Thursday’s Weird News Roundup

Thursday’s Weird News Roundup: 2012, Lots of Conspiracy Files, Beekeeper Back From the Dead, Religious Posts, Canadian UFO mystery, Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robertson…

2012 Watch: – Pravda — Russian Astrologists Cancel Apocalypse in 2012.

Conspiracy Files:

- Mother Jones — What’s Obama’s Birther Legal Bill? (Less than you may think.)

- AP/Huffpo — Oliver Stone Talk: US In Denial Of JFK Assassination, Hitler’s Rise.

- AlterNet — James Bond Wannabe Part of Right-Wing Plot to Bug Senator’s Phones — One of the men arrested in the plot to bug Sen. Landrieu’s phones has ties to the intelligence community.

- TruthOut — Amateur Filmmaker Accused of Entrapping ACORN Employees Arrested by Federal Agents.

- HuffPo — James O’Keefe On Wiretapping Allegations: ‘Inaccurate And False’

- TruthOut — Swine Flu Didn’t Fly.

Death Files: – “Back from the Dead” — Polish beekeeper saved by pulse before coffin sealed.

Moon Watch: – Space.com — Full Moon Names for 2010.

Religion:

- AP/Independent — Pope John Paul II ‘whipped himself as penitence’ — Vatican must now confirm that a miracle attributed to John Paul’s intercession occurred in order for him to be beatified.

- RIA Novosti — Over 300 poisoned by ‘holy water’ in Siberia.

UFO Files:

- CBC News — DND, RCMP mum on Newfoundland UFO mystery. UPDATE: No evidence UFO was rocket PMO UPDATE: Defence Minister MacKay promises landing strip for UFOs.

- On a related note from Canada.com — Mystery N.L. object has tongues wagging.

Voodoo Post: Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robertson — A voodoo scholar on how believers may view the quake, why he thinks Pat Robertson’s remarks were “cruel, ignorant, unforgivable”—and more.

January 28, 2010 | Filed Under Weird News |