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WHEN PIGS FLY is a group about unbelievable nonsense. A place to laugh at the wierd beliefs and crazy nonsense of people who are clearly our inferiors.
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Discussion Forum
Animal Planet goes totally pseudoscience: mermaids
Started by Adriana. Last reply by doone Mar 18. 39 Replies 2 Likes
Scientists sequence Bigfoot's DNA!!
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Adriana Mar 15. 45 Replies 1 Like
Magnetism still confuses believers: Earth Rotation Denialists
Started by Michel. Last reply by Neo Mar 7. 3 Replies 0 Likes
A skeptic's lament: America the nutty
Started by Adriana. Last reply by James Smith Jan 28. 12 Replies 2 Likes
How bad ideas gain social traction
Started by Michel. Last reply by Chris Dec 29, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Man Faces Death Threats and Jail for Pointing Out That Weeping Jesus "Miracle" Is Just Faulty Plumbing
Started by Michel. Last reply by Michel Nov 27, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
SCAMS
Started by Michel. Last reply by Neal Nov 19, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
EBay Bans Magic Potions, Curses, Spells, but not Holy Water!!
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Neal Aug 20, 2012. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Holistic natural dentistry
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Adriana Jun 25, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
What's the harm in a little Buddhist retreat?
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Davy Jun 10, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
It’s officially legal to kill Bigfoot in Texas
Started by Neal. Last reply by Adriana May 9, 2012. 7 Replies 1 Like
The extinction of dinosaurs was not caused by their flatulence
Started by Adriana. Last reply by doone May 9, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Exposing the Chupacabra
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Keely May 9, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Cryptozoology
Started by Adriana. Last reply by Dallas the Phallus Apr 1, 2012. 31 Replies 1 Like
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Leftover Links for 25 May 2013
Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here are a few leftovers from today. Grieving parents speak out against anti-vaccination extremists | thetelegraph.com.au. “I never have and never will harass or hurt a grieving parent” – Meryl Dorey | reasonablehank. Dolphin assisted therapy offers a controversial treatment for disabled children. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? – Salon.com.Solar-powered plane sparks UFO reports
Modern tech strikes again. Lovely blue lights… It’s Not a UFO! A Strange Solar-Powered Plane Is Crossing the U.S. – Businessweek. Shortly after midnight in early May, a strange aircraft approached Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport. It had the wingspan of a jumbo jet but flew at only about 40 miles per hour; 16 bright, bluish-white lights shone along the leading edge of its spindly wings. Concerned Phoenicians called the police to report an alien landing. Sky Harbor’s air traffic control explained to Phoenix police that the ostensible UFO was really a solar-powered airplane: the Solar Impulse. Very cool craft! And only temporarily unidentified. When you see just lights (and these are strange-looking LED lights that we aren’t really used to seeing in the sky, you can’t really tell what is holding the lights. But, it is another lesson on UFOs – there are SO many strange things in the sky these days, we will certainly see more people reporting such sightings. But there are less reasons to think they are otherworldly. Thanks to man-made technology, they are futuristic flying objects. Check out the Solar Impulse here (Note: Having trouble with this website). And see the story on how the [...]Come on, local news teams! Falling for hoaxed UFO photos? Lame.
We don’t typically link to Openminds.tv but this was a good story that resulted in a good lesson. You can be fooled. Easily. Fake California UFO photo fools Ohio TV news | Openminds.tv. The Camera360 phone app strikes again. Ohio’s WMFD News recently featured the story of a man who said he captured a UFO in a picture he took with his tablet while vacationing in California. However, the UFO image is one that comes with the Camara360 photo app for smartphones. Camera360 is a smartphone app that allows the user to manipulate photos taken on their phones. Among other effects, it lets the user add aliens and UFOs to their images. Unfortunately, it makes hoaxing a convincing picture very simple. However, WMFD should not feel too bad. News agencies across the world have been fooled by these pictures recently, including as far a Thailand and Indonesia. This has been happening a lot. I admit I’m confused why news stations post such things – they are dubious, likely to be hoaxes and REALLY NOT NEWS. No picture taken on a cell phone can be counted as credible evidence. They post it anyway and make fools out of themselves. Oh, theses [...]Comment Wall
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Comment by Neal on April 29, 2012 at 10:25am -
I notice that all theists need help, but they don't seem to want it. =)
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Comment by Adriana on April 29, 2012 at 9:40am -
I think it's unbelievable that nobody noticed she needed psychiatric help!
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Comment by Michel on April 28, 2012 at 4:34pm -
I guess the poor lady was low on chlorophyll =/
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Comment by Susan Stanko on April 28, 2012 at 3:52pm -
It is times like this when I wish she didn't have time to breed.
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Comment by Neal on April 27, 2012 at 11:23am
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Can't fix stupid.
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Comment by Adriana on April 27, 2012 at 7:24am
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Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on sunlight; Woman gave up food and water on spiritual journey
Documentary film 'In the Beginning, There Was Light' gave her the idea
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 3:30 PM
Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 4:14 PMThe prosecutors' office in the Swiss canton (state) of Aargau confirmed Wednesday that the woman died in the town of Wolfhalden in eastern Switzerland.
Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reports that a woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual diet that required her to stop eating or drinking and live off sunlight alone.
The Zurich newspaper reported Wednesday that the unnamed Swiss woman in her fifties decided to follow the radical fast in 2010 after viewing an Austrian documentary about an Indian guru who claims to have lived this way for 70 years.
Tages-Anzeiger says there have been similar cases of self-starvation in Germany, Britain and Australia.
The prosecutors' office in the Swiss canton (state) of Aargau confirmed Wednesday that the woman died in January 2011 in the town of Wolfhalden in eastern Switzerland.
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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 22, 2012 at 12:43am -
New video on the homepage.
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Comment by Michel on April 20, 2012 at 1:33pm
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Heard on the Tweet:
Most of what we know about chemistry and quantum electrodynamics (the Crown Jewel of physics) must be wrong for
#homeopathy to be true.
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Comment by Michel on February 26, 2012 at 2:35pm
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Comment by Neal on February 26, 2012 at 1:43pm
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Someone watched The Day the Earth Stood Still one too many times.
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