On 27 Jul, 11:03, The Demon of Mockery wrote:
Hail Eris! Friendly Neighborhood Vote Wrangler wrote:

"20th Century Fox Fanfare"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54ynmUPZ5c

The time has come to announce the winners of the June 2008 Usenet
Kook Awards. *Envelopes, please!

BOBO AWARD

The winner is...SCOTT "WEREO" LIFSHINE!

Scott "Wereo" Lifshine

*21 votes YES
*01 votes NO

Congratulations, Wereo! *For not only exposing your kookery in a court
of law, but consenting to have your small claim case televised, you have
shown that your kookery knows no bounds when it comes to publicity.
Furthermore, the televising of your time before the bench and the
archiving of that incident on YouTube means that you have now achieved
the bare minimum for the "global humiliation" standard for this most
esteemed award that alt.usenet.kooks gives out for lifetime achievement
in kookery.

Anyone want to give the lowdown on this (or the Youtube link)?

VICTOR VON FRANKENSTEIN WEIRD SCIENCE AWARD

The winner is..."PHOTON DEGRADATION' BY DOUBLE-A!

*"Photon Degradation" by Double-A

*20 votes YES
*00 votes NO

Congratulations, Double-A! *It looks like all the weird science thrown
around alt.astronomy has finally infiltrated your consciousness. *It was
only a matter of time.

"Tired light." Hee-hee!

? Sounds worse than Aggy - where's this to be found? And don't say
alt.astronomy...

DOUGLAS GRANT MEDAL FOR HISTORICAL REVISIONISM

The winner is...JOHN WENTZKY!

*12 votes "Confederate Flag revisionism" by John Wentzky
*09 votes "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Bloxy/Nukleus
*01 votes Neither of the above

Congratulations, John-Boy! *Your original revisionism about the
Confederate States of America eked out a win over the repeated
reprinting of the most notorious piece of bogus revisionist history, to
say nothing of the mother of all conspiracy theories (the grandmother
being anything involving the Knights Templar), still extant. *All that
was missing was the cry of "The South Shall Rise Again!" * Yes, it will,
but not because of revisionists like you.

I'd give this one a look too. You really should provide links to the
background of these things for the benefit of interested (read: bored)
bystanders.

Phil