Are Beyonce, Lady Gaga, And Other Pop Stars Just "Maria" From Metropolis?

The mysterious blogger known as "Vigilant Citizen" (who claims to be "a music producer who has composed music for some fairly well-known “urban” artists") thinks so:

"...Metropolis is excessively echoed in popular culture, especially in the music business. Whether it be in music videos or photo shoots, pop stars are often portrayed as the character Maria, an android programmed to corrupt the morals of the workers and to incite a revolt, giving the elite an excuse to use violence repression. Are pop stars used by the elite in the same matter, to corrode the morals of the masses?"

The Paul The Octopus Death Cover-up Conspiracy

Did Paul the Psychic Octopus really die on July 9th -- two days before the end of the World Cup -- and replaced by German aquarium owners with a lookalike double? Jiang Xiao, a Chinese filmmaker, makes the shocking claim:

"I am 60 to 70 per cent sure that Paul died on July 9th (two days before the World Cup final) and the Germans have been covering up his death and fooling us for a long time..." 

He alleges that the German public was angry that Paul was picking Spain over his native country as the winner of the World Cup...and that somebody might have done Paul in!

Further: that this alleged ersatz octopus was no psychic!

Well, just when you thought this story was over, it sort of isn't (though it probably is anyway). Sorry.

Woman Claims She Caught Her Husband On Camera Turning Into An Alien Reptile

You're gonna need a big pot o' coffee for this tale, folks...woman on YouTube claims that ex-husband is a bug-eating "reptilian" from another planet. (I know what you're probably thinking...*that's what they all say!*)

Graverobbing Bears Terrorize Russia

The Guardian reports that a lack of food around the Arctic Circle has forced bears to dig up graves in nearby Russia -- and eat the corpses!

The article begins with the delightful image of what looks like a large person in a fur coat mourning over a grave...

 ...only to turn out to be a BEAR! A big, hungry bear eating the dead body!

This incident happened in the northern republic of Komi, near the Arctic Circle, and it is apparently not an isolated case. Reports of overturned tombstones and half-eaten corpses strewn over the grounds are common in the area.

But don't worry, the Russian government is on the job: drafting legislation to kill the bears during the winter months. When all they really needed was a sandwich or picnic basket.

Philip K. Dick And The Book That Wrote Itself

In 1974, Philip K. Dick wrote a novel called "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said." He later claimed that following the writing of this book he experienced a series of coincidences that linked the text from the book with real-life. For the sake of expediency, the following is quoted from Wikipedia:

"In his article 'How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later'[1] Dick recounts how in describing an incident at the end of the book (end of chapter 27) to an Episcopalian priest, the priest noted its striking similarity to a scene in the Books of Acts in the Bible. In Dick's book, the police chief, Felix Buckman, meets a black stranger at an all-night gas station, with whom he uncharacteristically makes an emotional connection. First of all he hands the stranger a drawing of a heart pierced by an arrow. He then flies away, but quickly returns and hugs the stranger, after which they strike up a friendly conversation. In the Book of Acts (chapter 8), the disciple Philip meets an Ethiopian eunuch (i.e. a black man) sitting in a chariot to whom he explains a passage from the Book of Isaiah, and then converts him to Christianity.

Vision Test: Do You See Marilyn Monroe or Albert Einstein In This Picture?

And if you see John F. Kennedy in this picture, you are bipolar.

Woman Banned From Church For Erectile Dysfunction Commercial

An Australian woman has been "disfellowshipped" from her church until the erectile dysfunction ad she starred in is taken off the air.

The ad features a woman who uses her husband's newly erect penis as a step-ladder to reach a cookie-jar over the refrigerator. The actress, Libby Ashby, admits that the ad was in bad taste, but that she needed the money and that her "Visa was calling out for mercy."

Thou shalt not use an unnaturally erect member as a step ladder to get cookies, I guess.

Paul The Psychic World Cup Octopus Is Dead

Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of eight World Cup matches this year, has died in his tank in Germany. While one would suspect that the daily strain that goes with accessing the unnatural psychic talents of his molluskian mind might have contributed to Paul's death, it is reported that he died peacefully and of natural causes.

Good news, though: the staff at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen report that Paul II is already being trained.

Paul, also known affectionately as "Pulpo Paul," made his psychic predictions by choosing a mussel from one of two transparent boxes identified with the national flags of the two opposing teams.

Spiegel Online: "Death Of An Oracle: Rest In Peace, Paul"

Was A Time-Traveler Caught On Camera In Charlie Chaplin's 1928 Film "The Circus"?

YouTube user yellowfeverbelfast claims to have spotted a woman (or man in drag) talking into what looks like a cell phone in the 1928 Charlie Chaplin movie "The Circus." Is this some sort of time traveler accidentally caught on film? Was the person talking on an advanced device perhaps devised by someone like Nikola Tesla? Or is there a perfectly reasonable explanation? Watch the video and decide for yourself.





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12 Members Of Family Jump Off Building To Flee The Devil

A wife in France woke up to see her husband standing naked, called him the devil, and shortly thereafter her and 11 other members of her family living in the house jumped off their 3rd-floor balcony to flee him.

The so-called devil's sister-in-law stabbed the man in the hand before joining her family members in leaping off the balcony. A four-month-old child died in his mother's arms as the result of the mass jump.

Obviously, there's a lot of unanswered questions, here. Was the family hyper-religious?

The Sun: "Devil Fall Kills Baby"