# Latest On The Batshit Express to Crazyville: Wesley Snipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794 "2008-01-16T22:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/1 "2008-01-16T22:34:52Z")
Anybody else following this? Mr. Blade himself, the sometimes hawt Wesley Snipes, is on trial in Florida on criminal charges for tax fraud. Story [here](http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1641648220080116). It appears that his, ah, let’s call it “misguided,” assertion that he doesn’t owe tax on some $38 million is in some way related to his involvement in the [Nuwaubianism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuwaubianism) movement. Now, I’m all for religious and spiritual toleration, but that is some crazy-ass stuff right there. The degree to which Snipes buys into the crazy-ass-osity is illustrated by a document he filed in the tax matter, posted by The Smoking Gun and found [here](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0114082snipes2.html), with reference to his “lifebirth origin” and his West African descent, proven by DNA. West African descent is apparently important in the racist philosophies of convicted child molester Malachi York, founder of Nuwaubianism. As The Smoking Gun says, it’s [all kinds of crazy!](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0114082snipes1.html) Proof that even the wealthy can get a terminal case of the Deluded Stupids. I’m looking forward to off-the-wall hijinks in the trial, followed by a long jail sentence for friend Snipes. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/2 "2008-01-16T22:40:38Z")
[The late great Rick James] Darkness!! Pay your taxes! [/tlgRJ] ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/3 "2008-01-16T22:53:39Z")
The weirdness of Mr. Snipes has been out in the open for some time now. I’m quite convinced that the character played by Eddie Murphy in [Bowfinger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131325/) (i.e., the action-hero/nutjob movie star) was heavily based on him. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/4 "2008-01-16T23:28:40Z")
Wow… that is some crazy shit. (the wikipedia article on nuwaubianism) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/5 "2008-01-16T23:37:44Z")
> [@Winston Zeddemore](#): > > Ah, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say You could edit this to say “If there’s 38 million tax free dollars in it, I’ll believe some seriously fucked up shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/6 "2008-01-17T07:01:52Z")
I’m thinking he is seriously fucked up, and will do some serious time. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/7 "2008-02-01T21:42:14Z")
He [got off light.](http://www.local6.com/news/15197476/detail.html) Even in Florida, celebrities can get away with a lot of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/8 "2008-02-01T22:03:23Z")
Wow. According to Nauwabianism, Dr. Seuss is the devil: > [@](#): > > Sam is short for one of his titles, SamaEl meaning “poison those of EL.” He knows his name. He calls himself Uncle Sam or Dr. Seuss (Zues) with his famous statement, “Sam I Am, I Am Sam.” This is what they teach the children; not ours however, for they will get right knowledge. Also, _Star Wars_ is a documentary. That’s some industrial grade crazy, right there. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-on-the-batshit-express-to-crazyville-wesley-snipes/433794/9 "2008-02-01T22:04:57Z")
Could be worse. Could be a Scientologist.