Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Russian Doomsday Cult decides to give up on the whole doomsday thing.

A group calling themselves the True Russian Orthodox Church were recently forced to leave their fortified cave, where they had hoped to await the return of White Jesus. It appears the cave was close to collapse, which the cult leader took to be a divine message that maybe staying holed up in a cave waiting for Jesus wasn't such a great idea. Other divine messages may have included the Almighty smighting their holy DVD player, and the supernatural noxiousness of brother Igor's farts. I really wish cults would stop putting a definite date on the apocalypse. It's preposterous enough that you think Jesus, or Elvis, or space aliens races with names suspiciously derived from Star Trek are coming for you and your brethren. Just tell us the apocalypse is coming at an indeterminate time, and society at large will leave you alone.  We may even abstain from firebombing your compound.

Some reporter from the IndyStar apparently doesn't check their article titles for racial undertones.


"Harangody, White join All-American 2nd team"

If I read that title quickly without any regard to context, which I often do with news, I would think that the event of a white person making an All-American basketball team would be newsworthy, for his incredible pastiness and perceived lack of athleticism. "White" actually refers to D.J. White, a senior forward for Indiana. ( Who is actually black.) Indystar, it would behoove you to edit your article titles carefully to protect newspaper's image from being defamed by people like me, racists who don't read things carefully. I assure you there are many of us in this country.