Purple Flame

Astrology, Witchcraft, Pseudoscience & Classic Comedy

by Craig Turp January 19, 2010 Romanian Politics

 Last night, Romanian television was awash with astrologers, pyschics, energicians, homeopaths and other such quacks. All of whom were given time to explain – as if their theories had any scientific validity – the power allegedly being influenced by Traian Basescu’s Purple Flame Brigade. (Apparently, Basescu takes a chap called Aliodor Manolea – a ‘parapsychologist’ [...]

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Esoteric energy & Purple flames: Romanian politics goes officially Michael Jackson

by Craig Turp January 18, 2010 Romania

 How many times have we used the phrase ‘You really couldn’t make it up’ on these pages? Too many to count. But we are about to do so again anyway… You really couldn’t make it up: wife of defeated presidential candidate Mircea Geoana appeared on television on Saturday night to reveal that during the election [...]

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