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Dissed and pissed Santa Claus cancels future visits
From Harper’s Weekly Review: Israeli police raided a Christmas party in Haifa, confiscating equipment and arresting a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus; a man dressed as Santa Claus was stopped by police for drunk driving in Rivne, Ukraine; and … Continue reading
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Tagged Harper's, Santa Claus
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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged apocalypse, Ghana rapture, Harper's, The Rapture
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I can’t let New Year’s Day go by without reporting this weirdness
My sister, Doctor Deb, a serious physician with our family sense of absurdist humor, called from her car to tell me this: When driving through Sleepy Hollow, she has passed a store called Ashes to Glasses without thinking more about … Continue reading
Posted in Mishegas, The Facts of Life
Tagged Ashes to Glasses, Perplexity
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