Last year’s conspiracy has legs, and eggheads still struggle with its provenance. The latest crackpot theory suggests microwave weapons, but officials note the victims did not mention the smell of popcorn nor an audible ding once the FSB spook ran out of juice. According to Sarah Kaplan and Joel Achenbach, the lack of evidence for this proposal is chilling. In Weak Evidence for Microwave Radiation in U.S. Embassy, Robert Bartholomew leads us further down the rabbit hole, teasing apart the evidence that could support UPenn’s Dr. Douglas Smith’s hypothesis and the details suggesting something far more queer is afoot. Soon your descent becomes more than a mere stumble, but a full fledged plummet through the seven circles of anomalistics to find Red Pill Junkie trapped in a frozen lake. Rather than eating the brains of cynical deniers, he’s chewing the fat on the connection twixt those Microwave Attacks And Marian Apparitions. (record scratch) Wait, what? There is an important connection between the two phenomena which sets this tale of spycraft on its proverbial ear. (CS)

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