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    'Lizard People' rules the recount

    By David Brauer | Published Thu, Nov 20 2008 9:08 am

    There is no doubt that the pop-culture hit of Minnesota's recount is this disputed Beltrami County ballot:




    Unless the author shows up with a handwriting sample (and possibly a urine sample), we'll never really know "voter intent."

    But of course, there's trusty Google, which turns up this possible explainer from Wired magazine's "Best Conspiracy Theories":

    Lizard-People Run the World
    If a science fiction-based religion isn't exotic enough, followers of onetime BBC reporter David Icke believe that certain powerful people — like George W. Bush and the British royals — actually belong to an alien race of shape-shifting lizard-people. Icke claims Princess Diana confirmed this to one of her close friends; other lizard theories (there are several) point to reptilian themes in ancient mythology. And let's not forget the '80s TV show V.

    Icke's site is here, and our friends at Wikipedia offer this cold-blooded backgrounder on the broader historical phenomenon.

    By the way, I give Franken that vote. Clearly, Lizard People don't get the nod for Senate if the oval isn't blacked in. [Hat tip on ballot publicity to MPR's fabulous "You be the judge."]

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    David Brauer authors Braublog and is MinnPost's local media reporter. He's covered media and politics as a writer and editor since 1983 for City Pages, the Southwest/Downtown Journal, KFAN and KSTP-AM, Mpls.St.Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Law & Politics, the Business Journal, KARE11 and national outlets. Follow him on Twitter. Email: dbrauer [at] minnpost [dot] com. 


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