</strong>: <a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a395511/mans-penis-stolen-in-his-sleep.html">Man's penis stolen in his sleep</a>&#8212;<cite>Digital Spy</cite>, 25th July 2012</li>
<li><strong>England</strong>: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/26/praying-booth-at-manchester-university">Manchester uni puts faith in praying booth</a>&#8212;<cite>The Guardian</cite>, 26th July 2012. May I suggest that studying is a far more effective technique?</li>
<li><strong>India</strong>: <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3663140.ece">Couple, accused of witchcraft, forced to consume human waste</a>&#8212;<cite>The Hindu</cite>, 21st July 2012</li>
<li><strong>India</strong>: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Woman-suspected-of-witchcraft-hacked-to-death-in-Vizianagram/articleshow/15065222.cms">Woman suspected of witchcraft hacked to death in Vizianagram</a>&#8212;<cite>Times of India</cite>, 21st July 2012</li>
<li><strong>India</strong>: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Row-over-witchcraft-may-have-killed-12-year-old-Police/articleshow/15085423.cms">Row over witchcraft may have killed 12-year-old: Police</a>&#8212;<cite>Times of India</cite>, 22nd July 2012</li>
<li><strong>Kenya</strong>: <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/local/coast/86348-elderly-couple-in-bamburi-rescued-from-lynch-mob-by-police-over-witchcraft">Elderly couple rescued from Bamburi mob</a>&#8212;<cite>The Star</cite>, 25th July 2012. <q>An elderly couple in Bamburi was on Sunday evening rescued by police from a lynch mob who accused them of practising witchcraft.</q></li>
<li><strong>Malawi</strong>: <a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/22/malawi-court-fines-3-men-for-planting-magic-landmine-witchcraft/">Malawi court fines 3 men for planting &#8216;magic landmine&#8217;: Witchcraft</a>&#8212;<cite>Nyasa Times</cite>, 22nd July 2012. Their crime seems to have been wasting their own time on pointless woo.</li>
<li><strong>Nepal</strong>: <a href="http://khabarsoutheastasia.com/en_GB/articles/apwi/articles/features/2012/07/25/feature-01">Nepal to crack down on witchcraft accusations</a>&#8212;<cite>Khabar South Asia</cite>, 25th July 2012</li>
<li><strong>Scotland</strong>: <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/glasgow-s-archbishop-elect-links-mp-s-death-to-gay-lifestyle-1-2428847">Glasgow&#8217;s archbishop-elect links MP&#8217;s death to gay lifestyle</a>&#8212;<cite>The Scotsman</cite>, 25th July 2012. The new Archbishop is a homophobic cunt for whom a penis-shaped hat is appropriate.</li>
<li><strong>United States</strong>: <a href="http://www.wsoctv.com/news/ap/crime/court-rejects-abuse-case-based-on-repressed-memory/nP3s4/">Court rejects abuse case based on repressed memory</a>&#8212;<cite>WSOC TV</cite>, 25th July 2012. Interestingly, this is a clergy abuse case against a cleric who was defrocked for child abuse some time ago. There is no dispute over that, just over whether "repressed memories" are acceptable as evidence.</li>
<li><strong>United States</strong>: <a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/07/23/njs_virgin_mary_tree_draws_believes.php">NJ's <q>Virgin Mary</q> Tree Draws Believers AND Accusations Of Witchcraft, Devilry</a>&#8212;<cite>Gothamist</cite>, 23rd July 2012. Looks like a vagina to me.</li>
<li><strong>Zimbabwe</strong>: <a href="http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-07-25-man-killed-over-witchcraft/">Man killed over witchcraft</a>&#8212;<cite>NewsDay</cite>, 25th July 2012. <q>A man ... was last week reportedly killed by his relatives accusing him of causing his father&#8217;s death through witchcraft.</q></li>
<li><strong>Zimbabwe</strong>: <a href="http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-07-25-police-arrest-selfconfessed-satanist/">Police arrest self-confessed satanist</a>&#8212;<cite>Newsday</cite>, 25th July 2012. Sounds like someone in need of treatment in a secure mental health facility - <q>An 18-year-old self-confessed satanist who allegedly admitted to having killed his employer&#8217;s 12-year-old daughter by slitting her throat and sucking blood from the wound to quench his thirst for human blood has been arrested in Mutare.</q></li>
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<entry>
    <title>Allah unimpressed by religious boasting</title>
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    <published>2012-05-06T14:29:24Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-06T14:43:07Z</updated>

    <summary> England: I would not normally pay any attention to the Daily Mail, but someone else read it, so I didn&apos;t have to. Newcastle are ready to unleash the power of prayer on the Premier League, with plans for a dedicated religious room for three key players who have lit up their season. Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa are devout Muslims and they could play a key role on Sunday when Newcastle host Manchester City with the dreams of both clubs in the balance. United want to secure a berth in Europe and City want to clinch...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
<strong>England</strong>: I would not normally pay any attention to the <cite>Daily Mail</cite>, but someone else read it, so I didn't have to.
</p>
<blockquote>Newcastle are ready to unleash the power of prayer on the Premier League, with plans for a dedicated religious room for three key players who have lit up their season.
<br />
<br />
Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa are devout  Muslims and they could play a key role on Sunday when Newcastle host Manchester City with the dreams of both clubs in the balance. United want to secure a berth in Europe and City want to clinch their first title since 1968.</blockquote>
<p>
It seems that several other clubs, including Manchester City, do have rooms set aside for those players (of all faiths) who wish to pray, but haven't been bleating about it. And it seems Allah is as unimpressed as God when it comes to boasting about one's religion. The final score? Newcastle United 0 - 2 Manchester City.</p>
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2140137/Alan-Pardew-says-religion-played-big-Newcastles-success.html">We must embrace religion, says Newcastle boss Pardew as he considers introducing prayer room</a>&#8212;<cite>Daily Mail</cite>, 5th May 2012; <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17885333">Manchester City moved to within touching distance of their first title for 44 years, as Yaya Toure scored twice to secure a crucial 2-0 victory over Newcastle United.</a>&#8212;<cite>BBC Sport</cite>, 6th May 2012.
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<entry>
    <title>Choose which laws don&apos;t apply to you!</title>
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    <published>2012-02-14T15:20:54Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-14T15:29:58Z</updated>

    <summary>England A particularly pompous and stupid Tory minister has said that councils should ignore the court&#8217;s ruling, and carry on praying. (!) Meanwhile &#8230; and so, according to this guvmint minister (the egregious Pickles) one can disobey a particular law, because he doesn&#8217;t like it &#8230;. Can we all play, and decide which laws we want to ignore? Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, and Ministers last night encouraged councils to openly defy a High Court ruling banning public prayers during meetings. Government tells councils to carry on praying despite High Court ban &#8212;Daily Telegraph, 14th February 2012....</summary>
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        <name>Greg. Tingey</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>England</strong></p>

<p>A particularly pompous and stupid Tory minister has said that councils should ignore the court&#8217;s ruling, and carry on praying. (!)</p>

<p>Meanwhile &#8230; and so, according to this guvmint minister (the egregious Pickles) one can disobey a particular law, because he doesn&#8217;t like it &#8230;.<br />
Can we all play, and decide which laws we want to ignore?<br />
<blockquote></p>

<p>Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, and Ministers last night encouraged councils to openly defy a High Court ruling banning public prayers during meetings. </p>

</blockquote>

<p><br />
<A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9075159/Government-tells-councils-to-carry-on-praying-despite-High-Court-ban.html">Government tells councils to carry on praying despite High Court ban<br />
</A>&#8212;<cite>Daily Telegraph</cite>, 14th February 2012.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Homophobic bigot banged up for child sex abuse.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2012/01/homophobic-bigot-banged-up-for.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2012://2.3378</id>

    <published>2012-01-17T20:24:55Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-17T20:27:05Z</updated>

    <summary> Scotland: A Christian preacher and former Conservative candidate has been gaoled for the sexual abuse of three children, two boys and a girl. He had met the children at the Edinburgh City Mission and gained the trust of their parents. The parents of his victims believed he was a devout Christian and let him take the youngsters to play parks and swimming pools. Instead Smart, of Christian Crescent, Edinburgh, used the time alone with them to carry out the abuse. But this is not the first time Smart has featured in the Prattle. Back in 2003, when he was...</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
<strong>Scotland</strong>: A Christian preacher and former Conservative candidate has been gaoled for the sexual abuse of three children, two boys and a girl. He had met the children at the Edinburgh City Mission and gained the trust of their parents.
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<blockquote>The parents of his victims believed he was a devout Christian and let him take the youngsters to play parks and swimming pools.
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Instead Smart, of Christian Crescent, Edinburgh, used the time alone with them to carry out the abuse.</blockquote>
<p>
But this is not the first time Smart has featured in the <em>Prattle</em>. Back in 2003, when he was a Tory candidate, he ranted against Pride marches and campaigned to have them banned. His outburst directly caused a group of LGBT activists to call a meeting to arrange that year's march in Edinburgh. Somehow, no-one had bothered and the march would not have happened had the activists not been reminded by him. When he said <q>I find quite horrendous the sort of materials being provided to impressionable youngsters in schools now. It is quite vile.</q>, it was assumed he was talking about the repeal of Section 28. We now know he was talking about himself.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16593090">Preacher John Smart jailed over campaign of child abuse</a>&#8212;<em>BBC News</em>, 17th January 2012. See also: <a href="http://www.prattle.net/2003/04/tories-revert-to-type.html">Tories revert to type</a>.&#8212;<em>Pagan Prattle</em>, 22nd April 2003 and <a href="http://www.prattle.net/2003/07/disappointment.html">Disappointment</a>&#8212;<em>Pagan Prattle</em>, 20th July 2003.
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Chestnut continues to be hairy</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2012/01/chestnut-continues-to-be-hairy.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2012://2.3375</id>

    <published>2012-01-11T11:15:08Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-11T11:19:58Z</updated>

    <summary>Some myths never die. Indeed, the internet seems to enable them to spread far more quickly than before. That some people are simply violent cunts who need to be locked up never occurs to most.  It&apos;s either space aliens, the Beast of Bodmin or, as in this case, some kind of imaginary Satanist.</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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        <category term="Superstition and Other Silliness" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p>
<strong>England</strong>: Some myths never die. Indeed, the internet seems to enable them to spread far more quickly than before. That some people are simply violent cunts who need to be locked up never occurs to most. It's either space aliens, the Beast of Bodmin or, as in this case, some kind of imaginary Satanist.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-16501650">Satanic link to Cornwall horse mutilation investigated</a>&#8212;<cite>BBC News</cite>, 11th January 2012.
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    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Look who&apos;s back</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2012/01/look-whos-back.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2012://2.3368</id>

    <published>2012-01-01T20:52:57Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-01T20:54:23Z</updated>

    <summary>And still full of himself. So, if someone ends up getting hurt there, will he take responsibility for his actions?...</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="King Kevin" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/letters/my_witch_s_curse_on_the_link_road_1_3374041">And still full of himself</a>.</p>

<p>So, if someone ends up getting hurt there, will he take responsibility for his actions?</p>]]>
        
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>The Annual End-of-the-World Post 2012</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2012/01/the-annual-end-of-the-world-po.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2012://2.3365</id>

    <published>2012-01-01T00:00:01Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-31T14:29:21Z</updated>

    <summary> Tradition was fully observed during 2011 when, despite some strong contenders, none of the predicted ends to the world happened. But 2012 promises to be a biggie. The world is going to end in so many ways this coming year that I really should have started writing this more than 11 hours before the end of 2011. But first, as tradition dictates, the ongoing end-of-the-world scenarios:...</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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Tradition was fully observed during 2011 when, despite some strong contenders, none of the <a href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/01/annual-end-of-the-world-post-2-1.html">predicted ends to the world</a> happened. But 2012 promises to be a biggie. The world is going to end in so many ways this coming year that I really should have started writing this more than 11 hours before the end of 2011.
</p>
<p>
But first, as tradition dictates, the ongoing end-of-the-world scenarios:
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        <![CDATA[<ul>
	<li><strong>sometime between the start of 2010 and the end of 2012</strong>: Helena Lehman. <a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/36904">How Prophecies in the Psalms May Pinpoint the Timing of the Rapture and Second Coming of Christ</a>, <em>American Chronicle</em>, 5th September 2007.</li>

	<li><strong>Between 2010 and 2017</strong>: <a href="http://2010rapture.org/">Signs of the End</a> (note the domain name). There is now a box-out explaining the previous lack of success in predicting the date.</li>
</ul>
<p>
And, continuing in the traditional manner, the repeat offenders, who have predicted the End this coming year for several years running. <a href="http://www.satansrapture.com/">Pastor Harry</a> has settled on a date, and will be featured in the main listing. <a href="http://prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com/">Marilyn Agee</a>'s husband died a few days ago and she is understandably quiet. She had been predicting a Chanukah 2011 rapture, noting its coincidence with the Winter Solstice and a significant comet.
</p>
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<p>
<li><strong>January 1st 2012-22nd December 2012</strong>: <q>MY PROPHETIC CALLING::: ON WHAT MAY BE OUR MERRY "LAST" CHRISTMAS (2011)...2012 IS HERE AND THE START OF THE APOCALYSPE IS NEAR... AND JESUS IS COMING FOR HIS TRUE FOLLOWERS... IN THE FIRST OF TWO RAPTURE EVENTS... WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE SCREAMING STARTS??? 01 JAN 2012</q> December 22nd marks the coming of the Antichrist in a spaceship. <a href="http://www.satansrapture.com/">Satan's Rapture</a></li>

	<p><li><strong><strike>6th-8th January 2011</strike> <strike>15th-17th February 2011</strike> 15th December 2011-16th February 2012</strong>: <q>Our latest date period for the start of the Time of Distress of Daniel12, which we now understand to be the third fire sign of 1Kings18 and the first fire sign of 2Kings1.... There will be a rising nuclear cloud from the sea/river/waterway during that period in New York City.</q>. <a href="http://www.truebiblecode.com/">The Lord's Witnesses</a>' latest forecast for a nuclear attack on Manhattan. They've been predicting this, with ever shifting dates and little variation, for as long as the Annual End-of-the World Post has been going. We know they're right this time because of the nuclear terror attacks during Chanukah (20th-27th December 2011).</li></p>

<p><li><strong>Before April 11th 2012</strong>: <q>WARNING: Will The Rapture & Sudden Destruction take place-BEFORE: April 11th 2012? The Day of the Antichrist?</q> <a href="http://embarktoheaven.com/">evt</a>, another repeat offender with constantly changing dates is is warning us of his latest calculation from his new online home. Read down the page to see his frustration with all the wrong dates.</li></p>
<p>
<li><strong>21st December 2012</strong>: The late Terence McKenna predicted, well <em>something</em> for this date. <q>Novelty Theory suggests that on December 21 of 2012 AD, at the coincidence of the moment of the solstice and the heliacal rising of the galactic center, levels of planetary novelty will exponentially increase. Theory does not make clear the nature of the ultranovel event, however. </q> <a href="http://www.levity.com/eschaton/finalillusion.html">The Final Illusion</a></li>
</p>
<p>
<strong>21st December 2012</strong> is, of course, the well-known date for the end of the Mayan Calendar which many people think indicates a corresponding end of the world. See <a href="http://www.december2012endofworld.com/">December 2012 End of the World</a>, and <a href="http://www.december212012.com/">December 21 2012</a>, for example. I think <a href="http://www.lifexpert.com/special/is_21_december_2012_end_of_the_world.html">this page might be trying to debunk it</a>, but it's hard to tell what it's about at all. <a href="http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/">End of the World 2012</a> "debunks" it all from a fundie Christian perspective. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon">Wikipedia</a> has a straightforward explanation of the 2012 phenomenon and its history.
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</ul>]]>
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>A festive visitation</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/a-festive-visitation.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3354</id>

    <published>2011-12-20T11:25:40Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-20T11:39:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Last night I set up the Solstice Everblack and stepped back to take a photograph. When I downloaded the photo from the camera, I spotted something I hadn&apos;t noticed: Cthulhu Himself peering through the window!</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Forteana" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
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    <category term="amusement" label="amusement" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.prattle.net/assets_c/2011/12/cthule-close-up-576.html"><img src="http://www.prattle.net/assets_c/2011/12/cthule-close-up-thumb-150x104-576.png" width="150" height="104" alt="cthule-close-up.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Scotland</strong>: Strange things are afoot at <em>Prattle Towers</em>. Last night I set up the Solstice Everblack and stepped back to take a photograph. When I downloaded the photo from the camera, I spotted something I hadn't noticed: Cthulhu Himself peering through the window! (click on the image to see the large version)<br />
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<p><br />
The likeness is unmistakable. Heretics might claim it's really the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but look - there's no attempt to hide an essentially tentacled nature here. All those people who believe that Jesus can appear in a plank of wood, or that the Virgin Mary would manifest in the form of toast will have to admit, this is the real thing. They'd better bow down to Cthulhu and accept their inevitable doom, for the evidence is undeniable.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>WotD: Scheinheiligkeit</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/wotd-scheinheiligkeit.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3351</id>

    <published>2011-12-16T13:47:30Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-16T14:41:05Z</updated>

    <summary>Scheinheiligkeit is a German word for hypocrisy, specifically that kind of hypocrisy which involves feigned innocence, an &quot;appearance of holiness&quot;. A good example of Scheinheiligkeit would be a high-ranking representative of an organisation which has deliberately covered up child sexual abuse in its ranks groundlessly accusing another group of paedophilia. Which brings us on to Colombian Roman Catholic bishop Juan Vicente Córdoba, who objected to the adoption of two boys by an American gay man because, well, poove sonly want to have sex with children.</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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<strong>Colombia</strong>: <em>Scheinheiligkeit</em> is a German word for hypocrisy, specifically that kind of hypocrisy which involves feigned innocence, an "appearance of holiness". A good example of <em>Scheinheiligkeit</em> would be a high-ranking representative of an organisation which has deliberately covered up child sexual abuse in its ranks groundlessly accusing another group of paedophilia.
</p>
<p>
Which brings us on to Colombian Roman Catholic bishop Juan Vicente Córdoba, who objected to the adoption of two boys by an American gay man because, well, pooves only want to have sex with children. He told newspaper <cite>El Tiempo</cite>:
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<blockquote><q>I don't know him, and I do not blame him, but one thing is clear: he has homosexual tendencies, and has got a 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old youth. Between them there will be no father-son relationship.</q> the priest, who is also Secretary General of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, said. <q>He will get the two children at an age when he might find them attractive. This could be a temptation.</q> Cordoba said that it was safer to give gays two girls. [<em>Caveat</em>: this is translated by me from a German translation of a Spanish language article.]
</blockquote>
<p>
I realise he's not very important to the sort of Christian who beats on about it, but didn't that Jesus chappie have something to say about this sort of behaviour? Ah yes, here we are. <a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=citation&book=Matthew&chapno=7&startverse=3&endverse=5">Matt. 7: 3-5</a>:
</p>
<blockquote>
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
</blockquote>
<p>
<a href="http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=15562">Bischof: Schwule wollen Sex mit Kindern</a>&#8212;<cite>Queer.de</cite>, 15th December 2011. Okay, here's <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.queer.de%2Fdetail.php%3Farticle_id%3D15562">a link to it on Google Translate</a>.
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>How not to run an online petition</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/how-not-to-run-an-online-petit.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3350</id>

    <published>2011-12-16T10:29:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-16T11:36:18Z</updated>

    <summary>Dozens of people have complained after their names falsely appeared on a petition to the Scottish Government opposing same-sex marriage. MSPs and the Information Commissioner have heard from people whose names appeared on the petition without their consent.</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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<strong>Scotland</strong>: Dozens of people have complained after their names falsely appeared on a petition to the Scottish Government opposing same-sex marriage. MSPs and the Information Commissioner have heard from people whose names appeared on the petition without their consent.
</p>
<blockquote>
Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale said a number of <q>furious</q> constituents had contacted her to say their names had been placed on the anti-gay marriage petition, which has been signed by former SNP leader Gordon Wilson, as well as senior figures from Scotland&#8217;s Episcopalians, the United Free Church of Scotland and the Evangelical Alliance.
</blockquote>
<p>
Scotland for Marriage, an alliance of mostly religious organisations and opposed to marriage, was quick to blame the victims.
</p>
<blockquote>
A spokesman for Scotland for Marriage suggested that supporters of gay marriage had placed their own names on the site in an <q>underhand tactic</q> to make it appear that Scotland for Marriage had dishonestly added names to the petition.
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<br />
He said: <q>This appears to be a malicious attempt to undermine the campaign. A police investigation would be welcome.</q>
</blockquote>
<p>
Those who found their names falsely added to the petition say that they were unaware they has "signed" the petition until it was published, suggesting that Scotland for Marriage had neglected to send out confirmation e-mail to signatories - a standard practice for online petitions. The bogus signatory who spoke to the Scotsman also did not think Scotland for Marriage deliberately added him to boost their numbers, but that someone else did so maliciously. In not applying even the simplest automated check, Scotland for Marriage have thoroughly undermined their own petition. No shenanigans required.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/bogus_names_discovered_on_petition_that_attacked_gay_marriage_1_2012068">Bogus names discovered on petition that attacked gay marriage</a>&#8212;<cite>The Scotsman</cite>, 16th December 2011.
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<entry>
    <title>Words fail me</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/words-fail-me.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3345</id>

    <published>2011-12-05T12:43:13Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-16T11:48:03Z</updated>

    <summary> Last night, Red Wolf forwarded me a link to an article. I have spent much of the intervening time wondering what on earth I could say about it, but I could only detract from the sheer amazement at reading this piece for the first time. So, without further comment, Awesome New UFO Theory: Approaching Comet is Really a Borg Cube From Jesus....</summary>
    <author>
        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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Last night, Red Wolf forwarded me a link to an article. I have spent much of the intervening time wondering what on earth I could say about it, but I could only detract from the sheer amazement at reading this piece for the first time. So, without further comment, <a href="http://io9.com/5864585/awesome-new-ufo-theory-approaching-comet-is-really-a-borg-cube-from-jesus">Awesome New UFO Theory: Approaching Comet is Really a Borg Cube From Jesus</a>.
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<entry>
    <title>Neopagan site destroyed in suspected hate attack</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/neopagan-site-destroyed-in-sus.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3344</id>

    <published>2011-12-05T10:14:18Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-16T12:00:12Z</updated>

    <summary>A stone circle built by neopagan students as a temple has been destroyed in what police believe to be a religiously-motivated hate crime. The circle has regularly been vandalised, but this time it is not the work of casual hooligans.</summary>
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        <name><![CDATA[Fe&ograve;rag]]></name>
        <uri>http://www.prattle.net/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=2&amp;id=3</uri>
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<strong>Wales</strong>: A stone circle built by neopagan students as a temple has been destroyed in what police believe to be a religiously-motivated hate crime. The circle has regularly been vandalised, but this time it is not the work of casual hooligans.
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<blockquote>The steps giving access to the site, in the grounds of the town's Trinity Saint David University campus, were also torn apart.
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Police believe that weapons, such as crow bars and pick axes, may have been used to deliberately cause as much damage to the area as possible.
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Lampeter Pc Richard Marshall told town councillors at a meeting last week that the site had been <q>maliciously taken apart</q> and is now unsafe to use.</blockquote>
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He also noted that the attack would have received considerably more coverage had it been a church.
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While the <cite>Telegraph</cite> noted the presence of a strong Theology department at Lampeter, the town is only about 25 miles/40km from Christian extremist Steve "Birdshit" Green's stamping ground of Carmarthen. The <a href="http://www.prattle.net/assets_c/2011/12/camarthen-lampeter-561.html">estimated fuel costs for the journey</a> say it all, really.
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8925373/Pagan-stone-circle-may-have-been-destroyed-in-religous-hate-attack.html">Pagan stone circle may have been destroyed in religious hate attack</a>&#8212;<cite>The Daily Telegraph</cite>, 5th December 2011.
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<entry>
    <title>African witchcraft round-up</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.prattle.net/2011/12/african-witchcraft-round-up.html" />
    <id>tag:www.prattle.net,2011://2.3343</id>

    <published>2011-12-03T20:50:37Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-16T12:02:41Z</updated>

    <summary>There are a few recent stories related to African witchcraft beliefs</summary>
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<strong>Africa</strong>: There are a few recent stories related to African witchcraft beliefs.
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<ul>
	<li><strong>Swaziland</strong>: <a href="http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=32991">Narrow escape for family suspected of practising witchcraft</a>&#8212;<cite>The Swazi Observer</cite>, 3rd December 2011</li>
	<li><strong>Ghana</strong>: <a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=224758">The Pope And the dangers of Africa&#8217;s Witchcraft Menace</a>&#8212;<cite>GhanaWeb</cite>, 3rd December 2011</li>
	<li><strong>Ghana</strong>: <a href="http://www.modernghana.com/movie/15880/3/jezebels-reincarnate-pastors-wife-decl.html">Jezebel's Reincarnate: Pastor's Wife Declares In Public</a>&#8212;<cite>Modern Ghana</cite>, 29th November 2011</li>
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