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Review of Ancient Aliens S14E19 "Human Hieroglyphs"

11/8/2019

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The night this episode of Ancient Aliens aired marked the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast of the pilot episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, the horror anthology series that accidentally triggered the chain of events that would culminate in Ancient Aliens. Night Gallery explored the Gothic, the outré, the Lovecraftian, and the bizarre, all while experimenting with ways to stretch the limits of 1970s television’s format, structure, and production values. The results were mixed. Some exceptional, many good, and quite a few awful segments aired, but NBC wasn’t satisfied with the results. When Serling saw the cancelation writing on the wall, he and Alan Landsburg moved on to nonfiction, adapting Chariots of the Gods for American TV, a special that served as the launching pad for In Search of…, a staple of 1970s and 1980s syndication packages. Its success in reruns helped convince the History Channel to adapt Chariots of the Gods anew as Ancient Aliens, which, perhaps ironically, now airs paired with a new version of In Search Of. This Ancient Aliens episode topic—tattoos that have a sinister connection to space aliens—might have made for an interesting Night Gallery segment. Of course, Supergirl is currently doing an evil alien tattoo plot, so that’s … something.
Segment 1
This is one of those topics that makes me uncomfortable. I studied anthropology in college, and took my degree in it, and I feel uneasy about holding other cultures’ (and subcultures’) practices up for rubbernecking as some sort of alien “other.” It’s doubly weird when the narrator, Robert Clotworthy, asks what would cause someone to alter their bodies with tattoos, piercings, and other forms of body art, as though these behaviors are completely foreign to the audience. At one point, one of the guests goes so far as to say that he observed body modification in National Geographic magazine, thought it cool, and imitated it. There’s a lot to unpack here about cultural appropriation, cultural relativism, and how we define the mainstream and the normal, but Ancient Aliens doesn’t care about any of that. They claim the practices derive from “so-called ‘primitive’” tribes and leave it at that before moving on to acupuncture, a pseudo-medical system that has no scientific evidence in its favor but which David Childress suggests was invented by space aliens and given to Ice Age Europeans.
 
Mitch Horowitz, who believes that rich people have magical powers and are favored by the universe, claims that tattoos of modern Grey space aliens—a type of “alien” not invented until after the 1960s—are really “primeval” symbols that connect humanity to the cosmos. He similarly claims that astrological tattoos and even the five-pointed star aren’t just symbols chosen because of modern New Age belief but instead have bubbled up into hipster consciousness from some imagined deep well of alien mystical knowledge. Uh-huh. So what does that make butterfly tattoos? Sidelong race-memories of Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”?
Segment 2
The second segment already struggles to have anything to say about tattooing, so it repeats the same few ideas over and over, namely that some Egyptian women had goddess tattoos. Lacking anything to do with this information, they fall back on old claims that the solar barge in Egyptian mythology was a flying saucer. Over and over they repeat the claim that tattoos might commemorate contact with space aliens, but they never really make any sort of argument for why the tattoo would be of any more importance than any other type of art.  
 
Horowitz suggests that Egyptian symbols contain “power” that tattoo enthusiasts intuitively experience as “awe” without understanding it. The narrator adds that ancient symbols are imbued with alien energy that endures through subconscious connections that cause people to embrace them. This is bullshit. Regular readers know that I collect two headed eagles, another ancient symbol of power—political, rather than divine—and, yes, symbols can be inspirational without having a space alien magically charging them with mystical energy. The meaning is in the observer, not the symbol.
Segment 3
The third segment returns to the old canard of cargo cults, particularly the cargo cult of Vanuatu, introduced to the ancient astronaut theory by the film version of Chariots of the Gods that Rod Serling bequeathed to America. This has nothing to do with tattoos or body modification, but it gives the ancient astronaut theorists time to be vaguely racist and condescending. As per usual, the show claims that ancient people built monuments like pyramids and stupas in imitation of space aliens’ ships. They even repeat the old claim (from a very racist Erich von Däniken, writing of “wild Indians” in 1973!) that an Amazonian tribe has an “astronaut” god in a wicker space suit. It’s a beekeeper’s suit, as I showed seven years ago in debunking, yes, Ancient Aliens when they previously made the same claim. The narrator then says that body modification might be an effort to imitate the look of space aliens. The show gawks at neck rings to produce the illusion of an elongated neck and then pretends to believe that the dragons of myth that inspired the practice were really reptilian aliens.
Segment 4
The fourth segment describes the practice of head-binding, one of the more unusual and inexplicable human practices, found worldwide. The show alleges that the resulting elongated skulls were created in imitation of space aliens and that our DNA (!) is programmed (!!) to make us want to look like space aliens. Therefore, tattoos and other body modification are “practice runs” for transhuman alterations. This idea fails to explain why only some people seem to feel the need to look like the way we imagined space aliens after the Outer Limits invented the modern space alien during three consecutive weeks in of episodes in the winter of 1964. During this segment William Henry visits a transhumanist who likes to stick technological and radioactive material into his body. He has horns.
Segment 5
If this material starts to sound familiar, it’s because much of it, including the fifth segment, is largely a repeat of material from the show’s last two episodes about transhumanism. To justify the repetition, it adds a news peg about recent efforts to create “smart” tattoos whose inks change color according to temperature, store thermal energy, etc., or could strengthen the skin. The show asks if aliens had artistic tattoos that doubled as technological devices—basically Supergirl’s evil tattoo plot. Gray Scott makes a return appearance on the show after three years, and he is still a creepy, overly mannered performance imitating a person. The segment is thin, however, and the narrator is reduced to simply repeating the same questions about whether body modification imitates space aliens over and over again.
Segment 6
The final segment talks about whether smart tattoos can help astronauts control their space suits, and then it repeats the same material about tattoos strengthening the skin from segment 5. The narrator again repeats the question of whether aliens inspired tattooing and whether our genes drive us to do it. Tattoos make us the “equals” of aliens, the narrator says. The summation repeats material from the first segment, and this incredibly repetitive episode repeats itself a few more times before it finally hits the 1 hour and 3 minute mark and packs up its toys and goes home.
76 Comments
Egyptian symbols contain “power”
11/9/2019 02:46:44 am

Judaism borrowed its religion from Egypt and then rebooted it to fit in with its own culture. Judaism then invented the story of the Exodus to deny it borrowed its religious ideas from Egypt.

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Rabbi Kent
11/9/2019 07:48:33 am

Alternatively, it's an attempt by the Hebrews to retcon their origin story and *claim* a connection with Egypt. Some Hebrews "lit out for the territories" in Twain's phrase, others followed, then they were all enslaved, then God displayed his super powers and they di di mau'ed across the Red Sea only to get lost in Saudi Arabia for 40 years. Along the way, more super powers.

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What Red Sea?
11/9/2019 10:10:34 am

Taking Exodus seriously
Such a fundamentalist

Rabbi Kent
11/9/2019 10:25:14 am

Simply following the consensus of modern scholarship that it's all made up. You have no problem with the 10 Plagues?

WHY 10 PLAGUES
11/9/2019 10:32:38 am

Why not 11, or 9, or any other number ?

Why specifically 10 Plagues ?

Rabbi Kent
11/9/2019 12:14:44 pm

You're asking "Why are there 10 Things That Didn't Happen Instead of Some Other Number of Things That Didn't Happen?" 10 Sefirot, 10 Lost Tribes, 10 men to make a Minyan. Why 11 Sons of Israel? File it all under N for "Not My Problem". Might as well ask why Hansel & Gretel didn't have a transgender sibling.

WHY TEN PLAGUES ?
11/9/2019 02:19:45 pm

Born Loser

Rabbi Kent
11/11/2019 02:32:30 pm

So no one's made the connection between 11 Sons of Israel and 11 (surviving) Apostles? The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, כ kaf without a dot, is pronounced like the Greek χ, symbolic of "Christ".

You can find anything if you're stupid and look hard enough. 345.

An Anonymous Nerd
11/9/2019 01:56:42 pm

All religions have historical origins, though odd how most things I've read places the historical origins of Judaism someplace other than Egypt. Even odder how your comment does not relate to any topic covered by the article to which it replies.

-An Anonymous Nerd

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Not the Comte de Saint Germain
11/9/2019 02:17:43 pm

He's a recurring commenter who keeps bringing up his idiotic fixations no matter what the topic of the post is. Argue with his historical illiteracy, as Rabbi Kent just did, and he'll act as if you're advocating biblical literalism even if you're explicitly rejecting it.

Out of Egypt
11/9/2019 02:25:34 pm

Out of Egypt Have I called my Son
I only read the country Egypt in that statement
Gee, that statement must have had some significance

Personal experience
11/9/2019 04:18:09 am

_before moving on to acupuncture, a pseudo-medical system that has no scientific evidence in its favor_

This is the problem of science and its lack of understanding.

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An Anonymous Nerd
11/9/2019 08:12:13 am

The X-Files also had an evil tattoo, in an episode that was particularly awful even for that awful show.

-An Anonymous Nerd

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Machala
11/9/2019 09:54:53 am

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that the X-Files was a terrible show. Piss poor production; mediocre scripts; lame talent; stilted, one-dimensional acting ... this show program had it all.

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And you're wrong
11/9/2019 10:09:05 am

Good that your messages were deleted because they were disgraceful

Fundamentalists
11/9/2019 10:16:58 am

All these wars and conflicts between the Jews and the PLO, Hezbollah etc would never exist in the first place if those retards did not take the Bible seriously and be religious fundamentalists in the first place. The conflicts only exist through taking those past mythologies of the Middle East seriously - most of which are dismissed by Biblical scholars and mainstream historians. Some people believe in the Biblical account of Israel conquering Canaan without knowing there isn't the slightest bit of archaeological evidence to support it.

Politics of the Middle East is founded on extinct superstitions of the past that linger on in ignorant people.



Kent
11/9/2019 10:31:53 am

You raise a good point but miss the logical conclusion: if the Biblical account is correct and the claim to be descended from the Biblical Hebrews is correct, today's Israelis are descended from invaders, slaughterers, and usurpers. Then again, if the shoe fits...

Need Evidence
11/9/2019 10:34:59 am

This blog is all about finding evidence - show the evidence for the Biblical story of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites.
Albright found the missing evidence interesting.

Kent
11/9/2019 11:14:18 am

It literally doesn't matter. One way or the other the people of that area were invaded, slaughtered, and had their land usurped.

Of course we all know that modern day Israel has been completely excavated by archaeologists.

Joab
11/9/2019 01:43:21 pm

Everyone in the Middle East is descended from invaders, usurpers and slaughterers.

NEED EVIDENCE
11/9/2019 02:21:56 pm

Invaders, usurpers etc - it matters if Jewish because of The Bible and You-Know-Who

Adam Sandler
11/9/2019 02:42:06 pm

But he isn't anti-Semite just anti-Zionist. But he can go on all day long without even mentioning the word Zionist.

Homer Sextown
11/9/2019 03:05:00 pm

@ Machala: Yes, when I was a teenager I also reflexively didn't like things that were considered "cool". If your comeback is "But I was an adult!" that doesn't really help.

Sarah Michelle Gellar
11/9/2019 04:35:30 pm

How many Jews live in Damascus or Mecca and how are they treated.


Kent: Uh, but the USS Liberty incident......

The Liberty Incident Revealed
11/9/2019 05:51:44 pm

A. J. Cristol, The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship, Revised & Expanded, 2013

Kent
11/9/2019 07:36:13 pm

Jews in Damascus and Mecca? Don't know don't care. My guess for Mecca would be zero Jews.

And YES, uh the USS Liberty vicious murderous attack during daylight hours by our so-called ally, and YES, uh the Norwegian waiter murder by our so-called ally Israel, and YES, uh the letter bomb sent to President Truman by our so-called ally Israel. And YES, uh the Sabra and Shatila massacre. And YES, uh etc.

AND YES, THE SINKING OF THE LIBERTY WAS SETTLED
11/9/2019 07:40:55 pm

PERIOD.

Bubba Manichevitz
11/9/2019 08:13:46 pm

The alleged letter bomb was an unsubstantiated claim made by Truman's daughter 20 years after it supposedly happened. the alleged group involved was later suppressed by the Israeli government after independence and some ended up in prison, Hardly an endorsement of their actions if they could even be proven to have done it. A lot of people on a variety of fronts were doing bad things during that period. So what.


I was told by a co-worker who worked on naval Intelligence on a US spy boat in the Med during that period that the attack on the Liberty was deliberate and a warning to the US to back off of an increasingly aggressive campaign of spying on everyone including its own allies. You dance too close to the fire long enough and you are going to get burned.


Norwegian waiter? To quote you, "Don't know, don't care."


If you really think that all nations don't sometimes do bad things to allies in their own perceived national self-interest, and Israelis are some special case then you are even dumber than you sound.

The Waiter
11/9/2019 08:41:46 pm

Possibly meant Ahmed Bouchiki, who was assassinated by Mossad agents in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer in July 1973 - victim of mistaken identity

Joab
11/9/2019 08:52:41 pm

Horrible things happen all over the world on a daily basis. One cannot even keep up with the body count attributed to Muslim sectarian violence any given week. If all you have is dredging up scattered events from 35 to 75 years ago to make your case you may not have a very good case. If one bothers to read something like the book Every Spy a Prince they can see that Israel has frequently admitted its mistakes and made amends. At lest to a greater extent than many of its neighbors, enemies, and allies.


It remains fashionable for people like Kent/AmericanNegro to play this kind of game of tunnel vision outrage.

Kent
11/9/2019 09:09:19 pm

"AND YES, THE SINKING OF THE LIBERTY WAS SETTLED
11/9/2019 07:40:55 pm
PERIOD."

Don't know what you're talking about. The attack didn't sink the U.S.S. Liberty. Getting basic facts right would be a step in the right direction.

Actually the Truman letter bomb incident(s) was corroborated by someone who actually worked in the WH mail room, Ira R.T. Smith in "Dear Mr. President".

"the alleged group involved was later suppressed by the Israeli government after independence and some ended up in prison"

Not "alleged" if you could get a military decoration for belonging to it.

BUT...

"Just before the first Israeli elections in January 1949, a general amnesty to Lehi members was granted by the government.[22] In 1980, Israel instituted a military decoration, an "award for activity in the struggle for the establishment of Israel", the Lehi ribbon.[23] Former Lehi leader Yitzhak Shamir became Prime Minister of Israel in 1983."

OOPS.

While I try to know more than you about history, I'm currently more concerned about Obama's unprovoked invasion of Syria and Trump's continuation of it. That will come back to bite us.

If you think only the U.S. doesn't get to hold grudges, you're dumber than you think I sound.

Joab
11/9/2019 09:30:13 pm

Check his box for not having not read anything like Every Spy a Prince AND confusing corroboration with substantiation.

1947, 1980. LOL. Like I said digging through history and being quite selective about it..

Amnesty was granted to Lehi members AFTER it had been suppressed by the Israeli government and some members imprisoned. That's how amnesty generally works. They got medals. Imagine that, people getting medals for doing bad things. Never happens except in Israel. Muslim suicide bombers families get cash rewards for slaughtering Israeli children.

To repeat, tunnel vision outrage. Sorry.

Jim
11/9/2019 09:46:20 pm

Kent:

"While I try to know more than you about history, I'm currently more concerned about Obama's unprovoked invasion of Syria and Trump's continuation of it. That will come back to bite us."

What about the unprovoked US invasion of Greenland ?

Kent:

"The United States invaded Greenland"

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/friday-roundup-hunting-hitler-star-blames-shootings-on-feminization-plus-jimmy-church-comes-out-against-to-the-stars#comments

While you may or may not know more about history than someone else you will make up lies and crap to support your asinine arguments because you refuse to admit you are wrong.
Just like Wolter.

Who can believe anything you say ?

Wes
11/9/2019 11:59:18 pm

The US government awarded 20 Medals of Honor to soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre. Jihadists are granted martyrdom for blowing up civilians. Not exactly a rarity for onetime outlaws to later become national leaders. Eamon de Valera is a good example. The royalty in some Arab nations started out as just really good thieves and killers. The warm and fuzzy Swiss and Scandanavians have their own skeletons stashed away in their closets. Israel is just another member of a really big club.

KENT IS ANTHONY WARREN
11/10/2019 01:31:31 am

Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.

In May 1968, the Israeli government paid US$3.32 million (equivalent to US$23.9 million in 2018) to the U.S. government in compensation for the families of the 34 men killed in the attack. In March 1969, Israel paid a further $3.57 million ($24.4 million in 2018) to the men who had been wounded. In December 1980, it agreed to pay $6 million ($18.2 million in 2018) as the final settlement for material damage to Liberty itself plus 13 years of interest.

Kent
11/10/2019 10:18:23 am

The big American flag on the fantail(?) should have been a tipoff.

Oh, Israel threw an anemic amount of money at the problem? That fixes everything.

The lifetime gag order on the crew doesn't suggest to you that this was more than a simple mistake? Okay...

Pres. Johnson bears a large portion of the blame for pulling back air support. Johnson lied in his [one paragraph treatment of the incident] in his autobiography, reducing the number of killed and wounded from by lowering them from 34 to 10 and 171 to 100, respectively.

"Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time of the Liberty incident, said that he, 'cannot accept the claim by the Israelis that this was a case of mistaken identity'."

Moorer was a stand-up guy, as evidenced by the fact that Henry Kissinger spied on him (the Moorer-Radford Affair).

"Similarly, former Secretary of State Dean Rusk has called the attack 'outrageous," adding in a 1990 radio interview that "the Liberty was flying an American flag. It was not all that difficult to identify, and my judgment was that somewhere along the line some fairly senior Israeli official gave the go-ahead for these attacks....'"

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/quot-the-uss-liberty-case-closed-quot

https://fas.org/irp/nsa/liberty.html
https://fas.org/irp/nsa/liberty.pdf

The other crimes of nations listed I accept as fact. That's the difference.

There's a lot of Et tu quoque going around. Next time pick a subject I don't know a lot about. Plenty of options in that space.

Kent
11/10/2019 10:28:01 am

Jim, you were right, I was wrong. Fun while it lasted though. Now admit you were wrong on the long-standing legality of guns with no serial numbers.

@JOAB: "Check his box for not having not read anything like Every Spy a Prince AND confusing corroboration with substantiation."

Of course I read Every Spy a Prince when it came out. If your argument is "Every Spy a Prince, Every Spy a Prince, Every Spy a Prince, Every Spy a Prince, la la la la I don't hear you' well, the world needs ditch diggers too.

I wonder how many of the men on the Liberty (notice I don't say "sailors" because some of them were NSA) had tattoos.

Jim
11/10/2019 10:48:39 am

Why does Joe Kent sound so mush like a Russian propaganda machine lately ?
Out of nowhere he brings up the USS Liberty and Israel, then tries to drive a wedge between the US and it's strongest ally in the middle East.

And then there is this:

Kent:

" I'm currently more concerned about Obama's unprovoked invasion of Syria and Trump's continuation of it. That will come back to bite us."

What the hell, that's gotta be straight up Russian propaganda !
The US (Obama) joined a group of 28 other nations to form a coalition against Isis and successfully fought them with almost no US casualties until Trump ceded Syria to Putin and gifted him a complete army of battle hardened US trained Kurds.

It's all coming up Putin and Joe Kent is loving it.

Perhaps Comrade Joe Kent can explain what he means by " Obama's unprovoked invasion".

Jim
11/10/2019 11:14:05 am

Comrade Kent:
" Now admit you were wrong on the long-standing legality of guns with no serial numbers."

Go back to bed if you still want to argue that this law was not passed

Me:
"Was a law passed in 1968 that required that all manufactured or imported guns have a serial number, yes or no ?"

Kent:
As I've been trying with extreme patience to tell you, not only no but heck no."

Here is the law you claim doesn't exist:

"EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of first month following October 1968, see section 207 of Pub. L. 90–618, set out as a note under section 5801 of this title

.§ 5842.
Identification of firearms
(a) Identification of firearms other than destructive devices

Each manufacturer and importer and anyone making a firearm shall identify each firearm, other than a destructive device, manufactured, imported, or made by a serial number which may not be readily removed, obliterated, or altered, the name of the manufacturer, importer,or maker, and such other identification as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.

"(i) Make
The term ‘‘make’’, and the various derivatives of such word, shall include manufacturing (other than by one qualified to engage in such business under this chapter), putting together, altering, any combination of these, or otherwise producing a firearm."

Comrade Kent still won't admit he was wrong on this,,,,,, all good for Russia and their NRA lackeys.

Kent
11/10/2019 12:46:56 pm

Oh Jim. Jim. The BATFE, the regulatory agency in charge of administering this law, disagrees with you. Then again the BATFE also says that a shoestring is sometimes a machine gun.

Jim.

Jim
11/10/2019 01:17:15 pm

Comrade Joe Kent, doesn't matter what you say or what you claim BATFE says.

THE LAW IS REAL, in the books and reliably documented as well as easily researched.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/479.102

Me:
"Was a law passed in 1968 that required that all manufactured or imported guns have a serial number, yes or no ?"

Kent:
As I've been trying with extreme patience to tell you, not only no but heck no."



Kent
11/10/2019 01:38:20 pm

JIm. You're like a tax resister saying "It doesn't matter what the IRS says." Jim.

We were playing so well and you had to bring up memories of swirlies of yesteryear. Jim.

Jim
11/10/2019 01:47:16 pm

Comrade Kent, are you paid in rubles or dollars ?

Kent
11/10/2019 02:13:19 pm

Not paid at all, I'm arguing in my spare time.

"28 other nations"??? That sounds suspiciously like NATO. How many Icelandic troops in Syria? I do note that we have the mighty Australian Air Force joining us to bother Syria (since "illegally attacking Syria" might give you fits).

"28 other nations". Jim. The actual number is quite larger, but that doesn't make it right.

What do you call the U.S. military presence in Syria if not an invasion? The Russians were invited in, we were not.

Forgive me if while knowing some history I choose to focus my angst on current problems that are still amenable to amelioration.

I note that Canada has ceased active participation in "the coalition". Anyone who doesn't participate in the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued illegal under international law (U.N. Charter) against a country that like the Vietnamese and Muhammad Ali "ain't never done nothin' to us" is aces in my book.

Are you in favor of your country killing more people in Syria? If so, why? What I hear from you is a lot of "Let's you and him fight." Jim.

XOXO Putin.

Jim
11/10/2019 03:27:19 pm

Kent:

"Forgive me if while knowing some history I choose to focus my angst on current problems that are still amenable to amelioration."

How is handing control of Syria and gifting them the US's former ally, now betrayed Kurdish Army to the Russians making things better ?
Oh ya I forgot you are pro Putin, I suppose in that light it does make it better,,,, for Putin.

Kent:

" Anyone who doesn't participate in the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued illegal under international law (U.N. Charter) against a country that like the Vietnamese and Muhammad Ali "ain't never done nothin' to us" is aces in my book."

Wut ?
" the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued" I didn't know that the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued was even illegal.
What is the definition of a "the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued" anyway ?

Kent:

" Muhammad Ali "ain't never done nothin' to us" is aces in my book."

Here you go comrade, a list of almost 150 Isis attacks world wide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_ISIL

I guess you think Isis should be left alone if they base their attacks from a foreign country no matter how many lives American and otherwise are taken.

Kent:

"Are you in favor of your country killing more people in Syria? If so, why? What I hear from you is a lot of "Let's you and him fight." Jim."

Um,, I kinda think known active terrorism should be fought against, don't you ?
In the aftermath of 911 was it your position that nothing should be done about it because the attackers were from a foreign country ?

Kent, now I am a little confused, what is your position, pro Putin, pro terrorist, or both ?

Kent
11/10/2019 07:03:13 pm

We're gonna need a bigger barrel.

"' the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued' I didn't know that the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued was even illegal."

Might want to look at the U.N. Charter tough guy. As misguided as it is it's technically a treaty under the U.S. Constitution.

"What is the definition of a "the Obama-begotten and Trump-continued" anyway ?" Fair point, I left out the phrase "illegal invasion". Surprised, no, disappointed you couldn't fill that in, but still my fault.

"I guess you think Isis should be left alone if they base their attacks from a foreign country no matter how many lives American and otherwise are taken."

Yes, that's exactly what I think given the U.S. role in the genesis of ISIS.

"Um,, I kinda think known active terrorism should be fought against, don't you ?"

On a case by case basis. By your logic Norway should have invaded Israel, the U.S. should have invaded Chile, and the U.S. should have done "something" in Puerto Rico.

"In the aftermath of 911 was it your position that nothing should be done about it because the attackers were from a foreign country ?"

Nothing WAS done about it. You are pitifully malinformed.

The attackers were from Saudi Arabia. How's our war against Saudi Arabia going? The only folks at war with Saudi Arabia is Yemen and we're on Saudi Arabia's side. Another Obama-initiated and Trump-continued debacle and blot on the escutcheon of the U.S. Your country also is not blameless in this disaster. OOPS.

By your logic Egypt was entitled to invade Israel in the mid-1950s because of Operation Susannah. Should the U.S. have invaded Italy because of the Red Brigades? Should Vietnam invade the U.S. because of My Lai and The Phoenix Project? Should India invade Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks"

Maybe you should have a drink with Nick Redfern and punch each other in the mouth. Let's you and him fight.

Until you're willing to say what would be acceptable losses of CANADIAN lives, it's still "Let's you and him fight."

You do get that I'm arguing for less killing and you're arguing for more, right? "Kill them all, God will know his own." Yeah, not really my scene.
Still waiting on your answer to this one:
"Are you in favor of your country killing more people in Syria? If so, why? What I hear from you is a lot of "Let's you and him fight." Jim."

Jim
11/10/2019 08:01:26 pm

You are just ranting now comrade, none of this gibberish laced, out of context nonsense even warrants a response.

CALEB SEARCHER
11/10/2019 08:55:59 pm

He speaks Trumpese rather well, don’t you think?

Kent
11/10/2019 09:14:55 pm

So advocating for less killing is "gibberish"?
Countering your every argument is "gibberish"?

Very well, then. I stand by "gibberish".

On another note, where can I buy your Bic Lighter Sheaths?

CALEB SEARCHER
11/10/2019 09:25:44 pm

Kent Americanegro Joe Scales says what??

Kal
11/9/2019 01:01:57 pm

The topic was alien tattoos, which is ridiculous, but for some reason the comments refer to the Exodus, which has nothig to do with alien tattoos. This should not surprise you, Aas this blog frequently goes off the rails in comments.

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Jr. Time Lord
11/9/2019 03:09:35 pm

I'm a bit surprised the facial tattoos of Cherchen Man and Woman weren't exploited. Along with with claims of a Master Ginger Race. Equally surprising is the absence of Otzi the "Ice Man". His tattoos have been compared to barcodes, and linked to early forms of acupuncture.


"So what does that make butterfly tattoos?"

"Tramp Stamps" if they are located on the small of the back.

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Kent
11/9/2019 03:43:13 pm

Maybe because they're only catering to partial idiots and not Five Time State Champions in Complete Idiocy?

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Jason Colavito link
11/10/2019 06:51:59 am

Otzi and acupuncture were discussed for a minute. I just didn't mention it because I can't list every passing reference, especially when they are repeating material from earlier shows.

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Hal
11/9/2019 07:08:07 pm

All 50 of you retards who read this trash every day are uneducated dolts.

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Fundamentalists
11/9/2019 07:21:37 pm

This Blog is a meeting place for anti-Semitic people
George Washington, Father of American Independence, Freemason, Secularist, could never have been anti-Semitic.

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Anti-HAL
11/10/2019 10:21:45 am

Is 50 the new 146 or 146 the new 50?

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Hal
11/10/2019 04:07:51 pm

The 146 is how many different people come here in a month, retard.

Anti-Hal
11/10/2019 04:29:32 pm

So when YOUR source, Statbrain, says "146 per day" I should ignore that and go with the "50" figure that you made up, retard?

Anti-hal
11/10/2019 07:52:15 pm

Sorry, you are right. It says about 50 people a day and 146 DIFFERENT people a month visit this website. I guess skeptical hate blogs don’t get enough attention now.

Anti-Hal
11/10/2019 09:10:16 pm

So when it says "per day" that really means "per month"? Got it.

Jean Stone
11/9/2019 08:14:23 pm

I'm surprised they didn't bring up Shi Jin from the Chinese classic The Water Margin. If tattoos are supposed to be magic, then a guy with tattoos of dragons (which are allegedly aliens) should have been right up the show's alley, especially since he's a martial artist. A perfect opportunity to 'prove' the power of tattoos and dragons in creating alien-empowered super soldiers wasted.

But I suppose that would have taken something resembling research and we can't be having that...

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Came for the Cthulhu, stayed for the creepy pasta
11/10/2019 12:24:21 am

Nuff said.

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Space nazi
11/10/2019 10:16:57 am

Once again Jason’s closed mind tries to hold us all back by denying the Twilight Zone was NASA trying to prepare us for contact. Btw I’ve run out of tin foil do you think just wearing the frying pan is OK?

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Joe Scales
11/10/2019 10:22:41 am

Didn't catch the episode, just the commercials... but I suppose this now means that ancient aliens partook in self-mutilation, just like all the tatted up imbeciles out there today?

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Kent
11/10/2019 12:57:29 pm

I will not have you talking about my lady love Miley Cyrus in that manner, Sirrah!

Wasn't there a pop star recently who had "Onion Rings" or something tattooed on her? It's true, you don't always get the characters you think you're getting. I blame the crafty Jews. XOXO Putin.

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Kent is Anthony Warren
11/11/2019 12:14:30 am

Let's all become believers in the religion of Kent. Kent will be our Messiah and his irrational distorted reasoning will become our Church. The Church of Kent, All pray to Kent's irrational distorted reasoning.


Kent
11/11/2019 10:32:55 am

You could do worse, but you'd have to be cool with my binitary nature. Only initiates get to meet Kendra.

Oh, and lest I forget, XOXO Putin.

Doc Rock
11/10/2019 01:07:59 pm

I will never look at the tramp stamp on my favorite waitresses in the same way.

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Bruce
11/11/2019 06:18:50 am

Jason wrote "When Serling saw the cancellation writing on the wall, he and Alan Landsburg moved on to nonfiction, adapting Chariots of the Gods for American TV. "

Jason, where did you get the idea that Rod Serling "adapted" Chariots of the Gods for American TV? I have not heard that. I find no evidence that he wrote, directed, produced, or adapted it in any way. As far as I can tell, he just narrated it. He did, however, adapt Planet of the Apes (wrote the screenplay).

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American Chariots
11/11/2019 07:30:02 am

Los of info that Rod Serling was the writer and Alan Landsburg was the producer

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American Chariots
11/11/2019 07:39:30 am

Alan and Sally Landsburg - In Search of Ancient Mysteries (1974)

Foreword by Rod Serling. There is a certain uniqueness to my long association with Alan Landsburg. Unlike the usual relationship between writer and producer, we have never threatened each other with bodily harm. And even our artistic disagreements — which are absolutely par for the television course — have been quiet things ended with a mutually satisfying compromise.

Kent
11/11/2019 10:45:58 am

Apparently Serling looked at "the cancellation writing on the wall" for 6 to 8 years because Chariots of the Gods wasn't published until 1968 and the German film Landsburg's company adapted wasn't made until 1970. The Twilight Zone was cancelled in 1964.

Kent
11/11/2019 12:31:07 pm

OOPS. I see Jason was talking about Night Gallery. My apologies for being wrong. :(

I promise you it won't be the last time.
Less killing please.
XOXO Putin.

Jason Colavito link
11/12/2019 06:49:11 am

I meant, Bruce, that the adapted the European film version. Landsburg edited it for American TV and Serling tweaked the narration. They didn't actually make the film from scratch.

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Sirius
12/2/2019 11:06:06 am

My partner has tattoos of a Ninja, mountain, cherry tree, Dragon, Pisces, tribal snake, water dragon, grim reaper, tormented spirits, tribal sun and is in the process of having a scene of hell done.
I will ask him if aliens had anything to do with his decisions.

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      • Prehistoric Nuclear War
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          • Man During the Stone Age
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          • Fossil Origin of the Cyclops
          • Mastodon, Mammoth, and Man
        • Fragments on Giants
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        • Alfonso X's Hermetic History of Giants
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        • The Magnetism of Evil
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        • Jewish Encyclopedia on Giants
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        • Old Mythology in New Apparel
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        • The Holy Grail as Lucifer's Crown Jewel
        • The Mutinous Sea
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      • Extreme History >
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        • Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel
        • Origins of the Egyptian People
        • The Secret Doctrine >
          • Volume 1: Cosmogenesis
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        • Phoenicians in America
        • The Electric Ark
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        • Prince Henry Sinclair
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        • Chronology and the "Riddle of the Sphinx"
        • The Faith of Ancient Egypt
        • Spirit of the Hour in Archaeology
        • Book of the Damned
        • Great Pyramid As Noah's Ark
        • Richard Shaver's Proofs
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        • Unidentified Flying Objects (Abstract)
        • "Flying Saucers"? They're a Myth
        • UFO Hypothesis Survival Questions
        • Air Force Academy UFO Textbook
        • The Condon Report on Ancient Astronauts
        • Atlantis Discovery Telegrams
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        • Noah's Ark Cables
        • The Von Daniken Letter
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        • Scott Wolter Lawsuit
        • UFOs in Ancient China
        • CIA Report on Noah's Ark
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        • Congressional Ancient Aliens Testimony
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      • Ancient Extraterrestrials >
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        • What Is Theosophy?
        • Plane of Ether
        • The Adepts from Venus
      • A Message from Mars
      • Saucer Mystery Solved?
      • Orville Wright on UFOs
      • Interdimensional Flying Saucers
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      • The Xipéhuz
      • Lot No. 249
      • The Novel of the Black Seal
      • The Island of Doctor Moreau
      • Pharaoh's Curse
      • Edison's Conquest of Mars
      • The Lost Continent
      • Count Magnus
      • The Mysterious Stranger
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      • The Lost World
      • The Red One
      • H. P. Lovecraft >
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        • History of the Necronomicon
        • At the Mountains of Madness
        • Lovecraft's Library in 1932
      • The Skeptical Poltergeist
      • The Corpse on the Grating
      • The Second Satellite
      • Queen of the Black Coast
      • A Martian Odyssey
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    • Miscellaneous Documents >
      • The Balloon-Hoax
      • A Problem in Greek Ethics
      • The Migration of Symbols
      • The Gospel of Intensity
      • De Profundis
      • The Life and Death of Crown Prince Rudolf
      • The Bathtub Hoax
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