I think I'll start calling them the IllumiNOTi. Nothing like taking a page from the HB playbook...

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"It is quite clear that Occam's razor does not sharpen in your pyramid." (Nicolas)

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

Hmm, how about Illuminaughti? Illuminaughti sounds like...

Maybe we should just go with IllumiNOTi.

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I don't like the 'I' word.

I know someone who actually believes in their existance as a full-blown scientifically advanced world-dominating evil empire of people who can do everything like igniting Saturn into a full-blown star but can't control a few folks from speaking out and discovering the truth using home-variety detective work and the internet.

For the OP: you laugh because they WANT you to laugh using their mind-control ray. It's fine though, since you're so easily controlled you'll be one of the surviving 20%.

And now I think I'll go hunt down those IQ points I just misplaced...

Yeah, the idea of the Illuminati secretly ruling the world is just plain silly, anyone who is really in the know is aware that cats are the real secret rulers of the world

Dolphins, Grashtel, Dolphins...

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No, the dolphins are just the second most intelligent form of life on the planet. The Mice are really in control

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All life?? In that case, I suspect the Illuminati hasn't thought this cunning plan all the way through. I mean, I think I might see a tiny tiny little problem with their plan - they are going to die too.

Well, I hope when the NWO (Nasa World Order) kills off the population they let us that stood by them for so long remain. But if they think that it'd be better if I die off with the other 80% of humanity so be it.

Just a plea to you NWO folks; Before you obliterate me, teach me how you invented a way to ignite a planet into a star which emits this magical radiation that will not only wipe out a selective ammount of people on earth, but also turn a moon into an inhabitable planet. Please enlighten me before you ignite me!

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

That depends on what sentence you are reading. At another point, it is just 80% of the population. At still another point, the Earth will simply be destroyed. And, of course, Saturn will be blown up and become a star at the same time. Yet, with all this destruction, Titan, right next to Saturn, will become habitable.

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The Leif Ericson Cruiser

Didn't we go through this all with Jupiter and Galileo?

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It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. --- JayUtah

You can't reason an irrational person out of an irrational belief. --- Noclevername

Apollo: The History and the Hoax
Enter the World of Athran

And isn't that why the Church put him under house arrest?

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He...he...he, as one who was instrumental in getting Jupiter and Saturn to star status, I'll never tell.

Even if it was dioxide.

Ha!

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Illuminaughti? Illuminaughti sounds like...

Or just plain Illuminaughty, considering that this all-powerful group seems to have nothing better to do than global mischief.

The way Angelina Jolie says, "You're with the Illuminati," in Tomb Raider makes me want to ad lib the next line: "Yeah, I was with SPECTRE for a while, but that guy with the cat has gas all the time. I think he eats those vending-machine burritos."

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You have a point there, and at least one scene that I recall was invariably a premonition to what Cassini will undoubtedly () do to Saturn.

Unless they were talking about the vehicle manufacturer... If that's the case, it might turn a small wing of the plant into a "sun" for a few seconds.

Does Saturn make a car that carries the name, "Titan?"

Does Saturn make a car that carries the name, "Titan?"

I've often played around with names they could use for different kinds of cars.

"Titan" - Their SUV.
"Tethys" - a mid-size.
"Mimas" - a compact.
"Janus" - a convertable.
"Iapetus" - a police cruiser.

etc.

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As I understand it, the Illumaniti are decended or at least related in some way to the Masons. The Shriners are Masons, and I know several Shriners who mean well, but have trouble lighting a BBQ pit. I have helped them out many times. I just can't see these guys finding a way to turn a gas giant into a star, while being unable to light a small pile of "Kingsford".

Don't get me wrong, I love the Shriners to death, their Childrens Hospital here in St. Louis has done some amazing things for my "handicapped" son, and in return, have not asked for a single dime in payment. I still have trouble believing that this group is going to take over the universe by force, they are entirely too laid back for that kind of activity.

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Well, I know you already know, but nevertheless:
That is what they want you to believe...

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Hey guys? The Illuminati just called me. They said the article is full of it, so no need to worry.

As I understand it, the Illumaniti are decended or at least related in some way to the Masons.

It depends on what you mean by Illuminati; the name refers to historically real organizations, but conspiracists don't generally use the title that way. To them it's just a synonym for shadow government. At least one historically real Illuminati was actually a sort of anti-Masonry organization, or at least an alternative to them. They specifically distanced themselves from Freemasons.

The modern Shriners and/or Freemasons seem to bear very little resemblance to the depiction of them in conspiracy lore.

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Your use of the phrase "conspiracy lore" is a very good choice of words. I believe it was either Discovery Channel or History channcel ran a special on the Masons. Basically, they started off portraying the common image of them, then went on to explain that it is mostly myth and that in fact the "secret" orginization isn't actually all that secretive.

Of course, those that want to believe will just say that this was all disinformation put out by the Masons to throw us off thier real 'evil' intentions... :-P

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

I believe it was either Discovery Channel or History channcel ran a special on the Masons.

I saw that program. I was pleased to see that they raised nearly all the same points I did when I debunked Michael Bara's supposed analysis some years ago of the Washington D.C. street plan and its allegedly Masonic symbolism.

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Yeah, no planned pentagram. Now the only thing they have to go on are the horns that protude from most of the polititians heads...

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Wait a minute. You mean, we are under the control of a bunch of old(er) men who wear funny hats, dress like clowns, and ride around on tiny bicycles?

We are so doomed.

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You mean, we are under the control of a bunch of old(er) men who wear funny hats, dress like clowns, and ride around on tiny bicycles?

If you've ever driven a car in Washington D.C. you'd swear someone like that was responsible for the street layout.

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Having driven those streets, I am also perfectly willing to believe the claim they were specifically laid out to confound invading British troops.

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Having driven those streets for many years, I am convinced that the layout is simple, elegant and easy to use if all of the traffic consists of horses & horse-drawn vehicles.

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Now if you want a city whose layout was most likely designed to benifit those with access to exotic, gravity defying vehicles (as we all know these machines are available in the IllumiNOTi car pool), you need look no further than our capital, Canberra.
Woe betide those who are forced to actually drive around the confounding proliferation of circular drives and roundabouts....

Or Boston...

CJSF

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Two years ago moved from my town
I was looking up past the city lights
But the city lights got in my way

See the constellation ride across the sky
No cigar, no lady on his arm
Just a guy made of dots and lines

-from "See The Constellation"
by They Might Be Giants

Jeez. I suppose next you'll tell me that George Washington and company wore their Masonic uniforms to State functions upon winning independence

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"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

As is well known, Washington and New York City were rivals for becoming the capital of the States. The urban architects of Washington wanted to make sure that their city had everything New York had and more.

Those who have driven in midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side know how much fun the diagonal path of Broadway creates until above 72nd Street. Not to be outdone, the Washington designers created numerous Broadways and named them after the states they didn't like.

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