Category Archives: End Times

A Brief History of Great Disappointments

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “A Brief History of Great Disappointments”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy now, I’m sure you’ve heard that 89-year old Harold Camping, nonagenarian evangelical leader, has predicted that Rapture will arrive this Saturday. If you’re like me, your first question was “can I … Continue reading →

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Individuality Under Assault

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Individuality Under Assault”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia David Neiwert at C&L: CNN offers a disturbing look into the rhetoric of the Hutaree militia. Neiwert does a good job dissecting it all here, but there’s one aspect that I don’t think gets … Continue reading →

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The Paranoid Universe

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Paranoid Universe”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailLast June, the New York Times took a look at the present-day John Birch Society: Yet for others, the John Birch Society is urgently relevant to the matters of today, in its support of secure … Continue reading →

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The Eyes of Elimination

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Eyes of Elimination”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailGregory Girard, the creepy-looking dude to the right, is a tea party wingnut. Massachusetts authorities have arrested him for assembling a weapons cache that included military grade weapons, explosive devices including tear gas and … Continue reading →

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Dear Harold Estes

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Dear Harold Estes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI read your missive to the president, and once again feel it necessary to repeat that despite being a veteran myself, I don’t put much stock in those whose primary qualification is listed as “veteran” … Continue reading →

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The Beck-Van Impe Nexus

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Beck-Van Impe Nexus”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailEven as I’ve researched Beck’s sources, it seems to me that he’s been sounding more and more like Jack Van Impe. Take this latest slice of his radio show, as recorded by Media Matters: … Continue reading →

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