Last month, a woman got arrested for an elaborate fakery in which she pretended to have cancer. She admitted that she conned "donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon." The con involved some extensive lies and creation of bogus documents. The Associated Press story, reported here, includes this line:
That's another hit.
This poem refers to multiple events. The "sign" was not the annular eclipse. The "music ends" was not necessarily in reference to the deaths of Davy Jones. Or Whitney Houston. Or Donna Summer. Or Robin Gibb. Or Levon Helm. Or Dick Clark. Or Duck Dunn. Or Chuck Brown. Or Adam Yauch. Or oh my gosh there have been a lot of musicians to go this year, haven't there?
Jim Parsons, star of one of the most popular TV comedies, has just confirmed what has long been suspected. The stir is that some are saying, "This is news?"
Brown, not only was your prediction correct, but a prominent newspaper used the exact same terminology you did last December.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0522/SpaceX-takes-Star-Trek-s-Scotty-to-the-Final-Frontier
May as well do a victory lap: A Winnipeg Free Press columnist also adopted my predicted terminology:
And indeed, there is a controversy. If this were to happen in the US, the word "controversy" would probably not be strong enough.
According to people who have actually seen the exhibit, the information presented is factual, is not erotic, does not encourage sexual irresponsibility, and there isn't much of a real cause for controversy. But Canadian right-wingers, following in the practice of US right-wingers, find offense without feeling any need to bother about scientific accuracy or actually seeing the exhibit.
Less than 31 days?
