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A Second Look at James Ray Documentary
CNN will be re-airing Enlighten Us this Saturday evening at 9:00 (check local listings), so if you missed it, you have another opportunity. As I wrote here, I don't think it's good, or fair, but it is...
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Plea Deals in FLDS Food Stamp Case
The FLDS food stamp fraud case ends with a whimper, as the State brokers a range of plea deals and dropped charges. Both sides are declaring victory in the highly publicized case. But there is still...
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Her Philia?
In a recent blog post, Teal Bosworth Scott Swan leveled some pretty serious allegations against the "hate group" conspiring to shut down her new retreat center.To add to it all, the collective hate...
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James Arthur Ray's Alternative Facts
Yesterday James Ray went before a judge to argue that he was unfairly burdened by his felony conviction and that it should be set aside. But unlike the recent documentaryEnlighten Us, that enabled Ray...
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Is Pope Francis Too Soft on Pedophile Priests?
Over the weekend, I read that Pope Francis is backtracking on pedophile priests, trimming their sentences and showing them "mercy." I was saddened. I am not Catholic. I have never particularly "liked"...
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Bleeding the Beast That Is Warren Jeffs
Members of the FLDS really don't like to pay taxes. They don't readily cooperate with the government, or acknowledge its authority. FLDS children are taught that Warren Jeffs is president of the United...
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Lyle Jeffs In Custody, Not Raptured
Acting on a tip from a pawn shop in South Dakota, the FBI has captured fugitive Lyle Jeffs. It appears that the disgraced FLDS leader did not in fact experience "the miracle of rapture" as his attorney...
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The C of E Calls Itself to Account
The Church of England has made a clean breast of it, but for the many victims of Bishop Peter Ball, it comes far too late. When it mattered, the Church enabled and colluded with a pederast who...
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Vatican's Ticking Gay Bomb Goes Off
The Catholic Church has a gay problem. I'm not talking about its regressive, homophobic doctrine, but about the sheer hypocrisy. Openly gay, former friar Mark Dowd called it a "ticking gay bomb." By...
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Hobby Lobby Goes to the Black Market for Jesus
Note to Hobby Lobby: Please stick to arts and crafts and leave archaeology to the professionals. Hobby Lobby purchased thousands of ancient artifacts smuggled out of modern-day Iraq via the United Arab...
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In Salem a New Memorial and a Chilling Reminder
Last week a new memorial was dedicated to victims of the Salem witch trials. Wednesday, July 19 marked the 325th anniversary of the first five hangings, a number that would expand to 19 in a series of...
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The Taofighter Interview
As discussed in my post about Blake Dyer's foray into blogging, there is an unpublished interview with Cameron Clark, which addresses her break with Guru Ethics. She was approached by a teal follower...
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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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