{"id":824,"date":"2007-02-21T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2007-02-21T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T17:28:00","slug":"the-ogham-controversy-now-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"The Ogham Controversy, Now on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3KNmtGSC0Aw\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>Selected bits of Scott Monahan&#8217;s documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/onter.net\/\"><em>Old News<\/em><\/a> are now available on YouTube, including the trailer (above) or <a href=\"http:\/\/onter.net\/trailhi.html\">here in a slightly different version.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasclifton.com\/2006\/03\/from-vinland-to-celtic-america-part-5.html\">to summarize this complex alternative archaeological theory of pre-Columbian Celtic explorers\/traders on the Southern Plains before<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected bits of Scott Monahan&#8217;s documentary Old News are now available on YouTube, including the trailer (above) or here in a slightly different version. I tried to summarize this complex alternative archaeological theory of pre-Columbian Celtic explorers\/traders on the Southern Plains before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,23],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-celts","tag-colorado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-di","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14002,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=14002","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":0},"title":"YouTube Episode Explores Pagan Music","author":"Chas S. 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(If the YouTube link does not work, try this one.)And here is the video clip dissected with a sharp knife by a different British Pagan academic.It's true:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Druids\"","block_context":{"text":"Druids","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=druids"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=chascli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300144857","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6168,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6168","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":3},"title":"Gamers and Ghost-hunters","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"What gaming I do has been on computers rather than consoles, so this is a development I missed\u2014using the new Xbox for ghost-hunting. Ever since the release of the Kinect motion sensor controllers in 2010, gamers have been posting videos of \"Kinect Ghosts\" detected by their Xbox 360. 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