This guy fooled millions of chemtrail conspiracy theorists, now they want his head. [deadstate.org]
"GIVE ME FISH, NOT FEDERALISM" Outer Baldonia and Performances of Micronationality. (PDF article). [Shima Journal]
From the political fakery file. The Asian Republican Coalition Is Mostly White and Mostly Endorses White Candidates. (Which makes it a lot like the African-American Republican Leadership Council, exposed in 2003 as being mostly a bunch of white guys.) [motherjones.com]
Crop-circle researcher Megan Heazlewood concedes there have been many hoax crop circles, but insists that "there have also been ones that are very much real, and have been scientifically proven." [dailytelegraph.com.au]
Pseudo-ostension in Bakersfield, CA. A teen dressed as a clown was recently arrested there for chasing children. The teen told police he was merely "continuing a hoax he saw online." [kfgo.com]
From 2013: the persistent rumor that Canada's new plastic money was impregnated with the scent of maple syrup. [cbc.ca]
Two people in Africa died after believing a false rumor that drinking or bathing in salt water could prevent Ebola. [business2community.com]
A two-and-a-half year old story about a man with a chainsaw threatening pub goers is recycled by one of those fake news sites as "Man walks in to haunted house with chainsaw, murders 7 people." Recycled story promptly goes viral. [Intl. Bus. Times]
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