Just a tiny part of The Conspiracy

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In a related story, The New York Times sniffs disdainfully at conspiracy theories (like, what else would you expect them to do?) even as they link to Alex Jones’ list of 33 conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, an article [...]

The lunatics are taking over the asylum at KPFA

From Doug Henwood. His excellent show, Behind The News, on Pacifica affiliate WBAI is probably in peril too.

No doubt many of you are sick of the whole Pacifica mess, but this is really important: if these layoffs go down, it’s gonna be 9/11 and chemtrails. From the excellent historian of Pacifica, Matthew Lasar: [...]

Listen up. All those conspiracy theories are just a bunch of hooey

Our government tells us so at America.gov.

Conspiracy theories exist in the realm of myth, where imaginations run wild, fears trump facts, and evidence is ignored. As a superpower, the United States is often cast as a villain in these dramas.

Among the foolish misconceptions they wish to dispel is that depleted uranium [...]

US counterterrorism officials insisted crotch bomber be let into country

Undersecretary for management at the State Department, Patrick F. Kennedy, told Congress that the State Department wanted to keep crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab out of the U.S., but that intelligence agencies insisted that Abdulmutallab be let into the country.

Supposedly it was because blocking him would have blown a larger investigation. But wait, [...]

Because you can never be too cynical

Our friend Wood Ingham just released MSG™, a RPG that is getting fine reviews. Like this one, excerpted on his blog.

It defies many of the characteristics we normally ascribe to a tabletop RPG — in the context of a very cynical, and very cool, cyberpunky future where even the minimal constraints on corporate [...]