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Two cults brilliantly described in one magazine issue
I don’t know whether David Remnick conceived of the August 26 New Yorker as cult-themed. But I think it is, after reading two long, riveting pieces of journalism, each about a nightmarish movement, one in our country, one in Kenya. … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Guns in the U.S. of A., Journalism, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism
Tagged "A Cult in the Forest", "The Infiltrators", Alexis Okeowo, American cult of violence, David D Kirkpatric, David Remnick, doomsday cults, Jim Jones, Kenyan death cult, Kool Aid, The New Yorker, William Branham
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Animal news: berserker lemmings
Now why do you think I’m eager to mention “lemmings” at this point in our lives? But it turns out that lemmings do not follow each other over cliffs. They are not, as this pretty funny article says, “willing to … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Kool Aid, mass suicide, Norwegian lemmings
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