Profile of a wingnut

Via Crooks and Liars comes this heartwarming story of the citrus canker queen pushing a mystical substance to end Florida's citrus canker epidemic.

Four years ago, as the state labored to eradicate citrus canker by destroying trees, officials rejected other disease-fighting techniques, saying unproven methods would waste precious time and resources.

But for more than six months, the state, at the behest of then-Secretary of State Katherine Harris, did pursue one alternative method -- a very alternative method.

Researchers worked with a rabbi and a cardiologist to test "Celestial Drops," promoted as a canker inhibitor because of its "improved fractal design," "infinite levels of order" and "high energy and low entropy."

But the cure proved useless against canker. That's because it was water -- possibly, mystically blessed water. [emphasis added]

Katherine Harris, a rabbi, and a cardiologist walk into a bar...oh, that's a different joke.

Run Katherine, run!