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That Time Blake Tried Blogging
It did not go well.Blake Dyer is Teal Bosworth Scott Swan's long-time friend, roommate, ex-boyfriend, and business partner. You may remember Blake from such hits as Jason Freedman: Freelance Reporter,...
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The Great American Eclipse
Crossposted from Reflections Journal.1979 Total Solar Eclipse TV News Report from Michael Kentrianakis on Vimeo.The last total eclipse of the sun to be visible in the United States was in 1979. Above...
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FACT CHECK: "Teal Swan Answers to the Allegations"
This is in no way a "hard hitting interview." Let's get that much out of the way, right now. This is an in-house production posted on teal's own channel. She is not being interviewed by a professional...
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FLDS Women Are Taking Their Power Back
Just when you thought the story of Warren Jeffs and the FLDS couldn't be any more stomach-turning, new and still more horrible details come to light. The "prophet," who remains incarcerated for...
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What is Cardinal Dolan So Afraid Of?
Cardinal Dolan is nothing if not consistent. He continues to work very hard to protect the Catholic Church from consequence for it's decades of enabling pedophile priests. After leaving a meeting with...
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Tony Robbins: Rape Apologist
On the Ides of March, Tony Robbins did one of his pricey "Unleash the Power Within" events in San Jose. What he unleashed instead was a firestorm. Right after the event, video surfaced of Robbins...
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Smallville Star Arrested for Role in Branding Cult
Allison Mack Gazes at Keith Raniere in Deeply Weird VideoKeith Raniere may be discovering that there's a downside to following the Scientology model of recruiting celebrities into your cult. For...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mainstream — UPDATED
The Gateway: Gizmodo's New Podcast AboutControversial YouTube Guru Teal Swan (TRAILER)The Gateway is a six-part series about Teal Swan, a new brand of spiritual guru, who draws in followers with her...
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Teal Swan: Cult or Movement?
People keep calling teal the c-word, cult leader, and dammit, she's addressed this! Way back in 2014, she put this matter to rest, with a blog post addressing, point by point, the cult criteria that...
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In Pennsylvania, A Reckoning
The headlines alone make make my gorge rise:Priests used gold crosses to ID kids as abuse targets... Priests Produced Child Pornography on Church Property...Church helped priest accused of sex abuse...
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James Arthur Ray and His Business of Death
"The fact that he would do this suggests to me he hasn't learned all that much -- the idea of trying to turn what he did into somehow generating money by the redemption book or whatever.... I think...
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Breakfast With Russell Baker
Russell BakerAugust 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019I was awake well before sunrise that Friday morning. A limousine was waiting for me in front of my building in Bloomfield, New Jersey, because commuter...
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From Spotlight to "Year of Hell" for Vatican
I'm not really sure why I binged Catholic abuse stories over the holidays. What sort of dark compulsion caused me to immerse myself in The Keepers and Spotlight, both of which had been languishing on...
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Catholic Nuns Are Saying #Metoo
The dumpster fire of Vatican scandal continues with the revelation of widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests known of and concealed for decades. In this case it's the Church's own nuns who have...
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"Vanilla" Rape, Unrepentant Self-Pity, and Toothless Edicts: The Moral...
***TRIGGER WARNING***On March 29th, Pope Francis took the unprecedented step of making Vatican City officials and diplomats mandated reporters of sexual abuse. Reminder: It is now the year of our Lord...
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James Arthur Ray On How To Leverage Self-Pity
James Arthur Ray is declaring himself an expert on the career comeback, which is weird, because he really hasn't made one. Don't tell him that, though. His marketing angle, ever since he was released...
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Her Tealness Wants You To Respect Her Authoritah!
Several weeks ago Andey Fellowes asked, "Is Teal Swan Unravelling?" His concerns are well-founded. Her videos seem to be increasingly petulant, even hostile. And it's not just her critics she's angry...
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Retrogrades and the Atrological "Perfect Storm"
I don't think I'm exactly breaking news when I say that everything sucks right now. But, according to a number of astrological reports I've seen, our no good, very bad year is about to get worse. And...
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Is James Arthur Ray Losin' It?
I don't check James Ray's social media often, but when I do, I totally spin out on the colossal arrogance, the indulgent self-pity, the insensitivity -- nay, cruelty -- of his posts. That's probably...
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How the Moral Have Fallen
The evangelical Christian college Liberty University announced on Monday that it is opening an independent investigation into its recently resigned president Jerry Falwell Jr., heir to its founder,...
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Sad Reflections on the Feast of Mary Magdalene
Today is the Feast of Mary Magdalene. It's been a very weird day.I am not Catholic and I do not pay much attention to the Church's calendar. But I was reminded that it's the day the Church commemorates...
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Former Pope Offers Non-Apology Apology in Abuse Scandal
Pope Benedict XVI, retired, has penned a plea for forgiveness for things he did not do and does not apologize for. (!!!) Ya just can't make this stuff up. Here are some of the headlines for this...
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Off the Deep End with Teal Swan
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From Deep End to Deepfake: Inside Teal Swan's Marketing Machine
Fake NewsRising Prices and the Shrinking TribeBreathtaking CrueltyWhen Teal Bosworth Scott Swan got her long-sought break into "mainstream"media coverage, it did not go well. Her quest for fame brought...
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Nature vs. Man
In what some are calling the "feel-good story of the year," killer whales — obviously sick of being cheap entertainment for Sea World voyeurs — seem to have declared war on yachts.The boat in question...
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