A Bit Of Skullduggery From The New Age Papsters...


	A Bit Of Skullduggery From The New Age Papsters...

JohnWaterman

5-25-2008 4:10 PM

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5-28-2008 11:51 PM

tanyamm

I wouldn't mind having one for a paper weight.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b349147b-ad85-4b2f-8d19-cb60a5ee46e9/EEA2C49B-1EFA-4115-910E-4FEA3B674610/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html" href="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html" style="font-size: 11px;">biblioblography.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/biblioblography.blogspot.com/img/FDBC24D2-8D6B-47A5-87E4-3F066687EE04" alt="crystal-skull-1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html">the Sci-Fi channel put up this bit of <A href="http://www.scifi.com/crystalskulls/">fluff</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>Bear in mind, this <EM>is </EM>the Sci-Fi channel, so I can't get too indignant over the televised idiocy.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>But then these fellas started blathering about how there are "13 skull that are kept separate, and when they're brought together, will speak the secrets of the world," or somesuch nonsense. Here's a little more <A href="http://www.scifi.com/crystalskulls/lore/">idiocy</A>, if you have the taste.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html">a crystal skull bespeaks a multitude of symbols: of death, antiquity, a secret past, mysteries beyond count</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>Sadly, each and every one of them is a <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7414637.stm">fraud</A>.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>And, if you're not inclined to take the BBC at its word, here's an <A href="http://www.archaeology.org/0805/etc/indy.html">anthropologist's take</A> on the whole shebang.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>Really, the <A href="http://www.answers.com/topic/crystal-skull">entire tale</A> behind these 'artifacts' is a sordid mess, replete with all sorts of nonsense.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://biblioblography.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-now-latest-bit-of-skullduggery-from.html"><P>"Brings doom upon those who mock it?" 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