weird craziness I had never heard of

The New Chronology is a fringe theory in history, which argues that the conventional chronology is fundamentally flawed, that events attributed to antiquity such as the histories of Rome, Greece and Egypt actually occurred during the Middle Ages, more than a thousand years after the time to which they have conventionally been assigned. The central concepts of the New Chronology are derived from the ideas of Nikolai Morozov, although Jean Hardouin can be viewed as an earlier predecessor. The New Chronology is commonly associated with Anatoly Fomenko, although it is a collaboration between Fomenko and several other mathematicians.

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A new low in bogosity towards MLS fans.

and another piece on the outrageous attack on New England Revolution fans by their stadium's security force

I don't begin to understand what the thinking behind this move was, but it strikes me as  foolish, short-sighted, and destructive. Supporters are the bread and butter of a sports franchise, the people who do the work of the sales and marketing staff for them, who voluntarily put their time, effort, and money behind encouraging, celebrating, and advertising the commercial product that is a sports team. There are always going to be small points of friction, but to willfully go out of your way to antagonize and harass the people who literally pay your salary seems simply ridiculous on the face of it.

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Tinfoil hats actually amplify radio waves!