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The Dark Clan? Me?
Category: Creationism • Kooks
Posted on: February 27, 2008 11:47 AM, by PZ Myers
There was a lecture at UCL recently by Dr Oktar Babuna and Ali Sadun Engin. They spilled the beans, and we're all in trouble now.
He then showed just how "insightful" the folks at Harun Yahya can be by quoting from one of their books, The Dark Clan, which explains that evolutionary science is inspired by "a dark clan behind all kids of corruption and perversion, that controls drug trafficking, prostitution rings". Evolution is the "greatest deception in the history of science".
The Dark Clan actually isn't bad — nice moody music about vampires and such. I was just listening to a couple of their tracks and was enjoying them.
Oh, wait — they're referring to this Dark Clan, which is just stupid. I'll have you know I had to get out of the prostitution business when the Discovery Institute moved in and outcompeted us — they were so much better at it than we were. I've had to focus on the squid porn niche instead, which is nowhere near as lucrative, but at least the clientele is less creepy than the Dominionists they cater to.
And that quote from the lecture isn't in error. Here's what they say on their web site:
The purpose behind choosing the term "dark clan" is to convey the sense of a web-like structure with offshoots in every country, orchestrating the moral degeneration of today's world. Even though it presents itself as highly modern, its structural design is reminiscent of the historical totemic clans. This dark clan is to be found behind all kinds of despicable deeds, corruption and perversion. It controls drug-trafficking operations, prostitution rings and promotes immorality. The members of this clan manage to portray themselves in a positive light through their collaborators in the media. They enjoy the de facto protection of their collaborators in the security forces and succeed in using the law to their own advantage through their collaborators in departments of justice. They also display a powerful unity against those perceived as enemies. Their greatest enemies are the believers who want to destroy their corrupt business networks, who struggle to make morality, harmony and justice dominant in the world and who strive tirelessly on the ideological battlefield to bring seriousness of the situation to people's attention.
Oh, yeah, that is so me.
Comments
Damn. We've been found out.
Can you pass along the secret instructions about closing my branch down?
Posted by: MikeM | February 27, 2008 11:55 AM
Stop him before he figures out we faked the Moon landing!
Posted by: J | February 27, 2008 11:56 AM
Maybe they'd think more highly of us if we started executing our sisters and daughters for being raped or wearing makeup.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | February 27, 2008 11:56 AM
Sounds similar to claims made by LaRouchies.
Posted by: Janine | February 27, 2008 11:58 AM
Sounds good. Where do I sign up?
Do y'all have a secret handshake? I've always wanted to learn a secret handshake.
Posted by: Abby Normal | February 27, 2008 11:58 AM
I was going to chide a friend of mine for believing that everyone who accepts evolution is either part of a vast conspiracy or deluded. Except that's pretty much how I feel about religion. Really, that paragraph above is an almost perfect description of religious fundamentalism.
Posted by: carovee | February 27, 2008 11:59 AM
It's all a conspiracy to make me paranoid!
Posted by: Cat of many faces | February 27, 2008 12:00 PM
Paranoid Schizophrenia must be so much more interesting than boring old real life.
Posted by: Cardinal Shrew | February 27, 2008 12:01 PM
So PZ, where can I score some good drugs?
Posted by: True Bob | February 27, 2008 12:01 PM
Any info on how to join this dark clan? I could use a little side of prostitution to spice up my otherwise dreary existence. I've always been a proponent of immorality, so I think I can start at one of the higher rungs, if you would sponser me.
Posted by: Randy | February 27, 2008 12:06 PM
Cool!...do you guys have secret handshakes and decoder rings???
Posted by: Steverino | February 27, 2008 12:06 PM
Wow, projection much?
Posted by: Chris A | February 27, 2008 12:06 PM
I can't bring myself to read their website but the quote sounds like typical anti-Semitic garbage only they're avoiding naming names. Maybe the "Dark Clan" is to anti-Semitism as the "Intelligent Designer" is to Creationism?
Posted by: poke | February 27, 2008 12:07 PM
You know what's funny? I can read that whole thing and for whatever reason, "religion" keeps popping into my head as the Dark Clan.
Posted by: dWhisper | February 27, 2008 12:07 PM
Cool! It's like the sex & drugs & hard science branch of the Illuminati! Where do I sign up?
Posted by: clheiny | February 27, 2008 12:08 PM
They've found me out. I'm actively spreading homosexuality, one person at a time.
Posted by: MAJeff | February 27, 2008 12:16 PM
Dear Sirs:
I find your Dark Clan intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Sincerly,
Homer J Simpson
Posted by: Homer | February 27, 2008 12:16 PM
Isnt the HY group in trouble in Turkey for running extortion and prostitution rings?
Posted by: ERV | February 27, 2008 12:18 PM
We need a secret handshake.
Posted by: Dan, Always On Medication. | February 27, 2008 12:19 PM
Is this clan invitation only or do you have open meetings?
Posted by: Cardinal Shrew | February 27, 2008 12:23 PM
When someone says "The Dark Clan" I immediately think of the band. Who knew it was also a vast conspiracy?
Of course, the main dude in TDC used to be my guitarist and is a friend of mine, so perhaps my experience varies. It's good advertising for his new album, though.
Posted by: nulldevice | February 27, 2008 12:26 PM
Haha, I'm off to give a presentation in UCL next Thursday. Fortunately, it's about neuronal reconstruction, and not Creationism.
Maybe I could add "If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?" to the last slide, though, just in case it's expected now ;)
Posted by: DrFrank | February 27, 2008 12:27 PM
What's our clan tartan?
Hang on, maybe it's a misprint of our molluscan overlord, The Dark Clam.
Posted by: MissPrism | February 27, 2008 12:28 PM
"Dark Clan" sound a hell of a lot cooler than "Rationalist" We could have T-shirts and everything with that! The T-Shirt could have a picture of a gothed out Darwin on the front and the back says "Dark Clan, where's your' god now?" on the back.
Posted by: Bob L | February 27, 2008 12:29 PM
It's not just a band and a vast conspiracy, but "The Dark Clan" is also a breakfast cereal, a floor wax, and an energy drink loaded with ELECTROLYTES.
Posted by: Dan | February 27, 2008 12:31 PM
Plaittaglia is a pimp, he never could have outfought Chapmino. But I did not know, until this day, that it was P.Zini all along.
Posted by: Sarcastro | February 27, 2008 12:33 PM
So, they've revealed that teh darwinismus is a vast conspiracy to sap and impurify their precious bodily fluids.
Surely perpetrated with the help of the Trilateral Commission, the International Bankers (wink wink) and the dreaded Underpants Gnomes.
You're supposed to avoid the mind-control drugs in the water supply by drinking grain alcohol AND rainwater. Just the alcohol doesn't work.
Does the god of the gaps apply to the "doomsday gap" too?
Posted by: phantomreader42 | February 27, 2008 12:33 PM
We've got all those things, rings, handshake, decoders, special sexual position, unique tartans, etc. You have to be a special elite member of the clan to know about them, so sorry, you peons who are asking about them obviously don't belong.
No, I'm not going to announce on a public blog what they are. They're SECRET. Geez.
Posted by: PZ Myers | February 27, 2008 12:34 PM
Electrolytes? You mean the stuff plants crave? Those Electrolytes?
Posted by: Heather | February 27, 2008 12:37 PM
Still, the olnine book The Dark Clan that PZ links to is clearly a masterpiece of comic writing. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Social Darwinism - very, very funny stuff!
It makes you wonder how anybody quite a stupid as the author of that particular screed manages to get up in the morning. You'd have thought that even if their stunted brain managed to remember to keep them breathing through the night, then at the very least they'd kill themselves in a tragic underpants accident before they were able to eat their cornflakes and find a responsible adult to turn the computer on for them.
Posted by: Bernard Bumner | February 27, 2008 12:39 PM
Does the Dark Clan have a stock business card available, or do we each have to design our own?
Posted by: DSK Samways | February 27, 2008 12:43 PM
The highlight of the social season in Scienceburg, KY is the "Black and White" ball where the Dark Clan and the Klan wear their finest hoods and robes together in honor of ...
Drat, is it Poe's law or Russell's law that keeps this from being funny?
Posted by: rpenner | February 27, 2008 12:44 PM
Standard religion: it's always a good way to rally the faithful - you need a really scary evil you can convince people that they need to fight.
Used all the time in Dawkin's Fleas!
Posted by: Paul Phoenix | February 27, 2008 12:44 PM
However, if you're in the Boston area, we're holding a recruitment event this Friday.
Posted by: MAJeff | February 27, 2008 12:47 PM
When someone says "The Dark Clan" I immediately think of the band.
I immdiately thought of a White Wolf game.
(rolls 11d6 on "geek")
What's our clan tartan?
Black Watch, of course!
Posted by: Graculus | February 27, 2008 12:50 PM
Dang, I'm too old to join...
"a dark clan behind all kids of corruption and perversion,..."
Posted by: dNorrisM | February 27, 2008 12:52 PM
Absurd as this all is, an Islamic student group invited these morons to speak at University College London, presumably because they felt Babuna and Enginhad something important to say. This stuff is only funny until too many people take it seriously.
I've been trying to access the Islamic Society's homepage to see if I can figure out what the hell they were thinking, but so far all my attempts have timed out.
Http://www.islamic.uclu.org
Posted by: H. Humbert | February 27, 2008 1:10 PM
Now - for the first time - conclusive proof!
ELVIS SHOT JFK!!! Video at 11:00 (p.s., send $$$$ to support our continued research into this mind-numbing revelation)
Ol' P.T. Barnum never said a 'truer' word than the one about a sucker being born every minute. But what he missed is that for every sucker there's a suck-up who will feed the credulity of the many-headed multitude.
Posted by: Tom G | February 27, 2008 1:22 PM
@24
If you made those t-shirts I would buy 10.
Posted by: Vitis01 | February 27, 2008 1:23 PM
He then showed just how "insightful" the folks at Harun Yahya can be by quoting from one of their books, The Dark Clan, which explains that evolutionary science is inspired by "a dark clan behind all kids of corruption and perversion, that controls drug trafficking, prostitution rings".
That could almost be a self-description, except that Adnan Okhtar is not stupid enough to be running drugs in Turkey. He and his cult has, however, been implicated in a prostitution ring and he went to prison for two years for blackmailing high-up Turkish politicians. Bilim Araştırma Vakfı is the Scientology of the Turkish world, except even more purposeful and malign.
Posted by: Nullifidian | February 27, 2008 1:25 PM
Don't forget the robes. No robes for rubes though.
Posted by: Kerry Maxwell | February 27, 2008 1:27 PM
I kept reading the phrase as "The Dark Clam," and thinking of the sneaky clams in the BC comic ("Clams got legs!")
I suggest that anytime future articles appear on this subject, it should always be referred to as The Dark Clam.
...
This Dark Clam business is so deliciously twisted, it's like Hannibal Lecter accusing all apple-pie-baking grannies of killing and eating pizza delivery boys.
Posted by: Hank Fox | February 27, 2008 1:31 PM
Hey, I feel cheated. I want in on this drug thing now. Pronto. You guy's have kept me out of the loop!
Posted by: Gustaf Sjöblom | February 27, 2008 1:38 PM
@35: Tremere? Ventrue?
Malkavian?
Although if the battle is over the dominant paradigm and people's worldview and so on, I guess we're playing Mage.
Posted by: Morgan | February 27, 2008 1:41 PM
Dear co-conspirators and evil genius's,
You are all cordially invited to a secret wink-wink at you know where tonight, usual time.
Remember, it's sacrifice night so make sure you bring a baby or you won't get any puppy soup.
See you all there!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: 'evil' Dave Evil | February 27, 2008 1:44 PM
I gotta say, "Dark Clan" is a damned site more sexy than "bright". I say we steal that one and make it our own. Evilutionizing the language one word at a time.
Posted by: Richard Eis | February 27, 2008 1:53 PM
There's got to be a way to combine this Dark Clan theme with that cool squid picture from the previous post. Change the wings to manta ray like wings, and I think we got a good Dark Clan club T-shirt. =)
Posted by: Fastlane | February 27, 2008 1:54 PM
PZ, you're obviously high up in TDC, can you see to it that some of the drug and prostitution money filters down to your minions at Kew Gardens (UK) please? We're facing a constant funding gap and it's hard to uphold a high standard of immorality/research on such a limited budget.
Posted by: D | February 27, 2008 1:55 PM
I fear that this is the lengths theists will go to rail against the growing (or at least, more cemented) secularity.
It doesn't scare me that crazy people will say this. It scares me that people will believe them.
Posted by: El Dubious Mung | February 27, 2008 1:57 PM
#41
That is the greatest comic book cover, ever.
OK, let's make robes using the ace of squids from the other thread. I knew there was something missing from my pursuit of scientific evil. Turns out it was robes...
Posted by: Dave Eaton | February 27, 2008 2:00 PM
I can't help thinking of the Stonecutters song!
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do! We do!
Posted by: tikistitch | February 27, 2008 2:10 PM
Sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown novel.
Posted by: MReap | February 27, 2008 2:20 PM
"The purpose behind choosing the term "dark clan" is to convey the sense of a web-like structure with offshoots in every country, orchestrating the moral degeneration of today's world."
Sounds neat, I'm gonna need a nice potboiler for while I'm working on my tan this summer. Is there another clandestine movement opposing them? With sexy slayer chicks?
"When someone says "The Dark Clan" I immediately think of the band."
"I immdiately thought of a White Wolf game."
"(geek)"
I thought of tha Wu Tang.
(poseur)
"What's our clan tartan?"
"Black Watch, of course!"
Quite convenient for me, since I bought a Black Watch flannel shirt from Cabela's last year. Super comfy. If I'd have known Cabela's were a front for the Evil Atheist Conspiracy, I would have bought two. Or remember to use their credit card when I buy gas more often. I should tell them to ditch the country music though, that shit's like garlic to vampires for the Clan.
Posted by: Rey Fox | February 27, 2008 2:20 PM
Dear brethren, now that we have been found out, we must change our ways to avoid further detection. In short, we must...
EVOLVE.
("A secret handshake"? What do I have these tentacles for, then?)
Posted by: Masks of Eris | February 27, 2008 2:33 PM
Crazy Creationists + Sarcastic Nerds = I love this site
Posted by: Kilgore Trout | February 27, 2008 2:35 PM
Forget the dark clan thing, I want to get involved in that lucrative media conspiracy thing. They must be raking in the dough, being so involved in screwing over the American public (and now apparently the whole world) like they are. Everything is done with help from the big bad evil media. Well, that and activist judges but I have no desire to go to law school.
MAJeff (16): Just how many toaster ovens do you have young man? ;^)
Oh, and as far as cephalopod porn being a niche market, onychophoran porn is even less popular. Yep, it's true. A very limited market indeed.
Posted by: Mena | February 27, 2008 2:51 PM
The big problem with these people is that Commandment Number 9 is too far down the list for them to remember. And even if they read that far the concept of "bearing false witness" is just too damned complicated.
Posted by: Judith in Ottawa | February 27, 2008 2:59 PM
It's clearly easier for them to think (hope) that moral degeneration is being "orchestrated." If it's just the sort of thing people like to do and it doesn't really hurt anyone -- that is just SO SCARY.
Posted by: Sastra | February 27, 2008 3:00 PM
That squid picture reminded me of the Tartanic "thing" they have on their website (tartanic.net) with the bagpipes and the vaguely angelic pose.
I think that since it's a dark "clan" (complete with the Scots references to tartans etc.) and that squid looks like their bagpipe stuff, perhaps the two are related? I am guessing that the music they play is some sort of code that only members of the Dark Clan can understand. Or perhaps the bagpipes are a weapon in the arsenal, used to keep the non-members away? After all, nothing says "get the hell out of my face" louder than bagpipes. Actually, very few things say anything louder than bagpipes.
Of course if it is a truly DARK clan, we won't be using sheep to make the bags for the pipes. Nope, it will be babies and puppies. Preferably cute ones, because nobody gives a damn if the ugly ones get used for musical atrocities.
Posted by: Heather | February 27, 2008 3:08 PM
I thought the babies and puppies were inside the bag. Squeezing them makes the skirling.
Posted by: True Bob | February 27, 2008 3:14 PM
http://ysu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8572192367&ref=mf
Check out this link, if you are interested in joining the "dark clan."
If nothing else, the picture is funny.
Posted by: Darkman | February 27, 2008 3:15 PM
As someone who could really only be more Scottish if I'd been born in Scotland itself, I must protest against the phrase "musical atrocities" to describe the bagpipes. Obviously you've never heard any real musical atrocities, like Christian "rock," Britney Spears, or anything on my local country station. (Unfairness of the musical universe, example # [infinity]: Britney Spears is famous and Ofra Haza is dead. Compound that again if you don't know who Ofra Haza was. Can the Dark Clan please rectify this, somehow?!)
Posted by: Interrobang | February 27, 2008 3:24 PM
PZ..>Roger that!....Ixnay on the ecretssay!
Posted by: Steverino | February 27, 2008 3:29 PM
Actually, I am quite fond of the pipes. But a "dark clan" could not let it be known that they have good music, could they? It defeats the purpose! You have to tell people about the dreaded bagpipes and the horrible sounds they make, otherwise everyone will want a set.
People stay away from "Christian rock" music because it has a reputation for being bad. So unless you want a bunch of crazy people showing up at the Dark Clan fests, you must let it be known that there will be terrible, wailing, poorly-played bagpipes at the fest.
And I do know who Ofra Haza was. It is truly unfair that she is dead and Britney is famous.
Posted by: Heather | February 27, 2008 3:30 PM
(#55) I don't think #9 is too far down the list, and I don't think they don't understand - they either believe that "lying for Jesus" (as someone else put it) is OK, or they don't believe in what they claim at all and just see it as a way to get power where they otherwise wouldn't have a prayer of doing so.
Posted by: Hap | February 27, 2008 3:30 PM
Can we assume that for Harun Yahya, "Dark Clan" = "Elders of Zion?"
Posted by: Stephen Wells | February 27, 2008 3:31 PM
@ 35 and 44
Lasombra, clearly.
... also, we're arguably working for the Technocracy if we take the Mage viewpoint. (which is sad, I like the Sons of Ether and Order of Hermes much more )
Posted by: Mechalith | February 27, 2008 3:33 PM
#52: "Sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown novel."
Only without the understated plot twists, natural-sounding dialog, and the beautiful female police officer.
Posted by: Larry | February 27, 2008 3:54 PM
handshake? - we don't need no stinking handshake!
besides they can tell us by the scarlett "A" branded on our asses.
Posted by: qedpro | February 27, 2008 3:57 PM
I second Heather's comment. Bagpipes are delightful, wonderful, awesome!
Bagpipes are the sushi of the music world. People either love 'em or hate 'em. But if you don't like them, you either haven't really given them a chance, or you're ... painfully limited.
Posted by: Hank Fox | February 27, 2008 4:02 PM
I stopped reading after "Squid porn." I NEED TO SEE ME SOME INK SQUIRTING!
Posted by: Lycosid | February 27, 2008 4:06 PM
I joined the Dark Clan and the bastards made me go to staff meetings and give lectures to undergrads. I thought it was some sort of initiation rite but it goes on, year after year.
Posted by: Brachychiton | February 27, 2008 4:12 PM
It must be fun being paranoid and delusional. The world is so exciting when everyone's out to get you. That just shows they care!
So is the Dark Clan also responsible for hiding the Roswell alien bodies (presumably because the aliens have in their DNA some kind of awesome proof for God)?
I'm not being flippant, I TOTALLY buy this conspiracy stuff. History teaches us that if there's one thing tons of people are good at, it's keeping a secret that would net them media exposure, book deals and a mini-series.
Posted by: October Mermaid | February 27, 2008 4:15 PM
The first rule of the Dark Clan is... YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT THE DARK CLAN!
Now excuse me, but I'm right in the middle of overthrowing a small government with my drug trade profits and political influence.
OEJ
Posted by: One Eyed Jack | February 27, 2008 4:30 PM
"It's clearly easier for them to think (hope) that moral degeneration is being "orchestrated." If it's just the sort of thing people like to do and it doesn't really hurt anyone -- that is just SO SCARY."
So true. It's never things that people do to other people, is it? Slavery, theft, fascism? No no, it's drugs and prostitution! Scary! Sheesh, if you got drugs, then sell 'em, if you got prostitutes, then send one over here, I'm lonely.
Okay, so drugs and prostitution, in many cases, are bad things. But really, it just seems like such small potatoes for a supposedly international cabal, particularly one with members that are tinkering with the very fabric of LIFE itself.
Posted by: Rey Fox | February 27, 2008 5:15 PM
ROTFL!
Into my quote folder.
But nooooooooooo...
Not you look for us, but we look for you.
-- Response that Putin got when he wanted to join the KGB (IIRC at age 16). They did look for him later, though.
So that's why the right half of the US is for "small government".
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | February 27, 2008 5:42 PM
I suppose it is not true that the Mafia (a real dark clan) runs organized crime (prostitution, murder, extortion, etc.) and it is not true that the members of the Mafia are all Christians of the Roman Catholic faith? These Christians need to remove the log from their own eyes, first. Another fine Christian was caught in a sting operation a few days ago in St Paul. He's the New Brighton top councilman elected last fall and he was caught with a prostitute last Friday, good Christian that he is. I doubt he was trying to evangelize the prostitute.
Posted by: dieselrain | February 27, 2008 5:51 PM
If you followed PZ's original link to the Newhumanist blog you'll see that UCL (University College London, where the lecture was held) has provided a good news/bad news story here....
The bad news:
The good news:
Swat, swat. They just keep coming, don't they? Like brain-dead little goblins crawling out of the shit....
Posted by: pedlar | February 27, 2008 6:24 PM
Tremere? Ventrue?
Malkavian?
Nosferatu and the occassional Giovanni.
Mage I played Celestial Chorus, of all things.
Posted by: Graculus | February 27, 2008 6:48 PM
Bagpipes are the greatest. I was on travel to San Antonio a few years ago, and there was a guy practicing on the streets (near the riverwalk). It was a joy to hear.
Still, I can understand the comparison to squalling cats.
Posted by: True Bob | February 27, 2008 6:57 PM
Wrong. The first rule of Dark Clan is: There is no Dark Clan.
After that, no talking about Dark Clan.
And, finally, drink those electrolytes.
Posted by: Dan | February 27, 2008 7:11 PM
I thought the first two rules are:
1st Rule: You do not talk about Dark Clan.
2nd Rule: You DO NOT talk about Dark Clan.
....
Aw, crap.
Posted by: J | February 27, 2008 7:26 PM
Electrolytes? You mean the stuff plants crave? Those Electrolytes?
I immediately thought of this line as well. Also thought the movie was amusing until I suddenly realized that it wasn't a movie, but instead a documentary from the year 3000.
We ARE a nation that increasingly slanders intellect (you can almost hear the "fag" comment).
We ARE a nation that glorifies violence
We ARE a nation that glorifies ignorance
We ARE a nation where the educated, literate people are being out bred like Pandas versus bunnies.
Posted by: dogmeatib | February 27, 2008 7:28 PM
Sounds to me like what they are describing is Corporate Capitalism.
.
Posted by: Jaycubed | February 27, 2008 7:41 PM
dogmeatlib:
Those facts, combined with my job in tech support, are why I have yet to see Idiocracy. I hear it's a good movie, but I'm afraid I'll snap and turn into the main character in Falling Down if I see it.
... and my religious friends always look at me like I'm nuts for being worried/upset. >.
Posted by: Mechalith | February 27, 2008 7:55 PM
Now is it cape, or no cape for the Dark Clan recruits? I may want to be corrupt and evil and all, but I sure don't want to look foolish at the initiation sacrifice.
Posted by: Toddahhhh | February 27, 2008 8:05 PM
Plus we grind up creationist babies and put them in our Manhattans.
Oops. What a giveaway.
Posted by: Greta Christina | February 27, 2008 8:50 PM
I stopped reading after "Squid porn." I NEED TO SEE ME SOME INK SQUIRTING!
You just described my dinner.
Posted by: MAJeff | February 27, 2008 8:53 PM
At least we know The Dark Clan is very inclusive, considering our glorious leader being an 800 pound gorilla and all...
Posted by: Bee | February 27, 2008 9:07 PM
Dammit, where's my ring, decoder, etc. I mean, you can get all those things down my way at the Hellfire Club as well, but the more evil goodies I can accumulate the happier I am.
Posted by: Russell Blackford | February 27, 2008 9:34 PM
Honestly, I can't think of any other blog/site where I can imagine running into an Idiocracy/bagpipe/secret decoder ring thread. Really.
Posted by: Heather | February 27, 2008 10:11 PM
MAJeff (16): Just how many toaster ovens do you have young man? ;^)
I'm not too fond of newbies, myself, and I have a very small kitchen, so I tend to avoid the recruitment work myself. Instead, I train and organize the recruiters. It's a highly specialized position, although the remuneration is not commensurate with the level of skill required.
Posted by: MAJeff | February 27, 2008 10:24 PM
There are, however, unpaid perks.
Posted by: MAJeff | February 27, 2008 10:25 PM
People, we here at Cabal (tinc) Headquarters have reviewed the situation vis a vis The Dark Clan, and we really must ask that if you're going to create a parody of the Cabal (tinc), at least tell us about it. I mean, if we're going to be credited with some sort of paranoid insanity, it would be nice to know what sort of paranoid insanity we're being credited with.
By the way, we did not fake the moon landings; we faked faking the moon landings. Why? Because it's fun to screw with people's heads. Our biggest money makers involve reinforcing paranoid ideations. People do pay more for material than supports their insanity than stuff that cuts it down.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | February 27, 2008 10:27 PM
As a former Jew and future Elder I'm very offended.
Weren't those allegations made in the past in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion? So, wait, are evolusionists now Jewish Commie Bankers Who Control the Media?
Posted by: DocWazoo | February 28, 2008 1:32 AM
In the Society for Creative Anachronism, I heard talk of a Dork Hoard. No relation, I suppose? Dark Clan sound interesting ( better than the White Clan, Goddess knows).I always wanted to Join H.G. Wells 'Open Conspiracy"
Posted by: Lyle G | February 28, 2008 1:48 AM
That was my first thought as well, it's certainly eerily similar to the crap spread in the Protocols. "plus ca change" I guess.
On the other hand being in a "Dark Clan" is just too cool to miss out on. It's like being in one of those movies where you are cheering on the bad guys because they are just so much more entertaining than the monosyllabic meathead the studio has decided is the good guy.
Oh and with the White Wolf thing - I second Lasombra, (although Malkies are always fun too).
Posted by: Lilly de Lure | February 28, 2008 4:58 AM
[...]a web-like structure with offshoots in every country[...]
Oh, so its like an islamic terrorist cult?
Posted by: Valhar2000 | February 28, 2008 5:12 AM
The purpose behind cho