An Encounter with the Messiah

When I talked with
Raj Patel
, a couple of years ago about the politics of food scarcity (
Why Does Food Cost More?
), I had no idea he would be proclaimed
Maitreya
, the Messiah for followers of a New Age cult known as
Share International
. But there he was
on the Colbert Report last night
denying his Messiah-hood (as predicted).

Learn more about how it came to pass in
this
New York Times
piece
.

And give a listen to the words of the Messiah on
The Value of Nothing
:

This article appears in Howdy, Sheriff.