Rise of Weirdness - Part 38

January 30, 2005:

Kurdistan proclaims its national independence, with opposition by the nations of Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-French Union,...

February 28, 2005

Canada joins the Free Trade discussions between the United States and the Anglo-French Union.

March 1, 2005

Various Christian charities announce that they are supplying food to various Offworld colonies where famines are occurring.

April 1, 2005

A DEFCON is held in Normanton, Queensland.

April 11, 2005:

Military officials in Visoko report the discover subterranean chambers and tunnels across Bosnia-Herzegovina, fueling international attention,...

May 2, 2005

The Sisters of Mercy announce that they are extending their charitable operations to various offworld colonies.

June 18, 2005:

Vampire lord Petre Toma launches a "reign of terror" in Marotinu de Sus, fueling human/Transformed divsions,...

June 29, 2005:

Socialist leaders establish Petrocaribe is established in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, backed by the Soviet Union,...

July 22, 2005:

Alex Jones, InfoWars, begins promoting right-wing conspiracy theories that claim various leaders are utilizing Golem technology in order to "insure immortality", including President Jeb Bush,....

July 26, 2005:

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice accuses Offworld colonies including Pallas, Europa and Miranda of illegally using child soldiers in their conflicts,...

August 31, 2005:

Petrocaribe/ALBA announce an oil embargo of the United States, calling upon OPEC to join in solidarity,...

September 19, 2005:

The International Labor Organisation (ILO) releases statistics in London, reporting that up to 152 million persons have been trafficked illegally into the Offworlder colonies, sparking international controversy,.....

September 22, 2005
A magic experiment goes wrong at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia, disrupting the Residential Schools in progress.

October 5, 2005

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan declares that the Kurdish Insurgency is over.

October 24, 2005:

British band Supergrass leads a media campaign to protect mermaids in Weeki Wachi Springs, Florida, sparking international attention,...

Ghosts erupt in Sandakan, Borneo, fueling anti-Japanese tensions and civil unrest in the region; sparking international attention,..

November 6, 2005:

Pyinmana, Myanmar emerges into orbit as one of the largest Burmese towns to launch into space,...

December 3, 2005:

Yugoslavian military forces led by Semir Osmanagich unveil the "Bosnia Pyramid" in Visoko, Bosnia-Hercegovina, triggering a massive release of mystical energy in the region,....

January 4, 2006:

Matron Donna Read of the State of Aphrodite suffers a major stroke; many conspiracy theorists claim that she was poisoned; the State of Aphrodite suffers a major political succession crisis, sparking international attention and concern,....

January 20, 2006:

Representatives from Australia, Austria, Ireland, Czechoslovakia, and the Anglo-French Union call for the deployment of troops to the Visoko, Bosnia-Hercegovina region, citing the 1991 Cobh Disaster; Soviet officials veto such ideas claiming a "Western imperialist plot"....”

February 9, 2006:

NATO launches air strikes against into Visoko, Bosnia-Hercegovina, citing the threat of the Visoko Pyramid, Soviet leaders threaten to launch retaliatory measures in response to the air strikes,.....

Were-Beings (a.k.a. "Furries") led by "Red Kangaroo" and "Ayala the Deer" clash in Salt Lake City, Utah over the political direction and tone of their message,...

March 6, 2006

Pro-democracy protests in Caracas, Venezuela are quashed...

April 5, 2006:

May-Thatcher Report; Chinese Kuomintang are implicated in a organ-harvesting operations against Transformed in a report by the Anglo-French Union Foreign Ministry,...

April 29, 2006:

Bolivia-Venezuela-Nicaragua Peoples' Agreement is established in Caracas, Venezuela, establishing the beginnings of a Latin American socialist bloc,...

May 4, 2006:

Chinese officials report the presence of a large ozone hole over Tibet, fueling concerns that Tibet is attempting to create a "Hellstorm", fueling political tensions between India, China, and Russia, and the possibility of a regional conflict,...

May 13, 2006:

Foreign leaders including Tony Blair, and John Howard, announce a 4-month ceasefire regarding Yugoslavia at San Francisco, sparking international attention and concern

May 15, 2006:

Italian Communist Giorgio Napolitano is elected President in national elections, amidst concerns that the Soviets hacked into voter election systems, fueling tensions with the Bush Administration,..

June 8, 2006

The ILO releases another report. More than 1 million people had been trafficked offworld since the previous report. (The good news is, there is a drop off in the total numbers per month.)

July 6, 2006:

Chinese government officials begin the organ-harvesting of Transformed/ psychic persons, granting patients longevity and the powers of the donors, according to Amnesty International and the Canadian government,...

August 2006
Vampires are discovered in Windsor, Ontario.

August 18th, 2006:

The Legion of the Underground captures Kandahar, Afganistan from the Taliban.

September 1, 2006:

The Troubled Fluffy American horror film starring Nicholas Cage, triggers protests by Neo-pagan and Transformed groups as "patently anti-pagan and racist",.....

September 14th, 2006:

Pakistani forces capture a cache of Indian chemical weapons in Rajastan…

September 13, 2006:

Djinn Outbreak erupts in Savra, Serbia, escalating the violence in the Balkans, causing a serious of violent possessions, fueling anti-Islamic sentiment throughout the Balkans,....

October 5, 2006:

Anime series Quest in the Eastern Sea is banned in the European Union and Anglo-French Union due to its negative portrayal of Anglo-French politics,...

October 11, 2006:

Life in Arestown starring Chris Lawrence, Toni Wells and Lara Portelli becomes the first Offworlder television sitcom, becoming a major hit across the known solar system,....

November 26, 2006:

How Magic is Good by Lara Goodwin becomes a major bestseller, promoting Neo-Pagan ideas including the "Laws of Attraction" into mainstream audiences,..

December 14th, 2006:

A ‘Pagan Pride’ Celebration is held in Yellowknife, Yukon territory…

Decermber 2, 2006:

"Aerican Empire" under Emperor Eric Lis demands diplomatic and political recognition by the United Nations in San Francisco, California,.

December 5, 2006:

U.S. President Jeb Bush approves the deployment of private security contractors in an effort to control the political situation in the Offworld colonies,....

December 18, 2006:

Vampires led Corneliu Vadim Tudor reject reports of "crimes against humanity" as "species-ist" propaganda in Bucharest,...